MIND OVER MATTER: EVIDENCE THAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS CONNECTED TO, AND AFFECTS THE PHYSICAL WORLD AROUND US
By Kosta Kourabis
A thesis thesis submitted pertaining to the requirements for the degree of Master of Metaphysics (M.M.) From the university of metaphysical sciences
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MIND OVER MATTER: EVIDENCE THAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS CONNECTED TO, AND AFFECTS THE PHYSICAL WORLD AROUND US
his is to certify that M.M. hesis of
Kosta Kourabis
/as been approved by the e0amining committee for the thesis requirements for the
Master of Metaphysics (M.M.)
From the university of metaphysical sciences
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Member TABLE INTRODUCTION
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PERSONAL RELEVANCE / METHODS SECTION
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FINDINGS AND DISCUSION:
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OUT OF BODY (OBE) & NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES (NDE’)
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&onsciousness %urvives !eath
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&onsciousness More han 3ust the ,hysical Brain
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MIND / BODY RELATIONSHIP
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,lacebo And 4ocebo 'ffect
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%pontaneous emissions
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Further Medical &ases for Mind over Body
%$UANTUM PHYSICS
%$!ouble %lit '0periment
%$he ,arallel of Mind and 4onlocal 5uantum Mechanics
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PROCESS OF INFORMATION TRANSFER OR ENERGY TRANSFER
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andom 4umber 6enerators
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&ollective &onsciousness esearch
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he %ense of Being %tared At
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elepathy 7 !ogs hat Kno8 9hen here +8ners Are &oming /ome
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Brain:o:Brain &onnections
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HEART RESEARCH
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4e8 %cientific $nderstanding on the ,o8er +f he /eart
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FURTHER RESEARCH TOPICS
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emote -ie8ing
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&onsciousness Altering Molecular %tructure of 9ater
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!istant /ealing
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CONCLUSION
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FURTHER RESOURCES
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REFERENCES
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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INTRODUCTION his paper 8ill attempt to demonstrate that consciousness consciousness is more than ;ust the brain:that it is intert8ined 8ith the 8orld around us< and can have a direct influence over it. %cience has to a big e0tent overloo=ed ho8 consciousness consciousness manifests and is interlin=ed 8ith the material 8orld. Many believe that consciousness springs forth from the brain at some point early on in our development in 8hat is called >emergence?. 'volutionary biologist claim consciousness @emerges out of the brain at some un=no8n time< through some completely un=no8n process and 8ith a complete lac= of evidence. +thers go as far as dismissing consciousness altogether by vie8ing the brain as a sort of machine< that mind equals brain the @identity theory therefore bypassing the problem of >emergence? altogether. his paper 8ill sho8 a different picture one of the mind pushing beyond the constraints and limitations of the physical brain and e0tending out into the 8orld around us< entangled 8ith and influencing our physical reality. he intention of this paper is to sho8 that consciousness of the mind is a nonlocal phenomenon. phenomenon. hat it can e0ist outside of< and independent independent of< the physical brain. hat consciousness consciousness is part of a unifying field that interconnects not only all conscious beings together but ine0plicably connects us to the physical 8orld around us. And so the main focus of this paper 8ill be to demonstrate that consciousness (thoughts< beliefs< intentions< pray and other units of consciousness) consciousness) can influence physical changes in people and in the material 8orld. his paper 8ill utilise case studies< peer:revie8ed published studies compiling significant research e0periments in the area of consciousness and mind:bodyCmatter mind:bodyCmatter relationship to sho8 8hat the mind can do in order to build a solid and compelling body of evidence from 8hich to support the claims.
OUT OF BODY (OBE) & NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES (NDE’) &+4%&*+$%4'%% %$-*-'% !'A/ A 4ear 4ear !eath '0perience '0perience (4!') refers refers to a personal personal e0perience associated associated 8ith death< death< usually after an individual has been pronounced clinically dead or very near death. 9ith recent technological advances in cardiac resuscitation techniques the number of people being brought bac= from clinical death and reporting a 4!' has largely increased. &linical death is a medical term satisfied 8hen t8o necessary life sustaining criteria of humans (and most other organisms) cease< the t8o t 8o criteria being blood circulation and heart beat (cardiac arrest) (). (). he he most common picture of person entering clinical death is a patient 8hose electronic life support monitors are beeping alarmingly 8ith the heart rate monitor indicating 4
a flat line. &ardiopulmonary resuscitation or (&,)< defibrillation< epinephrine in;ection and other medical techniques emerging out of the 2" th century have largely been responsible for bringing people bac= to life from clinical death. /istorically< /istorically< before the invent of resuscitation techniques< this 8ould not be possible: a cessation in blood circulation 8ould mean almost certainly death. !uring clinical death consciousness consciousness in the body is lost in ;ust a fe8 seconds and all measureable brain activity stops 8ithin 2" to #" seconds (2). *f the @mind 8as contained 8ithin the physical brain and ;ust a function thereof< : than it 8ould be impossible in any 8ay to have e0periences< visions< and memories during the absence of activity in the brain. he phenomenon of 4!'s suggests e0actly the opposite that consciousness doesnt cease 8hen he brain is no longer active: it continues< and is even more heightened. +ne of the most verified and documented 4!' cases (featured on the BB&) occurred to ,am eynolds during a rare and daring surgical procedure to remove a giant aneurysm from her brain (D) (D).. he siEe and location of the aneurysm 8as such that required a special custom operation ;ust for ,am eynolds eynolds nic=named nic=named >the standstill? standstill? by doctors 8ho perform perform it. >he standstill? standstill? required ,ams body