Tag: Consciousness
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Book review: The Grand Delusion
This is an excellent read for anyone interested in digging a little deeper into this consensus reality of ours. It is written by Stephen Hagen, Rōshi, a Zen teacher and author. But don’t be put off, this book is not about Zen Buddhism, instead, it is an exploration of the thing that Zen is pointing…
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Book review: Living in a Mindful Universe
This is Dr Eben Alexanders third book dealing with the topic of life after death. His first one is titled: “Proof of Heaven” (2012) and was followed by “The Map of Heaven” (2014). I had not seen any particularly good reviews on his first two books and did not read them. As my views on the…
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Guidelines and standards in the study of Recalled Experience of Death
Article: Guidelines and standards for the study of death and recalled experiences of death––a multidisciplinary consensus statement and proposed future directions.Author(s): Sam ParinaJournal: Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesDownload as PDF The authors of this paper propose a set of definitions and terminology to adopt when studying near-death experiences which they suggest be…
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Book review: Being a Human
This is a personal travel journal of sorts.The author, Charles Foster wants to know the path we have taken to become the humans we are today. Perhaps more importantly, he wants to explore the possibility that we may have wandered off-track somewhere along the way. To do this he embarks on an immersive journey, re-embodying…
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Seeing the world through a dashboard
So, what I am particularly interested in right now is exploring the topic of analytical idealism. This is a branch of philosophy proposing that consciousness rather than matter is fundamental. That is, everything you see around you and everything you are experience is part of one trans-personal, universal consciousness. If you like you can (carefully ‘cause all…
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Looking at the evidence for survival of human consciousness after death
Robert Bigelow is an aerospace entrepreneur from the US. His research organisation the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) recently sponsored an international contest to award authors submitting essays supporting the survival of human consciousness after death. The first prize was $500,000 and the second prize USD 300,000, so this contest was sure to attract…
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