No
longer the sole province of the hemp-swathed sprouting enthusiast,
meditation’s popularity has exploded across our collective faces. Tech companies have embraced mindfulness meditation as
the ultimate productivity. Google has “mindful lunches,” complete with
prayer bells and hour-long vows of silence. And as legitimate meditation
researchers uncover more benefits to our brains, our bodies, and our
psyches, diehard rationalists have been forced to accept the scientific
merits of mindfulness.
My explanation for why interest in
meditation has grown is that it’s a replacement for the nature in which
we no longer reside. For hundreds of thousands of years, we spent our
days in natural settings where much of the mind chatter stops and we
exist in the present moment. The falling leaves sparkling overhead with
sunlight. The herky-jerk scamper of a startled lizard just off the
trail. The erratic brilliant butterfly fluttering through the scene that
you can’t help but stop to watch. That was life for most of human
history. It wasn’t special. It was home. It’s what we knew.
Meditation represents a return to that ancestral state of presence in the moment. And yet I get the sense that more people are talking about meditation than actually meditating on a regular basis. I’m one of them, quick to recommend meditation on MDA
because of the irrefutable benefits but unable to actually sit for a
productive session, let alone a regular meditation routine. It’s hard.
It’s unnatural. And it’s an artifice, albeit one made necessary by our
environment.
Meditation has been shown to provide remarkable benefits to those who manage to stick with it, including but not limited to:
If we simply don’t enjoy meditation or can’t make it work, what options do we have?
How can we get some of those attractive effects of meditation without
actually sitting in a room for 30 minutes a day, every day? Here are 15
alternatives:
Re-uploaded
(again, just in case), since TED's Chris Anderson censored Rupert
Sheldrake, along with Graham Hancock, and removed this video and
Hancock's from the TEDx YouTube channel. They dared question the
Scientistic Orthodoxy, and for that they have been publicly castigated
and defamed. Follow this link for TED's dubious statement on the matter
(and the many comments appropriately critical of TED's rationale): http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/14/open-f...
Presumably TED disavows any copyright claim, as they've disavowed association with the videos.
BIO:
Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. (born 28 June 1942) is a biologist and author
of more than 80 scientific papers and ten books. A former Research
Fellow of the Royal Society, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge
University, where he was a Scholar of Clare College, took a double first
class honours degree and was awarded the University Botany Prize. He
then studied philosophy and history of science at Harvard University,
where he was a Frank Knox Fellow, before returning to Cambridge, where
he took a Ph.D. in biochemistry. He was a Fellow of Clare College,
Cambridge, where he was Director of Studies in biochemistry and cell
biology. As the Rosenheim Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he
carried out research on the development of plants and the ageing of
cells in the Department of Biochemistry at Cambridge University.
While
at Cambridge, together with Philip Rubery, he discovered the mechanism
of polar auxin transport, the process by which the plant hormone auxin
is carried from the shoots towards the roots.
From
1968 to 1969, based in the Botany Department of the University of
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, he studied rain forest plants. From 1974 to 1985
he was Principal Plant Physiologist and Consultant Physiologist at the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, where he helped develop new cropping
systems now widely used by farmers. While in India, he also lived for a
year and a half at the ashram of Fr Bede Griffiths in Tamil Nadu, where
he wrote his first book, A New Science of Life.
From
2005-2010 he was the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project funded
from Trinity College,Cambridge. He is a Fellow of Schumacher College ,
in Dartington, Devon, a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences near
San Francisco, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in
Connecticut.
He lives in London with his wife Jill Purce and two sons.
He
has appeared in many TV programs in Britain and overseas, and was one
of the participants (along with Stephen Jay Gould, Daniel Dennett,
Oliver Sacks, Freeman Dyson and Stephen Toulmin) in a TV series called A
Glorious Accident, shown on PBS channels throughout the US. He has
often taken part in BBC and other radio programmes. He has written for
newspapers such as the Guardian, where he had a regular monthly column,
The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Sunday Times,
Times Educational Supplement, Times Higher Education Supplement and
Times Literary Supplement, and has contributed to a variety of
magazines, including New Scientist, Resurgence, the Ecologist and the
Spectator.
Books by Rupert Sheldrake:
A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Formative Causation (1981).
New edition 2009 (in the US published as Morphic Resonance)
The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature (1988)
The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God (1992)
Seven Experiments that Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
to Revolutionary Science (1994) (Winner of the Book of the Year Award
from the British Institute for Social Inventions)
Dogs that
Know When Their Owners are Coming Home, and Other Unexplained Powers of
Animals (1999) (Winner of the Book of the Year Award from the British
Scientific and Medical Network)
The Sense of Being Stared At, And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind (2003)
The Science Delusion (2012, published in the US as Science Set Free)
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake discusses TED's controversial decision to remove his talk from their YouTube channel. Rupert's response to TED and its anonymous scientific board may be read on the official TED blog: http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/14/open-f...
