Channel Title: Essentia Foundation Channel Description: Welcome to the YouTube channel of Essentia foundation. Essentia Foundation is an information hub that aims at communicating the latest analytic and scientific indications that metaphysical materialism is fundamentally flawed. Our community of authors, including Bernardo Kastrup, lists a growing number of academics, scholars, philosophers, scientists and authors whose works are opening the way for a new, more functional and true understanding of ourselves and reality at large. By closing the communication gap Essentia Foundation hopes to communicate new evidence of metaphysical idealism to human culture at large. And this is what our YouTube channel is perfectly suited to do. By posting interviews, discussions, lectures, informational video’s and other short formats we hope to share new developments in the quest to understand reality. Do you also wonder whether we actually live in a physical universe? Then be sure to check out our video’s and subscribe to our channel. <video> Schrödinger's Cat is Conscious and that Changes Everything | Bernardo Kastrup PhD Description: This video is a clip of a longer video, watch the whole video here: https://youtu.be/DyzHYnOqIoU?si=vOo1qtvC5xO2XPxH&t=648 Every week the Essentia Foundation selects the most insightful parts of the longer videos on this channel. In this clip, Bernardo Kastrup explains why the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is often misunderstood. The cat is not dead and alive at the same time, because it is conscious itself, and consciousness as we know it only perceives nature in a defined state. Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> What Came Before the Big Bang? | Theory of Embedded Intelligence, Bill Mensch & Bernardo Kastrup Description: Could it be a coincidence that two founding fathers of modern day computing, independently from each other, are both coming with theories of consciousness that are idealist in nature? Or does a deep understanding of what computation is—and what it is not—inevitably lead away from physicalist ideas on consciousness? Previously Essentia Foundation presented the work of Federico Faggin, and now a legendary contemporary of his, computer engineer Bill Mensch, presents his Theory of Embedded Intelligence (TEI) to us. Mensch was a major contributor to the Motorola 6800 and became famous for his work on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, a chip that, because of it’s efficiency, completely revolutionized computing in the 80’s. From Arcade halls to the Apple II and Nintendo 8 bit consoles, 6502s could be found everywhere. Even to this day the chip is still used in children's toys and even in pacemakers and satellites. Looking back at his career, Mensch realizes that building computer chips is in essence a form of ‘embedding’ intelligence in technology, just as nature has embedded intelligence in biological systems, like humans. In his TEI model intelligence is fundamental. This raises the philosophical question of how consciousness relates to intelligence, and for this reason Bernardo Kastrup joined in on the conversation Mensch and Hans Busstra had. The value of a theory like Mensch’s is perhaps exactly that it is not philosophically fine-tuned to the terminology commonly used in philosophy of mind. By not taking the human mind and phenomenal consciousness as its departure point, but intelligence instead, Mensch arrives at a position in which the distinction between living beings and abiotic systems is less distinct. Mensch's slides can be downloaded here: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Theory-of-Embedded-Intelligence-by-Bill-Mensch-2024-08-30.pptx 00:00 Introduction 03:30 Bernardo Kastrup on the importance of Bill's work 08:17 Start of Bill Mensch's presentation 11:16 The model of intelligence in the TEI 14:06 Consciousness as Sense, Process, Communicate and Actuate (SPCA) 25:36 Evolution from Free Intelligence 30:53 Collective intelligence evolution 33:41 On Machine Intelligence 35:58 Learning from Nature 38:30 Learning from Embedded Intelligence Technology 41:20 End of presentation, Start Q&A 42:07 How does Bill's theory enrich Bernardo Kastrup? 45:34 How Bill's model of intelligence relates to an analytical idealist framework 49:40 Why is intelligence embedding itself in our universe? 