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IdonotfeelobligedtobelievethatthesameGodwhohasendoweduswithsense,reason,andintellecthasintendedustoforgotheiruse.(GalileoGalilei)

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MaxPlanck"...Iregardconsciousnessasfundamental.Iregardmatterasderivativefromconsciousness.Wecannotgetbehindconsciousness.Everythingthatwetalkabout,everythingthatweregardasexisting,postulatesconsciousness."TheObserver,London,January25,1931

WernerHeisenberg"Thecommondivisionoftheworldintosubjectandobject,innerworldandouterworld,bodyandsoulisnolongeradequate."

ErwinSchroedinger"Subjectandobjectareonlyone.Thebarrierbetweenthemcannotbesaidtohavebrokendownasaresultofrecentexperimentsinthephysicalsciences,forthisbarrierdoesnotexist".

Schrodinger(1961)claimsthattheVedicsloganAllinOneandOneinAllwasanideathatledhimtothecreationofquantummechanics.

"Consciousnessisneverexperiencedintheplural,onlyinthesingular.Howdoestheideaofplurality(emphaticallyopposedbytheUpanishadwriters)ariseatall?...theonlypossiblealternativeissimplytokeeptheimmediateexperiencethatconsciousnessisasingularofwhichthepluralisunknownthatthere*is*onlyonethingandthatwhatseemstobeapluralityismerelyaseriesofdifferentaspectsofthisonethingproducedbydeception(theIndianmaya)inmuchthesamewayGaurisankarandMt.Everestturnouttobethesamepeakseenfromdifferentvalleys."(From:WhatisLife)

SirJamesJeans"Mindnolongerappearsasanaccidentalintruderintotherealmofmatterwearebeginningtosuspectthatweoughtrathertohailitasthecreatorandgovernoroftherealmofmatter."J.Jeans,TheMysteriousUniverse(NewYork:Macmillan,1932),186.

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SirArthurS.Eddington"Allthroughthephysicalworldrunsthatunknowncontent,whichmustsurelybethestuffofourconsciousness.Hereisahintofaspectsdeepwithintheworldofphysics,andyetunattainablebythemethodsofphysics.And,moreover,wehavefoundthatwheresciencehasprogressedthefarthest,themindhasbutregainedfromnaturethatwhichthemindhasputintonature."SirArthurS.Eddington,Space,TimeandGravitation:AnOutlineoftheGeneralRelativityTheory(1920)

Bernardd'Espagnat"thedoctrinethattheworldismadeupofobjectswhoseexistenceisindependentofhumanconsciousnessturnsouttobeinconflictwithquantummechanicsandwithfactsestablishedbyexperiment."Bernardd'Espagnat,"TheQuantumTheoryandReality,"ScientificAmerican,Vol.241,No.5(November1979),pp.158181.

RogerPenrose"...thecontemporaryunderstandingofmaterialisverydifferentnowfromthewayitusedtobe.Ifweconsiderwhatmatterreallyis,we now understand it as much more of a mathematical thing...But I think that matter itself is now much more of a mentalsubstance..."JournalofConsciousnessStudies1:24

FreemanDyson"[Ismind]primaryoranaccidentalconsequenceofsomethingelse?TheprevailingviewamongbiologistsseemstobethatthemindaroseaccidentallyoutofmoleculesofDNAorsomething.Ifindthatveryunlikely.Itseemsmorereasonabletothinkthatmindwasaprimarypartofnaturefromthebeginningandwearesimplymanifestationsofitatthepresentstageofhistory.It'snotsomuchthatmindhasalifeofitsownbutthatmindisinherentinthewaytheuniverseisbuilt."InterviewwithFreemanDysoninU.S.NewsandWorldReport,April18,1988,72.

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