The Science of Enlightenment
In 2014 the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness conducted a landmark research experiment based on 8 years of previous research. Please join me this Sunday, January 4th, at 8:30 p.m. EST for a free webinar where I’ll be discussing the results.
How science goes wrong
A SIMPLE idea underpins science: “trust, but verify”. Results should always be subject to challenge from experiment. That simple but powerful idea has generated a vast body of knowledge. Since its birth in the 17th century, modern science has changed the world beyond recognition, and overwhelmingly for the better.
How Plants Secretly Talk to Each Other
Up in the northern Sierra Nevada, the ecologist Richard Karban is trying to learn an alien language. The sagebrush plants that dot these slopes speak to one another, using words no human knows. Karban, who teaches at the University of California, Davis, is listening in, and he’s beginning to understand what they say.
Modern Muslims use dreams to make major life decisions – Durham University
Modern Muslims use dreams to make major life decisions The traditional practice of using night dreams to make major life decisions is in widespread use among modern Muslims, reveals a new study. Interviews with 60 Muslims in the UK, North America, Europe and Pakistan have revealed that night dreams are being used to make choices on issues like marriage, business, career development and politics.
Dreaming and insight
This paper addresses claims that dreams can be a source of personal insight. Whereas there has been anecdotal backing for such claims, there is now tangential support from findings of the facilitative effect of sleep on cognitive insight, and of REM sleep in particular on emotional memory consolidation.
Gene Expression Changes With Meditation
A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness meditation.
“Science and the taboo of psi” with Dean Radin
Do telepathy, clairvoyance and other “psi” abilities exist? The majority of the general population believes that they do, and yet fewer than one percent of mainstream academic institutions have any faculty known for their interest in these frequently repo…
Supernormal
Did Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Milarepa and other iconic religious figures endure because they were charismatic, enlightened beings with profound insights into
the nature of reality, or because they possessed supernormal abilities?
Psychedelics Not Linked To Mental Health Issues
Government-collected data shows that psychedelic substances do not increase a person's risk of developing mental health problems.
Dolphins Remember Friends For Decades
Emerging research shows that dolphins have the ability to remember one another's signature call for at least 20 years.
