“Matter is derived from mind, not mind from matter.” -Tibetan
Book of the Great Liberation More and more, scientists are
catching up with ancient mystics regarding the primacy of
consciousness, the fact that consciousness is an a priori facet
of reality, and not some emergent property of materiality. One
of the fathers of modern brain research, Wilder Penfield wrote
The Mystery of Mind in which he argues his opinion as a
neurosurgeon that consciousness does not have its source in the
brain. The prestigious VISION 97 award-winning psychiatrist Dr.
Stanislav Grof M.D., Ph.D. also agrees that consciousness is a
primary, non-local phenomenon that precedes and transcends time
and space: “Over three decades of systematic studies of the
human consciousness have led me to conclusions that many
traditional psychiatrists and psychologists might find
implausible if not downright incredible. I now firmly believe
that consciousness is more than an accidental by-product of the
neurophysiological and biochemical processes t