1 00:00:15,590 --> 00:00:09,470 thank you for having me here and now for 2 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:15,600 something completely mainstream in 1979 3 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:17,910 sociologist Paul D Allison published an 4 00:00:21,710 --> 00:00:19,380 article entitled experimental 5 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:21,720 parapsychology as a rejected science 6 00:00:26,090 --> 00:00:24,060 where he analyzed the peculiar bind 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:26,100 faced by the discipline in its quest for 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:28,650 legitimacy homeopathy is likewise a 9 00:00:33,229 --> 00:00:30,210 rejected science and faces a similar 10 00:00:34,850 --> 00:00:33,239 binding after emerging in the Germany of 11 00:00:36,650 --> 00:00:34,860 Beethoven and Goethe homeopathy 12 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:36,660 prospered in America in the latter half 13 00:00:41,569 --> 00:00:39,390 of the 19th century only to be all but 14 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:41,579 obliterated in a 20th century through a 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:43,470 pernicious combination of politics and 16 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:46,290 the Ascension of modern medicine to add 17 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:48,030 insult to injury both of our disciplines 18 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:49,950 fall under the broader umbrella of 19 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:52,260 Inconvenient knowledge these ideas 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:54,809 allegedly harm the precious economic or 21 00:00:58,479 --> 00:00:57,210 cultural status quo were truly between a 22 00:01:01,280 --> 00:00:58,489 rock and a hard place 23 00:01:04,429 --> 00:01:01,290 so we're called to a lofty goal to 24 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:04,439 change our cultural status quo both by 25 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:06,990 banding together in Concilium and by 26 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:08,579 making ourselves relevant to the 27 00:01:12,469 --> 00:01:11,040 everyman who cares as every marketer 28 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:12,479 will tell you about little more than 29 00:01:17,539 --> 00:01:15,170 health wealth and relationships 30 00:01:19,490 --> 00:01:17,549 now homeopathy has managed to carve out 31 00:01:23,539 --> 00:01:19,500 a thriving worldwide niche as a healing 32 00:01:25,429 --> 00:01:23,549 system thanks to its ability I'm 33 00:01:27,350 --> 00:01:25,439 advancing my text it's fun yeah sorry 34 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:27,360 it's managed to carve out thriving 35 00:01:29,870 --> 00:01:28,830 worldwide niche as a healing system 36 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:29,880 thanks to its ability to achieve 37 00:01:34,250 --> 00:01:32,400 sometimes spectacular results it can 38 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:34,260 save lives in acute and first-aid 39 00:01:38,149 --> 00:01:36,540 situations as it did with cholera and 40 00:01:40,789 --> 00:01:38,159 other epidemics in the nineteenth 41 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:40,799 century at the same time it can arrest 42 00:01:45,469 --> 00:01:43,110 or even reverse the course of even the 43 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:45,479 most inveterate chronic conditions which 44 00:01:50,690 --> 00:01:48,930 is its principal appeal nowadays most 45 00:01:52,010 --> 00:01:50,700 remarkably it can address existential 46 00:01:55,819 --> 00:01:52,020 concerns and allow people to live a 47 00:01:58,460 --> 00:01:55,829 joyful and contented life but why should 48 00:02:01,010 --> 00:01:58,470 you care about homeopathy its clinical 49 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:01,020 benefits grounded said ideas in reality 50 00:02:04,969 --> 00:02:03,210 and underscore the importance of having 51 00:02:07,999 --> 00:02:04,979 one's fringe science be applicable to 52 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:08,009 society but at the same time homeopathy 53 00:02:12,740 --> 00:02:10,769 retains some pre-scientific vestiges and 54 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:12,750 it has failed to develop an academic 55 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:14,969 branch and make itself culturally 56 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:17,939 relevant so as a result it's become the 57 00:02:21,220 --> 00:02:19,889 keeper of esoteric secrets that far 58 00:02:23,470 --> 00:02:21,230 beyond the practice 59 00:02:25,059 --> 00:02:23,480 happen to be central ingredients in the 60 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:25,069 cake of consilience that were baking 61 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:27,920 here at least that's my claim it is 62 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:29,510 after all scientifically implausible for 63 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:31,340 some of the same reasons as 64 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:33,410 parapsychology such as the lack of a 65 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:35,510 mechanistic explanation its insistence 66 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:36,950 on the primary's primacy of 67 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:38,930 consciousness and the support of 68 00:02:44,110 --> 00:02:42,110 nonlocality so today I'd like to share 69 00:02:46,210 --> 00:02:44,120 with you a few of these universally 70 00:02:47,589 --> 00:02:46,220 relevant insights that reveal an 71 00:02:49,890 --> 00:02:47,599 astonishing detail how consciousness 72 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:49,900 manifests itself in the natural world I 73 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:52,370 believe that these insights constitute 74 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:54,470 crucial foundational pieces in the 75 00:02:59,289 --> 00:02:57,470 puzzle of consilience but first a brief 76 00:03:01,990 --> 00:02:59,299 overview homeopathy and specifically 77 