Tag: Consciousness
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The health risks of burning incense.
I love the smell of incense. Cedarwood, Agarwood, Sandalwood. From the expensive slow-burning Japanese sticks to boxes of the cheap but evocative Nag Champa littering the shelves of most ‘hippy dippy’ and wellness shops. My morning routine would include the ritual of lighting a stick of incense before I sit to meditate. The aroma filling…
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Meditation is good shit.
This study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) examined the long-term effects of a regular mediation practice on the gut microbiome structure. The authors performed gene sequencing on fecal samples of 37 Tibetan Buddhist monks comparing them with those of 19 non-meditating local residents. The gut microbiota can influence the brain and profoundly impacts…
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How much proof do you need?
Just how much proof is needed to change the mind of a sceptical scientist?
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When a near-death experience goes bad.
Most people who have a near-death experience report positive, life-affirming memories, but a small percentage recall negative or distressing content. To date, there has not been much research into this phenomenon. One study looked at 50 self-reported accounts of distressing NDEs and identified 3 categories: A more recent study has looked at a comparison between…
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Inerview with Titus Rivas
Titus Rivas is a writer, philosopher and researcher with a particular interest in near-death experiences and other related anomalous phenomena. In this interview, he discusses his views on NDEs and cases of the reincarnation type (CORT) as well as responding to critiques of some of the more famous NDE cases including: For most contemporary materialists…
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The man with the blue hat.
One of the largest studies to date examining consciousness around the time of death is the AWARE II study. It looked into 2,060 cardiac arrests, of which 330 survived (to hospital discharge). Of this number, 140 patients were considered eligible to be interviewed for the study. The patient’s recalled experiences were initially classified into five…
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