The Living Universe - Duane Elgin [92]
Schimmel, Annamarie, life’s journey, 93
Schroedinger, Erwin, barriers in quantum theory, 41
science, the meta-universe in, 84–86
Scott-Maxwell, Florida, knowing yourself, 109
Self
encounters with your cosmic, 110–111
our sense of, 94–96, 185–186
self-awareness, our sense of, 93
self-image
collective, 3
of a maturing species, 161–162, 165–166
sentience
basic, 43
consciousness of the universe, 46–47
separation, humanity’s journey of, 134–138
Shabistari, Mahmud, poetry of, 67–68
Shao, description of Mother Universe, 87
Shintoism, the Golden Rule of, 146
Shiva, cosmic dance of, 70
shortages, energy, 139–140
Sikhism, the Golden Rule of, 146
simplicity, living a lifestyle of, 172–176
size, humans in the Cosmic Scale, 21
slime mold, single cell consciousness, 44–45
Smith, Huston, on Hindu religious thought, 69
society, journey of awakening, 131
song-line, individual, 103
Sorokin, Pitirim, The Ways and Power of Love, 170–172
soul
existence of a, 215
identity, 94–96
impact of life events on the, 113
knowingness, 109–110
unique signature of thoughts in our, 97
“Sound,” Kabir, 103–104
space
designing, 28
empty, 38–39, 41
space-time, fabric of, 24–25
species
balancing human needs with the earth’s biosphere, 169
the cosmic nature of our, 163–166
a maturing, 161–162
SRI
participation in “futures group,” 5
psychic research conducted at, 6, 47–48
stars, engineering, 28
stories
miracle of the universe, 128
passing along wisdom, 13
suffering, healing, 170
Sufism
essense of God, 106–107
Islamic doctrine of, 67–68
superspace, theory of, 84–85
surfing, reality, 153
Suzuki, D.T., Zen scholar, 73
Swimme, Brian
our sense of self-awareness, 93
persisting pattern of the universe, 42
systems
cosmic information, 28
of the cosmos, 31
crisis of whole, 3
living, 34–35, 38–39, 54–55
self-organizing, 119–123
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu), 74
clear light, 101
Taoism
the Golden Rule of, 146
“Great Tone of Nature,” 104
Lao tzu’s description of Mother Universe, 87
view of the world, 73–74
wisdom of simplicity, 172
Targ, Russsell and Harold Putoff, psychic research experiments at SRI, 48
technology, exposing injustice in all parts of the world, 170
temperature, zero point, 38–39
tension, creative, 104–105
test, our supreme, 138–140
texts, the Nag Hammadi, 64–65
The Encyclopedia of Religion, love and wisdom traditions, 105–106
The Gospel of Thomas
the Kingdom of God, 109
light in the teachings of Jesus, 99
recognizing ourselves, 110
teachings of the living Jesus, 64–65
The Ways and Power of Love (Sorokin), 170–172
theism, vs. atheism, 201
theories
the Big Bang, 24–25, 27
continuous creation of the cosmos, 40, 204–208
a dead universe vs. a living universe, 39–42
non-locality, 36–37
number of dimensions of the universe, 24
quantum, 41–42
quantum foam, 41–42
the quantum principle, 37
superspace, 84–85
Tiru-Mular, poetry of love in the Middle Ages, 107
Toba catastrophe, 135–136
tools, animal use of, 46
torus
in Nature, 121
significance of, 120
Toynbee, Arnold, Law of Progressive Simplification, 173
traditions, wisdom. See wisdom traditions
training, cosmic feedback, 50–52
tribal peoples, indigenous view of the universe, 75–77
truth-telling, planetary, 182
Tzu, Lao, Tao Te Ching, 73–74
universe
acknowledging a non-living, 7
Biblical references to creation of the, 61–63
composition of the, 23
contrasts between a dead and a living, 30-31
daughter perspective, 90–91
definition of a living, 12
evolution of the Cosmic Feminine, 143
exploitation of the dead, 9
friend or foe, 2–3
invisibility of the, 22–24
as a living system, 55
music of the, 104
rate of expansion of the, 27
views of various religious groups on the, 61–77, 81, 99–100
wisdom traditions, 59–60
Upanishad, Chandogya, Hindu teachings of, 69–70
vacuum, quantum, 85
Vedas
Hindu scripture, 68
sound of Brahman, 104
vibrations, music of the universe, 104
videos, powers of “ten,” 217
viewing, remote, 47, 48–49
views, dead vs. alive universe, xii
virus, a living or non-living entity,