2012 Daily

Chance or Intelligence? (by Nadeem Haque): Abstract: It is argued that, if our answer to creation by chance is negative, there can only be a unique governing intelligence. This vast singular intelligence must have created and developed all living and non-living things, as well as particles/energy and time itself. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/144

A Rational Guide to the Awareness of the Ultimate Reality of Allah (by Nadeem Haque): Abstract: In this article, we shall be examining the method by which one can expand one’s consciousness – a way by which one advances and creates that much sought after inner peace. We shall be analyzing four distinct, yet interrelated stages in an evolution of a human being’s understanding of his/her self and his/her place the universe. We shall be looking into the key ingredients that lead to self-actualized peace, through a unique method of the expansion of human consciousness, which I term: AURA.

What is Reality in a Holographic World? (by James Kowall): Abstract: The nature of a holographic world is described. This scientific description of the world is based upon the assumptions of modern theoretical physics. These natural assumptions are inherent in any unified theory, such as string theory, and in any theory of the creation of the world, such as inflationary cosmology. At their most basic level, these are the assumptions of the equivalence, uncertainty and action principles, along with the second law of thermodynamics.

Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research has just published Volume 3 Issue 6 entitled "Entheogens, Existential Reality & Review of Remote Mental Interactions" at http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/issue/view/25.

Table of Contents http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/issue/view/25

Articles

Entheogens, the Conscious Brain and Existential Reality: Part 1 (by Chris King)

The ‘Epiontic’ Dependently Originating Process of Cyclic Existence According to Early Buddhist Metaphysics (by Graham P. Smetham): Abstract: Some modern Western interpreters of Buddhist teachings and philosophy claim that the original teachings of the Pali Canon were staunchly anti-metaphysical. In this article I exa-mine the early Buddhist worldview and demonstration that this assertion is deeply mistaken.