00:03:03,610 --> 00:03:02,000 classical homeopathy homeopathy is based 78 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:03,620 on the historically prevalent is yet 79 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:06,260 decidedly unmodern idea that each type 80 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:08,090 of substance possesses a unique essence 81 00:03:12,430 --> 00:03:10,280 or energy signature or information if 82 00:03:14,229 --> 00:03:12,440 you will it can be a species of animal 83 00:03:16,569 --> 00:03:14,239 or plant a type of rock and even a 84 00:03:18,789 --> 00:03:16,579 source of radiation importantly these 85 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:18,799 essences are real they are not humanly 86 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:21,590 constructed and symbols or metaphors 87 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:23,329 that reference them identify real 88 00:03:30,430 --> 00:03:26,230 features of the world for example gold 89 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:30,440 really is Regal the narcissus flower is 90 00:03:34,150 --> 00:03:32,690 not arbitrarily named so it's 91 00:03:36,309 --> 00:03:34,160 homeopathic picture is the very 92 00:03:39,879 --> 00:03:36,319 embodiment of the Greek myth and somehow 93 00:03:41,530 --> 00:03:39,889 whoever named the flower sense that on 94 00:03:43,809 --> 00:03:41,540 the obvious other premises based on the 95 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:43,819 utterly non-intuitive discovery that 96 00:03:48,370 --> 00:03:45,920 disease states arise from a harmful 97 00:03:50,199 --> 00:03:48,380 interaction between the organism and one 98 00:03:52,569 --> 00:03:50,209 or more of these energy patterns in 99 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:52,579 health we flow in and out of different 100 00:03:59,440 --> 00:03:55,910 states one moment we are brave as a lion 101 00:04:01,509 --> 00:03:59,450 another moment hard-working as iron not 102 00:04:04,990 --> 00:04:01,519 so when we're sick let's take an example 103 00:04:07,270 --> 00:04:05,000 a woman has been depressed ever since 104 00:04:08,650 --> 00:04:07,280 her mother died two years ago her 105 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:08,660 depression might correspond with the 106 00:04:12,970 --> 00:04:10,760 energetic signature or information 107 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:12,980 signature of sodium chloride a remedy 108 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:14,750 that is useful and those who can't let 109 00:04:21,039 --> 00:04:17,329 go of a relationship and end up stuck in 110 00:04:23,020 --> 00:04:21,049 the past now this state correlates in 111 00:04:25,450 --> 00:04:23,030 the material realm with the chemical 112 00:04:27,490 --> 00:04:25,460 properties of salt for example it's used 113 00:04:30,010 --> 00:04:27,500 as a food preservative it also 114 00:04:32,409 --> 00:04:30,020 correlates with salt mythology as in the 115 00:04:34,350 --> 00:04:32,419 biblical story of Lot's wife who turns 116 00:04:38,309 --> 00:04:34,360 into a pillar of salt after 117 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:38,319 gazing back at her past now salt and any 118 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:40,150 other substance for that matter can be 119 00:04:43,830 --> 00:04:41,770 made into a homeopathic remedy through 120 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:43,840 repeated dilution and shaking in water 121 00:04:48,869 --> 00:04:46,449 or alcohol this process distills its 122 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:48,879 energetic potential from its matter the 123 00:04:53,670 --> 00:04:51,039 remedy can then be used to heal disease 124 00:04:55,709 --> 00:04:53,680 by matching its signature with that of a 125 00:04:57,659 --> 00:04:55,719 person this is known as the law of 126 00:05:00,629 --> 00:04:57,669 similars which is the fundamental 127 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:00,639 postulate of homeopathy let's take 128 00:05:06,149 --> 00:05:03,280 another example that seemingly charming 129 00:05:09,179 --> 00:05:06,159 work colleague who ends up gossiping and 130 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:09,189 backstabbing everyone in sight that 131 00:05:13,830 --> 00:05:11,020 person might in fact be spewing forth 132 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:13,840 the energy of a venomous snake think of 133 00:05:18,959 --> 00:05:15,969 the seductiveness fear the mistrust the 134 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:18,969 reactive violence of snakes and through 135 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:20,770 the law of similars his behavior and any 136 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:22,900 other concerns you might have can be 137 00:05:27,659 --> 00:05:25,900 addressed with the right snake remedy so 138 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:27,669 only a Pathak disease states are 139 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:30,340 actually states of consciousness we 140 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:31,990 might say that this person whose 141 00:05:36,330 --> 00:05:33,550 perceives the world as a threatening 142 00:05:40,829 --> 00:05:36,340 place as though he were a snake and not 143 00:05:42,329 --> 00:05:40,839 a human so having established the 144 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:42,339 absolute basics of homeopathy I'd like 145 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:43,870 to focus on what may be its greatest 146 00:05:47,969 --> 00:05:45,610 potential contribution to consilience 147 00:05:49,170 --> 00:05:47,979 its answer to the big question what are 148 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:49,180 the fundamental building blocks of 149 00:05:55,110 --> 00:05:51,370 reality are the material are the 150 00:05:56,939 --> 00:05:55,120 immaterial what is their nature through 151 00:05:58,980 --> 00:05:56,949 most of homeopathy says three substances 152 00:06:01,290 --> 00:05:58,990 were investigated for their homeopathic 153 00:06:04,019 --> 00:06:01,300 properties without considering where 154 00:06:05,459 --> 00:06:04,029 they came from in nature but over the 155 