(If you are new to this blog please go to my first entry.)
The event that started me down this road was my layoff last year as a sports writer/editor. Out of boredom I started reading anything and everything that sparked my interest. I was amazed by the amount of time, effort and money people put into all the varied sub sets of existentialism that continue to surface in modern day society. The amount of time mankind spends attempting to promote the importance of each us as individuals amazes me. I understand why. Self worth and confidence are vital to ones living their life but can't we can feel good about ourselves and still recognize it is not all about us? The question I always ask people is, if we are that important why is the universe so big? There is a message there. That message may have been put there by a creator or it may just be there.
I recognize the religious implications but this blog is NOT a debate on religion. It is about reality and our understanding of it. Beyond is not the issue being discussed. Infinity is real. The topic here is are we along for the ride?
I only bring up the above to set the stage for where my mind was when I came across the research being done by Doctor Tucker at the University of Virginia. I honestly did not know that there had been any significant research done on reincarnation and I couldn't believe what I was reading. Of course there is always room for fraud in any human endeavor but birthmarks identical to wounds suffered in a purported previous life are hard to ignore. In the past year I have read everything I could get my hands on regarding reincarnation and my conclusion is the possibility exists.
There is no scientific reason to dispute it. The laws of physics support the possibility. I provide no links because those that can comprehend the physics required in order for an entity to exist in energy form don't need supporting arguments.
Doctor Tucker and others are studying the phenomena of reincarnation. I chose to focus on the process of reincarnation. I found studies on out of body experiences, suspended animation, and other mental conditions that have some connection but no studies on the process. If money can be found to study the phenomena what is the reasoning behind no one studying the process?
I see only two possibilities, There either are no tools available that allow a study to be conducted or no one wants to be the first person to tell everyone the world is round. There is good reason for the last one to be the main factor.
Religion and politics stand to lose most of their power to influence peoples lives. Look at all the religions and political beliefs that have come and gone in the course of human history. Reincarnation would be a reality that no current western religion or any current political system could survive. We lend lip service to creating a better world for our children to live in. The ball game gets a lot more serious if that becomes the world you are going to live in.
It turns out the second reason is the only reason because we do have the tools to conduct the research and this blog is my effort to get the ball rolling.
Click on the following link for the final page, "The Right Tool" , of my introduction.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Getting Started
The obvious title to this blog, plagiarism aside, is Infinity and Beyond but this blog is all about our propensity to overlook the obvious and search for deeper meanings even though the meanings we pursue have little to do with the reality we find ourselves in.
Overlooking the obvious sometimes results in terrific comedy. Jerry Seinfeld put together one of the best television shows ever done on how we complicate our lives with the problems we create for ourselves even when the solution is right in front of our face.
Buzz Lightyear's "To Infinity and Beyond!" is a perfect example of how we ignore the reality. in this case, infinity and pursue the highly improbable or impossible, beyond. Hell it even sounds good to me and I know enough about science to understand how impossible beyond is.
Many of mankind's greatest discoveries have been right under our noses waiting to be discovered. In some cases it has taken an accident or unplanned event to reveal a mystery someone was trying to solve. In all cases we had to develop the tools and the skills to understand and analyze the phenomena before recognizing the answer.
It is my hypothesis that we now have the tools and skills needed to understand what happens when we each come into existence and when our bodies die. If I am right, this new knowledge will impact every facet of our lives and mankind will have to look at reality for what it is and not what we think we want it to be.
Change doesn't come easily as the unknown provides a wealth of resources to those who seek wealth, power and notoriety. It didn't go well for you if you were among the first to suggest the world was round and the earth revolved around the sun. When it comes to physical science and technology, society is a lot more flexible than it used to be until any new knowledge impacts faith or politics. Push those boundaries and you find yourself back on a flat world. It makes a great situation comedy for television but our continued denial of reality and exhaustion of our resources pursuing the will o' wisps of the improbable and impossible diminishes us as a species and defeats the purpose of either our creation or evolution.
I fervently hope this blog will act as a catalyst to instigate research into recording what happens to the unborn in the 20th to 27th week of pregnancy. I do not have the credentials nor the finances to pursue the research. I have done all I can do researching whether we have the tools and skills to conduct the research and I believe we do. I have written several scientific groups that should be interested in pursuing this research with no success. Since I do not have any credentials I can understand why but this is far too important for me to just let it go.
At the risk of sounding too corny, this is an area where we have to, "go where no man has gone before".
Click on the following link for the next page, "It Came to Pass" , of my introduction.
Overlooking the obvious sometimes results in terrific comedy. Jerry Seinfeld put together one of the best television shows ever done on how we complicate our lives with the problems we create for ourselves even when the solution is right in front of our face.
Buzz Lightyear's "To Infinity and Beyond!" is a perfect example of how we ignore the reality. in this case, infinity and pursue the highly improbable or impossible, beyond. Hell it even sounds good to me and I know enough about science to understand how impossible beyond is.
Many of mankind's greatest discoveries have been right under our noses waiting to be discovered. In some cases it has taken an accident or unplanned event to reveal a mystery someone was trying to solve. In all cases we had to develop the tools and the skills to understand and analyze the phenomena before recognizing the answer.
It is my hypothesis that we now have the tools and skills needed to understand what happens when we each come into existence and when our bodies die. If I am right, this new knowledge will impact every facet of our lives and mankind will have to look at reality for what it is and not what we think we want it to be.
Change doesn't come easily as the unknown provides a wealth of resources to those who seek wealth, power and notoriety. It didn't go well for you if you were among the first to suggest the world was round and the earth revolved around the sun. When it comes to physical science and technology, society is a lot more flexible than it used to be until any new knowledge impacts faith or politics. Push those boundaries and you find yourself back on a flat world. It makes a great situation comedy for television but our continued denial of reality and exhaustion of our resources pursuing the will o' wisps of the improbable and impossible diminishes us as a species and defeats the purpose of either our creation or evolution.
I fervently hope this blog will act as a catalyst to instigate research into recording what happens to the unborn in the 20th to 27th week of pregnancy. I do not have the credentials nor the finances to pursue the research. I have done all I can do researching whether we have the tools and skills to conduct the research and I believe we do. I have written several scientific groups that should be interested in pursuing this research with no success. Since I do not have any credentials I can understand why but this is far too important for me to just let it go.
At the risk of sounding too corny, this is an area where we have to, "go where no man has gone before".
Click on the following link for the next page, "It Came to Pass" , of my introduction.
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