On his website, in the "Controversies" section, Rupert has documented many instances when he's been forced to publicly respond to false and defamatory statements by leading "skeptics": http://www.sheldrake.org/D&C/cont...
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Relativity versus quantum mechanics: the battle for the universe
Physicists have spent decades trying to reconcile two very different theories. But is a winner about to emerge – and transform our understanding of everything from time to gravity?
Illustration by Owen Gildersleeve
It is the biggest of problems, it is the smallest of problems. At present physicists have two separate rulebooks explaining how nature works. There is general relativity, which beautifully accounts for gravity and all of the things it dominates: orbiting planets, colliding galaxies, the dynamics of the expanding universe as a whole. That’s big. Then there is quantum mechanics, which handles the other three forces – electromagnetism and the two nuclear forces. Quantum theory is extremely adept at describing what happens when a uranium atom decays, or when individual particles of light hit a solar cell. That’s small.
Now for the problem: relativity and quantum mechanics are fundamentally different theories that have different formulations. It is not just a matter of scientific terminology; it is a clash of genuinely incompatible descriptions of reality.
The conflict between the two halves of physics has been brewing for more than a century – sparked by a pair of 1905 papers by Einstein, one outlining relativity and the other introducing the quantum – but recently it has entered an intriguing, unpredictable new phase. Two notable physicists have staked out extreme positions in their camps, conducting experiments that could finally settle which approach is paramount.
Basically you can think of the division between the relativity and quantum systems as “smooth” versus “chunky”. In general relativity, events are continuous and deterministic, meaning that every cause matches up to a specific, local effect. In quantum mechanics, events produced by the interaction of subatomic particles happen in jumps (yes, quantum leaps), with probabilistic rather than definite outcomes. Quantum rules allow connections forbidden by classical physics. This was demonstrated in a much-discussed recent experiment in which Dutch researchers defied the local effect. They showed that two particles – in this case, electrons – could influence each other instantly, even though they were a mile apart. When you try to interpret smooth relativistic laws in a chunky quantum style, or vice versa, things go dreadfully wrong.
Relativity gives nonsensical answers when you try to scale it down to quantum size, eventually descending to infinite values in its description of gravity. Likewise, quantum mechanics runs into serious trouble when you blow it up to cosmic dimensions. Quantum fields carry a certain amount of energy, even in seemingly empty space, and the amount of energy gets bigger as the fields get bigger. According to Einstein, energy and mass are equivalent (that’s the message of E=mc2), so piling up energy is exactly like piling up mass. Go big enough, and the amount of energy in the quantum fields becomes so great that it creates a black hole that causes the universe to fold in on itself. Oops.
‘Quantum mechanics provided the conceptual tools for the Large Hadron Collider.’ Photograph: Rex Features Craig Hogan, a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and the director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics at Fermilab, is reinterpreting the quantum side with a novel theory in which the quantum units of space itself might be large enough to be studied directly. Meanwhile, Lee Smolin, a founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, is seeking to push physics forward by returning to Einstein’s philosophical roots and extending them in an exciting direction.
To understand what is at stake, look back at the precedents. When Einstein unveiled general relativity, he not only superseded Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity; he also unleashed a new way of looking at physics that led to the modern conception of the Big Bang and black holes, not to mention atomic bombs and the time adjustments essential to your phone’s GPS. Likewise, quantum mechanics did much more than reformulate James Clerk Maxwell’s textbook equations of electricity, magnetism and light. It provided the conceptual tools for the Large Hadron Collider, solar cells, all of modern microelectronics.
What emerges from the dust-up could be nothing less than a third revolution in modern physics, with staggering implications. It could tell us where the laws of nature came from, and whether the cosmos is built on uncertainty or whether it is fundamentally deterministic, with every event linked definitively to a cause.
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. In this first of nine clips, Gregg talks about how our emotions can
affect our physical world. His extensive knowledge of ancient texts,
coupled with his background in hard sciences, uniquely qualifies him to
bring the benefit of long-lost traditions to the forefront of our lives
today. He is also a leading authority on bridging the wisdom of our past
with the science, medicine, and peace of our future. Human emotions can
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The Divine Matrix features four landmark discoveries that link our lives to the matrix in an unprecented way.
- Deep truth - Astral Projections - Gregg Braden .
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It’s easy to talk about opening your heart when everyone is getting along.
When you’re with your best friend or closest family member your heart is likely to feel so open that honey just pours right out of it all over the floor.
It’s easy to keep your heart open when you’re with your child, as you see how she came to you, as a baby, so she could one day grow up and say,“I love you.” Your heart melts like chocolate chips in a hot stove.