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:05,469 past few decades homeopathy has begun 156 00:06:10,379 --> 00:06:08,770 maturing into a systematic science while 157 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:10,389 converging with chemistry and biology 158 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:12,849 and homeopaths have begun to break away 159 00:06:18,119 --> 00:06:14,770 from the pre the purely empirical 160 00:06:19,829 --> 00:06:18,129 tradition of their past so what they 161 00:06:21,209 --> 00:06:19,839 began doing was to speculate about the 162 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:21,219 homeopathic properties of novel 163 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:23,289 substances based on their location on 164 00:06:29,010 --> 00:06:25,180 the periodic table or on the Tree of 165 00:06:31,170 --> 00:06:29,020 Life so this move has been possible 166 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:31,180 because there were already well over a 167 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:33,250 thousand established clinical pictures 168 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:35,110 of various remedies and these have 169 00:06:39,809 --> 00:06:37,270 served as anchor points to these new 170 00:06:43,589 --> 00:06:39,819 ideas which in turn have been tested and 171 00:06:46,110 --> 00:06:43,599 refined in the clinical setting and this 172 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:46,120 evolution has been propelled by the need 173 00:06:48,210 --> 00:06:47,500 to expand the range of homeopathic 174 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:48,220 remedy 175 00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:50,350 to improve clinical results it wasn't 176 00:06:55,410 --> 00:06:52,750 propelled by primarily by theoretical 177 00:06:59,040 --> 00:06:55,420 curiosity but nevertheless it has 178 00:07:00,900 --> 00:06:59,050 immense theoretical value to us let's 179 00:07:03,750 --> 00:07:00,910 take as an example a few remedies from 180 00:07:04,410 --> 00:07:03,760 the nitrate family so also known as 181 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:04,420 sorry 182 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:07,690 also known as Solanaceae so there's the 183 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:10,290 Tora stramonium Atropa belladonna and 184 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:16,630 mandragora venom despite their 185 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:18,310 differences these remedies all address 186 00:07:23,790 --> 00:07:21,370 violent states and delirium with terror 187 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:23,800 sometimes even demonic visions so 188 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:25,750 eventually the idea arose that these 189 00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:27,910 commonalities were in fact properties of 190 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:30,670 the entire botanical family rather than 191 00:07:34,950 --> 00:07:33,190 of the individual species so for the 192 00:07:36,780 --> 00:07:34,960 first time homeopaths began generalizing 193 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:36,790 beyond immediately perceptible data and 194 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:39,250 this way of thinking has now become so 195 00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:40,870 well-established also with plant 196 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:42,880 families biological kingdoms meaning 197 00:07:46,950 --> 00:07:44,770 other plant families other biological 198 00:07:50,190 --> 00:07:46,960 kingdoms in the periodic table and so 199 00:07:52,290 --> 00:07:50,200 forth and thankfully these inferences 200 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:52,300 have proved to be largely correct or 201 00:07:56,940 --> 00:07:54,730 correct enough to serve as starting 202 00:07:58,620 --> 00:07:56,950 points for improving clinical results 203 00:08:00,780 --> 00:07:58,630 while attaining more and more 204 00:08:01,110 --> 00:08:00,790 comprehensive coverage of the natural 205 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:01,120 world 206 00:08:05,969 --> 00:08:03,490 and in a case of the periodic table this 207 00:08:08,850 --> 00:08:05,979 work has revealed remarkable previously 208 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:08,860 unrecognized patterns so this is the 209 00:08:13,290 --> 00:08:10,510 only Pathak periodic table which which 210 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:13,300 looks identical to the non homeopathic 211 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:15,910 periodic table the overall pattern has 212 00:08:19,350 --> 00:08:17,260 been discovered is that there is a 213 00:08:22,530 --> 00:08:19,360 correspondence between increasing atomic 214 00:08:24,330 --> 00:08:22,540 complexity and where in the progression 215 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:24,340 of consciousness or conscious 216 00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:26,650 development a person who needs a certain 217 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:29,440 remedy from the periodic table is stuck 218 00:08:34,709 --> 00:08:31,690 okay and that'll become a bit clearer in 219 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:34,719 a second so in addition to this each 220 00:08:40,469 --> 00:08:37,360 column which is known as a stage in 221 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:40,479 homeopathy so all of these are stages 18 222 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:45,690 in total and each row which is a series 223 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:49,180 so those have distinct attributes or 224 00:08:53,579 --> 00:08:51,490 themes and before I keep going I'll 225 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:53,589 emphasize that these are empirically 226 00:08:58,050 --> 00:08:55,930 derived themes they're not conceptual 227 00:08:59,970 --> 00:08:58,060 and positions of any sort I'll begin 228 00:09:01,770 --> 00:08:59,980 with the stages so broadly speaking they 229 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:01,780 describe the rise success and 230 00:09:06,660 --> 00:09:03,640 of any