Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Experiments Suggest Life Not a One-Time Deal

Reincarnation is the belief that one has lived before and will live again in another body after death. Robert Lanza, considered one of the leading scientists in the world, says that scientific experiments suggest that this ancient belief may be correct.
We think we die and rot into the ground, and thus must squeeze everything in before it's too late. If life -- yours, mine -- is a just a one-time deal, then we're as likely to be screwed as pampered. But experiments suggest this view of the world may be wrong.

The results of quantum physics confirm that observations can't be predicted absolutely. Instead, there's a range of possible observations each with a different probability. One mainstream explanation, the "many-worlds" interpretation, states that there are an infinite number of universes (the "multiverse"). Everything that can possibly happen occurs in some universe. The old mechanical -- "we're just a bunch of atoms" −- view of life loses its grip in these scenarios. Read more

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Spiritual Sex: 10 Erotic Commandments

Thomas Moore tell how to discover the sacred unity of body and soul when it comes to sex.
People blame philosopher René Descartes for the modern idea that spirit and body are two separate and antagonistic entities. I don't. I think making this division is an age-old trap. It takes work to see clearly that you need your physical senses to be a spiritual person, and that you need a spiritual acceptance of life's goodness to be profoundly sensual and sexual.

When you finally get body and spirit together—Renaissance writers said you need to be a person of soul to do this—you will discover greater joy in lovemaking. It makes sense: If you are a whole person made up of body, soul, and spirit, when you make love with only your body, you're getting only one third of the sex. Spirit and soul like sex, too, and they add immensely to the pleasure. Read more