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    Serenity Hypothesis
    Serenity Hypothesis
    Serenity Hypothesis
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    Serenity Hypothesis

    By Ronald M Caplan

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    What is Life Force? What animates us, makes us appear bigger than we are, m

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    PublisherRMC Publishing LLC
    Release dateNov 15, 2024
    ISBN9781735009384
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      Serenity Hypothesis - Ronald M Caplan

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      Serenity Hypothesis

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      Front Cover Art by Bill Rabinovitch: Serenity

      Back Cover Art by Ellen Altfest: Green Spot

      Back Cover Photo Credit: Daphne Youree

      About the Author Photo Credit: Laurie Spens

      DISCLAIMER

      The contents of this book and e-book and all materials contained therein (collectively, the Book) are provided for informational purposes only. The Book is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The information provided in the Book should not be used by medical professionals for the purpose of diagnosing or treating a health condition or disease. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider if you have questions regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you may have read in the Book. No physician-patient relationship is created by this Book. Neither the author nor the publisher makes any representation, express or implied, with respect to the information provided herein or to its use.

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      CONTENTS

      Preface: Life Force

      Chapter 1: The Relationship of Consciousness and Serenity

      What is Consciousness?

      Collective Consciousness

      Cosmic Consciousness

      Chapter 2: Perception and Reality: The Limits of Sensation

      Chapter 3: Life and Death

      Chapter 4: Religion and Science

      Chapter 5: Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis, Regression Therapy, Persistence of Consciousness

      Chapter 6: Panpsychism

      Chapter 7: The Scientific Method, Rationalism, Empiricism

      Chapter 8: Theories

      Model-Dependent Realism, M-Theory

      Big Bang Theory

      Quantum Theory

      Supersymmetry

      Grand Unified Theory (GUT) of Physics

      Theory of Everything (TOE)

      Chapter 9: Theoretical Coalescence: The Serenity Hypothesis

      Astronomical Observations

      Chapter 10: Wilder Penfield MD: Getting the Picture Straight

      Chapter 11: Medicine: Science, Art, Calling

      Chapter 12: The Prolongation of Life and Consciousness; Aging and its Reversal

      Chapter 13: The Neurodegeneration Dilemma

      Chapter 14: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

      Chapter 15: Theories of Consciousness

      Chapter 16: Subjective Experience

      Serenity Hypothesis: References, Links

      About the Author

      SERENITY HYPOTHESIS | ART

      PREFACE

      LIFE FORCE

      What is Life Force? What animates us, makes us appear bigger than we are, more than the sum of our physical parts?

      Is it consciousness, awareness of self, place, time and purpose?

      Does it arise from within, or penetrate from without?

      Is it playing to other people, so that they see us as other than what we are, or as we really are?

      Is it simply dynamism? Is it why we gravitate to leaders who exude confidence, even quiet confidence?

      Is it evident in the ability to resist carping and negativity as we attempt to break through, to rise to the top, to be inventive, to create and explore?

      Is it courage? The courage to trust one’s own instincts over the admonishments of others?

      Is it mutual reassurance, a reaction to vulnerability?

      Is it tied to our ability to procreate, to live in, with and through another, and build a family, a community, a nation?

      Can we bequeath it to machines with Artificial Intelligence? Do we want to?

      Is it ours to bequeath? To bequeath only as a gift with our DNA?

      Or a gift to keep?

      Why are most people in our supposedly enlightened modern world believers in an external presence, in a soul?

      Why do others mistrust our abilities, consider our survival an anathema, are imbued with self-doubt, even self-hate?

      Is the Soul the Life Force? Are they synonymous? Do they exist?

      Are we just giving names to things we don’t understand,

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