Open for discussion: Graham Hancock, Rupert Sheldrake, TEDxWhitechapel UPDATE: Please see our new blog post Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake, a fresh take, which replaces the x-ed out text below. To discuss the talks, view them here: The debate about Rupert Sheldrake’s talkThe debate about Graham Hancock’s talk After due diligence, including a survey of published scientific research and recommendations from our Science Board and our community, we have decided that Graham Hancock’s and Rupert Sheldrake’s talks from TEDxWhitechapel should be removed from distribution on the TEDx YouTube channel. We’re not censoring the talks. All talks on the TEDxTalks channel represent the opinion of the speaker, not of TED or TEDx, but we feel a responsibility not to provide a platform for talks which appear to have crossed the line into pseudoscience. UPDATE: Please find Rupert Sheldrake’s response below the video window. According to our science board, Rupert Sheldrake bases his argument on several major factual errors, which undermine the arguments of talk.
The Shamanic View of Mental Illness - JaysonGaddis.com I am reprinting this from an email I received from Malidoma Some, a west African Shaman whom I’ve had the privilege to meet, drive around Boulder, and work for for two days. Since I am going through what I believe to be a spiritual emergence, I am reading a lot on the topic. I want to continue to educate others. That what we sometimes call depression, bi-polar, psychosis, schizophrenia, might actually be a significant transformation in consciousness and a necessary stage on the path of human development. While this is a long article it’s well worth the read for those interested in the subject. by Stephanie Marohn(featuring Malidoma Patrice Somé) (Excerpted from The Natural Medicine Guide to Schizophrenia, pages 178-189, or The Natural Medicine Guide to Bi-polar Disorder) In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé.
How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later First, before I begin to bore you with the usual sort of things science fiction writers say in speeches, let me bring you official greetings from Disneyland. I consider myself a spokesperson for Disneyland because I live just a few miles from it — and, as if that were not enough, I once had the honour of being interviewed there by Paris TV. For several weeks after the interview, I was really ill and confined to bed. Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. It reminds me of a headline that appeared in a California newspaper just before I flew here. Well, I will tell you what interests me, what I consider important. In 1951, when I sold my first story, I had no idea that such fundamental issues could be pursued in the science fiction field. Finally, in the story, the dog begins to imagine that someday the garbagemen will eat the people in the house, as well as stealing their food. I once wrote a story about a man who was injured and taken to a hospital.
The Hedonistic Imperative: Table Of Contents ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 0.1 The Naturalisation of Heaven 0.2 Saving Vehicles With Bad Drivers 0.3 Humans Are Not Rats 0.4 Life In Dopaminergic Overdrive HOW?1.0 Sabotage At The Mill 1.1 The Biological Program 1.2 Pumping Up The Volume 1.3 The Civilising Neurotransmitter 1.4 The Cardinal Importance Of Delayed Gratification 1.5 The Molecular Genetics Of Paradise 1.6 The Re-encephalisation Of Emotion 1.7 How Could Anything Be So Good? 1.8 All We Need Is Love? 1.9 The Taste Of Depravity 1.10 On The Misguided Romanticisation Of Feline Psychopaths 1.11 The Last Twisted Molecule On Earth? 1.12 The Persistence Of Hard-Core Porn 1.13 The Growing Pleasures Of Homunculi 1.14 Post-Perceptual Consciousness? WHY? WHEN? Where Do We Go When We Die? A Look At The Soul’s Journey After Death Science and spirituality have split the public`s opinions on the matter of reincarnation and life after death. Science proponents believe biological death to be the absolute end of our experience, whereas spiritualists believe that our bodies are physical vessels for an eternal energetic aspect of our consciousness called the soul, which implants itself into a new body after the previous body has died. Many popular religions, such as Christianity, typically refute the idea of reincarnation because it contradicts the belief systems which state that there is a place where sinners go after death called “Hell” and a place where the devoted go called “Heaven”, but there has been a growing body of evidence that suggests that our souls incarnate more than one time. Dr. “After reading [this] book I started to interview my patients who had survived a cardiac arrest. Interestingly, Dr. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) References: 1.) 2.) 3.) Share and Enjoy
Does studying science make you a better person? Want to be a better person? Spend more time thinking about science. That’s the implication of newly published research, which finds people who study science — or who are even momentarily exposed to the idea of scientific research — are more likely to condemn unethical behavior and more inclined to help others. “Thinking about science leads individuals to endorse more stringent moral norms,” report psychologists Christine Ma-Kellams of Harvard University and Jim Blascovich of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Their research is published in the online journal PLOS One. The researchers describe four experiments, all conducted at UCSB, that back up their surprising conclusion. The first featured 48 undergraduates who read a vignette describing a date rape. After revealing some personal information, including their major, each participant finished the experiment by responding to the question, “How much do you believe in science?”
Mission Statement of BLTC Research Transmission from Pleiadians about sexuality - ⊙ Evolutionary Holacracy : Expérience Intermarché et « Holacratie évolutive » Une Nouvelle Année, Une Nouvelle façon de penser. Et si nous commencions l’année 2013 par un grand OUI? C’est une nouvelle année qui commence, un nouveau cycle. Si nous mettons en avant cette très célèbre citation d’Albert Einstein sur notre site, « les problèmes auxquels nous sommes confrontés ne peuvent être résolu au niveau et avec la façon de penser qui les a engendrés » c’est avant partout parce qu’elle est porteuse d’un sens profond de notre relation à la vie. Pour chacun d’entre nous cela veut dire se poser la question du sens de notre existence et comme un fractal, cela se répercute à chaque niveau de notre existence. La vie est-elle quelque chose de positif? Et si nous faisions de cette nouvelle année l’occasion du retour de l’optimisne? Quand nous nous posons le plus honnêtement possible, en toute transparence avec nous-même, la question de notre relation à la vie, nous pouvons savoir qu’elle est elle et si nous la vivons véritablement de manière positive. Tout est possible.
10 Interesting Facts About Buddha - Sivana Blog 1. The 3 major tenants Buddha taught his followers was to not be ignorant, hate others, or get angry. 2. Originally born a wealthy prince, he left it all behind to pursue the path of truth when he saw the poverty and sickness beyond his palace walls. This also led him to drop his birth name Siddartha Gautama. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Got any more facts about Buddha we may have missed? The following two tabs change content below. We aim to bring inspirations from the East to the West through offering one-of-a-kind treasures, conscious design, and Eastern world fashion to those seeking a more meaningful state of being.
NetLogo Home Page NetLogo is a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. It is used by many tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide. It also powers HubNet participatory simulations. It is authored by Uri Wilensky and developed at the CCL. You can download it free of charge. You can also try it online through NetLogo Web. What can you do with NetLogo? Join mailing lists here. Download NetLogo Go to NetLogo Web NetLogo comes with a large library of sample models.