Sunday Matinee: A Quest Beyond the Limits of the Ordinary
April 20, 2014 2 Comments
Greetings compadres,
Robin and the Friar stopped by earlier and brought samples of Sherwood’s finest shrubs. Figured you’d enjoy the post-ceremony entertainment on consciousness and biology. Bruce Lipton and Rupert Sheldrake engage in a discussion challenging some of the existing paradigms in our understanding of who we are and how we relate to the whole shebang. One of the more fascinating topics discussed is the impact of consciousness on healing and the placebo effect.
A theory is merely present consensus and must be discarded when contrary evidence is presented. There’s been an unsettling trend to discard evidence in an attempt to preserve theory as of late. Whether this is a mere attempt to preserve careers or a more sinister plot to preserve a particular world-view, I cannot say. But imho this merely serves to arrest the progression of this human experiment towards the Good. Examine with an open mind and draw your own conclusions.
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HJ
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Henry,
Mr. Sheldrake and Mr. Lipton could have named their discussion “Basics of Shamanism” as the concepts mirror the inner worlds that shamans speak of. Not to say that I’ve got a masters degree in shamanism or in any way dismissive of these bright fellows (have read a few books by/about medicine men), but it seems that if morphogenetic fields and consciousness interests one, perhaps going directly to shamanism would allow a cutting to the chase, so to speak. An interesting evolution for the sciences that gives everyone some hopeful anticipation of things to look forward to.
Thanks,
Jerry
That’s a good observation Jerry. I think what the fellas are trying to do is provide experimental evidence for the primacy of consciousness. Shamans have obviously been aware of this throughout the ages, but not so for the spiritually strangled Westerner. Mysticism as a construct required re-branding before mass acceptance by the scientific minded Western psyche. Sheldrake, Lipton, Peter Russell and others are pioneering this re-branding. As you said, it’s definitely an interesting evolution for the sciences.
Thanks for stopping by bud.