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Why there’s no such thing as objective reality | Greg Anderson
In the grand scheme of history, modern reality is a bizarre exception when compared to the worlds of ancient, precolonial and Indigenous civilizations, where myths ruled and gods roamed, says historian Greg Anderson. So why do Westerners today think they’re right about reality and everybody else is wrong? Anderson tears into the fabric of objective…
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Rupert Sheldrake’s “heretical” hypothesis turns 40
The history of science is peppered with “heretics.” Galileo is a classic example, as Maddox pointed out, apparently blind to the irony. The physicist David Bohm–who was sympathetic to Sheldrake’s proposal–is another: the man Einstein called his “spiritual son,” and whose ideas so perturbed Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” that he remarked…
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Deep Reality
The deep reality explored by this book combines these two ideas (QC + AI) in a conversational style between two world renowned PhD scientists. We propose that our quantum minds exist independently of and interact with our individual brains. We support this model by reviewing the research where people have directly interacted with other quantum…
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Imaginal Inspirations with David Lorimer – Jeffrey Kripal
Jeffrey Kripal is an author and Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. His latest book, The Flip, synthesises neuroscience, ecology, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, philosophy of mind and comparative mysticism with his own personal experiences. Its aim is to bring humanity back into the humanities.
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The Feeling of Life Itself
I published a large book on consciousness, with a strikingly similar title. Consequently, and perhaps inevitably, this review will consist of a ‘compare-and-contrast’ analysis of our respective positions on this subject. We both put forward a theory as to where consciousness comes from; Koch’s is called Integrated Information Theory (IIT), mine is grounded in Process…
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A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life
This wide-ranging and highly-acclaimed volume brings together 25 of his essays written over the last 40 years. Among the significant thinkers featured here are many who have shone their light on his path, and which can provide enriching nourishment for readers on their own life journeys. The essays explore philosophy, meaning and spirituality; consciousness, death…
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Is Consciousness the Unified Field? – John Hagelin
We show that the proposed identity between pure consciousness and the unified field may be required to account for experimentally observed ‘field effects of consciousness.’ We present the published results of a National Demonstration Project—in which 4,000 advanced meditators markedly reduced violent crime in Washington, DC. We briefly discuss mechanisms from quantum mechanics, quantum field…
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Imaginal Inspirations with David Lorimer – Anne Baring
Anne Baring is a Jungian analyst and author. Her most recent book, The Dream Of The Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul, is a poetic, heartfelt and spiritual quest to understand the causes of human suffering and reconnect with a deeper reality. It builds on her work on the divine feminine and dream analysis.
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Revisiting Christopher Lasch’s “Culture of Narcissism” – Lee Siegel
But passionate excess is often the price of original perception. The next time you close a book frustrated by the author’s “pseudo self-insight” or are taken in by someone’s “nervous, self-deprecatory humor,” the next time you find yourself repelled by the general collapse of “impulse control” and by the type of person who “sees the…
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David Lorimer – NEW BOOK OUT IN MARCH 2021
A Quest for Wisdom brings together 25 of David Lorimer’s highly acclaimed essays. Perceptive and illuminating, they examine the nature of life and death, questions of meaning and purpose, and the challenge of how we can live more harmoniously together. David hopes that readers will be inspired, as Dr Albert Schweitzer put it, in our…
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The Soul Can Choose to Leave the Body Before a Fatal Accident
“Our soul-consciousness is very much ahead of our physical-consciousness. So, when instant death occurs through an accident, the soul is aware of what is about to happen a split second before the impact occurs and leaves the body. The soul having left, no pain is felt…These sudden transitions appear tragic and ghastly to the onlooker,…
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Imaginal Inspirations with David Lorimer – Larry Dossey
Larry Dossey is a physician and author of nine books. He has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare.