Was ist Bewusstsein ist eine der spannendsten Fragen, die im 3. Jahrtausend von Natur- und Geisteswissenschaftlern gestellt und erforscht wird. Ungeachtet der rasanten Fortschritte in den Neurowissenschaften gibt es auch im Jahr 2010 noch keine allgemeine Übereinstimmung darüber, was Bewusstsein letztlich ist.

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Definitionsansätze von Bewusstsein

Die Definitionspalette des Begriffs Bewusstsein reicht von der schlichten wörtlichen Erklärung

Bewusstsein ist das Wissen über das Ich Bin.

über die Idee der fünf schätzebringenden Geister des chinesischen Feng Shui

Yi – Bewusstsein
Shen – Geist
Zhi – Wille
Hun – Unbewusstes
Po – Instinkt

bis hin zu komplizierten Konstruktionen wie sie zum Beispiel in dem ausführlichen Artikel Bewußtsein als Eigenschaft kohärenter Zustände des Biophotonenforschers Fritz-Albert Popp erläutert werden.
Popp benennt darin vier Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten des Bewusstseins:

Selbstbewusstsein,
Identifikation,
Vorhersage und
Erinnerung oder Inspiration.

Ende der fünfziger Jahre definierte Ayn Rand Bewusstsein als "die Fähigkeit, die Existenz wahrzunehmen".

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Die Elemente des Bewusstseins – Fritz-Albert Popp

Der Biophotonenforschers Prof. Fritz-Albert Popp benennt vier Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten des Bewusstseins:

Selbstbewusstsein,
Identifikation,
Vorhersage,
Erinnerung oder Inspiration.

	Vier Elemente des Bewusstseins – F.-A. Popp
#	Zeitelement A	Zeitelement P	Bewusstseins-Element
1.	ICH BIN.	Gegenwart	SELBSTBEWUSSTSEIN
2.	ES IST.	Vergangenheit	WAHRNEHMUNG
3.	ES WIRD SEIN.	Zukunft	VORHERSAGE
4.a	ES KÖNNTE GEWESEN SEIN.	Möglichkeitsform rückblickend	ERINNERUNG
4.b	ES KÖNNTE WERDEN.	Möglichkeitsform	INTUITION
Seit der Aufklärung gelten Memoria und Phantasia als niedere Werkzeuge im Gegensatz zur Vernunft.

Stufe	Bewusstwerdung	Bezogenheit Zeitebene	Beschreibung
1.	Selbst-Bewusstsein	Ich bin.	Symbolisch darstellbar durch die Wechselwirkung des "ICH" als Objekt mit dem "Selbstzweifel" des Ich, dem Subjekt der Kommunikation, wobei am Ende des Dialogs eine Deckungsgleichheit der beiden Bereiche […] erreicht wird.
2.	Identifikation	DU bist. ES ist.	Symbolisch darstellbar durch die Wechselwirkung des "DU" oder "ES" als Objekt mit den "Möglichkeiten", die sich nach Existenz des "DU" oder "ES" im Bewusstsein des "Ich" ergeben, wobei beide Bereich […] am Ende des Dialogs wieder zur Deckung gebracht werden.
3.	Vorhersage	Es WIRD sein.	Symbolisch darstellbar durch wiederholte Wechselwirkung des "ES" als Objekt mit den "Möglichkeiten" des "Du" oder "Es" in der Vorausschau des Bewusstseins des "Ich", bis beide Bereiche […] zur Deckung gebracht werden.
4.	Erinnerung oder Inspiration	Es KÖNNTE gewesen sein. oder Es KÖNNTE werden.	Symbolisch darstellbar durch die wiederholte Wechselwirkung der zur aktuellen Information transformierten potentiellen Information des "Es" in der Vergangenheit oder Zukunft mit der potentiellen Information des "Ich" in der Gegenwart, wobei die beiden Bereiche […] nicht zur Deckung gebracht werden können. Der Prozess endet, sobald keine engere Übereinstimmung zwischen A und P mehr erreichbar ist.

Konferenzvortrag des deutschen Biophysikers Dr. Fritz-Albert Popp,
Tagung der Internationalen Stiftung für Biosynthese, 5.-7.10.2001, Zürich, CH
Artikel, Fritz-Albert Popp, Bewußtsein als Eigenschaft kohärenter Zustände

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Bewusstseinszustände

Nach Ken Wilber ist Zustand ein Kurzwort für “Bewusstseinszustände”.

Der Wachzustand, der Traumzustand und der Tiefschlaf sind natürliche und gewöhnliche Zustände, während
meditative und kontemplative Zustände ungewöhnlicher Art sind.

Die Hindu-Philosophie benennt drei bekannte Bewusstseinszustände: Jagrata, Swapna, Sushupti¹. Es handelt sich um den Wachzustand, den Traumzustand und den traumlosen Schlaf. Der vierte Zustand wird Turiya oder Nirvikalpa genannt. Er drückt reines Bewusstsein aus.

Der indische Weise Ramana Maharshi spricht ebenfalls von drei wesentlichen Bewusstseinsebenen des Selbstes, das sie als reines formloses Gewahrsein als reiner Zeuge bestätigt:

Wachzustand,
Traumzustand,
Tiefschlaf.

Er präzisiert dies mit dem Satz:

Alles, was nicht auch im Tiefschlaf vorhanden und bezeugbar ist, ist unwirklich, das heißt, von dauerhaftem Bestand.

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Kein Konsens in der Frage des Bewusstseins

Querschnitt einer Nautilusmuschel

Die naturwissenschaftliche Forschung legt nahe, dass es mindestens zwei Konzepte gibt, die notwendig sind für ein angemessenes Verständnis von Bewusstsein: Zustände und Stufen. Jeder Mensch, einschließlich die Kleinkinder, erfährt die drei natürlichen Bewusstseinszustände: Wachen, Träumen und Schlafen. Die Zustände können auch außergewöhnlich sein, wie beispielsweise in der Meditation, beim schöpferischen Tagträumen oder bei Gipfelerlebnissen. Die Entwicklung durch Stufen hindurch erlaubt dem Menschen, zeitweilige Zustände in dauerhafte Wesenszüge zu umzuwandeln.

