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The Quantum Illusion-like Nature of ‘Reality’ & the Buddhist Doctrine of ‘Two Levels of Reality’ Part I: Deconstructing Reality (by Graham P. Smetham): Abstract: The Buddhist metaphysical conceptual analysis of the nature of reality has always been founded upon the basis of a rigorous employment of scrupulously coherent conceptual analysis, which is in turn based upon an empirical observation of experience in a manner appropriate to the time, although one major difference between the empirical attitude of Western science and philosophy during the age of science and that of Buddhism was the Buddhist development of rigorous techniques of meditation in order to explore the structure and nature of consciousness.

In this paper I will use the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakirti‘s imaginative deconstruction of reality, in the context of quantum theory, to try to answer the question which seems to be posed by quantum theory: Is 'Reality' really real? In our search for the ultimate nature of reality we have to leave behind the 'seeming' appearances of the everyday world, however persuasive the appearance may be, and break through to a more 'ultimate truth' concerning the nature of reality. We shall discover that Dharmakirti's philosophical analysis, alongside other Buddhist insights, which lead to the 'ultimate' realm of 'empty' Mindnature, prefigures modern quantum discoveries. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/127

God of the Gaps (by Himangsu S. Pal): Abstract: If God created this universe, and if God wanted man to be the master of Its creation, then God would willingly choose to be the “God of the gaps”. So it is quite logical that a God who will create man with some purpose will always prefer to be the God of the gaps. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/129

Jul 10 '12 · Tags: consciousness, reality, relationship
Relating the Relational-Matrix Model of Reality to Space-Time and Physical Reality (by Steven E. Kaufman): Abstract: This article is a continuation of Kaufman’s work previously published in SGJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (2011), in which work the relational-matrix model was developed and described as a dynamic structure composed of existence involved in a defined set of relations with itself. The purpose of this article is to relate the relational-matrix model, as a dynamic structure, to what we apprehend as space-time by demonstrating that certain fundamental behaviors and aspects of physical reality can be explained in the context of the defined set of relations of existence to itself that were previously described as composing the fundamental structure of reality conceptualized as the relational-matrix.

Specifically, within the context of the relational-matrix model, we will account for the following aspects of physical reality: (1) the relationship between space and time, including the basis of temporal relativity, as well as the precise nature of time as a function of the dynamic aspect of the spatial structure; (2) the basis of the speed-of-light constant, including why the frequency and wavelength of electromagnetic radiation are inversely related as a function of that constant; (3) the basis of Planck’s constant, including why the energy associated with electromagnetic radiation exists in discrete amounts, or quanta; (4) the nature of gravitation, including why matter and gravitation are always associated and why gravitation is universally attractive; (5) the equivalence of the gravitational and inertial forces; (6) the relationship between electromagnetic radiation and gravitation; and (7) the nature of energy. Using the relational-matrix model to explain these aspects of the behavior of physical reality will establish a conceptual basis for understanding how physical reality extends from the structure of space. By the end of this article, we will also have established a conceptual basis for understanding why nothing can truly be separated from anything else—i.e., why nothing can be said to exist independent of all other things. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/126

How Consciousness Creates Reality (by Claus Janew): Abstract: We will begin with seemingly simple interactions in our daily lives, examine how they originate on a deeper level, come to understand the essentials of consciousness, and finally recognize that we create our reality in its entirety. In the course of this quest, we will uncover little-heeded paths to accessing our subconscious, other individuals, and that which can be understood by the term "God". And the solution to the classical problem of free will constitutes the gist of the concepts is thus revealed. The present text is a very abridged version of a book I wrote out of the desire to examine the structure of our reality from a standpoint unbiased by established teachings, be they academic- scientific, popular- esoteric, or religious in nature. http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/125

Stephen Hawking’s Hotchpotch (Himangsu S. Pal): Abstract: Atheist scientists usually say that as there is no evidence for the existence of God so far, so it is reasonable to believe that there is no God. Here I will clearly show that neither there is any evidence so far that something can come out of nothing. On the basis of this lack of evidence we can also say that it is reasonable not to believe that the universe has actually originated from nothing. We can also demand that atheist scientists should immediately stop deceiving us in the name of science. If atheistic scientists cannot believe in the existence of God due to lack of evidence, then it is equally true that due to this same lack of evidence we cannot also believe that the laws of gravity and quantum theory were already there at the beginning of our universe to govern that beginning. So how did Hawking particularly come to know that these two laws governed the beginning of our universe? Is he all-knowing God? http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/128

