Program Abstracts T ese two views are usually considered as quite confl icting. T e key-point of confl ict is that science thinks that


only matter exists: molecules, atoms, particles plus forces, space and time, while the nondualistic view almost thinks the opposite: that only Consciousness exists. In my presentation I would like to show that the (western) scientifi c view and the (oriental) mystical/nondualistic


one are not in confl ict when we use modern quantum theory. In quantum theory there are two fundamentally diff erent types of processes which can occur: First, the automatic changes which occur with passage of time. Second, the arbitrary changes by measurements. T e second type of process is called: reduction process or collapse of the wave function, and it contains the essential unpredictability of measurement outcomes. In the quantum synthesis that I would like to present, this reduction process connects Consciousness with the objective world. T is unifi ca- tion has causality and free will and no energy transfer between Consciousness and Matter.


Ways of Knowing: Perspectives of a Scientist Meditator, Dr. Jordan Camp <jordan.b.camp@nasa.gov> (Astrophysicist, NASA ) “T ere are diff erent ways of knowing”. T at statement is simple, and yet quite profound. One type of knowledge, supplied by the intellect, can be described as knowledge in /terms/. It is knowledge about things in terms of other things, providing connections between material phenomena. It is discursive and reductionist, building models of the physical world through basic constructs, and has been extremely fruitful in its power of explanation and control of the physical world. In contrast, there is a diff erent kind of knowledge that knows the world directly. T is kind of knowledge is available to direct experience, but is not describable. It is diff erent from the intellect, in that, while it is indeed knowable, it is not known in /terms/ of anything. An interesting possible connection between these two arenas is mathematics, which has a foot in both worlds, so to speak. Both types of knowledge are important, and to paraphrase the Dalai Lama, both types of knowledge may help to


reduce human suff ering. As a NASA scientist who has a regular and sustained meditation practice, I have some basic experience with both ways of knowing. In my talk I will attempt to articulate the diff erences between these two ways of knowing, using examples from physics and cosmology, and also from some of the sayings of the great spiritual masters. I will touch on the subject of math as a possible bridge, as mentioned above.


Beyond Cosmology & Consciousness - Towards Information T eory, Marcus Abundis <55mrcs@gmail.com> (Stanford Grad. School of Business (GFTP)) I present a new formal information theory, to address questions of cosmology, transcendent personal states of I, and subatomic particle-information plenism. From work of contemporary yet unconventional scientifi c thinkers, such as: • Joel Primack & Nancy Abrams’ scalable cosmology, cosmic Uroboros, and the mythologizing of science, • Nassim Haramein’s universal scaling (vibrational) law, and speculative particle physics, • Hameroff & Penroses’ vibrating microtubules as biologically-likely quantum informational interface, • Terrence Deacon’s (Vilmos Csany’s auto-genisis), “how matter becomes conscious,” and • Marcus Abundis’ bio-informatic schema for human consciousness, a broad general information theory is proposed as an improved way of viewing the world, beyond traditional physics. Starting with a “philosophy of the cosmos” as Singularity/ Big Bang, to a later exponentially expanding cosmic fi eld, an underlying archetypal dynamism of all Life/ Cosmos is briefl y mapped. From this perspective of “archetypal dynamics” (universal quantum processes), a second map then relates a specifi c human struggle for self-transcendence (survival and the personal I), to larger general cosmic mandates of simply creating more Life information evolution.


“Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Why Can’t You and Me Do It?” T e Biology And Mathematics Of T e Buddhist Doctrine Of Shunyata, Ramesh Narasimhan <rsn@enlightenedadventure.net> (Enlightened Adventure Corporation) As has been shown in many scientifi c studies, communities of birds, bees and fi sh can engage in complicated


collective behavior without any individual understanding the entire project they are participating in. T is behavior has inspired a number of engineering systems, including its use in computer algorithms and the control systems of swimming and fl ying robots. T is paper explores the question: “Where is that intelligence stored at any given time, and how is it transmitted through evolution to subsequent generations of a species?” T is question is systematically considered through an analysis of “evolutionary computing”, which seeks to understand the optimal behavior of populations engaging in goal directed behavior, like the species mentioned above. Not only have insects and birds evolved to perform complicated yet blind coordinated behavior; we also see that a similar phenomenon underlies the coordination of the systems within our own bodies. Each cell in our body is


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