Comments on: Optimism is a Skill http://optimismisaskill.com/2007/08/13/podcast-1/ Building World Peace Through Personal Growth. Hosted by Jim McLelland Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dave http://optimismisaskill.com/2007/08/13/podcast-1/#comment-5 Dave Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:47:12 +0000 http://optimismisaskill.com/2007/08/13/podcast-1/#comment-5 Jim- You mentioned Terrence McKenna as one of the people who influenced you. I know little about him, but I do know about a friend of his (also referenced on his web page that you link to). Ruper Sheldrake is a British biologist with some interesting theories and ideas about the perception and the mind. I was introduced to him at JFK University about 25-years ago and read one of his early books, "The Presence of the Past" where he laid out this theory of morphic resonance and morphogenetic fields. His views about what he calls a new science of life are optimistic to say the least. His ideas and experiments offer a unique and compelling insight into evolution, the nature of perception, and the role of memory in natural phenomena. I hope you will check him out and perhaps read some of his books/papers. http://www.sheldrake.org/homepage.html -Dave- Jim-

You mentioned Terrence McKenna as one of the people who influenced you. I know little about him, but I do know about a friend of his (also referenced on his web page that you link to).

Ruper Sheldrake is a British biologist with some interesting theories and ideas about the perception and the mind. I was introduced to him at JFK University about 25-years ago and read one of his early books, “The Presence of the Past” where he laid out this theory of morphic resonance and morphogenetic fields. His views about what he calls a new science of life are optimistic to say the least. His ideas and experiments offer a unique and compelling insight into evolution, the nature of perception, and the role of memory in natural phenomena.

I hope you will check him out and perhaps read some of his books/papers.
http://www.sheldrake.org/homepage.html

-Dave-

]]> By: Billter http://optimismisaskill.com/2007/08/13/podcast-1/#comment-2 Billter Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:09:08 +0000 http://optimismisaskill.com/2007/08/13/podcast-1/#comment-2 I had no idea you were so smart. Nice work. I had no idea you were so smart. Nice work.

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