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Fritjof Capra Talks About His Journey Towards Balancing Science and Spirituality

By Darryl D'Monte — 2017

Fritjof Capra had his epiphany while he was sitting by the ocean one afternoon and felt the cascading waves and sand forming a cosmic dance which he intuitively likened to the dance of Shiva, that he had been reading about. This started a long inquiry into Eastern religions and more particularly Hinduism and Zen Buddhism.

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Technology and the Age of Broken Tablets

We need to think about the values we treasure, the world we create and the tablets we are writing. The Torah must be both adopted and adapted in this new world. We stand again at Sinai, and the revelation, dark or bright, is in our hands.

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Buddhism vs. Zen

Zen is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China, when Buddhists were introduced to Taoists.

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‘God Plays Dice with the Universe,’ Einstein Writes in Letter About His Qualms with Quantum Theory

The letters, which were addressed to Caltech theoretical physicist Paul Epstein, describe Einstein’s qualms about quantum theory, which he called “incomplete” in one letter.

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Has Modern Science Bankrupted Our Souls?

Modern science has led the world to shift from spiritual aspirations to a war for material accumulation.

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On the Intersection of Science and Religion

The relationship between science and religion is often viewed in a Western context and through a Christian perspective. We turned to Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists for a different view.

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Prosocial World

Thinking more explicitly about cultural catalysis can help to accomplish in years what otherwise would require decades or not take place at all. As we experiment with cultural catalysis, we need to make it fast and benign rather than fast and pathological for the common good.

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What Unites Buddhism and Psychotherapy? One Therapist Has the Answer.

In The Zen of Therapy, Mark Epstein weaves together two ways of understanding how humans can feel more settled in their lives.

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Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not Forgotten

Does mysticism have a place in quantum mechanics today, or is the idea that the mind plays a role in creating reality best left to philosophical meditations? Harvard historian Juan Miguel Marin argues the former - not because physicists today should account for consciousness in their research, but...

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Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics

The question is no longer whether quantum theory is correct, but what it means.

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The Weirdest Idea in Quantum Physics is Catching On: There May be Endless Worlds with Countless Versions of You.

According to the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics, there may be multiple copies of us living in multiple worlds.

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