I returned last night from the 126th National Convention
for the Theosophical Society. Amidst the theories, the new friends, the amazing
meals, stood truths that made my head spin and my heart open. When a quantum physicist
and an international expert on heart rate variability get together - all heaven
breaks loose. A taste of the conference
follows.
Quantum activist, Dr. Amit Goswami asserts that scientific materialism, based on Newtonian
physics, presupposes that evolution is based on the idea that everything is
matter, but the quantum activist postulates, that we don't evolve, we are the
result of the impulses of consciousness - we come into being as a result of a
nonlocal field that creates. Some call it God. The bottom line, both the fundamentalist Christians
and the scientists are wrong. They may have a few good points but mutations are
not generally beneficial so natural selection doesn't work. And really, an anthropomorphic
God should have disappeared many years ago.
Even though Dr. Goswami is a scientist, he deals with the practical as
well. For him, if it's not useful, why bother? As humans, we are not fully
developed. Humans developed the survival emotions of fear, sadness and anger. These
emotional come automatically - when needed. When the bear chases us, we don't
have to choose to feel fear, fear arises naturally. These emotional are circuits
are wired into our brains, but there's more to the story of these circuits -
there's a missing link. Our development was arrested and the human species is
stuck - we are incomplete until we develop natural circuits of love, harmony,
joy, appreciation and peace. It is really up to us as individuals to develop these
circuits, not just for our personal use, but for the betterment of humankind. As
we chose to love, forgive and stop reacting from our lower animal nature, the whole
of human kind develops these new circuits and in a few generations, these circuits
will be developed in all of humankind. Just imagine, 5 lives from now, someone
treats you poorly and your natural response is compassion, forgiveness and
empathy. We will be able to let things roll off our backs and can respond effectively
in situations, rather than reactively. We will self-regulate from more
intelligent reference points. It's up to us so let's get to the loving.
Dr. Rollin McCarty, a founding member of the Heart Math Institute,
spoke about the heart as an intelligent heart. The heart has its own
independent complex nervous system known as "the brain in the heart."
95% of the information exchanged between the brain and the heart comes from the
heart. Who would have guessed that the heart secrets hormones and puts out a
magnetic field? Wow, maybe that accounts
for attraction. You can even tell how someone is feeling by their heart rate.
We have this belief that we are completely at choice in our
lives, but not so, we are influenced by the earth's magnetic field.
Earth Monitoring
The earth even has the same magnetic
field as humans. Get out of here.
Hearth Math Institute
has global coherence monitoring systems around the world to measure solar flares
and storms. "Increased solar activity can have effects on human health and
behavior, leading to increased violence, homicide, suicide, heart attacks,
strokes, depression, fatigue and irritability. This all has been
documented in scientific literature. Not only was there research showing that
individuals are affected, but also that solar activity seems to drive an
increase in social unrest, revolutions and wars. This was first discovered by
the Russian scientist Tchijevsky in 1916."
The heart makes its own decisions and provides us with information
and intuition. When we say" listen to our hearts rather than our heads," we are
not speaking metaphorically.
After 5 days at the conference and way too little sleep, I
hope I'm making some sense. I don't even think I can edit this much less come up
with a conclusion. Enough is enough.
What I want to say from my heart is that it is amazing to join with others in discovering
infinite openings in life and new possibilities for loving, healing and living.
And those others I am writing about are phenomenal human beings. I got to be
with new friends, get hugs galore, be inspired and learn. It doesn't get any
better that.