Tag Archives: values

Stan’s suitcase

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Stan had just finished packing his large suitcase. He was anxious to make a new beginning and find a better place to live. He was seeking true happiness. But as he closed the latches to his overstuffed suitcase, he remembered … Continue reading →

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Is the glass half empty or half full? Don’t ask a scientist.

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

If a scientist were faced with such a question he or she would begin taking accurate measurements of the water in the glass. If these measurements determined that the water line was exactly in the middle of the glass and … Continue reading →

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Turning the Thanksgiving Turkey into an Angel of God

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Here is something to contemplate (ruminate over) as you digest your bellyful of turkey. Emanuel Swedenborg and George Gurdjieff viewed the human body, brain and mind as an apparatus for exchanging energies and substances between heaven and earth. In this … Continue reading →

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Person-level experience, values and non-physical measurement

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

One of the biggest challenges neuroscientists face is constructing a comprehensive model of human cognition from a person-level framework. Science deals with quantitative measurement, but human consciousness is messy— it deals with subjective qualities and values. We humans are all … Continue reading →

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Why is there no scientific model for consciousness?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Science cannot prove through their current methodology what human awareness is. Science cannot, therefore, develop a scientific model of consciousness. One major problem is that consciousness is subjective and personal and not available for objective, third-party scrutiny. Person-level frameworks and … Continue reading →

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The illusion of progress

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

The gist of modern education and its version of human history seem to promote the idea that we are more advanced than our earlier ancestors. One only needs to point to the miracles of modern science and technology to provide … Continue reading →

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Should the scientific theory of evolution include the spiritual transformation of the human species?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

The answer is “yes.” However, science will not be able to come to this conclusion until it straddles the challenge of understanding consciousness itself. Since human consciousness is subjective and personal, it cannot be studied objectively. Yet, nothing is more … Continue reading →

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There are terrible consequences for being a good person

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

I am not simply talking about the strange phenomena of bad behavior being rewarded over good people in our modern society, but the spiritual or “other-world” consequences of having a good conscience and living a life of goodness. Our good … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Colonialism

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Looking over a news article about plans for a gambling casino to be built next to the historic Gettysburg battlefield site inspired me to write this post. It seems as though we are experiencing a “second wave” of colonialism in … Continue reading →

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Imagine getting to choose who you are!

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

As terrestrial beings we are the result of a “genetic crapshoot” by our parents (which includes ovarian cycles and a swimming competition between millions of sperm). I am sure there are times all we wish we had been born as … Continue reading →

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