Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: Something out of Nothing Datum: vrijdag 5 september 2014 12:03 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 520 Amsterdam, September 5th, 2014 SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING - Where Wilber and Science Part Ways - FRANK VISSER The concept of Nothing has caught on in recent popular cosmological literature. The idea that the universe has resulted from a mysterious Nothing, is taken seriously by many physicists. What is more, Something may not only have come from Nothing, it may actually be Nothing, depending how you look at it. To the perennial question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" science would answer these days: Nothing is unstable, and Something is bound to arise, given the Universe as it is. The question is no longer the big Mystery it was thought to be, requiring spiritual explanations. How does this compare to Wilber's musings about our cosmic beginnings? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser76.html THE SUBTLETY OF PHYSICAL CUES - Exploring the Physics of Being a Psychic Surfer - DAVID LANE Today I was surfing with my wife Andrea at our local surf spot, Bolsa Chica 21 (so named because of the lifeguard tower number) when I realized what it meant to be a psychic surfer. After I caught a little wave, I was paddling back out into the lineup when I paused for a few seconds looking around at the flat ocean surface. I had a feeling, a rather convincing feeling that a large set was approaching even though I couldn’t see the horizon. I yelled over to Andrea and said “Outside!” and she hesitated and shouted back, “No, there is nothing coming.” But right then as I just getting over a little wave, a large set loomed. Andrea was quite surprised. I didn’t catch the wave as I was too far inside, but Andrea inquired, “How did you know that a wave was coming? You couldn’t see that far.” Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane80.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