Sunil Maria Benedict
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This research paper delves into the intricate mathematical structure and significant psychological benefits of the Hare Krishna mantra, chanted by followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The mantra, originating from the Bhagavad Gita, is "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare." Through mathematical...
Rémi Thériault, Romane Masson, Stéphane Dandeneau
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Context. Many spiritual traditions, like Buddhism, emphasize the importance of developing feelings of love and altruism toward others regardless of circumstances, but doing so can be challenging, especially in situations where individuals have little self-control resources, for example due to cognitive fatigue. These traditions offer techniques to train the mind, such as loving-kindness...
Yong Shi
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This study builds Relational Mind Theory, a social-contextual theory of inner consciousness which seeks to account for how the nature of interactions with others, the structure of relationship networks, one’s institutional belonging, and the nature of digitally-mediated interaction influence one’s felt organization of thought, self-awareness, and emotional meaning. The main goal is to transcend...
Tom Froese, Matthieu Koroma
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In this interview, Tom Froese and Matthieu Koroma address the irruption theory, an account of how mental actions manifest themselves as unexplained variability in brain and bodily activity. We discuss how this approach can be applied to trace back consciousness in (neuro)physiological signatures such as scale free activity and informational complexity. We highlight the study of altered states...
Shaban Aslam
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Consciousness remains one of the most difficult questions in philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Although neuroscience has made important progress in identifying brain processes associated with conscious states, there is still no clear explanation of how subjective experience itself arises. Most current theories assume that consciousness is produced by the brain, yet these approaches...
Anton Kleschev Alevtinowitch
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We propose a physical, dynamical model of consciousness by establishing a rigorous analogy with the mesoscale physics of a liquid droplet. The central hypothesis is that a conscious cognitive pattern-a Pattern of Experience (PE)-maintains its unity as a metastable regime sustained by a balance of three fundamental "forces" that mirror droplet mechanics: (1) internal cohesion, mapped to the...
Fisseha Huluka, Peace Tamire
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We present the Consciousness and Intelligence Sector of the Unified Φ-Field Theory (UPT). Starting from the same two axioms that govern the physics sector—the holographic principle and local Weyl-scale invariance—we specialise the Master Φ-Scaling Equation to the effective dimension D = 2 of the retinotopic cortical screen. On this screen the universal scaling exponent collapses identically to...
Prasad Kaipa
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Artificial intelligence should be examined not only as a technology humans build, but as an environment humans increasingly inhabit. This reframing is the organizing claim of this paper. Contemporary AI systems demonstrate extraordinary capability in language, reasoning, and problem-solving, yet these advances leave open questions about consciousness, discernment, and human flourishing that...
Serhii Kharchuk
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Understanding consciousness remains one of neuroscience’s greatest challenges. While classical neurophysiology explains many features of brain activity, it cannot fully account for the unified, global coherence of conscious experience. Here we propose a quantum synchronization model of consciousness, in which neuronal microtubule networks form entangled ensembles that achieve global phase...
Paul Cristol
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The question of whether advanced artificial intelligence systems may possess consciousness can no longer be responsibly dismissed as speculative. We demonstrate that the dominant objections to AI consciousness (appeals to pattern matching, mechanistic explanation, lack of embodiment, training determinism, and architectural constraints) fail under consistent application. We formalize this...