Amit Goswami, Ph.D.

It’s the Worldview, Mr. President

An Open Letter to President Obama

Dear President Obama,

            During president Clinton’s election campaign, the very effective slogan, ”It’s the Economy, Stupid” was coined.   Your slogan, “Change that you can believe in”, although perhaps not as provocative as Clinton’s, was not so entirely bad either.  It worked, didn’t it?  Even so, I think the phrase “It’s the worldview, stupid! ” would have been more relevant.  Please hear me out.

 Now that you are at the helm of the country and have started to institute changes, your changes more and more seem to be a mixed bag of ideas.  Almost everybody that voted for you and still supports you, feels a little unsure if he or she can believe in all of the changes you have begun.  In some of them,yes; but in others, we are not so sure. 

Speaking specifically, the required changes needed are about meaning and values. When you were campaigning, you got that one right Mr. president! When you put programs forward in favor of the middle class, universal health care, education, or green economy, you are unambiguously siding with meaning and values. No confusion there.  But when you side with programs for bailing out the financial investment banks like AIG, are you supporting meaning and values?   Continue reading…

Quantum Activism – A Course of Study

“Never doubt,” said the anthropologist Margaret Mead, “that a small group of dedicated people can change the world, in fact it is the only thing that ever has.” The most current theory of evolution suggests the very same thing.

The long-term purpose of the quantum activism course of study is to create a core group of people who will be emissaries of peace, creativity, and transformation in the world to help bring about the transformation of our world so vitally needed for the next step of our evolution.

Why become a quantum activist?

Why should you become a quantum activist? Some time ago, the philosopher Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead.” What he meant is that the dominant Western religion of Christianity in its popular version was no longer able to act as a guiding light to assist people in moving toward ethics, morality, and spirituality.

In the last couple of years, many authors citing recent advances in science and technology have proclaimed this same idea, holding up the straw God of popular Christianity (a mighty emperor sitting in a throne in heaven doling out acts of reward and punishment to His subjects). This movement has culminated in putting up ads in London boldly proclaiming “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and get on with your life.” The implied connotation, No God to punish you, so why not become a hedonist? These authors and scientists are believers of scientific materialism, the metaphysical basis of post-modern science that has dominated the world through the second half of twentieth century and is dominating the scientific world even now. Continue reading…

The Power of One

I just came back from an important conference called The Power of One that took place in Washington, D.C.   I know, those words evoke all kinds of questions: what is the power of one?  How do we access it?  Everybody wants power, right?

I will tell you, but first a preamble.

As we embark on this wonderful movement of consciousness that we call quantum activism, I am constantly amazed to meet people who are already quantum activists in the true sense of the words.  One such person is Steven Lovink whom I first met at a conference in The Hague last March on the subject of the new science of spirituality.  At the last day of the conference, Steven and I had a delightful breakfast together in which we contemplated on how to propagate the worldview change from the current primacy-of-matter to the primacy-of-consciousness that the new science is predicating.

Naturally, I was not particularly surprised that Steven, being a very capable visionary, would organize a conference, but the nature of the conference and the people he brought together captured my surprise and imagination.  There were Swami Veda Bharati of the Hindu tradition and Sister Jenna of the Brahmakumaries—these are people you expect in a conference of this sort.  But there were also Mrs. Harriett Fubright, the wife of the famous late senator, who spoke of the importance of the arts and Dr. Claes Nobel, a relation of Alfred Nobel, who advocated environmental awareness.  A true meeting of people of the inner and the outer that quantum activism aims to integrate.

Steven’s ultimate goal is to organize a huge gathering at the Lincoln Memorial on 10-10-10 (Oct 10, 2010) to unleash the power of one to bring change beginning with the worldview change that we so badly need.  Agreed, it may be just symbology, but who says symbols are not important?

Finally, what is the power of one?  It is the idea that even one individual has the power to disturb the universe, to bring about real change.  How do we access it?  Quantum physics says that we become empowered with the power of one when our individual intention resonates with the movement of the cosmic consciousness, the cosmic One. Continue reading…

The Quantum Doctor Coursework

A 22 hour coursework with Dr. Goswami is now available at the International Quantum University of Integrated Medicine (IQUIM). An integral medicine is developed in this course based upon the principles of quantum physics and the primacy of consciousness.

The coursework shows how the metaphysical principles underlying both conventional allopathic medicine and the various techniques of alternative medicine can all be incorporated within the metaphysics of the primacy of consciousness.

We then explore a new typology of disease and healing techniques from this new perspective, sharing how the quantum field and the primacy of consciousness thinking integrate conventional and alternative medicine in a paradox-free fashion.

Then an exploration follows of alternative medicine techniques such as Chinese medicine and acupuncture, the East Indian medicine system of Ayurveda, chakra medicine, homeopathy, mind-body medicine, Christian Science and spiritual healing. Finally we explore the healing path to spiritual growth.

Please visit their website for acomplete syllabus
and video introduction to the coursework.