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The Logos Discovery Project |
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The Logos Discovery Project |
There is increasing evidence of a field of mind, which operates by its own subtle energetic principles and which can be influenced especially through coherent, beneficial action. Moreover, as each participant enhances his or her own personal effectiveness (integrity) a positive feedback loop is created, with the result that the integrity and coherence of the alliance overall is exponentially augmented. This in turn strongly fortifies the participants' individual effectiveness, and so on.
The following are some important sources of the idea:
Field of mind theory -- see Elmer and Alyce Green, Beyond Biofeedback(1977)
Bell's Theorem --"If the statistical predictions of quantum theory are true, an objective universe is incompatible with the law of local causes." see, Larry Dossey, Space, Time, and Medicine(1982)
Dissipative Structures -- see Iilya Prigogine's work for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1977; in Larry Dossey, Space, Time, and Medicine(1982)
The Gaia Hypothesis -- multiple references on the world wide web.
The Holographic Universe -- see Ken Wilbur, The Holographic Paradigm (1982)
Chaos and Complexity Theory -- see the ongoing work of the Santa Fe Institute; contact: barbara@santafe.edu
Chaordic systems -- see references on world wide web
Morphogenic fields -- see in particular the work of Rupert Sheldrake, A New Science of Life
Prayer -- See Larry Dossey, Prayer is Good Medicine (1996); Healing Words--The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine (1993); Meaning in Medicine (1991)
Conspiracies of good -- see the movie, "Weapons of the Spirit;" also excerpt from Julian Gresser's, Piloting Through Chaos (1996)
Synergy ---- see literature on breakthrough strategic alliances; in particular Robert P. Lynch, The role of complexity in the Networked Organization (forthcoming) and Synergy by Yong Ming Tang (forthcoming)
Shared states of consciousness -- demonstrated in numerous discovery engineering programs using brain wave biofeedback, where participants enter a state of " creative reverie" and have the identical hypnagogic images without verbal or other apparant means of communication among them; inquiries should be directed to jgresser@logosnet.com
Qigong and other forms of external energetic healing -- see Ken S. Cohen, The Way of Qigong -- The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (1997); see also the numerous publications of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies in and Energy Medicine ( ISSSEEM)
Discovery graphs --by working with the discovery graphs members can explore and verify by themselves the interaction of "external " and "internal" processes
Can a single person change the course of history? Certainly for ill, as for example John Wilke's Booth's assasination of Lincoln. What about a single generous act by one person? What about a hundred? How many concerted acts of kindness continued over time might change the world? (see excerpt for the last chapter of Julian Gresser, Piloting Through Chaos (1996).
For those participants who are looking for worthy projects through which immediately to turn The Wheel, here are two candidates:
The purpose of The Make-A-Wish Foundation (www.makewish.org) is to grant the favorite wishes of children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18 who are living with life threatening illnesses. The granting of a wish provides the child and family with special and gentle memories during often the last and traumatic stages of the child's life. Inquiries should be directed to Robin Glasgow: (1-415-543-7066; greatbay@wish.org.)
a.) The Glaucoma Foundation ( www.glaucoma-foundation.org/info)
Through its Think Tank Task Force The Glaucoma Foundation is making strong progress in finding a way to protect and ultimately to regenerate damage to the optic nerve associated with glaucoma. Inquiries should be addressed to John W. Corwin, Executive Director: Tel: 1-212-504-1901; e-mail: jwcorwin@mindspring.com
b.) The Exfoliation Syndrome Discovery Project
This is a new 2 year research project which is applying techniques of discovery engineering to come up with breakthroughs in the treatment of Exfoliation Syndrome, a serious form of glaucoma affecting some 25 million people world wide. By bringing together a corps of imaginative people with different professional skills--opthalmologists and other physicians, inventors, psychologists, experts in mediation and group faciliation, masters of qigong -- we also hope to advance our understanding of how to build highly synergistic discovery teams in integrative medicine This novel approach may also ultimately lead to a new science of discovery. Inquiries should be addressed to Robert Ritch, M.D.: tel: 1-212-477-750; e-mail ritch@inx.net ; or Julian Gresser: Tel: 1-415-331-7212; jgresser@logosnet.com .