Consciousness from Zombies to Angels

This wide-ranging book takes the reader through philosophy, science and mysticism in a study of the nature of consciousness in the form of an owners guide for the mind. For philosophy, this is the hard problem, for science, arguably the final frontier and for spirituality an abiding mystery. The book is structured into seven steps for transforming your life: watch your language, identify the problem, learn how to look, recognise your patterns, know yourself, embrace your shadow and practise transformation. On the journey, we need to use the faculties of reason, observation, feeling and intuition. By approaching consciousness from these three different angles, the author is able to help the reader clarify various meanings and processes and the lenses we used to understand the world. The scientific section explores hardwiring for God and co-creative quantum consciousness, the author adds his voice to the many thinkers who are now claiming that consciousness is primordial and cannot be fully understood through a third-person perspective. He calls this plate-glass science rather than looking-glass science. The latter entails subjectivity, engagement and quality, meaning, growth and transformation. This naturally leads on to the third part of spiritual practice and the mystical journey with its focus on feelings, the perspective of the witness and the cultivation of silence. The book will appeal specially to readers are looking for an integrated understanding of consciousness including philosophy, science and mysticism.