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.
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?”
Transmission from Pleiadians about sexuality - ⊙ 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.
Boston University Study Examines the Development of Children’s Prelife Reasoning » Public Relations | Blog Archive Evidence suggests our hard-wired belief in immortality may be the root of core religious beliefs For Immediate Release: January 27, 2014 By Barbara Moran Photo Credit: Natalie Emmons Most people, regardless of race, religion or culture, believe they are immortal. That is, people believe that part of themselves–some indelible core, soul or essence–will transcend the body’s death and live forever. A new Boston University study led by postdoctoral fellow Natalie Emmons and published in the January 16, 2014 online edition of Child Development sheds light on these profound questions by examining children’s ideas about “prelife,” the time before conception. Emmons’ study fits into a growing body of work examining the cognitive roots of religion. “This work shows that it’s possible for science to study religious belief,” said Deborah Kelemen, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Boston University and co-author of the paper. The results were surprising. Contact: Natalie Emmons 64 Cummington Mall
Scientific Study Shows Meditators Collapsing Quantum Systems At A Distance Numerous scientists over many years have studied the role of consciousness and how it can directly influence our physical material world. Large amounts of research have been published which clearly demonstrate that yes, consciousness and what we perceive to be our physical material world are directly intertwined. I will provide more examples of this towards the end of the article, but for now we are going to take a look at one. We’ve written about it numerous times, it’s called the quantum double slit experiment, and it’s a great example of how consciousness can affect our physical material world. In this experiment, a double-slit optical system was used to test the possible role of consciousness in the collapse of the quantum wave-function. “Observation not only disturbs what has to be measured, they produce it. A number of experiments were conducted to measure perturbations in the wavefuntion. This test finished after 19 participants participated in 31 sessions. Sources:
The Last Question -- Isaac Asimov The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way: Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov were two of the faithful attendants of Multivac. As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any single human could possibly have a firm grasp of the whole. Multivac was self-adjusting and self-correcting. For decades, Multivac had helped design the ships and plot the trajectories that enabled man to reach the Moon, Mars, and Venus, but past that, Earth's poor resources could not support the ships. The energy of the sun was stored, converted, and utilized directly on a planet-wide scale. "Sure you are.
Visual Diagrams for Administering DMT and Ayahuasca Perusing the web one night, I stumbled upon these interesting diagrams on the DMT-Nexus. This sort of information can be key to successfully entering the psychedelic state with as coherent and calm a mind as possible. There are solid tips for integration, combinations, efficiency, and procedural information on things such as brewing, dosages, safety, and so on. Unfortunately not everyone who would benefit is aware of these things, even if much of it seems like common sense. DMT - Ayahuasca - [Disclaimer: Any actions taken based on this information are done entirely at ones own risk ...And hey we're talking about elves and giant 1,000 armed mantids in a multi-dimensional hyperspace here. 0Share 48Share
The Transcension Hypothesis, John M. Smart, 2011 For my Ever Smarter World blog posts on the hypothesis, see: The Transcension Hypothesis: Do Advanced Civilizations Leave Our Universe?, Nov 2011. The Race to Inner Space: Humanity's Faster, Smaller, Smarter, and Wealthier Future, Dec 2011. For a lovely two-minute illustrated video riff on on the hypothesis by futurist Jason Silva, see: The Transcension Hypothesis: What Comes After the (Tech) Singularity? For earlier work, see: Smart, John M. 2008. Highlights: • Evolutionary developmental (evo devo) biology is used as a model for universal evolution and development. • A developmental process is proposed that takes universal intelligence to black hole efficiency and density The transcension hypothesis has significant and testable implications for our current and future METI and SETI agendas. Fortunately, transcension processes may be measurable today even without good physical theory, and radio and optical SETI may each provide empirical tests. Sections 1. 1. 2. 3.