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	<title>Martien van Steenbergen &#187; science</title>
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		<title>Zodra ik iets doe wil ik iets anders doen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Prachtig deze man. Ik herken mezelf enorm in zijn Zodra ik iets doe wil ik iets anders doen. Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/zodra-ik-iets-doe-wil-ik-iets-anders-doen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prachtig deze man. Ik herken mezelf enorm in zijn <strong>Zodra ik iets doe wil ik iets anders doen</strong>.</p>
<p>Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he&#8217;s not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll&#8217;s to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides &#8212; and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he&#8217;s a scientist: &#8220;Once I do something, I want to do something else.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Time according to Deepak Chopra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Transcript of video Time in my view is the continuity of memory using the ego as an internal reference point. When we break the barrier of ego, the self-image, we break the barrier of time. So time is the separation &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/time-according-to-deepak-chopra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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<p>Time in my view is the continuity of memory using the ego as an internal reference point. <strong>When we break the barrier of ego, the self-image, we break the barrier of time.</strong></p>
<p>So time is the separation that occurs when there is the differentiation of our consiousness into observer, process of observation and that which is observed. And then how we measure our observations through the creation of an artificial observer gives us the experience of time.</p>
<p>In fact, <strong>there is no time—there is only eternity</strong>. The measurement of eternity is symbolized as the measurement of time. And, of course, how we metabolize our experience of time, is the way our bodies undergo entropy. So if we are running out of time, we literally run out of time biologically. People who say &#8220;I&#8217;m running out of time&#8221;, they have speeded up biological clocks. Faster heart rates [inaudible]. And they drop dead of premature heart attacks. They run out of time.</p>
<p>If you are in love time stops. The intoxication of <strong>love allows you to experience unity consciousness and timelessness</strong>. If you are bored, time drags. And entropy is the metabolism of time.</p>
<p>I have a lot more to say about the nature of time, but I&#8217;m running out of time. So, see you next time, or let me know what you think.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/03/time_1.html">Time</a></p>
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		<title>Scientific Proof of the Existence of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Prachtig interview met Amit Goswami over Scientific Proof of the Existence of God. Voor mij is de essentie nog steeds: Consciousness matters™—and that&#8217;s all that matters En dat kan je dus heel letterlijk nemen. Zelfs het woord heel uit de &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/scientific-proof-of-the-existence-of-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prachtig interview met <a href="http://aardnoot.nl/Amit_Gosmwami">Amit Goswami</a> over <a href="http://www.wie.org/j11/goswami.asp">Scientific Proof of the Existence of God</a>. Voor mij is de <strong>essentie</strong> nog steeds:</p>
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<dd>Consciousness matters™—and that&#8217;s all that matters
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<p>En dat kan je dus <strong>heel letterlijk</strong> nemen. Zelfs het woord <em>heel</em> uit de vorige zin krijgt daardoor voor mij meer waarde.</p>
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		<title>Deepak Chopra in Nederland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Voor €595,— kan je op 18 april in Almere naar Deepak Chopra en je onderdompelen in: The Soul of Leadership Een evenement georganiseerd door Nieuwe Dimensies. Prachtig. Jammer dat het niet gaat over quantum physics of over The Science Delusion? &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/deepak-chopra-in-nederland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Voor €595,— kan je op <a href="http://www.deepakkomtnaarnederland.nl/">18 april in Almere naar Deepak Chopra</a> en je onderdompelen in:</p>
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<dd><strong>The Soul of Leadership</strong>
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<p>Een evenement georganiseerd door <a href="http://www.nieuwedimensies.nl/">Nieuwe Dimensies</a>. Prachtig.</p>
<p>Jammer dat het niet gaat over quantum physics of over <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-science-delusion/">The Science Delusion?</a> of over <a href="">Einstein’s God, or The Hopes for Secular Spirituality</a> of over <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/a-cat-scan-of-the-global-brain/">A CAT-Scan of the Global Brain</a> of over <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/shift-in-action/">Shift in action</a> of over <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/richard-dawkins-digging-his-own-grave/">Richard Dawkins digging his own grave</a> of over <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-soul-hypothesis/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/">Bezoek Deepak Chopra&#8217;s website</a>.</p>
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		<title>Wetenschappelijke beeldkunst</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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De Amerikaanse National Science Foundation verzamelt met behulp van een jaarlijks wedloop prachtig wetenschappelijk beeldmateriaal.
