 "What I wish to do in this book is give you enough samples to learn your own simulations of God, understand your own system of belief, and find out what is most important to you within yourself, here and now." —John C. Lilly, M.D. Buy this Book from Amazon |
Before
the beginning was the VOID. Out of the void came God,
the Star Maker, the Creator, the Decision Maker, the
First Distinction. Out of God came the idea of self, the
consciousness without an object, the consciousness of
itself without an object, the consciousness without
consciousness, self. We are part of the universe trying to
describe itself and the rest of the universe. When you
look inside and see yourself, there is nothing. Feedback
is complete in the void;
however, there is a sense of being,
consciousness, a state of being I am, I am that, I am
it. We project on these realities our own simulations,
thus confusing what we wish the universe to be with what
it is Simulations of
God is a brilliant, provocative Work
by John C. Lilly, M.D., one of the great creative
scientists of the twentieth century where he examines
the sacred realms of self, religion, science,
philosophy, sex, drugs, politics, money, crime, war,
family, and spiritual paths “with no holds barred, with
courage and a sense of excitement”. Lilly’s purpose is
to provide readers with a unique view of inner reality
to help them unfold new areas for growth and
self-realization. Simulations of
God is a kind of handbook to start
you on your search for your simulations of God. Belief
systems that function as simulations of God are not
necessarily fully conscious, but are more like the
iceberg with so much hidden below. Solitude, isolation
and confinement in an isolation tank—Lilly Tank—are
tools for investigating one’s belief systems. Belief systems are to some extent
analogous to garments that we can put on and take off,
that are of various colors and designs, that may be
rather outrageous, sexual, emotional, or totally alien.
A given belief system can be believed only when it is
appropriate to believe it. We learn appropriateness very
early, beginning from our family because appropriateness
is determined not by ourselves but by the social reality
in which we exist. Keep in mind that this book is a
simulation, even as you are to me and I am to you. Lilly
examines those simulations, those scenarios, those
myths, those models of inner and outer reality, which
lie at the base of our thinking-feeling-doing. He
explores techniques and meta-programs for analyzing your
belief systems, your simulations of God, for finding out
what is important to you, yourself, within yourself,
here and now. When you really look at these aspects of
yourself, your find you are quite happy with certain of
them but discontent with others so that you will to
revise, at least in part, your basic belief systems,
your simulations of God. Explores meta-belief systems,
which are beliefs about beliefs. |
