{"id":1218,"date":"2023-08-26T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2023-08-26T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T21:35:10","slug":"carmela-luttinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/2023\/08\/26\/carmela-luttinger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of Idealism by Carmela Luttinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1218\" class=\"elementor elementor-1218\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a3be04c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a3be04c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a2dfd87\" data-id=\"6a2dfd87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edb7cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5edb7cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saturday, August 26, 2023 - 10h30 to 12h30 pm<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6981529e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6981529e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Philosophy of Idealism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608f8d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"608f8d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speaker - Carmela Luttinger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d13ba5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d13ba5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61819e55\" data-id=\"61819e55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68512c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68512c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Definition of Idealism<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The Work of Bernardo Kastrup<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Arguments for Idealism according to the Philosopher Bernardo Kastrup<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Implications of Idealism in human lives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cbc6ee1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cbc6ee1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33d3af68\" data-id=\"33d3af68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239b3a2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"239b3a2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c14125a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/fNcmUZe7iGQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6c4778\" data-id=\"e6c4778\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a24fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a24fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>NATURE GIVES US EXPERIENCE, THE REST IS THEORY<\/h3><p>Purpose of the talk<br \/>I am not a philosophy specialist<br \/>Idealism is a very vast topic, there are many approaches to it<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-519cfbd9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"519cfbd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29a1fe40\" data-id=\"29a1fe40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0caf9b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0caf9b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f097639\" data-id=\"f097639\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e8450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79e8450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is Idealism<\/h3><p>Definition in Wikipedia:<\/p><ul><li>Idealism in philosophy, also known as philosophical idealism or metaphysical (the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles of things, such as being, knowing, identity, time and space) idealism, is the set of metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality is equivalent to mind, spirit, or consciousness; that reality is entirely a mental construct; or that ideas are the highest form of reality or have the greatest claim to being considered &#8220;real&#8221;.[1]<\/li><li>The radical latter view is often first credited to the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato as part of a theory now known as Platonic idealism.<\/li><li>Besides in Western philosophy, idealism also appears in some Indian philosophy, namely in Vedanta, one of the orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, and in some streams of Buddhism.<\/li><li>Idealism is accompanied by philosophical skepticism about the possibility of knowing anything that is independent of the human mind.<\/li><li>Materialism is a form of philosophical monism (a theory that denies the existence of duality) which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions of material things.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">I came across Bernardo Kastrup and have been following some of his works.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7755f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7755f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1444 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bernardo-Kastrup.jpg\" alt=\"Bernardo Kastrup\" width=\"223\" height=\"154\" \/>Bernardo Kastrup<\/h5><p>Bernardo Kastrup is a Dutch computer scientist and philosopher. He has written many books and articles in Scientific Journals.<\/p><p><strong>He proposes a form of Idealism called Analytical Idealism.<\/strong><\/p><p>I propose an idealist ontology that makes sense of reality in a more parsimonious and empirically rigorous manner than mainstream physicalism, bottom-up panpsychism, and cosmopsychism. The proposed ontology also offers more explanatory power than these three alternatives, in that it does not fall prey to the hard problem of consciousness, the combination problem, or the decombination problem, respectively. It can be summarized as follows: there is only cosmic consciousness. We, as well as all other living organisms, are but dissociated alters of cosmic consciousness, surrounded by its thoughts. The inanimate world we see around us is the extrinsic appearance of these thoughts. The living organisms we share the world with are the extrinsic appearances of other dissociated alters. <br \/><em>Source: &#8220;The Universe in Consciousness&#8221;, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol. 25, issue. 5-6 (2018), p. 125<\/em><\/p><p>The brain isn\u2019t the cause of experience for the same reason that lightning isn\u2019t the cause of atmospheric electric discharge, or that flames aren\u2019t the cause of combustion. Just as flames are but the image of the process of combustion, the body-brain system is but the image of localized experience in the stream of universal consciousness.<br \/><em>Source: &#8220;Why the World Is Imagined: Summary&#8221;, Metaphysical Speculations, 1 Dec. 2018<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c60189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c60189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>According to Bernardo Kastrup: Analytical Idealism, a hypothesis that makes sense.<\/strong><\/h5><p><strong>Reflection questions that he tends to ask are the following:<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1-Do we see the world as it is in itself (i.e., as it really is)<\/span><\/p><ul><li>The incoherence of our ordinary intuitions.<ul><li>Example: Sunrise and Sunset<\/li><li>Our intuitions are influenced by culture and language<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Evolution is conducive to survival not to seeing things as they are in themselves;<ul><li>Examples: dashboard on airplane, files in a computer, are instruments<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The physical world is the instrument through which we navigate our lives, and we perceive the output of the instruments;<\/li><li>Something that tells you about the world is not the world;<\/li><li>Every species has their own filters, their own dashboard;<\/li><li>Dashboards convey information, just as a pilots fly by instruments of the plane, so we fly by our senses;<\/li><li>We assume that the shapes and forms we see are how the world is in itself.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About the mainstream way that we conceive of reality which is called physicalism. (How Bernardo Kastrup talks about physicalism)<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2- Physicalism<\/span><\/p><p>Wikipedia: In philosophy, physicalism is the metaphysical thesis that &#8220;everything is physical&#8221;, that there is &#8220;nothing over and above&#8221; the physical, or that everything supervenes on the physical.