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In Buddhist philosophy
During the classical era of Buddhist philosophy in India, philosophers such as Dharmakirti argue for a dualism between states of consciousness and Buddhist atoms (the basic building blocks that make up reality), according to "the standard interpretation" of Dharmakirti's Buddhist metaphysics. Typically in Western philosophy, dualism is considered to be a dualism between mind (nonphysical) and brain (physical), which ultimately involves mind interacting with the physical brain, and therefore also interacting with the micro-particles (basic building blocks) that make up the brain tissue. Buddhist dualism, in Dharmakirti’s sense, is different in that it is not a dualism between the mind and brain, but rather between states of consciousness (nonphysical) and basic building blocks (according to the Buddhist atomism of Dharmakirti, Buddhist atoms are also nonphysical: they are unstructured points of energy). Like so many Buddhists from 600-1000 CE, Dharmakirti’s philosophy involved mereological nihilism, meaning that other than states of consciousness, the only things that exist are momentary quantum particles, much like the particles of quantum physics (quarks, electrons, etc.).
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i like this! it echoes the wave/particle duality quite strongly. consciousness is the force behind physical manifestation, which is to say we might ask "how is consciousness imprinting the quantum field of buddhist atoms?" and could answer "insofar as the waters are imprinted with the energy of its waves, it is done." it carries a signature --a frequency -- and the medium of manifestation responds. it's not unlike controlling a radio dial: you are consciously deciding what frequency to impose upon the quartz crystal, and the audio reality you perceive through the set's speakers responds.
i dig this concept of emptiness a lot, i'll have to dig into your pm (no i haven't forgotten about it!). i think we're trying to use ideas like duality and monism and all they entail to communicate what simply can't be communicated in words. but bless us for trying. in a way all this dissertation is skill in means. it can point you to truth, but unless you take the steps it won't bring you to truth. all these clever ways of sharing through so many diverse schools of thought using so limited a means as language is a clue to our deep compassion for one another.