What is Universal Awareness?
'Why was I born the person I am and not someone else?'
'If something had happened to prevent me from being born, would I still have been born, but as someone else?'
'What happens to me when I die?'
The evolution of the theory of Universal Awareness began with a list of existential questions, most notably those above. At the outset, I had little idea where this search for answers to these questions would lead me. I chose to call the finished product 'Universal Awareness', although at the time, this and the term 'Universal Consciousness' had other interpretations and in the years since, both expressions have become more prevalent.
As I say, these expressions are used in different ways by different writers when describing their ideas and beliefs about those profound questions that we ask ourselves; questions about our existence, our identity, and our ultimate fate. What I myself refer to as Universal Awareness is a carefully reasoned, materialistic account of how our self-awareness (our awareness of being the person we are) can be construed at the universal level. This involves no occult, religious or supernatural ideas or entities, and stays strictly within the bounds of existing scientific knowledge, although it is not a scientific theory.
If all or some of this appeals to you, then I am confident that you will find my approach interesting and stimulating, even though you may not fully agree with the conclusions I reach.
My book Universal Awareness: A Theory of the Soul was published in 2011 (CreateSpace, self-publishing). A revised second edition was published in 2022 (KDP Publishing). In June 2025 I published The Meaning of Universal Awareness: A Rational Foundation (KDP Publishing), a condensed version of the second edition that includes a comprehensive description of the theory, new analyses and ideas, and a wider consideration of moral and other implications.
In all three books, I introduce readers to these questions before methodically taking them through my search for answers until the final conclusions emerge. It is sufficient to read my 2025 book, which is only 100 pages in length and written in a friendly style for the general reader. However, if you wish to explore the reasoning behind my theory in greater depth, I recommend the second edition of Universal Awareness (2022).
For further information please see my Amazon Author Page, where you can order any of my books.
Future posts concerning Universal Awareness will explore some of the themes that arise in my books. Just for now you might think of some more questions that human beings have wrestled with over the centuries. How about 'Am I the same person that I was 5 years ago (or whatever period)?' 'Why am I never aware of being another person?' And 'How come I was so lucky to have been born, given all the prior events and circumstances that needed to have been in place for this to happen at all?'
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