EthanT's Comments

• What would you do with a book written by "God"? Jan 11, 2012

  DyckDyck,

  Once again, I answered your question. Read my second response below about the "fundamental framework of ideas/archetypes".

  That ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Jan 11, 2012

  Hi FS, Welcome Back ;-) Hope you had a good trip throughout the Himalayas!

  FS: "How can our limited science understand ...

• What would you do with a book written by "God"? Jan 10, 2012

  ProtectiveAngel,

  Yeah, Allen Watts insulted me temporarily too when I first heard that idea from him, lol.

  Sorry about that ...

• What would you do with a book written by "God"? Jan 10, 2012

  DyckDyck,

  I think we did answer your question. It's just that it's a question with no simple answer ...

• What would you do with a book written by "God"? Jan 10, 2012

  I'd like to reply this post in another way too, that is probably more of a direct answer to ...

• What would you do with a book written by "God"? Jan 10, 2012

  Alan Watts once said, "I believe the Bible should be reverently and cermoniously burned every Easter".

  A rather shocking statement ...

• Life, Death, and What Really Matters Jan 10, 2012

  oh, and nice article! ;-)

• Life, Death, and What Really Matters Jan 10, 2012

  stevew,
  "Living in the present" does not preclude having goals. After all, where/when do we set up our goals ...

• Meditation increasingly acknowledged by science, and more widely disseminated. Dec 05, 2011

  Kyrani,

  I know it's kind of a personal question but, if you didn't mind sharing, I would be ...

• Neurosurgeon has NDE Dec 01, 2011

  ugh, sometimes I really need to check my posts for typos! Amongst the others contained in this one, the title ...

• Religion and Science Unification Dec 01, 2011

  I should probably clarify what I meant when I said, “So, we’re all just a big random fluke within ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 30, 2011

  Sounds like the general consensus within the scientific community on the neutrino thing is that it will ultimately be wrong ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 30, 2011

  I’ve only studied a very little of String Theory, as far as “doing the math” goes. And, since they ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 29, 2011

  And, now for some quotes that fit the discussion, lol.

  » Those who are not shocked when they first come across ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 29, 2011

  Actually these days the most popular stand-point, or interpretation, is called "Shut Up and Calculate"

  In other words we can ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 29, 2011

  Although that is the more popular consensus (not requiring consciousness for collapse) you can always still argue that the entire ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 28, 2011

  Don't forget "Appeal to Authority"

  We might as well delete my "Quotes" thread right now, lol.

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 28, 2011

  I have to also agree that logic is objective, because it is one tool for discovering the objective Truth behind ...

• A small problem Nov 24, 2011

  Saorise,

  You're post reminded me of a comic somebody posted up at work.

  It was two scenes side-by-side.

  On ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 22, 2011

  Ariel:"I have often thought that quantum physics would provide that necessary catalyst we need to discover that no system ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 21, 2011

  After my last post I immediately thought of a common refutation of what I stated. And that is usually that ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 21, 2011

  Thanks for your post ariel.. Yes, the forum format here can definitely use some improvement ... I've got some upside ...

• Religion and Science Unification Nov 21, 2011

  "f you think "logic" is the way to go and that logic is against God, think twice. Aristotle (the founder ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 18, 2011

  Saoirse,

  I definitely agree with you that human perception and experience can be a very tricky thing to pin down ...

• Great Quotes Nov 16, 2011

  Lots of great quotes guys - thanks for sharing! I've enjoyed reading throuhg them all.

  Here's a few more ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 14, 2011

  Saorise,

  Have you ever read Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. It has a similar theme along the lines, as you ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 14, 2011

  I should probably mention too, that just because your teachers didn't actualy turn into werewolves and tear you apart ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 14, 2011

  Hi Kyrani,

  I agree with much of what you said. Including this:

  “However from what I have seen evil people ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 14, 2011

  I think you be on to something here Saorise, although forgive me if I take your thought too far, lol ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 14, 2011

  Actually, I’m a “rocket scientist” by profession. I only have a bachelor’s in physics with some graduate level ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 12, 2011

  And, one more post just to say: Thanks all for your posts. They have been thought provoking.

