Alan Watts: Karma, Time, Meditation (audio)

Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Western Zen teacher Alan Watts "Way Beyond the West" via Mitch Jeserich (KPFA.org, Pacifica Free Speech Radio, Berkeley, California)

Science maps the brain, while Buddhism maps consciousness (thinkprogress.org)

 

"Mind" (citta) is heart

Karma does not mean "cause and effect." That is an unfortunate translation, a misleading oversimplification based on wanting to show that Buddhism is "scientific."

Buddhism is more than scientific. We will not experience most science we are taught, but we can personally experience all the important things Buddhism teaches.

Science class says "cause and effect," and a budding Buddhist says, "Hey, that's like what Siddhartha said!" That's very superficial and separates past from present as if they were separate. They are quite connected and unbroken, like a snake's head and tail.

Cool cats (Dee McIntosh/deemac/flickr.com)

What is the right view on this matter? Karma means "action," based on kri, "doing." What happens is our doing. What is happening to us, we are doing. It isn't happening to us. Our actions are.

• (What comes to fruit in the future and present, like it did in the past, is intentional-action). 

But this is a deep insight fraught with risk as we try to bring it into conventional language: "You mean, I did it? I'm to blame? Yada, yada, yada." Alan Watts explains it beautifully. Karma is action.

• (The tangible karmic-fruit, the phala, and the mental-resultants, the vipaka, are distinguished from the action, the karma, by the Buddha. But this is for the sake of understanding a process; in reality, they are inseparable).

• AUDIO: PLAY (download) (May 15, 2014, 10:00 am, MP3)

Proof that thoughts create our reality

Amber Larson, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Pam Grout (E-Squared); Lisa Garr (KPFK.org/TheAwareShow.com)

Look inside E-Squared (amazon.com)

Hay House author Pam Grout has a new book, E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. 

Grout talked about these nine simple experiments on the Aware Show and Coast to Coast with guest host Dave Shrader. Anyone can do these tests to prove for themselves that reality really is malleable, consciousness trumps matter, and we shape our lives with our minds. Each testable experiment can be done with little time and even less money, but what they demonstrate is enormous: Spiritual principles are as dependable as gravity.

Pam Grout goes beyond theory to 100% proof.

One experiment involves planting two seeds side by side and sending mental energy to one -- either in the form of intense thinking, prayer, emotions, or visualizations -- to see what visible effects this has. The two seedlings are physically treated in an identical manner. One is left to grow naturally. But what effect will our thoughts have on the other?

 

Pam Grout is the author of 16 books, including the best-seller E-Squared, three plays, a television series, and two iPhone apps. She writes for People, Cnngo.com, Huffington Post, and her travel blog, georgeclooneyslepthere.com. Discover more about her and her out-of-the-box take on life at pamgrout.com.

(Pure Pollino, Jan. 7, 2014) E-squared author Pam Grout talks about the DIY experiments that prove our thoughts create our reality. This book is an essential guide to achieve a deeper sense of purpose and connection to the universe. Pure Pollino Tues./Thurs., 11:00 am/PST on UBNRadio.com. Grout starts at Minute 17:30.

 

Goodwin

(Inspire Me Today Radio/Gail Lynne Goodwin) Grout is a world traveler, a loving mother, a best-selling author, a millionaire, and an inspiring witness to everyone she meets. Actually, only four of these are true so far, but that line is an affirmation she started using 20 years ago before she ever had a child, before she became a travel writer, or an author and, for that matter, before she even liked herself all that much. Evidently affirmations work, because now she can proudly say that all but one are true. Guess which one is yet to manifest.

 

Shaping Reality?

(C2C) Writer Pam Grout devised simple experiments to demonstrate that reality can be changed. She has previous personal success using intention to improve life, and now there is experimental proof to establish the concept. One basic experiment involves the principle that "there is an invisible energy force that has your back, basically." She advises readers to give this "force" a 48-hour ultimatum to provide evidence of itself. Then "keep your mind open" awaiting a sign. Grout notes that the experiment allows the experimenter to begin opening his or her mind to seeing the possibility behind the principles that shape our reality.

Seeing is believing: divest old conditioning!

Face reality? Create reality. (It's already happening!) So start consciously creating reality. E-Squared could best be described as a lab manual with simple experiments to PROVE once and for all that reality is flexible, adjusting to our thoughts. Consciousness matters more than matter. We are creating our lives with our mind, attention, and ideas. 

Neuro Summit II

Rather than taking this maxim on faith, Grout invites us to conduct nine 48-hour experiments to prove there really is a positive, loving force in the universe. Yes, we can prove it objectively.

 

The experiments, each free and finished in 48 hours, demonstrate that spiritual principles are tangible and as consistent as Newton’s laws of motion. For years, we’ve been hoping and praying that spiritual principles are true. Now, we can know. E-Squared proves the following:

1. There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities.
2. We impact the field and draw from it according to our beliefs and expectations. 
3. We, too, are a field of energy. 
4. Whatever we focus on expands.  
5. Our connection to the field provides accurate and unlimited guidance.
6. Our thoughts and consciousness impact matter. 
7. Our thoughts and consciousness provide the scaffolding for our physical body.
8. We are connected to everything and everyone else in the universe.
9. The universe is limitless, abundant, and strangely accommodating.