temperature to be lo8ered to " degrees< her heartbeat and breathing stopped and brain 8aves flattened and the blood drained from her head. *n every sense she 8ould be put to death 8hile they removed the brain aneurysm and then restored bac= to life after8ards. !uring the standstill portion of the surgery< surgery< ,am reported that she felt herself >pop? outside of her body and hover above the operating theatre from 8hich she could observe the entire operation performed on her body(#) body (#).. (he term for being consciously a8are from a standpoint outside of the body is referred to as an @out:of:body e0perien e0perience ce or +B' for short) ,am could later recount everything that 8ent on in the room< in detail. esearches as=ed her to describe the surgical procedures< dra8 the specialised instruments instruments that doctors had used in the operation and so forth. ,am could remember people 8ho came into the room< and conversations that had ta=en place during the lapse of time t ime during 8hich she 8as clinically dead (G). ,ams 4!' is quite a common e0perience< most 4!'s report similar e0periences e0periences of floating outside of their body (+B's)< having heightened senses< not being bound by physical la8s or limitations and so forth . hey report struggling to fully describe their e0periences of the afterlife in physical 8ords and language. 4!'s report conversing (through telepathic and non physical means) 8ith spiritual beings and deceased friends or relatives that assist their ;ourney and bring bring comfort and understanding understanding.. he popular popular association of of dying 8ith moving moving through a tunnel and then moving to8ards @the light is also attestable to 4!'s and most li=ely originated from the phenomena in the first place. *n March HIJ !a8n 6illott 8as admitted to 4orthampton 6eneral /ospital< seriously ill 8ith pneumonia. pneumonia. After being placed placed in intensive care< the physicians physicians decided to perform perform a tracheotomy because she could not breathe1
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“The next thing I was above myself near the near the ceiling looking down. One of the nurses was saying in what seemed a frantic voice, ‘Breathe, awn, breathe.! " doctor was #ressing my chest, my chest, dri#s were being disconnected, disconnected, everyone everyone was rushing round. I couldn!t understand the #anic, I wasn!t I wasn!t in #ain. Then they #ushed my #ushed my body out of the room to the theatre. I f ollowed my body out of the IT$ and then left on what I can only describe as a %ourney of a lifetime. I went down what seemed like a cylindrical tunnel tunnel with a bright warm inviting inviting light at the end. I seemed to be traveling at &uite a s#eed, but I was ha##y, no #ain, %ust #eace. "t the end was a beautiful o#en field, a wonderful summery smell of smell of flowers. There was a bench seat on seat on the right where my 'randfather sat sat (he had been dead seven years). I sat next to him. *e asked me me how I was and the family. I said I was ha##y and content and content and all my f amily were fine. *e said he was worried about my son+ my son needed his mother, he was too young to be left. I told 'ram#i 'ram#i I didn!t want want to go back, back, I wanted to stay with him. him. But 'ram#i insisted I go back for my children!s children!s sake. I then asked him if he would come for me when my time came. *e started to answer, ‘es, I will be back in four! - then my whole body seemed to %um#. %um#. I looked round and and saw that I was back back in the IT$. I honestly believe in what ha##ened, that there is life after death. "fter my ex#erience ex#erience I am not afraid of death death as I was before my illness. (/B) ('0cerpted from the boo=< %cience and the 4ear !eath '0perience1 /o8 &onsciousness &onsciousness %urvives !eath (2"")< &hris &arter) ,eople 8ho have had a profound 4!' often bring bac= a 8ealth of understanding and insights that 8e can all learn something from. here are almost endless 4!' bibliographies 8ritten by people that are enriching as much as they are interesting. hey universally teach us that death is not something to be t errified of because 8hat 8e call death is only a transition to something else and that consciousness survives the death of our physical bodies.
&+4%&*+$%4'%% M+' /A4 3$% /' ,/%*&A BA*4 !r. Bruce 6reyson is a professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the $niversity $niversit y of -irginia and is considered an authority in this field of 4!'s. *n a 2"2 presentation< !r 6reyson (based on his nearly """ 4!' case studies of research) e0plains that consciousness is not strictly a local emergent of the physical brain1 Lthis evidence 012 research3 is not acce#ted or known by most "merican scientists 4 nevertheless it is there, and it is reliable and re#roducible evidence 4 we have cases of #eo#le whose whose brains have been been deteriorating deteriorating for years suddenly suddenly think clearly clearly on their deathbeds, #eo#le who function normally sometimes with high intelligence who have virtually no brain tissue, 12 ex#eriencers who think more clearly than ever when their brains are not functioning, and we have very young children who can barely s#eak, who talk
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about their #ast lives with accurate details. These #henomena, all well investigated by modern scientific methodologies, methodologies, and building u#on decades or centuries of #rior research, strongly suggest that under extreme circumstances, consciousness can be #roduced and can function without the intercession of the #hysical brain.L brain.L () !r. 6reyson e0plains e0plains that mapping brain activity to t o brain scans is a=in to dissecting a mobile phone to study the origin of the sound coming through 8hen 8e are spea=ing to someone. 9e can discover 8hat electronic components are functioning 8hen the voice is coming through but the voice itself is not originating from those processes in the same 8ay that consciousness is not originating from the brain. o say parts of the brain light up 8hen a thought is occurring establishes establishes a correlation or @mar=er to a thought not a causal factor: it is un=no8n 8hether the brain creates the thought or the thought creates the activity. &ould it be that the human brain is li=e a radio set from f rom 8hich 8e metaphorically receive consciousness consciousness that is originating originating and sourced from else8here And And that matter is not 8hat produces consciousn consciousness ess but merely 8hat contains and limits it 4!' evidence certainly suggests this is li=ely to be the case. &urrently the @/oriEon esearch Foundation 5cience at the *ori6on of 7ife8 are are 8or=ing to8ards solving the mystery of consciousness through 4!' and other consciousness consciousness research (J) research (J).. hey hope to gather evidence of consciousness through brain scans at the time a person is actually undergoing cardiac cardiac arrest< in order to vie8 the brain at e0actly the moment the brain is severely impaired or at 8orst completely ceased. his is believed to be one of the best 8ays to shed ne8 light on an accepted and traditional understanding understanding of consciousness.