Die Frage, ob Bewusstsein im Gehirn oder außerhalb des Gehirns angesiedelt ist, ist eine wesentliche Frage der Neurowissenschaftler. Ein sehr hoher Prozentsatz der Forscher weigert sich, die zweite Möglichkeit auch nur theoretisch zu erlauben. Dies ist der Grund, weshalb sie nur Erfolge vorweisen können, die in den Rahmen des eigenen geistigen Horizonts passen. Dies gilt für das Leben und die Forschung allgemein und ganz besonders für die Entschlüsselung des Phänomens Bewusstsein, für das bisher noch nicht einmal eine konsensuell bestätigte Definition vorliegt.

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Das globale Bewusstseinsprojekt – Princeton USA

Global Consciousness Project – so nennt Professor Roger Nelson seinen Großversuch mit weltweit aufgestellten 37 bis knapp 70 Zufallsgeneratoren, die stets dann reagieren, wenn weltweit Aufsehen erregende Ereignisse stattfinden. Bei der Beerdigung von Prinzessin Diana und der Bombardierung Jugoslawiens durch die Nato wurden flächendeckend in der Bevölkerung starke Emotionen ausgelöst. Die Generatorenmesswerte, eine Art EEG der Erde und des globalen Bewusstseins, zeichneten währenddessen eine deutlich abweichende Kurve zu Normalbedingungen auf.

Ein Wissenschaftler des Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR-Institutes) der Princeton Universität in New Jersey hat die Zufallsgeneratoren Ei infolge der eiförmigen Blechhülle genannt, in denen Geigerzähler die Zerfallsimpulse von radioaktivem Strontium messen und in ein binäres Zahlensystem für den perfekten Zufall übersetzen. Normalerweise erscheinen die Nullen und Einsen gleich häufig und werden graphisch als schwache Zick-Zack-Kurve entlang der horizontalen Achse dargestellt.
Gegen acht Uhr morgens am 11. September 2001 stellte ein wissenschaftlicher Assistent des PEAR-Institutes verwundert fest, dass die "Zufallskurve" der Nacht von den normalen Werten abwich. Als das entführte Flugzeug Boing 767 der American Airlines um 8:45 Uhr in den Nordturm des World Trade Centers einschlug, waren die Ausschläge auf der Princetoner Messskala signifikant erhöht und steigerten sich in den Folgestunden mit jedem weiteren Unglück des 11. Septembers noch mehr.

Quellen: Text und Audio (engl.)

Roger Nelson, Holger Boesch, Emil Boller, York Dobyns, Joop Houtkooper, Arnold Lettieri, Dean Radin, Linda Russek, Gary Schwartz, Jerry Wesch, Global Resonance of Consciousness: Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, The Electronic Journal of Parapsychology, eJAP, 1998
Dean Radin, Ph.D., US American senior scientist Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Global Consciousness Project – Analysis for September 11, 2001, 21. September 2001
Three audio interviews (subject to fee) with Dr. Roger Nelson, web radio station Beyond the Ordinary,
hosts Nancy and Elena, 31. July 2007, 13. November 2007, 14. April 2008
Audio interview with Dr. Roger Nelson, director of the GCP, The Global Consciousness Project, presented by Skeptiko.com, host Alan Tsakiris, 10:29 minutes duration, May 2009, posted 7. June 2009

Siehe auch:

Dr. Rollin McCraty, Global Coherence Initiative, About The Global Coherence Monitoring System
* Kollektive Weisheit

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Bewusstsein ist die nicht reduzierbare, ursprüngliche Beschaffenheit von allem was existiert. David R. Hawkins, Truth vs. Falsehood, S. xxiv

Ein naturwissenschaftliches Verständnis des Bewusstseins liegt nicht vor. Selbst eine allgemein anerkannte präzise Definition von Bewusstsein ist bisher nicht gelungen. David R. Hawkins, Die Ebenen des Bewusstseins, VAK Verlags GmbH
sh. auch Bewusstsein

Gott schläft im Stein, erwacht in der Pflanze, fühlt im Tier und wird sich seiner Selbst bewusst im Menschen! Sufi-Weisheit

Für die unbewusste Psyche scheinen Raum und Zeit relativ zu sein, das heißt, das Wissen befindet sich in einem raumzeitlichen Kontinuum, in welchem Raum nicht mehr Raum und Zeit nicht mehr Zeit ist. Wenn daher das Unbewusste ein gewisses Potential zum Bewusstsein hin entwickelt oder erhält, dann entsteht die Möglichkeit, dass Parallelereignisse wahrgenommen beziehungsweise «gewusst» werden können. Carl Gustav Jung [BW 540] (1875-1961) Schweizer Psychiater, Psychoanalytiker, Tiefenpsychologe, Synchronizität, Akausalität und Okkultismus, S. 63, dtv Verlag, München, 1990

Wissenschaft, Kunst und Ethik sind notwendige Konsequenzen eines sich entwickelnden Bewusstseins, das im Sinne einer Optimierung den Bereich der Möglichkeiten ständig erweitert und erweitern muss, um die Welt der Tatsächlichkeiten für die Optimierung der Kommunikation offen zu halten, und um letztlich einen Sinn anstreben zu können, unabhängig davon, ob er je erkannt werden kann oder nicht. P. A. Möller, Medizinische Ethik im 21. Jahrhundert. Zur Anthropotechnik der Menschlichkeit, Kühlungsborner Tagung, 12.-14. Mai 2000, Tagungsband, Norderstedt, 2001

Die Molekularbiologen und Gentechniker analysieren die Funktion des Gehirns. Aber ob uns das viel näher bringt an das Verständnis über das Bewusstsein, ist eine offene Frage. Es ist offen, ob das Bewusstsein nur die Funktion unseres komplexen Bordcomputers ist. Es ist offen, ob Bewusstsein nur etwas materialistisch zu Verstehendes ist oder doch etwas mehr. Professor Anton Zeilinger (*1945) österreichischer Professor für Physik, bekanntester experimenteller Quantenphysiker der Neuzeit, Universität Wien

Der Grund dafür, dass unser fühlendes wahrnehmendes und denkendes Ich in unserem naturwissenschaftlichen Weltbild nirgends auftritt, kann leicht in fünf Worten ausgedrückt werden: Es ist selbst dieses Weltbild. Es ist mit dem Ganzen identisch und kann deshalb nicht als ein Teil darin enthalten sein. [...] Bewusstsein gibt es seiner Natur nach nur in der Einzahl. Ich möchte sagen: die Gesamtzahl aller "Bewusstheiten" ist immer bloß "eins". Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) österreichischer Physiker, Wissenschaftstheoretiker, Nobelpreisträger für Physik, 1933, Geist und Materie, Zsolnay Verlag, Wien, 1986

