I wanted to check out the claims, starting with if this information was part of any CIA inquiry, and I did find a copy...
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The text is hard to read so I used the find function to search for keywords. Here's some of the claims or views I saw that's related to your articles:
When consciousness reaches a state of sophistication in which it can perceive itself(its own hologram) it reaches the point of self cognition. Human beings have this form of elevated consciousness as does the Absolute but in case of the latter, it is a function of energy and its associated quality of consciousness in infinity(omniscience and omnipotence in perceptual unity). When energy returns to a state of total rest within the Absolute, it returns to the continuum of consciousness in the pool of limitless, timeless perception that resides there.
Our consciousness, therefore, is that differentiated aspect of the universal consciousness which resides within the Absolute. It accounts for the organization of the energy patterns which constitute our physical body but is distinctly separate from and superior to it. Since consciousness exists quite apart from and outside of reality, beyond the bounds of time-space, it, like the Absolute, has neither beginning nor end. Reality has both a beginning and an end because it is bounded within time-space, but the fundamental quantum of energy and its associated consciousness is eternal.
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The only science investigation to test this, assuming it was a valid controlled test, was called the Gateway Experience which involve the following,
Some of these mind-altering techniques are relatively mainstream, such as hypnosis or transcendental meditation—
a practice actively advocated for by film director David Lynch. Other ideas are a bit further afield, such as biofeedback (the ability for one hemisphere of the brain to gain control of parts of the other hemisphere) and an idea known as “The Consciousness Matrix,”
source:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a63149552/pentagon-psychic-spies/
What I'd want to know is what scientific evidence backs this view in any way. What results came out of using this technique?
Now that just speaks to scientific study, but what about the scientific perspective on consciousness based on what we do know? Anything supports these timeless and limitless consciousness - as well as reincarnation?
Based on the scientific perspective, I accept that consciousness may be non-physical or is unlike any other physical thing in the Universe, and that's because subjective experience can't be observed from the third-person. Again, every other physical thing in the Universe can be observed via the third-person pov which is part of why can even do science to begin with and have multiple observers being able to observe the same thing and repeat experiments, corroborate findings and observations, etc.
In my view, consciousness being nonphysical can open the door to things like reincarnation, survival beyond bodily death, etc. But I usually don't go further than what the evidence shows, unless I am looking at things from a theoretical perspective - assuming that it is true just to play out what it would mean.
Interesting topic
Ajay0.
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