THE MIND / BODY RELATIONSHIP ,A&'B+ A4! 4+&'B+ 'FF'& +ne of the most commonly used terms in the medical language is the 8ord #lacebo since #lacebo since the placebo effect is used in almost all drug trials in testing and evaluating the effectiveness of a ne8 drug before it is approved for sale to the general public (I) (I).. A placebo is essentially fa=e medicine in the sense that that they contain no medically active active ingredients. For e0ample common placebos may be sugar pills or in;ections containing contain ing distilled 8ater and even @fa=e surgeries such as a incision made under anaesthetic made to loo= li=e a patient has undergone a surgical procedure. ,atients 8hen given a placebo or @fa=e treatment may nonetheless e0perience e0perience very real improvements in their medical condition< both perceived and actual changes can occur< this phenomenon is called the @placebo effect (H). he 8ord #lacebo 8ord #lacebo (meaning (meaning >* shall please?) 8as used in medieval prayer in the conte0t of the phrase 9lacebo omino (>* shall please the ord?) and originated from a biblical translation of the fifth century A! and during the I th century 8as the term adopted by medicine to imply preparations of no therapeutic value treatments ("). ("). ,lacebos ,lacebos are not al8ays beneficial and can have adverse effects to health too< fittingly termed the nocebo effect in 8hich patients e0perience deterioration in health as opposed to improvements.
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*n an e0periment related to the nocebo effect< medical student volunteers 8ere falsely told by researchers that they 8ould have a 8ea= electrical current administered through their head. !espite there being no actual electrical current used< J" per cent of the volunteers complained of a headache after the e0periment e0periment (). *n 2""2< he Baylor %chool of medicine did a study on the effectiveness of =nee surgery on a trial group of arthritis sufferers< published in the 4e8 'ngland 3ournal of Medicine. A total of I" patients 8ith osteoarthritis of the =nee 8ere randomly selected and split up into three groups:all three groups 8ould be given =nee surgery. he first group 8ould have shaving performed on the damaged =nee cartilage and the second group 8ould have the =nee flushed out removing all material believed to be causing inflammation: both of 8hich are common< legitimate =nee surgeries. he third group in the trial< under anaesthetic in the operating theatre had an incision made and salt 8ater splashed on the =nee as they 8ould have done in a normal surgery. he incision 8as then se8ed up to appear li=e the real thing. All three groups groups including the group receiving receiving the @fa=e surgery then under8ent under8ent the same same rehabilitation rehabilitation process. he results that follo8ed 8ere amaEing the placebo group receiving the @fa=e surgery reported ;ust as much improvements as the other t8o groups 8ith the genuine surgeries (2). Medicine ,rofessor ed Kaptchu= of the /ardvard Medical %chool and director of the ,rogram in ,lacebo %tudies and herapeautic herapeautic 'ncounter (,i,s) discovered something amaEing in a study called @,lacebos 8ithout !eception1 A randomiEed &ontrolled rial in *rritable Bo8el %yndrome< 2""2 (D). ,atients suffering irritable bo8el syndrome 8ere given @honest placebo treatments in the form of sugar pills< and told outright that they 8ere receiving a placebo 8ith no active ingredients< that the study is on the placebo effect of >mind over matter? and they still got better. More than half the patients (GHN) 8ho 8ere in the study said they felt relief ta=ing the placebo fully a8are and informed that the treatment 8as not real< more than t8ice those not ta=ing any pills at all. he trial 8as the first of its =ind to trial the placebo effect 8ith no deception involved. involved. $sually patients are left in the dar= and not told as to 8hether or not they have been genuine medication or a placebo< if they get better they thin= its because they too= the real thing. *t is believed that the placebo pill is only one small component of the placebo effect and that @he 8hole e0perience is full of @active ingredients from sitting in the doctors 8aiting bay< to the environmental stimuli< the interactions 8ith a doctor< to the actual ta=ing of the medication are all @active ingredients ed Kaptchu= describes in a lecture given at 6oldlab %ymposium< 2"# (#) esearcher and public spea=er issa an=in< M!< at ed0Americaiviera< 2"2 (author of @Mind over Medicine1 5cientific 9roof you can heal yourself8) says yourself8) says that the doctor is the actual placebo< or can be. issa e0plains that doctors can have a placebo or a nocebo effect and that doctors 8ho hold the same beliefs as their patients in alignment to getting better are most effective in promoting self repair healing mechanisms in patients.
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issa e0plains1 >according to :a#tchuk the most essential #art is the nurturing care of a health care #rovider, more so even than the mind8s #ositive belief. 0...3 it is because they felt tended, nurtured, #atients felt like they were doing something, they felt like somebody cared. 0....3 The body has these innate natural re#air mechanisms, but scientific data #roves that you need the tending nurturing care of a healthcare #rovider, of some sort of healer, to facilitate that #rocess. It8s not an easy #rocess to go through alone, so it makes a big difference if somebody else is holding that #ositive belief with you. But t he #roblem is while the doctor can be the #lacebo+ they can also be the nocebo. 5o, what #atients need from us, as healthcare #roviders, #roviders, they need us to be forces of healing, not forces of fear or #essimism.? #essimism.? issa goes on to e0plain that 8hen doctors tell patients they have incurable illnesses< illnesses< diagnosiss diagnosiss or survival rates< 8hat doctors consider< @realistically @realistically telling patients 8hat they need to =no8< they could in fact be harming them (nocebo effect)(G). effect)(G). he placebo (and nocebo (and nocebo)) effect is the strongest evidence in medical science for the mind and body relationship. he placebo effect has been documenting the minds ability to influence real changes in the body for over G" years. *t demonstrates that the intentions< beliefs and thoughts of the patient have clear correlations 8ith medical outcomes.
