Amit Goswami

For all its progress psychology is not integrated. What’s more, different forces of it use different metaphysics: behaviorism and cognitive psychology use a metaphysics based on the primacy of matter while depth and transpersonal psychologies use a metaphysics with both matter and consciousness as primary but their relationship is left unclear. Moreover, none of the psychological paradigms deal properly with the mind-body problem.

In this workshop, quantum physicist Amit Goswami introduces an integrative psychology based on quantum physics and the primacy of consciousness. He discusses how a new quantum psychophysical parallelism resolves the mind-body problem. Goswami’s integrative psychology distinguishes between the externality and internality of experiences from first principles.

Goswami explains conditioning and gives a foundation of the behavioral ego. Next he explains how all the cognitive paradoxes of perception find resolution.

Goswami explains in some detail the distinction of unconscious and conscious and gives a foundation of depth psychology. Goswami next introduces the distinction of the ego and the superconscious and discusses the quantum foundations of transpersonal psychology. He also discusses the question of self-development beyond ego.

In this way, all the four forces of psychology are solidly established within the metaphysical foundation of a nondual consciousness as the ground of being.

Goswami also discusses the quantum explanation of paranormal phenomena including survival after death and reincarnation.

The subject of emotional intelligence is broached in conjunction with chakra psychology. Finally, Goswami ends the workshop with a discussion of positive mental health, creativity, supramental intelligence, and spiritual enlightenment.

The workshop will be part lecture/discussion and part experiential.