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APRIL 2003 | CONTENTS
BODY & ENERGY
WORK FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
FEATURED TOPIC in APRIL: See select articles in the Healing
section
PEACE & WAR: Commentary
on the War in Iraq, go to Peace section
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The
Gift:
The EDGE Interview with Echo Bodine
by
Tim Miejan
Jesus sometimes appears to us with messages, and sometimes, we aren't quite prepared
to hear, or accept, what He has to say. Echo Bodine, a gifted psychic, healer and
author of numerous books including Hands that Heal, Echoes of the Soul and A Still
Small Voice, has had personal meetings with Jesus, both in past lives and in this
one. One of her most recent conversations shook her to the core. The result was her
newest book, The Gift: Understand and Develop Your Psychic Abilities. Meeting with
Echo in her new teaching center in Bloomington, Minn., she spoke with The EDGE about
Jesus' message and how she responded to one of the greatest challenges she has been
given. |
The Self: From
Soul to Brain
A New York Academy of Sciences Conference
by Tyler
Volk and Amelia Amon
NEW YORK CITY -- What do we mean when we talk about the "self"? A recent
conference, sponsored by the Academy of Sciences here, brought together psychologists,
neurobiologists, cognitive scientists, cultural anthropologists and philosophers
to compare perspectives. Here is a report from the field:
Antonio Damasio, a neurologist at University of Iowa College of Medicine, believes
we're on the verge of major breakthroughs in our understanding of the neurobiological
basis of the consciousness. He connects the self to how the body is represented in
the brain. Our internal (and largely unconscious) sensing of the "internal milieu,"
which is relatively constant most of the time, provides the foundation for the cognitive
consistency required for an experience of "self." Thus, according to Damasio,
each complex thinking and feeling individual is rooted to such basics as blood chemistry
and the states of internal organs. |
Consciousness
Research & Health Care
Otto Schmitt Symposium on Consciousness Research
by Tim
Miejan
ST. PAUL, Minn -- What is consciousness? And how can our best
understanding of it lead to more effective and holistic care
of the human body? Four noted researchers in the field of
consciousness and health care pondered those and many other
challenging questions during a recent three-day forum sponsored
by the Center for Spirituality
and Healing of the University of Minnesota and made possible
by a grant from the Otto Schmitt Biomimetic Charitable Foundation.
The Otto Schmitt Symposium on Consciousness Research, attended
by 100 area healers, physicians, researchers, students and
others dedicated to areas of spirituality
and integrative healing, was the first such event conducted
in the spirit of the late Otto Herbert Schmitt (1913-1998),
best remembered for his scientific contributions to biophysics
and his crucial role in establishing the field of biomedical
engineering. |
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