The Zen of Consciousness: Meditations on Mind and Matter

By James Bonnar

The Zen of Consciousness offers a revolutionary perspective on the nature of reality and consciousness.

It begins by defining consciousness as that in which all experience appears, as that with which all experience is known, and as that out of which all experience is made. A fundamental axiom is proposed that "consciousness is all there is" and that the ultimate field at the basis of all matter is a field of pure consciousness - a postulate which reverses the "hard problem" of consciousness and suggests that it is not how matter creates consciousness that should be studied, but rather how matter is derived from consciousness.

It is proposed that matter does not exist outside consciousness. The book posits that consciousness is not a byproduct of brain activity, but rather the brain and body and, for that matter, all sensations and perceptions, appear in and are composed of consciousness.

A primordial consciousness is proposed that is universal, dimensionless, infinite and indivisible out of which illusory finite minds are precipitated. Time and space are dismissed as the containers of experience, and are understood as consciousness modulated through thought and perception. The secrets of life, death and the afterlife are also elucidated in the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1676813381
• ISBN13: 9781676813385
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"