Metaphysics

Am I My Genes? The Question Of Fate, Free Will And Genetics

Robert Klitzman, M.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Some feel that God is the ultimate cause of disease. Others don't know what to believe and ponder the "cosmic roll of the dice." "There has to be a purpose to all this happening," one woman told me. "There has to be."

Science And Spirituality Can Transform Our World .. Together

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 11.13.2011

Steven and Michael Meloan

Darwinian narratives of "survival of the fittest" and mechanistic Newtonian physics are increasingly being seen as elements of a far greater and richer tapestry. Compassion and empathy seem to be hard-wired into us.

Can You Evolve On-Demand?

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 08.15.2011

Steven and Michael Meloan

We spend a lifetime learning the details of our culture and the tools of intellectual inquiry. But we invest virtually no energy in mastering our own consciousness.

Jason Linkins

CNN Poll Finds That Most People Think Bin Laden Is In Hell, In Case You Were Wondering

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2011

I think most of us are glad to no longer be sharing the same space as Osama bin Laden, metaphysical or otherwise. But because a long time ago it was decided that it was acceptable for major news organizations to just take polls about whatever arbitrary thing happened to occur to them, CNN conducted a poll inquiring whether people thought Osama bin Laden was in Hell. Well, congratulations Hell: 61 percent of respondents say yes, Osama bin Laden will be spending his eternity in a special inferno-adjacent walled compound in Jahannam.

The Evolution Of Enlightenment

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Z. Cohen

In the new enlightenment, the point is no longer merely the liberation of the individual; it's the evolution of self, culture and cosmos through the individual

Contagious Transcendence--The Christmas Truce of 1914

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven and Michael Meloan

A mysterious peace swept across the Western Front on Christmas Eve 1914. The Western Front, during World War I, was a system of trenches lined by woo...

The Hidden Universe's Geometry

Steve Nadis | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Nadis

What if I told you that everywhere you point--be it the tip of your pen, or the outermost tip of Cape Horn--there is a hidden, 6-dimensional space so small that we cannot see it nor ever set foot in it?

Can the Commingling of Science and Spirituality Be Transformative?

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven and Michael Meloan

THE SHROUD is an adventure novel that explores the intersection between science and spirituality. Drs. Robert Strickland and Jordan Randall are genomi...

A Conversation With Creed's Mark Tremonti, Plus Robert Plant, The Black Crowes, and Freetime With Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

MR: Even though it was released last year, Full Circle is going strong, and this tour is more or less a continuation of the reunion. What was it like getting back together with the other guys?

The Avatar in Us All

Sheila Shayon | Posted 05.25.2011

Sheila Shayon

Most important in the movie Avatar is the avatar concept itself: that consciousness shifts from amorphous space to finite body.

Mike Dooley's Infinite Possibilities

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Susan Corso

Mike Dooley is a 21st century metaphysician. He's puzzled out his own answers to the great questions of human life. Who am I? Why am I here? Did I really choose this?