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Richard Botelho is an author, thinker, philosopher, and social critic. His previous books include gold award winner The New Individualism: Personal Change to Transform Society, Leah’s Way, and Reason for Existence. His works are used in hundreds of colleges and universities and have been featured in The Midwest Quarterly, Library Journal, The Review of Metaphysics, and The Journal of Personal Transformation. He is a leading advocate for a new paradigm challenging the rigidity of scientific materialism, his ideas considered both visionary and transformative.


He is a professional affiliate of a number of forward thinking organizations, including The Galileo Commission, The Independent Institute, The Aspen Institute, World Futures Studies Federation, Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies, Alister Hardy Society for the Study of Spiritual Experience, and Open Sciences. His work appears in academic journals, consumer magazines, primary media, and numerous online websites and publications. His encyclopedia article can be read External link opens in new tab or windowhere.

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Reality is Mental and Spiritual

 Reality is not what it seems.

Consciousness is the ground of all being.

Physical matter results from Mind.

Quantum truths prove this.


The Experiment

The grandest experiment in history comes from Quantum Mechanics, and its results—the Double Slit Experiment—are not only astonishing but revolutionary. Everything humans believed about the nature of reality was obliterated with this one, simple experimental result.


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UFOs: A Realistic Assessment

In July 2023, the United States House of Representatives officially conducted hearings into whistleblower allegations that Executive Branch agencies have withheld information concerning unidentified flying objects (UFOs) from Congress and the public. Moreover, the Pentagon was alleged to have misappropriated funds to shield those operations from congressional oversight while managing crash retrieval and reverse engineering programs at its discretion. Witness testimonies claimed the government was in possession of “non-human” spacecraft as well as recovered “biologics.” These whistleblowers were under oath and faced the threat of perjury (Romo & Chappell, 2023).


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Human to Humanoid

The universe is a big place. Our galaxy alone has hundreds of billions of stars and an even larger number of planets and moons. Over four hundred billion galaxies fill the universe. To think we are alone is preposterous; only our anthropocentrism, man at the center of everything, accounts for such hubris. Some stars and their planets are billions of years older than our solar system. Civilizations from those worlds would antedate humans by eons. Hence, their civilizations would be extremely advanced and even difficult to contemplate, their technologies and capabilities appearing supernatural to us, and their motivations incomprehensible. In nearly every way, their cultures would surpass our own.


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Quantum Reality and the New Individualism

Humanity finds itself in a uniquely significant time in history. One paradigm is replacing another. Since the Age of Enlightenment, beginning in the 17th century, we have relied on the scientific method, rationality, empiricism, and reductionism to develop our worldview. This reliance on logic and reason defines us. A concomitant philosophy, known as scientific materialism, the belief that the physical world is all that exists and everything results from material causes, naturally emerged. Scientific experimentation demonstrates the incorporeal foundations of reality, that the material manifests from the immaterial. Mind and Spirit are fundamental to existence, in fact causative of everything.


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THE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE REVEALED

In the early 20th century, discoveries in quantum mechanics proved Consciousness is the ground of all being. This finding contradicted scientific materialism, which posited matter as foundational; instead, matter results from Mind. Moreover, Consciousness was antecedently linked to a First Mind, the universe a mental and spiritual construction of a Divine Being. The Full Extent expands on these quantum truths and considers their spiritual and societal implications, positioning the human future.


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PRAISE FOR THE FULL EXTENT

 

“This is heady material, invitingly written…….Botelho generous in presenting the implications, reconciling physics, metaphysics, and varied religious possibilities as his arguments build, naturally, to consider the mind of a Creator.”

Booklife


"The book is a brilliant and important contribution in elaborating the implications of quantum physics for our understanding of the nature of consciousness and reality."

Paradigm Explorer


“This is an extremely informative read.........the author's attempt to define reality and soul is fascinating.”

The US Review of Books


"Philosophy and science students ..... will find The Full Extent a logically arranged, astute discussion that opens the door and paves the way for more inspections."

The Midwest Book Review


"This is an interesting philosophical inquiry into the nature of reality and the spiritual development of humanity. Botelho sets some valid hypotheses about humanity’s level of development and proposes a solution for further growth. He examines the role of consciousness and unity within the collective human experience."


De Numine


“The Full Extent explores quantum nature, its metaphysical implications, and the future of humanity……..exactly the type of thinking required.”


Human Futures



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Richard Botelho's book is featured in Paradigm Explorer, the most scientifically advanced journal in publication.




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More to Life, the influential Mind, Body, Spirit publication of the UK, features author Richard Botelho and The Full Extent.




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Richard Botelho and The Full Extent are Featured in the Quarterly Publication of the Highly Acclaimed World Futures Studies Federation, an affiliate of the United Nations.




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The Full Extent is Featured in the Distinguished International Scientific Bibliography Index Theologicus.
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The Renowned U.S. Review of Books Features Author Richard Botelho.




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