For most of the modern scientific era, the proposition that human consciousness survives bodily death has been treated primarily as a matter of religious belief rather than empirical knowledge. The prevailing materialist assumption has been that the brain produces consciousness and that, when the brain dies, consciousness necessarily ceases with it. Yet what science has…
This article is likely one of the most emotionally challenging I have written. It is based upon phenomena I am witnessing in the world which I believe is moving dangerously closer to its own destruction. I am witnessing it especially through the algorithmic patterns of media and social media. Introduction There are moments when human…
We are all witnesses to the deep divisions and polarisation tearing apart local and national communities, as well as the global community. Political movements, the media and its constant breaking news, dogmatic ideologies, avaricious corporatism, superficial social media and corrosive algorithms are among the toxic forces encouraging us to decide quickly who is right and…
I am writing this article from the wellsprings of my intuitive sensing. Its focus is based less upon my usual research focused approach to writing and more from a visionary impression that has been growing in my field of awareness for a long time. I recently began reflecting on the wisdom of the medieval mystic…
So many luminous souls who have gone before us have offered us the key to true discernment. Meister Eckhart was one of them and, in my view, was far ahead of, and went far beyond, Ignatius of Loyola. Meister Eckhart paid a considerable price for teaching that the “Uncreated Light” present within every soul is…
AI safety engineer Mrinank Sharma has resigned from the multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence corporation Anthropic, declaring that “the world is falling apart and is in peril.” In leaving behind his career in AI development to become a poet and coach, Sharma is stepping away from the machinery of technological progress and into a life of creative human encounter. His departure feels…
There is light that is more luminous than billions of stars. This light resides deep within our consciousness, but remains largely unseen in this universe because the egos eyes cannot comprehend it. The light is manifest in this world through the giving and receiving of love and compassion. These radiate our true luminous nature into…
Dr Iya Whiteley is a Space Psychologist & Director for the Centre for Space Medicine, at University College London. She works with the psychological needs of astronauts who must to acclimatise to the strange environment of space for long stretches of time. She described to author, Dr Diana Pasluka, how most astronauts who for the…
In Mahayana Buddhism there are beautiful devotions to maternal, compassionate, deities. These deities are not actual gods but are representations of our true, divine, and compassionate nature, which exists beyond illusory ego identity. The ‘Tara’ is a maternal deity who represents a state of profound loving kindness. She is a maternal, compassionate being devoted to…