Universal Consciousness and the BrainwithAlexander Escobar

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Alexander Escobar, PhD, is a biology professor at Emory University. He is author of Universal Consciousness: A Scientific Exploration. His website is https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-escobar-7838a53a/

Here he shares his understanding of how the visual system in the brain is one likely pathway by which Universal Consciousness interacts with the human nervous system. He explains how photons exist in a realm beyond space and time.

00:00 Introduction

05:00 Photons and the brain

12:25 Interconnectedness of sentient life

17:50 The Emory Tibet Science Initiative

19:46 Photon paradoxes

25:16 Space and time illusions

27:30 Hierarchies of being

30:55 Human implications

38:45 Response from colleagues

45:12 Conclusion

Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish.

(Recorded on March 9, 2024)

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Published on April 8, 2024

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