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This paper, by B. Alan Wallace, is based on a lecture he gave at the 26th Mystics and Science Conference at King Alfred's College, WInchester, England on April 13, 2003. The abstract of the paper is below. (Zach Rowinski 2004-06-14)

In this paper I shall first give a scientific account of the nature of the external
space of the physical universe, drawing out the distinctions between the relative,
or false, vacuum and the absolute, or true, vacuum. Next I will present a
Buddhist account of the nature of the internal space of the mind, focusing on the
relative vacuum state of consciousness, followed by an examination of nondual
space, in which the demarcations between outer and inner and between space
and consciousness dissolve. Finally, I shall discuss the parallels and differences
between these theories of space and examine the ways in which these paradigms
may enrich each other theoretically and experimentally.

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