Notes From Human by Design by Gregg Braden It is mathematically impossible for the genetic code of life to have emerged through the process of evolution alone. Astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle described the equivalent of a tornado sweeping through a junkyard and assembling a jetliner from scattered debris. If we’re the result of something more…
Prayer (Notes)
“Prayer is communication from one’s heart to God.” -Anne Lamont From 21 Days of Prayer to Change Your Life by Angela Montano Prayer is deepest spiritual instinct and our greatest technology. Prayer is a spiritual practice that has existed long before religions were formed. It is the language of our hearts. Our simple practice is…
Proof of Heaven (Notes)
by Dr. Eben Alexander There is, some say, in God a deep but dazzling darkness. Black but holy darkness of the Core. Many universes, love lay at the center. Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible and without free will there could be no growth, no forward movement, no chance for us…
Your Deceptive Mind: A scientific guide to critical thinking skills (Notes)
Great Courses by Steven Novella, M.D. Maximize probability of being correct while being open to new ideas. Be on guard with controversial subjects frequently covered in media, such as: psychics ESP tricks UFO’s/ghosts/Big Foot astrology – false patterns, data mining pseudoscience conspiracy theories cults evolution deniers September 11 and Kennedy/Lincoln out of body experience (oxygen…
Failed It! (Notes)
Failed It!: How to Turn Mistakes Into Ideas and Other Advice for Successfully Screwing Upby Erik Kessels Your mistakes can change the world. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett Make mistakes every day. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm….
Power of Nunchi (Notes)
by Euny Hong Nunchi is the art of creating round pleasant atmosphere in which everyone benefits: subtle art of gauging other people’s thoughts and feelings to build harmony, trust and connection art of reading a room and understanding what others are thinking and feeling context – body language, facial expressions, tradition, who else is in…
Mysticism (Notes)
Mysticism is antidote to fundamentalism. Rick Dorbin MAPS Not just believe in God but through direct experience come to know God. By deepening contact with Real Self that dwells in God. (Unknown) Mystical experience is typically described as dissolution of one’s ego followed by a sense of merging with Nature or universe. Noetic quality –…
Dr. Brene Brown (Notes)
Scarcity Elements Shame prone culture {scarcity thrives in shame prone culture of deep scarcity (never enough)} painful belief we are unlovable we are flawed and unworthy of love & belonging we experience shame as trauma shame based fear of being ordinary Comparison vulnerable to scarcity Disengagement Oppositie of scarcity isn’t abundance, it’s wholeheartedness, which at…
Dr. Martin Luther King (Notes)
Nonviolent Social Change Deep faith that justice will win. Do not seek to humiliate opponent but to call forth the good in the opponent. Nonviolence seeks friendship and understanding of the opponent.
Thomas Merton (Notes)
Very simple way of prayer…centered entirely on attention to the presence of God Adoring God as indivisible and infinitely beyond our comprehension Direct seeking of the face of the invisible, which cannot be found unless we become lost in God who is Invisible (from Hidden Ground of Love) Contemplation is becoming aware of how I…