The Science of Transformation
The Science of Transformation
The Science of Transformation
Nature of Consciousness
Beware of the stories you
read or tell: subtly, at night,
beneath the waters of
consciousness , they are
altering your world
Okri- Nigerian Poet
The entropic force of the
current dysfunctional
worldview will take the
human race down with it as
it crashes under the weight
of its own inconsistencies
and myopia
The good news is that an
integral model is emerging
and there is a shift in
consciousness taking place
Reductionist science has
valiantly tried to simplify
reality by breaking
everything down into
manageable pieces, but
the problems and the
solutions are systemic and
interrelated.
The maxim “ from me to
we” is finding literal
expression as people and
groups merge throughout
the world into
constellations of positive
creativity and problem
solving
What is Consciousness?
States of Consciousness
Ordinary and non--ordinary
Plato divided the human mind into three parts: the rational part, the
will, and the appetites. Ideally the will supports the rational element,
which in turn controls the appetites. If the rational element is not
developed, the individual behaves immorally, hence immorality is a
consequence of ignorance. Furthermore, Plato distinguished between
two kinds of conscious thought: opinion and knowledge
Mind
Aristotle (384-322 BC) equated mind with reason and thought it to be a
property of the living soul. In contrast to Plato, who believed that body
and soul are two different entities, he held that mind and body are
intertwined in all living beings and are thus inseparable.
The church father St. Augustine (354-? AD) had an interesting idea
about mind. He said that the human mind couldn't gain knowledge from
sense perception alone. He also rejected Plato's theory of ideas. Instead,
according to Augustine, knowledge is acquired on account of divine
illumination
Mind
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) developed a mechanistic picture of the
human mind. He held that the objects of thought are bodies in motion,
which adhere to the law of cause and effect
René Descartes (1596-1650), famous for his saying, "Cogito ergo sum -
I think, therefore I am," takes a prominent position in the history of the
philosophy of mind. Descartes was convinced that knowledge must be
based on the powers of human reason alone
David Hume stated that all contents of mind are solely built from sense
experiences
Mind
Immanuel Kant(1724-1804) -He distinguished between "a posteriori"
and "a priori" knowledge, the former being derived from perception,
hence, occurring after (post) perception, and the latter being a property
of thought, independent of experience and existing before (prior to)
experience. Knowledge is expressed in judgments, which -according to
Kant- are operations of thought that connect a subject with a predicate
Connectedness- transpersonal
Altruism- mirror neurons
Wired to care
Paths and Practices
Paths and Practices
Meditation and Devotional practices-
riding the ego, living in the moment,
purification
Repetition : Guidance
system ands supra systemica