%,+4'4'+$% 'M*%%*+4% &A%'% he 5#ontaneous 5#ontaneous ;emissions ;emissions 9ro%ect is is a database compiled by the *nstitute of 4oetic sciences comprising of some DG"" case studies in the medical literature for spontaneous remissions (). he database includes case studies of spontaneous remissions from a 8ide range of >incurable >incurablechronicterminal? illnesses< including %tage # cancers< /*-< a gunshot 8ound to the head< cardiac illnesses< illnesses< and more common illnesses such as diabetes< hypertension<< and autoimmune diseases. hypertension %ome of the strongest evidence that our minds can affect our biology is in those patients 8ho have had spontaneous remissions of of seemingly incurable deceases. %pontaneous remission is a term used in the medical literature for people 8ho have une0plained< sudden reversalCreduction reversalCreduction in the progression of a disease< i.e. %uch as tumours shrin=ing or suddenly disappearing< that cannot be attributed to 9estern medicine (also called s#ontaneous healing or s#ontaneous regression)(<=). regression) (<=). +ne such account of spontaneous remission is of Anita Moor;anis< 8ho 8rote a 4e8 or= imes best seller boo= on her story named ying to Be >e (
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files =ept by her doctors including scans of her tumours: seconded by an investigating doctor 8ho 8rote up a detailed report (I). According to Kelly Kelly A. A. urner urner ,h! boo= @adical @adical emission< emission< people 8ho 8ho e0perience this are not ;ust luc=y or inactive in this process but are active participants in their cure. %he prefers to call them >radical remissions? remissions? because they are not >spontaneous? but can be attributed to common changes in thoughts and behaviours in peoples lives (such as< but not limited to: increasing positive emotion< deepening spiritual connection and releasing suppressed emotions). emotions).
F$/' M'!*&A &A%'% F+ M*4! +-' B+! he incredible case from Anthony obbins boo= $nlimited 9ower describes 9ower describes a case of a psychiatric patient 8ith a split personality. +ne of her personalities 8as a diabetic< 8hile the other 8as not. /er blood sugar 8ould be normal 8hen she 8as in her non:diabetic personality<< but then 8hen she shifted into the diabetic alter ego< her blood sugar rose< and personality all medical evidence demonstrated that she 8as diabetic. -ice versa 8hen her personality reverted bac= to the non diabetic one< her blood sugars normaliEed (H). Another similar similar case of multiple personality personality is of of immy described by author author ,sychiatrist ,sychiatrist Bennett Braun in the boo= The Treatment of >ulti#le 9ersonality isorder (@A) (@A).. immy had one personality that 8as allergic to orange ;uice< and 8hen this personality dran= orange ;uice< he 8ould 8ould brea= into hives. hives. /o8ever< /o8ever< another personality personality 8ould 8ould drin= orange orange ;uice 8ithout incident. *f the allergic personality 8as in the midst of an allergy attac= and he shifted bac= to the non:allergic personality< the hives 8ould instantly disappear.
UANTUM PHYSICS !+$B' %* 'O,'*M'4 5uantum mechanics is the study of the smallest observable particles that ma=e up our physical e0istence. +n the quantum level classical la8s such as 4e8tonian la8s 8hich describe the direct observable 8orld around us very 8ell< seem to brea= do8n completely. +n the small tiny scale a 8hole ne8 set of la8s can be observed. +n the quantum level particles (8hich are very small pieces of matter) can be at more than one place at the same time in su#er#osition< su#er#osition< acting as a 8ave smeared out in space< located at several different points across this 8ave. ,articles can be entangled 8ith each other over great distances 8hat you do to t o one particle instantaneously occurs to the t 8in particle no matter that the distance bet8een them may be: referred to as quantum:action:at:a:distance. quantum:action:at:a:distance. 5uantum particles also act as a wavefunction in wavefunction in the same 8ay light behaves.
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*n the famous and 8idely replicated @!ouble %lit '0periment '0periment (featured on @9hat the Bleep !o 9e Kno8 documentary)< electrons 8hich are simply tiny @marbles of matter< are shot through t8o slits< recording a @8aveli=e interference pattern interference pattern (such as light 8ould ma=e) on the other side. /o8ever 8hen observed the electron 8ould create a non 8aveli=e t8o slit pattern as 8ould typically occur 8ith marbles being shot through t8o slits. *n other 8ords the very act of observation 8ould influence influence 8hether or not the electron behaved as a particle or as a 8ave function. he e0periment sho8 that a quantum ob;ect e0ist as a non:local 8ave< until they are observed directly in 8hich case consciousness consciousness literally collapses the 8ave:function of the particle to assume one definite position in time and space. he electron as it is flying through the air and through the double slits in the e0periment e0periment is located as a 8ave f unction of potentiality and only assumes a definite position 8hen 8e loo= at it: this effect is =no8n as the ‘observereffect8 (@<) (@<).. 9ithout a conscious observer present to collapse this 8ave< it 8ould simply remain un:manifested in a state of potentiality. potentiality. %ome scientists have even speculated that the universe 8ould not even e0ist if it 8ere not for consciousness. hat 8ithout consciousness< 8ithout sub;ectivity there 8ould be no physical matter< ;ust a sea of quantum potentiality un:manifested (=no8n as the ,articipatory Anthropic ,rinciple ,rinciple first proposed proposed by physicist physicist !r.3ohn !r.3ohn 9heeler) (22)
