Dr. Menas Kafatos is The Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics and Director of Excellence at Chapman University. He received his B.A. in Physics from Cornell University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. After postdoctoral work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, he joined George Mason University and was University Professor of Interdisciplinary Sciences there from 1984-2008.  He has authored and co-authored numerous books including The Conscious Universe, The Non-local Universe, and Principles of Integrative Science.  He is a recipient of the Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation, which “honors individuals whose devotion and commitment to their passion for finding answers in their field is matched only by their commitment to humanity” and the IEEE Orange County Chapter - Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award.  He has been interviewed numerous times by national and international TV networks, newspapers and radio programs.

Chapman University Bio

Wikipedia Page

Books:

The Non-Local Universe: The New Physics and Matters of the Mind

The Conscious Universe: Parts and Wholes in Physical Reality

Looking In, Seeing Out: Consciousness and Cosmos

Transcript of this interview

Interview conducted 3/15/2014

Menas Kafatos, in Panel Discussion on Kashmir Shaivism

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction: Menas Kefatos and his research interests

00:04:03 - The Nature of Consciousness

00:08:33 - The Nature of Emptiness and Conscious Awareness

00:13:09 - Complementarity: Physics and Mysticism

00:17:32 - Perception of the Self in Others

00:22:02 - The Play of Universal Consciousness

00:25:50 - Transformation after Death

00:29:39 - The Collapse of the Quantum World

00:33:43 - Division and Complementarity

00:37:38 - The Evolution of Consciousness and Complementarity

00:41:46 - The Play of Existence

00:45:46 - Consciousness and the Hard Problem

00:49:53 - The Observer and the Act of Observation

00:53:53 - The Conscious Universe

00:57:45 - Quantum Principles Applicable to Everyday Life

01:00:48 - The Principle of Complementarity

01:04:14 - Non-locality and complementarity

01:08:21 - Non-locality and the Infinitely Correlated Nature of Creation

01:11:32 - The Interconnectedness of Principles

01:14:53 - The Emergence of the Pauli Exclusion Principle

01:18:50 - The Awareness of Atoms and Electron Interaction

01:22:48 - Unity in Diversity and the Bigger Picture

01:26:28 - The Conscious Universe and Universal Intelligence

01:30:12 - The Meaning and Purpose of Life

01:34:01 - Consciousness and the Clockwork Universe

01:37:23 - The Many Perspectives of Reality

01:40:57 - The Psi Phenomenon and Scientific Research

01:43:57 - The Debate on Climate Change and Global Warming

01:47:29 - Catastrophic Implications and Irreversible Damage

01:50:07 - The Conflict Between Environmentalism and Fossil Fuel Industry

01:52:45 - The Intelligent Universe