• Good Vs Evil Nov 12, 2011

  One other thing I should mention, is if we define the highest good as "Godly", as you state here:

  "The ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 12, 2011

  As far as the connection to Rudolph Steiner I mentioned I would make in the post below, let me add ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 12, 2011

  Hi Kyrani,

  First, let me just say I appreciate what are you trying to say about evil. In fact, I ...

• Seeing your world with new eyes: altering the senses. Nov 11, 2011

  It would be interesting to see studies done on folks who claim to have extended the wavelength detection range of ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 10, 2011

  Kyrani,

  Sounds like you took what you consider to the the most "bad", redefined that as evil. I don't ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 07, 2011

  There is another issue here that I think deserves mentioning.

  A common definition of empirical is (this one taken from ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 07, 2011

  Hi Saorise,

  Arrogant may be too strong a word (I'll blame FS for using it first, lol)

  Although it ...

• What will it take for mainstream science to accept the validity of evidence for psi phenomena? Nov 06, 2011

  Excellent point F_Alexander!

  Because this stuff is taboo, it is, by default, BS in the minds of many. Therefore, somebody ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 06, 2011

  I should probably emphasize that I am not saying, when a scientist gets a "warm fuzzy" feeling, he should use ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 06, 2011

  By the way I am jealous of both you guys - one for being in the Himalaya, and other other for ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 06, 2011

  Saoirse,

  Although I do feel what you say on experience and science is valid up to an extent, here is ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 05, 2011

  I should probably add that when you're on the cutting edge of science, there are no teachers. You've ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 05, 2011

  Saoires makes some good points.

  And, overall I agree or appreciate what you're trying to say FS. Scientists are ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Nov 04, 2011

  Well, I don’t think anybody is accepting ONLY oneness.

  The West is definitely not stuck on an impersonal form ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 04, 2011

  Well, you paraphrased what I said, which took the meaning out of it.

  Look, this whole Perfect vs. imperfect thing ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 03, 2011

  "Why then do we continue to present our limited ideas?"

  Because it's all you can do and it IS ...

• Great Quotes Nov 03, 2011

  FS, I just saw your post. I guess my 1st Aurobindo quote is rather funny in light of that. According ...

• Great Quotes Nov 03, 2011

  Sri Aurobindo has always has some good ones too, and if you ever feel like reading thousands of pages of ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 03, 2011

  I like that one too Saoirse!

• Good Vs Evil Nov 03, 2011

  The symbol of the serpent in the shape of a circle, with the head eating the tail, has always been ...

• Good Vs Evil Nov 03, 2011

  Hi mppulley,

  That has always been one “take” on the Garden of Eden.

  Man used to walk with God in ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 03, 2011

  Yes, I agree with that too, and it's what my prism analogy was trying to convey. If I understand ...

• Great Quotes Nov 03, 2011

  Saoirse,

  I think you're probably right about that and Nietzsche definitely has said some things that would make one ...

• Perfect Knowledge in an Imperfect World Nov 02, 2011

  I think the whole question of good vs. evil and "why does evil exist", are questions that indicate a matter ...

• Great Quotes Nov 02, 2011

  Good one on the Nietzsche quotes. What's your take on the following ones:

  "The Christian is the man who ...

• Great Quotes Nov 02, 2011

  I also enjoy quotes from some of the founding fathers of physics, especially the ones that show these guys had ...

• Inquiry into the RNG analysis for the events of 9/11/01 Nov 01, 2011

  Thanks for posting this Rodger. I, too, would be interested in hearing more about this.

  Usually the more data you ...

