New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a professor of anesthesiology and psychology at the Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is also co-founder and director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. He is author of Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology. Since 1994, he has organized the “Toward a Science of Consciousness” conferences at the University of Arizona and elsewhere. Working with Sir Roger Penrose, he is the co-author of the Orchestrated Objective Reduction (ORCH OR) theory of consciousness.
Here he describes a current research project designed to potentially falsify the theoretical model he has been developing for the past three decades. It involves measurements of quantum superposition within tubulin molecules when stimulated with laser light. Hameroff predicts that this superposition will be found and that it will be influenced by various anesthesias in direct proportion to their potency. The conversation also explores other heuristic implications of the ORCH OR theory.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980).
(Recorded on January 14, 2015)
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A piece from a new autobiography titled: Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within…
Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence – the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future – right down to the minutest particles of dust – each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration.
‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter – I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects – including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars – none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses.
To break it down – Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists – including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them – our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant – our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma – and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory – whenever we experience or express our emotions – or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing.
The second law – Renge – Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho – these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlie all spiritual and physical existence.
The final and third part of the tri-combination – Kyo, is the Law which allows Myoho to integrate with Renge – or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter – as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication – perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists.
Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us – all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux – constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment of time than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ – the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation – rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge – and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents.
Nam, or Namu – which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives – as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives – even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances – turn them into positive ones – or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are – regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect – the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, or producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always to respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything.
NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result from any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self – this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things – such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things in a conventional way – rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within – including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need.
Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time – to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life – including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream – already exists within us.
PS2: For anyone who would like to know more about NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO, I sincerely recommend that you read Tina Turner's brand-new book: HAPPINESS BECOMES YOU
Let go, and let God – Olivia Newton-John Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Let go, and let God – Olivia Newton-John Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
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Consciousness Explained (summary)
Important:
The text was written in Spanish and translated with the Google translator. I mention it for the reader's consideration.
While this is a summary, it should be enough to clarify what Consciousness is. There are many interesting subjects, related to the topic, that are not included. I have no problem answering any questions you may have.
The material body is situated in a material environment, and carries out actions. The senses capture information from the material medium. This information activates memories in the brain, groups of neurons that store information about the individual's life history. Through this process, the information from the medium, which is captured by the senses, acquires Meaning. From this same process the Expectations of Action (Pavlov) arise.
As described, the brain manages information from the Present, the Past and an eventual future. It is reasonable to assume that the brain makes a distinction between the information it manages from the Past, Present and Future.
In the brain there are no tables, skies or trees. In the brain there is information that represents tables, skies and trees.
It is reasonable to assume that the brain administers a Mental Correlation of the Relevant Environment of the Individual, which represents what is happening, in the Present, in its relevant environment. The mental correlate of the relevant environment can be called The Reality of the Individual.
Emotions and feelings accompany every life experience, and are represented in the life experience that the brain stores. Emotions and feelings give meaning to what is perceived.
Various factors determine the time that neurons remain activated.
If by turning my head to the right I stop seeing what is happening to my left, that does not mean that what I stopped perceiving a moment ago is no longer part of the mental correlate of my relevant environment. The brain has the ability to project, in time, the state of said segment of the environment; is what Pavlov observed. If in the previous example, before turning my head to the right, I observed that my dog, some hundred meters away, was running towards me, my brain will project such an event in time. Although, as the seconds pass, such a projection will become more and more diffuse, less certain, less representative of what is happening in the material world, that does not mean that my dog will no longer be represented in a certain segment of the mental correlate of my relevant medium. It is evident that this "Actualization of the Present" is due to the brain's ability to project future states of the environment. At the same time it is clear that, in the Actualization of the Present, which arises as a consequence of the Projection of the Future, a certain degree of uncertainty is implicit. By the way, the Projection of the Future is related to expectations.
The conditions of an ever-changing environment result in the expectations that the brain previously diagrammed to face what is coming are met only to a variable degree. The Projection of the Future is constantly being updated by the brain.
