Spirituality has been replaced with self absorption,...Never,in the history of this planet, has it mattered more what you can afford, than what you can create,..politicians are severly incapacitated when it comes to fixing problems......but even if they were being sincere,......they just aren't trained to find a solution,.....they are meant only to balance a budget and declare war.The technitions de-salinate our water, technitions give us electricity, its the technitions who are moving the human race foward,...not government.....technology took us out of the dark oblivion of ignorance and gave us purpose,...but hundreds of thousands of years of technological advances have been stifled and replaced with programed entertainment............which will we choose............technological advancement or human employment,....we are in need of a massive upheaval
My interests lay only in developing the common perception of ourselves and of the world we live in,.... The minds left out are what motivate me. ..
To declare the earth's natural resources as common heritage for all people of the earth.
We must begin with everything......
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A comment on Conversation: What do you think about NDE's (near death experiences)? Is it a phenomenon that can possibly help transform our world?
In my Personal perspective, I believe we must first understand what it means to See.
Sight is one of the most peculiar of senses. For one , we don't fully understand how it works and second, what we do know,about sight,should force us to seek answers where we cannot See.This in conjunction with the "The Observation problem"(clearly proven by schrodinger and his cat), our naturally evolved senses are not up to par with what our brains are looking for.To find the answers I believe we must revisit a dying frontier, our Dreams.
This is where all conventional theories of consciousness go out the window, for one thing ...your not even conscious. Besdides that, our dreams cannot be explained...In our dreams and (according to reports)in an altered mental states we can see and experience places and things that are clearly out of physical reach of our bodies.Why?How can this happen?According to "law" we can only physically "see" something when light is reflected off of it? right?
This brings back the same question in an even more worrisome light...What is sight? Do we see what is there or do we manipulate with the very act of observing? and if so , what is it we see in the mirror? Are our experiences restricted to our physical bodies or are experience incarnate? Now Imagine that your not the only one.I am currently developing a theory and maybe you can help.Very recently science has been able to bring quantum physical objects to the visible world. This is a major step forward in find a unifying formula.Along with our obvious manipulation of the atom, we know they are massive sources of energy Look at these two facts as a child would. Everyone is full of great potential.
A comment on Conversation: What do you think about NDE's (near death experiences)? Is it a phenomenon that can possibly help transform our world?
Two very basic, very important facts need to be present at all times.
1.NDE's are experiences, therefore, all experiences originate from the interactions of the bio-chemical orchestra occurring in your brain, conducted by your brain.
2.Our brains are incredibly susceptible to psychoactive substances.
The spirit molecule. also known as DMT or (dimethyltryptamine) is the most psychoactive substance known to man.
It is found in nearly all plant species and most curious, in humans and mammals. Why? Why does our body produce psychoactive substances? and why does our body flood our brain with it right before we go to bed every night? or right before death?
Structurally DMT is analogous to seratonin neurotransmitter-(messenger of the brain) Why is this important?
Our brains receive over 100 million bits of information a second, but consciously,we are only aware of 2000 bits.
The reason for that is,in our brains exist these receptor buffers, neurotransmitters that filter the electric signals being registered.Basically,an information bodyguard ,systematically eliminating or allowing certain signals to pass. Psychoactive substances,whether it be LSD or Silocybin mushrooms,have always been shown to push these "bodyguards"out of the way, freeing the restrictions on the information our senses are receiving.This is the state our ancient ancestors would attain in order to create the correct medicine for his people, and predict climatic changes or the location of their game.We have lived like this more than any other time period ever.Due to "Civilization" all of these natural ,organic methods are lost forever.Why?
Many reports from people who experience NDE's are incredibly similar to the reports given by people who have used DMT. WHY? We can explain (chemically) how your feeling angry, what we cant explain is who is feeling angry.
The key is to connect consciousness to neurophysiology.
A reply on Conversation: Does everyone's opinion have the same value?
A reply on Conversation: Does everyone's opinion have the same value?
Our language is at the mercy of interpretation, your opinion, being the result of that interpretation.
If across the street your female neighbor has different male visitors over daily,...you could form all kinds of opinions...but would it be the right one?
I can understand how with a simple glance theses questions might not seem related but with further examination you will find that your education and the social factors around you weigh heavily on your personality and ultimately your opinions and notions.
This is so misunderstood that most personality traits are attributed to genetic transference ,which is very dangerous because it does not give credit to the true culprit...Us.
A comment on Conversation: Are you optimistic or pessimistic, and why?
These notions induce foresight. they force us to recompile all information and try to make an educated guess, then based on this guess you decide whether you "feel " good or bad about what might happen( according to you), besides, we all know how good humans are at predicting the future....
How a person Feels does not change what needs to be Done.
A comment on Conversation: Should a child be able to choose his or her own religion?
Religion steals from the intrinsic nature of love.
If you say " don't do this because god is watching"
that is a warning , a caution sign you'll never see , hear or feel..
If we teach them the incredible resource that are ideas and creativity
there would be an abundance like there never before.
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I agree, We (as a species) have caused insurmountable change on this planet from the moment of our existence...and ,as so many have expressed, some of this "damage" is going to inconveniently shorten our collective experience on our biological spaceship,...This is where my disagreement arises
We are finally in the age of scientific mastery,..this age is preceded by the age of scientific discovery(newton,Copernicus,Planck,tesla,..etc..)
In this age we can re-grow organs,We finally understand genomes to the point of manipulation,whether it be a human baby with blue eyes and triple life span and enhanced sight,hearing,memory,.or a synthetic life form capable of surviving on its own,..these masteries coupled with our exponential growth of computational processing,and nanotechnology will make our future the most unpredictable and fascinating of all ever
All of our problems require technical solutions not diplomatic debate
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I propose to Aristotle an Infinite amount of the most advanced, up-to-date flutes and distribute them using this logic.
We see a break down in the value attribution system