• Great Quotes Oct 31, 2011

  By the way the exact topic of the quotes doesn't really matter. Share anything inspiring ;-)

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Oct 31, 2011

  Thanks Stevew and CharlieT ;-)

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Oct 31, 2011

  Hi FS, yes, I think we are pretty much saying things along similar lines here. Since I am bored right ...

• Noetic Science mentioned on "Ancient Aliens" Oct 29, 2011

  Saoirse, that no oxygen thing gave me a good laugh. Thanks I needed that, lol.

• Links of Dean Radin commentaries and people with extended human capacities. Oct 25, 2011

  Part of my educational background is in physics, and I have spent a nice amount of time on physicsforums.com ...

• Links of Dean Radin commentaries and people with extended human capacities. Oct 21, 2011

  FallenSoul,
  Only just now saw it, but thanks for that additional link. Very interesting, indeed!

• Life after death Oct 21, 2011

  FS,

  Have you ever looked at the web site for The Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Oct 21, 2011

  I'm far from the first to do so, but I claim all knowledge is imperfect to some extent, except ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Sep 29, 2011

  Maybe using the sea analogy there is another simple way of looking at this.

  The highest commandment in the Christian ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Sep 29, 2011

  Cont from post above ...

  So, the daily drama of life and the sea must play itself out. The storm always ...

• Latest on Daryl Bem's Work Sep 27, 2011

  Hey, no worries, I appreciate the interest!

  It actually didn't occur to me, but a recent interview of Stuart ...

• Fun piece of research to confirm the act of blessing Sep 26, 2011

  I love chocolate! great study and I will also be a willing participant along with Saoirse =)

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Sep 26, 2011

  I think you have to ask what IS suffering too. According to Buddhism, the cause of suffering is fear/desire ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Sep 26, 2011

  Hi FallenSoul,
  Sorry, I didn't mean that to come across as a "challenge". I don't even really like ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Sep 26, 2011

  Slightly off tangent, but I love some of the old Indian aphorisms, and one of my favorites somewhat addresses this ...

• Links of Dean Radin commentaries and people with extended human capacities. Sep 24, 2011

  Fallensoul,

  Do you have any more resources on that guy that are in English. I couldn't understand a word ...

• Cosmos made conscious Sep 22, 2011

  Rupert Sheldrake is also interesting. Although he doesn't have a model quite as worked out as Hameroff/Penrose, he ...

• What Do We Actually Do When We Are Dead? Sep 22, 2011

  You may also want to look into Rudolph Steiner. He was a guy that could supposedly read the Akashic records ...

• What Do We Actually Do When We Are Dead? Sep 22, 2011

  I agree it does sound rather boring! lol

  But, I think part of the problem is that we view eternity ...

• Links of Dean Radin commentaries and people with extended human capacities. Sep 21, 2011

  Thanks for posting these. Looks like I have some interesting videos to watch later ;-)

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Aug 30, 2011

  It's just going to happen, like it has always happened.

  Just like going from a child to an adult ...

• Cosmos made conscious Aug 29, 2011

  From the article:

  "I would say that protoconsciousness is everywhere—that there’s a field, if you will, or the ...

• Cosmos made conscious Aug 29, 2011

  Did you see this article, currently on the front page of IONs.

  http://noetic.org/noetic/issue-thirteen-august/what-is-consciousness-hameroff/

  Stuart Hammeroff ...

• Modern Science: Breakthrough or taboo? Aug 29, 2011

  Materialistic science is just a symptom of a larger and deeper issue. Mainly, an evolution of consciousness that involved a ...

• The Science channel Aug 16, 2011

  Also, I think to say the Universe was born out of "nothing" just proves we lack imagination, or knowledge. Nothing ...

• The Science channel Aug 16, 2011

  Science is in sort of a strange place right now. If you follow it closely, you'll see a new ...

• When someone says God, what is the first thing you think of? Aug 11, 2011

  I tried this as an experiment on my wife. Told her to tell me the first thing that comes to ...

