• Michael Talbot - The Holographic Universe.  The extraordinary science writer Michael Talbot gave two superb interviews (Part One, Part Two) in 1992 about the theories covered in his book, The Holographic Universe. "Nearly everyone is familiar with holograms—three-dimensional images projected into space with the aid of a laser. Two of the world's most eminent thinkers believe that the universe itself may be a giant hologram, quite literally a kind of image or construct created, at least in part, by the human mind. University of London physicist David Bohm, a protégé of Einstein and one of the world's most respected quantum physicists, and Stanford neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, an architect of our modern understanding of the brain, have developed a remarkable new way of looking at the universe. Their theory explains not only many of the unsolved puzzles of physics but also such mysterious occurrences as telepathy, out-of-body and near-death experiences, "lucid" dreams, and even religious and mystical experiences such as feelings of cosmic unity and miraculous healings."
   
• Interview of Steve Taylor on the Spirit Matters podcast. "Steve Taylor is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in the UK and the chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. His articles and essays have been published in over 100 academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, and he blogs for Scientific American and Psychology Today. His bestselling books include Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality to Make Sense of the World and The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening. His most recent book is Extraordinary Awakenings: When Trauma Leads to Transformation. We spoke mainly about that last book and his research on what he calls “transformation through turmoil” and “shifters”—people whose struggles lead to a dramatic shift into a new, expansive identity."
   
• Evaluating the Evidence for Reincarnation, by Steve Taylor. "Research in this area was pioneered by Dr. Ian Stevenson, a psychiatrist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who spent much of his career collecting and examining such cases. Typically, between the age of 2 and 4 (with a mean age of 35 months) such children start talking about their previous life, often speaking about the events that led up to their death, and sometimes using the present tense as if their previous life was still continuing. In some cases, Stevenson was able to identify the person the child claimed to be and to verify the information by speaking to relatives of the deceased."
   
• Feeling Deeply: An Excerpt from Rituals of the Soul, By Kori Hahn "Pratyahara is a tool for connecting you to the intuitive parts of yourself so that you can know what they are communicating to you. Essentially, the more you learn to withdraw your mind from the senses on the surface and allow your concentrated gaze to move within, the more you advance your skills of feeling into your inner self...In my opinion, it is through this stage of moving within that yogis learn to perform miracles using their supernatural powers, which are called siddhis. Perhaps we could even say Einstein himself became so intuitive he created his own scholarly style of siddhi power."
   
• The Emergence of Connected Consciousness:"Something very interesting occurs when a group of jazz musicians improvises together. A number of separate individuals, all making their own decisions, act together as a whole. As the music flows, any of the musicians can take the solo spot, that leading role gliding seamlessly between the players. Who decides when the piano or trumpet player should come forward? It isn’t just the person playing that instrument, for the others have already stepped back just a little to create an opening. There are two levels of thinking happening at the same time here; choices are made from moment to moment both by the group as a whole and by the individuals within it. When people coordinate their actions through a collective thinking process, we can think of this as ‘distributed intelligence.’ No one person is in charge; the players act freely while being guided by their intention to serve the purpose of the group. " ~UpliftConnect.com
   
• The Collective Field - Together We Rise. "The strange thing about the Collective Field is that we rarely consider it, or even know that it is there yet it influences us in huge ways. It is the collective emotional, psychic energy that builds in the unconscious, just beneath the surface of our awareness and bursts into consciousness spontaneously as if it came out of nowhere. An awareness of this internal process can empower you to manifest your highest potential."~UpliftConnect.com
   
• Ascension Preparedness: Questions for the Path. "We are in a purposeful and profound passage for our Ascension. The consistent reminder has been to forge ahead with the creation of the New, rather than watch the Old Realities burn. Remember this, as entanglement in the illusions playing out become challenging for the unawakened (and for some on the path as well).” ~Sandra Walter, Collective Evolution
   

• We are all consumers of Energetic Vibration and Information ... Choose carefully...“I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  
  Updated to the 21st century ... “ I cannot remember the books, movies, television programs, music, magazines, blog posts, social media, news programs, podcasts, and speech of others that I have consumed; even so, they have made me. From moment to moment they acutely affect my thoughts and emotions and therefore determine the energetic vibration I exist at. When I am vigilant and thoughtful, I don’t allow negative words, imagery, and sound to enter my being. The result when I do this is a connection to divine consciousness which provides a harmonious life full of beauty, love, joy, and perfect health."

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