Author Peter Russell joins us to discuss the nature and primacy of consciousness, his books "From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness", "The Global Brain" and much more. Topics Discussed: Awareness, being awake, light, how can consciousness arise from matter? The "hard problem", un-conscious matter, life after death, escape, thinking, presence, consciousness of animals, a tree or a flower, language, wisdom traditions, society, distractions, meditation, universal wisdom, human genome project, what is matter? What is real? What is Light? Objective vs. Subjective reality, the timeless realm and much more. We continue talking more in our members section about meditation, how to become more aware, how to stay present, the global brain, technology, the birth of the Internet, planetary consciousness, brain-computer interfaces, the birth of the matrix, the illusion and much more. Less