52:57 Phenomenal consciousness and intelligence 55:32 The distinction between living systems and abiotic systems in Bill's theory 57:07 Sensing, cognition and relevance realization 59:04 Bill on cosmology 1:02:05 The difference between living systems and technology 1:08:57 In a certain sense we are the same as computerchips 1:10:23 On Michael Levin's work 1:13:58 Is Nature's Free Intelligence, GOD? 1:21:56 On mythology in science 1:26:35 Closing remarks Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> When Even Awareness Stops: New Meditation Research | Ruben Laukkonen PhD Description: Can we turn off our awareness (i.e., conscious metacognition) in meditation and then stay in that state for days without water, food, or going to the bathroom? A recent study by Dr. Ruben Laukkonen on the cessation of awareness in advanced meditation practitioners confirms this. In this interview, Natalia Vorontsova talks with Ruben about his research and its implications for our understanding of the nature of reality. This is a deep, yet light-hearted, conversation about mind, consciousness, time, AI, and the future of science, especially since Ruben is also an experienced meditation practitioner. You can find out more about work of Dr. Laukkonen here: https://rubenlaukkonen.com/ https://twitter.com/RubenLaukkonen https://substack.com/@rubenlaukkonen 00:00:00 Interview and guest intro 00:01:56 Common passions in life. 00:03:40 On meditation: does it include introspection, and everything related to mind and self? 00:09:38 Mind, self, and non-duality. 00:19:03 Research on the cessation of consciousness in advanced meditation practitioners. 00:29:00 Meditation: the cessation of consciousness vs. ‘tukdam’ state. Other research findings. 00:35:43 Is there a story to tell after consciousness turns on? 00:39:09 Groundlessness of mind and freedom: the most important discovery. 00:44:16 The reality model: mind, interdependence, and emptiness. 00:49:47 God and suffering according to non-Eastern traditions vs. insights from meditation. 00:54:02 Why did life emerge and become conscious? 01:02:01 Our evolution: merging with AI - intelligent, conscious or even enlightened? Are we also a 'simulation'? 01:19:59 Co-creation of reality: conscious vs. unconscious self. 01:27:33 The 'here and now': what is the present moment? The nature of time. 01:37:08 What is consciousness? A new paper: “An active inference theory of consciousness”. 01:58:34 The role of insight and subjective experience in inner transformation. Cognitive deconstruction and construction practices. 02:07:50 Metaphysical aspects of research findings: reductionist materialism and mind vs. matter. 02:13:06 Ruben’s own meditation experience and fundamental shifts. 02:19:05 The future of science: bridging the scientific method and the wisdom traditions. 02:22:45 Online resources and references. Closing remarks. Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> Science of Near Death Experiences Description: Dr. Pim van Lommel talks about the first scientific study on Near Death Experiences (NDE) Full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVsBFOB7H44 </video> <video> The End Of Physics As We Know It? | Award Winning Physicists Make Quantum Mechanics Even More Weird Description: Prof. Dr. Caslav Brukner, Prof. Dr. Renato Renner and Prof. Dr. Eric Cavalcanti just won the Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations. Their different no-go theorems make us reconsider the fundamental nature of reality. Bell's theorem in quantum mechanics already confronted us with the fact that locality and 'physical realism,' in the sense that particles have predetermined physical properties prior to measurement, cannot both be true. But in certain variations of the Wigner's Friend thought experiment an additional metaphysical assumption is now also put in question: the absoluteness of facts. In different words: can we safely assume that a measurement outcome for one observer is a measurement for all observers? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: The end of physics as we know it? 16:12 Start of the interview 17:30 Caslav Brukner on Bell and Wigner's Friend 20:32 Renato Renner on how Quantum Mechanics cannot consistently describe the use of itself... 23:59 Eric Cavalcanti on Experimental Metaphysics 26:15 On the progression of metaphysics in physics since Einstein 27:01 Is the question that we either have to give up locality or realism? And Cavalcanti nuancing the world 'realism' 30:54 Renner and Brukner on how to define 'realism' 34:21 Can we assign reality to the observations of different observers? 