• What brings you into the present, into the absolute NOW time? Aug 11, 2011

  I also like endurance events ... trodging up the side of a mountain ... cycling .. etc. it's just you and your ...

• What brings you into the present, into the absolute NOW time? Aug 11, 2011

  rock climbing ... while 10+ feet above your last piece of protection ... its just you, the rock and a lot of ...

• What is Consciousness? A Conversation with Stuart Hameroff Aug 11, 2011

  "They’ve been finding noise when they try to detect gravity—quantum gravity, gravity waves—and that the noise repeats ...

• What is Consciousness? A Conversation with Stuart Hameroff Aug 11, 2011

  Great interview! This was an exciting read - from the confirmation of quantum processes in photosynthesis, to Anirban Bandyopadhyay experiments, to ...

• Absent-Minded Science, Part VII: What Is Life? Aug 03, 2011

  Hi Tam,

  I'll have to keep an eye out for your paper. Sounds very interesting. Your views on these ...

• Human Devolution Aug 02, 2011

  Yep. there is definitely, imho, a lot to point to the fact that the mainstream view of materialism/reductionism is ...

• Human Devolution Aug 01, 2011

  I agree with what you're saying but I don't think mainstream science would necessarily see eye-to-eye on that ...

• Collective consciousness - a New Discovery!....or is it Jul 26, 2011

  Hi Shankar,

  Yes, I have read the Mahabharata and loved it too! I've actually been thinking of reading it ...

• Collective consciousness - a New Discovery!....or is it Jul 19, 2011

  Interesting post.

  You might find the discussion in the "Simultaneous duality and nonduality" thread interesting.

  I read the Ramayana not ...

• Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable—and Couldn’t Jul 11, 2011

  "I think we all admire IONS from trying to get past that false choice. We can have both."

  Yes, most ...

• Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable—and Couldn’t Jul 07, 2011

  Good article. Here's a snippet from a forum post of mine elsewhere:

  Actually, in many ways the mainstream scientifc ...

• Absent-Minded Science, Part VII: What Is Life? Jul 07, 2011

  Great article, as have all the rest been in this series!!

  "the idea that all things have some type of ...

• Children’s Memories of Previous Lives Jul 07, 2011

  Very interesting work and interview, thanks! I'm glad to see there are people out there putting efforts into learning ...

• Science and Area 51 Jun 29, 2011

  By the way, there was a really nice show on recently. I think it was called "Area 51 Declassified" Maybe ...

• Science and Area 51 Jun 29, 2011

  I am going out to Area 51 to visit the black Mail Box and the Little Ale'in in Rachel ...

• Fundamentalist belief systems Jun 28, 2011

  Big fan of Rupert! Good video, thanks for sharing ;-)

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 28, 2011

  Hi Fallensoul , sorry for the slow response .. been very busy lately!

  Fallensoul said: "Perhaps you can very briefly give us ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 28, 2011

  FallenSoul said "The Yoga sutras are theistic and fully accept individual and supreme consciousness so not sure which verses being ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 10, 2011

  FallenSoul said: "I'm not sure I can agree with you when you say that all religious schools are the ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 05, 2011

  Fallensoul said: "This is the challenge. If what you're saying that we are "God under illusion" then we should ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 05, 2011

  Fallensoul said: "Regarding other things you've said. If a Bodhisattva is beyond the pairs of opposites but operating in ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Jun 05, 2011

  I had a discussion on this the other day, but along the lines of science and proof. Somebody claimed they ...

• Remote healing help Jun 03, 2011

  Hi Larry,

  You may want to see if Malcolm Smith comes to your area: http://www.malcolmsmithhealer.com/

  I may ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality May 25, 2011

  Hi Fallensoul,

  Thanks, interesting stuff. I'll try and express some of my views, hopefully answering some of the questions ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality May 25, 2011

  There is an interesting story by Heinrich Zimmer on the specific pair of opposites called Samsara and Nirvana, that illustrates ...

