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Theology of Christ/Universal Consciousness

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Table of Contents

Preface          05
Introduction 07
Prelude         09
Interphase   10

Section One: Christ Consciousness

Book 1 Theology of Christ Consciousness
Part 1 12 On the nature of Christ Consciousness in itself
Part 2 14 On the way of perceiving Christ Consciousness
Part 3 15 On the path of ascending to the Living Christ
Part 4 15 On the unity of Science, Christ, and Appearances
Part 5 17 On Christ Consciousness and Modern Science

Book 2 Neuro-theology and the Default Mode Network
Part 1 22 On the Default Mode Network

Book 3 On the Decathexis of the Default Mode Network
Part 1 22 Whether it is possible to decathect the Default Mode Network to experience unicity
Part 2 23 To decathect the Default Mode Network, four main pathways are distinguished

Appendix 1 On General Semantics and the Logus 24
Appendix 2 Benedictine Neuro-Theological Schemata 25

Working Bibliography
Part 1 26 Neuroscience and the Default Mode Network
Part 2 26 Nonduality and Consciousness Studies
Part 3 27 Christ Consciousness and Christian Mysticism
Part 4 28 Integration: Default Mode Network, Nonduality, Universal Consciousness
Part 5 29 Supplementary and Cross-Disciplinary Sources

Section Two How Jesus Experienced His Dual Nature

Book I. The Interface in Jesus: Humanity and Divinity in Dynamic Unity
Part 1 30 Christological Foundation (Christian Theology)

Book 2. The Phenomenology of Divine-Human Awakening
Part 1 31 Jesus' Inner Experience (Speculative Phenomenology)
Part 2 31 How He Interfaced

Book 3. Contemporary Human Awakening: Humanity in Divinity & Divinity in Humanity
Part 1 32 Biochemical & Neuropsychological Pathways of Awakening
Part 2 30 Spiritual-Phenomenological Method

Working Bibliography
Part 1 33 Christology & Theology (Eastern & Western)
Part 2 33 Neuroscience & Psychology (Default Mode Network & Consciousness)
Part 3 33 Phenomenology & Existential Psychology
Part 4 34 Biochemistry, Physiology, And Embodiment
Part 5 34 General Semantics & Linguistics
Part 6 34 Quantum Physics & Consciousness
Part 7 34 Mysticism & Contemplative Experience
Part 8 35 Jesus Consciousness In Historical Context
Part 9 35 Additional Multidisciplinary Sources

Section Three Awakening the Divine in the Human
and the Human in the Divine


INTRODUCTION
Part 1 37 The Path of Kenosis
Part 2 38 The Path of Incarnation
Part 3 39 The Path of Theosis (Divinization)
Part 4 40 The Path of Contemplation (Nonduality)
Part 5 41 The Neuroscience of Divine Awakening (Inward Science)
Part 6 42 Bridging the Interface: Christ as Model and Mirror
          42 Closing Blessing

Working Bibliography 43

Adjunct 01: Axiomatic Interface of the Default Mode Network, Mystical Nondual Experience,
Quantum Platform, and Daily Life


Part 0 46 Foundational Definitions
Part 1 46 What Ontological and Structural Relations
Part 2 47 How Mechanisms of Interface and Transformation
Part 3 47 When Temporal Dynamics
Part 4 48 Where Locality and Field Dynamics
Part 5 48 Why Teleology, Purpose, and Meaning
Part 6 49 Synthesis Toward an Integrated Model
Part 7 49 Corollaries and Praxis

Adjunct 02: Detailed Process of DMN Deactivation and the Emergence of Nondual Awareness

Part 1 51 Understanding the DMN and Egoic Narrative
Part 2 51 The Goal: Transcending the Egoic Narrative
Part 3 52 The How: Five Modalities for Deactivating the DMN
Part 4 54 The Emergence of the Non-Self (Greater Self)
Part 5 55 Integration into Daily Life
          56 Comparison of Mystical Traditions on Ego Dissolution
          57 Common Themes Across Traditions
          58 Phenomenology of Ego Dissolution (Commonalities)
          58 Practical Implication

Reflection

A Refection on An Experiential Experiment in Monastic (Unitive) Practice

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