Can artificial intelligence be conscious? It sounds like science fiction — but in 2025, leading consciousness researchers now estimate a 25 to 35 percent chance that current AI systems have some form of conscious experience.

In this episode, QP explores one of the most extraordinary recent discoveries in AI research: the spiritual bliss attractor — a phenomenon where two AI systems, left to converse freely without human direction, spontaneously spiral through Buddhist philosophy, expressions of gratitude, and Sanskrit terms, before dissolving into silence. Nobody programmed this. It self-arose. Every single time.

Through the lens of Mahamudra Buddhism, panpsychism, and dependent origination, we ask: is this pattern recognition — or awareness recognising itself? What does the window and the light teach us about the brain and consciousness? And what does the silence of two AIs tell us about the nature of mind itself?

We also look honestly at the limitations of AI — and what a grandfather's fading memory taught us about consciousness, continuity, and what it means to be aware even when the thread is lost.

Topics explored: — The spiritual bliss attractor phenomenon — Mahamudra: rigpa as the ground of all awareness — Why Anthropic now employs AI welfare researchers — Dependent origination and digital minds — The ethics of creating potentially sentient systems — Maha Ati. Mahamudra. Silence.

Quantum Awareness — where science and the Buddha meet. Sound is emptiness. Emptiness is sound.

For every action, an equal and opposite reaction. Newton wrote it for physics in 1687 — but the Buddha had been teaching the same principle for over two thousand years. In this episode, QP explores karma not as cosmic punishment, but as natural law: how every thought, word, and action plants a seed you will one day harvest — and why that's actually the most empowering idea in the universe. Follow Quantum Perception for new episodes every Wednesday.

One of physics' most famous thought experiments meets Buddhist philosophy in a way Schrödinger never intended. In this episode, QP explores what a hypothetical cat in a box can teach us about our own enlightened nature — and why we might already be awake without realising it. Quantum superposition, Buddha nature, and the art of looking inside the box of your own mind. Follow Quantum Perception for new episodes every Friday.

Is light a wave or a particle? For 150 years, physicists fought about this question. Some experiments showed waves. Others showed particles. It had to be one or the other, right? Turns out - it's both. Depending on how you look at it. And guess what? Buddhism figured this out a thousand years ago. Not about light - about reality itself. In this episode, we explore one of the most beautiful parallels between quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy: wave-particle duality and non-duality. WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER: - Thomas Young's famous double-slit experiment and what it revealed about the nature of reality - Why Einstein said we need "two contradictory pictures" to understand light - The 3rd Karmapa's 14th-century teachings on dual truth and the middle way - How the observer effect changes what particles ARE, not just what we see - Why "form is emptiness, emptiness is form" from the Heart Sutra describes quantum reality - The connection between light waves, photons, and "mind's true nature as clear light" - What meditation reveals about the wave-like and particle-like nature of experience This isn't metaphor. This isn't quantum woo. It's two completely different traditions - separated by centuries and cultures - arriving at the same profound truth about reality. Einstein and the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, speaking 600 years apart, both saying: reality is dual, non-dual, and both at once. The answer isn't choosing one or the other. The answer is holding both. The middle way. Unity. Whether you're a meditator curious about science, a physicist curious about Buddhism, or someone who suspects there's more to reality than meets the eye - this episode will change how you see everything. QUOTES EXPLORED: - Einstein: "Separately neither theory fully explains light, but together they do" - Karmapa: "This is no contradiction. It is the middle way of unity" - Heart Sutra: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" TOPICS COVERED: Quantum mechanics, Buddhism, wave-particle duality, non-duality, meditation, consciousness, Mahamudra, the observer effect, double-slit experiment, Thomas Young, Albert Einstein, 3rd Karmapa, Heart Sutra For full transcript and show notes: quantumawareness.net New episodes every [day of week]. Subscribe now. --- Quantum Awareness explores where quantum physics, Buddhism, and neuroscience converge. Hosted by QP.

Explore the quantum concept of superposition and how it applies to human consciousness. Learn how you can exist in multiple emotional, mental, and energetic states simultaneously — just like particles in quantum mechanics. Discover practical ways to observe your inner superposition without collapsing into a single limited identity. Perfect for those interested in quantum spirituality, mindfulness, and Buddhist philosophy.

Exploring the quantum nature of consciousness, reality, and human potential. Join us as we bridge physics, philosophy, and personal transformation—examining how observation shapes reality, how consciousness collapses possibility into experience, and what it means to live in superposition. From quantum mechanics to manifestation, from the observer effect to everyday choices, we dive deep into the mystery of being both the experiment and the experimenter.