tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post1179439645761465052..comments2024-03-28T07:39:04.720-07:00Comments on Chain The Dogma: Quantum intentions and prayers to deities: two sides of the same supernatural coinPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-30737662336833402282023-04-23T15:11:37.806-07:002023-04-23T15:11:37.806-07:00For my daughter and some, but not all, the most ob...For my daughter and some, but not all, the most obvious interpretation was about gender. Here were two men ganging up on one woman whose lifelong coping strategy has been to ignore sexist treatment and whose response to this debacle was to blame herself. But in the end Emily concluded that “maybe what was under attack here was not in fact womankind but skepticism. And lots of people really Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-29899472922391589342023-04-23T15:11:27.254-07:002023-04-23T15:11:27.254-07:00I staggered off the stage and found myself surroun...I staggered off the stage and found myself surrounded by people asking, “Are you all right? Do you feel okay?” and saying “You poor thing,” all of which baffled me. I guess I was still buzzing from the effort of concentrating and didn’t know what they meant. Then others started calling the men bullies, children, pathetic teen boys, and shouting about the outrage of two grown men turning on one Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-51282525900079346232023-04-23T15:09:59.958-07:002023-04-23T15:09:59.958-07:00With only ten minutes to go, I realized it was now...With only ten minutes to go, I realized it was now or never to ask my question. I grabbed the moment and jumped in with, “I would like, if it’s all right with you, to change the subject and ask a different question.” I reminded Chopra of our meeting ten years ago and then, to my own surprise and quite unplanned, I jumped up, leaned over him as he had done to me all those years ago, and repeated Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-63390968499354279002023-04-23T15:07:24.957-07:002023-04-23T15:07:24.957-07:00As ever, we got on well, talking about our lives, ...As ever, we got on well, talking about our lives, our meditation practice, our thoughts about consciousness, and our plans for the following evening. He said he was “done with debates,” and I didn’t mind that; I didn’t want to turn our event into a fight any more than he did. So, I suggested I might open with just a couple of minutes saying that I agreed with much of his spiritual teachings but Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-53382728723574987342023-04-23T15:06:07.417-07:002023-04-23T15:06:07.417-07:00My first, and rather dramatic, encounter with him ...My first, and rather dramatic, encounter with him took place ten years ago in a debate titled “The War of the World Views” with Menas Kafatos, Leonard Mlodinow, Chopra, and me (UofAConsciousness 2012). This was at the 2012 “Toward a Science of Consciousness” conference held every two years in Tucson, Arizona. Each of us began with a short lecture (UofAConsciousness 2013). I disagreed with Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-80437680784715249512023-04-23T15:01:52.173-07:002023-04-23T15:01:52.173-07:00How Spiritual Is Deepak Chopra?
Susan Blackmore
S...<b>How Spiritual Is Deepak Chopra?</b><br /><br />Susan Blackmore<br />SKEPTICAL INQUIRIER<br />From: Volume 47, No. 2<br />March/April 2023<br /><br />Deepak Chopra, Ayurvedic practitioner and famous promoter of mind-body medicine, is among the richest spiritual leaders in the world with ninety-five books to his name and a thriving, and very lucrative, alternative therapy business. He has Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-74397121606909677202012-02-27T09:28:20.083-08:002012-02-27T09:28:20.083-08:00continued from previous comment:
Braco struts ont...continued from previous comment:<br /><br />Braco struts onto the stage, long hair flowing, face expressionless. You wouldn't be surprised to hear "Jesus Christ Superstar" bursting from the loudspeakers, but all you hear is some New Age music. Body almost motionless, he - well - gazes. That's what gazers do. They gaze. And gaze. Some of the "gazees" snicker, others Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351157433332256814.post-16996994621403531582012-02-27T09:28:02.032-08:002012-02-27T09:28:02.032-08:00Taking a serious second look at work of Braco the ...<b>Taking a serious second look at work of Braco the Gazer</b><br /> <br />By JOE SCHWARCZ, Freelance <br />Montreal Gazette February 25, 2012<br /><br />What a clever scheme! There's no overt deception. You don't claim to be able to do anything. You don't preach. You don't offer any sort of philosophy. In fact, you don't even talk. You don't touch anyone. You don't Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com