enterprise whether natural 231 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:06,670 process or a human undertaking there is 232 00:09:10,910 --> 00:09:08,380 the initiation of something the climax 233 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:10,920 and the decline stage 1 for example 234 00:09:16,350 --> 00:09:13,090 represents spontaneous beginning and 235 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:16,360 impulsivity stages 2 to 9 reflect the 236 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:18,130 different stages of striving toward a 237 00:09:22,650 --> 00:09:20,200 goal which is finally reached in stage 238 00:09:24,420 --> 00:09:22,660 10 afterward there is a gradual decline 239 00:09:27,390 --> 00:09:24,430 as the state is maintained first 240 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:27,400 successfully stage 11 and then less and 241 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:29,830 less so until complete collapse in stage 242 00:09:36,210 --> 00:09:33,220 17 and a sort of latency in stage 18 the 243 00:09:39,150 --> 00:09:36,220 noble gases before the cycle repeats 244 00:09:41,130 --> 00:09:39,160 anew in the next row the series 245 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:41,140 meanwhile describes describe the 246 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:43,930 evolution from roughly speaking a young 247 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:46,530 to an old count cut consciousness and 248 00:09:51,810 --> 00:09:48,970 each series is named after a 249 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:51,820 representative element so the hydrogen 250 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:54,490 series has to do with coming into being 251 00:09:59,610 --> 00:09:57,640 incarnated and for example a person who 252 00:10:01,380 --> 00:09:59,620 might need the remedy hydrogen feels 253 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:01,390 alone in the universe as though he's the 254 00:10:06,420 --> 00:10:04,330 only entity yet existing which is quite 255 00:10:08,430 --> 00:10:06,430 reminiscent of the experience if you 256 00:10:12,590 --> 00:10:08,440 will of hydrogen let's say following the 257 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:12,600 Big Bang before other elements evolved 258 00:10:17,070 --> 00:10:14,950 carbon Sirius the second one has to do 259 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:17,080 with the theme of separation from the 260 00:10:22,290 --> 00:10:20,530 womb from complete attachment and 261 00:10:25,170 --> 00:10:22,300 lithium to complete detachment in 262 00:10:26,550 --> 00:10:25,180 fluorine the silicone series has to do 263 00:10:30,690 --> 00:10:26,560 with the stages of formation of identity 264 00:10:33,030 --> 00:10:30,700 or ego development the iron series has 265 00:10:36,329 --> 00:10:33,040 to do with fitting into society to your 266 00:10:39,329 --> 00:10:36,339 immediate surroundings the silver series 267 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:39,339 has to do with going beyond your 268 00:10:42,570 --> 00:10:40,810 immediate surroundings coming up with 269 00:10:45,690 --> 00:10:42,580 something new turning away from away 270 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:45,700 from your culture etc and that's a lot 271 00:10:51,570 --> 00:10:48,130 what what the scientific revolution has 272 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:51,580 done it's a silver series concept I 273 00:11:00,000 --> 00:10:55,330 guess and now there's the lanthanide 274 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:00,010 series it's right here yeah it's 275 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:01,540 actually tucked before the gold series 276 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:05,050 that has to do with inner mastery inner 277 00:11:10,350 --> 00:11:07,510 evolution evolution of consciousness but 278 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:10,360 autonomy thinking for yourself what's 279 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:12,010 interesting is that most of us in the 280 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:13,810 room here are basically in the 281 00:11:19,590 --> 00:11:15,550 lanthanide state of consciousness 282 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:19,600 that's what unifies us okay and past one 283 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:21,670 tonight is gold which is outer mastery 284 00:11:28,139 --> 00:11:25,690 leadership think again of gold and the 285 00:11:30,750 --> 00:11:28,149 idea that it has to do with royalty 286 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:30,760 and finally the actinide series which 287 00:11:35,699 --> 00:11:32,470 unsurprisingly has to do with creation 288 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:35,709 destruction magic shamanism that sort of 289 00:11:41,850 --> 00:11:39,610 thing so just to ground it in an example 290 00:11:44,310 --> 00:11:41,860 let's take a man who is forever trying 291 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:44,320 to defend his successful position and is 292 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:46,690 barely able to maintain it so this 293 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:50,380 translates to stage 12 now if his 294 00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:52,510 primary concern is not to lose face as a 295 00:11:57,030 --> 00:11:54,670 conventional member of society he might 296 00:11:59,130 --> 00:11:57,040 need think from the iron series right 297 00:12:00,870 --> 00:11:59,140 here on the other hand if his concern is 298 00:12:03,090 --> 00:12:00,880 not to lose him an interior position he 299 00:12:07,410 --> 00:12:03,100 might need mercury from the gold series 300 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:07,420 right there so we see in the themes that 301 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:09,339 emerge from the periodic table a grand 302 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:11,649 pattern of coming into being and the 303 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:13,450 gradual expansion of the sphere of 304 00:12:17,430 --> 00:12:15,850 awareness this pattern is not a mystical 305 00:12:19,350 --> 