Bewusstsein gibt es seiner Natur nach nur in der Einzahl. Ich möchte sagen: die Gesamtzahl aller »Bewusstheiten« ist immer bloß 'eins'. Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) österreichischer Physiker, Wissenschaftstheoretiker, Nobelpreisträger für Physik, 1933, Geist und Materie, 4. Kapitel, S. 90, Zsolnay Verlag, Wien, 1986

Unser Verständnis vom Bewusstsein als Produkt des Gehirns muss neu überdacht werden. Mit dem bestehenden Begriff können wir die Ergebnisse unserer Studie nicht verstehen. Pim van Lommel (*1943) niederländischer Arzt, Kardiologe, Wissenschaftler, NTE-Forscher, 2002

Das Gehirn empfängt das Bewusstsein. […] Es ist möglich, dass man sein Bewusstsein, sein Selbstbewusstsein haben kann, wenn man ein flaches EEG [Herzstillstand] hat. […] Wenn jedoch das Gehirn nicht mehr funktioniert, besteht die Möglichkeit, dass das Selbstbewusstsein zusammen mit dem Bewusstsein und den Erinnerungen außerhalb des Gehirns existiert. […] Damit sind wir gleich in der Quantenmechanik und bei Begriffen wie non-local interconnectedness, womit gemeint ist, dass alle Ereignisse miteinander verbunden sind und sich gegenseitig beeinflussen. Pim van Lommel (*1943) niederländischer Arzt, Kardiologe, Wissenschaftler, NTE-Forscher, 2002

Welches Sein muss sich bewusst sein, um zu sein? Das Bewusstsein ist doch schon eine Idee. Wer braucht das dumme Bewusstsein überhaupt? Karl Renz, deutscher NeoAdvaita-Lehrer, Retreat, Hamburg, 16. Dezember 2005

Wenn wir begreifen, dass wir «Bewusstheit» sind, die sich ihrer selbst bewusst wird, so sind wir auf dem Weg zur Weisheit. Akzeptieren wir diese für uns selbst, so schaffen wir eine notwendige Voraussetzung für ein gesundes Leben. Der Widerstand gegen die Erkenntnis, dass es nichts außer unserer eigenen Erfahrung gibt, kann der Beginn einer Krankheit sein. Folglich ist die wirkliche Behandlung einer Erkrankung erst im Verlauf der eigenen Bewusstwerdung möglich. Robert Hall, Awareness as Healing; zitiert in: Helmut Milz, Ganzheitliche Medizin, S. 161, Athenäum Verlag, Königstein/Ts., 1985

Ohne eine globale Revolution auf dem Gebiet des menschlichen Bewusstseins wird sich nichts zum Besseren ändern [...] und die Katastrophe, auf die die Welt zusteuert – der wirtschaftliche, gesellschaftliche und demographische Zusammenbruch der Zivilisation – wird unvermeidlich sein. Vaclav Havel (*1936) tschechischer Schriftsteller, Mitglied des Club of Rome, erster postkommunistischer Präsident der Tschechoslowakei nach der Samtenen Revolution (1993–2003), Konferenzbeitrag, USA, 1999

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The reality that you're looking for is just prior to thinking; it's not between thoughts. Prior to the moment of a thought, there's a nothingness. That which you are is there before the thought. Thought is form. If you use form to try to catch form, it's not fast enough. From the witness-observer, you see that thought arises from silence. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Identification and Illusion, 14. August 2004

The Self (pure Formless Awareness) is the Pure Witness of the three states: Waking, Dreaming and Deep Sleep. Assigned to Sri Ramana Maharshi [LoC 720] (1879-1950) Indian Hindu sage, saint

That which is not present in deep (i. e. dreamless) sleep is not real. Assigned to Sri Ramana Maharshi [LOC 720] (1879-1950) Indian Hindu sage, saint

The consciousness of mankind is one and not truly divisible. Each person has a responsibility to achieve this and nothing else. There is no other way out. That is absolutely what has to be done and nothing else can work. David Bohm [LoC 507] (1917-1992) German-born US American British leading theoretical quantum physicist

Mystics, contrary to religionists, are always saying that reality is not two things – God and the world – but one thing, consciousness. […] The problem with science has always been that most scientists believe that science must be done within a different monistic framework, one based on the primacy of matter. […] Quantum physics showed us that we must change that myopic prejudice of scientists, otherwise we cannot comprehend quantum physics. So now we have science within consciousness, a new paradigm of science based on the primacy of consciousness that is gradually replacing the old materialist science. […] the new paradigm resolves many […] paradoxes of the old paradigm and explains much anomalous data. Interview with Amit Goswami, Ph.D. (*1936) Indian US American nuclear physicist, author, quantum cosmologist on Healing Journeys, presented by Insight Directory, Suzie Daggett, 2005

What are the electrons drawing off in order to be able to keep on running? This question was originally asked by Hal Puthoff in the 70ties.
The answer is what many people call zero-point energy, or the quantum field, or the quantum vacuum, or virtual particle flux, dark energy which is not a pleasant name for it. These are all the different names that the mainstream has come out with. [...]
If you want to have your Unified field theory of physics [...] and reconcile the macro with the micro, the quantum physics with the Newtonian physics [...] and to rectify it with the mystery of how can we actually be asking the question? Which is consciousness. [...]
Consciousness must somehow be part of the field. [...]
Consciousness is not simply locked within the human body and brain, but is interconnected [...] interacting with matter and energy. [...] The energy itself is conscious which is now becoming a scientifically proven fact. Audio interview with David Wilcock, US American consciousness researcher, author, lecturer, filmmaker, on Bosnian Pyramid & New Physics, part 4 of 8, presented by web radio station Coast to Coast AM, host Rob Simone, 28. December 2010, YouTube film, minute 5:09, 14:01 minutes duration, posted 30. December 2010

There exists a continuum of consciousness uniting individual minds that could be directly experienced if the psychophysical threshold of perception were sufficiently lowered through refinement in the functioning nervous system. William James [LoC 490] (1842-1910) US American psychologist, philosopher (pragmatist), Essay, 1898

Consciousness is a singular the plural of which is unknown. Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) Austrian physicist, theoretical biologist, father of quantum mechanics, recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1933

To divide or multiply consciousness is something meaningless. There is obviously only one alternative, namely the unification of minds or consciousness. [...] [I]n truth there is only one mind. Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) Austrian physicist, theoretical biologist, father of quantum mechanics, recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1933

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Missing definition of the mind in health professions

