The Consciential Paradigm: A New Paradigm for Studying Consciousness

This course analyses the roots of the current Newtonian-Cartesian mechanistic paradigm that forms the basis of many scientific disciplines, and raises questions about whether that paradigm is outdated.  Invoking Kuhn, it investigates whether the current paradigm in fact blocks the possibility of meaningful progress in consciousness research in particular.  It presents a new paradigm proposed by conscientiology, the consciential paradigm (a paradigm based on consciousness), which reformulates the nature of reality based on findings obtained through voluntary induction of out-of-body experiences.  Under the consciential paradigm, the basic assumptions are that we reincarnate and that we have real, subtle bodies with which we can separate from our physical body to visit other dimensions of existence.  Self-experimentation is the preferred methodology under this new paradigm, not just because technology to measure such phenomena is currently limited, but also since it is impossible to conduct comprehensive research in this field without personal experience of the non-physical dimensions.  It concludes by questioning how we view ourselves as individuals, and how much that has been influenced by the dominant scientific paradigm.  It proposes a new broad view for seeing ourselves and others, based on the premises that we are non-physical in origin and are here on the planet primarily to learn, develop, and help others.

Topics:
 

• Evidence for non-physical phenomena
• Newtonian-Cartesian paradigm
• Scientific progress, paradigms, and Kuhn
• Consciential paradigm - theoretical framework (consciousness as multi-vehicular, multi-dimensional, multi-existential, and evolving)
• Consciential paradigm - approach (self-experimentation, consensus)
• Implications: Conscientiality - seeing oneself as a consciousness

Instructor: David Lindsay Author Bio - David Lindsay

Language: English

Duration: 3 Hrs