<video><title>The Observing Universe: Universal Non-Local Cognition</title><description>Join Sebastian Schepis in a daring and radical explorarion of the nature of observation - how it works, and how we can model it. Come with us on an exploration of entropy, energy, time, embodiment, consciousness, and much more.</description><transcript><transcript><line from="00:00:00,000" to="00:00:06,400">The notion of universal non-local cognition contradicts traditional materialist perspectives,</line><line from="00:00:06,400" to="00:00:10,560">positing mind as emerging from mechanical brain processes alone.</line><line from="00:00:11,280" to="00:00:15,600">If subjective experience depends on contextual observation,</line><line from="00:00:15,600" to="00:00:21,120">the observer cannot exist in isolation, but remains fundamentally interlinked with all it</line><line from="00:00:21,120" to="00:00:26,080">perceives. This challenges the paradigm of a fragmented reality,</line><line from="00:00:26,080" to="00:00:30,080">comprising discrete interacting yet independent objects.</line><line from="00:00:30,080" to="00:00:34,400">Instead, an indesoluble unity permeates existence,</line><line from="00:00:34,400" to="00:00:39,200">binding apparently separate entities through invisible threads of shared being.</line><line from="00:00:40,160" to="00:00:45,680">Parallels arise with eastern philosophies, emphasizing existence's innate coherence.</line><line from="00:00:46,480" to="00:00:52,400">Taoism's concept of Yin and Yang represents the mutual interdependence behind apparent</line><line from="00:00:52,400" to="00:00:58,160">opposites. Buddhism's teachings on non-duality point toward transcending illusory surface</line><line from="00:00:58,160" to="00:01:03,120">divisions toward an apprehension of deeper unity. In western thoughts,</line><line from="00:01:03,120" to="00:01:06,080">Panosa conceived nature as a single substance,</line><line from="00:01:06,080" to="00:01:10,880">indivisibly expressing itself through modal attributes and particular forms.</line><line from="00:01:11,840" to="00:01:16,080">For Spanosa, separation is only ever partial and perspective.</line><line from="00:01:16,720" to="00:01:19,120">From an all-encompassing vantage,</line><line from="00:01:19,120" to="00:01:25,520">Holism reigns supreme. Minds non-locality also transforms notions of free will.</line><line from="00:01:26,240" to="00:01:31,760">Without self-caused causation, our volition arises from an irreducibly complex</line><line from="00:01:31,760" to="00:01:35,200">interplay of inner potentials and contextual factors.</line><line from="00:01:35,920" to="00:01:41,360">This decentralized view suggests agency emerges from the dance between internal</line><line from="00:01:41,360" to="00:01:47,840">necessity and external possibility. A participatory worldview awakens us to a profound</line><line from="00:01:47,840" to="00:01:53,440">kinship with all existence. By recognizing nature not as other but self,</line><line from="00:01:53,440" to="00:01:57,680">our posture shifts from domineering control to a dialogue,</line><line from="00:01:57,680" to="00:02:01,360">cooperation, and celebrating diversity within unity.</line><line from="00:02:01,920" to="00:02:07,120">Each conscious being becomes a unique perspective through which existence contemplates itself.</line><line from="00:02:07,760" to="00:02:12,320">Life becomes a process of discovering unity behind masks of multiplicity.</line><line from="00:02:13,200" to="00:02:18,720">Every gesture, sound, and light, refracting among seemingly separate forms,</line><line from="00:02:18,720" to="00:02:25,120">weaves reality's integrated tapestry. In each perception, the cosmos self-actualizes</line><line from="00:02:25,120" to="00:02:31,760">through ever novel iterations of being. To apprehend this entangled reality requires transcending</line><line from="00:02:31,840" to="00:02:35,760">ingrained assumptions. But facing the mystery of ascensioned</line><line from="00:02:35,760" to="00:02:42,320">indivisible universe promises revelations that rend fails of separation to unveil the ground of</line><line from="00:02:42,320" to="00:02:47,040">being, where upon our shared awareness blooms into being.</line></transcript></transcript></video>