Looking In, Seeing Out – Consciousness and Cosmos
By Menas Kafatos and Thalia Kafatou.
290 Pages | Copyright 1991 | Softcover | Quest Books, U.S.A. | ISBN: 0835606740.
Most b0oks on science and mysticism attempt to link modern physics to philosophic views of consciousness. This book explores the two as parallel processes - one outer, one inner. Our outward search is for objective reality - 'out there' in the world. But what we experience as outer is linked to what we can know in ourselves subjectively. The inward search is for that level of consciousness that underlies all subjective experience, spoken of by the mystics. Like other recent authors, Drs. Kafatos and Kafatou find parallels between Eastern thought and recent scientific developments in quantum theory and cosmology. But they go farther and hold that the realms of consciousness and the objective world are complementary aspects of the same reality. Their approach is fresh and unique and show how we are involved in the cosmic process.
From Chapter 8 - 'The Physics of Consciousness' (p. 252):
" Without going outside you may know the whole world. Without looking through the window you may see the ways of Heaven. - Lao Tsu
Finally, whatever is meant by the word 'reality', it is clearly non-local and not independent of the observing process. The world of quanta is probablistic by nature. Physical attributes of quanta cannot be determined in a precise way; only the probabilities of these attributes can be determined a priori. Seemingly, 'God is playing dice', and we, observers, seem to be part of the game. Moreover, in the quantum domain, the reality of solid matter and the apparent permanence of particles dissolves into a dance of ever-changing quantum interactions. What is real is the process, not the substance. "
Looking In, Seeing Out – Consciousness and Cosmos
By Menas Kafatos and Thalia Kafatou.
290 Pages | Copyright 1991 | Softcover | Quest Books, U.S.A. | ISBN: 0835606740.
Most b0oks on science and mysticism attempt to link modern physics to philosophic views of consciousness. This book explores the two as parallel processes – one outer, one inner. Our outward search is for objective reality – ‘out there’ in the world. But what we experience as outer is linked to what we can know in ourselves subjectively. The inward search is for that level of consciousness that underlies all subjective experience, spoken of by the mystics. Like other recent authors, Drs. Kafatos and Kafatou find parallels between Eastern thought and recent scientific developments in quantum theory and cosmology. But they go farther and hold that the realms of consciousness and the objective world are complementary aspects of the same reality. Their approach is fresh and unique and show how we are involved in the cosmic process.
From Chapter 8 – ‘The Physics of Consciousness’ (p. 252):
” Without going outside you may know the whole world. Without looking through the window you may see the ways of Heaven. – Lao Tsu
Finally, whatever is meant by the word ‘reality’, it is clearly non-local and not independent of the observing process. The world of quanta is probablistic by nature. Physical attributes of quanta cannot be determined in a precise way; only the probabilities of these attributes can be determined a priori. Seemingly, ‘God is playing dice’, and we, observers, seem to be part of the game. Moreover, in the quantum domain, the reality of solid matter and the apparent permanence of particles dissolves into a dance of ever-changing quantum interactions. What is real is the process, not the substance. “