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		<title>The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Deepak Chopra salvo&#8217;s another interesting round of points on religion, science, God, Einstein, and such. The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 1 The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 2 The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 3 The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 4 The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 5 &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-soul-hypothesis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deepak Chopra salvo&#8217;s another interesting round of points on religion, science, God, Einstein, and such.</p>
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<li><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/the-soul-hypothesis/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 1</a>
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<li><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/the-soul-hypothesis-part-2/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 2</a>
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<li><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/the-soul-hypothesis-part-3/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 3</a>
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<li><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/the-soul-hypothesis-part-4/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 4</a>
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<li><a href="http://deepakchopra.com/2008/03/03/the-soul-hypothesis-part-5/">The &#8220;Soul Hypothesis&#8221;, Part 5</a>
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</ul>
<p>Make room for thougth. A couple of key points:</p>
<ul>
<li>Atheism is a weak position in terms of science simply becasue it lacks any system of proof—trying to prove that something doesn&#8217;t exist is nearly impossible.
</li>
<li>What would it be like to experimentally prove that the soul exists? If you believe in it, start collecting evidence.
</li>
<li>The list of soul qualities is a familiar one:
<ul>
<li>The soul is your connection to God or the divine—test: Are you connected to God and the divine?
</li>
<li>The soul is the source of existence—test: Have you experienced your source?
</li>
<li>The soul is the seat of bliss or eternal happiness—test: Can happiness be reached beyond everyday pleasure and pain?
</li>
<li>The soul exists beyond death; it is the seed of immortality—test: Is there such a thing as inner being that is beyond death? Am I going to live beyond the body?
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Faith and doubt, the two forced choices that millions of people make, turn out to be almost equally fruitless.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Make some progress, where spiritual progress is defined more simply and clearly if the following conditions are met:</p>
<ol>
<li>Your soul becomes more real.
</li>
<li>Your soul becomes more useful.
</li>
<li>Your vision of transformation is coming true.
</li>
</ol>
<p>And some key differences between the <strong>ego</strong> and the <strong>soul</strong>:</p>
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<li>The ego seeks temporary satisfaction, the soul offers permanent satisfaction.
</li>
<li>The ego seeks happiness through externals, the soul through inner unfoldment.
</li>
<li>The ego wants constant sensation, the soul provides silent peace.
</li>
<li>The ego desperately wants to survive, the soul knows it will never die.
</li>
<li>The ego competes, the soul cooperates.
</li>
<li>The ego sees a world of lack, the soul a world of abundance.
</li>
<li>The ego struggles, the soul awaits.
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<li>The ego seeks protection because of its deep insecurity, the soul needs no protection because it is secure already.
</li>
<li>The ego knows how to take, the soul how to receive.
</li>
<li>The ego feels separate and alone, the soul identifies with wholeness.
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<li>The ego longs for love, the soul is love.
