Godhead the brains big bang the explosive origin of creativity, mysticism and mental illness
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- 9781899398270
- 362.2
- IRF
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Includes bibliographical references and index
TABLE OF CONTENTS CURTAIN RAISER: A general introduction that sets out the importance of the topics covered. PART I Origins CHAPTER 1: What are we? The law of all living things. The brain's big bang. The appearance of creativity. The appearance of mental illness. The appearance of mysticism. CHAPTER 2: The 'Mad Monk'. Caetextia. The animal within. Left- and right-brained caetextia. The imprinted brain. The brain's default system. Spirituality and autism. The observing self. Caetextia as an organising idea. Daydreaming: triumph or disaster? CHAPTER 3: Your self-concept. Our caetextic culture. Caetextia, creativity and genius. Casualties of evolution. Organisational caetextia CHAPTER 4: Why all learning is post-hypnotic. How we internalise knowledge. Hypnosis: psychotherapy's most powerful tool. Conditioning. Learning versus indoctrination PART II: Relationships CHAPTER 5: Why consciousness matters. Consciousness and psychotherapy. Pondering in the dark. CHAPTER 6: The vital spark. Relatons. Self-consciousness. How life accumulates knowledge. Relationships are pattern-matches. The memory mystery. Connection. The dream. PART III: How time is created CHAPTER 7: Unseen probabilities. How time came about. The oscillating nature of reality. Ancient texts. Necessity and spirituality. Choosing up or down. CHAPTER 8: What happens to consciousness after death? The value of metaphor. The mystical experience. God and Godhead. Burnt Norton. All and everything. Nothing is not what it seems. Evolution. PART IV: The Great Work CHAPTER 9: The pattern in the maze. Scientia. Prehistory: the heart in the cave. The Shaft of the Dead Man. Harnessing superstition. How myths shape meaning. Why every myth must die CHAPTER 10: Ice age illuminati. Stone circles. From circles to pyramids. Occam's razor and extraterrestrials. The great secret CHAPTER 11: The higher impulse. The universality of ancient teachings. Gnostic mystery schools. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The medieval renaissance. Love. The mystical process in the modern world PART V: Finding your way CHAPTER 12: The Assertion. Gaining spare capacity. The obstacle race. Removing the 'veils'. Mastering our greed. How to recognise and avoid cults. The expectation factor. Mystics and madness. The Ladder. Your destiny.
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