35:48 Even loophole free Bell test make assumptions, namely that from a certain time an outcome exists. 36:44 Aren't we here doubting the very enterprise of physics? 38:41 Maybe Bell's inequalities won't be violated if we do the tests with human observers... 40:54 On how the proposed experiments differ from Bell experiments. 45:20 Brukner on direct experience and the reality status we assign to it, intersubjectivity 50:57 Renner on how we have to get used to counter intuitive idea that facts might not be absolute 54:19 In general relativity you could still 'patch' different reference frames together. Now the events themselves are relative... 56:13 The relationship with many worlds interpretation 59:27 In Einstein's universe we could still look at it from the outside... 1:03:43 Where do you place the boundary between classical and quantum 1:11:38 None of the existing interpretations of QM gives a satisfying answer... 1:16:41 What about the difference between ontic and epistemic interpretations of QM? 1:20:06 Renato Renner on QBism 1:22:37 What philosophers capture this? 1:24:53 Where to place the Heisenberg cut? 1:28:41 What role has consciousness to play? 1:37:49 Does consciousness sit at the end of a causal chain in our universe? 1:45:05 On the role of qualia and is our universe a collection of views upon itself? 1:48:45 Hans wrapping it up from his perspective 1:49:57 Intro to the conference lectures 1:51:13 Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award Ceremony 1:56:14 Caslav Brukner Conference Presentation: What Happens? 2:25:32 Eric Cavalcanti Conference Presentation: The Local Friendliness Research Program 2:45:49 Renato Renner Conference Presentation: 'Quantum Theory Cannot Describe the use of Itself These recordings were made possible thanks to the Institute for Quantum Optics and Information (IQOQI) in Vienna, co-founded by Nobel Laureate Anton Zeilinger: https://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/ The website of the conference featured in this video: https://vqf.iqoqi.oeaw.ac.at/ The Award Winning Papers: Č. Brukner, A no-go theorem for observer-independent facts, Entropy 20, 350 (2018), https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/5/350 D. Frauchiger and R. Renner, Quantum theory cannot consistently describe the use of itself, Nature Communications 9, 3711 (2018), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05739-8 K.-W. Bong, A. Utreras-Alarcón, F. Ghafari, Y.-C. Liang, N. Tischler, E. G. Cavalcanti, G. J. Pryde, and H. M. Wiseman, A strong no-go theorem on the Wigner’s friend paradox, Nature Physics 16, 1199–1205 (2020), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0990-x Archival footage used in this video, with source credits on screen and used under fair use policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqVnFtOSr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AInCqm5nCzw&t=102s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6kreUskcpo&t=163s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AodzEpvzZw&t=235s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDjibPtiqcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4wF1QvvG9Q&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6WxIblKVZI All stock music is licensed at Soundstripe. © Essentia Foundation As we also rely on the wealth of stock and archival footage on YouTube in making our videos, Essentia Foundation also permits the use of fragments of our footage to be used in non-commercial YouTube productions that disseminate analytic idealism, or discuss it scientifically or journalistically, in line with our mission. All other use will be seen as a copyright strike and will be acted upon. </video> <video> Suffer Less by Eliminating 'Meta Suffering' | Bernardo Kastrup PhD, shares his personal story Description: 'Meta Suffering' is suffering from suffering itself, and that is unnecessary according to philosopher Bernardo Kastrup. He shares this insight by telling about how he reduced suffering in his own life. This video is a clip of a longer video, watch the whole video here: https://youtu.be/DyzHYnOqIoU?si=koMIy4ow-cMvuQeG&t=5876 Every week the Essentia Foundation shares selections of the most insightful parts of the longer videos on our channel. Copyright © 2023 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> Einstein's Biggest Blunder | Prof. Bernard Carr & Bernardo Kastrup PhD Description: Sometimes mistakes in physics