95% of mental health practitioners worldwide and almost all scientists and philosophers focusing on the mind, have no definition of what the mind is. Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, attachment researcher, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Personal Growth Series: Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, 22. April 2009, presented by Google Tech Talks, Mountain View, CA, 1:02:52 minutes duration, posted 23. April 2009

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Definition of the mind

The mind is an embodied and relational process that regulates the flow of energy and integration. Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. (*1957) US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Definition of the Mind, book launching of "Mindsight", Santa Monica, CA, 13. January 2010, YouTube film, minute 00:50, 2:18 minutes duration, posted by mindsightinstitute 11. February 2010

Three definitions of mindfulness 1. Conscientious, 2. Contemplative 3. Creative. Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, The Importance of Mindfulness, presented by PsychAlive, YouTube film, 2:42 minutes duration, posted 17. December 2009

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Effects of mindfulness

Synchronisation of brain hemispheres, improvement of relationships

Mindfulness practices support the balancing between the emotional right brain with the logical left brain.
Mindfulness practices serve to drastically improve relationships, moods and outlooks on life. Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Integrating the Two Hemispheres of Our Brains, presented by PsychAlive, YouTube film, 3:43 minutes duration, posted 17. December 2009

Love and intimacy are the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine – not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not drugs – that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death. Dean Ornish, M.D. (*1953) US American clinical professor of medicine, UCSF, founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Love and Survival. The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

Consciousness is not a result of complexity. [...] The only way that consciousness can happen is that it can evolve into higher orders from ingredients that already have some degree of consciousness to begin with. Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, audio teleseminar, Is Consciousness Energy?, MP3, presented by Institute of Noetic Sciences, IONS Library, host Dean Radin, Ph.D., US American senior scientist (IONS), "Mysteries of Consciousness" teleseminar series, minute 18:46, 1:04:52 duration, aired 6. April 2011

Consciousness is not energy. […] Consciousness and embodiment [made of energy], consciousness and energy, always go together. You never have one without the other. They form a unity but they are not identical. Unity does not equal identity. Consciousness is non-located, it's non-physical. Energy is located and it's physical. Energy is something that moves through space. Consciousness doesn't exist in space. […] Consciousness knows. Energy flows. Audio teleseminar with Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Is Consciousness Energy?, MP3, presented by Institute of Noetic Sciences, IONS Library, host Dean Radin, Ph.D., US American senior scientist (IONS), "Mysteries of Consciousness" teleseminar series, minute 25:45, 1:04:52 duration, aired 6. April 2011

Consciousness is part of our universe, so any physical theory which makes no proper place for it falls fundamentally short of providing a genuine description of the world. Roger Penrose (*1931) British mathematician, theoretical physicist, philosopher, cosmologist, Shadows of the mind, Consciousness and computation, pg. 8

As you lower your entropy in consciousness you get more power, more ability to have an effect.
Lowering entropy by improving the organization (profitability) of accumulated experiences increases the energy / power / information available to the evolving entity.
Lowering entropy, spiritual growth, increasing the quality of consciousness, evolving one's consciousness, and growing up are all different expressions for the same thing. Video presentation by Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, sponsored by and at London School of Economics, filmed 22. February 2008, Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 9 of 18, YouTube film, minute 0:05, 9:00 minutes duration, posted 13. April 2008

Love is defined as the fundamental state of a low entropy consciousness. It is not that a low entropy consciousness is loving. A low low entropy consciousness fundamentally is love. Video presentation by Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, sponsored by and at London School of Economics, filmed 22. February 2008, Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 9 of 18, YouTube film, minute 0:22, 9:00 minutes duration, posted 13. April 2008

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. Sidney Poitier (*1927) Bahamian American actor, film director, author, diplomat, The Measure of a Man. A Spiritual Autobiography, Oprah's Book Club, Harper San Francisco, 26. January 2007

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better [...] and the catastrophe towards which the world is headed – the ecological, social, and demographic breakdown of culture – will be inevitable. Vaclav Havel (*1936) Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident, politician, first postcommunist President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003), conference in USA, 1999

As I began to love myself, I refused to continue to live in the past as well as to worry about my future. Now I only live in this moment, where EVERYTHING is taking place. In this way I am now living every day and call it consciousness. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) English-born US American comedic actor, director, excerpt of a speech at his 70th birthday, 16. April 1959

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The Western bias

The use of mirrors became widespread during the Renaissance which is characterized by the reappearance of consciousness. Tor Norretranders (*1955) Danish author of popular science, The User Illusion. Cutting Consciousness Down to Size, pg. 320, Penguin Press Science, new edition, 1. August 1999

Any development, at any stage, that strives toward patriarchal consciousness, toward the sun, looks on the moon spirit as the spirit of regression, as the terrible mother, as a witch. Erich Neumann (1905–1960) German psychologist, writer, The Origin and Evolution of Consciousness

The awareness of being aware is the essence of consciousness. Ian Xel Lungold, US American time researcher

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Altering consciousness by DMT

The ingredient Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in the jungle drug Ayahuasca is consciousness-altering.
en.wikipedia: The Cosmic Serpent, The Cosmic Serpent. DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
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So here are people without electronic microscopes who choose, among some 80,000 Amazonian plant species, the leaves of a bush containing a hallucinogenic brain hormone, which they combine with a vine containing substances that inactivate an enzyme, which would otherwise block the hallucinogenic effect. And they do this to modify their consciousness. Jeremy Narby (*1959) Swiss-Canadian anthropologist, author, The Cosmic Serpent. DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 5. April 1999

It's not a frivolous pursuit. [...] there's a certain amount of dread attached to taking it – you have a hallucinogenic trip that deals with death and your mortality. So it's quite an ordeal. It's not something you're going to score and a have great time on. Interview with Sting (*1951) English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor, philanthropist, Rolling Stone magazine

[We are] always already in a shared context. […] The question of whether a person is in fact a conscious person is always a moral question before it is a question about our justification to believe […] A detached perspective […] is incompatible with the more intimate, engaged perspective that we actually take up to each other. […] For what we bearers of consciousness are […] depends on where we are and what we can do. Alva Noë, US American cognitive scientist, philosopher, UC Berkeley, Out of Our Heads. Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness, Hill & Wang, 1st edition, 17. February 2009

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Brain connectivity

The brain has about 100 billion neurons arranged in hierarchical and combinatoric neuronal connections.

