Higher consciousness

The concept of this mind/body problem has prompted many philosophers to create solutions, or drawn them to determine the problem does not exist. To this day, as artificial intelligence become increasingly common, and the question of how the mind relates to the body or if it even exists becomes pertinent in relation to technology, no consensus exists. Science fiction, such as the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Measure of a Man”, often attempts to tackle this problem through their…

Buddhism. The simple difference between them is that Atman is true self, and Anatman is no-self. For most Christens Atman would be more easily understood. With Atman, it is neither mind nor body but pure consciousness. If everything is striped from the human body, it is left with just a pure consciousness or you can kind of think of it as a “soul”. Also, there is the Myself and MySelf with an uppercase…

Graphology is the study of the brains expression through an individuals handwriting. It is often referred to as a pseudoscience as it does not have the distingushible aspects of a legitimate science such as using observation and experimentation to try and prove it wrong also to ensure that the researchers do not only try and find evidence to prove it. Meanwhile, Pseudoscience’s tend to ignore conflicting evidence. The scientific paper titled “ Does Graphology Predict Personality and…

Lao tzu was a native of Ch’u which is a Honan Province. He lived in the fourth century B.C. although it is debated depending of dates of his and Confucius’ writings. He was nearly twenty years older than Confucius, who supposedly visited him once to discuss philosophy with him even though their teachings were a bit contrary. Lao tzu is known to have written the Tao Te Ching, what is seen as a sort of bible of Taoism. The book consists of slightly more than 5000 Chinese characters, and it is…

new review, set straight hypnosis myths, and covering ways that neuroscience is shedding light on hypnosis and ways hypnosis is aiding neuroscience say, “new brain imaging findings do support the contention that hypnosis is a distinct form of consciousness.” After successful hypnotic training, Oakley and Halligan, trialed mental strategies to reach “a focused and absorbed attentional state.” During the studies participants show a decreased activity in portions of the brain and an increase in…

That would not be the way to practice a spiritual discipline. After all, our prayer work is for the purpose of establishing a consciousness over time, not getting immediate gratification or demonstrating a control of conditions. “This is really the period in which you clarify your mental atmosphere.” 2) “Be as relaxed physically as you can,” There is no mental force on our part in…

individualistic, meditation centered practice, as every individual is simply attempting to access a deeper level of their self that acknowledges its own lack of self. The conscious mind simply needs to be opened to itself, in order to manifest this higher aspect of…

Nagel argues that the brain account does not incorporate consciousness but further acknowledges that mammals hold some level of consciousness, as opposed to plants such as trees, who do not have any level of consciousness. We can identify that mammals have brains and therefore have some level of consciousness and that trees do not have brains and therefore lack consciousness, returning to the physicalist viewpoint. Additionally, we do not believe trees have souls…

psychoanalytic therapy where Freud made his patients talk about their feelings and behaviour and why they behave the way they do (Wallerstein, 2002). Psychoanalytic therapy involves reliving repressed feelings, thoughts and even experience, the process includes the process of transference. Transference means the redirections of feelings or projection of attitudes and emotions from one person to another. This access of repressed feelings is gained through the use of dream interpretation…

Opposing Sigmund Freud’s concept of libido and sexuality regarding an individual’s unconsciousness, Carl Jung argued that the concept of mental energy seemed more applicable. Jung believed that dreams do not reflect a child’s unrealized wishes, but are mythological stories and images from the experiences of our ancestors. His take on psychoanalysis was called analytical psychology in which Jung expressed his ideas of the collective unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types. The collective…