</li>
<li>The ego puts the material world first, the soul puts consciousness first. (How &#8220;<a href="http://aardnoot.nl/Amit_Goswami">Goswami</a>&#8220;)
</li>
</ol>
<p>At this moment, your allegiance is to “I, me, and mine,” and shifting your allegiance to the soul must replace ego demands with something new.</p>
<p>Reminds me of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche&#8217;s videoclip &#8220;<strong>What About Me?</strong>&#8220;:<br />
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		<title>Richard Dawkins digging his own grave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Seems like Richard Dawkins is digging his own grave in being so closed and arrested regarding opinions in conflict with his own. Check out Deepak Chopra&#8217;s posting on I Know I&#8217;m Right, So Why Be Fair? where Dawkins acts like &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/richard-dawkins-digging-his-own-grave/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like Richard Dawkins is digging his own grave in being so closed and arrested regarding opinions in conflict with his own. <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2008/01/i_know_im_right.html">Check out Deepak Chopra&#8217;s posting on I Know I&#8217;m Right, So Why Be Fair?</a> where Dawkins acts like a grumpy old man during his encounter with Rupert Sheldrake. Just like in Chopra&#8217;s <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-science-delusion/">The Science Delusion?</a>.</p>
<p>Sheldrake and Chopra have my votes. And I sure hope Dawkins will continue his current quest. The more energy he puts into it, the faster we will evolve our current ways of thinking. We need guys like Dawkins. He fuels the research on the ever so important area if spirituality, religion, and morphogenesis.</p>
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		<title>Shift in action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Het Institute of Noetic Sciences heeft een prachtige website met vele nieuwe inzichten en baanbrekend werk klaargezet op Shift in Action. Tot eind 2007 staan daar vele artikelen, videos en podcasts om niet beschikbaar. Eat your heart out. Met een &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/shift-in-action/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Het <a href="http://www.noetic.org/">Institute of Noetic Sciences</a> heeft een prachtige website met vele nieuwe inzichten en baanbrekend werk klaargezet op <a href="http://www.shiftinaction.com/">Shift in Action</a>.</p>
<p>Tot eind 2007 staan daar vele artikelen, videos en podcasts om niet beschikbaar. Eat your heart out.</p>
<p>Met een paar verhelderende en prettig verstorende video&#8217;s van Deepak Chopra.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/videos/chopra/one">The Definition and Source of Consciousness</a>.
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<li><a href="http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/videos/chopra/two">The Simultaneity of Consciousness</a>.
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<li><a href="http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/videos/chopra/three">Discontinuity of the Universe</a>.
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<p>Consciousness matters. Thoughts become things™. Consiousness is <strong>the</strong> phenomenon. Everything else is epiphenomenon.</p>
<p>Some notes from Deepak Chopra&#8217;s talk on consciousness:</p>
<ul>
<li>Another word for God: field of awareness which is “a-causal, non-local, quantum-mechanical interrelatedness” that operates with simultaneity.
</li>
<li><strong>Chronobiology</strong> studies the biological rythms (Earth, Moon, Sun, seasons…) that play the <strong>symphony of your life</strong> with exquisite correlation.
</li>
<li>You mirror the intelligence of the cosmos.
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<li><strong>Reductionism is dead</strong>. We are at its funeral at the moment.
</li>
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		<title>What is your equation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Via IntentBlog struikelde ik over What is your equation?. En dat weer naar aanleiding van antwoorden in de vorm van formules op de zelfde vraag van toonaangevende wetenschappers op The Edge. Mijn formule nu is: wenskunst × wilskracht = scheppend &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/what-is-your-equation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Via <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/">IntentBlog</a> struikelde ik over <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/what_is_your_eq.html">What is your equation?</a>. En dat weer naar aanleiding van antwoorden in de vorm van formules op de zelfde vraag van toonaangevende wetenschappers op <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/serpentine07/serpentine07_index.html">The Edge</a>.</p>
<p>Mijn formule nu is:</p>
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<dd><strong>wenskunst</strong> × <strong>wilskracht</strong> = <strong>scheppend vermogen</strong>
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<p>Oh ja, en <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/pareltaal">Pareltaal</a> is oneindig krachtig volgens <a href="http://www.edge.org/images/Dawkins_large.jpg">Dawkins&#8217; formule</a>, want:</p>
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<dd>Power of <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/pareltaal">Pareltaal</a> = Honderden fraai gecultiveerde <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/parel">parel</a>s ÷ Nul (0) aannames.
