2009-09-22, by John Ringland
First a few words about the work and then some links.
In brief, in 2000 I intuitively received a vision of the nature of
reality that re-oriented my world-view. Other than a knew way of
understanding, it mainly expressed itself in my mind as a form of
mathematics, which I came to understand through the framework of
information and system theory, mystic metaphysics, quantum mechanics
and virtual reality simulation.
This evolved over time into a project that could be described as
"laying down the mathematical foundations of a unified holistic
science" and "using this foundation to shed light on and
unify both ancient and modern wisdom". The work also involves
self-enquiry; observation of, and participation in, the evolution of
collective consciousness; and the navigation of a paradigm shift in
our collective world-view.
To give some insight... Imagine that this physical universe could
be thought of as a virtual reality simulation, within which we are
evolved sentient virtual beings. It would all seem to us to be
physical and in no way different from how it currently does. In this
analogical context what I address is not the objects, people, places,
events, sights, sounds, shapes, qualities, etc within the VR
universe.
What I try to describe and model is the computational process, the
logic of the simulator, the simulation process in action, the
structure of the model that is animated, the low-level virtual
processes and forms that arise within the VR, how these integrate and
evolve into complex systems, how the behaviour of these gives rise to
the principles of physics, how some of these complex systems may
attain sentience and enquire into the nature of their situation, how
they can most effectively achieve this, what they will find when they
do and how does this whole situation relate to mystic wisdom and what
it describes about reality.
What these virtual beings eventually realise is that ultimately
they are not physical beings in a physical universe with individual
identities, they are motions of a cosmic whole that is non-dual,
non-physical, non-local, non-temporal, imperceivable, all pervading
and the animating essence of all things.
Furthermore, there is a persistent cognitive habit that causes
them to perceive and experience things from a dualist perspective.
When this is recognised and its dominance over the mind is overcome,
then reality can be apprehended clearly. Although it is not
perceptible to their senses, it can be intuitively apprehended in no
uncertain terms because it is the inner most essence of their being.
This underlying reality, beneath the film of appearances can be
modelled mathematically and understood scientifically, thus providing
a solid foundation for a unified holistic science/spirituality.
First see this memetic map of areas of interest.
Here is a general
introduction, it's a bit dated but it paints an overall picture
of my line of research. Here is a CV or rough chronological list of primary influences.
Here are various overview articles.
The main results
so far and the main essay
describing the world view implied by the results.
Here are a few brief articles...
Vision
arising from my work in five sentences,
Signs
of an Emerging Paradigm Shift,
Profound
Metaphysical Questions to Ask Yourself,
Ask
Yourself This,
Thoughts
on the Outline of a Unified Science,
Virtual
Reality Analogy Alongside Science and Mysticism,
What
Terms Best Describe My Metaphysical Work?,
What
is a system and why should we care to know?,
Three
Metaphysical Perspectives on one Page,
What
I think in simple terms,
Clarifying
our minds for the greater good,
It's a vast subject and quite complex to describe in detail
(although simple in essence), so I hope this gives you an idea of
what the work is about. There are also essays,
mathematics,
software,
art,
prose
poetry, etc on my main website.
I am kind of on sabbatical at present; focusing on other things.
Although I'm still happy to communicate with anyone who is genuinely
interested.
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