~Ninja~

Sounds like a cool project!  I need to get you that packet of papers soon!  I think you may also find Sushi Science Hamberger Science by Motokawa useful.  I have been reading recently about the I Ching and Terence McKenna supposes that the east focused on time like we have focused on space and that this shows within the I Ching which is hugely influential for most all eastern thought.  There is a really good book by John Searle Mind: a brief introduction that romps through many of the current theories of mind and mind/body philosophy.