From the viewpoint of a modern microbiologist, we hear the call for integration and common sense in sciences that are all too often devising separate stakes and battlements to pontificate from, on high. The 'experts' thus proving their ignorance because the result inevitably is specious ego and puffery. Truth did not divide herself up for prissy 'nerds' to prevail upon, with their massive convolutions and devious attempts to practice buffoonery upon her.
In August of 1980 Psychology Today ran an article by Harold J. Morowitz, professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. I recommend a complete reading of this article for anyone who has suffered through a complete exposure to all that our modern education system is comprised of; as it tries to convince you that everything is 'black and white' and that no soul exists through avoidance of its instruction (except a few artists who defy the norm).
REDISCOVERING THE MIND
Physical scientists are returning to the view that thought - meaning mind - is one of nature's ultimate realities'.
The study of life at all levels, from social to molecular behavior, has in modern times relied on reductionism as the chief explanatory concept. This approach to knowledge tries to comprehend one level of scientific phenomena in terms of concepts at a lower and presumably more fundamental level... Reductionism at the psychological level is exemplified by the viewpoint in Carl Sagan's best selling book THE DRAGONS OF EDEN.
He writes: 'My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings- what we sometimes call 'mind' - are a consequence of its anatomy and, physiology and nothing more.' As a further demonstration of this trend of thought, we note that Sagan's glossary does not contain the words mind, consciousness, perception, awareness or thought, but rather deals with entries such as synapse, lobotomy, proteins and electrodes?
Werner Heisenberg, one of the founders of the new physics, became deeply involved in the issues of philosophy and humanism. In PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS, he wrote of physicists having to renounce thoughts of an objective time-scale common to all observers, and of events in time and space that are independent of our ability to observe them. Heisenberg stressed that the laws of nature no longer dealt with elementary particles, but with our knowledge of these particles - that is, with the 'contents of our minds'. Erwin Schrödinger, the man who formulated the fundamental equation of quantum mechanics, wrote an extraordinary little book in 1958 called MIND AND MATTER. In this series of essays, he moved from the results of the new physics to a rather mystical view of the universe that he identified with the 'perennial philosophy' of Aldous Huxley. Schrödinger was the first of the quantum theoreticians to express sympathy with the UPANISHADS and Eastern philosophical thought. A growing body of literature now embodies this perspective, including two popular works. THE TAO OF PHYSICS by Fritjof Capra, and THE DANCING WU-LI MASTERS by Gary Zukav...
However, the only simple and consistent description physicists were able to assign to a measurement involved an observer's becoming aware of the result. Thus the physical event and the content of the human mind were inseparable. This linkage forced many researchers to seriously consider consciousness as an integral part of the structure of physics. Such interpretations moved science toward the 'idealist' as contracted with the 'realist' conception of philosophy.
The views of a large number of contemporary physical scientists are summed up in the essay 'Remarks on the Mind-Body Question' written by Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner. Wigner begins by pointing out that most physical scientists have returned to the recognition that thought - meaning the mind - is primary. He goes on to state: 'It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.' And he concludes by noting how remarkable it is that the scientific study of the world led to the content of consciousness as an ultimate reality.'...
The founders of modern atomic theory did not start out to impose a 'mentalist' picture on the world. Rather, they began with the opposite point of view and were forced to the present day position in order to explain experimental results...
The results of this chain of reasoning will probably lend more aid and comfort to Eastern mystics than to neurophysiologists and molecular biologists; nevertheless, the closed loop follows from a straightforward combination of the explanatory processes of recognized experts in the three separate sciences. Since individuals seldom work with more than one of these paradigms, the general problem has received little attention...
We now understand the troublesome features in a forceful commitment to uncritical reductionism as a solution to the problem of mind. We have discussed the weaknesses of that position. In addition to being weak, it is a dangerous view, since the way we respond to our fellow human beings is dependent on the way we conceptualize them in our theoretical formulations. If we envision our fellows solely as animals or machines, we drain our interactions of humanistic richness. If we seek our behavioral norms in the study of animal societies, we ignore those uniquely human features that so much enrich our lives. Radical reductionism offers very little in the area of moral imperatives! Further, it presents the wrong glossary of terms for a humanistic pursuit."
The Minnesota Twins study has been on-going for decades and it has produced some remarkable results that few reports see the impact of in reference to the very nature of 'humanistic richness' and soulful potentialities. Only once is the top researcher allowed to mention ESP. Much as the Harvard study I have reported, the participants are family members but because they were separated at birth and (in this case) twins - there is a greater connection of ESP or psychic abilities than normal. Isn't this just common sense? Who can doubt it, you might say! Yet most people think ESP is some weird attribute or freak of nature rather than a gift we all have 'within', if they think it exists at all.