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<p>Nul (0) aannames omdat elke <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/parel">parel</a> op de realiteit is gebaseerd, <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/uit_het_leven_gegrepen">uit het leven gegrepen</a>. En als je iets door nul deelt is het <strong>resultaat oneindig</strong>.</p>
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		<title>De Tao van Da Vinci</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Een exclusieve voorpublicatie uit Fritjof Capra’s nieuwe boek The Science of Leonardo. Renaissance-kunstenaar Leonardo da Vinci was zijn tijd ver vooruit, met inzichten die nu gelden als de vooruitstrevendste ideeën op het gebied van wetenschap en ontwerp. Resoneert enorm met &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/de-tao-van-da-vinci/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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Een exclusieve voorpublicatie uit <a href="http://baobab.aardbron.nl/Fritjof_Capra">Fritjof Capra</a>’s nieuwe boek <a href="http://baobab.aardbron.nl/The_Science_of_Leonardo">The Science of Leonardo</a>. Renaissance-kunstenaar Leonardo da Vinci was zijn tijd ver vooruit, met inzichten die nu gelden als de vooruitstrevendste ideeën op het gebied van wetenschap en ontwerp.</p>
<p>Resoneert enorm met het gedachtegoed van <a href="http://baobab.aardbron.nl/Christopher_Alexander">Christopher Alexander</a> en Capra&#8217;s <a href="http://baobab.aardbron.nl/De_eenheid_van_leven">De eenheid van leven</a>.</p>
<p>Een paar highlights:</p>
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<li>Leonardo zag zichzelf als een ‘<strong>tolk tussen de natuur en de mens</strong>’ en zijn wetenschappelijke creativiteit—een combinatie van <strong>hartstochtelijke intellectuele nieuwsgierigheid, monnikengeduld en experimentele vindingrijkheid</strong>—bleef zijn leven lang zijn belangrijkste drijfveer.
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<li><strong>Voor Leonardo was schilderkunst zowel een kunst als een wetenschap: een wetenschap van natuurlijke vormen</strong>, totaal verschillend van de mechanistische wetenschap die later in de westerse beschaving zou ontstaan.
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<li>Hij trok vaak <strong>vergelijkingen tussen de anatomie van de mens en de structuur van de aarde</strong>.
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<li>Toch lijkt zijn uitspraak vooruit te lopen op de huidige <strong>Gaia-theorie—een wetenschappelijke theorie waarin de aarde wordt beschouwd als een levend, zichzelf organiserend en regulerend systeem</strong>.
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<li>Leonardo’s <strong>uitzonderlijke vermogen om waarnemingen en ideeën uit verschillende disciplines met elkaar in verband te brengen</strong> vormt de essentie van zijn benadering van kennis en onderzoek.
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<li>Leonardo was diep onder de indruk van de enorme diversiteit en variatie in levende vormen. ‘De natuur is zo prachtig en rijk aan variatie,’ schreef hij in een passage over het schilderen van bomen, ‘dat er <strong>onder bomen van één en dezelfde soort niet één te vinden zou zijn die op een andere er vlak naast lijkt</strong>, en dat geldt niet alleen voor de plant als geheel, maar ook voor de takken, de bladeren en de vruchten: er is er niet één precies zoals een ander.’—En toch lijken ze allemaal op elkaar, net zoals de <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/parel">parels</a> in de <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/pareltaal">pareltaal</a>.
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<li>Leonardo had niet alleen aandacht voor de variaties binnen één soort, maar ook voor <strong>overeenkomstige organische vormen</strong> in verschillende soorten en voor <strong>overeenkomstige patronen</strong> in verschillende natuurverschijnselen.
