Jack Symes

Some people who engage in such meditative practices claim that they've uncovered the fundamental nature of the world, which is a unified field of consciousness.

Some people who engage in such meditative practices claim that they've uncovered the fundamental nature of the world, which is a unified field of consciousness.

Some people who engage in such meditative practices claim that they've uncovered the fundamental nature of the world, which is a unified field of consciousness.

So, hypothetically, if something like Goff's view of this fundamental consciousness is right, and the Buddhist monks tap into this, and they tell all of their mates in the town, and they all come to see it to be true, and they all contribute towards it, then that is meaningful. If you sit on your ass in a cave doing absolutely bugger all for your whole life, you never tell anybody about it.

So, hypothetically, if something like Goff's view of this fundamental consciousness is right, and the Buddhist monks tap into this, and they tell all of their mates in the town, and they all come to see it to be true, and they all contribute towards it, then that is meaningful. If you sit on your ass in a cave doing absolutely bugger all for your whole life, you never tell anybody about it.

So, hypothetically, if something like Goff's view of this fundamental consciousness is right, and the Buddhist monks tap into this, and they tell all of their mates in the town, and they all come to see it to be true, and they all contribute towards it, then that is meaningful. If you sit on your ass in a cave doing absolutely bugger all for your whole life, you never tell anybody about it.

then I don't see that as being as meaningful as being an NHS worker or fighting to defend your country or something like this.

then I don't see that as being as meaningful as being an NHS worker or fighting to defend your country or something like this.

then I don't see that as being as meaningful as being an NHS worker or fighting to defend your country or something like this.

Yeah. Or like when you've, like kids, right? If they're sat around doing nothing, just playing video games, something, you go, get outside, stop. We say stop wasting your life, right? There is something better for you to be doing, something for you to contribute towards individually and holistically. But the problem, I think, and why I don't embrace this for you myself is that

Yeah. Or like when you've, like kids, right? If they're sat around doing nothing, just playing video games, something, you go, get outside, stop. We say stop wasting your life, right? There is something better for you to be doing, something for you to contribute towards individually and holistically. But the problem, I think, and why I don't embrace this for you myself is that

Yeah. Or like when you've, like kids, right? If they're sat around doing nothing, just playing video games, something, you go, get outside, stop. We say stop wasting your life, right? There is something better for you to be doing, something for you to contribute towards individually and holistically. But the problem, I think, and why I don't embrace this for you myself is that

There's a problem in philosophy of mind and consciousness, which is, let's say, you contemplate your own being, let's say, and you look inside of yourself. What's it like to be a physical entity? And you look inside your mind and there's this consciousness, there's this... qualia or being or experience.

There's a problem in philosophy of mind and consciousness, which is, let's say, you contemplate your own being, let's say, and you look inside of yourself. What's it like to be a physical entity? And you look inside your mind and there's this consciousness, there's this... qualia or being or experience.

There's a problem in philosophy of mind and consciousness, which is, let's say, you contemplate your own being, let's say, and you look inside of yourself. What's it like to be a physical entity? And you look inside your mind and there's this consciousness, there's this... qualia or being or experience.

People like Schopenhauer say that because we don't know the inner nature of things, and Galen Strawson here at University of Texas at Austin says, if you think physics tells you about the inner nature of things, you don't understand physics. It doesn't tell you about, it tells you what things do, but not what things are.

People like Schopenhauer say that because we don't know the inner nature of things, and Galen Strawson here at University of Texas at Austin says, if you think physics tells you about the inner nature of things, you don't understand physics. It doesn't tell you about, it tells you what things do, but not what things are.

People like Schopenhauer say that because we don't know the inner nature of things, and Galen Strawson here at University of Texas at Austin says, if you think physics tells you about the inner nature of things, you don't understand physics. It doesn't tell you about, it tells you what things do, but not what things are.

So let's say, for the sake of argument, underlying all of this physical stuff is consciousness. And then you want to bring in the philosophy of religion. And you say that as a whole, All of the universe is one big conscious mind. You've got a problem there, which is either the combination problem or the decombination problem, which goes something like this.

So let's say, for the sake of argument, underlying all of this physical stuff is consciousness. And then you want to bring in the philosophy of religion. And you say that as a whole, All of the universe is one big conscious mind. You've got a problem there, which is either the combination problem or the decombination problem, which goes something like this.