Space, Time and Consciousness
A conversation between Lama Alan Wallace and the cosmologist Bernard Carr on space, time and consciousness, recorded in 2016.
A conversation, recorded in July 2016, between Lama Alan Wallace and Bernard Carr, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London, on the intersections of space, time and consciousness. The two come at the question from distinct but complementary backgrounds. Professor Carr studied for his PhD under Stephen Hawking at Cambridge, and his research is in cosmology and astrophysics: the early universe, black holes, dark matter and the anthropic principle. He also regards consciousness as a fundamental rather than an incidental feature of the universe, and is developing a new psycho-physical paradigm linking matter and mind, one that accommodates normal, paranormal and mystical experiences. He has a long-standing interest in the relationship between science and religion, and particularly in the similarities between Buddhist and modern cosmology. This is a dialogue rather than a teaching, a single session of about two and a half hours in which the ancient tradition and knowledge of Tibetan Buddhist theory and practice are brought into conversation with the traditions and practices of contemporary science, so that each can enrich the understanding of the othe
What this course covers
- Space, time and consciousness approached from Buddhism and from cosmology at once
- Consciousness as a fundamental rather than an incidental feature of the universe
- A psycho-physical paradigm linking matter and mind
- Where Buddhist and modern cosmology resemble one another
- What a physics would have to accommodate to take mystical experience seriously
Sessions
- Space, Time and Consciousness 145 minutes