/' ,AA' +F M*4! A4! 4+4+&A 5$A4$M M'&/A4*&% arry !ossey< M!< Author of @he science of ,remonitions1 *ow knowing the Cuture Dan *el# $s "void anger, >aximise O##ortunities and Dreate a Better 7ife, e0plains in his boo= that consciousness is not a thing or a substance but is a nonlocal phenomenon< nonlocal a nonlocal a >fancy? 8ord for infinite. /e goes on to e0plain that consciousness does not behave li=e an electromagnetic electromagnetic signal ('M) that displays certain limiting characteristics. For e0ample 'M signals become 8ea=er the farther a8ay they get from their source< and can be bloc=ed partially or completely 8ith for instance at certain depths in sea 8ater. /o8ever e0periments e0periments to do 8ith long distance healing and and remote viewing at at sea depth show no such limitations in consciousness. 'M signals also require travel time from source to receiver< yet thoughts can be perceived simultaneously simultaneously bet8een people over distance. !ossey believes consciousness is not an electrical signal< but a nonlocal phenomenon a=in to 8hat can be observed in the quantum domain. (2D) >If something is nonlocal, it is not locali6ed to s#ecific #oints in s#ace, such as brains or bodies, or to s#ecific #oints in time, such as the #resent. 1onlocal events are immediate+ they re&uire no travel time. They are unmediated+ they re&uire no energetic signal to “carry them. They are unmitigated+ they do not become weaker with increasing distance. 1onlocal #henomena are are omni#resent, omni#resent, everywhere at once. once. This means there there is no necessity necessity for them to go anywhere+ they are already there. They are infinite in time as well, #resent at all moments, #ast #resent and future, meaning they are eternal .? .? (2D) (2D) P P arry !ossey in The science of 9reminition boo= 9reminition boo= 11
%enior %cientist !ean adin from the institute of 4oetic %ciences< 8hose e0periments provide profound evidence for future =no8ing< believes that the nonlocal events in the subatomic< quantum domain underlie the nonlocal events 8e e0perience at the human level. /e invo=es the concept of entanglement entanglement as a bridging hypothesis uniting the small: and large:scale happenings. happenings. As physicist &hris &hris &lar=e< of the $niversity $niversity of %outhampton< %outhampton< says< >+n one hand< Mind is inherently non:local. +n the other< the 8orld is governed by a quantum physics that is inherently non:local. his is no accident< but a precise correspondence ...QMind and the 8orld areR aspects of the same thing...he 8ay ahead< * believe< has to place mind first as the =ey aspect of the universe...9e have to start e0ploring ho8 8e can tal= about mind in terms of a quantum picture...+nly then 8ill 8e be able t o ma=e a genuine bridge bet8een bet8een physics and physiology.? (2#)
PROCESS OF INFORMATION TRANSFER OR ENERGY TRANSFER (PSI) A4!+M 4$MB' 6'4'A+% andom 4umber 6enerators or (46s) are devices that perform the tas= of electronically flipping a coin for heads or tails but instead in binary code of s and "s. he ,rinceton 'ngineering Anomalies esearch (,'A) program has been using such devices to study the effect of human consciousness consciousness on physical reality (2G). 9hat they have been demonstrating in e0periments spanning almost three decades is that consciousness is intert8ined 8ith and has an influence over physical reality. '0periments included as=ing test sub;ects to focus their attention on ma=ing the andom 4umber 6enerator devices produce more s than "s (and vice versa) 8ith nothing more than the po8er of their o8n mind. esults produced and accumulated over long periods of time demonstrated that the devices deviated from random chance in those circumstances 8here human intention 8as involved. /olding the intention for more s to be produced from the 46 produced more s to be produced as 8ould have other8ise occurred 8ith random chance (2). herefore flipping a coin and holding the intention for more heads than tails to come out< 8ill statistically produce more heads to come out: given that you flip the coin enough times to notice the deviation in randomness. 46 deviations in randomness cannot be attributed to any other =no8n physical phenomenon: it is a consequence of human consciousness.
&+'&*-' &+4%&*+$%4'%% '%'A&/ he global consciousness pro;ect (6&,) is a pioneering ne8 step into researching researching the mind and matter relationship and ultimately ans8ering the question of 8hat the role of the collective mind is in the physical 8orld. 12
he 6lobal &onsciousness &onsciousness ,ro;ect specifically is an international< international< multidisciplinary multidisciplinary collaboration collaboration of scientists and engineers. hey collect data continuously from a global net8or= of 46s located in up to J" host sites around the 8orld at any given time. he data are transmitted to a central archive 8hich no8 contains more than G years of random data in parallel sequences of synchroniEed 2"":bit 2"":bit trials t rials generated every second. (2J) ather than focusing only on the effect individual intentions intentions they research the effect that mass attention has. 'vents such as HC and ,rincess !ianas death dra8 mass global attention through media< 8ith millions of peoples attention focused on the same thing researchers can gather data to find correlations in the 46s located around the 8orld. 9hen many people are focused on the same thing human consciousness becomes more coherent. 9hen a great event synchroniEes synchroniEes the feelings f eelings of millions of people< the net8or= of 46s becomes subtly structured. %tudies demonstrate that coherent consciousness creates order in the 8orld and that subtle interactions lin= us 8ith each other and the 'arth. *n an e0periment at Burning Man in 2"D researches from the *nstitute of 4oetic %ciences (*+4%)< placed si0 46s to record random data before< during and after the highly anticipated event approached: approached: the burning of the man. esearches 8anted to observe any correlation bet8een mental coherence coherence from G<""" minds moving into tight alignment as attention focused on the burning of the man 8ith a rise in physical coherence< as measured by the output of data from the t he 46s (2I). esearches e0pected that collective mental attention 8ould reach pea= 8hen the man 8as ignited as 8hat 8as observed in the 2"2 Burning Man '0periment. /o8ever in 2"D the start of the burning ceremony 8as signalled by the mans arms rising up a fe8 seconds after H,M on August August D (half an hour prior to the ignition of the man). !uring this time the combined statistical data output from all 46s 8here observed to sho8 the greatest pea= in deviation from randomness< randomness< becoming more @orderly.(2I) @orderly.(2I) >9e calculate one in a trillion odds that the effect is due to chance. he evidence suggests suggests an emerging noopshere or the unifying field of consciousness consciousness described by sages in all cultures?(2H) cultures?(2H) :*+4% :*+4% %enior %cientist !ean adin< 6lobal &onsciousness &onsciousness ,ro;ect.
