Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zondag 18 maart 2012 19:14 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Life After Death INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 392 Amsterdam, March 18th, 2012 THE ALLEGED PHENOMENON OF LIFE AFTER DEATH - 1st Person/2nd Person amd 3rd Person Integrated Perspectives - ELLIOT BENJAMIN This in fact was the research perspective in which I engaged in my recent Ph.D. psychology dissertation: An Experiential Exploration of the Possibility of Life after Death through the Ostensible Communications of Mediums with Deceased Persons [12]. I interviewed mediums to learn about their experiences in receiving ostensible afterlife communications (2nd person research), I engaged in experiential sessions/sittings with these mediums to explore my own understanding of alleged afterlife communications (1st person research), and I did an extensive review of the literature to understand the arguments and theories of both advocates and counteradvocates (skeptics) regarding the authenticity of the alleged phenomenon of life after death (3rd person research). Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin36.html KEN WILBER'S EVOLUTIONARY VIEW GETS A TRIM WITH OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Part III: The Emergence of Consciousness Over the Course of Evolution - DON SALMON Some say consciousness was there at the beginning, and exists throughout the universe. Physicist Freeman Dyson, describing the mysterious discoveries of quantum physics, writes "[a]toms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum mechanics. It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom."[2] In contrast, others like psychologist Susan Blackmore and philosopher Paul Churchland advise us to be realistic and face the fact that consciousness does not really exist anywhere, that it is nothing more than a word that describes a particular activity of the brain. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/salmon11.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html