Posts Tagged ‘heart’

Prayer: A Challenge for Science

Since ancient times, a strong and pervasive belief in the efficacy of prayer–for the living and the dead–reinforces the notion that consciousness is not limited to the physical body. Not only do traditions throughout the world share a belief that prayers may in some way help (or invoke help from)...

March 11th, 2010 | Extended Mind | Read More

KISS ME / KILL ME

If our understanding of the mechanisms of the world could fit in a library, then ideally ‘Love’ would be a single fat volume on a plinth of its own. Where it would actually be found is printed on a sticker on an interminable shelf in the Reference section. Manuals would be archived chronologically,...

January 28th, 2010 | Arts | Read More

Shifting Consciousness: Six Years with Yogis and Tibetan Buddhists

The data from parapsychological research is slowly becoming more accepted by the scientific community. The main sticking point is still a good theory into which psi fits. This is essentially the same sticking point for what has been called the “hard problem” in consciousness research – how can...

January 3rd, 2010 | Extended Mind | Read More

Feeling Go(o)d: The Physics of Emotion

Even before she was chief of brain biochemistry at the National Institutes of Health, Candace Pert made a breakthrough discovery that changed the way scientists understand the mind-body connection. She found the opiate receptor, the mechanism by which a class of chemicals (peptides) alters the mind and...

December 8th, 2009 | Science of the Mind | Read More

Life Lessons from an ad man

Rory Sutherland, advertising mogul and self -styled “fat bloke at Ogilvy” gave this talk at TEDGlobal 2009 in July. It’s all about the difference between tangible and perceived value- ie value that you can’t always see. In the world of advertising, Sutherland explains, they realize...

December 2nd, 2009 | Culture, Social Insight | Read More

The Elephant Artist

Pictures which were painted by elephants have gone on display at an Edinburgh gallery. Art graduate Victoria Khunapramot, 26, has brought the paintings from Thailand to the Dundas Gallery on Dundas Street. They include “self-portraits” by Paya, who is said to be the only elephant...

November 24th, 2009 | Arts | Read More

The Effects of Group Meditation on Crime

Effects of Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Preventing Violent Crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June-July 1993 John S. Hagelin, Maxwell V. Rainforth, David W. Orme-Johnson, Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Charles N. Alexander, Susan F. Shatkin, John...

November 19th, 2009 | Spirituality | Read More

Happiness is a Skill to be Cultivated

Renowned Buddhist monk, Matthieu Ricard, gives a lesson in how to learn and cultivate the skill of being happy. Matthieu Ricard quit his career as a cellular geneticist nearly 40 years ago to study Buddhism. He is the French translator for the Dalai Lama. Matthieu has authored seven books, including...

November 5th, 2009 | Health & Happiness | Read More

Molecules of Emotion

“A far-flung network of information carried by . . . [provides] the molecular underpinnings of what we experience as feelings, sensations, thoughts, drives, perhaps even spirit or soul. ” By Candace Pert. From Shift Magazine: –CANDACE PERT Candace Pert’s research suggests that...

October 4th, 2009 | Health & Happiness | Read More

The Conscious Heart

Rollin McCraty reveals the discovery that neural activity within the heart appears to influence our conscious perception, cognition, and emotional processing, which suggests that the traditional role attributed to the heart as the seat of our deepest emotions may be true after all.

September 29th, 2009 | Science of the Mind | Read More