When
the object of your undying affection, down on one knee and holding a
bouquet of roses, confesses that he’s been madly in love with you for
years and just can’t hold it in anymore, you’re unlikely to armor up
your heart very much.
Check in with your heart right now. How does it feel?
When The Heart Gets Challenged
It’s easy to keep your heart open when it feels safe and nurtured. But what about the other times?
How good are you at keeping your heart open with your fellow human beings when terrorists crash planes into your country’s beloved landmarks and kill thousands of innocent beings?
What
about when you’re trying to keep your heart open with those you work
with in your professional life, but the knuckleheads in charge of the
purse strings keep insisting that you sell out your integrity, seemingly
with no concern for the well-being of those you’re trying to serve?
Can you keep your heart open when politicians threaten to withhold resources from inner city children in public schools, women who are victims
of domestic violence, the mentally ill homeless population, women who
are sold into sex trafficking, or uninsured children who need medical
care?
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH TYPE OF REALITY YOU WANNA LIVE!
Create the reality YOU WANT! WHAT DO YOU!!!! REALLY WANT?, make the transformation internally and shift into it because that reality/your dream already exists!!!!! shift into it! You can do it! :)
ALL THE INFO BELOW IS ALL CONNECTED TO "THE LAW OF VIBRATION/ATTR - ACTION" ACTION!!! Gotta Move ur ass lol and most importantly the SUBCONSCIOUS MIND :) The film The Secret should have at least did a 10 or 15 mins segment on the subconscious mind. Would have been the game changer for many people.
MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU MUST!!!! REPROGRAM YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND!
ALSO CONNEC TO THE REALITY/VERSION OF UR SELF YOU WANT TO LIVE AS!
The recording can be purchased at www.spiritlegend.com.
A high definition (1080P) MP4 version of Pranava can be purchased for download at: http://www.innerworldsmovie.com/index...
Pranava
is the original vibration of the universe that is dancing your life
into being. If you feel a resonance calling you back to your inner
nature, to the Source of creation, then you have the seed of dharma or
wisdom. To re-establish the balance between the inner and outer worlds
is what the Buddha called the middle way, and what Aristotle called the
Golden Mean, what Lao Tsu called the silent balance between Yin and
Yang.
The animation and deep voice chanting was done by Daniel
Schmidt and female voice by Eva Dametto. Also check out the documentary
"Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds" at www.innerworldsmovie.com.
For
those asking how yantra and mantra meditation works... A yantra or
mantra is a tool or mechanism for awakening inner energy and
consciousness simultaneously. The mantra is simply the audible form of
the visual yantra- the two are not separate; it is only our senses that
filter the vibratory world. Simply be fully present and conscious, while
at the same time removing all resistance to the phenomena you
experience (gross and subtle sensations, visuals, sounds, thoughts,
emotions, etc.). Do not try to DO anything, think anything or make
anything happen, but observe reality as it actually is with a still and
unmoving mind. This combination of presence and surrender to what IS, is
the essence of meditation.
Pranava was created as part of the film Inner Worlds Outer Worlds. Frequently asked questions about the film and Pranava:
1) Where can I get a particular song or the soundtrack?
A:
Much of the music is available for purchase at www.spiritlegend.com on
various CD's. We will be coming out with a special Inner Worlds
compilation in the Summer of 2013. The track "Om Shreen Hreem" is found
under "Yoga" in a CD called "Universal Mother".
2) Can I download the film and upload it to my own Youtube Channel?
A:
We whole-heartedly encourage everyone to share the existing Youtube
links with their friends, embed on their website, or to create
screenings for their community. I'm afraid we cannot allow you to
re-upload the film to your own channel for the following reasons:
a)
The content itself is copyrighted and is owned by REM Publishing Ltd.
Some of the video clips in the film are licensed under certain
agreements and cannot be distributed or controlled by third parties.
b)
Several individuals have already tried to re-upload the film and to
monetize their channel and/or make a profit from selling the film
without our permission, or simply to try to build subscribers for their
own channel. We don't always know what people's true motivation is (and
sometimes neither do they).
c) Our channel contains closed
captions in many languages and we don't want versions of the film
floating around without these professional translations.
d) When
users subscribe to the AwakenTheWorldFilm channel we can provide people
future films as we release them. This is just the first of many films
and our second is already in the works.
e) Our channel also
provides links to our website and Facebook page and the opportunity for
people to donate to the Awaken the World initiative. Money/ support is
needed to make these films, and while we make them available for free,
we really appreciate when people donate, offer translation skills or
other support.
If you add the existing Youtube links to a playlist
you can still share the film with your friends and viewers and still
have it as part of your channel, just do not upload your own version. We
greatly appreciate people who feel so strongly about the content that
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to do so.
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