Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A physicist by education, he is the inventor of the microprocessor and the MOS silicon gate technology, both of which underlie the modern world's entire information technology. With the knowledge and experience of a lifetime in cutting-edge fields, Federico now turns his attention to consciousness and the nature of reality, sharing with us his profound insights on the classical and quantum worlds, artificial intelligence, life and the human mind. In this book, he elaborates on an idealist model of reality, produced after years of careful thought and direct experience, according to which nature's most fundamental level is that of consciousness as a quantum phenomenon, while the classical physical world consists merely of evocative symbols of a deeper reality.

Book 1: Awakening

Section 1 provides a partial biography of the author that is pertinent to

the subsequent creation of this trilogy. This brief look at the author's unique

experience and credentials sheds some light upon the origins of this extraordinary

work. The unusual associations, circumstances, training and initial

research that eventually led to the creation of the My Big TOE trilogy are

described to provide a more accurate perspective of the whole.

Section 2 lays out, logically justifies, and defines the basic conceptual

building blocks needed to construct My Big TOE's conceptual foundation.

It discusses the cultural beliefs that trap our thinking into a narrow and

limited conceptualization of reality, defines the fundamentals of Big Picture

epistemology and ontology, as well as examines the inner-workings and

practice of meditation. Most importantly, Section 2 defines and develops

the two basic assumptions upon which this trilogy is based. From these two

assumptions, time, space, consciousness, and the basic properties, purpose,

and mechanics of our reality are logically inferred.

Book 2: Discovery

Section 3 develops the interface and interaction between we the people

and our digital consciousness reality. It derives and explains the characteristics,

origins, dynamics, and function of ego, love, free will, and our

larger purpose. Finally, Section 3 develops the psi uncertainty principle

as it explains and interrelates psi phenomena, free will, love, consciousness

evolution, physics, reality, human purpose, digital computation, and

entropy.

Section 4 describes an operational and functional model of consciousness

that further develops the results of Section 3 and supports the conclusions of

Section 5. The origins and nature of digital consciousness are described along

with how artificial intelligence (AI), as embodied in AI Guy, leads to artificial

consciousness, which leads to actual consciousness and to us. Section 4 derives

our physical universe, our science, and our perception of a physical reality.

The mind-matter dichotomy is solved as physical reality is directly derived from

the nature of digital consciousness.

Book 3: Inner Workings

Section 5 pulls together Sections 2, 3, and 4 into a more formal model of

reality that describes how an apparent nonphysical reality works, interacts,

and interrelates with our experience of physical reality. Probable realities,

predicting and modifying the future, teleportation, telepathy, multiple physical

and nonphysical bodies, and the fractal nature of an evolving digital

consciousness reality are explained and described in detail.

Section 6 is the wrap-up that puts everything discussed in Sections 2, 3,

4, and 5 into an easily understood personal perspective. Additionally, Section

6 points out My Big TOE's relationship with contemporary science and philosophy.

By demonstrating a close conceptual relationship between this TOE

and some of the establishment's biggest intellectual guns, Section 6 solidly

integrates My Big TOE into traditional Western scientific and philosophical

thought.

Book 1: Awakening

Section 1 provides a partial biography of the author that is pertinent to

the subsequent creation of this trilogy. This brief look at the author's unique

experience and credentials sheds some light upon the origins of this extraordinary

work. The unusual associations, circumstances, training and initial

research that eventually led to the creation of the My Big TOE trilogy are

described to provide a more accurate perspective of the whole.

Section 2 lays out, logically justifies, and defines the basic conceptual

building blocks needed to construct My Big TOE's conceptual foundation.

It discusses the cultural beliefs that trap our thinking into a narrow and

limited conceptualization of reality, defines the fundamentals of Big Picture

epistemology and ontology, as well as examines the inner-workings and

practice of meditation. Most importantly, Section 2 defines and develops

the two basic assumptions upon which this trilogy is based. From these two

assumptions, time, space, consciousness, and the basic properties, purpose,

and mechanics of our reality are logically inferred.

Book 2: Discovery

Section 3 develops the interface and interaction between we the people

and our digital consciousness reality. It derives and explains the characteristics,

origins, dynamics, and function of ego, love, free will, and our

larger purpose. Finally, Section 3 develops the psi uncertainty principle

as it explains and interrelates psi phenomena, free will, love, consciousness

evolution, physics, reality, human purpose, digital computation, and

entropy.

Section 4 describes an operational and functional model of consciousness

that further develops the results of Section 3 and supports the conclusions of

Section 5. The origins and nature of digital consciousness are described along

with how artificial intelligence (AI), as embodied in AI Guy, leads to artificial

consciousness, which leads to actual consciousness and to us. Section 4 derives

our physical universe, our science, and our perception of a physical reality.

The mind-matter dichotomy is solved as physical reality is directly derived from

the nature of digital consciousness.

