Word
Gems
What is a
man but the sum of his thoughts?
Mind,
Consciousness, Brain
"Think of what consciousness feels like,
what it feels like at this moment. Does that feel like billions of tiny atoms
wiggling in place?"
Carl Sagan
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Dean Radin,The Conscious
Universe: "Quantum theory has been one of the
most successful theories in history, but like any theory, it is an
approximation of the world, not the world itself. If ten years
from now PSI research convincingly demonstrates that quantum theory is merely a special case of a more
comprehensive theory ... it will come as no great surprise
to historians and philosophers of science."
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Carl Jung: "It is
almost an absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be
physical. As a matter of fact, the only form of existence of which
we have immediate knowledge is psychic [i.e., mind, our own
sense of consciousness]. We might as well say, on the contrary,
that physical existence is a mere
inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we
perceive psychic images mediated by the senses."
- Albert Einstein: "A human being is a part of the whole,
called by us 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He
experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a
kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison
for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest
to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of
compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody
is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a
part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
- Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili & Vince Rause, Why God Won't Go Away:
Brain Science and the Biology of Belief: "Neurologically speaking,
then, the mind cannot exist without the brain, and the brain cannot exist without striving
to create the mind. The relationship of mind and brain is so intimately linked, in fact,
that it seems most reasonable to consider the terms as two different aspects of the very
same thing. Consider, for example, that the existence of a single human thought requires
the highly complex interaction of hundreds of thousands of neurons. In
order to separate mind from brain, it would be necessary to think of each neuron as
something distinct from its function, which is a little like trying to separate the
seawater that provides the substance for an ocean wave from the energy that gives
the wave its shape and motion. The existence of the wave requires both elements: without
energy, the wave would fall flat; without water, the wave energy would have no expression.
In the same sense, it is not possible to separate individual neurons from their functions;
if it were possible, then a thought could be freed from its neurological base, and the
mind could be seen as something separate from the brain, a free-floating consciousness
that would be considered a soul."
- Kevin
Williams: "Dr. Michael Sabom is a
cardiologist whose latest book, Light and Death, includes a detailed medical and
scientific analysis of an amazing near-death experience of a woman named Pam Reynolds. She
underwent a rare operation to remove a giant basilar artery aneurysm in her brain that
threatened her life. The size and location of the aneurysm, however, precluded its safe
removal using the standard neuro-surgical techniques... She was referred to a doctor who had pioneered a daring surgical procedure known
as hypothermic cardiac arrest. It allowed Pam's aneurysm to be excised with a reasonable
chance of success. This operation, nicknamed 'standstill' by the doctors who perform it, required that Pam's body temperature be lowered to 60
degrees, her heartbeat and breathing stopped, her brain waves flattened, and the blood
drained from her head. In everyday terms, she was put to death. After removing the aneurysm, she was
restored to life. During the time that Pam was in standstill, she experienced an NDE.
Her remarkably detailed veridical out-of-body observations during her surgery were later
verified to be very accurate. This case is considered to be one of the strongest cases of
veridical evidence in NDE research because of her ability to describe the unique surgical
instruments and procedures used and her ability to describe in detail these events while
she was clinically and brain dead."
- Dr. Gary E. Schwartz, Univ. of Arizona, The AfterLife
Experiments: "Years ago, when I was a professor at Yale, I
stumbled on a hypothesis about how systems store information... it had led me ... to
recognize the possibility that consciousness might survive after death... All systems, in the process of becoming and remaining whole, store
information dynamically. Systems are composed of component parts that share
information and energy -- from atoms and chemicals, through cells
and organisms, to planets, galaxies, and the universe as a whole... Mathematical
logic leads to the conclusion not only that all systems are 'alive' to various degrees,
but also that this information continues as a living, evolving energy system
after the physical structure has ceased to exist. Following the logical line of reasoning,
everything I knew about physics and psychology forced me to entertain the hypothesis of
living info-energy systems."
- David Wilcock: "Consciousness is naturally shared
between particular species of animals, via the intelligent energy that connects all life
in the Universe, and there is also some degree of sharing between all different species as
well. The different animals within a given species
are always consulting this 'group mind' as they go throughout their daily routines, and if
enough animals have the same experience, the knowledge gained from this experience becomes
a part of the group-mind. Hence we have the famous 'hundredth
monkey' effect, where a series of monkeys were studied on separate
islands, all isolated from each other. The scientists performing the study presented the
monkeys with a challenge for gathering food that they had never encountered before. Either
potatoes or rice were presented to the monkeys, but they were covered in sand. Some of the
monkeys got the idea to wash the food in the stream and remove the sand. After approximately 100 of the monkeys did this, a 'critical mass' was
reached. Suddenly, every monkey on every island was no longer perplexed by the problem; they
would all immediately wash the rice or potatoes as if they had always known how to do it, though
they had never been in contact with any of the first 100 monkeys who solved the puzzle on
their own... an aspect of conscious evolution of that species as a group,
precipitated by the free will of its members. It is a natural system designed for
lower-level organisms to adapt to their surroundings and thereby be able to function in a
largely automatic fashion. In time, this effect may be seen as one of the finest
scientific discoveries of the 20th century."
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Youtube
video: Physicists, philosophers, mystics argue that
we are all connected in a very real
way; that individuality is not as well defined as we have thought.
This 10-minute video will expand your thinking... "All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow
vibration; that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself
subjectively. There is no such thing as death. Life is only a
dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves."
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