Feb 3 2012

The Evolutionary Worldview

John Stuart is among many of the pioneers who are helping us understand the evolutionary worldview in a meaningful and truly spectacular fashion. So often we hear about evolution and think that it is a meaningless and hopeless perspective. It’s all just random? It’s all just a big fluke? And while there is randomness and luck involved in our universe, this explanation does not satisfy a human mind that seeks meaning. We are meaning making creatures and therefore a worldview that is based on meaninglessness is deeply unsatisfying.

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Nov 6 2011

A New Understanding of our Universe

We are living in an unprecedented time: a new universe is being revealed to us thanks to the efforts of an incalculable number of humans who have dedicated themselves to the scientific enterprise and to understanding reality through evidence. This beautiful four-part lecture is profound in its breadth as well as implications. While the scientific language and method can sometimes seem cold and devoid of meaning, this is a misunderstanding.

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Sep 13 2011

Energy Therapy or Binaural Meditation

Over the years, scientists have begun to explore how meditation affects the brain. Many fascinating studies have sought to understand how the various brain waves (e.g. beta, alpha, theta and delta – and even gamma) are activated during meditation practice. Essentially, Western scientists with access to EEG machines and/or other brain monitoring devices, invited long-term meditators (i.e. Tibetan Buddhists who have meditated for 30+ years) to sit down and have their brains monitored. Many interesting results have come forth from this research.

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