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A simple question by Steaphen: If I move a finger 1cm, science says (by way of using calculus (infinite-series) to calculate its movement) that it goes through infinite contiguous little steps -- thus smooth movement, like a motion-picture film.

What bodily processes (electrical, chemical, neurological) begins, maintains and stops that infinite-step movement?

Zeno's Paradoxes" contains articles and counter-proofs revealing a simple truth: The deeper cause for everyday life is meta-physical in nature. This is easily demonstrated by way ot the Proof of the Impossibility of Physical Movement. Simply put: science argues that for any and all physical movements (even for so simple a movement as lifting one's finger), there are necessarily infinite intervening physical steps to traverse (as required by the use of calculus/geometric series to solve Zeno's Paradoxes).

However, there are no -- and there can be no -- physical causes for that which is purported to involve an infinite-step physical progression (when blinking one's eye, or lifting a finger).

The jig is up. The standard scientific (clockwork universe) world-view does not accommodate the facts.

There are deeper causes for disease beyond physical factors such as bad-genes, viruses and bacteria. There are instantaneous interconnecting 'metaphysical' causes and influences that underlay 'chance events' -- evolution occurs through and with systems volition and intent. Everything, everyone and all events have meaning.

A new "holodynamic systems" world-view (incorporating a discontinuous space | continuous meta-space) is required. Adopting a holodynamic-systems view would revolutionise our sciences, humanities, ecologies and religions.

Zeno's Paradoxes

The paradox of movement. Not as simple as it seems.

Quantum implications

The everyday real-world implications of quantum physics research.

Factors in employee health, wellbeing and resilience

[Copyright Steaphen Pirie Belief Institute 2009]

Introduction

This article is an introductory analysis of the factors determining health, and how awareness of these factors can form a useful guide for employers.

These factors are derived from the long-term research conducted by Sir Michael Marmot, who has found that one's 'psycho-social ecosystem' is at least two thirds* responsible for health and longevity.

A checklist of considerations is provided to help the development of workplace policies. The "Begin with the end in play – Health and Wellbeing" program has been specifically developed to focus on, and enhance the "psycho-social" factors that lead to health and wellbeing.

* According to the research, factors such as smoking, obesity, poor diet, lack of exercise and hereditary issues account for only 1/4 to 1/3 the total cause for ill-health and premature death.

Social Determinants of Health

When considering the nature of employee health within organisations, it is worthwhile to expand the context to include as many factors as possible that may impinge, directly or indirectly on the quality of health.

In the 2003 World Health Organization’s report on social determinants of health, Dr Michael Marmot and Dr Richard Wilkinson reported that:

“Even in the most affluent countries, people who are less well off have substantially shorter life expectancies and more illnesses than the rich. Not only are these differences in health an important social injustice, they have also drawn scientific attention to some of the most powerful determinants of health standards in modern societies. They have led in particular to a growing understanding of the remarkable sensitivity of health to the social environment and to what have become known as the social determinants of health."1

The research into social determinants of health is sufficiently broad and rigorous to link social factors with corresponding levels of health and life expectancy.

Welcome

The Belief Institute is an information resource and a bureau of consultants who provide tools and information with which to clarify, consolidate and expand understanding of personal, social and organisational belief-systems.

Generally, the Belief Institute is a specialist service providing mentoring, coaching and training for

c-class executive officers (CEO, CFO et al.)
business entrepreneurs, creative directors, artists ('creatives')
politicians, management consultants, life coaches
scientists, medical and alternative health practitioners
academics and teachers
new-age & spiritual teachers

Introduction to process

The following list details some of the principles and techniques by which we may analyse belief-systems.

Observe and question

One of the first freedoms to disappear in frightened, repressed societies is the freedom to ask questions. Questions can engage deep unconscious processes that help initiate change and action.

Questions such as "what do I really want?" might require significant change in one's life. Socially awkward questions are often avoided in order 'to get along' with friends, family and the community. Generally, the depth of our questioning reflects our capacity for growth.

a. Include

As a corollary of point 1, if we genuinely wish to observe and question, we need to include anomalous phenomena. Anomalous phenomena are examples of how our existing belief-systems are inadequate, incomplete or of limited scope and applicability.

Presently, the field of quantum physics research offers a rich field of anomalous phenomena which have generally not been incorporated into the mainstream belief-systems of science, religion, politics, psychology and sociology.

Prof. Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki

Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Claremont School of Theology, and a co-director of the Center for Process Studies and its related program, Process & Faith.

Her scholarly interests include the use of process and feminist thought for the critical interpretation and expression of Christian faith.

Since 2001 Suchocki has been director of the Whitehead International Film Festival, which features films that explore themes of transformation and inter-relationality, and that celebrate the common good. She is considered along with John B. Cobb, Jr., and David Ray Griffin, to be one of the leaders in the field of process theology. Her publications include The End of Evil; God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology; Divinity and Diversity; and The Fall to Violence.

Maya on Amazon

Maya Sends Her Love is now available on Amazon, as a Kindle eBook.

