An Open Mind Is A Precious Gift
Of all the ways people today are polarized the standoff between science and religion stands out. Science
is a a fact-based
or a faith-based ways of thinking and explaining the world. Science
seeks to explains all of the interior dimensions of human experience
through
physical and chemical processes of the brain. Spirituality means different things to different people. For some, it's primarily about a belief in God and active participation in organized religion. For others, it's about non-religious experiences that help them get in touch with something bigger than ourselves, such as nature, compassion, empathy, generosity. Science and
Spirituality can be agents for personal development and for
controversy as well. Existential
crisis, or dread,
is about
moments when we
question whether their lives have meaning, purpose, or valuue.
"The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both." -Carl Sagan
Our latest psychology will likely include a third category onto the mix. Stoicism, which is school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. According to the stoics some things can be changed and some cannot, especially our brains. But recent neuroscience tells us otherwise. A Dynamic Unity of Reality might describe reality from only one substance. As Aristotle explains, Metaphysics is the study of the One Substance (and its Properties) which exists and causes / connects all things, and is therefore the necessary foundation for all human knowledge. Aristotle's philosophy became official chirch dogma in the middle ages. Despite several thousand years of failure to correctly understand physical reality (hence the current postmodern view that this is impossible) there may be a solution. If we can unite Science with Metaphysics. ' Reality cannot be found except in One single source,
because of the interconnection of all things with one another.' - Leibniz
The study of human consciousness has seen profoundly important discoveries emerge in the past couple of decades. Old science tells us that we are mechanical systems governed, fundamentally, entirely by impersonal laws. But now we are coming to a new understanding that we actually create our reality moment to moment. Noted physicists and mathematicians, as well as psychiatrists and neuro-physiologists, are now supporting this opinion. According to panpsychism consciousness pervades the universe and is a fundamental feature of it. Apparently the universe is connected by a vast quantum energy field. Traditionally the universe is the expression of a universal mind that transcends personal awareness. A drop of rain falling into the ocean loses its it individuality and once again IS the ocean. The statement that mind is everything is a similar analogy. A profound understanding of this opens a doorway to deeper inner spiritual alchemy. Physical reality can be described in terms of Space, a Wave Structure of Matter (WSM) where the electron is a spherical standing wave. It is easy to show that the Wave Structure of Matter is the correct solution as it deduces the laws of Nature (the fundamentals of Physics & Philosophy). While the Wave Structure of Matter is obvious once known, to begin it will seem strange simply because it takes time for our minds to adjust to new knowledge. Harmony arises from a Wave Structure of Matter in Space (we are all interconnected in this space that we all commonly experience). This unity of reality (God, Brahman, Tao, Spirit, Energy, Light, Vibration) is central to all major world religions, thus their common moral foundation of 'Do unto others as to thyself' as the other is part of the self. Yet we continue to be our own worst enemy. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world". (Mohandas Gandhi) Clearly our world is in great trouble due to human overpopulation and the resultant destruction of Nature, climate change and the pollution of air, land and water. The best solution to these problems is to found our societies on truth and reality rather than past myths and customs (which invariably cause harm). Our perception of the world is influenced by our expectations. These expectations, also called "prior beliefs," help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present, based on similar past experiences. Our negative core beliefs drive our dysfunctional immediate beliefs in the forms of attitudes and rules. A desire for identity consistency may help explain why we can be so uncomfortable engaging with opinions that challenge our beliefs. The human instinct to survive is our most powerful drive. There are many examples of hard-wired human instincts that help keep us alive. Perhaps the most obvious case is the fight-or-flight response. But people's inner monsters come in various forms, some more recognizable than others, and that we are all one random encounter away from tragedy. Only recently have we learned that our brains and minds are so full of flaws and cognitive quirks that reward survival more than knowing truth. “For some of our most important beliefs, we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs. Considering how little we know, the confidence we have in our beliefs is preposterous—and it is also essential.”The internet is clearly a very good way to get new knowledge visible to the world, a world now in great need of wisdom from truth and reality. It is our purpose here to editorialize internet content to call attention to new and helpful information in order to gain a better overview. During The Renaissance the size of the known world tripled. During the past few decades astronomers have discovered that there are likely trillions of galaxies and almost an uncountable number of planets. It remains to be seen how this may affect who we really are. If you have or want a study/discussion group I can provide many media files and Texts, mostly taken from the internet. aldoran@mail.com |
Friday, September 9, 2011
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