Book 3: Inner Workings

Section 5 pulls together Sections 2, 3, and 4 into a more formal model of

reality that describes how an apparent nonphysical reality works, interacts,

and interrelates with our experience of physical reality. Probable realities,

predicting and modifying the future, teleportation, telepathy, multiple physical

and nonphysical bodies, and the fractal nature of an evolving digital

consciousness reality are explained and described in detail.

Section 6 is the wrap-up that puts everything discussed in Sections 2, 3,

4, and 5 into an easily understood personal perspective. Additionally, Section

6 points out My Big TOE's relationship with contemporary science and philosophy.

By demonstrating a close conceptual relationship between this TOE

and some of the establishment's biggest intellectual guns, Section 6 solidly

integrates My Big TOE into traditional Western scientific and philosophical

thought.

In the early period of Ancient Egyptian history, earlier than in any other culture, before the Hindus, Buddhists, Kabbalists and Taoists, there was a teaching of the TREE OF LIFE and the teaching of the SERPENT POWER. This was a special teaching describing the secret wisdom about the nature of the universe and of the soul as well as a path to make the journey, through varied phases of spiritual evolution, from mortal to immortal and from earth to heaven and beyond. The goal is to regain ones divine stature and transcendental place. In its earliest form, originated in Ancient Egypt, it was related to theurgical religious system developed in the priests and priestesses of the Ancient Egyptian city of Anu and the Tree was seen as the source of life. This book explains that teaching, which has been available to all, but missed by those who did not possess the keys to unlock its mystic formula. In this volume the Creation teaching of Anu, the TREE OF LIFE metaphysical teachings, disciplines and techniques, from the hieroglyphic texts, are given. This new expanded edition contains original translations of the texts whereby the teachings, that are discussed, originate from. Thus, the avid student of the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries may see the source of the mystic wisdom for themselves directly.

The manuscript The Kemetic Tree of Life by Dr. Muata Ashby is a profound exploration of ancient Egyptian spirituality and philosophy. Dr. Ashby, a distinguished scholar with a Doctor of Divinity Degree and a Masters degree in Liberal Arts and Religious Studies, has dedicated his life to the study and teaching of ancient African traditions. His extensive research and practice in Egyptian Yoga, Indian Yoga, Chinese Yoga, Buddhism, and mystical psychology, along with his deep understanding of Christian Mysticism, make him a legitimate and authoritative voice in the field. Dr. Ashby has authored over 40 books on yoga philosophy, religious philosophy, and social philosophy based on ancient African principles, and his work has been instrumental in highlighting the advanced social and religious philosophies of ancient Africa, comparable to Eastern traditions such as Vedanta, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

This manuscript delves into the mystical and metaphysical origins of the Anunian Company of Gods and Goddesses, the philosophy of Shems, and the psycho-spiritual journey through the principles of creation. It provides a detailed description of the Anunian Theurgy Tree of Life Cosmiconomythograph and offers insights into the principles of Heru, Set, Nebthet, Aset, and Asar, among others. The text also explores the disciplines for the Anunian Theurgy Neterian Tree of Life Spiritual Evolution System, offering practical guidance on how philosophy and meditation work to promote higher consciousness.

One of the unique aspects of this manuscript is its discussion of Kemet, the ancient name for Egypt, and its rich cultural and spiritual heritage. The text highlights the worship of the Tree Goddess in ancient Egypt and the fundamental role of the Tree Goddess motif in Egyptian art. It also explores the mystical tree and the implications of the Pillar of Asar, providing a comprehensive understanding of the spiritual significance of these symbols in ancient Egyptian religion.

Reading this manuscript offers numerous benefits. It provides a deep understanding of ancient Egyptian spirituality and its relevance to modern spiritual practices.

I encourage you to purchase this manuscript, read it, and learn from the wisdom contained within its pages. Dr. Ashby's extensive research and deep understanding of ancient Egyptian spirituality offer invaluable insights that can enhance your spiritual journey and broaden your understanding of the world's religious and philosophical traditions. Explore the profound teachings of the Kemetic Tree of Life and discover the timeless wisdom of ancient Egypt.

Being and Time changed the course of philosophy. --Richard Rorty, New York Times Book Review

Heidegger's masterwork. --The Economist

What is the meaning of being? This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. This first paperback edition of John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson's definitive translation also features a foreword by Heidegger scholar Taylor Carman.

A central influence on later philosophy, literature, art, and criticism--as well as existentialism and much of postmodern thought--Being and Time forever changed the intellectual map of the modern world. As Richard Rorty wrote in the New York Times Book Review, You cannot read most of the important thinkers of recent times without taking Heidegger's thought into account.

A revised translation of Heidegger's most important work.

The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The author has spared himself no pains in his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated.

