This post is in response to Consciousness and the Quantum Mind By Thomas R. Verny M.D. In 1931, the father of quantum mechanics, Max Planck, said, “I regard consciousness as fundamental. I ...

In his book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, visionary filmmaker David Lynch wrote, “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the ...

With more people engaging in mindfulness, meditation, and other contemplative and mind-body practices, we thought that altered states and their effects might be common among the general population.

He wrote a book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, and participated in several documentaries that followed him as he spoke to film students in Estonia, Brazil ...

Lynch saw Transcendental Meditation as fundamental to his survival as an artist in Hollywood. “In 1984, my film Dune was released, and meditation saved my life,” he said matter-of-factly.

Vipassana meditation, or insight meditation, focuses on seeing things as they are. It comes from Theravada, Buddhism’s oldest school of thought. Vipassana practitioners seek to understand things ...

Now neuroscientists are researching these altered states of consciousness, more meditation teachers are guiding people into them, and a much hyped startup called Jhourney—where Cammarata is a ...

Platform- A Consciousness Studio owner Ailsa Foulke holds the oversized scissors alongside Councilmember Howard Chapman (right) and Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Director Rebecca Imholz ...