Fundamental Awareness: Source of Mind & Matter

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Does mind make the world? Neil Theise explores the nature of consciousness and its relationship to us and to the cosmos through the lenses of contemporary science, Western philosophy, and diverse metaphysical systems. From these discussions, he will lead us to an integrative model that considers fundamental awareness to be the substratum from which the world emanates, providing a set of concepts to potentiate cross-talk between these varied worldviews.

 

OBJECTIVES

• Discuss the principles of self-organizing complex systems and give real world examples of them.
• Describe the universe as a self-organizing system and the model's implications for concepts of materiality, boundaries, and "thingness."
• Give at least two examples of how an idealistic philosophy of pure Fundamental Awareness as the substratum of existence reconciles mainstream concepts of Western philosophy, contemporary science, and metaphysical understandings derived from diverse cultures of contemplative practices.