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Neurons vs. consciousness

Before he died world famous Francis Crick was trying to show that consciousness arises from a neurological function. This is an erroneous approach as it is consciousness that sparks neuronal activity. Neuronal activity doesn't create consciousness. The etheric brain activates the energy within the neurons not vice-versa. The effect of the electromagnetic field on a wire is to create electricity or else magnetism. The nervous system acts by induction.

It has been calculated that less than one hundred neurons are sufficient to distinguish one out of thousands of faces in a robust manner. Considering that there are around 100,000 cells below a square millimeter of cortex, the potential representational capacity of any one cortical region is enormous. Christof Koch (*1956) US American neuroscientist, Francis Crick (foreword), The Quest for Consciousness. A Neurobiological Approach, Roberts & Company Publishers, 1st edition, March 2004

Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her life and truth in what you say, in the pictures you have painted, and this decreases the terrible sense of isolation that we have all had too much of. Anne Lamott, US American recovering alcoholic, author

If you get into these spaces [non-ordinary states of consciousness] at all, you must forget about them when you come back. You must forget you're omnipotent and omniscient and take the game seriously so you'll engage in sex, have children, and participate in the whole human scenario. When you come back from a deep tank session – or a coma or psychosis – there's always this extraterrestrial feeling. You have to read the directions in the glove compartment so you can run the human vehicle once more. John C. Lilly (1915-2001) US American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer, and E. J. Gold, Tanks for the Memories. Floatation Tank Talks, Gateways, Nevada City, CA, 1995

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Wir verstehen nicht Verstehen, es entzieht sich uns, entschlüpft uns, denn wir merken nicht das Unglaubliche, das Rätselhafte, das Erstaunliche, das Wunderbare, das in alltäglichem Gespräch, und Reflektion vor sich geht. Erst wenn dieser Strom von Selbstverständlichkeit gestört wird, stehen wir staunend vor diesem Wunder. Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002) österreichischer Professor für Biophysik, Physiker, Direktor des Biological Computer Laboratory, Illinois, USA

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Englische Texte – English section on Consciousness

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Nine integrative functions of the middle prefrontal cortex

The middle prefrontal circuits of the brain may carry out the so called vertical integration by interlinking

body-proper, brainstem, limbic circuits, and cortex.

Fibers physically connect somatic and vertically distributed neural structures with one another.
Various independent basic brain research studies have shown that the middle prefrontal areas are crucial for generating the following nine aspects of life:

Interlinked integrative processes in the middle prefrontal cortex
Stage	Function Capacity	Description
1.	Body regulation	Balancing the sympathetic (accelerator) and parasympathetic (brakes) branches of the autonomic nervous system
2.	Attuned communication	Enabling one to tune into others’ states and link minds
3.	Emotional balance	Permitting the lower limbic regions to become aroused enough so life has meaning, but not too aroused to become flooded
4.	Fear extinction	Neutralizing the effects of being traumatized; Physiological process: GABA (inhibitory neurotransmitter) fibers project down to the amygdala and enable fearful responses to be calmed.
5.	Response flexibility	Enabling one to pause before acting [foregoing “knee-jerk” reactions] and inhibit impulses allowing time to reflect on the various options for response
6.	Empathy	Considering the mental perspective of another person
7.	Insight	Self-knowing awareness, the gateway to one's autobiographical narratives and self-understanding, connecting the past, present and future
8.	Morality	The capacity to consider of the larger good, and to act on pro-social ideas, even when alone, requires an intact middle prefrontal region of the brain.
9.	Intuition embodied Inspiration inspirited	Being aware of the input of one's body, especially information from the neural networks surrounding intestines (“gut feeling”) and one's heart (“heartfelt feelings”) enables one to be open to the wisdom of the non-conceptual Self

Adapted from Daniel J. Siegel M.D., US American medical educator, Harvard Medical School, UCLA, CA,
- Article An Interpersonal Neurobiology Approach to Psychotherapy: Awareness, Mirror Neurons, and Neural Plasticity
in the Development of Well-Being, presented by Esalen website
- Video presentation Goldie Hawn and Dan Siegel, TEDMED 2009, YouTube film, 19:00 minutes, posted 3. May 2010
minute 15:30: brain hygiene practice for neural integration; minute 16:30: listing the nine integrative functions of the middle prefrontal cortex

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Brain myths debunked

Brain myths vs. brain facts
Item	Myth	Fact ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Remark
1.	Humans use only 10% of their brains.	During a whole day the entire brain is used on and off. Born with 200 billion neurons inactive neurons are already dying off in children. Left with 100 billion neurons adults keep replacing neurons (obsolete beliefs) with neural pathways that carry meaningful beliefs for the individual.
2.	There are right-brain and left-brain personalities and features.	Both hemispheres are needed, intricately interconnected, and share constantly information. Certain brain areas (music, math, sports, language) may be predominant. Damaged brain areas can be compensated. Brain-entrainment strategies can enhance the neural coherence and exchange between the hemispheres.
3.	Older brains slow down.	Yes, and neuroplasticity increases with age. Information overload may trigger stress (confusion, anxiety). Distress is an influential factor of neurogenerative diseases.
4.	Video brain games improve cognition.	Brain games train the memory in general, not the practical capacity, of elderly people with cognitive decline. Exercise, healthy diet, humour, meaningful work, intense intellectual and social stimulation keep the brain upbeat.
5.	EEG readings indicate health improvements.	Possibly. Different brain activities generate various brainwave frequencies locally. Brainwave frequencies can consciously be altered in certain regions, as shown by biofeedback and neurofeedback devices. New brain-probing devices prove that certain brain areas simultaneously generate ever changing different frequencies also when one performs repetitive actions. Brain training works through concentration and relaxation, not by keeping up specific frequencies.

Source: Brain Myths, presented by Praxisnow.com

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Links zum Thema Bewusstsein und Bewusstseinsforschung / Consciousness research

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Literatur

Stanislav Grof, tschechisch-amerikanischer Psychiater, transpersonaler Psychologe, Bewusstseinsforscher, Christina Grof, Jenseits des Todes. An den Toren des Bewußtseins, Kösel, 1984, 1986
Stanislav Grof, tschechisch-amerikanischer Psychiater, transpersonaler Psychologe, Bewusstseinsforscher, Geburt, Tod und Transzendenz. Neue Dimensionen in der Psychologie, Kösel, 1985, November 1990
Tor Nørretranders / Noeretranders (*1955) dänischer Professor für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Wissenschaftsjournalist, Sachbuchautor, Spüre die Welt. Die Wissenschaft des Bewußtseins, Rowohlt, Reinbek, 1997
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Jeremy Narby (*1959) Schweiz-kanadischer Anthropologe, Autor von Die kosmische Schlange. Auf den Pfaden der Schamanen zu den Ursprüngen modernen Wissens, Klett-Cotta, 3. Auflage, 2007
Stanislav Grof, tschechisch-amerikanischer Psychiater, transpersonaler Psychologe, Bewusstseinsforscher, Impossible. Wenn Unglaubliches passiert. Das Abenteuer außergewöhnlicher Bewusstseinserfahrungen, Kösel Verlag, Februar 2008
Philip Clayton, Emergenz und Bewusstsein. Evolutionärer Prozess und die Grenzen des Naturalismus, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1. Auflage, 22. Oktober 2008

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Literatur (engl.)