turn out to be more important than we think. Prof. Bernard Carr explains how Einstein's idea of the cosmological constant, first thought of as one of his biggest blunders, turned out to be one of his biggest contributions. Watch The Entire Interview: https://youtu.be/pR0etE_OfMY?si=5MxwJrcGpBYFHbyG&t=3017 Copyright © 2023 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> Nature's Hidden Intelligence: Morphic Fields | Rupert Sheldrake PhD Description: Can morphic resonance help explain the problem of missing heritability and why memories have not been found in the brain? In this interview, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake discusses with Natalia Vorontsova his theory of morphic fields and its implications for our understanding of the mysteries of nature. Dr. Sheldrake is often called a most original thinker, perhaps because throughout his career he has managed to combine open-mindedness with critical scientific thinking. 00:00:00 Interview intro 00:02:18 Bach, Mozart, or Purcell? 00:03:09 Rupert's background and research. 00:06:37 What genes, epigenetics and evolution by natural selection don't explain. 00:20:36 How does morphic resonance work? 00:24:28 Examples of morphic fields and morphic resonance. 00:29:08 How can we measure morphic fields? 00:32:13 Physarum algorithm and morphic resonance experiments. 00:39:29 Are laws of nature just habits? 00:50:09 Brain, mind, consciousness and where memories are stored. 00:59:43 What is the locus of Mind and consciousness? 01:05:32 How nature is organized: hierarchical morphic fields. 01:07:47 Are thoughts and emotions our own? 01:12:00 Intuition and morphic resonance. 01:16:34 What needs to change in the scientific paradigm? 01:19:17 Science and spirituality. 01:22:06 Advice for students and young scientists. Online resources: https://www.sheldrake.org https://www.youtube.com/c/RupertSheldrakePhD Copyright © 2024-2025 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> We Slowed Down A Bacterium to One Billionth Of A Second | WORLD PREMIERE Description: FULL DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/YxU0ZTt_3YY 00:00 Our Common Ancestor 11:33 A Bacterium at the Nanosecond Scale This is the making of Micronauts, a documentary by director Hans Busstra, which shows the first moving images of the inside of a single bacterium at the molecular level. In this video, we unpack how molecular cell biologist Gael McGill and his team at Digizyme Inc made these complex animations. This was Hans Busstra's last documentary film project before joining the Essentia Foundation and you can read about his metaphysical reflections on this project on the Essentia Foundations website: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/what-bacteria-taught-me-about-metaphysics/seeing/ Director and editor: Hans Busstra Animations by Digizyme Inc.: Gaël McGill Jeannie Park Jonathan Khao Brittany Cheung Eric Keller Brinton Jaecks Digizyme B-roll footage: Jeannie Park https://www.digizyme.com/ Eukaryotic Landscape, created by Evan Ingersoll & Gaël McGill, Digizyme Inc. Micro photography: Wim van Egmond https://www.wimvanegmond.com/ SEM Microscopy: Jan Dijksterhuis https://wi.knaw.nl/ Made possible by Winclove Probiotics https://www.winclove.nl/en/ Molecular visuals & simulations created with Molecular Maya (mMaya). The production of this documentary has been greatly enriched by the resources provided by the Protein Data Bank (PDB), the Orientations of Proteins in Membranes (OPM) database, the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) Explorer project, and the insights from the research paper "Integrative Illustration of Escherichia coli" by David Goodsell. All stock music and/or stock is licensed at Soundstripe & Storyblocks Thumbnail design: Max van Laarhoven © Essentia Foundation & Spiegelfilm As we also rely on the wealth of stock and archival footage on YouTube in making our videos, Essentia Foundation also permits the use of fragments of our footage to be used in non-commercial YouTube productions that disseminate analytic idealism, or discuss it scientifically or journalistically, in line with our mission. All other use will be seen as a copyright strike and will be acted upon. </video> <video> Dr. Pim van Lommel explains WHERE your consciousness actually is #pimvanlommel #consciousness #mind Description: </video> <video> Bioelectric Fields: A Paradigm Shift In Biology | Prof. Michael Levin Description: 'Talking' to cells without influencing