The majority of people today do not know about Tesla's 'non-force info packets', 'free energy', 'energy from vacuum machines by Bearden' or what layers of time/space are involved in all psychic phenomena. Thus those who say they believe in ESP are at a loss to explain and they avoid any real involvement with it. The scientists are similarly ignorant of these things and they (after all) are 'experts' like the doctors who deny the mind-body connection with the soul that is vital to psychic utilization. Our present culture DENIED these truly human and fantastic or exquisite depths of being.
Author of Diverse Druids
World-Mysteries.com guest 'expert'
Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
FIVE DON'T DO'SHow to Avoid the Wrath of the NarcissistNever... Read More
As I climbed 15-feet on a wooden ladder to the... Read More
Random thought Sequence in the Human Mind. I want to... Read More
The brain (and, by implication, the Mind) has been compared... Read More
There is one place in which one's privacy, intimacy, integrity... Read More
Solution Focus is the brain child of Insoo Kim Berg... Read More
IntroductionIn this world today, there are a lot of unbelievable... Read More
Nature vs Nurture theories have wasted a lot of energy... Read More
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is based on the... Read More
Even though the percentage of people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity... Read More
Swedish Scientists did a study and found that young men... Read More
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a medical condition. It is... Read More
"You can know the name of a bird in all... Read More
It's important to know that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and... Read More
Sarah is a 28 y/o accountant who had a traumatic... Read More
How exactly is the Human Psyche effected by the trivial... Read More
The limbic systemNerve impulses were known to relay feelings and... Read More
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences developed as he worked... Read More
Evidence of hypnotic-like phenomena appears in many ancient cultures. The... Read More
"Hey Mac, have you ever been thinking of someone and... Read More
Why is it that one person enjoys math, while another... Read More
At around 3.40am on August 31st 1888, a carter named... Read More
"The new narcissist is haunted not by guilt but by... Read More
How do we treat bipolar disorder? Specifically, how do we... Read More
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurologically based disorder. This... Read More
Individuals with a solid working knowledge of Controlled Remote Viewing... Read More
Dogs picture in their minds an event of an activity... Read More
QUESTION Number 1 - Who is a Narcissist?Dear Dr. Vaknin,I... Read More
Most narcissists (75%) are men.NPD is one of a "family"... Read More
Feelings and emotions are nerve impulses.The feel of paper and... Read More
Information is flowing to us at a great rate. The... Read More
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - "ADD" or "ADHD" - affects... Read More
Well the conspiracy theorists are out in full force I... Read More
Sarah is a 28 y/o accountant who had a traumatic... Read More
Some think the world is coming to an end, they... Read More
Over the past 10 years I have helped individuals who... Read More
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences developed as he worked... Read More
To the narcissist, the Internet is an alluring and irresistible... Read More
The bodies natural clock or circadian rhythm seems to have... Read More
There's so much talk about emotional intelligence and how it... Read More
Even though hypnosis has been around officially since the 1700s... Read More
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurologically based disorder. This... Read More
Do you know anyone who always wins? Sure you know... Read More
Most narcissists (75%) are men.NPD is one of a "family"... Read More
"The new narcissist is haunted not by guilt but by... Read More
The word "cognition" is defined as "the act of knowing"... Read More
The most recent models that attempt to describe what is... Read More
Dogs picture in their minds an event of an activity... Read More
IntroductionIn this world today, there are a lot of unbelievable... Read More
Birds have always been considered good pets of modern day... Read More
Every police officer will tell you that when there is... Read More
IntroductionDeveloping healthy peer relationships is critical for the normal development... Read More
Are you a Hypomaniac? If you are you have some... Read More
Why is it that one person enjoys math, while another... Read More
Ever felt urged to steal a piece of bubblegum from... Read More
Individuals with a solid working knowledge of Controlled Remote Viewing... Read More
At around 3.40am on August 31st 1888, a carter named... Read More
Each one of us is linked to the emotions whether... Read More
In two articles entitled "We Are Not Our Personalities" and... Read More
All of us suffer from some form of emotional distress... Read More
To seek and find truth requires that we communicate within... Read More
Swedish Scientists did a study and found that young men... Read More
Schizophrenics hallucinate alternate realities. People who claim to have been... Read More
Storytelling has been with us since the days of campfire... Read More
On the outset all observations may seem to be objective,... Read More
There is one place in which one's privacy, intimacy, integrity... Read More
Psychology |