Word - God and Universe | p. 1 |
An Ancient Concept of God | p. 3 |
The Concept of One God | p. 3 |
An Abstract Concept of God | p. 7 |
An Egyptian Concept of God | p. 9 |
Many gods--But One God | p. 9 |
The Power of Language | p. 11 |
God is the Word | p. 13 |
The Wonder of God as the Word | p. 15 |
Were the Ancient Egyptians Divinely Inspired? | p. 16 |
A Jewish Concept of God | p. 19 |
Remote God and Living God | p. 20 |
Language, Reality, God's Name | p. 22 |
The Word is the Name of God | p. 26 |
Words Created the Universe | p. 27 |
Conclusion | p. 28 |
A Christian Concept of God | p. 31 |
The Christian Word | p. 33 |
The Power of Words | p. 36 |
Words Created the Universe | p. 37 |
Conclusion | p. 37 |
God as the Word | p. 39 |
The Thread of the Discussion | p. 39 |
Uniqueness and Originality of the Concept | p. 40 |
Points of Contact Between the Spiritual and the Material Realms | p. 41 |
The Universe as the Scientific Word | p. 43 |
New Hope for Contact - The Ultra-Small | p. 43 |
Concept of the Universal Word | p. 44 |
Levels of Physical Reality | p. 47 |
Sub-Atomic World | p. 47 |
Quarks, Electrons and Other Particles | p. 48 |
Physics Theories of Reality | p. 51 |
Current Theories | p. 51 |
The Standard Model | p. 52 |
SuperString Theories | p. 55 |
Pure Creation | p. 59 |
Particles are Discrete | p. 59 |
Particle Creation and Destruction | p. 60 |
Data Creation in Computers | p. 64 |
Reality as Language | p. 67 |
The Standard Model Defines a Language | p. 67 |
The Surprisingly Simple Standard Model | p. 69 |
SuperString Theories are also Linguistic | p. 70 |
The Universe as a Word | p. 75 |
Language as the Essence of the Universe | p. 75 |
The Nothingness of Matter | p. 77 |
Have We Reached the Deepest Level of Matter? | p. 78 |
What If There are Deeper Levels of Matter | p. 79 |
Has Science Found God? | p. 81 |
Spirit and Science | p. 83 |
Spiritual VS. Material | p. 85 |
A Procedure for Determining An Event is Spiritual | p. 87 |
A Spiritual Phenomenon? | p. 88 |
A Material Phenomenon? | p. 88 |
Science is Favored in this Material World | p. 89 |
Are Flying Saucers Real? | p. 90 |
Is Matter non-Material? | p. 91 |
Visions - Spiritual or Scientific? | p. 93 |
External World Visions | p. 94 |
Internal Mental Visions | p. 95 |
Cause or Effect? | p. 100 |
The Analysis of Near Death Experiences | p. 103 |
Nature of Near Death Experiences | p. 103 |
Simple Models of Consciousness and the Brain | p. 105 |
Can We Experimentally Distinguish Between the Brain and Consciousness? | p. 109 |
A View of NDE's | p. 112 |
States of Consciousness | p. 116 |
Normal and Terminated | p. 116 |
Ecstatic | p. 116 |
Sleep | p. 117 |
Unconsciousness | p. 117 |
Zombie State | p. 118 |
Vestigial Hibernation/Suspended Animation | p. 118 |
NDE State | p. 119 |
The Reluctant Prophets of Science | p. 121 |
"Fringe Science" | p. 121 |
Why Is Science Wary of Religion? | p. 123 |
Guided Science | p. 124 |
Amazing Coincidences Between Science and Religious Thought | p. 125 |
Why Scientists are Reluctant Prophets | p. 126 |
How Should Science and Religion Relate? | p. 127 |
Is God Evolving? | p. 129 |
What Differentiates the States of Perfection | p. 130 |
Why Should God Evolve? | p. 131 |
The Evolution of the Universe | p. 132 |
The Word Evolves towards Self Awareness | p. 133 |
The Scientific Investigation of God | p. 135 |
A Scientific Model of God | p. 136 |
The Science of Infinity | p. 137 |
The Infinity of Infinities? | p. 138 |
The Level of God's Infinity | p. 138 |
God as the Ultimate Time Traveler | p. 139 |
How Do We Discover Reality? | p. 141 |
Are Scientific Theories Subjective? | p. 142 |
Innate Patterns of Understanding | p. 144 |
Eastern vs. Western Modes of Thought | p. 146 |
Fundamental Theory of Universal Significance | p. 147 |
Universality of Laguage | p. 149 |
A non-Species Specific Universal Language? | p. 150 |
Other Intelligent Species on Earth | p. 151 |
Communicating with Other Earth Species: Dolphins | p. 152 |
Can We Communicate with Alien Species: Project SETI? | p. 155 |
Languages for Physical Theories | p. 156 |
Physics on Other Worlds | p. 157 |
Is There a Best Formulation of a Physics Language? | p. 159 |
Why is Mathematics Required in Physical Theories? | p. 162 |
What Is Reality? | p. 165 |
Dream-like Reality | p. 166 |
Theories of Everything | p. 167 |
Cosmos and Consciousness | p. 168 |
Divine Dream - Not Buddhist Reality | p. 170 |
Human Consciousness | p. 173 |
A View of Consciousness | p. 173 |
The Power of Simulation | p. 175 |
A Probabilistic Computer Model of Consciousness | p. 178 |
Cosmos Computer vs. Consciousness Computer | p. 180 |
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