During the course of my quest for truth, knowledge and nature of reality over the last 40 years or so, considerable valuable inner knowledge has been opened to me from numerous and diverse sources, knowledge which I have since been blessed to share with readers of my books, newsletters and websites. When I recently discovered and started to read Science of Being by The Baron Eugene Fersen, originally made available to very few selected, privileged people in the form of a series of twenty seven individual lessons, I knew at once that these are no ordinary texts. It very soon became apparent to me in fact that this is an extremely profound and important collection of wisdom, knowledge and teachings, and without doubt some of the very greatest I have personally ever seen on these most important matters. Science of Being is not only one of the very first texts on The Law of Attraction ever written, if not the first, it is, in my view, one of the most profound and important texts ever written in absolute terms, written by a true Lightbearer for humanity, and which reach far beyond The Law of Attraction to encompass many other Universal Principles.. It also very soon became clear to me that many of the most well known Law of Attraction and Metaphysics authors must, at least to some extent, directly or indirectly have learned from this great teacher of teachers. No other book ever published on The Law of Attraction however goes as deeply or as clearly as Science of Being. It is now my very great pleasure to make available to you this rare, once almost lost collection of twenty seven lessons including exercises, questions and answers in the form of a single powerful book, that all who are blessed and most privileged to read it may profoundly benefit from its valuable and indeed crucial teachings, your life thus being blessed with health, abundance and happiness, as well as further enhancing your own knowledge of the true nature of the Universe, and the Universal Principles, including The Law of Attraction, which infinitely shape our lives and reality. Adrian P. Cooper. Author, Our Ultimate Reality, Life, the Universe and Destiny of Mankind.

There are at least two kinds of games, states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change--as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.

What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we play--finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives?

Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys our world--from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion--leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed. Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science. Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander.

Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, Finite and Infinite Games is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.

A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy.

Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, the nature of freedom and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection. The Ethics is presented in the standard translation of the work by Edwin Curley. This edition also includes an introduction by Stuart Hampshire, outlining Spinoza's philosophy and placing it in context.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

As the failures of physicalism begin to shake the confidence of even the most biased of its supporters, a new view on the nature of reality is establishing itself as the only tenable alternative: Analytic Idealism. According to it, there is a world out there independent of our individual minds, but such world is - just like ourselves - also mental or experiential. While being a realist, naturalist, rationalist, and even reductionist view, Analytic Idealism flips our culture-bound intuitions on their head, revealing that only through understanding our own inner nature can we understand the nature of the world. This book embodies its author's years-long experience on how best to explain Analytic Idealism to someone who has never studied it before, and has no background in the technical fields involved. It meets the readers where they are, holding their hand as they are shown - through a series of evocative metaphors - how to see through their own unexamined assumptions, so to realize how the impossible dilemas of physicalism disappear when nature is regarded from a slightly different slant. The conclusions have tremendous implications for our values and way of life, as well as our understanding of purpose, self, identity, and death.

Julius Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution

- Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age

- Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation

The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist in the contemporary world. Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition, in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human and transitory.

Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition. Evola identifies the type of human capable of riding the tiger, who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation. He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Traditionalism.

A beautiful edition of one of the twentieth century's most powerful and intriguing works on how to use the manifesting powers of your mind. Features the bonus book, Awakened Imagination.

Here is a signature volume of one of the most quietly impactful and radical works ever written on the creative potentialities of human thought, The Power of Awareness. In this book, author Neville presents a concise, unforgettable statement of his core philosophy: that the world around you is a picture in your mind's eye, created by your thinking, and susceptible to change by altering your thoughts and feelings.

Originally published in 1952, The Power of Awareness not only prefigured the revolution in mind-power metaphysics, but surpassed it. Before the public had heard about quantum physics experiments (popularized in our own time through movies such as The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know ?), Neville was conveying the unheard-of message that reality is directly impacted by the perspective and consciousness of the observer himself. Moreover, he wrote, each of us is ultimately responsible for, and capable of reshaping, the outer circumstances we perceive.

Neville's authorial genius is his ability to deliver these ideas in an immensely readable and enjoyable way. Like few other metaphysical figures of his era, Neville captured complexities in simple stories, memorable examples, and practical advice. His books are unfailingly brief and easy to read, because his command of his material is so masterly and complete.

The Power of Awareness also includes a special bonus work, Awakened Imagination, originally published in 1954. This two-in-one volume forms a brilliant introduction and user's guide to the practical philosophy of a great spiritual thinker.

