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Bridging the gap between your world of research and the world of the religious, B. Alan Wallace introduces an all natural theory of individual consciousness that has its roots in modern-day physics and Buddhism. Wallace's "special theory of ontological relativity" suggests that mental phenomena are conditioned by the mind, but do not emerge from it. Somewhat, the entire natural world of head and matter, subjects and objects, arises from a unitary aspect of truth that is more important than these dualities, as proposed by Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung.
To test his hypothesis, Wallace utilizes the Buddhist meditative practice of samatha, refining one's attention and metacognition, to create a kind of telescope to examine the space of the mind. Drawing on the task of the physicist John Wheeler, he then proposes a far more general theory in which the participatory aspect of reality is envisioned as a self-excited circuit. In contrasting these suggestions to the Buddhist theory known as the center Way school of thought, Wallace explores further aspects of his "general theory of ontological relativity," which can be investigated through vipasyana, or perception, meditation. Wallace then targets the theme of symmetry in reference to quantum cosmology and the "problem of iced time," relating these issues to the theory and routines of the fantastic Perfection school of Tibetan Buddhism. He concludes with a talk of the general theme of complementarity as it pertains to science and religious beliefs.
The theories of relativity and quantum mechanics were major accomplishments in the physical sciences, and the theory of evolution has had an equally deep impact on the life sciences. However, thorough medical methods do not yet exist to see mental phenomena, and naturalism has its limitations for dropping light on the workings of the mind. A pioneer of modern consciousness research, Wallace offers a practical and revolutionary method for exploring the mind that combines the keenest insights of modern-day physicists and philosophers with the time-honored meditative traditions of Buddhism.