Maya Sends Her Love is a little book that melds together basic common sense with some quantum physics principles to yield a surprise or two about the deeper nature of life.

The Birth of Science, Sin and Autism

[Copyright Steaphen Pirie, 2006]

Excerpt of "Maya Sends Her Love":

Grandfather Johann telling young Maya a bedtime account of humanity's history and development:

Once upon a time the many peoples of Earth were one with nature. They lived in a veritable Garden of Eden ... theirs was an instinctive paradise, naturally engaged and lived.

As a people they were like new-born babes, fresh from the nurturing womb of Mother-Nature. And just like new-born babes they felt and knew themselves to be nurtured and nourished by their Mother-Earth. They felt at-one with Her rocks and trees and things. Even though they killed, or were themselves killed for food, they understood the deeply interconnected harmony of life.

Naturally as children do, they began taking little steps, exploring and learning about themselves and the world around them. They were a young race ready to stand alone, apart and independent. They were ready to think for themselves, to take on free-will, independent of instinct.

This was written in their holy Book of Genesis – that to remain in nature’s paradise, God had said they must not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, for if they did their eyes would be opened and they ‘shall be as gods, knowing good and evil’.

Belief-System Tune-Ups

Many people easily forget how muich they rely on mental-maps (belief-systems) to navigate through life.

What we believe defines, shapes and creates us. What we believe possible will reveal itself by what we attempt to achieve.

Belief-system tuneups are designed to reveal the deeper, more congruent frameworks of life -- those that you can rely on, irrespective of time and circumstance.

Belief-System Tune-Ups can be tailored for the industry, circumstances and needs of clients.

Personal & Small Business Coaching

To small business entrepreneurs

Small business entrepreneurs have a creative free spirit that is often denied large business employees and managers (who must be more attuned to, and aligned with the in-grained systems, culture and politics of large organisations).

Lasso your future

As the founder and director of an engineering business that supplied advanced fire-protection systems for major corporate data-centres, I understand, respect and champion the independence, spirit and 'can-do' attitude of small business owners.

Small business entrepreneurs often start out, as I did, to explore new ways of doing things, of doing things better, and with a strong desire of being their own boss (and for some, of having their "name up in lights"). It's all good - it's all about personal development, freedom, exploration, risk, rewards, stretching and growth.

But perhaps most of all, small business entrepreneurs enjoy testing their intuition, their 'gut-feel' for what will work.

If I had to identify one aspect of running one's own business that is most important it would be the unmatched buzz of testing and relying on our initiative and gut-feelings for how best to do it (running and developing the business, interacting with customers, managing and mentoring employees etc.).

If this at all "speaks to you" then please read on.

Begin with the end in play - Health and Wellbeing

It's easy and quite common to believe that illness and early death is due to factors such as disease, poor diet, lack of exercise, obesity, smoking and genetic disorders.

But according to the results gained from nearly 30 years of research by Sir Professor Michael Marmot, those factors account for around one quarter of the causes of illness and early death.

The primary, majority cause of illness is "psycho-social" – our personal beliefs and expectations, and the social environment (community, nation and culture) in which we live.

Proof of the impossibility of physical movement

Submitted by Steaphen Pirie on Thu, 23/07/2009 - 8:19am

Overview

Standard scientific beliefs are that when we move, say a finger through a small distance, it does so by moving through an infinite number of very small "infinitesimal" steps. This proof asks a very basic question: What is the electrical, chemical activity in the body that can account for, and control that infinite-step process?

"If infinite-series do not track physical movement in the details, they cannot be used in the details of physical movement." [Steaphen Pirie, 2011]

Introduction

Proving the impossibility of physical movement,
using the assumptions of modern science

This proof, based on the assumptions of modern science and medicine, reveals how we are unable to move our bodies even for the simplest of tasks, such as blinking an eye, or lifting a finger. In view of our easy ability to blink, or move a finger, we may confidently conclude that standard scientific theories -- reliant on the assumption of 'perfectly contiguous and continuous' movement -- are inappropriate and incorrect at the micro-scaled dimensions of space-time, but approximately correct in the macro-scaled events of everyday life.

As is more fully explained in this proof, modern deterministic science (including and especially medical and biological science) requires that

for each and every physical effect (ie. for each and every infinitesimal physical step) there MUST BE an identifiable physical (NEUROLOGICAL) cause

This expectation (of perfect biological determinism) is unable to accomodate the quantum facts: the majority of contemporary science is based on incorrect assumptions. A new scientific paradigm is required.

The Evolution of the Human Psyche

Finding our way home

Given current world circumstances (e.g. the 2008 global economic situation; recent and current controversies in the USA over the teaching of "Intelligent Design" and recent demonstrations against cartoons and books that are deemed blasphemous) perhaps it's timely that we gain a fuller perspective.

It is quite evident there are conflicting views on what is "Truth." Is capitalism the best system? Is Intelligent Design a valid alternative to the Theory of Evolution? Is it genuinely blasphemous to create an image of that which is deemed sacred?

How can we see our way clear of the jungle of conflicting faiths and beliefs?