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<li>Leonardo kon natuurlijk niet over dit soort verklaringen beschikken, maar hij constateerde wel terecht dat bij de hele schepping (of evolutie, zoals we nu zouden zeggen) van de enorme diversiteit aan vormen <strong>de natuur telkens gebruikmaakte van dezelfde organisatiepatronen</strong>.—net zoals <a href="http://pareltaal.nl/pareltaal">pareltaal</a> bedoeld is.
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<li>Leonardo wilde <strong>de natuur niet overheersen</strong>, in tegenstelling tot Francis Bacon, die dat in de zeventiende eeuw voorstond, <strong>maar hij wilde er zoveel mogelijk van leren</strong>.—<a href="http://baobab.aardbron/nl/biomimicry">biomimicry</a> dus.
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<li>In zijn ontwerptekeningen voor villas en palazzi besteedde Leonardo extra aandacht aan de bewegingen van mensen en goederen door het gebouw, en maakte hij gebruik van het <strong>stofwisselingsproces als metafoor</strong> in zijn bouwkundige ontwerpen. Ook de tuin beschouwde hij als een onderdeel van het gebouw en hij probeerde altijd <strong>architectuur en natuur met elkaar te verenigen</strong>.
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<li>Leonardo gebruikte natuurlijke processen als voorbeeld voor door de mens gemaakte ontwerpen en gaf de voorkeur aan <strong>samenwerking met de natuur boven overheersing</strong>.
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<li>Deze mentaliteit van waardering en respect voor de natuur is gebaseerd op een filosofische visie waarin de mens niet los staat van de rest van de natuur, maar wezenlijk is ingebed in de gehele, complexe biosfeer en daarvan afhankelijk is. Deze filosofie wordt tegenwoordig gepropageerd door een filosofische school die be&shy;kendstaat als <strong>deep ecology</strong>.
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<li>In tegenstelling tot veel tijdgenoten had hij het zelden over Gods schepping, maar sprak hij liever van <strong>de oneindige werken en schitterende uitvindingen van de natuur</strong>.
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<li>De Aantekenboeken staan vol passages waaruit je een indruk krijgt van Leonardos respect voor <strong>de oneindige creativiteit en wijsheid van de natuur</strong>.
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<li>Ze zijn niet in religieuze taal vervat, maar zijn toch <strong>intens spiritueel</strong>.
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<li>Wetenschappers zien het universum niet meer als een uit elementaire bouwstenen opgebouwd mechaniek, maar hebben ontdekt dat de materiële wereld uiteindelijk <strong>een netwerk is van onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden patronen van relaties, dat de aarde als geheel een levend, zelfregulerend systeem is</strong>.
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<li>De evolutie wordt niet meer beschouwd als een strijd om het bestaan, maar als <strong>een coöperatieve dans waarin creativiteit de drijvende kracht is</strong>.
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<li>Daarom blijven <strong>de wetenschap en de kunst</strong> van deze grote denker uit de Renaissance een inspiratiebron voor deze tijd.
