Transforming Voyage

  Transforming Voyage   Transforming Voyage   is a contemporary experiential account of the mystical journey.    It provides a detailed account of the full Spectrum of Consciousness (esp. transpersonal levels), dealing clearly and comprehensively with spiritual, emotional and intellectual development.     It serves as an introduction to the important new field of  Holistic Mathematics , which provides a true scientific basis for the integrated understanding of dynamic systems (e.g. consciousness). It also addresses key issues which are overlooked in other accounts.    TRANSFORMING VOYAGE - A Contemporary Account of Mystical Personality Development   PART A: DUALITY AND SEPARATION - THE LINEAR LEVEL   1 Introduction  2 Physical Discovery  3 Mental Take-over  4 Spiritual Dilemma      PART B: RELATIVITY AND PARADOX - THE CIRCULAR LEVEL   5 Looking Glass Reality  6 El...

                                     PART A - DUALITY AND SEPARATION -   The Linear Level INTRODUCTION -  Basic Outline   This book attempts to explain the mystical life from a modern perspective. It outlines the various stages of personality development which unfold during its journey.   As is well known in physics, natural light comprises just one small band on the overall spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. In like fashion the conventional stages of (natural) personality development - dealt with in Western psychology - comprise just one small band on the overall spectrum of psychological understanding.  This book is an account of the full spectrum of development. As I proceed with the outlining of this spectrum, a simple but remarkably precise mathematical map - intimately based on the number system - will gradually unfold providing a more sat...

                                                                        PHYSICAL DISCOVERY Pre-rational development      A  ETERNAL DREAM Introduction In the beginning there is only the unconscious. The first task of life is to gradually emerge into consciousness, and to discover through this process, both the world and self in a physical manner. This in turn involves a number of stages  ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT Pre-Conception: Finite v Infinite  I will elaborate firstly on the two fundamental processes underlying all experience.  We are accustomed to think of life in a linear conscious fashion with a beginning and end in time. However this makes little sense from the complementary viewpoint of the unconscious mind. The beginning of conscious li...

                                                                      THE CONCRETE STAGES Stage 1: Partial Approach   This represents the real commencement of ego development, where reality is understood increasingly in terms of (reduced) conscious categories. Looking firstly at cognitive development, we have here, what is often referred to as representational thinking. Images, provided through the affective sensory function are used as the basis for thought, which steadily becomes more rational. Now, at least in terms of superficial reality, with the help of the structured use of language, the child is better able to make logical connections in experience. Linkages as between different and separate objects, are made in a step by step fashion. This turn serves to give linear ...