Internal Excellence, Mindful Reflections & That Which Becomes

Enhancement of Internal Excellence & Its Measurement by Pradeep B. Deshpande

In the article, the author describes and discusses his experimentations on enhancing internal excellence. The state of chakras has been selected for scrutiny in this investigation. If the chakras are on target, the rest of the system should be equally good. The notion of chakras, or energy channels, is an ancient Indian concept developed thousands of years ago. There are seven chakras, whose state is correlated with energies of the ten fingers. When the appropriate fingers of the right hand and the left both have the correct amount of energy, the associated chakra will be of the correct size and perfectly aligned at the central vertical line. The state of the chakras is influenced by both the physiological and psychoemotional state of the subject and so this is a 2-input 1-output problem. When the emotions come under control - they will with meditation, it will reduce to a 1-input 1-output problem. The selected meditation process should address both the size of all the chakras, and their balance, meaning closeness to the central line. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/417

Why Us: Trespassing on an Anthropic Lawn (Part I & II) by Graham P. Smetham

Mindful reflections upon a metaphysically misguided materialist advertising campaign: Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything by Amanda Gefter. Gefter, New Scientist book reviews editor, presents a philosophically confused account of current quantum metaphysics because she adheres to an out of date materialist metaphysics and claims that, whilst observers in some way create reality, the process does not involve consciousness. Her claims are shown to be invalid, the various quantum metaphysical perspectives she covers are shown to require consciousness as fundamental. For Part I, see http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/418 ; for Part II, see http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/419

That Which Becomes by Steven E. Kaufman

That which becomes is the Formless whereas that which the Formless causes to exist and knows as experience is form. When That which becomes knows Itself as the Formless there is then no delusion. But when That which becomes knows itself as form there is then only delusion. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/420

There Is No Material World by Steven E. Kaufman

The Formless is itself just a word, just a form, just a post-it note, used to point toward That which is beyond form and so beyond naming. Call what is actually there where form appears to be whatever you want. It is not that. That is why there is no material world, other than as an idea, an experience, a form, that arises within the Formlessness by which all form is known and by which all form is created. The material world is just a story, a certain arrangement of forms, that people tell each other to try and explain the world of form. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/421

Awareness, Illusion & Form by Steven E. Kaufman

Forms that arise within Awareness do not hide Awareness from Itself unless Awareness mistakes those forms for what is actually there where they only appear to be, and in so doing also mistakes those forms for itself. This is how Awareness becomes hidden from Itself. Not because Awareness isn't there, but only because Awareness mistakes what only seems to be there for what is actually there. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/422

Stories by Steven E. Kaufman

Religion tells a story about What Is Actually There. Science tells a different story about What Is Actually There. Lao Tzu also told a story about What Is Actually There. Lao Tzu knew that he was only telling a story about What Is Actually There. Religion and science, on the other hand, each believe they have captured, in their stories, What Is Actually There. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/424

The Problem with the Universe from Nothing (Part II) by Himangsu S. Pal

Scientists have shown how the total matter-energy content of the universe has always remained zero. If the universe appeared out of nothing, initially there was no space, time, matter and energy. However, we are not satisfied with this explanation and want to know how the total space-time content of the universe has always remained zero. Otherwise, scientists will have to explain as to whence appeared the extra residual space-time that was not already there at the beginning. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/425

Will There Be a Physical Explanation for 'X', if 'X' Is Not Physically Real? by Himangsu S. Pal

The two most common attributes of God that can be found in various religions throughout the world are his spacelessness and timelessness. Now by very simple reasoning it can be shown that the existence of a spaceless and timeless being in this universe implies the relativity of space and time. Now, if some scientists think that this timeless state or being has no physical reality, then we may ask them the question: Will there ever be any physical explanation for ‘X’, if ‘X’ is not physically real? See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/426

Passion Leads to Professionalism by Domadal Pramod

In this essay, I would like to present a collection of my observations and views about passion which leads to professionalism in one’s life. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/427