Two trees are growing in paradise. One bears animals, the other bears people. Adam ate from the tree that bore animals and became an animal and brought forth animals, and so Adam’s children worship animals. The tree whose fruit Adam ate is the tree of knowledge. So his sins increased. If he had eaten fruit from the tree of life, the one bearing people, the gods would worship men and women for in the beginning God created man and women. Now they create god. In the world humans make gods and worship their creations. It would be better if the gods worshiped them. ~The Gospel of Phillip

“Much of the Gospel of Phillip can be confusing, and seemingly contradictory, and this paragraph is no exception. Lets start with the two trees we have all heard of but few understand: The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and The Tree of Life. Many don’t get that this is a very allegorical story, although I don’t know why. “

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by Harold Boulette

Our Sun experiences regular eruptions of material into space, but solar physicists still have difficulty in explaining why these dramatic events take place. PHOTO: Vasilis Archontis

“Our Sun experiences regular eruptions of material into space, but solar physicists still have difficulty in explaining why these dramatic events take place. Now scientists think they have the answer: clouds of ionized gas (plasma) constrained by magnetic fields and known as ‘plasmoids’ that struggle to break free of the Sun’s magnetic field.”

< Read the article posted on May 2, 2011 by the Royal Astronomical Society at sciencedaily.com >

submitted by Frieda Nelson

 In week 4 we look at the difference between consciousness and being consciously aware, from the perspective of researcher and skeptic Susan Blackmore. The second talk posits that the expression of consciousness requires a “local” in order for consciousness to reside; this would be in accord with Cosolargy’s teaching that we have to generate a Light body in order that 5-D Consciousness can have somewhere to reside.

Susan Blackmore. Brain, Mind, and Consciousness.  Delivered to the Skeptics Society, 2005;uploaded to YouTube Jan. 26, 2011: 56 minutes. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdMA8RVu1sk

Antonio Damasio. The Quest to Understand Consciousness. TED talk,Mar. 2011: 19 minutes. Available at https://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness

— Michael McIntyre

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Those who love the pleasures of this present life pass from evil thoughts to actual sins. Since they lack discrimination, they turn almost all their sinful thoughts into wicked words or unholy deeds. Those, on the other hand, who are trying to pursue the ascetic life, struggle first against evil thoughts and malicious words. So when the demons find such people cheerfully abusing others, indulging in idle and inept talk, laughing at the wrong time, uncontrollably angry or desiring vain and empty glory, they join forces to attack them. Using love of praise in particular as a pretext for their evil schemes, the demons slip into the soul – as through a window at night – and despoil it. So those who wish to live in virtue should not hanker after praise, be involved with too many people, … or abuse others (however much they deserve it), or talk excessively, … ~The Philokalia

“Many people think that it is perfectly acceptable to dream of doing things they know are wrong, as long as they don’t actually do them. Spiritual teachers know better. The quote gives one reason why: When you keep thinking about such things, you soon start talking about them to others. And, as you talk about them more, they soon start to sound reasonable and you start doing them. And it you don’t, someone you have talked to about them does.”

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by Harold Boulette

 In this third week we will introduce you to the field of cognitive linguistics, which is the study of how language affects thought. Language is essentially the assigning of symbols to real objects or concepts, then storing and processing those symbols for future symbolic expression in order to convey a tangibility of more-absent or inconspicuous objects or concepts. This system of symbols wields a profound effect on any conscious index.

In Cosolargy, Information Factors within the solar Logos, or The Language of the Sun, give rise to a fifth-dimensional Consciousness. Even though the following presentations are secular, they suggest a strong bond between language and consciousness.

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Jill Bolte Taylor. A World Without Words. Radiolab: 12 minutes.

Elizabeth Spelke, Susan Schaller, Charles Fernybough. Words That Changed the World. Radiolab: 29 minutes.

Jeffrey Mishlove and Stephen Pinker. Language and Consciousness, Part 1 (complete).Thinking Allowed, Oct. 8, 2012: 27 minutes.

Lera Boroditsky. Beyond the Physics: How Language Helps Us Construe and Construct, Jul. 25, 2012: 1 hour 2 minutes. 

