Indicators of Stress, Consciousness from Nothingness & Reviews of Near Death Experiences

Non-invasive Indicators of Stress and Bioenergy Disruption & Benefit of Meditation in Relieving Stress by Pradeep B. Deshpande, Konstantin Korotkov

The bioenergy field of seven individuals known to be suffering from chronically high stress levels was measured with a gas-discharge-visualization (GDV) device revealing that their bioenergy fields were severely disrupted recording high to very high numerical values of stress levels and severely off-balance chakras. Stress is known to be a marker for a number of ailments and has been shown to have a negative effect on aging. Since meditation has been shown to reverse the negative effect of stress, the information reported in this paper nicely supplements and complements traditional medical approaches to illnesses and should be useful in the light of the ever-increasing healthcare costs. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/400

Consciousness from Nothingness by Alex Vary

This paper explores the theoretically instantaneous stochastic inauguration and evolution of the cosmos and the parallel emergence of human consciousness from nothingness. The reality of the energetic substratum as the foundation of the physiostratum and the cosmos is evident. The emergence of sentient life and human consciousness seems to be the result of negentropy and an improbable interweaving of chance and choice. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/401

Near Death Experiences & Afterlife in Religions (Part I) by Kamel B. Salem

As the intensive care techniques improve, more and more patients are brought back to life from the frontier of clinical death. Some of them tell about their significantly intense experience when they seem to live and function outside their body. First, we shall present the various stages of a near death experience (NDE). We shall particularly explain why the observed phenomena during an NDE are troubling and destabilizing for the adepts of certain religions. Second, we shall analyze and interpret these phenomena according to different points of view. We then discuss life in the hereafter and exhibit some of its properties. In this paper we shall also raise the issue of premonitory dreams which constitute a mystery for scientists. Part I of this two-part article includes: 1. Introduction; 2. The Main Stages of the Experience on the Brink of Death; 3. Assessment & Interpretation of the Facts Observed during an NDE. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/402

Near Death Experiences & Afterlife in Religions (Part II) by Kamel B. Salem

As the intensive care techniques improve, more and more patients are brought back to life from the frontier of clinical death. Some of them tell about their significantly intense experience when they seem to live and function outside their body. First, we shall present the various stages of a near death experience (NDE). We shall particularly explain why the observed phenomena during an NDE are troubling and destabilizing for the adepts of certain religions. Second, we shall analyze and interpret these phenomena according to different points of view. We then discuss life in the hereafter and exhibit some of its properties. In this paper we shall also raise the issue of premonitory dreams which constitute a mystery for scientists. Part II of this two-part article includes: 4. Life after Death according to the Holy Scriptures; 5. Conclusions; and References. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/403

Knowing & knowing by Steven E. Kaufman

The Knowledge that the Formless gives is the Consciousness of Itself - Formlessness apprehending Formlessness. The knowledge that form gives is the Consciousness of an object - the Consciousness of a form - Formlessness apprehending form. Thus, both Knowledge and knowledge are apprehended by the same Formlessness. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/404

At One with All Life by Steven E. Kaufman

At One with all Life. No longer just a concept, but the direct Realization of the indivisible Formlessness that just Is. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/405