"What is Cosmic Consciousness?"

"All religions aspire to a union with God in some way or another."
- Thomas Merton

Sufism calls it "Fana," Buddhism "Enlightenment," Christianity "The Beatific Vision." It is the ineffable experience that made St. Thomas Aquinas say of his life work, "All of my work seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me."
August Turak began to seek after this Truth when he was in college in the early 70's. Some 25 years later, something happened without which he would have regarded his entire life as "straw." The revelation was so infinitely meaningful, yet so inexpressibly simple, that he began to dedicate his life to encouraging and convincing anyone who would listen to seek after it. He started the Self Knowledge Symposium as part of this effort, and now is here to give, for the first time, this lecture titled "What is Cosmic Consciousness?" I hope you can all make it to what is sure to be an inspiring and challenging lecture/discussion on Tuesday night, January 29th, at 8PM. The talk will be held on the 5th floor of McClendon tower on Duke's West Campus.

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Free tickets will be available on the Plaza this week. Additional questions? Please email Andreas Pfenning at Andreas.Pfenning@duke.edu.