Jul 9 '12 · Tags: consciousness, reality, relationship
Dynamic Existence (by Claus Janew): Abstract: Everything is in motion. "Inertness" arises from (approximative) repetition, that is, through rotation or an alternation that delineates a focus of consciousness. This focus of consciousness, in turn, must also move/alternate (the two differ only in continuity). If its alternation seems to go too far - physically, psychically or intellectually - it reaches into the subconscious. In this way, interconnection is established by the alternation of the focus of consciousness. Therefore, in a world in which everything is interconnected, all focuses must reciprocally transition into each other. "Reality" is a common "goal", a focus which all participants can switch into and which is conscious to them as such, as a potential one. Its "degree of reality" is the probability of its fully becoming conscious (or more simply: its current degree of consciousness). Thus, a reality is created when all participants increase its probability or, respectively, their consciousness of it. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/160

Laws of Form: Why Spencer Brown Is Missing the Point (by Claus Janew): Abstract: What Spencer Brown wants to rationalize out of existence is alternation itself – the prerequisite of his whole operation! By that he simplifies (identifies) more than he says. And he does not say all that is important. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/161

The Relationship between Consciousness & Reality (by Huping Hu, Maoxin Wu): Abstract: This Focus Issue features the work of Graham P. Smetham and Claus Janew on consciousness and reality. Again, our goals with this Focus Issue are: (1) bring broader awareness of Smetham and Janew’s work by scholars and all genuine truth seekers; and (2) promote scholarly discussions of the same through commentaries and responses to commentaries in the future issues of JCER. In so doing, we hope that all of us may benefit in our endeavor to reach higher Consciousness within ourselves and build a genuine Science of Consciousness. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/162

Jul 8 '12 · Tags: consciousness, creation, deconstruction
Deconstructing Reality: Two Levels of Reality (by Graham P. Smetham): Abstract: As we shall illustrate in this paper, it appears that quantum ‘particles’ might be thought to have aspects of both reality and unreality, and this is a paradoxical viewpoint which leads us in the direction of some dramatic claims about the nature of reality made by Buddhist metaphysicians such as Dharmakirti and Nagarjuna, claims which move towards providing an answer to Penrose’s quandary: “can real objects be constructed from unreal constituents?” According to Nagarjuna: “everything is real and not real, both real and not real, neither real nor not real which is the Lord Buddha’s teaching”. The resolution of the apparent paradox will become clear as we explore the relationship between the implications of quantum theory and the Buddhist doctrine of the ‘two truths’, or ‘two realities’, in detail. In fact we will discover that an appreciation of the Buddhist perspective throws significant light onto quantum conundrums. We shall discover that Dharmakirti’s philosophical analysis, alongside other Buddhist insights, which lead to the ‘ultimate’ realm of ‘empty’ Mindnature, prefigures modern quantum discoveries, particularly the notion of an ‘Epiontic Universe’ which derives from the ‘quantum Darwinism’ perspective suggested by Wojciech H. Zurek. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/157

How Consciousness Creates Reality (by Claus Janew): Abstract: The present text is a very abridged version of a book I wrote out of the desire to examine the structure of our reality from a standpoint unbiased by established teachings, be they academic- scientific, popular- esoteric, or religious in nature. We will begin with seemingly simple interactions in our daily lives, examine how they originate on a deeper level, come to understand the essentials of consciousness, and finally recognize that we create our reality in its entirety. In the course of this quest, we will uncover little-heeded paths to accessing our subconscious, other individuals, and that which can be understood by the term "God". And the solution to the classical problem of free will constitutes the gist of the concepts thus revealed. You do not need to bring previous philosophical knowledge to the reading of this text, but simply an interest in fundamental interconnections, a certain openness and the willingness to think along. This abridged version, however, comes at a price. Since I had already left out all non-essential points of discussion in the German "long version", in the present text entire topics had to be dropped, along with additional perspectives, arguments, details and in-depth discussion of concepts. The result is a treatise which explains the most fundamental results of my research and their respective central argument, and which, so I hope, serves as a stimulus for a more extensive examination of reality. May it bring you thoughtful pleasure and subtle delight. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/158