Charles Tart, US American physicist, pioneer in the field of consciousness studies, ESP researcher, developer of Remote viewing, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute (a federally-funded program investigating psychic abilities in humans) in 1972, Altered States of Consciousness, classic anthology, Betascript Publishing, 1969
Amit Goswami Ph.D., The Self-Aware Universe. How Consciousness Creates the Material World, 21. March 1995
Russell Targ, US American physicist, ESP researcher, developer of Remote viewing, co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute (a federally-funded program investigating psychic abilities in humans) in 1972, Miracles of Mind. Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing, New World Library, February 1998
Jeremy Narby (*1959) Swiss-Canadian anthropologist, author, The Cosmic Serpent. DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 5. April 1999
en.wikipedia: The Cosmic Serpent, The Cosmic Serpent. DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Tor Norretranders (*1955) Danish author of popular science, The User Illusion. Cutting Consciousness Down to Size, Penguin Press Science, new edition, 1. August 1999
Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Mariner Books, 1st edition, 15. August 2000
Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Radical Nature. Rediscovering the Soul of Matter, Invisible Cities Press Llc, 1st edition, 1. April 2002
Radical Nature. The Soul of Matter, Park Street Press, new edition, 22. February 2010
Stephen Lewis, Sanctuary. The Path to Consciousness, Hay House, 4th edition, 18. September 2002
Peter Russell, British physicist, consciousness researcher, From Science to God. A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness, New World Library, March 2003
Dr. Mitchell Gibson, US American clairvoyant healer, healing researcher, public speaker, spiritual teacher, former board-certified forensic psychiatrist, The Living Soul, Tybro Publications, 10. November 2003
Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Radical Knowing. Understanding Consciousness through Relationship (Radical Consciousness Trilogy), Park Street Press, annotated edition, 27. August 2005
Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, Robert Monroe Institute in the early 1970s, author of the book trilogy My Big TOE. The Complete Trilogy, 2007
Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Consciousness from Zombies to Angels. The Shadow and the Light of Knowing Who You Are, Park Street Press, 21. January 2009
Alva Noë, US American cognitive scientist and philosopher, University of California, Berkeley, Out of Our Heads. Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness, Hill & Wang, 1st edition, 17. February 2009
[We are] always already in a shared context.

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Bewusstsein, Global Consciousness Project, Holismus, Gestalttheorie, Kollektive Intelligenz, Komplexes System, Künstliche Intelligenz, Nichtreduzierbare Komplexität, Paradoxie des Haufens, Rekursion, Rückkoppelung, Quantenverschränkung, Schwarmverhalten

Weltgehirn, ein virtuelles Netzwerk für globales Bewusstsein
Prof. Thomas Metzinger, Einleitung: Das Problem des Bewusstseins, Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.1, Johannes Gutenburg-Universität Mainz, 1995e
Bewußtsein als Eigenschaft kohärenter Zustände, Fritz-Albert Popp, Biophotonenforscher, 11. Juni 2002
Das Bewusstsein: Nur Funken der Neuronen? Die Wissenschaft auf der Suche nach dem Geheimnis unseres Geistes, präsentiert von Magazin Was ist Erleuchtung?, Craig Hamilton, ebenfalls Psychophysik.com, Ausgabe 17, 2005
BewusstSEINs-Parabel Aus einer separierten Eichel wird ein Eich-Baum. Paranormal.de
Rezension zu Jeremy Narbys «Die kosmische Schlange». Wie Schamanen wissen, präsentiert von Die Wochenzeitung (WOZ), Florianne Koechlin, November 2002

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Externe Weblinks (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Consciousness,

Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Scientific Study of Consciousness-Related Physical Phenomena – Wissenschaftliche Studie von bewusstseinsspezifischen körperlichen Phänomenen
Dean Radin, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Global Consciousness Project – Analysis for September 11, 2001, 21. September 2001
You Are More Than Your Brain: A Revolutionary Theory of Consciousness, presented Religion dispatches, John Stoehr, 19. October 2009

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Audio- und Videolinks

Podcast Audio-Interview mit Dr. Dieter Broers, Biophysiker, Bewusstseinswandel und das Jahr 2012, präsentiert von ExoNews, Exopolitik-Podcast-Anbieter, Gastgeber Carsten Dresbach, Episode EP#14, Sendetermin 10. Februar 2009
Video 1. Vorlesung von Prof. Thomas Metzinger, Pflichtlektüre Einleitung: Das Problem des Bewusstseins, Johannes Gutenburg-Universität Mainz, Wintersemester 2007/2008, YouTube Film
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.1, 10:01 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 6. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.2, 10:01 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 6. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.3, 10:10 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 7. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.4, 9:58 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 7. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.5, 9:58 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 7. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.6, 9:58 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 7. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.7, 9:55 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 7. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.8, 10:12 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 8. Januar 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 1.9, 6:15 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 8. Januar 2010
Video 2. Vorlesung von Prof. Thomas Metzinger, Pflichtlektüre Einleitung: Das Problem des Bewusstseins, Johannes Gutenburg-Universität Mainz, Wintersemester 2007/2008, YouTube Film
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.1, 10:00 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 18. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.2, 10:03 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 18. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.3, 10:04 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 19. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.4, 10:06 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 19. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.5, 10:02 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 19. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.6, 10:07 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 19. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.7, 10:03 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 19. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.8, 10:07 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 20. März 2010
- Philosophie des Bewusstseins, Teil 2.9, 9:58 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 20. März 2010

