Science, Brain/Mind & Conscious Evolution

Few things scare us more than inner emptiness. The presumed emptiness of coma or dementia scares us so much that we even sign living wills to avoid these states. Yet, as Zen masters have long known, inner emptiness can also be productive and useful. We can reach this state through meditation, concentration, music, or even during sex.

While in graduate school in the early 1990s, Chris Niebauer noticed striking parallels between the latest discoveries in psychology and neuroscience and the teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and other schools of Eastern thought. At the time, his findings were dismissed by his academic supervisor as "pure coincidence, nothing more."

There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions?

In a stirring exploration of human nature recalling his foundational work Consilience, Edward O. Wilson offers a luminous (Kirkus Reviews) reflection on the humanities and their integral relationship to science. Both endeavors, Wilson argues, have their roots in human creativitythe defining trait of our species.

Anyone can join the positive revolution. All you need is creativity.