Tag: Quantum Physics

• Awareness, Consciousness, Experience, Mind

  Is there anything we can be absolutely certain is ‘real’? The answer to that question is, yes! There is one thing, and it is consciousness. Always however, and especially here, we need to define our terms, lest there be any misunderstandings. By ‘consciousness’ I mean subjective experience, whether of thoughts, of feelings, or of sights, […]

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  16th Sep 2022

  Consciousness, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Augustine, brain, Consciousness, Descartes, Feelings, Galileo, Mind, Quantum Physics, Science, Self

• Myth, Religion and Kaleidoscopes

  Because I’m interested in religion (though not a paid-up member) I’m interested in mythology. Religion and mythology, being bed-fellows, inter-penetrate. Both paint pictures that can be felt to convey deep-seated truths about ourselves and our world – which unadorned and prosaic literalism would seem to have much less ability to convey.  The same is true […]

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  1st Sep 2022

  Consciousness, Literature, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Foundations, Globalisation, Joseph Campbell, Kaleidoscopes, Myth, Quantum Physics, Reality, Religion, Spirituality

• NOW you see it ! NO you don’t ! (ii)

  The difference between appearance and reality is counter-intuitive, and hard to grasp. If we value integrity, authenticity and actuality – the facts about how things are – we must have the courage to follow Alice down the rabbit hole, and discover how mind-bendingly full of wonders is fundamental reality. We need to let our imaginations […]

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  30th Jul 2022

  Consciousness, Environment, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Appearance, Atoms, Computers, Emmanuel Kant, Imagination, Quantum Physics, Reality, Space, Time, Universe