/' %'4%' +F B'*46 %A'! A he e0perience of the feeling of being stared at< only to turn around and discover somebody loo=ing directly at you is 8idespread phenomenon 8ith most people reporting having e0perienced it (bet8een IN and H#N of the population reporting having having had such an e0perience at least once (D"). *n the boo= @he %ense of Being %tared At and also published in Eournal of Donsciousness Donsciousness 5tudies (F<), 5tudies (F<), upert %heldra=e e0plains that recent e0periments 8ith direct loo=ing have ta=en t8o approaches. he first involves direct loo=ing 8hereby people 8or= in pairs< 8ith a sub;ect and a loo=er. *n a randomiEed randomiEed series of trials the sub;ects sit 8ith t heir bac=s to the loo=ers< 8ho either stare at the bac= of the sub;ects nec=s< or loo= a8ay and thin= of
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something else. A mechanical signal of some sort mar=s the beginning of each trial and the sub;ects guess quic=ly if they are being loo=ed at or not and ans8ers are recorded. A test session usually consists of 2" trials and ta=es less than " minutes to perform. he second type of e0periment is the same e0cept for the loo=er and sub;ects are in different rooms connected through closed circuit television (&&-). >Altogether< >Altogether< there have been tens of thousands of trials (%heldra=e< 2""Da)(D2) 2""Da)(D2).. he results are remar=ably consistent. ypically< about GGN of the guesses are right< as opposed to G"N e0pected by chance. epeated over tens of thousands of trials this result becomes astronomically significant significant statistically? P %heldra=e< he sense of Being %tared At (DD).
'',A/ 7 !+6% /A K4+9 9/'4 /'' +94'% A' &+M*46 /+M' upert %heldra=e has also done many other e0periments to t est human and animal telepathic po8ers of sense. *n a published paper called elepathy in &onnection 8ith elephone &alls< e0t Messages and emails %heldra=e describes telepathy in connection 8ith telephone calls as the most common form of telepathy in the t he modern 8orld. ,eople 8ho have strong bonds or emotional connection 8ith each other< such as parents and children< husbands and 8ives< good friends as having the strongest telepathic connections (D#) connections (D#) *n the e0periments callers 8ere chosen at random and made to call a test sub;ect 8ho had to guess before ans8ering 8ho they thought the caller 8ould be. esults indicate test sub;ects accurately guessed 8ho the caller 8as higher than statistical chance indicating a degree of telepathic po8er. %imilar e0periments using te0t %M% and emails have further validated the phenomenon by producing similar results (D#) (D#).. 'ven dogs have been sho8n to have telepathic po8ers sho8ing anticipation typically by 8aiting at the door or 8indo8. o test this< more than a hundred time:coded video recordings observed and detected a dogs behaviour 8hen the o8ner headed for home. he o8ner 8ould travel at least seven =ilometres a8ay from the home (ruling out the detection of smell) and return at randomly selected times. he video recordings detected that anticipatory behaviour (typically< by 8aiting at the 8indo8) usually began shortly before the o8ner set off for home. !uring the o8ners absence absence the dog spent only # per cent of the time 8aiting at the 8indo8 (DG). he e0periments and videos (as 8ell as others) are 8idely available for all to vie8 and are easily accessible online (%heldra=e.org).
BA*4:+:BA*4 BA*4:+:BA*4 &+44'&*+4% &+44'&*+4% /uman beings are social beings often sharing very close bonds and relationships 8ith each other. *dentical *dentical t8ins for e0ample are commonly =no8n to have a very close connection 8ith each other< often able to finish each others sentences< =no8 8hat the other is feeling or thin=ing and perhaps to a larger degree having a sense of 8hat the other is going through for instance 8hen the other is in trouble.
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he question here is of 8hether or not human brains can be lin=ed together someho8< or @entangled together together li=e quantum ob;ects can be. o test this scientists have conducted several e0periments involving t8o partner sub;ects spatially separated 8ith 8ith one sub;ect given stimuli and the others brain tested to see if they too receive brain activation responding to the same stimuli despite having no physical sensory input of it 8hatsoever. Modern devices such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (FM*) technology and also electroencephalogram electroencephalogram (''6) scans of the t he brain ma=e it possible to see inside the brain and detect such correlations. *n a paper published in 9hysics 2ssays< 2ssays< researches used ''6 scanners to detect correlations in brain patterns of a non P stimulated sub;ect to that of a stimulated sub;ect at distance (D). %ub;ects 8ere paired up and told to meditate 8ith each other for f or 2" minutes before being separated inside a Faraday chamber (a device 8hich bloc=s electromagnetism) electromagnetism) #.G metres a8ay from the other person. esearchers emphasised emphasised the importance of the test sub;ects getting to =no8 there partners first and meditating for 2" minutes as a 8ay of establishing a connection. ,revious 8or= in the field suggests an e0perimental protocol to correlate brains. *n this study it 8as found that if t8o people meditate together< their brains ''6 scans display @phase coherence 8ith respect to each other. >,hase coherence is a 8ell:=no8n signature of quantum non:locality. Accordingly< sub;ects of this study 8ere correlated by meditating together...? (DJ) (DJ).. +ne sub;ect of each pair 8as then stimulated by "" flashes 8hile the other sub;ects brain 8as being scanned 8ith an ''6 scanner. esults from the scanner sho8ed that the moment the flashes occurred to the t he stimulated sub;ect< the brain of the non:stimulated sub;ect also reacts and sho8s a >transferred potential of a similar morphology?. he e0periment indicates that close connections and being @lin=ed together 8ith others is possible< >he transferred potentials demonstrate brain:to:brain nonlocal Q',R correlation bet8een brains< supporting the brains quantum nature at the macro level? (DJ) (DJ).. *n a similar e0periment published in the Eournal of "lternative and Dom#lementary >edicine pairs of friends 8ere recruited< and as=ed to maintain a >feeling of connectedness?. o encourage this focus< each person 8as also as=ed to e0change a personal item< li=e a ring or 8atch to hold onto during the duration of the e0periment. %imultaneous record of ''6s 8ere then recorded as one person 8as stimulated using a live video game 8hile the other 8as located in a double steel:8alled< electromagnetically electromagnetically and acoustically shielded< dimly lit room 2" metres a8ay. Multiple participants 8ere independently sho8n to have significant correlations 8ith researcher !ean adin commenting that >the stronger their QparticipantsR responses Qto the video gamesR< the larger the corresponding responses in the non:stimulated non:stimulated sub;ects? (DI).