Lipton: Science, Spirituality, Consciousness

Wisdom Quarterly; Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. (The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution)

(Bruce Lipton) Biology of Transformation - "The Field" 2013

What part of our genome will we turn on?

Dr. Bruce Lipton is an internationally recognized authority on bridging science and spirit. His groundbreaking book The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles documents the amazing new awareness that is currently rewriting the science of biology and medicine -- awareness that the mind's perception of the environment, not genes, controls life at the cellular level. 

(BruceLipton.com)

Dr. Lipton describes his own life as "radically transformed" because of his research: "Though I sought science as an alternate to accepting spiritual truths, lessons learned revealed that life was not an issue of science OR spirituality; it was an amalgam of science AND spirituality."

Through Dr. Lipton's research and other leading-edge scientists, stunning new discoveries have been made about the interaction between mind and body and the processes by which cells receive information. 

(LegaliseFreedom1) Science, Spirituality, Global Shift in Consciousness

Suppose Darwin and the DNA model have missed something vital... something so vital that it changes the whole idea of who you really are. Suppose we are not who we are told we are. Suppose we are not separate, surviving in a dog-eat-dog world of competition and struggle. Suppose also that the DNA model is incomplete. Our human birthright is more magnificent than we are told, than we could ever imagine -- and it's all there already in our genetic make-up.

Research shows that genes and DNA do NOT control our biology. Instead, DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our thoughts. The new science of Epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter and the profound effects it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species.

In Spontaneous Evolution, Dr. Lipton and political philosopher Steve Bhaerman reveal how our changing understanding of biology will help us navigate this turbulent period in our planet's history and how each of us can participate in the global shift.

DR. LIPTON began his scientific career as a cell biologist, received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia before joining the Dept. of Anatomy at the Univ. of Wisconsin's School of Medicine in 1973. Researched muscular dystrophy with studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused on the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. His research at Stanford Univ.'s School of Medicine, between 1987 and 1992, revealed that the environment, operating through the membrane, controls behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. These discoveries, which run counter to established scientific views that life is controlled by genes, presaged one of today's most important fields of study, the scientific of epigenetics, as found in his inspiring book, Biology of Belief.

• David Wilcock: Understanding Consciousness and Universe
• AUDIO: Graham Hancock: Supernaturals, Consciousness
• AUDIO: Peter Russell on the Origin of Consciousness
• More interviews at legalise-freedom.com

Consciousness science kept secret (video)

Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; YesEthan (video)

(YE) In search of "soulmates" (at Min. 29:15), intentions, intuitions, emotions, relationships, DNA, energetic bodies, secret-science and "consciousness"

A moral compass? (DailyMail.co.uk)

Do we experience quantum communication -- the instant telegraphing of our conscious intentions with no regard for distance and time? Telepathy may be a superhuman ability, one used by shapeshifting beings (devas) and gods (brahmas), light beings on other planets and frequencies, but it is something we are or were once quite capable of using. Some of us still are, sometimes cultivated in Buddhist meditation as the "higher powers" (abhiññā). The music of the spheres may be a symphony of coherent communications, much like the cells of a healthy body. 

What's (secret) science ever done for us?

What did David Sereda, the ancient rishis, Nicolas Tesla, Bruce Lipton, Madame Blavatsky, Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Whitley Strieber, Gregg Braden, and others know? Are we actually evolving anymore, or have we actually been devolving for some time now as Michael A. Cremo points out in his extensive spiritual and archeological research? The truth is often kept top secret -- remote viewing, telekenesis, psi, ESP -- once it is confirmed by the powers that be, rather than revealing it to the masses. More peer reviewed science may be done under the strictures of government and military secrecy than all the pop science we see in journals, public university labs, and mainstream magazines. Vril, prana, chi, tachyon, torsion, zero-point physics... From coast to coast this is an unknown country. Just ask Streiber or Art Bell, but don't hold your breath waiting for George Noory to allow any actual revelations. He seems to have been inserted to downplay and manage the release of any potentially inconvenient revelations.

The Science of Mindfulness (video)

Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly; Prof. Jon Kabat-Zinn (Nour Foundation) 

Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness

Scientific inquiry (nourfoundation.com)

Many of us go through daily life on autopilot, not being fully aware of our conscious experience.

Neuroscientists Richard Davidson and Amishi Jha join Buddhist clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn (UMass) to explore the role of consciousness in mental and physical health, how we can train the mind (heart) to become more flexible and adaptable, and what cutting-edge neuroscience is revealing about the transformation of consciousness through mindfulness and contemplative practice.