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

Video presentation clips by international scientists, Toward Integral Consciousness, conference Wisdom and Science in Dialogue: The new Planetary Consciousness, March 2006, YouTube film, 9:59 minutes duration, posted 29. May 2006
Video presentation by David Chalmers, Australian philosopher, on Science of Consciousness, YouTube film, 10:17 minutes duration, 17. October 2007
Animated audio presentation by Dr. John C. Lilly, consciousness researcher, Through the Center of the Mandala, presented by ECCO: Earth Coincidence Control Office, art credits Gary Geisler, Mark Henson,, M.C. Escher, Flower of Life, YouTube film, 8:50 minutes duration, posted 10. April 2007
Stephen Lewis (*1937) exposed to the work of Wilhelm Reich, studied subtle energy, quantum physics, oriental philosophy and religion. After a vision he invented the AIM Program of Energetic Balancing interfacing holographic technology, bio-resonance and consciousness. The AIM Program, video interview presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 50:15 minutes duration, January 2008
Healing, spirituality, and consciousness are the exact same thing. We create the material world with our consciousness.
Miracles are always there. Are we able to perceive them? We are in a revolution of evolution.
Life Force Evaluations on a Scale of 0 to 1000 Units of Consciousness from 1995 to 2009 (18 January 2009)
Source: Audio interview, webradio program Everything Is Energy, aired 15. January 2009
Due to an airborne aerosolized Immune Deficiency Frequency the Life Force readings dropped drastically!!! This may result in setting loose acquired, hereditary, or karmic imbalances (diseases) which requires a drastic change in consciousness to heal.
1995 – Life Force (LF) of average US urban adult – 950 to 990 units of consciousness
1997 – LF of average US urban adult – upper 600 units of consciousness
2002 – LF of average US urban adult – 10 units of consciousness
October 2008 – LF of average US urban adult – 4 units of consciousness
January 2009 – LF of average US urban adult – 1 unit of consciousness
Prospect: Spring 2010 – LF of average US urban adult – prospect ZERO units of consciousness
January 2009 – LF of new born US infants – 200-500 units of consciousness.
The LF of dogs, cats and horses in US remained at 950 to 990 units of consciousness.
Video interview with Larry Dossey, M.D., Deep Dish, YouTube film, excerpted from tpt TV, Talkshow, Minnesota Channel, 59:19 minutes duration, posted 4. May 2007
Google video interview with Prof. Stuart Hameroff, anesthesiologist, University of Arizona, The Science of Consciousness, on consciousness and brain, mapped the neurological brain functions to the world of quantum mechanics, presented by Alsbury Films, producer and director Gregory Alsbury, 2003, 1:09:35 minutes duration, posted 2. January 2008
Video TV interview with Jeremy Narby, Swiss-Canadian anthropologist, Cosmic Serpents, The Dark Side of Shamanism and Psychedelics, presented by The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Reality Sandwich, host Jonathan Phillips, New York City, Google video, 38:39 minutes duration, posted 8. June 2008
Video presentation by Dr. Mitchell Gibson, clairvoyant healer, healing researcher, public speaker, spiritual teacher, former board-certified forensic psychiatrist, author of The Living Soul, Tybro Publications, 10. November 2003, YouTube film, posted 14. November 2008
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 1, 9:00 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 2, 9:59 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 3, 9:47 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 4, 9:07 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 5, 9:35 minutes duration
Medical Doctor Discovers Supernatural Powers, Part 6, 7:17 minutes duration
Audio teleseminar with Edgar Mitchell on Consciousness Science, presented by Institute of Noetic Sciences, Shiftinaction.com, 46:47 minutes duration, MP3, produced and uploaded 10. March 2009
Video presentation by Baroness Susan Greenfield, British scientist on brain physiology, broadcaster, first female director of the Royal Institution, on The Neuroscientific Basis of Consciousness, location Salk Institute, presented by The Science Network (TSN), host Roger Bingham, 1:29:00 duration, 22. May 2009
Video presentation by Gregg Braden on Feelings, Energy, and Consciousness, YouTube film, 10:05 minutes duration, posted 19. February 2009
Video TV interview with Jeremy Narby (*1959) Swiss-Canadian anthropologist, author of The Cosmic Serpent. DNA and the Origins of Knowledge on Ayahuasca and Origins of Knowledge – Biospheric TV, presented by US American web TV station NOSIS, New York City, 12. April 2008, YouTube film, 6:36 minutes duration, posted 14. April 2008
Audio teleseminar with Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., US American visionary, Philosophy and Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Is Consciousness Energy?, MP3, presented by Institute of Noetic Sciences, IONS Library, host Dean Radin, Ph.D., US American senior scientist (IONS), "Mysteries of Consciousness" teleseminar series, 1:04:52 duration, aired 6. April 2011
Consciousness is not a result of complexity. [...] The only way that consciousness can happen is that it can evolve into higher orders from ingredients that already have some degree of consciousness to begin with. minute 18:46
Consciousness is not energy. […] Consciousness and embodiment [made of energy], consciousness and energy always go together. You never have one without the other. They form a unity but they are not identical. Unity does not equal identity. Consciousness is nonlocated, it's non-physical. Energy is located and it's physical. Energy is something that moves through space. Consciousness doesn't exist in space. minute 25:45
Audio teleseminar with Larry Dossey, M.D. on Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, MP3, presented by Institute of Noetic Sciences, Shiftinaction.com, Exploring the Noetic Sciences #8, 63:29 minutes duration, produced 21. April 2010, uploaded: 22. April 2010

