Further into the ZPF

Your blogs this week were insightful and really enjoyable to read. Some of you are still confused or struggling with the scientific bent of the book, but just remember that Mctaggart didn't write this for a scientific audience, and that simply trying to grasp the basics the first time around is enough to begin thoughts and connections. Many of you, though, are making some great connections. Syeda makes associations to the "evil eye" prominent in many cultural superstitions, and the nazar. Nick brings up Ch'i and the abilities of those practicing the Martial Arts. Sarah remembers traditional science's metaphor of the brain as a "filing cabinet," but ponders the "awesome possibilites" that open up if we question this traditional stance. Both Becci and jme mention the quote,"...at the lowest level of mind and matter, each of us creates the world" -- a significant thought for the basis of this class. Danny questions whether dreams are simply a "weaker form of reality" (perhaps they are just a different form???) and asks "what's death?" can we also ask, then, what are ghosts? What, as jme refers to, is deja vu? Dusty makes the connection between the reading and the ancient "scientist" Thales, noting, too, the relavance of DNA (let us know if you find the source of the NPR segment). Hannah's word "enlightenment" for breaking into the ZPF seems to sum it all up, and the fact that breaking into the ZPF might require "work and dedication" provides a nice seguey into some of the other ideas we'll discuss in class. I look forward to next week's installment.