(With last update date)
Foreword (June 6, 2008)
Preface to part 1 (April 12, 2000)
Chapter 1. The three major metaphysical philosophies (November 16, 2008)
1.1. The assumption of objective reality, a necessity for survival and for science?
1.4. Idealism (pure subjectivity): The
philosophy that mind is all and all is mind
1.5.
The teaching of nonduality
1.6. The distinction between Consciousness, Awareness, and mind
Chapter 2. Classical physics from Newton to Einstein (February 25, 2009)
2.2. Newton’s laws and determinism
2.3. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; entropy and the direction of time
Chapter 3. Quantum physics from Planck and Einstein to Bohr, Heisenberg, de Broglie, and Schrödinger (February 27, 2009)
3.1. The beginning of quantum physics by Planck and Einstein
3.2. The development of quantum mechanics by Bohr, Heisenberg, de Broglie and Schrödinger
3.3. Uncertainty and complementarity
Chapter 4. Waves and interference, Schrödinger’s cat paradox, Bell’s
inequality (March 2, 2009)
4.2. Schrödinger’s cat paradox
4.3. Bell’s theorem, the Aspect experiments, and the nonlocality of reality
Chapter 5. Conscious mind and free will (March 11, 2009)
5.1. What are the characteristics of conscious mind?
5.2. Extraordinary abilities of the mind
5.3. The unity of the human mind
5.5. Is there a test for consciousness?
5.6. Can a machine be conscious?
5.7. What seem to be the effects of consciousness?
5.8. When and how does a child begin to perceive objects?
5.9. The experiments of Libet, et al., and their implication for free will
5.10. Brain imaging experiments on free will
5.11. Free will as the possibility of alternative action
5.12. The origin of the belief in free will
5.13. Is free will necessary for our happiness?
5.15. If there is no free will, how do things happen?
5.16. Speculations on the future in deterministic and probabilistic universes
Chapter 6. What does quantum theory mean? (March 21, 2009)
6.1. The interpretation problem
6.2. The Copenhagen interpretation
6.3. What can make a measurement in the Copenhagen interpretation?
6.4. Wavefunction reduction in the Copenhagen interpretation; the forward direction of time
6.5. Nonlocality in the Copenhagen interpretation
6.7. The many-worlds interpretation
6.8. The similarity between the Copenhagen and many-worlds interpretations
6.9. The astonishing implications of the nonlocality of consciousness
6.10. The subjective interpretation of quantum theory
6.11. Physics is the study of the mind!
Preface to part 2 (October 19, 2007)
Chapter 7. An interpretation of quantum theory according to monistic idealism
(July 9, 2008)
7.1. The physics of monistic idealism
7.2. Schrödinger’s cat revisited
7.4. The quantum-classical brain
7.5. Paradoxes and tangled hierarchies
7.6. The first identification: The appearance of sentience
7.7.
The second identification: The appearance of
the "I"
7.8. Further discussion of the unconditioned self, the ego, and freedom
7.9. The disappearance of the ego. The experience of freedom from bondage
7.10. Critique of Goswami's model
Chapter 8. Transcendental realms (May 23, 2007)
8.1. Similarities between the different transcendental realms
8.2. The meanings of the transcendental realms
Chapter 9. Perception (June 13, 2009)
9.4.
Many minds, one Awareness
9.5. Objectification, the body-mind organism, and the primacy of the
concept of memory
9.6. The hard problem in consciousness science
Chapter 10. The teaching of nonduality (October 15, 2007)
10.1. The metaphysics of nonduality
10.4. About death
10.5.
Summary diagram
Chapter 11. The functioning of the mind (June 13, 2009)
11.2. The appearance of sentience within Consciousness
11.3. Manifestation: The first level of identification
11.4. Objectification: The second level of identification
11.5. Ownership: The third level of identification
11.6. Polar pairs, separation, and suffering
11.7.The victim/victimizer polar pair
11.8. Sin, guilt, and shame--monstrosities of mind
11.9. The thinking mind and the working mind
Chapter 12. Space, time, causality, and destiny (July 4, 2009)
12.1. The concepts of space and time
12.2. Speculations on the concepts of nonlocality in time and space
12.3. The
concept of causality
12.4. The nature of laws
12.5. The concept of destiny and God's Will
12.7. Maya, the divine hypnosis
Chapter 13. Some useful metaphors (May 28, 2009)
13.3. The puppet and the robot
13.7. Electricity and the appliance
13.9. The dust in a light beam
13.13. The pot and the space in which it exists
13.14. Sunlight
and the dew drop
Chapter 14. Religion, belief, and nonduality (July 4, 2009)
14.1. The difference between religion and nonduality
14.2. Religion as the belief in a dualistic God
14.3. A nondualistic view of God
14.4. Religion as the belief in objective reality
14.5. Buddhism--religion or not?
Chapter 15. Free will and responsibility (June 7, 2007)
Chapter 16. Love seeking Itself (January 13, 2009)
16.1.
Nondualistic vs. dualistic love
16.2.
Self-hatred
16.3. Affirmation as self-love practice
16.4. Flooding ourselves and others with light
Preface to part 3 (December 16, 2002)
Chapter 17. How to live one’s life (May 28, 2009)
17.1. The problems with reading the scriptures
17.2. Whatever happens must happen
17.3. Meaning and purpose in life
17.4. The will to live/the wish to die
17.5. If suffering is to end, spiritual practice usually happens first
17.6. The rarity of enlightenment
17.8. An exploration of nonvolitional living (1993), by Galen Sharp
Chapter 18. Practices and teachers (April 3, 2008)
18.2. The importance of being aware
18.3. Some sages and the practices they teach
18.4. Who or
what is it that practices?
18.5. Some
possibly helpful tips
18.6.
Some of the
contemporary sages of nonduality who have followed the tradition of Advaita
Chapter 19. Acceptance and surrender (July 3, 2009)
19.1. Surrender and mantra practice
19.2. Ramesh's
teaching on surrender
Chapter 20. Understanding by direct seeing (April 7, 2008)
20.1. The role of concepts in Advaita
20.3. The use of direct seeing to disidentify from
the "I"-doer
20.4. The use of direct seeing to disidentify from "mine"
20.5. Because there is no "I"-object, there is no other
Chapter 21. Resistance, clinging, and acceptance (June 13, 2009)
21.1. What are resistance and clinging?
21.2. Repression of emotions creates physical illness
21.3. Clinging/resistance, desire/fear, attachment/aversion
21.4. What is
Acceptance?
21.5. When resistance ends, life becomes stress-free
Chapter 22. Disidentification from attachment and aversion (June 24, 2009)
Chapter 23. Disidentification through inquiry (June 24, 2009)
23.2. Inquiry into the self: self-inquiry
23.3. Inquiry into the Self: Self-inquiry
23.4.
There is no suffering in the present moment
23.5. Inquiry into the manifestation: outward
inquiry
23.6. Some loose
ends gathered
Chapter 24. Disidentification through meditation (June 25, 2009
24.1. Principles of meditation
Chapter
25. Love finding Itself (January 15, 2009)
Chapter 26. Very short summary
(May 17, 2004)
Appendix. My resources and teachers (January 9, 2009)
What are they feeling? (November 8, 2008)
Yogaville Workshop (November 17, 2008)
Unity Workshop (September 1, 2008)
12-8-08 Workshop (December 8, 2008)