This event is part of The Emerging Science of Consciousness Series (nourfoundation.com), which brings together leading experts from various fields to discuss how the latest research is challenging our understanding of the very nature and function of consciousness in our daily lives. February 6, 2013 at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Conscious Life Expo 2014; Life in Space

Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; ConsciousLifeExpo.com

Los Angeles 2014: February 7-9, LAX Airport Hilton. Be a speaker or come hear:

George Noory, Dr. Deborah King, Dr. Mario Martinez, Actah, William Henry, Dannion Brinkley, Emy Shanti, Paramahansa Jagadish, Dr. Dain Heer, Celeste Yamall, and many more

The amazing Linda Moulton Howe (EarthFiles.com) revealing the mysteries of the universe to us for hours after her talk (WQ/Conscious Life Expo, LAX Hilton, 2012)

 

8.8 Billion “Goldilocks” Planets in Milky Way

(EarthFiles.com, Nov. 11, 2013)

Of the estimated 200 billion stars in just our Milky Way Galaxy alone, scientists report that 40 billion are similar to our yellow sun. One-fifth of yellow suns have earth-size planets in the “Goldilocks” zone of temperatures to sustain life as we know it. More

 

“Just in our Milky Way galaxy alone, that's 8.8 billion throws of the biological dice.”

- Geoff Marcy, University of California, Berkeley

• 2 Million-Year-Old Skulls to Rewrite Human Evolution 
• (Nov. 23, 2013) Snowden Leak: NSA Has Infected 50,000 Computer Networks with Malicious Software
• NSA Misled FISA Court

Spirituality: 10 things to make you happier

Narada Thera (trans), Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly, Great Mangala Sutta, "Discourse on Blessings" (Sn 2.4; Khp 5) from Everyman's Ethics (BPS Wheel 14)

"Those who abide in this way ever remain invincible and established in happiness."

 

Deva full of splendor visits the forest grove

SAVATTHI, ancient India - Thus have I heard. Once upon a time a being of light, who illuminated the entire Jeta Grove around Anathapindika's monastery where the Buddha was staying, came to ask a question. 

 

The night was far spent, and this deva of surpassing splendor came before the Exalted One, saluted him, and respectfully stood to one side. He addressed the Exalted One in verse:

 

"Many devas and humans, yearning after good, have pondered happiness. [Commentary: mangala, or "blessings," means what is conducive to happiness and prosperity.] Tell me, what leads to the greatest blessing!"

(Treasures of Wisdom/earth-spirit/flickr.com)

[The Buddha answered the deva's question in 10 ways:] 1. "Not to associate with fools, to associate with the wise, to honor those worthy of honor — this is the greatest blessing.

 

2. To reside in a suitable place [not too noisy, crowded, or distracting, where good people are bent on the performance of the Ten Meritorious Deeds*, and where the Dharma exists as a living principle], to have made merit [profitable karma, good deeds] beforehand, and to set oneself in the right course [making the resolve to abandon immorality for virtue, doubt for confidence, selfishness for generosity] — this is the greatest blessing.

• *10 Wholesome Actions (kusala-kammapatha) in thought, word, deed: freeing the mind/heart of greed, anger, wrong views; avoiding speech that is untruthful, slanderous, abusive, or frivolous; avoiding killing, stealing, sexual misconduct.

3. To have much learning, to be skilled [in harmless crafts], well-trained in discipline [self-discipline in thought, word, and deed. Commentary: there are two kinds of discipline — that of the householder, which is abstaining from ten unwholesome actions and that of the monastic, which is the non-transgression of the offenses enumerated in the Path to Liberation (patimokkha, the monastic code)], and to be of good speech [speaking what is opportune, truthful, friendly, profitable, and uttered with thoughts of loving-kindness] — this is the greatest blessing.

4. To support mother and father, to cherish spouse and children, and to be engaged in a harmless livelihood — this is the greatest blessing.

 

5. To be generous in giving, to be upright in conduct, to help one's relatives, and to be blameless in action — this is the greatest blessing.

 

6. To be averse to any more unwholesomeness and to abstain from it, to refrain from intoxicants, and to be steadfast in virtue — this is the greatest blessing.

 

7. To be respectful, humble, contented, grateful, and to listen to the Dharma on suitable occasions [such as when one is harassed by unwholesome thoughts] — this is the greatest blessing.

 

8. To be patient and behaved, to associate with inspiring teachers [ascetics], and to have uplifting discussions on suitable occasions — this is the greatest blessing.

 

9. Self-restraint [suppressing greed and aversion by guarding the senses, abandoning indolence by rousing energy], a wholesome and beneficial life, the perception of the Four Noble Truths [which represent Buddhism in a nutshell], and the realization of nirvana — this is the greatest blessing.

 

10. A heart/mind undisturbed by good and ill fortune [loka-dhamma: "worldly things," conditions connected with this world, such as these eight: gain and loss, honor and dishonor, praise and blame, pain and joy], from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing.

• Each of these three expressions refers to the mind of a fully enlightened individual: sorrowless, stainless (free of lust, hate, delusion), security from the bonds of sensual cravings, rebirth, wrong views, and ignorance.

Those who abide in this way ever remain invincible and established in happiness. These are life's greatest blessings."