00:12:17,440 revelation but a true scientific 306 00:12:21,449 --> 00:12:19,360 discovery of the relationship between 307 00:12:23,550 --> 00:12:21,459 states of consciousness and their 308 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:23,560 material Co manifestations if you will 309 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:26,649 and it has universal applicability far 310 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:28,510 beyond homeopathy the pattern is not 311 00:12:32,310 --> 00:12:30,010 merely psychological it's not merely 312 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:32,320 mythological it represents consciousness 313 00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:34,930 made manifest in the very flesh of 314 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:39,070 nature I'd like to move on now to the 315 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:40,990 biological realm where great strides 316 00:12:46,079 --> 00:12:43,510 have been made in uncovering patterns of 317 00:12:47,790 --> 00:12:46,089 consciousness in the plant kingdom there 318 00:12:49,710 --> 00:12:47,800 are two plant classification systems in 319 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:49,720 existence one constructed by mahalia 320 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:52,510 Kier which is based on morphology plant 321 00:12:57,150 --> 00:12:54,250 morphology and the other by yongcheol 322 00:12:59,220 --> 00:12:57,160 which is based on DNA analysis and he is 323 00:13:00,870 --> 00:12:59,230 actually the same person who developed 324 00:13:03,810 --> 00:13:00,880 the periodic table system which will 325 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:03,820 become important in a second now both 326 00:13:09,210 --> 00:13:06,430 systems agree that how evolutionarily 327 00:13:10,889 --> 00:13:09,220 advanced the plant is correlates with 328 00:13:13,079 --> 00:13:10,899 the spiritual complexity of the issue 329 00:13:16,009 --> 00:13:13,089 addressed by the remedy made from that 330 00:13:19,259 --> 00:13:16,019 plant so the first of those systems 331 00:13:22,170 --> 00:13:19,269 borrows on psychological constructs Erik 332 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:22,180 Erikson's developmental stages for the 333 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:24,520 rose and Jung and concepts for the 334 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:28,030 columns broadly speaking the more arcade 335 00:13:34,350 --> 00:13:31,420 roughly top left the address issues that 336 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:34,360 archetypal e feminine for example lack 337 00:13:39,090 --> 00:13:36,490 of boundaries whereas more recently 338 00:13:40,890 --> 00:13:39,100 evolved plants roughly here address 339 00:13:43,730 --> 00:13:40,900 archetypically masculine issues such as 340 00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:43,740 protection of overly rigid boundaries 341 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:46,270 and this system creates a sort of 342 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:48,010 periodic table of the plants if you will 343 00:13:52,670 --> 00:13:50,290 that helps in clinic in a clinical 344 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:52,680 context it helps to zero in on specific 345 00:13:58,260 --> 00:13:56,290 of a specific botanical order or family 346 00:14:01,830 --> 00:13:58,270 in which the correct remedy might be 347 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:01,840 found and incidentally it maps out how 348 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:03,790 consciousness manifests itself in the 349 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:06,490 plant kingdom now is the similarity with 350 00:14:08,850 --> 00:14:08,170 the chemical periodic table a 351 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:08,860 coincidence 352 00:14:13,110 --> 00:14:11,110 or could it indicate the deeper 353 00:14:17,460 --> 00:14:13,120 relationship between the kingdoms of 354 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:17,470 nature meanwhile young children working 355 00:14:21,510 --> 00:14:19,270 with the chemical elements took an 356 00:14:22,950 --> 00:14:21,520 entirely different philosophy and/or 357 00:14:25,230 --> 00:14:22,960 approach to the problem of plant 358 00:14:27,210 --> 00:14:25,240 classification he realized that it made 359 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:27,220 just as much sense to speak say of an 360 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:30,580 iron series or stage twelve quality in 361 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:32,620 the person who was helped by a plant 362 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:35,170 remedy and not a mineral remedy so he 363 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:36,910 began tagging plant remedies with these 364 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:38,680 labels and came up with the remarkably 365 00:14:43,590 --> 00:14:41,650 bold hypothesis that series and stages 366 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:43,600 were not attributes of chemical elements 367 00:14:48,270 --> 00:14:45,520 but they actually represented something 368 00:14:50,340 --> 00:14:48,280 more Universal that was applicable to 369 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:50,350 the other kingdoms of nature just as 370 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:52,450 well after all remedies from different 371 00:14:56,610 --> 00:14:54,280 kingdoms all addressed the same 372 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:56,620 perennial human issues in their 373 00:15:00,870 --> 00:14:58,690 different permutations so there must be 374 00:15:03,390 --> 00:15:00,880 some continuity only epatha CLE speaking 375 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:03,400 between the kingdoms now children's 376 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:05,080 ambitions when mission was to map the 377 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:07,330 the plant kingdom down to the genus and 378 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:09,490 species level so two dimensions were not 379 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:11,550 