Human Energy Podcast

From Noosphere to Omega Point: Schelling, Grof, and the Experiential Birth of the Cosmic Christ - Ayeh Kashani - N2 Conference 2023

Human Energy Season 2 Episode 38

Ayeh Kashani
California Institute of Integral Studies

N2 Conference 2023
University of California, Berkeley


From Noosphere to Omega Point: Schelling, Grof, and the Experiential Birth of the Cosmic Christ


This presentation explores the evolutionary trajectory from the Noosphere to the Omega Point: intertwining the insights of Friedrich Schelling with the transformative experiences articulated by Stanislav Grof.

Schelling's focus on the primacy of experience, as opposed to Hegel's purely rational perspective, portrays the emergence of the Absolute or God not merely as a rational process but as an embodied lived experience. Looking to Grof, whose work on Holotropic states and the perinatal process offers a methodology for actualizing these evolutionary experiences, the presentation emphasizes the pivotal role of direct experience in manifesting the birth of the Cosmic Christ within the finite realm.

By integrating philosophical arguments with Grof's methodologies, this talk resonates with the conference themes of "Theology & Spiritual Engagement of/with the Noosphere" and "Philosophy & Ethics of/for the Noosphere." It endeavors to build a bridge between rational comprehension and experiential realization, guiding us closer to the Omega Point.

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