Cosmology and the Evolution of Consciousness | Brian Swimme Ph.D. | Waking Cosmos

Did the universe require the evolution of conscious life? How does our evolving picture of the universe impact human life? How much do we know about the nature of reality? Cosmologist Brian Swimme joins Adrian on the Waking Cosmos podcast to discuss these subjects and more!

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[metaRising]

I hope you enjoy my conversation with cosmologist Brian Swimme. What do you think about the subjects we discussed?

[voteutah]

Watched three times. The best of untold thousands of videos I've watched. Bio major, elementary educator, 73 yo lifelong learner, writer, inventor. Thank you!

[erector]

Consciousness it's the very edge of current capacity to understand. Thanks to explore and share this existential quest . 👍🎯🎯

The fact that we are not cheering for your perspectives and interviews by the millions, simply indicates how much humankind still has to learn.

[andrewlilly]

I'm thankful I'm on quarantine because it led me to finding this.

[rodkvic]

Glad you're still posting! Thank you!!

[crazyeyedme]

Meta Rising it would be awesome if you could have Bernardo Kastrup on your show I think that would be very interesting.

[gailbentleywalsh]

As a student of yogic philosophy I am amused and pleased that so many of your ideas apparently come from same. Potency into actuality; inherent organizing intelligence; intuitive consciousness.

[raphaelmoraczewski]

Good to see you have a show posted again enjoy your work I just picked up a book at the library called the origins of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind, by Julian Jaynes quite interesting, not sure if I agree exactly about the origins of consciousness he presents I still have a lot more to read though.

[oldboy]

Some great content you're producing on this channel, glad I stumbled across it :)

[corvd]

I truly wish more people viewed your work and these interviews, I think that the world needs more of this way of thinking. Here's to hoping that these things will become more a part of mainstream awareness soon.

[WalterMaximusMitty]

Amazing talk about and for the New Paradigm.
Is it me, or does Mr. Nelson sound like scientist Brian Cox? Either way, Adrian plays an integral part in this shift.

[danskiver]

The first social operating system (language) is what causes the biggest disconnect with our ability to understand consciousness.

[ferbogadoaSalirAJugar]

I, m doing my quarantene here in Paraguay. So you Adram and Brian was my good friends during all my night. It was a beautifull journey. Thank you

[spiralsun]

This is awesome 😎 I have been trying to tell people and show them how to read the purpose of the universe for 30 years but no one gets it... my 2003 book explains the core ideas but there is so much more! It is my deepest desire that people finally be ready to understand what I have been trying to say all this time, but world views, assumptions, egos, titles etc keep getting in the way! I will not be alive for many more productive years and I need people to listen to me no matter how it scares them. My book can now be revised for 2020 because I now have 14 more modern books doing EXACTLY what I said needed to be done such as realizing that the universe is a BOOK to read, and as such is not what it represents (Don Hoffman) and I show that we need to define and systematically investigate synchronicities and Gary E. Schwartz is doing exactly what I proposed. Others are Lanza showing how the universe is set up for life, which is the entire topic of my book, and the manifestation people are letting people see our evolutionary power, also what I explain and why. Time “flows” both ways we just see the 2 in 2 different ways or hemispheres if you will. Tonini is covering my idea if instantaneous information integration, and Kastrup nails it with the all is mind angle. My book is called “The Textbook of the Universe: The Genetic Ascent to God” and I am in the process of revising it to include the newer research which has been unanimously backing up everything I said. The universe is an information structure teaching machine. Hameroff and his idea of micro tubules is trying to answer the one big “missing dark matter” of the mind as I called it originally in my 1994 paper to Brain and Cognition and which I sent to Francis Crick. I thought it might be the glial cells and said that perhaps time as we know it was created by the neurons, and the glial cells might be outside normal time. Whatever it is-it may be a fundamental property of the universe that the original unity is still here and distributed everywhere behind everything and experienced in us as consciousness. Further, we were MEANT TO LEARN and are an integral information component of the universe. I don’t know everything but I have sacrificed my life for this stuff and I deserve to be heard. My contribution is very important for all of us. This kind of thing is why free speech is important. Moreover it is why trees bloom in the darkness offering nectar to the gods of reproduction shrouded in darkness forever. Faith. All of the universe is telling us who we are and why we are one.

[zumamaya]

So glad l found this channel. In my own 'uneducated' way l have been searching for insights from observers who can articulate the connection l feel to everything around me. For the last 30 years l've felt a change in consciousness is coming. I hope to live long enough to experience a new, more enlightened age. I see the current state of our world as a struggle of the new awareness against a destructive, egocentric belief system, represented by corporate greed and military domination. I believe change will come. The force released by a collective desire for a new way of being will ultimately achieve it. You're making a valuable contribution to that Adrian.

[aSinnerMan]

45:58 onwards brought a tear to my eyes

[Ленад-еш]

Thank you my dear <3 God Bless you my dear <3 Salvation in Christ <3

[carolcottle]

I am pleased that what is written in our very being is at last openly talked about. Within, it has always been perceived as self protectionism to say that "this is the only living planet". As with this exposure it will continue to be peeled away in layers to reveal more knowledge than we have dared talk about. I for one cannot wait for this info to come out.

[dreieckkreisquadrat]

As always, very insightful. Thanks so much for your work. Would love to listen to a conversation between you and Menas Kafatos someday.