nearly enough because there are roughly 380 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:13,930 400,000 plant species in existence now 381 00:15:19,079 --> 00:15:16,960 he was eventually able to map out the 382 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:19,089 known remedies of the plant kingdom 383 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:21,370 let's say a couple of thousand maybe 384 00:15:26,010 --> 00:15:24,250 along six dimensions down to the genus 385 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:26,020 level and that's because different 386 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:27,970 species within the genus generally have 387 00:15:33,180 --> 00:15:30,040 interchangeable homeopathic properties 388 00:15:35,010 --> 00:15:33,190 and three of those dimensions turned out 389 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:35,020 to be different iterations of the 390 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:37,630 concept of series two were new and the 391 00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:39,550 last one was the stage so I won't have 392 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:41,200 time to get into what those dimensions 393 00:15:43,650 --> 00:15:42,010 are but 394 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:43,660 to give you a sense that there are six 395 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:46,450 of them and the two of them are the same 396 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:50,320 dimensions as the periodic table so the 397 00:15:54,090 --> 00:15:51,820 most remarkable thing about this system 398 00:15:56,330 --> 00:15:54,100 is how it unifies two domains of nature 399 00:15:59,250 --> 00:15:56,340 without reducing one to the other as 400 00:16:01,140 --> 00:15:59,260 conventional science tends to do but by 401 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:01,150 proposing an underlying abstract 402 00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:03,070 structure that has never been before 403 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:06,040 before and articulated and this is truly 404 00:16:12,270 --> 00:16:10,570 unprecedented so the question is at the 405 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:12,280 bottom what kind of entity are animals 406 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:14,050 which haven't been mapped yet and who 407 00:16:18,930 --> 00:16:16,930 are we even though the system is still 408 00:16:20,850 --> 00:16:18,940 evolving it has already been used to 409 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:20,860 solve thousands of previously unsolved 410 00:16:25,230 --> 00:16:23,170 cases worldwide so we have much reason 411 00:16:28,820 --> 00:16:25,240 to believe that it's true so here I am 412 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:28,830 wondering aloud has homeopathy perhaps 413 00:16:33,270 --> 00:16:31,330 uncovered a matrix of reality that gives 414 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:33,280 rise to the different substances around 415 00:16:38,310 --> 00:16:34,930 us and even elsewhere in the universe 416 00:16:41,730 --> 00:16:38,320 could the different elements chemicals 417 00:16:44,490 --> 00:16:41,740 plants animals microorganisms tech even 418 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:44,500 the stars or specific planets simply be 419 00:16:48,570 --> 00:16:46,210 fulfillments of niches of the same basic 420 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:48,580 immaterial stuff of the universe is 421 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:50,650 there life elsewhere and if so does it 422 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:53,290 follow this sort of matrix or a 423 00:16:58,560 --> 00:16:55,540 different one is the matrix fully 424 00:17:01,530 --> 00:16:58,570 populated fully manifest according to 425 00:17:03,530 --> 00:17:01,540 the principle of plentitude whether here 426 00:17:06,060 --> 00:17:03,540 or again somewhere else in the universe 427 00:17:08,699 --> 00:17:06,070 these are all intriguing questions that 428 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:08,709 deserve to be worked on together i'm of 429 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:10,270 course aware that the ideal the matrix 430 00:17:12,930 --> 00:17:11,440 has been proposed in various 431 00:17:15,030 --> 00:17:12,940 metaphysical systems throughout history 432 00:17:17,699 --> 00:17:15,040 but homeopathy offers the most concrete 433 00:17:19,579 --> 00:17:17,709 evidence to date of the reality of such 434 00:17:25,590 --> 00:17:19,589 a matrix as well as the most concrete 435 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:25,600 specification of its structure so in the 436 00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:26,770 time I have remaining I'd like to 437 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:28,120 discuss a couple other facets of 438 00:17:32,070 --> 00:17:30,070 homeopathy to demonstrate convergence 439 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:32,080 with other disciplines the first has to 440 00:17:36,450 --> 00:17:33,820 do with the question is of what is a 441 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:36,460 diseased state so we mentioned that a 442 00:17:39,570 --> 00:17:37,810 diseased state corresponds with the 443 00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:39,580 energetic state of some substance and 444 00:17:44,250 --> 00:17:41,860 universe but this makes no sense from a 445 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:44,260 materialistic framework well I would 446 00:17:49,290 --> 00:17:45,970 like to suggest that it makes lots of 447 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:49,300 sense if we incorporate morphic field 448 00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:53,290 theory so just for example just to 449 00:17:57,419 --> 00:17:55,600 explain it a bit more how can 450 00:18:00,060 --> 00:17:57,429 we talked about sodium chloride disease 451 00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:00,070 for the previous example except in the 452 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:01,750 sense of having an issue with salt 453 00:18:07,049 --> 00:18:04,809 