Here's the thing. There is no "Science" ! OMG! You didn't just say that? What? Creationist! Baboon! Anti intellectual fool! Religious Fanatic! Son of a Bitch! Bastards! They killed Kenny!
Wait, the last one doesn't go in there. It goes into the "cartoon" thread. But, I digress.
There are people who are doctors and lawyers and "Social Workers" and pschcologist. There are people who are Cosmologist and Cell Biologist.
nuclear
physicist and other disciplines. All these people and more "DO Science!" They are looking and discovering great things that the "human/divine" mind reveals. It's wonderful. Not many are religious and not all are in the atheist camp either. But, ya know what? It doesn't matter. Because when it comes to "inner life" and silly terms like "love" and charity and faith they know no more than you or I know. All I really needed to know I learned by living life.
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I love science! But it's not a "thing." There are all kinds of ways to look at life. The scientific method is one great way to look at finding out about our physical world. However, when we look deeper the center doesn't hold. Matter changes at the quantum level. Our brains only recieve a certain amount of light and shadow and sound and "tempers" it so we can make sense out of this world. Let me give just "one" example of why "science" isn't always "able" to give you all the answers you need. Or I should say some "scientific methods" might not "reveal" the "whole truth" about a matter and it cause a whole field of study to be laughed off or cast aside. Here goes:
I read a "study" about dreams. The "science" was excellent. I'm in mental health and the parameters were very well set up. Control group and very well thought of and connetced "experts." No sarcasm intened the doctor who did the study and his colleuges were good at what they do. Anyway, at the end of the study they came up with the following "results."
Dreams were the result of mental and emotional clutter and the "letting" out of the days emotions and stressesn No more and NO less! The future has not happened and Nobody has phrophtic dreams. There is NO WAY! The person who dreams is never acutally "looking" at events and all events and people in the dream are "expressions" of only the "dreamer" The science was good the study was good but the conclusion was WRONG! How do I know? Did I do my own "scientific study?" No! But, I had my own "Dream." I had actually "Seen" a future event in a dream. I had actually seen the correct "day" "time" event and recorded it. I actually "told" it to two or three other people and one of them is an agnostic! Once it happened all the folks "including my very,very intelligent" friend who is an agnostic just shook their heads and "filed it away." My point is even if Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking or Billy Graham or Oral Roberts tells me something and something "contrary" to what they say occurs then I will know that at least "some" of their information is WRONG!
So, even with all the charlatans and fake seers and channelers and religous nuts I still know there is more to the human experience than "brain farts." Now "good researchers" will continue to develop ways to "test" real honest expereince. Bad researchers will simply continue to search for the preferred outcome and toss away the abberations. I honestly don't think the "paranormal" can be researched within the limits of our current 18th centuray Newtonian ideas. But, there are people who are setting up studies and instead of throwing away the work of Rhine and Sheldrake and Radin are combining the skepticism of Sagan with the openess of Mack and I think maybe we will one day be able to cast off the superstion of religous dogma and yet touch the "spirit" of the universe.
No, I don't remember the exact study so either google it or call me a lying little charlatan.
No, that is not the "only" time I have had knowledge or dreams and actually wrote or made note of them. But, one white crow does "prove" they are no all black.
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