Mind, Consciousness, Body
Hypothetical and Mathematical Description of Mind and Consciousness Emerging from the Nervous System and Body
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This is the life above all others…in the contemplation of beauty absolute…of divine beauty not clogged by the pollutions… and vanities of human life…bringing into being and teaching true creations of virtue and not idols....Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauties, but realities for he has hold not of an image but of a reality…in the attainment of this end [love is the best helper]. Plato (2007) “Symposium” Plato: Six Great Dialogs Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, and The Republic, Benjamin Jowett, trans., Dover, New York Dr. Howard persisted in the pursuit of understanding the mind, consciousness and brain for over 50 years. The effort included the study and practice of Vedanta with Swami Prabhavananda at the Vedanta Society of Southern California. I pursued Zen Buddhism with Shimano Eido Roshi in the New York Zendo Shobo-ji of the Zen Studies Society, Nakagawa Soen Roshi at Dai Bosatsu Zendo in the Catskill Mountains of New York, Suzuki Roshi at Ryutaku-ji, a Rinzai Buddhist Monastery in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and Sasaki Joshu Roshi at Mount Baldy Zen Center in California. Simultaneously, he has been a professional physicist, registered licensed mechanical engineer, and construction manager. With this intellectually demanding background, he has studied the brain, consciousness and mind from outside the innumerable, fragmented, specialty sciences devoted to these subjects, so I am not obstructed by the dogmas of these disciplines. Nor is he tempted by the professional vanities and achievements which limit research and publication to acceptable subjects. The scientific literature, thousands of publications each year, tends to report incremental explorations into well worn topics. He is curious to discover the facts, laws, and mathematics of the brain, mind, consciousness and time. He is neither pursuing promotion in the academic life nor the mental health science field nor the government grant industry. His compensation for this book is the thrill of discovery and the sincere desire to stimulate research in the subjects, and the removal of the taints which cover the inner light. He founded Sukhavati School in 1997. Now he is a Zen Buddhist monk operating the School and pursuing research in the brain, mind, and consciousness.
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Good news at last; here are new and exact descriptions of the mind, consciousness, body, reality, time, nervous system taxonomy.
• Feel the stimulation of your curiosity into the ancient questions about the mind-body duality as you plan your research and publication program.• How reality and three time dimensions emerge from the mind and consciousness.
• Easy to understand mathematical definitions of otherwise ambiguous terms.
• Each of fifty hypotheses will inspire you to publish more than your peers.
• Introducing all the recommendations you will need to design an experiment or a research project which will propel you to the credible and prestigious forefront of your field.
• Exact scientific answers to the problem of mind-consciousness-body are easily worth 4 hours of reading.
• These solutions will kick off your numerous insightful publications.
• The price of this book will yield massive funding for years of your research.
The math is reduced to the bare minimum and is explained in detail so the reader can use it is his own publications. The mathematics is treated as an abbreviated language which is translated into natural language.
About the Author
Dr. Howard developed his rigorous scientific approach as a researcher into the information entropy of computer software and the diffusion physics of naval machinery. Holding degrees in science, he persisted in the pursuit of understanding the mind, consciousness and brain for over 50 years. He integrated intellectual and spiritual experience through introspection and mental discipline.