metabolism or how can the venomous work 454 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:07,059 colleague be have like a Bushmaster 455 00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:09,640 snake disease in the u.s. thousands of 456 00:18:16,590 --> 00:18:11,500 miles from South America where this 457 00:18:18,390 --> 00:18:16,600 particular snake lives so my suggestion 458 00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:18,400 is that the mysterious energy that's 459 00:18:24,029 --> 00:18:21,160 captured in homeopathic remedies can be 460 00:18:26,159 --> 00:18:24,039 understood as the substances field which 461 00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:26,169 is the nonhuman morphic field and then 462 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:29,110 it can interact with the human morphic 463 00:18:33,690 --> 00:18:31,090 field and disease can be understood as 464 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:33,700 the static interpenetration of the two 465 00:18:37,110 --> 00:18:35,110 fields meaning that they get stuck 466 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:37,120 together rather than flowing freely 467 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:39,130 through each other as in health so 468 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:40,450 healing can be understood as the 469 00:18:44,850 --> 00:18:43,120 untangling of this interpenetration and 470 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:44,860 because morphic fields extend 471 00:18:48,510 --> 00:18:46,330 boundlessly for space and time there is 472 00:18:50,610 --> 00:18:48,520 no issue with the need for physical 473 00:18:52,770 --> 00:18:50,620 proximity of substance and disease state 474 00:18:54,570 --> 00:18:52,780 so here we have a sketch of an elegant 475 00:18:56,430 --> 00:18:54,580 theory of disease perfectly in line with 476 00:18:58,350 --> 00:18:56,440 morphic field theory and at the same 477 00:19:02,460 --> 00:18:58,360 time supported by a colossal amount of 478 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:02,470 clinical evidence and just to emphasize 479 00:19:07,770 --> 00:19:05,350 that if homeopathy clearly supports pen 480 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:07,780 psychism i think it definitely supports 481 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:09,700 strong plants i psychism meaning that 482 00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:11,950 not just living creatures but all 483 00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:13,900 entities possess some degree of 484 00:19:18,510 --> 00:19:16,900 consciousness and I'd like to speak more 485 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:18,520 generally now not about homeopathy but 486 00:19:22,110 --> 00:19:19,690 about consilience from a philosophical 487 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:22,120 perspective so the whole enterprise of 488 00:19:26,130 --> 00:19:24,010 Concilium is premise on the possibility 489 00:19:28,590 --> 00:19:26,140 of a gradual convergence toward a single 490 00:19:30,659 --> 00:19:28,600 truth yet philosophers of science can't 491 00:19:31,950 --> 00:19:30,669 have been divided as to whether we can 492 00:19:34,409 --> 00:19:31,960 even transition from knowledge of 493 00:19:37,169 --> 00:19:34,419 phenomena reality for us to neumann our 494 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:37,179 reality as such and those who say that 495 00:19:41,130 --> 00:19:39,280 we can they tend to ignore that our 496 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:41,140 limited consciousness may come in the 497 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:43,690 way those who say that we can't view 498 00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:45,490 consciousness as a stumbling block to 499 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:48,070 the attainment of true knowledge now is 500 00:19:51,090 --> 00:19:49,510 there a more satisfying solution that 501 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:51,100 brings in consciousness as a positive 502 00:19:57,090 --> 00:19:55,120 force historical note Solomon Milan was 503 00:19:59,010 --> 00:19:57,100 one of Kant's most important yet 504 00:20:00,750 --> 00:19:59,020 lesser-known critics he's been called 505 00:20:02,789 --> 00:20:00,760 the last great philosopher yet to be 506 00:20:04,799 --> 00:20:02,799 discovered and incidentally he was also 507 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:04,809 a pioneering parapsychology researcher 508 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:06,190 which may have influenced his 509 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:08,320 philosophical views my mum's main 510 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:09,130 contribution 511 00:20:13,650 --> 00:20:11,530 was to incorporate Khan's insight into a 512 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:13,660 realist framework by observing that even 513 00:20:17,789 --> 00:20:15,850 if we accept that the thing in itself is 514 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:17,799 unreachable we can still approach it as 515 00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:21,160 emphatically as limit quote metaphysics 516 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:22,809 is not the study of something apart from 517 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:24,370 experience but rather merely of the 518 00:20:29,310 --> 00:20:27,490 limits of experience itself unquote my 519 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:29,320 moon was clearly inspired by calculus 520 00:20:33,590 --> 00:20:31,090 and he considered our attempt to grasp 521 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:33,600 reality as an act that brings together 522 00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:36,250 brings unity to the manifold of reality 523 00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:38,350 by relating this continues bits of 524 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:40,360 matter into one form in our 525 00:20:44,850 --> 00:20:42,730 consciousness so this act of relating is 526 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:44,860 forever incomplete so we cannot attain 527 