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		<title>Anton Heyboer on quantum, consciousness and awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Gaston Vilé was searching for the essential difference between consciousness and awareness. While on the phone, I told him that Amit Goswami&#8217;s The Self-Aware Universe has an extensive point on this very difference. I promised Gaston to make the key &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/anton-heyboer-on-quantum-consciousness-and-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gaston Vilé was searching for the essential difference between <strong>consciousness</strong> and <strong>awareness</strong>. While on the phone, I told him that Amit Goswami&#8217;s The Self-Aware Universe has an extensive point on this very difference. I promised Gaston to make the key pages available to him, and so I did.</p>
<p>While on his search, Gaston found the website of the artist and painter <a href="http://www.anton-heyboer.nl/">Anton Heyboer</a>. Heyboer already mentions quantum physiscs and Amit Goswami&#8217;s points. A summary:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.anton-heyboer.nl/heyboer_tao/heyboer_verhalen/031227-wave-part.htm">Consciousness and Awareness</a>—on wavicles and quantum (in Dutch);
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<li><a href="http://www.anton-heyboer.nl/heyboer_tao/heyboer_stories/040615.htm">Bloodpressure of 65-90 indicates God&#8217;s trinity</a>—on Heyboer&#8217;s limbic brain;
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<li><a href="http://www.anton-heyboer.nl/heyboer_tao/heyboer_stories/040913-yggdrasil.htm">Yggdrasil and the circle</a>—quoting Goswami: &#8220;consciousness is God&#8221;
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<p>Heyboer also talks about God. I tend to use the term <strong>Universe</strong> latelely. Although I was raised as a Christian (gereformeerd), my scope is widened to include many, if not all, religions around the world. Buddhism as it&#8217;s most neutral and integral one (and Buddhism is not a religion, as you may know). The term &#8220;Universe&#8221;, for me, is more, yes, universal. <strong>God</strong> is still this almighty bearded person for me.</p>
<p>At home in the Universe, as <a href="http://baobab.aardbron.nl/Stuart_Kauffman">Stuart Kaufman</a> said.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martien van Steenbergen</dc:creator>
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Einstein was exploring a new form of spirituality for the future, consider what he had to say about Buddhism: &#8220;Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion of the future. It transcends a personal God, &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/einstein-on-buddhism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Einstein was exploring a new form of spirituality for the future, consider what he had to say about Buddhism: </p>
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<dd>&#8220;Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion of the future. It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.&#8221;
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<p>Wonderful.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/09/einsteins_god_o_2.html">Einstein&#8217;s God, or The Hopes for a Secular Spirituality (Part 4)</a> on <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/">intentBlog</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Wonderful rebuttal by Deepak Chopra: The Science Delusion? Review of Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion. Materialism vs. spiritualism and God. And resonating with Einstein’s God, or The Hopes for Secular Spirituality. Thank you Richard Dawkins, for writing your &#8220;The God &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-science-delusion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wonderful rebuttal by Deepak Chopra: <a href="http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/09/deepaks_article.html">The Science Delusion? Review of Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion</a>. Materialism vs. spiritualism and God. And resonating with <a href="">Einstein’s God, or The Hopes for Secular Spirituality</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you Richard Dawkins, for writing your &#8220;The God Delusion&#8221; for it creates enormous attention for this ever important subject. You make people like Chopra and myself dig deeper into consiousness, the universe, quantum physics, God, Allah, Buddha and more. We&#8217;re becoming more conscious and knowledgeable about it.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s about time, since we&#8217;re rapidly evolving towards the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere">noosphere</a></strong>, catalyzed by the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Technosphere-Law-Human-Affairs/dp/1879181991">technosphere</a> with the Internet as its most brilliant example at this time.</p>
<p>Spaceship Earth is entering its most risky trajectory when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis">metamorphosing</a> to its next order—extreme <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence">emergence</a>. And just like the life-threatening phase during the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly, albeit on a very large, global, scale.</p>
<p><strong>May we all evolve into a global, and perhaps universal wisdom and happiness</strong>. And beware, these massive scale changes or <strong>emergence</strong> happens relatively abrupt. Buckle on.</p>
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		<title>The Future of Bridges: Self-Replicating, Irregular Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Harry van der Velde will like this one… The Future of Bridges: Self-Replicating, Irregular Designs: &#8220;Self-replicating bridges might be more robust, but also weirder looking, than the nearly magical pieces of civil engineering that human beings come up with. (Via &#8230; <a href="http://martien.aardrock.com/the-future-of-bridges-self-replicating-irregular-designs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://zicht.com">Harry van der Velde</a> will like this one…</p>
<p><a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/141716831/building-better.html">The Future of Bridges: Self-Replicating, Irregular Designs</a>: &#8220;Self-replicating bridges might be more robust, but also weirder looking, than the nearly magical pieces of civil engineering that human beings come up with.</p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml">Wired News</a>.)</p>
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