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>$nder certain conditions< the ''6 of a sensorially isolated human sub;ect can become correlated 8ith event:related potentials potentials in a distant persons ''6. his suggests the presence of an un=no8n form of energetic or informational interaction? interaction? (DI). (DI). P P !ean adin adin &orrelating brain signals have also been detected in e0periments using FM* technology in separate e0periments (DH) (DH)..
HEART RESEARCH 4'9 %&*'4*F*& $4!'%A4!*46 +4 /' ,+9' +F /' /'A he follo8ing is derived from an overvie8 of the research conducted at the *nstitute of /eartMath (*/M) esearch &entre. %cience of the /eart1 2x#loring the ;ole of the *eart in *uman 9erformance (#"). 9erformance (#"). raditional research has focused on the brains communication to the heart and the hearts response to the brains commands but modern research is changing this. he heart sends more information to the brain< than the brain sends to the heart. 9hen 8e are e0periencing positive emotions (as opposed to negative) the rhythm and signals of our heart become more @coherent 8hich 8hich in turn influence all the other systems in our body to become more coherent and synchronised. *t is a type of automated balancing of different systems in our body including the nervous system< immune system< brain8aves and etc. *ncrease in coherent rhythms due to altering ones emotional state changes information flo8 from the heart to the brain and may be used to e0plain significant shifts in perception< increased mental clarity and heightened intuitive a8areness. By shifting our emotions to more positive states 8e also alter our hearts electromagnetic field. his field not only encompasses every cell in our o8n body but e0tends out from us and is able to be received by others around us. he heart has the strongest electromagnetic electromagnetic field out of every organ in the human body< significantly greater than that of the brain. his field is suggested to be an important carrier of information and can affect anothers brain8aves through heart:brain synchroniEation brain of one person by the heart of another.
FURTHER RESEARCH TOPICS 'M+' -*'9*46 (-) '0periments published published by the %tanford esearch *nstitute have demonstrated peoples ability to perceive places< persons and actions that are not 8ithin the range of the physical
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senses (#) (#).. '0periments done by others have replicated and confirm the emote -ie8ing ,henomenon (#2) (#2).. &+4%&*+$%4'%% A'*46 M+'&$A %$&$' +F 9A' 9or= pioneered by Masaru 'moto (#D) (#D)<< (popularised in the documentary movie Ghat the Blee# do we know) and know) and further replicated studies (##)(#G) (##)(#G)<< sho8 that human intention alone affects the physical structure of 8ater. '0periments demonstrate that 8ater< after having positive intentions directed at them tend to produce more symmetric< 8ell:formed< aesthetically pleasing crystals in comparison to negative intentions:8 intentions:8hich hich produced more asymmetrical< poorly formed crystals. !*%A4 /'A*46 '0periments 8ith distant healing have sho8n that sending intentions of healing to8ards a distant person is associated 8ith the activation of that persons autonomic nervous system< using measurements of s=in conductance (#) conductance (#)..
CONCLUSION >>ind no longer a##ears as an accidental intruder into the realm of matter+ we are beginning to sus#ect that we ought rather to hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter ? P Asptrophysicist Asptrophysicist %ir 3ames 3ean (#J) 3ean (#J) esults of the e0periments dismiss the idea and common assumption that the brain is identical to consciousness or generates it. *nstead< all of the evidence described in this paper suggests that the mind operates under a nonlocal< quantum state< intert8ined 8ith the 8orld around us. here is a gro8ing momentum in favour of quantum entanglement and quantum nonlocality to e0plain nonlocal e0periences and provide a foundation for understanding. he evidence demonstrates the many 8ays in 8hich the mind has e0traordinary po8er to influence real changes in the body. he placebo< nocebo and spontaneous remissions sho8 that 8hat 8e thin= and believe has direct influence over our health< 8ellbeing 8ellbeing and ability to recover from medical conditions. ,ositive thoughts< intentions and beliefs increase the li=ely hood of desired outcomes occurring. !eveloping human ability to maintain and increase positive states (in frequency< duration and intensity) 8e can help heal ourselves< each other and the 8orld at large. ,ray and loving intentions can ma=e a real and positive impact. /o8ever< ;ust as the nocebo effect sho8s< 8e can also be negative forces. he research indicates an un=no8n unified field of consciousness that connects us all (including some animals). he mind through focus and intention can receive and transfer information or energy to people< places and ob;ects any8here and seemingly at any time (past:present:future). (past:present:future). he potential of these abilities in every human are there< and perhaps in our evolutionary future man=ind 8ill be able to further develop and utiliEe these abilities.
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>5ub%ect and ob%ect are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent ex#eriments in the #hysical sciences, for this barrier does not exist ?. ?. P 'r8in %chroedinger< 4obel ,riEe:8inning physicist &onsciousness relating to the brain and 8orld around us lac=s an underlying theory. *t is a field still in its infancy< infancy< not very 8ell understood 8ith much more study needed. !espite a lac= of underlying theory the evidence is significant< credible and repeatable. repeatable. %cience needs to reconcile the evidence and data 8ith ho8 they currently vie8 and have traditionally vie8ed the brain and mind. >The common division of the world into sub%ect and ob%ect, inner world and outer world, body and soul is no longer ade&uate.? ade&uate .? P 9erner /eisenberg< /eisenberg< pioneering theoretical physicist his 8ould not be the first time in history that 8idely accepted theories have been changed or even completely blo8n a8ay in the light of ne8 evidence and discoveries.