— Michael McIntyre

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The first key to working with energy information is being able to recognize the feeling of a surfacing or incoming flow. Is there something to know or not? You can use your increasing sensitivity to tune in to the subtle states of your body to find out. Do you feel relaxed, open, spacious, and at peace? There may be nothing you need to know right now. Or do you feel antsy, slightly distracted, or mildly pressured? This is often the sigh of an insight knocking on your door, asking to come in. An incoming flow of energy information can feel like a subtle tactile impression, like something pushing on you gently. It’s also common to have an incoming activate one of your other senses. You might hear a voice, a knock, or a tinkling sound; feel hot, cold, or buzzy; see a glow of a ghostly image. . . . ~Penney Peirce

“It is really very amazing if you think about it that we ignore energy as much as we do. Sure, we pay attention to electricity and heat energy when it comes to powering our toys or heating or cooking, but in so many other parts of our lives, we ignore it completely. Scientists, while they certainly have accomplished a lot in the past few centuries, are largely responsible for this. Since they ignore it, most of the rest of us ignore it.”

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contributed by Harold Boulette

 This is the second of the twelve-part series. The panel in this video includes a philosopher, medical doctor, psychologist, and a neuroscientist—a good mix for the topic at hand. A little background: Materialists posit that consciousness only reside in the brain; Dualists maintain that consciousness is the interaction of an ephemeral qualia (subjective, conscious experiences) interacting with the brain; Emergentists view consciousness as information organizing to a point at which there is enough interaction to form a conscious experience; and Panpsychism,  which takes the position that consciousness is a universal component of existence or a force, sort of like gravity, inertia, and or quantum expressions.  In this panel talk, the fellow on the far right in the colorful short-sleeve shirt is Cristof Koch. He had a twenty-year professional and father-son-type relationship with Francis Crick, the codiscoverer of DNA. These two men worked together for two decades investigating the nature of consciousness.

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  The Whispering Mind: The Enduring Conundrum of Consciousness;panel discussion, Jan. 24, 2014: 1 hour 26 minutes.

— Michael McIntyre

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When you don’t notice the incoming flow of energy information, pressure builds up and more information is added to the Flow, . . . it’s easy then to feel overwhelmed, irritable, or even sad. Sometimes, the energy information you’re receiving is emotional and you’ll match the vibration, . . . You can also pick up information about physical states, as when your niece breaks her arm, . . . Until you process it, you may have similar, though more symbolic, symptoms, and not know why. . . .

When you don’t translate this pre-verbal energy information into understanding, and the pressure builds behind the incoming flow, you may protest against your growing empathic ability, saying, “It’s all too much!” and withdraw into your cave. You may unconsciously decide you don’t want to know anything. Hiding your head in the sand won’t help, though, because the information just keeps coming. ~Penney Peirce

“Empathy. Both a blessing and a curse depending on who you ask, or when. Most commonly, we feel empathy either with those we are emotionally close to, or those we are physically close to even if they are strangers. I remember some years ago when I donated blood, an elderly nurse who apparently had arthritis took my blood. My joints ached for hours after. Many would consider that a case of empathy being a curse.”

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contributed by Harold Boulette

 This is the first of twelve installations concerning the topic of consciousness. My hope is to broaden your horizons on this subject that you might better relate to others the components in our Teaching. Although we are quite educated in what our own consciousness is, many people, by comparison, are perceptively illiterate to the consciousness of other existents, including people, animals, plants, and sensually deprived entities such as minerals. The presenters in these segments have invested a good deal of time  in their areas of investigation, and though we may not entirely agree with their notions, there are bits that seem valuable in the context of our Teaching. The final three installations in this “tour” of consciousness address how consciousness in its essence might migrate from other dimensions and express itself in the construct of “thought.” Finally, I hope you not only find these presentations informative but also entertaining.

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VS Ramachandran. The Neurons That Shaped Civilization. TED talk, Nov. 2009: 8 minutes.

Oliver Sacks. What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds. TED talk, Feb. 2009: 19 minutes.

Dan Dennett. The Illusion of Consciousness. TED talk, Feb. 2003: 22 minutes.

David Chalmers. How Do You Explain Consciousness? TED talk,Mar. 2014: 19 minutes.

— Michael McIntyre

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PHOTO Sean Savoy

The 2015 Cosolargy Conference and Tour, which will be held in Kyoto, Japan from May 22 – 28 is taking shape.

In addition to the conference and associated workshops, there will be a tour of Kyoto – Japan’s ancient capital and one of its most beautiful cities. Kyoto is known for its beautiful Zen gardens, its wonderful cuisine, and is home to one of the most impressive Zen Buddhist temples, the Golden Pavilion.

There will also be a visit Mount Koya, the seat of Kobo-Daishi’s esoteric school of Shingon (True Word) Buddhism where a replica of the so-called Nestorian Monument stands. There, the tour group will lodge overnight in a Buddhist monastery, which promises to be a very interesting and unique experience.

Please call our offices if you have any interest in attending this special event in the Land of the Rising Sun.