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Thomas Campbell

List of audio (radio) interviews with Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, presented by Radio Interviews, starting June 2009
Video presentation by Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, starting at the Robert Monroe Institute in the early 1970s, author of the book trilogy My Big TOE. The Complete Trilogy (2007) on Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, sponsored by and at London School of Economics, filmed 22. February 2008, YouTube film, posted 13. April 2008
Nature of reality, the normal and the paranormal, mind and matter, physics and metaphysics, philosophy and theology in terms of consciousness
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 1 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 2 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 3 of 18, 9:01 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 4 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 5 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 6 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 7 of 18, 9:01 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 8 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 9 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 10 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 11 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 12 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 13 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 14 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 15 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 16 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 17 of 18, 9:00 minutes duration
- Physics, Metaphysics & the Consciousness Connection, part 18 of 18, 8:52 minutes duration
Video discussion with Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness and psychic phenomena researcher, starting at the Robert Monroe Institute in the early 1970s, author of the book trilogy My Big TOE. The Complete Trilogy (2007) on The origins of consciousness, with host Bernard Haisch, Ph.D., German-born US American astrophysicist, popular science author, YouTube film
- Past Lives and Reincarnation Workshop Q&A, part 1 of 11, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 6. January 2010
- Fear Workshop Q&A, part 2 of 11, 7:49 minutes duration, posted 8. January 2010
- Vegetarianism Workshop Q&A, part 3 of 11, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 9. January 2010
- Scientific Models Workshop Q&A, part 4 of 11, 6:15 minutes duration, posted 9. January 2010
- Emotions Workshop Q&A, part 5 of 11, 9:42 minutes duration, posted 16. January 2010
- State of Humanity Workshop Q&A, part 6 of 11, 4:44 minutes duration, posted 16. January 2010
- Evolution Workshop Q&A, part 7 of 11, 7:34 minutes duration, posted 23. January 2010
- Healing Workshop Q&A, part 8 of 11, 5:17 minutes duration, posted 23. January 2010
- Consciousness Rule Sets Workshop Q&A, part 9 of 11, 17:43 minutes duration, posted 30. January 2010
- Artificial Intelligence Workshop Q&A, part 10 of 11, 5:22 minutes duration, posted 30. January 2010
- Limits of Knowledge Workshop Q&A, part 11 of 11, 4:33 minutes duration, posted 22. March 2010
Video interview with Thomas Campbell, physicist researching altered states of consciousness at the Monroe Institute with Robert Monroe on My Big Theory of Everything, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 73:14 minutes duration, posted April 2010
Video keynote speech presentation by Thomas Campbell (*1944) US American physicist, consciousness researcher, starting at the Robert Monroe Institute in the early 1970s, Mybigtoe.com on My Big Toe – Consciousness: The Endless Frontier filmed by Lightning Strike Books, sponsored by the The Monroe Institute (TMI), Virginia, USA, 22nd Professional Seminar, March 2010, Vimeo film (complete version) and YouTube film (12 parts), 2:04:48 duration, posted 15. April 2008

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Larry Dossey

Video teleseminar interview with Larry Dossey M.D., US American physician and mystic, promoter of spirituality in healthcare, on Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, presented by IONS, "Essentials of Noetic Sciences" Teleseminar Series, host Dean Radin (*1952) US American researcher of parapsychology, MP3, 1:03:30 minutes duration, posted 21. April 2010
Premonitions, pointing to origins and destiny, can be used as forms of preventive medicine.
Video home interview with Larry Dossey M.D., US American physician and mystic, promoter of spirituality in healthcare, on One Mind, One Consciousness – When spirituality meets science, Santa Fe, New Mexico, YouTube film, 30:33 minutes duration, posted 14. January 2011

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Roger Nelson

Three audio interviews with Roger Nelson, presented by web radio station Beyond the Ordinary, host Nancy and Elena, dates: 31. Juli 2007, 13. November 2007, 14. April 2008
Audio interview with Dr. Roger Nelson, founder of the GCP, Global Consciousness Project, part 1 of 8, presented by web radio program Coast to Coast, host George Noory, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 5. June 2009
- Global Consciousness Project part 2 of 8, 10:00 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 3 of 8, 10:00 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 4 of 8, 8:47 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 5 of 8, 10:01 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 6 of 8, 9:59 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 7 of 8, 10:01 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project part 8 of 8, 7:46 minutes duration
Audio interview with Dr. Roger Nelson, founder of the GCP, On the criticism on the Global Consciousness Project, presented by Skeptiko.com, host Alan Tsakiris, May 2009, Youtube audio, 10:29 minutes duration, posted 7. June 2009
Video lecture by Roger Nelson Ph.D., experimental psychologist, formerly Princeton University, director of the Global Consciousness Project on Global Consciousness Project: New Findings, part 1 of 3, presented by TheSSEChannel SSE Talks, YouTube film, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 26. July 2009
- Global Consciousness Project: New Findings, part 2 of 3, 10:00 minutes duration
- Global Consciousness Project: New Findings, part 3 of 3, 1:42 minutes duration

Correlating 250 world events engaging millions of people against the GCP 10-year database derived from a global network of random event generators (REGs)

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Peter Russell

Google video presentation by Peter Russell, M.A., D.C.S. (*1946) awakened British physicist, visionary futurist, producer of three films on consciousness, author, The Primacy of Consciousness, Physics of Consciousness conference, Virginia, 2004, 1:09:06 duration, posted 19. December 2006
Consciousness is fundamental essence of the cosmos. Both the scientific and mystical perspectives of consciousness carry light intrinsically
Audio interview with Peter Russell, M.A., D.C.S. (*1946) awakened British physicist, visionary futurist, producer of three films on consciousness, author, From Science to God. A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness, The Primacy of Consciousness, presented by West Swedish web radio station Red Ice Creations, host Henrik Palmgren, part 1, 56:30 minutes duration, aired 27. November 2008

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Dr. Daniel Siegel

Audio presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American psychiatrist, The Neurobiology of We, interpersonal neurobiology, published by Mindsight Institute, 9 hours duration, 8 discs, presented by Learn out Loud, issuing date unknown
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, attachment researcher, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Personal Growth Series: Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, 22. April 2009, presented by Google Tech Talks, Mountain View, CA, 1:02:52 minutes duration, posted 23. April 2009
Siegel offers a definition of the mind. 95% of mental health practitioners worldwide and almost all scientists and philosophers focusing on the mind, have no definition of what the mind is.
Audio interview with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American medical educator, Harvard Medical School, UCLA, What Makes a Healthy Mind, presented by Sounds True, host Tami Simon, 1:08:42 duration, 6. October 2009
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, The Power of Mindsight, presented by TEDx Talk, filmed 18. October 2009, YouTube film, 24:21 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2009
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Integrating the Two Hemispheres of Our Brains, presented by PsychAlive, YouTube film, 3:43 minutes duration, posted 17. December 2009
Mindfulness practices support the balancing between the emotional right brain with the logical left brain
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, The Importance of Mindfulness, presented by PsychAlive, YouTube film, 2:42 minutes duration, posted 17. December 2009
Three definitions of mindfulness 1. Conscientious, 2. Contemplative 3. Creative.
Mindfulness practices serve to drastically improve relationships, moods and outlooks on life.
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Presenting a Hand Model of the Brain, YouTube film, 2:31 minutes duration, posted 21. January 2010
Video presentation by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., US American child psychiatrist, educator, author, co-director of the UCLA, Mindful Awareness Research Center, executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Definition of the Mind, book launching of "Mindsight", Santa Monica, CA, 13. January 2010, YouTube film, minute 00:50, 2:18 minutes duration, posted by mindsightinstitute 11. February 2010