• The top of the mountain May 18, 2011

  Yes good quotes indeed. I hadn't heard the one by Amiel before - I like that one a lot.

• Absent-Minded Science, Part VI: On Natural Selection and the Universal Eros May 11, 2011

  I just read this and the next article in the series on "life". Just wanted to say these are excellent ...

• The limitations of modern science, aka "scientism" May 02, 2011

  I posted this elsewhere, thought it might be valid here

  ---------

  Well, first I agree. Science has become very important in ...

• IADC - INDUCED AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION Apr 14, 2011

  A Google search returned a few hits inlcuding Dr Botkin's site:

  http://www.induced-adc.com/about.htm

• Biomedical Research Needs a Paradigm Shift Apr 09, 2011

  very interesting article - thanks!!

• Life after death Apr 09, 2011

  Looks like Fallensoul pointed out much of what I would have said. There really is a lot of empirical evidence ...

• What can we learn from children? Apr 07, 2011

  "The best thing I ever learned from children, is not to grow up...... giggles........... "

  Amen to that :)

• What can we learn from children? Apr 07, 2011

  I watched an interesting show the other night that detailed a study done on consciounsess in children. It actually showed ...

• Is Discussion also Inquiry? Apr 02, 2011

  I always liked the little Hindu story of the blind men and the elephant. One was touching the leg and ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Mar 30, 2011

  Hi Fallensoul

  Once again, I think I agree with much of what you're saying, but perhaps we just define ...

• Alan Watts Mar 30, 2011

  Hi Fallensoul,

  I agree with what you have to say here for the most part.

  Yes, part of my background ...

• ONLY "ONE" big bang???? That is ridiculous IDEA is it not? Mar 28, 2011

  Believe it or not there actually ideas like this in physics. The craziest one I remember from when I was ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Mar 27, 2011

  Do you view God as seperate from the Universe, or the TSC?

  I only ask because, if God is the ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Mar 24, 2011

  Hi Fallensoul,

  I see where you're coming from and I always tended to view things along the same lines ...

• Alan Watts Mar 24, 2011

  repost so it is actually readable ;-)

  It seems like there are several threads out there that are pertinent to a ...

• Alan Watts Mar 24, 2011

  wow, why does it take seperate paragraphs and combine it into one like that.

  Too bad we can't edit ...

• Simultaneous duality and nonduality Mar 23, 2011

  I was going to say something similar to what's been said already:

  Fallensoul said:
  "The composition of the drop ...

• Humanity's biggest problem Mar 20, 2011

  "The first step was that we needed to recognize and respect the beings inside each of us"

  I have always ...

• Humanity's biggest problem Mar 20, 2011

  We could also look at it from the perspective that there are NO problems. And, that everything is playing out ...

• How would the world change if the was definitive proof of "God"? Mar 14, 2011

  There's "definitive" proof that the world is round, yet some people still think it is flat.

  People believe what ...

• Certain yogis have remarkable—and proven—abilities. Why does mainstream science remain skeptical? Mar 14, 2011

  Most scientists seem to feel that these abilities have never been demonstrated within proper controlled laboratory settings, and therefore they ...

• Egypt: Riding the Wave. (with video link) Mar 14, 2011

  I couldn't help but think of the following from the "Prophecies yet to come true" listed on the Edgar ...

• Ancient Cosmology: A Map of the Future? Mar 14, 2011

  I thought the first two paragraphs in this article were interesting, in that they provided a neat way to extend ...

• The Contemplative Life as Freedom: The Liberative Model of Human Development Mar 14, 2011

  Excellent article! I thought it provided a fresh and insightful viewpoint on many familar, yet often hard to fully understand ...

EthanT's Discussion Threads

• Neurosurgeon has NDE Dec 01, 2011
• Good Vs Evil Nov 03, 2011
• Great Quotes Oct 31, 2011
• Latest on Daryl Bem's Work Sep 21, 2011
• Psychics Mar 16, 2011
• Alan Watts Mar 24, 2011