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Thrive

Thrive is a video documentary and commentary that presents a lot of food for thought and serious consideration, regarding the present state of the world and humanity. I invite you to view the video, if you haven’t yet, and … Continue reading →

Video | Posted on June 1, 2013 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways | Tagged Ascension, awakening, awareness, belief, brain, change, consciousness, darkness, enlightenment, evolution, food for thought, human condition, illumination, life, mind, perception, reality, science, spirituality, transformation, universe, video | Leave a comment

Through the Wormhole: “Is There a Creator?”

The video above is the episode titled Is There a Creator? from the science program series Through the Wormhole, hosted by actor Morgan Freeman. It will stimulate your mind into thinking about how the episode’s various scientific conjectures approximate the … Continue reading →

Video | Posted on May 17, 2013 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways | Tagged awareness, brain, consciousness, cosmology, cosmos, creation, creator, experience, God, meditation, mind, Morgan Freeman, mysticism, neuroscience, Oneness, reality, religion, science, self, Spirit, spirituality, Through the Wormhole, universe | 2 Comments

Jeremy Narby and The Cosmic Serpent

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

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I was listening to public radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge (TTBOOK) program today, which featured a very interesting interview of anthropologist, author and researcher Jeremy Narby. In the interview, Narby talks about his experience with the powerful hallucinogen … Continue reading →

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The Mysticism of “The Phantom of the Opera”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Any form or thing can be, and is, a reflection of Spirit, and, as Zen teaches, any activity can become a meditation. When I began to listen intently to the lyrics of the love songs in the stage musical “The … Continue reading →

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The Secret You

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Who are you? What makes you aware? Watch this documentary and see how science is trying to understand awareness in the course of its search for consciousness. Check out our related other blogs: Dr. Alexander’s NDE Baby Minds Mind … Continue reading →

Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mind, Mysticism | Tagged action, awareness, babies, baby, body, brain, brain imaging, brain scan, coma, comatose, consciousness, documentary, emotions, experience, fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, functional MRI, life, magnetic resonance imaging, mental, mind, mirror, MRI, neuroscience, out-of-body, perception, reality, recognition, scan, self, self-awareness, selfhood, sleep, soul, spirituality, thinking, thoughts, unconscious | Leave a comment

Dr. Alexander’s NDE

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Facsimile of Dr. Eben Alexander's book, "Proof of Heaven"

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Would you call the NDE (Near-Death Experience) testimony of a credentialed, respectable medical professional a mental episode of pure fantasy or even sheer lunacy? Meet Dr. Eben Alexander. A successful neurosurgeon, who has taught at Harvard Medical School and other … Continue reading →

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Baby Minds

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

[The following shared post is reblogged from a post dated May 1, 2012, published by anthropologist Meredith F. Small at her Web site The Anthropology of Everyday Life. She shares with us some fascinating insights into what goes on inside … Continue reading →

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Mind and Brain: “Why Consciousness” on Public Radio

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

I recently reported about the quantum theory of consciousness in our recent post “Has Science Discovered the Soul?” here at The Mystical Path. Then I came across the Mind and Brain episode of the PRI public radio program “To The … Continue reading →

Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mind, Mysticism, The Mystical Life | Tagged agnostic, agnosticism, atheism, atheist, belief, brain, brain cell, british physicist, Buddhist, consciousness, cosmos, death, dying, experience, fabric of the universe, Hindu, ideas, microtubules, mind, mysticism, neurons, neuroscience, Oneness, philosophy, process, public radio program, quantum consciousness, quantum consciousness theory, quantum gravity, quantum information, religion, Roger Penrose, science, sir roger penrose, soul, spiritual, spirituality, steve paulson, universe | 1 Comment

Has Science Discovered the Soul?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

An American doctor, Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and a British physicist, Sir Roger Penrose, have proposed a ground-breaking quantum … Continue reading →

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7 Reasons You Should Meditate

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

An article at LiveScience lists the following reasons why one should take up meditation: Reduces pain perception Improves your sex life Helps avoid mental traps that drag out problem solving Boosts mental toughness against the debilitating effects of some emotional … Continue reading →

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