FURTHER RESOURCES http1CCnoetic.orgCresearchCpsi:researchC A &omprehensive &omprehensive ist +f %elected ,eer:evie8 ,eer:evie8ed ed 3ournal ,ublications on ,si esearch compiled by e0pert !ead adin. http1CC888.sheldra=e.orgCresearch http1CC888.sheldra=e .orgCresearch All All of upert upert %heldra=es %heldra=es scientific papers< papers< 8ith abstracts abstracts and lin=s to full:te0t. %heldra=e also has given fantastic presentations he '0tended Mind< and he %cience !elusion on ed al=s 8hich can be vie8ed on outube. http1CC888.princeton.eduCSpearCe0peri http1CC888.princeton.ed uCSpearCe0periments.html ments.html ,rinceton 'ngineering Anomalies esearch (,'A). esources and esearch materials related to the study of &onsciousness:elated &onsciousness:elated ,hysical ,henomena http1CC888.horiEonresearch.orgC 'nd of life consciousness consciousness research centre. http1CC888.heartmath.orgC ,ioneering scientific research on the heart.
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE (M*+*- . 01+ 2-3*516 3..7, 8 219 051* 91-*911+0) 7ight and eath (HH#) he Atlanta Atlanta %tudy is the first comprehensive investigation of its =ind into near:death e0periences (4!'s). he studys name hardly captures 8hat lies behind it1 life:and:death life:and:death dramas played out in operating rooms and hospital beds: and simultaneous events unseen by medical personnel but reported 8ith astonishing clarity and convictions by nearly G" individuals 8ho returned from deaths door. 4o8 the founder of the Atlanta study< !r. Michael %aborn reveals their impact on the people 8ho have e0perienced them. From both medical and personal perspectives< he shared the electrifying stories of men and 8omen from all 8al=s of life. /e e0plores the clinical effects of the 4!' on survival and healing and discloses surprising findings. ying To Be >e (2"#) by Anita Moor;ani is a truly inspirational memoir. Anita relates ho8 after fighting cancer for almost four years and on the brin= of certain death she entered into an e0traordinary 4!' 8here she realiEed her inherent 8orth...and the actual cause of her disease. $pon regaining consciousness< Anita found her condition spontaneously remitted miraculously 8ith no trace of cancer in your body 8ithin 8ee=s. %he describes her understanding understanding of the t he reason for the cancer in her body to begin 8ith and the consequent consequent 23
healing of her o8n body after the e0perience. %he shares her spiritual insights derived from her 4!' e0perience on life< self love and oneness. $nlimited 9ower The 1ew 5cience of 9ersonal "chievement (HHJ) "chievement (HHJ) by Anthony obbins is about 8hat he calls (and the name suggests) >The > The science of #ersonal achievement ?. achievement ?. *t is a boo= about using the mind to t o achieve all levels of success in ones personal life. *t sho8s steps and techniques in attaining revolutionary fitness of the mind for rema=ing oneself and the 8orld around them. The 5ense of Being 5tared "t K Other "s#ects of the 2xtended >ind (2""D) by upert %heldra=e is a boo= that sho8s that telepathy depends on social bonds. he boo= traces its evolution from the connections bet8een members of animal groups such as floc=s< schools and pac=s. *t summarises e0perimental e0perimental evidence for the reality of telephone telepathy< telepathy< and sho8s ho8 readers can do tests for themselves. The *idden >essages in Gater (2""G) by Masaru 'moto. $sing high:speed photography< !r Masaru 'moto discovered that crystals formed in froEen 8ater reveal changes 8hen specific< concentrated thoughts are directed t o8ard them. >ind over >edicine 5cientific 9roof ou Dan *eal ourself (2"D) ourself (2"D) by issa an=in is about the bodys ability to heal itself and an appreciation for ho8 8e can control these self:healing mechanisms 8ith the po8er of the mind. ;adical ;emission 5urviving Dancer "gainst "ll Odds (2"#) by Kella. urner urner is about the t he phenomenon phenomenon of spontaneous remission. remission. Kelly gives the reader the results of her research on over a thousand cases of radical remissions: people 8ho have defied a serious or even terminal cancer diagnosis 8ith a complete reversal of the disease. he results of this study< 8hich focused on seventy:five factors< include nine =ey factors t hat 8ere found among almost all survivors. The 5cience of 9remonitions *ow :nowing the Cuture Dan *el# $s "void anger, >aximi6e O##ortunities, O##ortunities, and Dreate a Better 7ife (2"") is a boo= by arry !ossey that uses cutting:edge science to ma=e a convincing case that premonitions premonitions are real< common and helpful. !ossey e0plores research on mindfulness and meditation to sho8 readers ho8 they can cultivate and ta=e advantage of premonitions premonitions and investigates 8hy patients surrounded by prayer healed faster than those 8ho 8ere not. 5ynchrodestiny 5ynchrodestiny *arnessing the Infinite 9ower of Doincidence Doincidence to Dreate >iracles (2""I) >iracles (2""I) is a boo= by !eepa= &hopra revealing ho8< through understanding the forces that shape coincidences< coincidences< you can learn to live at a deeper level and access the t he flo8 of synchroni s ynchronicity city that lies at the heart of e0istence. Eourney of 5ouls Dase 5tudies of 7ife between 7ives (HH#) by Michael 4e8ton is a boo= on the mystery of life in the spirit 8orld after death on earth: proof that consciousness survives. $sing special hypnosis techniques to reach the hidden memories of sub;ects< 4e8ton discovered amaEing insights into 8hat happens bet8een lives and recounts many cases and their stories.
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