Nautis Project

The Presence of the Past

Matthew — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:13:09 +0000

Here is a classic interview with a young Rupert Sheldrake in 1989. From the description: Were there any “laws of the universe” at the time of the “big bang?” Oxford trained biologist Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D., author of The Presence of the Past, says that all laws developed as “habits” over time. Thus the universe and [...]

Sheldrake on “Through the Wormhole”

Matthew — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:23:09 +0000

From the Science Channel website: The belief in ESP or the sixth sense dates back thousands of years. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that Croesus, who ruled a kingdom in what is now Turkey in the sixth century B.C., consulted oracles — that is, groups of priests claimed to be able to predict the future [...]

The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry

Matthew — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:04:14 +0000

Rupert Sheldrake’s new book, The Science Delusion, will be on the bookshelves in the UK on January 5 and in May in the US. The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book, Dr [...]

Collective Memory and the Habits of Nature

Matthew — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:18:01 +0000

From the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (APRU) lecture series at the University of London. According to the hypothesis of formative causation, all self-organizing systems, including crystals, plants and animals contain an inherent memory, given by a process called morphic resonance from previous similar systems. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in [...]

My Books From 2011

Matthew — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:34:36 +0000

I think this is all of them from the past year. Evolution by James A. Shapiro Jaya by Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe The Ultimate Question 2.0 by Fred Reichheld, Rob Markey Stop Walking on Eggshells by Randi Kreger, Paul T. Mason The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins Getting Things Done by David Allen Confidence Men by Ron Suskind Cycles of [...]

Eyes Closed

Matthew — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:52:01 +0000

“Time passes in moments… moments which, rushing past define the path of a life just as surely as they lead towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen, to consider whether the path we take in life is our own making or simply [...]

Indra’s Lesson

Matthew — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:55:29 +0000

There is a wonderful story in one of the Upanishads about the god Indra. Now, it happened at this time that a great monster had enclosed all the waters of the earth, so there was a terrible drought, and the world was in a very bad condition. It took Indra quite a while to realize [...]

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Matthew — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:05:51 +0000

We were at my Nana’s house watching TV when I had this strange feeling that the air was being sucked out of the room. I yelled for everyone to get down on the floor and I covered them with blankets. Then, all of the windows in the house exploded inward and there was this overpowering [...]