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy

Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty--even to deny those things that seemed most self-evident. In his Meditations of 1641, and in the Objections and Replies that were included with the original publication, he set out to dismantle and then reconstruct the idea of the individual self and its existence. In doing so, Descartes developed a language of subjectivity that has lasted to this day, and he also took his first steps towards the view that would eventually be expressed in the epigram Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), one of modern philosophy's most famous--and most fiercely contested--claims. The first part of a two-volume edition of Descartes' works in Penguin Classics, the second of which is Discourse on Method & Related Writings.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Un amplio y profundo an lisis que echa por tierra las falacias y sinrazones de incluso el m s refinado e intelectualizado ate smo refutando detallada y contundentemente a sus principales referentes (Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Graham Oppy, Jeffrey Jay Lowder, Bertrand Russell, Sebasti n Faure, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, etc.). Imprescindible para todo aquel que busque una respuesta intelectualmente s lida sobre el fundamento de la existencia, y en especial para creyentes que busquen un sustento y defensa racional de la fe, agn sticos sinceros en busca de respuestas en uno u otro sentido y ateos intelectualmente honestos que est n dispuestos a aceptar el desaf o de cuestionar su propio ate smo. Este libro no solo reivindica y renueva filos fica y cient ficamente la profunda visi n de las cinco v as de Santo Tom s de Aquino sino que aborda numerosas cuestiones relacionadas con ontolog a, epistemolog a, astrof sica, biolog a, etc. pero todo desde un lenguaje ameno y sencillo. Luego de leer este libro tu visi n de la filosof a y la cuesti n de Dios definitivamente no ser la misma.

A new edition of the groundbreaking spiritual treasure, with a foreword by bestselling author Marianne Williamson .

Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the Work, a combination of Eastern philosophies that had for centuries been passed on orally from teacher to student. Gurdjieff's goal, to introduce the Work to the West, attracted many students, among them Ouspensky, an established mathematician, journalist, and, with the publication of In Search of the Miraculous, an eloquent and persuasive proselyte.

Ouspensky describes Gurdjieff's teachings in fascinating and accessible detail, providing what has proven to be a stellar introduction to the universal view of both student and teacher. It goes without saying that In Search of the Miraculous has inspired great thinkers and writers of ensuing spiritual movements, including Marianne Williamson, the highly acclaimed author of A Return to Love and Illuminata. In a new and never-before-published foreword, Williamson shares the influence of Ouspensky's book and Gurdjieff's teachings on the New Thought movement and her own life, providing a contemporary look at an already timeless classic.

In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Our attachment to the vita activa creates an imperative to work which degrades the human being into a labouring animal, an animal laborans. At the same time, the hyperactivity which characterizes our daily routines robs human beings of the capacity to linger and the faculty of contemplation. It therefore becomes impossible to experience time as fulfilling.

Drawing on a range of thinkers including Heidegger, Nietzsche and Arendt, Han argues that we can overcome this temporal crisis only by revitalizing the vita contemplativa and relearning the art of lingering. For what distinguishes humans from other animals is the capacity for reflection and contemplation, and when life regains this capacity, this art of lingering, it gains in time and space, in duration and vastness.

Soul Love teaches you how to open your heart in order to feel more love -- self-love, and love for others. You will learn to use love -- the most powerful energy in the universe -- to lift, purify, expand, harmonize, balance, and transform all the energies around you. In four sections, Roman leads readers through step-by-step preparations toward allowing love to transform their lives.

In Section I, you will prepare your personality, journey to the soul plane, meet your own soul, and blend with it. You will learn to make your soul a part of your daily life, tapping into its strength, presence, light, and will to assist you with daily living.

In Section II, you will join with your soul to awaken the three hearts.

In Section III, you will meet the soul of a soul mate and draw this person into your life. You will learn to create the higher purpose of a relationship, dissolve obstacles to love, and let go with love.

In Section IV, you will create wheels of love to transform your relationships with groups of people such as friends, family, and coworkers. You will join in a call to the Great Ones to ask for love to be sent to awaken the heart centers of humanity, volunteering -- if you choose -- to become a shining light for others.

This classical work of philosophy has inspired readers around the world for generations.

Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet garnered little acclaim, but it became a critical success in the 1930s and again in the 1960s when it inspired a generation of readers with its philosophical discussion on subjects such as love, friendship, beauty, and freedom. Gibran's masterpiece of poetic prose has now been translated into more than a hundred languages, and is regarded as one of the most important works of the early twentieth century. This Word Cloud edition of The Prophet and Other Tales also includes two of Gibran's earliest works, The Madman and The Forerunner, along with illustrations by the author.

A mind-bending invitation to experience the impossible as fundamentally human.

From precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences, UFO encounters, and beyond, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen. But they do happen--all the time. Jeffrey J. Kripal asserts that the impossible is a function not of reality but of our everchanging assumptions about what is real. How to Think Impossibly invites us to think about these fantastic (yet commonplace) experiences as an essential part of being human, expressive of a deeply shared reality that is neither mental nor material but gives rise to both. Thinking with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable, open, and often humorous ways, Kripal interweaves humanistic and scientific inquiry to foster an awareness that the fantastic is real, the supernatural is super natural, and the impossible is possible.