Only the Autodidact is Free
Philosophers have always distrusted language for its slipperiness, its overuse, its propensity to deceive. Yet many of those same critics have devised the most inventive terms to describe things no one had ever seen. The Philosopher’s Stone, the aether, miasmas—images that made the ineffable concrete, if still invisibly gaseous. It’s important for us to see […]
A Dictionary of Words Invented to…
Jeff Warren – Could quietening the mind be possible in our faced-paced, Western lives? Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/29/a-scientists-spiritual-awakening/…
Mavis Pittilla was initially a reluctant psychic. After a strange experience she began to see dead people Sixth Sense style and didn’t like it! On this episode of Mysterious Universe we follow her incredible story which involves psychic interactions with helper spirits and time portals in far away lands. Then in our Plus+ extension we… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/21-16-mu-podcast/…
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Gary Z McGee – Many of us go through life thinking happiness is the be-all, end-all; the ultimate prize. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/21/north-of-happiness-5-states-of-being-that-will-launch-you-past-happiness/…
As the Earth radically changes, what happens to the wisdom that it has to offer us?
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Scientists hooked 32 dead pig brains up to a machine to revive them. And it worked. Around 15 minutes after a mammal’s brain is cut off from oxygen, the organ is supposed to die. Without life-giving oxygen, the cells of the brain quickly starve. Some of the cells burst open, while the chemistry of others… Continue reading Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”
