This course draws upon scientific, philosophical and experiential investigations and models concerning theorigins, nature, types, and levels of consciousness, drawn from various religious traditions and contemplative approaches;ancient, indigenous, and contemporary spiritual practices and disciplines;and western psychology and parapsychology as well as from theinsights ofquantum approaches, neuroscience and the biological correlates of consciousness. It also explores the nature of transcendent consciousness, or super consciousness, the concepts of awakening, non-dual awareness and self-realization that are central to various spiritual traditions, as well as the practices used in these traditions to attain those states.
- Instructor: Roger Cavnaugh