As much as I love the forum of ideas and sharing that such conferences as TED and D11 portray, there have been a few pretty compellingly creepy presentations. From microchipping rebellious youths with tattoos, creating cyborgs, nanobots operating human consciousness, to the innovation of hummingbird drones, there is a dizzying spectrum of technological activity apace. Miguel Nicolelis, a neuroscientist carrying out experiments on monkeys with the enthusiasm/morals of a child, …
A How-To List For Dysfunctional Living
Courtesy of the Critical Thinking Community: Most people have no notion of what it means to take charge of their lives. They don’t realize that the quality of their lives depends on the quality of their thinking. We all engage in numerous dysfunctional practices to avoid facing problems in our thinking. Consider the following and ask yourself how many of …
Eckhart Tolle: What is Awakening?
Expanded Consciousness: Eckhart Tolle: What is awakening?. Since ancient times the term awakening has been used as a kind of metaphor that points to the transformation of human consciousness. There are parables in the New Testament that speak of the importance of being awake, of not falling back to sleep. The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit word Budh, meaning, …