Spokes 8: Table of Contents

Spokes 8: The Hub of Being Table of Contents264 printed pages {Notes}

The Hub of Being (title page)

   Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reality
   Beyond Conception
Perception
  Phenomena
Energy
  The History of Energy
  Parsing Energy
  Bodily Energy
Matter
Space
Time
Forces
Virtual Reality
  The Ground State
   Cold Running Hot
Architecture
  Theory
  Dualism
   The Mind-Body Problem
  Monism
   Matterism
     Plants Take A Chance
     Slime Molds
     Brainless
    Placebos
     Mr. Wright
     Knee Pain
     Parkinson’s Disease
     Poison Ivy
     Associative Placebos
     Shocking Expectation
     White Coat
    Nocebos
     Prisoners of War
     Relief Without Belief
     Sugar, Willpower & Belief
     Happy Bones
     Lonely Hearts
     Subconscious Awareness
     Sleepwalking
    Out-of-Body Experiences
     Remote Viewing
    Near-Death Experiences
     Terminal Lucidity
    Matterism & Mind-Over-Matter
     Pupil Dilation
    Sensation Physiology
    Vision
     Blind Spot
     Visual Acuity
     Squirrel Eyes
     Owls
     Motion Detection
     Blinking
     Dragonflies
     Robber Flies
     Houseflies
     Insect Night Vision
     Scallops
     Fruit Fly Larvae
     Vision Systems
     Warnowiids
     Photoreceptors
     Avian Eyes
    Vision & The Brain
     Vocalization
    Matterism Disproved
   Energyism
    Idealism
    Neutral Monism
     The Language of Reality
     Complexity
     Natural Order
      Wasan
      Complex Numbers
      Phase Transitions
     Mathematical Natural Order
    Energyism continued
Principles
  Diversity
   Variability
  Consistency
  Entanglement
   Quantum Entanglement
   Ambient Entanglement
    Evolutionary Entanglement
     Plant Metabolites
     Mind Meld
     Synchronized Heartbeats
   The Theory of Everything
    Information
   Interfaces
    Quantization
    Thermalization
    Scales of Existence
    Molecules
     The Spectral Gap
     Gas-Liquid Interface
     Semiconductor Sandwich
     Photosynthesis
    Abiogenesis
    Evolution
  Desire
  Ignorance
The Biology of Existence
  Life
Coherence
Noumenon
The Nature of Reality
  Eastern Essences
   The Tao
   Yoga
  Subjectivity & Objectivity
Synopsis

The Mind
Restlessness
  Daydreams
   Nattermind
Mind-Body Association
The Descent of Ignorance
Synopsis

Consciousness
States of Consciousness
  Awareness
  Transcendence
  Enlightenment
   Bliss
  Toward Realization
Construal
     First Impressions
  Construal in Unity Consciousness
Synposis

The Soul
Afterlife
   Memories
    Ghosts
     White House Ghosts
    The Soul continued
  Reincarnation
Presences
Synposis

Realization
Gurus
   Paramahansa Yogananda
   Meher Baba
   Anandamayi Maa
   Nisargadatta Maharaj
   Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
   Eckhart Tolle
   Ishi Nobu
Teachings
Praxis
  Being Present
     Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  Belief
  Desire
  Emotions
   Praxis
  The Mind
   Meditation
    How to Meditate
     Pranayama
     Choosing a Mantra
   Minding
    Mindfulness
   Concepts
  Lifestyle
Legend
Synposis

Conclusion

Glossary
People
Index