This week, Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Lost Symbol, is being released in paperback. Besides the thrill of the story itself, Brown has such a wonderful way of mixing fact and fiction that it invites the reader to figure out which one is which. In this novel, one of the real entities he uses is...

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Many folks assume that Einstein and his famous E=mc2 equation single-handedly started the quantum revolution. Actually, Einstein put the icing on a cake that had been baking for a few hundred years, and it was his other, lesser known equation that kicked off the whole quantum era and won him the only Nobel Prize he ever received. And, you may be shocked to learn how rooted in mysticism the whole thing is.

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On September 9, 2010, Larry King interviewed Stephen Hawking and Cal Tech physicist Leonard Mlodinow, who together co-authored The Grand Design. In this book, they propose that “God may exist, but science can explain the universe without a need for a creator.” They go on to say that “The scientific account is complete. Theology is unnecessary.”

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Everywhere you look now there are oodles of ads for books, DVDs, and conferences that will teach you the secret of attracting your heart’s true desires. They contain two key ingredients, which are clarity of vision followed by taking action. Some folks confuse clarity of vision with omniscience; that you can see, know, and understand all with perfect precision. But that’s not what clarity of vision is.

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During a chat with a science column writer about his recent article on music from the sun, we had a bit of a difference of opinion on what lay-folks know about sound and light that could contribute to readers misunderstanding a few points in his article. (He didn’t have any false info in the article,...

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I’ve been having an interesting email chat with a science column writer about a recent article he posted on sound from the sun. Some of the topics we’ve been discussing are the misconceptions about sound and light that folks picked up from media like sci-fi movies. So, I’ve created a fun little poll where you...

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The dialogue concerning the crisis situation in energy and healthcare has steadily ramped up in the U.S. for nearly a decade. The tone of that dialogue is also becoming more impatient with seeing real change delivered on a global scale. While everyone insists that a revolution must come, very few are willing to recognize the...

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My interview with Patricia Cori, host of the BBS radio show Beyond the Matrix, is featured in her new book, Behond the Matrix: Daring Conversations with the Brilliant Minds of Our Times.

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Do you know the date of your birth? How do you know this? Recently I listened to the Dalai Lama teach on three ways that we come to know things. The first is perceptual knowledge that comes to us through our senses. The second is experiential knowledge. Even though we may be able to convey...

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There is no doubt that what we say is a reflection of how we think. In fact, what we think becomes our belief system, that becomes our philosophy, and shifts the culture we live in every day. That is one way our thoughts become reality. Most every adult in the U.S. remembers when the term...

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