Omnipresent Consciousness & Free Will (by Claus Janew): Abstract: This article is not an attempt to explain consciousness in terms basically of quantum physics or neuro-biology. Instead I should like to place the term "Consciousness" on a broader footing. I shall therefore proceed from everyday reality, precisely where we experience ourselves as conscious beings. I shall use the term in such a general way as to resolve the question whether only a human being enjoys consciousness, or even a thermostat. Whilst the difference is considerable, it is not fundamental. Every effect exists in the perception of a consciousness. I elaborate on its freedom of choice (leading to free will), in my view the most important source of creativity, in a similarly general way. The problems associated with a really conscious decision do not disappear by mixing determination with a touch of coincidence. Both must enter into a higher unity. In so doing it will emerge that a certain degree of freedom of choice (or free will) is just as omnipresent as consciousness - an inherent part of reality itself. http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/159

Jul 7 '12 · Tags: consciousness, creation, reality
The Unified Reality Theory I: The Relational-Matrix Model (by Steven E. Kaufman): Abstract: Our modeling of space-time as a structure must include an analysis and description of these two complementary aspects, i.e., something that exists, and the way that something is arranged into a structure. What space-time is made of we will analyze and describe in terms of spatial content. This description will leave us with a model of space-time as a dynamic structure. For reasons that will later become clear, we will call this model the relational-matrix model. Once the relational-matrix model has been developed, we will then demonstrate in the future how the functioning of this dynamic spatial structure can account for certain basic aspects of the nature and behavior of physical reality. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/188

Nonlinear Theory of Elementary Particles Part X: The Theory of Massive Neutrino (by Alexander G. Kyriakos): Abstract: In this article the theory of massive neutrino is presented. This theory does not contradict with the last data of neutrino experiments, as the Standard Model theory. The neutrino of this theory is a massive neutral particle with half spin; all neutrinos are left-handed only and all antineutrinos are right-handed only. In the theory it is shown that neutrino is not the Majorano particle, but the Dirac particle. The total lepton number is strictly conserved. The total lepton flavour numbers can not be conserved. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/189

The Motion of Test Particle in Z = (t/z) - Type Plane Gravitational Waves in Plane Symmetry (by Sanjay R. Bhoyar, V. R. Chirde, S. D. Katore, A. G. Deshmukh): Abstract: In this paper, we have consider the plane symmetric space-time deduced by Bhoyar and Deshmukh [8] and derived the equations governing the test particle motion in the field of Z = (t/z) - type plane gravitational waves and the motion is discussed. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/186

Bianchi Type III Magnetized Anisotropic Dark Energy Models with Constant Deceleration Parameter (by S. D. Tade, Manish M. Sambhe): Abstract: The Bianchi type III magnetized dark energy model with constant deceleration parameter is investigated. The energy-momentum tensor consists of anisotropic fluid with anisotropic EoS p = ωρ and a uniform magnetic field of energy density ρB.We obtain exact solutions to the field equations using the condition that expansion is proportional to the shear scalar . The physical behavior of the model is discussed with and without magnetic field. We conclude that universe model as well as anisotropic fluid does not approach isotropy through the evolution of the universe. The physical aspects of the dark energy models are discussed. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/187

Jul 6 '12 · Tags: new perspectives, physics
Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research has just published its latest issue Vol 3 Issue 5 entitled "Metaphorms, 100 Years of Archetypes, Problem of Experience & Informational Reality" at http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/issue/view/24.