<\/p><ul><li>These are the principles of physicalism:<\/li><li>What we perceive through our brain is actually how the world is in itself<\/li><li>Qualities (emotions and sensory experiences) are generated through matter (our brains)<\/li><li>Arrangement matter (of particles in the brain) explain feelings, pain, love.<\/li><li>Only quantities (matter) exist and they explain qualities.<\/li><li>What we experience with our senses we call ultimate reality, therefore ultimate reality is matter<\/li><li>Counterargument to physicalism: A reduction in brain activity is accompanied by an increase in the richness and intensity of experience. Example NDE\u2019s.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About the hypothesis of analytic idealism according to Bernardo Kastrup.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1445 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Analytic-idealism-Hypothesis-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"Analytic idealism Hypothesis\" width=\"245\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Analytic-idealism-Hypothesis-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Analytic-idealism-Hypothesis-440x264.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Analytic-idealism-Hypothesis.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>3-\u00a0 Analytic idealism Hypothesis<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Matter is the dashboard of dials. (a REPRESENTATION of the world as it really is).<\/li><li>There is a universal mind which we can compare with an ocean, and we are like ripples in the ocean.<\/li><li>A ripple has no stand-alone existence, we cannot pick up and hold it. It is an excitation of the lake. In the same way, an experience is an excitation of cosmic consciousness (the experiencer, consciousness).<\/li><li>We, humans are like the ripples in the ocean. We share the same world, the same ocean which is cosmic consciousness.<\/li><li>Physics and Science study the behavior of nature, not what nature is. Science settles questions of behavior, not of being.<\/li><li>Our experience correlates with Brain Function<\/li><li>Brain (made of matter) function is a perceptual experience, but we are culturally conditioned to consider it reality and the origin of our mind.<\/li><li>There is nothing to the dance but the movement of the dancer (you do not exist, only the dance does). As in Buddhism, the self does not really exist as an entity.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Experience can be reduced or explained in terms of the excitation of the experience.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4- How can come Cosmic Consciousness create the appearance of the dashboard?<\/span><\/p><p>Bernardo bases his answer on what nature already does by using the example of dissociative identity disorder which used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder<\/p><ul><li>Dissociative Identity Disorder based on (DSM5) is: <br \/>a) One mind dissociates and different perspectives can emerge (including different sensorial experiences \u2013 sight, different health issues, etc.)<br \/>b) The personalities do not access each other\u2019s memories.<\/li><li>THEREFORE: Bernardo calls us the dissociative alters of universal consciousness. And the dissociative boundary is the screen of perception (it is what we perceive)<\/li><li>The screen of perception is the dashboard that gives us information about the world<\/li><li>As an alter (like us), we only have access to the dashboard<\/li><li>Universal dissociation looks like something (a bird, a cat, a human)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>THE WORLD HAS 2 ASPECTS: ITS ESSENCE (WHAT IT REALLY IS IN ITSELF) AND ITS APPEARANCE (HOW WE OBSERVE IT)<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5- Implications of Idealism<\/span><\/p><p>Consequence of physicalism: loss of transcendence, loss of meaning, loss of identity with something higher, inflated importance of the individual and its ability to control.<\/p><p><strong>Idealism could imply<\/strong><\/p><p>There is more to reality and existence than what we perceive.<\/p><ul><li>Life is not about \u2018me\u2019<\/li><li>To be of service<\/li><li>To aspire to higher modes of being<\/li><li>Death is not the end of consciousness<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1cf2d7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1cf2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21467c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21467c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Bibliography<\/h6><p>Bernardo Kastrup official website<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernardokastrup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bernardokastrup.com\/<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Essentia Foundation \u2013 Bernardo Kastrup, Executive Director<\/strong><\/p><p>Essentia Foundation aims at communicating, in an accurate yet accessible way, the latest analytic and scientific indications that metaphysical materialism is fundamentally flawed. Indeed, clear reasoning and the evidence at hand indicate that metaphysical idealism or nondualism\u2014the notion that nature is essentially mental\u2014is the best explanatory model we currently have. This is known in specialist communities, but hasn\u2019t yet been openly communicated, in an accessible manner, to the culture at large. Essentia Foundation hopes to help close this communication gap.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.essentiafoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Essentia Foundation: Our free Analytic Idealism Course is now online!<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiafoundation.org\/our-free-analytic-idealism-course-is-now-online\/learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.essentiafoundation.org\/our-free-analytic-idealism-course-is-now-online\/learning\/<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re releasing a complete, carefully produced but free online course on Analytic Idealism, perhaps the most modern and intellectually compelling formulation of Idealism currently available. The course is based on a series of seven videos, totaling over 6 hours of content. It is conducted by Essentia Foundation\u2019s executive director, Bernardo Kastrup.<\/p><p><strong>Rupert Spira and Bernardo Kastrup podcast on idealism and materialism (March 27, 2022)<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actualized.org\/forum\/topic\/79594-rupert-spira-and-bernardo-kastrup-podcast-on-idealism-and-materialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.actualized.org\/forum\/topic\/79594-rupert-spira-and-bernardo-kastrup-podcast-on-idealism-and-materialism\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8bb1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2d8bb1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b69a3a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b69a3a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-736202e\" data-id=\"736202e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a6002 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c1a6002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1392\" alt=\"Carmela Luttinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.centerforconsciousnessdevelopment.ca\/ccd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carmela-Luttinger-picture.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Carmela Luttinger works as a clinical psychologist in Montreal Quebec. Born in Bucharest, Rumania, she has been living in Canada since her adolescence. At first interested by science she eventually studied psychology at Universit\u00e9 de Montreal. Over the years she found herself passionately reading on subjects such as NDE\u2019s, remote viewing, the ideas of Rupert Sheldrake on morphic resonance, and the philosophy of Ken Wilber. Following a training on Ken Wilber\u2019s Integral Psychology, she became more and more involved on a spiritual path with teachers such as Andrew Cohen, Jeff Carreira and Rupert Spira. She also studied Buddhism with a local organization. \nShe holds a Graduate Certificate in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies from the University of Liverpool. 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