10-24-2014, 12:00 AM
I had not thought of sports and movement...we can then add to the list
Kinesiology ( covers sports medicine, would seem that this would apply to yoga martial arts, chi gung, or tai chi as well)
This kind of gets us close to the topic of tensegrity and whether Castaneda just 'made it up'. I feel that science will begin to confirm a lot of truths about the universe that shamans have known (an argument could be made that it has already). For example, tai chi is proven to lower blood pressure. We should not fear the pursuit of scientific verification on several fronts.
If there are any hardcore tensegrity practitioners left (I think there are) then their should be some study on the state of their mental well being and health. Also how much their brainwave patterns change, in the same way we have studied rem sleep, lucid dreaming, and meditation. Similar studies could be done for sports, martial arts, and others. I would especially be interested to know in what way 'inner silence' changes or enhances sports performance.
I am listening to an Osprey and a gull outside....if we are covering shamanism then we should add:
Ecology
Environmental Science
Hmm......
Kinesiology ( covers sports medicine, would seem that this would apply to yoga martial arts, chi gung, or tai chi as well)
This kind of gets us close to the topic of tensegrity and whether Castaneda just 'made it up'. I feel that science will begin to confirm a lot of truths about the universe that shamans have known (an argument could be made that it has already). For example, tai chi is proven to lower blood pressure. We should not fear the pursuit of scientific verification on several fronts.
If there are any hardcore tensegrity practitioners left (I think there are) then their should be some study on the state of their mental well being and health. Also how much their brainwave patterns change, in the same way we have studied rem sleep, lucid dreaming, and meditation. Similar studies could be done for sports, martial arts, and others. I would especially be interested to know in what way 'inner silence' changes or enhances sports performance.
I am listening to an Osprey and a gull outside....if we are covering shamanism then we should add:
Ecology
Environmental Science
Hmm......