genes or molecules: it can be done by influencing bioelectric fields. By manipulating the bioelectric fields in organisms like planaria and tadpoles, Prof. Michael Levin has shown how eyes and other organs can grow in unconventional locations, how planaria can be ‘told’ to grow two heads, and perhaps most importantly: how cancer cells can be ‘told’ to stop growing in frogs. These promising experiments might lead to groundbreaking new therapeutics. The thumbnail is not an actual photo but an artist's rendition using partly AI-generated images, by our thumbnail designer Max van Laarhoven. The importance of the pioneering empirical work of Prof. Michael Levin at Tufts University, on the intersection of bioelectricity, regeneration, and cognition, can hardly be overstated. Philosophically, his work has deep implications for how we think about evolution, cognition and consciousness. In 2020, Levin’s Lab created so-called Zenobots, programmable, living organisms made from frog cells (Xenopus laevis), designed to perform specific tasks such as movement or carrying objects. They represent a fusion of biology and robotics, created by assembling cells into novel, self-organizing structures guided by bioelectric signals. In trying to make sense of what his work on Zenobots points to, Levin regards evolution as the process whereby nature explores a Platonic realm of possibilities, ‘hardware configurations’ that, in a sense, are pre-existing and waiting to be discovered. And when it comes to intelligence, Levin sees only collective intelligence, in the sense that all intelligent lifeforms we know of are structured as sets of cells. Therefore, we ourselves could also very well be part of a larger intelligence. For publications, presentations and other resources: and https://drmichaellevin.org/ 00:00 Introduction 07:56 Michael Levin on what the paradigm shift is he's working on. 14:54 On the hardware-software analogy when it comes to cells 20:47 How important are bioelectric fields in our own body? 24:16 What is cognitive glue? 26:30 What is the substrate needed for bioelectric fields? 31:23 How fast is communication via bioelectric fields? 33:18 How bio-electric signals enlarge the cognitive light cone 33:58 A collective of cells 'knows' more than the sum of the individual cells 35:09 Where is the 'story' of self, the 'form', stored? 37:12 The limits of the conventional story that focusses on genes and molecules 39:58 How robust is the memory that is stored in voltage gradients? 41:08 On free lunches in evolution... 44:48 Wasps as bio-engineers 45:41 Why Zenobots are called Zenobots 48:18 On how to 'tell' cancer cells to stop 50:32 What is a 'mind-melt'? 51:51 How the Gaia hypothesis could be tested... 52:36 Can we train the weather as an agent? 55:19 How can we know if we are part of a larger Mind? 57:01 A dialogue between two neurons in your brain... 58:34 On the syntax semantics divide 1:04:09 What is consciousness? All stock music is licensed at Soundstripe. Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. As we also rely on the wealth of stock and archival footage on YouTube in making our videos, Essentia Foundation also permits the use of fragments of our footage to be used in non-commercial YouTube productions that disseminate analytic idealism, or discuss it scientifically or journalistically. All other use will be seen as a copyright strike and will be acted upon. </video> <video> How Dr. Pim van Lommel Stopped Believing Materialism | Consciousness is NOT a Product of the Brain Description: Dr. Pim van Lommel describes how studying Near Death Experiences (NDE's) completely changed his view on consciousness. Watch the whole video here: https://youtu.be/NVsBFOB7H44?si=nXxUc853JKellju0&t=228 Every week the Essentia Foundation shares selections of the most insightful parts of the longer videos on this channel. In this clip Dr. Pim van Lommel explains how he started out as a materialist cardiologist. After the introduction of modern CPR techniques in the 60s, Dr. Van Lommel had patients experiencing near-death experiences. This changed his mind on materialism being the fundament of reality. Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> The Science of Precognition | Dr. Julia Mossbridge Description: Mainstream science still tends to dismiss extrasensory phenomena (ESP). However, these so-called 'anomalous phenomena' are key to understanding the nature of reality, claims Dr. Julia Mossbridge: "We are beginning to change the way we think as science enters the 'maybe we got it all wrong' phase." In this interview, Natalia Vorontsova talks to Julia about her research in fields ranging from neuroscience and psychology to physiology and physics, tackling questions of free will, the nature of time, the mind-body problem, and key metaphysical implications. Please use the links below to learn more about Julia's work. https://jmossbridge.medium.com/five-ideas-about-unconditional-love-5dc5b7d81780 https://www.timemachine.love/ https://loveandtime.org/ https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4316171 https://thepremonitioncode.com/ 00:00:00 Interview intro 00:02:47 Julia's background and life journey 00:12:23 Julia's main areas of research 00:16:17 Most interesting research cases and AHA moments 00:25:20 Science and the nature of reality 00:36:21 Do we need the brain for ESP? 00:46:14 What is the fundamental level of reality? 00:48:45 Unconditional love: understanding and explaining vs. experiential approach 00:51:42 The role of the heart and mind in perception and cognition 00:56:24 Intuition vs. rational mind: a fresh look at systems 1 & 2 01:00:22 Flow states and altered states of consciousness: the importance for ESP 01:05:40 Free will: the misconstrued question 01:10:07 Hide-and-go-seek by the Universe 01:12:10 Can the future influence the past and present? 01:19:35 The nature of time and our experience of time 01:25:25 There is no 'now', only our experience 01:26:34 Precognition: likely scenarios and multiple timelines 01:28:22 Is consciousness also a fundamental reality? 01:30:36 The future of AI 01:33:34 Advice for ESP researchers and the future of science 01:36:12 Reflecting on free will You can find interview with Partick Harpur here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_sj8KOgO3Q&t=33s&pp=ygUiZXNzZW50aWEgZm91bmRhdGlvbiBwYXRyaWNrIGhhcnB1cg%3D%3D You can find interview with Bernardo Kastrup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoOi79nQywE&t=79s&pp=ygUdZXNzZW50aWEgZm91bmRhdGlvbiBmcmVlIHdpbGw%3D Copyright © 2024 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> New Evidence for Out-of-Body Experiences & Perennial Wisdom | Neuroscientist Marjorie Woollacott PhD Description: In this wide-ranging interview with Natalia Vorontsova, Professor Marjorie Woollacott draws remarkable parallels between 9th-10th century Kashmiri Shaivism and modern idealism, pointing to the fundamental and irreducible nature of consciousness. Moreover, her study of near-death experiences empirically supports this very hypothesis of the existence of a fundamental consciousness without neurons and beyond our five senses. This is an open conversation about life, death, and who we really are as 'points of consciousness.' Human-generated captions for English and auto-translation for your language can be enabled. 00:00:00 Interview intro 00:02:15 Marjorie's life-changing experience: shift in research focus, and metaphysics 00:09:20 The beauty of integrating intellect and intuition 00:13:09 What is consciousness: Kashmiri Shaivism & modern idealism of B. Kastrup & F. Faggin 00:19:54 Parallels and differences: Kashmiri Shaivism, Advaita Vedanta, modern idealism 00:25:58 How does it contrast with materialism? 00:27:47 Consciousness beyond the 5 senses: new research on children with autism 00:30:04 New understanding of consciousness: a remarkable NDE case & AHA moments 00:41:27 Why do so few people remember their NDE? 00:48:02 NDE cases and the power of transformation 00:51:03 How and where to study consciousness? Meditator vs. scientist. 00:55:35 How Nobel Prize-winning discoveries have often been made 00:56:21 Why to advance post-materialist paradigm in science? 01:00:42 C.G. Jung, our belief system and the future of humanity 01:02:46 A shift towards expanding consciousness 01:05:08 Recommended books and reference sources 01:06:42 Terminal lucidity & end-of-life experiences 01:08:15 What happens after death? Religions and perennial beliefs. Reference literature and online resources: https://marjoriewoollacott.com/ https://www.aapsglobal.com/ https://spiritual-awakenings.net/the-book/ Books: Motor Control: Translating Research into Clinical Practice, by A. Shumway-Cook, M.H. Woollacott Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind, by M.H. Woollacott Spiritual Awakenings, ed. M.H. Woollacott, D.Lorimer Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature, by F. Faggin Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives, by Jim B. Tucker Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation, by Ian Stevenson Papers: Williams, B, Woollacott, MH. Conceptual cognitions and awakening: Insights from non-dual Saivism and neuroscience. