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12 4 2014 ~The traditional five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – are these the only ways to perceive the world, to gain information, to experience reality?

In fact there are more than five senses, taking different forms, in various types of organisms, including humans. For instance, humans can also sense balance and acceleration, temperature, and pain due to nerve damage. There are other types of physiological receptors as well, some found in humans, some found in other organisms. To cite just a few examples, directional awareness based on Earth’s magnetic field occurs in birds and bacteria, various species of fishes as well as dolphins can detect electric fields, and for many types of fishes water pressure detection used to maintain buoyancy is critical.

But is there something more than the sorts of physiological-based senses described in the last paragraph? The answer to this question is of profound importance, as it fundamentally divides the world into two philosophical and metaphysical camps.

On the one hand we have the “physicalists-materialists” who believe there is nothing more to reality beyond matter and energy as construed by classical physics and western science more generally. This position devolves to a dogmatic scientism (sometimes referred to as naturalism) that posits the so-called scientific method, involving empiricism, observations, and laboratory experiments (generally with a heavy emphasis on measurements), as the only way to gain knowledge.

On the other hand, in sharp contrast to extreme scientism, are found a wide array of “ways of knowing.” These include a diverse range of experiences with equally diverse labels: religious insight, ecstasy, spiritual knowledge, meditative contemplation, divine illumination, aesthetic and symbolic revelation, visionary trances, out-of-body experiences, soul travelling, channelling of supernormal entities, and so forth.

In sum, scientism is often contrasted with spirituality, religiosity, and the preternatural, supernatural, or supersensitive in all of their disparate forms. Another way of putting this is that scientism denies any inner or beyond this material world aspects, such as the concept of consciousness, that are divorced from or in addition to physical matter and energy as perceived either directly or indirectly (using appropriate instrumentation) via the five senses. Those following the dogmatism of scientism often make a sharp distinction between the objective and the subjective; based on my research, this is a false dichotomy that often blurs under close scrutiny.

In terms of the mind-body problem, scientism essentially denies that consciousness is anything more than an epiphenomenon arising from physical-chemical processes taking place in the brain. The alternative extreme view is that consciousness exists outside of and beyond matter, and it is consciousness that in fact infuses the universe and makes matter manifest. Based on his understanding of modern physics, Amit Goswami (author of a standard textbook on quantum mechanics) has written:

“I propose that the universe exists as formless potentia in myriad possible branches in the transcendent domain and becomes manifest only when observed by conscious beings.”

It is not only from a quantum mechanical point of view that one can reach the conclusion that consciousness may be prior to matter. Erik Verlinde (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam) developed a new theory of gravity based on the concept that the universe is essentially a holograph where the structure of space-time emerges from information. Elaborating on Verlinde’s work, I came to the following conclusion:

“The most fundamental aspect of the universe… is information. Information can be equated with thought or mind or mental constructs independent of any material everyday conception…. The universe of mass and energy and forces, as we experience it on an everyday practical level, may have had its origin in a thought that inserted information into an otherwise blank (data free) holographic system…. Inserting more thoughts, more information, expands and changes the system…”

For me the bottom line is that not only can consciousness exist independent of matter, but consciousness – thought, information – is prior to matter in a most fundamental sense. This position is diametrically opposed to dogmatic scientism and opens, even demands, the acknowledgment that not only is there more to reality than can be perceived by the “five senses,” but in order to gain a complete picture and understanding of reality we must gain knowledge in ways that go well beyond the five senses, beyond the simplistic so-called scientific method. We need philosophical, religious, transcendent experiences and the genuine knowledge such experiences bring. Those who limit themselves to their material physiology can never aspire to understand the ultimate nature and meaning of the universe.

This assertion that consciousness is beyond matter is not just an empty statement for me. We have latent powers to exercise, and such powers have been expressed in a variety of contexts through the ages. Various forms of paranormal and parapsychological experiences elicit and highlight these latent powers, most often expressed as telepathic interactions (direct mind-to-mind, direct consciousness-to-consciousness, connections) or psychokinetic interactions (consciousness directly affecting matter and energy).

Make no mistake; telepathy and psychokinesis are genuine. Remote viewing, which is essentially telepathy and clairvoyance dressed in modern terminology, has been successfully demonstrated over and over again under controlled laboratory conditions.

Indeed, telepathy may be the most fundamental way to connect directly with the universal consciousness, with the numinous, with the divine. What is silent prayer but telepathy put to action to communicate with one’s god?

Numerous techniques can be used to cultivate and elicit paranormal experiences, experiences that scientism either dismisses or fails to take seriously, and these have been developed within many different religious and cultural contexts, from the rituals of tribal African societies to the yogis of the Indian subcontinent to Zen practitioners to classic shamanism to séances in all their diverse forms to western occult and esoteric studies. All, at their core, elicit different but complementary ways of gaining access to legitimate knowledge that is beyond the five senses.

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  • Thanx for sharing your insight, Nancy... I completely agree :-)

  • & thank you for always sharing your Light, Gailene. ~ In Lak'ech Ala K'in 555

  • Humanity stands on the cusp of... 

    'A Return to Our Belonging'

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  • So many people believe that many of these things are 'magic' but this is who we are and a part of our abilities. We are much greater and more powerful than we've been led to believe.

    Time for awakening is now

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    • Love Is The Answer

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      Our Deepest Fear

      Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 
      Our deepest fear is that we are Powerful beyond measure. 
      It is our Light, not our darkness
      That most frightens us. 

      We ask ourselves
      Who am I to be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, Fabulous?
      Actually, who are you not to be? 
      You are a child of God. 

      Your playing small 
      Does not serve the world. 
      There's nothing enlightened about shrinking 
      So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

      We are all meant to shine, 
      As children do. 
      We were born to make manifest 
      The glory of God that is within us. 

      It's not just in some of us; 
      It's in everyone.

      And as we let our own Light shine, 
      We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. 
      As we're liberated from our own fear, 
      Our presence automatically liberates others.

      by  Marianne Williamson / Nelson Mandela

      • 8115104289?profile=originalYes, Stick love IS the answer. What Marianne Williamson / Nelson Mandela says is so true and beautiful...now if we could just override our years / lifetimes of programming...to know it...to believe it. Thank you for sharing that beautiful wisdom....this is exactly what we should be teaching our children...to let them know they are unlimited powerful human beings and it's all through the love that they are.

        • Absolutely, Avatar... the time is Now ;-)

  • ...Nice Post Stick <3...

    • It resonated for me as well, Sky...

      thank you for  b e i n g  You! ;-)

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  • excellent article....indeed there is more than meets the eye..

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