Darwin’s Lost Theory of Love

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Back in the year 2000, I interviewed psychologist, evolution theorist, and systems scientist David Loye about his book Darwin’s Lost Theory Of Love: A Healing Vision For The New Century. The interview appeared in Magical Blend magazine. I recently came across it, and decided that it deserved more attention than it had received. David Loye published the book via iUniverse.com. I don’t know whether it is still available. I hope so.

Darwin’s lost theory of love

During his research into evolutionary theory and scientific foundations of morality, David Loye found that whereas in The Origin Of Species, natural selection theorist Charles Darwin did focus on pre-human evolution, in The Descent Of Man, he concluded that morality and conscience are “by far the most important” elements in human evolution. In Descent, Darwin says he “perhaps attributed too much to the action of natural selection or survival of the fittest.” Yet this crucial information was neglected by scientists over the past 100 years who chose instead to focus only on Darwin’s theory of evolution, which did not include God or religion as a prime motivator beyond natural selection.

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Ventura/3 a.m.: Toast on a Park Bench

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MICHAEL VENTURA

LETTERS AT 3AM –

TO SIT ON A PARK BENCH

Austin Chronicle – April 4, 2014

   Every generation is like a ship casting off under sealed orders, on a mission fraught with dangers, and only the captain knows the truth: There will be no survivors.

That’s the thing about getting old: One day you look around at your contemporaries and it dawns on you that there were will be no survivors. One by one, you’re all going down.

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Portuguese Navy Investigating Underwater Pyramid

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Sometimes sentences are misleading, but read this, from the report: “According to claims, the structure is said to be perfectly squared and oriented by the cardinal points. Current estimates obtained using GPS digital technology put the height at 60 meters with a base of 8000 square meters. The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute of the Navy currently has the job of analyzing the data to determine whether or not the structure is man-made.”

Now, the story if you read it carefully doesn’t quite say that the pyramid IS perfectly squared, etc. But I should think that anyone who even glanced at the underwater photo in this story could not have any doubt about “whether or not the structure is man-made.” Who else could have made it? Dolphins? Extraterrestrials?

http://worldtruth.tv/underwater-pyramid-found-near-portugal-has-portuguese-navy-investigating-2/

New Dawn article on the year ahead

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For this year’s issue, as for last year’s, New Dawn asked a few people for a few hundred words on the year ahead.  My crystal ball is pretty cloudy, because the guys upstairs taught me a long time ago that we can’t reliably predict the future because there isn’t any “the” future, but a wilderness of possible futures to choose among, any of which, when he choose it, seems the only real present, the others seeming only theoretical.

Recreating society

by Frank DeMarco

As I write this, it is nearly 50 years since John F. Kennedy was murdered. The years since then have served to underline the wisdom of his vision, which has become the path not taken: the rational pursuit of peace and prosperity as a cooperative international endeavor.

Is there something we as individuals do to move our societies back in that direction? More to the point, is there something we need to stop doing?

I think there is. I think that by concentrating on what is bad – and there’s plenty of it — we are inadvertently helping to make things worse.

I recently saw a quote from the Abraham material that reminded us that focusing upon the problems of others actually diminishes our ability to help them, because problems and solutions come from different vibrations. The way to help them is to concentrate on what is right in their lives, rather than adding our energy to what is negative.

What’s true for individuals is true for society. It is the same set of laws, after all. When we complain about the way society is, usually in the name of “how it should be,” we add energy to the negativity, and make things worse. (This very negative practice may come disguised as idealism. Think of liberals and conservatives, attacking pretty nearly any issue from their own perpetual crusading viewpoint, blaming the problem on the actions of others.)

So how do we criticize what’s wrong without adding our energy to it? I think the key is what Carl Jung pointed out long ago: Condemnation always isolates. Only understanding heals. You need to be clear on your priorities. Do you merely want to assess blame, or do you want to heal society? If the former, feel free to point fingers, but don’t delude yourself into thinking you are doing something constructive. If the latter, concentrate on rational analysis, without laying blame on others.

Rational analysis, rather than fear or hatred, was John F. Kennedy’s forte, after all.

 

 

Colin Wilson’s Foreword to Muddy Tracks

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When an author is as prolific of Forewords and Prefaces and Introductions as Colin Wilson was, you can bet that sooner or later at least some of them will be collected and republished together, because they often shine as much light on his own ideas as on the books they introduce. Certainly that’s true for the Foreword Colin kindly wrote for my book that was published in 2001. Here it is.

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Daydreaming and lasting memories

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From http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201312/how-does-daydreaming-help-form-long-lasting-memories

How Does Daydreaming Help Form Long Lasting Memories?

Scientists discover why taking a smartphone break could improve your memory.
Published on December 7, 2013 by Christopher Bergland in The Athlete’s Way
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Researchers in Germany have found that when the human brain is in a resting state—like daydreaming or mind wandering—that patterns of neuronal activity which represent past events reappear spontaneously. The researchers believe that these ‘daydream induced’ neuronal recurrences are necessary to consolidate short-term memories to long-term memory.