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 53: 119-139, 2021. Woollacott M, Peyton B. Verified account of near-death experience in a physician who survived cardiac arrest. Explore (NY). 2020 Mar 19: S1550-8307(20)30111-7. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.03.005. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32245708. Schwartz GE, Woollacott M, Schwartz SA, Baruss I, Beauregard M, Dossey L, Kafatos M, Miller L, Mossbridge J, Radin D, Tart C. The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences: Integrating Consciousness into Mainstream Science. Explore (NY). 2018 Mar – Apr;14(2):111-113. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2017.12.006. Woollacott M, Roe CA, Cooper CE, Lorimer D, Elsaesser E. Perceptual phenomena associated with spontaneous experiences of after-death communication: Analysis of visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory sensations. Explore (NY). 2021 Feb 23:S1550-8307(21)00042-2. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2021.02.006. Copyright © 2024-2025 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. </video> <video> The Beauty of Bacteria | Discover The Microcosmos INSIDE You | FULL DOCUMENTARY Description: Inside you there is a largely unexplored universe of 100 trillion bacteria. In this documentary, we embark on a journey into this microcosmos to discover the beauty and complexity of life's origin at the nanoscale. In 2023 Essentia Foundation's Hans Busstra created a documentary about bacteria that depicts our common ancestor in a never-before-seen manner. With the world’s leading artists in microscopy, like micro-photographer Wim van Egmond, SEM microscopist Jan Dijksterhuis, and a molecular cell biologist and his team at Digizyme Inc., he embarked on a unique mission: to capture the first moving images of a single bacterium at the molecular scale. Read Hans Busstra's essay on his journey here: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/what-bacteria-taught-me-about-metaphysics/seeing/ Watch the making-of: https://youtu.be/ryWMYKcywUQ For more info: https://www.micronauts.nl This film was made possible by Winclove Probiotics: https://www.winclove.nl/en/ Director and editor Hans Busstra Camera Robijn Voshol, Nanko Goeting, Rutger Nijkamp, Jeannie Park, Hans Busstra Microscopic photography Wim van Egmond Sound recordists Daan Arens, Daan van de Geest Sound design Sam Huisman Grading Michiel Rummens Finishing Jan Jaap Kuipers Synthesizer recordings Prelude in C, Bach Eelco Topper Research and assistant director Esmée van Loon Impact production Erik Vermunt Producer Mariëlle Baars Animations by Digizyme Inc. Gaël McGill, Jeannie Park, Jonathan Khao, Brittany Cheung, Eric Keller, Brinton Jaecks Eukaryotic Landscape created by Evan Ingersoll & Gaël McGill, Digizyme Inc. Digizyme B-roll footage Jeannie Park Molecular visuals & simulations created with Molecular Maya (mMaya). The production of this documentary has been greatly enriched by the resources provided by the Protein Data Bank (PDB), the Orientations of Proteins in Membranes (OPM) database, the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) Explorer project, and the insights from the research paper "Integrative Illustration of Escherichia coli" by David Goodsell. All stock music is licensed under Soundstripe subscription: Soundstripe Stock-images are licensed: Shutterstock Thanks to all Micronauts on screen: Wim van Egmond, Bruce Damer , Rosanne Hertzberger, Gael McGill, Jasper Buikx Ger Rijkers, Marca van de Vloed, Fieke van de Vloed, Karen Koning, Coline Gerritsen, Maarten Pekelharing, Jan Dijksterhuis, Jos Seegers, Marco van Es, Fleur van Eeden, Marjolijn van Heemstra, Najat Kadour. And thanks to all other Micronauts: Tara Corduwener, Manon Bezemer, Elske van Dijk, Rianne Hagen, Tim van der Maas, Marjan Schellinger, Gizem Yikilmaz, Sarah Meeuws, Remco Kort, Marten Smidt, Hilde Herrema With a very special thanks to: Winclove Probiotics, Artis Micropia, Bac2Nature, MyMicroZoo, Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam UMC, De Nacht-Wacht Copyright © 2023 by Essentia Foundation, Spiegelfilm and Winclove Probiotics. </video>

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