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:47,230 complete knowledge but we can converge 528 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:48,909 toward it and that's I think the 529 00:20:54,390 --> 00:20:52,090 importance for for for our purposes so 530 00:20:56,159 --> 00:20:54,400 personally I like my mom's idea because 531 00:20:58,529 --> 00:20:56,169 it's kind of like what homeopathy does 532 00:21:01,169 --> 00:20:58,539 when you dilute remedies you get 533 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:01,179 transition from matter to spirit but I 534 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:03,190 have a hunch that this philosophy might 535 00:21:08,580 --> 00:21:05,530 offer an ideal framework for a theory of 536 00:21:12,149 --> 00:21:08,590 conceal yinz I'd like to close with an 537 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:12,159 image a proposition parapsychology with 538 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:13,870 its rigorous experimental tradition and 539 00:21:18,029 --> 00:21:15,730 theoretical richness is a powerful 540 00:21:20,430 --> 00:21:18,039 propulsion system homeopathy with its 541 00:21:22,950 --> 00:21:20,440 proven practical relevance to humanity 542 00:21:24,419 --> 00:21:22,960 is the most valuable payload now the 543 00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:24,429 problem of consciousness which is 544 00:21:28,409 --> 00:21:26,500 presumably at the core of any theory of 545 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:28,419 Concilium ziz really hard 546 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:31,450 it truly is rocket science and I really 547 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:33,100 feel strongly that it's only by working 548 00:21:38,399 --> 00:21:35,890 together as sister disciplines that we 549 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:38,409 can finally beat gravity and liftoff and 550 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:41,250 make true progress in our common quest 551 00:21:54,870 --> 00:21:52,470 so you can download the handout with a 552 00:21:56,970 --> 00:21:54,880 whole bunch of extra information and my 553 00:22:07,830 --> 00:21:56,980 contact information etc you can write 554 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:07,840 this down only take two questions I want 555 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:10,690 to say that I have no particular animus 556 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:12,850 against homeopathy I'm perfectly happy 557 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:15,910 to use homeopathic remedies if I found 558 00:22:20,610 --> 00:22:17,590 that they work for me which some of them 559 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:20,620 do but the main criticism that I see 560 00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:24,810 from outside in attacks on homeopathy is 561 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:28,720 that people keep citing references all 562 00:22:33,030 --> 00:22:31,450 over the place that homeopathy performs 563 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:33,040 no better than the placebo effect and 564 00:22:38,130 --> 00:22:35,410 controlled clinical trials so I'm 565 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:38,140 wondering if you have a a response to 566 00:22:43,110 --> 00:22:40,810 that outside broadly published 567 00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:43,120 accusation well you haven't seen the 568 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:45,520 evidence so in the handout there's a 569 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:48,250 link to a list of over a thousand 570 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:50,050 articles that relate to homeopathy in 571 00:22:54,090 --> 00:22:52,450 different ways it's simply not true it's 572 00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:54,100 the same the exact same situation what I 573 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:55,840 mentioned about rejected science the 574 00:23:01,470 --> 00:22:57,970 idea that there is a whole bunch of 575 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:01,480 research there and it gets ignored or 576 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:02,910 dismissed 577 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:05,050 sure so and I don't think that's the 578 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:07,690 main I think what I described is more 579 00:23:10,470 --> 00:23:09,070 interesting than the question of like 580 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:10,480 memory of water and so on which is 581 00:23:15,630 --> 00:23:13,870 itself a fascinating issue but I find 582 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:15,640 that society only talks about that about 583 00:23:21,030 --> 00:23:17,050 homeopathy and doesn't know about 584 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:21,040 everything else right so that's okay so 585 00:23:25,950 --> 00:23:24,220 I have a question about your graph at 586 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:25,960 the end where you have an exponential 587 00:23:32,940 --> 00:23:30,130 curve going towards spirit I assume that 588 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:32,950 some topic yes yeah so I assume you're 589 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:34,450 doing that because of the consciousness 590 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:37,810 of the experiment or introducing spirit 591 00:23:43,370 --> 00:23:41,410 into the equation but in reality you can 592 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:43,380 make a homeopathic remedy from a machine 593 00:23:49,020 --> 00:23:47,050 so I like to modify that or propose a 594 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:49,030 modification of that grab and that 595 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:51,370 spirit but information or whatever you 596 00:23:54,930 --> 00:23:53,170 want to call it energy information I 597 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:54,940 mean not all the same they're not all 598 00:24:00,710 --> 00:23:56,110 the same I agree but that's a discussion