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alnner Worlds, Outer Worlds (Documentary): Critical Thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing Response If you are havin" rel="nofollow">ing trouble respondin" rel="nofollow">ing to the documentary, here are some Optional Questions to guide you. The film can be found in" rel="nofollow">in four 30min" rel="nofollow">inute sections for free on YouTube. Min" rel="nofollow">inimum Written Response: (4) 5-Sentence Paragraphs Part 1: Akasha 1. Describe in" rel="nofollow">in your own words, the concept of Akasha presented in" rel="nofollow">in the first part of the documentary? Does it lin" rel="nofollow">ine up with a modern scientific concept that you are aware of? 2. The psychology of Sensation and Perception poin" rel="nofollow">ints out that our senses allow us to experience only a tin" rel="nofollow">iny sliver of reality: what's really there, the quantum underlyin" rel="nofollow">ing complexity, arisin" rel="nofollow">ing and passin" rel="nofollow">ing out of existence trillions of times per second, which cannot be considered "real," is patently beyond human comprehension. In fact, we know neuro-psychologically, that our brain" rel="nofollow">in is re-constructin" rel="nofollow">ing the "reality' we experience: it is a very well-crafted simulation of what we perceive to be there. Considerin" rel="nofollow">ing that many experts agree that most of what we stress about is "perceived," could it be that in" rel="nofollow">in reality, stress is a phenomenon that is as illusory as the fundamental nature of reality: constantly changin" rel="nofollow">ing? 3. What does the word Logos mean? What does it have to do with the scientific concepts of time, change through entropy, energy, and vibratory processes in" rel="nofollow">in the physical world? 4. Why did early human religions avoid descriptions of God, claimin" rel="nofollow">ing that to describe God is heresy and impossible, because to do so would require an anthropomorphism of God, and reductionism, which may have been considered offensive by the ancient peoples? Part 2: The Spiral 1. The idea of spin" rel="nofollow">in and spirals are perhaps the oldest human ideas/symbols ever discovered. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink our ancient ancestors were so enamored with this idea, to the degree that they have been found at many of the oldest human archaeological sites around the world, predatin" rel="nofollow">ing all known religions? 2. Describe what the ideas of macrocosm and microcosm mean in" rel="nofollow">in your own words. 3. What is the Phi Ratio? Why is it so prevalent in" rel="nofollow">in the natural world, in" rel="nofollow">in both organisms and nonlivin" rel="nofollow">ing systems like DNA, atoms, hurricanes, solar systems, galaxies, flowers, etc.? 4. What was the Ancient Chin" rel="nofollow">inese science of Li Patterns? What does it reveal about the geometry of the natural world? 5. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink that the universe's massive dark energy networks look almost identical to the patterns found in" rel="nofollow">in the neurological pathways of the total connectome of the human brain" rel="nofollow">in? 6. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink Eastern thought focuses on the Hara (Lower Dantien) in" rel="nofollow">in the belly, while Western thought focuses on the head (Upper Dantien) and the brain" rel="nofollow">in: the enteric nervous system associated with in" rel="nofollow">intuition and no min" rel="nofollow">ind, versus the prefrontal cortex, the brain" rel="nofollow">in, the thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing min" rel="nofollow">ind? 7. What is the Yogic concept of Kundalin" rel="nofollow">ini? Part 3: The Lotus and the Serpent 1. Some people have described modern cultures as heraldin" rel="nofollow">ing the "age of overthin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing." We know that in" rel="nofollow">indigenous cultures are more focused on in" rel="nofollow">intuition (the enteric nervous system) and heart focused. We know that human spirituality in" rel="nofollow">involves the trin" rel="nofollow">inity of the heart, gut, and brain" rel="nofollow">in. What are some thin" rel="nofollow">ings that we can do as modern overthin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing and analytical cultures to regain" rel="nofollow">in some of the balance of our experience of life (Heart & Gut Brain" rel="nofollow">in), and get back to our non-lin" rel="nofollow">inguistic, body-centric capabilities? 2. What is sacred geometry? What is the sacred geometric pattern referred to as the "Flower of Life," and where does it occur in" rel="nofollow">in nature and in" rel="nofollow">in the human body? 3. In what ways do ancient spirituality and modern science agree? In what ways do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink modern science and modern religion disagree? 4. What is a circadian rhythm and what does it have to do with human biology, stress and sleep/wake patterns? 5. Who was Lao Tzu and what was his literary contribution to human wisdom traditions that is considered one of the greatest philosophicaVspiritual texts that is still read widely today? 6. Why was the tetrahedron (Yantra) such an important geometric figure to ancient peoples? 7. How much time do we spend explorin" rel="nofollow">ing our in" rel="nofollow">inner nature (in" rel="nofollow">inner world) in" rel="nofollow">in modern daily life, in" rel="nofollow">in contemplation and silence, explorin" rel="nofollow">ing ourselves the way we engage the outer- world: why is this the case? 8. What is the criticism to dualism and dualistic thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing that has been directed at modern world views and belief systems: and why? Part 4: Beyond Thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing 1. What does consumerism, pleasure seekin" rel="nofollow">ing, comfort seekin" rel="nofollow">ing, sacrificin" rel="nofollow">ing our health for capitalist goals, constantly bein" rel="nofollow">ing entertain" rel="nofollow">ined and constantly thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing rather than experiencin" rel="nofollow">ing do to our ability to respond to stress effectively? 2. Why is happin" rel="nofollow">iness a relativistic concept, and why might some say that happin" rel="nofollow">iness can only be found in" rel="nofollow">inside, not outside oneself, that it is "the path, not a destin" rel="nofollow">inations 3. Are thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing and actin" rel="nofollow">ing the only two components of the human experience possible? 4. What is the connection between resistance (conflict orientation), and stress and human health? 5. Have we abandoned "know thyself for know what's "out there," and what effect does this have on our psychology? 6. If earth is a paradise that we have turned in" rel="nofollow">into a dystopia through thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing and logical errors, who is morally culpable for the predicaments we fin" rel="nofollow">ind ourselves in" rel="nofollow">in the modern world? 7. What does it mean to be "awake," in" rel="nofollow">in the deeper sense of the word, and what aspect of the concept of consciousness does this idea connect with? 8. Is the concept of Yin" rel="nofollow">in & Yang representative of the numbers 1, 2, or 3? 9. Is thought a sense or somethin" rel="nofollow">ing else: why did people from ancient cultures believe it was a sense, and one of many aspects of human experience, and certain" rel="nofollow">inly not the primary one, or associated with a person's identity? 10. What does the idea, "what fires together, wires together' (neuroplasticity) mean for our stress experiences, how we mitigate stress, and what does it have to do with positive psychology? 11. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink one defin" rel="nofollow">inition of meditation is "to cease measurement?" 12. What is radical acceptance and openness to reality, and how is this different from resistance to and denial of "reality," as far as how it effects our health and experience of pain" rel="nofollow">in and sufferin" rel="nofollow">ing?" 13. What is the connection between change and human adaptation from your perspective, and why did Darwin" rel="nofollow">in claim that adaptability is more important than strength or in" rel="nofollow">intelligence?