DOMAIN OF UNBOUNDED POTENTIAL
THE SCIENCE OF THE ABSOLUTE

W. C. Gough


Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing, Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA, Sept. 2-4, 2000. Section on "Belief" to be republished in Sufism: An Inquiry, Fall 2001.

ABSTRACT
Three little words, belief, intention, and sincerity, are used to elucidate the power of thought in establishing how one manifests life's experiences. The paper takes the position that belief systems define/bound our perception of reality. Three fundamentally different belief systems are discussed: materialist, dualistic, and wholistic. The paper focuses upon the wholistic belief system using a model of a seven level three dimensional universe that is a subset of a spaceless-timeless Absolute.

The paper first addresses the question: From the local 3D mind/matter universe can we understand the all encompassing Absolute?

    1) Can we say it exists? The discussion focuses upon timelessness as represented in ancient writings and modern quantum physics.
    2) Does it have meaning? The discussion focuses upon perception and the interpretation of our "virtual reality", that is, our subjective experience or qualia.

Next the paper addresses: How do we communicate with the Absolute? What is the interface/process? The discussion focuses upon patterns. Physical patterns in our physiology and their relation to manifestation, and then symbology and its meaning. The deeper meaning of the seven level universe, in which one of the levels is the Mind, is then discussed. Finally the paper addresses the question: How do we optimize the interface/manifestation process? The focus is upon intention and sincerity.

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