Table of Contents

Articles

Metaphorms: Physics Is Not Beyond You and You Make It Matter Part I (by Iona Miller)

Metaphorms: Physics Is Not Beyond You and You Make It Matter Part II (by Iona Miller)

A Hundred Years of Archetypes: When You Face Reality, You Know “Nothing” Part I (by Iona Miller)

A Hundred Years of Archetypes: When You Face Reality, You Know “Nothing” Part II (by Iona Miller)

What if Berkeley Had Gone to Berkeley? - Neurophysiology & Physics in the defense of Informational Idealism: Part I: The Problem of Experience (by Paul N. Seward)

What if Berkeley Had Gone to Berkeley? - Neurophysiology & Physics in the defense of Informational Idealism: Part II: Informational Reality (by Paul N. Seward)

http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/issue/view/24

On This 4th of July CERN Announces the Discovery of a New Particle. For more detailed analysis, please read Philip Gibbs' viXra Log.

The following are excerpts from the Press Release of CERN:

"Geneva, 4 July 2012. At a seminar held at CERN today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a new particle in the mass region around 125-126 GeV."

"The results presented today are labelled preliminary. They are based on data collected in 2011 and 2012, with the 2012 data still under analysis. Publication of the analyses shown today is expected around the end of July. A more complete picture of today’s observations will emerge later this year after the LHC provides the experiments with more data."

"The next step will be to determine the precise nature of the particle and its significance for our understanding of the universe. Are its properties as expected for the long-sought Higgs boson, the final missing ingredient in the Standard Model of particle physics? Or is it something more exotic? The Standard Model describes the fundamental particles from which we, and every visible thing in the universe, are made, and the forces acting between them. All the matter that we can see, however, appears to be no more than about 4% of the total. A more exotic version of the Higgs particle could be a bridge to understanding the 96% of the universe that remains obscure."

"Positive identification of the new particle’s characteristics will take considerable time and data. But whatever form the Higgs particle takes, our knowledge of the fundamental structure of matter is about to take a major step forward."

Jul 4 '12 · Tags: cern, discovery, new particle
A leaked video points to stronger evidence of a new particle. The evidence is based on the data collected in 2012 from the ATLAS and CMS experiement of Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") .

See viXra Log; Lubos Motls; and Wired .

The new particle could be this.

Jul 3 '12 · Tags: cern, leaked video, stronger evidence
Scientific GOD Journal has just published its latest issue V3(5) entitled "Toward the Unification of Science & Spirituality" at http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/issue/view/23. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit SGJ website to review articles and items of interest.

Table of Contents (http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/issue/view/23)

Articles

The Human Aspect of Christ between Classic and Quantum Consciousness: Gethsemane - Anxiety & Depression between Biochemistry & Anthropology (by Massimo Cocchi, Lucio Tonello & Fabio Gabrielli)

Unfolding the Visionary Path of the Tree of Life (by Chris King)

Ultraholism: The Field of Infinite Meaning (by Iona Miller)

Demiurgic Field: Its Patterning Role in Chaos, Creation & Creativity (by Iona Miller & Paul Wildman)

Zero Sum Game: Pre-Physical-Existence & Psychophysical Reality (by Iona Miller)

SGJ Editors
Scientific GOD Inc.

Jul 2 '12 · Tags: science, spirituality, unification
Prespacetime Journal has just published its latest issue PSTJ V3(8) entitled "The Eve of Exciting News in Particle Physics" at http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/issue/view/31.

Table of Contents (http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/issue/view/31)

Special Reports

ICHEP Preparations, July 4th Higgs Update at CERN & Several Higgs Webcasts (by Philip E. Gibbs)

ICHEP Higgs Rumours = Discovery? (by Philip E. Gibbs)

Articles

Higgs Discovery on the Brink, but Is It the Higgs? & What Is the Deal with H to WW? (by Philip E. Gibbs)

Comparison of the Fractional Response of a RLC Network and RC Circuit (by José F. Gómez)

On Lorentz-invariant Theory of Gravitation Part 2: The Nature of Pre-spacetime & Its Geometrization (by Alexander G. Kyriakos)

GR Articles

Bianchi Type V Dark Energy Model in Brans-Dicke Theory of Gravitation Shivdas D. Katore, A. Y. Shaikh)

Essays

Bayes and String Theory (by Philip E. Gibbs)

News

LHC June 2012 Update (by Philip E. Gibbs)


Jul 1 '12 · Tags: lhc, prespacetime, higgs discovery
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