In the life experience that my dog has been storing in his brain, there are "latent", as non-active memories, the biographies of countless Entities with which my dog has interacted throughout his life. His life experience, in which said entities have participated, through his daily life of him, has characterized these entities, generating in his brain a kind of utilitarian biography of each one of them.
The vast experience of my dog's life, in which I have participated, allows him to carry out, when I get home and he perceives me, a fairly accurate reading of my state of mind, which determines his actions. Indeed, when I get home, a glance is enough for him to see that I am grumpy. Then he ducks his ears and lays on the floor, his gaze fixed on me. If I'm in good spirits when I open the door, he pounces on me as soon as he sees me. His brain, according to what he perceives, activates convenient memories, which allude to information with meaning contained in the biography that he possesses of me, generating expectations of action.
We can affirm, metaphorically, that an entity "dwells" in a dog's brain that represents, as a unit, both the dog's body and the dog's interests. We will call this entity, which is represented in the brain, that is, it "dwells" in the dog's brain. By the way, using similar criteria we can affirm that a “monkey entity” lives in the human brain, or that “the monkey that inhabits us” is present in the brain.
In the Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, the East African green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) inhabits groups of 10 to 30 individuals. They emit loud cries of alarm if they spot a predator, shriek specific sounds if they go out to meet other groups, growl threateningly when fighting with individuals in their own group, and growl quietly during relaxed social relations.
According to the type of predator, it is the sound call they emit, distinguishing three in particular: leopard, eagles and snakes. The alarm that warns of the flight of the eagle, induces them to look up or to run towards the bushes; hearing the snake alarm, they stand up on their hind legs and watch the grass; leopard alarm causes monkeys to climb trees.
The moment a green monkey hears the alert by eagle, the activation of memories related to the aerial environment is reinforced, drawing with greater clarity the diffuse aerial scene that was previously being represented in its mental correlate of the relevant environment, a scene that a moment ago he played a rather secondary role in the selection of the actions he was carrying out. The evocation of an eagle activates multiple memories that represent probable scenarios for the aerial environment, in a diffuse representation of said segment of the medium, where its brain places a flying predator. The predator, who is not being directly perceived, can either be ten meters from his head, heading directly towards him, or be within a couple of hundred meters. Faced with this uncertainty, the monkey's action is oriented to raise its head in order, using its senses, to have a more accurate representation of what is happening in its relevant environment.
The contribution to their survival expectations that the green monkey obtains thanks to the alert signal heard is evident, and in this sense the use of language is highly useful. This, despite the aforementioned uncertainty, an uncertainty that can be diminished through the action of raising the head and seeing the predator. For its part, the monkey that gave the warning voice has a more limited and accurate representation, in its mental correlate, of the predator, regarding its speed and apparent distance, its direction of flight, etc. For the monkey that emits the warning signal, fleeing and finding protection is notoriously better delineated, as expectations of action, than fleeing and protecting itself is in that of its congeners at the moment they hear the warning voice. Just a fraction of a second separates a very diffuse representation of the relevant aerial environment, from that which is achieved immediately after raising the head and seeing the predator.
The monkey that gave the warning voice transmitted information from a segment of its mental correlate. Incomplete transmission of the mental representation of danger, uncertain, but potentially effective for the remaining members of his group. For their part, those who listened to the alert suddenly saw a segment of their mental correlate of the relevant environment modified, which results in a significant alteration of their action expectations. The monkey who was courting a monkey stopped doing so to direct his attention to the danger in the air; the one who was about to reach a succulent food with his hand, interrupted the movement.
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Such a great interview… you just don't get these kinds of details anywhere else. The mind as a coherent vibrational state of light in matter itself! 650 THz!
What should I follow to receive the first results of the current Orch OR falsification study?
Is it possible to buy a self-applied tFUS device? Who sells them, and where can I buy one?
This channel is a wonderful public service- validates itself and makes up for all the other detritus on you tube
Interesting interview. Why did we need such a minimal discussion of the vaccine especially as its promoting a vaccine that’s based on minimal research …
Maybe black 🕳️ holes are somehow connected to conciousness too?well if covid-19 is then it's all interconnected and aspects of the One as Plotinus would have it.
The problem I see with this is that these scientists, like most I suppose, equate what they call Consciousness with waking state of experience and make it dependent or emergent from the physical reality, albeit quantum. Hence, they make statements like “consciousness is gone”, or “we’re looking for consciousness’ in such and such, which is not the truth as elucidated in many ancient wisdom traditions.
It's the "mini-brains" research we should be watching carefully — it will evolve into the programming of lab-grown human brains.
they should check to see the brain when someone is high like me heehehehehehe
If consciousness exists in the microtubules, then you aren't really dead when your heart and brain stop functioning. Which could explain near death experiences, right ? And if they explain the near death experience phenomena, then the research does not prove life after death in any way, because the body was still intact (somewhat healthy) when they had the experience.Any comments ?
How does OBE and NDE phenomenon impact on this theory? Many people report OBE while in surgery. I have read some OBE reports where the person accurately reports events occurring in other parts of the hospital while their surgery is occurring. How can consciousness be mechanistic, if these OBE reports during surgery are true?
Brain spectral peak 613 terahertz has a wavelength of 489nm Blue-green. An Argon-ion Laser peaks around 488nm to 489nm. Since the skull is translucent, try light pumping the brain with this wavelength at various areas of the skull. Test for subjective changes in the underling brain function.
Mind blowing. Could this research lead to drugs that would increase consciousness? What would that do or feel like? Stark reality, exacerbate psychosis, Flowers for Algernon, …?
Oh, I forget to tell you all. Personally, I really appreciate the new intro with the early 80's synth theme. The old one after a while was driving me nuts!
I really resonate with the idea of microtubules as Soul/higher dimensional energy conductors, and this is corroborated by the fact that they are just one step up from the quantum realm — the first "physical" manifestation of our "biology." (But it's all energy, right? These human vessels just vibrate more slowly than the Soul/consciousness?)
I do believe microtubules are also the place/point where we (our consciousness/true selves/Souls) are in superposition with all possible versions of our human selves and perhaps even this world…
I've had some personal experiences that corroborate this…
With all due respect, no matter what current or future experiments regarding microtubules show or seem to show, I cannot see them otherwise. I am convinced we have FAR more control over our biology and even laws of physics than we've been led to believe… 💖 💛 xoxo
On another note, hats off to all these incredible men in their 70s going strong & gettin' it done! Jeffrey Mishlove, Stuart Hameroff, Lou Dobbs, President Trump 😍 etc. etc. Thank you!! Your wisdom is helping to unleash human potential as never before 🎆
Consciousness lies in a magnetic sphere around the brain using magnetites for communication to and from the brain. I'd like to treat my mom with the brain ultrasound but I don't think she would go for it. On another note the Monroe institute uses frequency to allow your consciousness to move to another dimension and I think I've been there.
What an incredible man… fasinating as always. Thank you 🙏🏻
Electrotonics!!! Might the microtubules simply impede the flow of electrotonic current? I think episodic memory might be an electrotonograph. I suspect there is a quasi-2D electrotonic wavespace between the Pia Mater and the surface of the cortex; highly variable because it's new evolutionarily speaking. A lucid self is an electrotonic pseudoparticle operating in that space. The solution to the hard problem is a deviation from homeostasis.
Does consciousness really need to be proven? This kind of research using cats, or any other kind of animal, reminds me of the vivisectionists of the 18th century who taught their students that the screams of the animals were just robotic sounds, because they were teaching that the nature of animals was robotic. It looks to me like Hameroff's "research" is junk science. Doing it for the grant money.
He completely sidesteps the question about how neurotransmission is classically understood. Also EEG is explained by voltage changes from axonal firing..clearly electrodes wouldn’t measure quantum states