Additional Resources – The Divine Matrix

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The Divine Matrix: Resources

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Introduction

1. “Come to the Edge,” poem by Christopher Logue written in 1968 for a festival in honor of the 50th anniversary of the death of the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire. The poem is found in Christopher Logue, Ode to the Dodo: Poems from 1953 to 1978 (London: Jonathan Cape, 1981): p. 96.

2. The Expanded Quotable Einstein, Alice Calaprice, ed. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2000): p. 220.

3. John Wheeler, as quoted by F. David Peat in Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind  (New York: Bantam Books, 1987): p. 4.

4. David Bohm and F. David Peat, Science, Order, and Creativity (New York: Bantam Books, 1987): p. 88.

5. David Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order (London, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980): p. 62.

6. Ibid., p. 62.

7. Ibid., p. 14.

8. Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr., and Edward Cook, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation (San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996): p. 365.

9. Glen Rein, Ph.D., Mike Atkinson, Rollin McCraty, M.A., “The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Compassion and Anger,” Journal of Advancement in Medicine, vol. 8, no. 2 (1995): p. 87-103.

10. The ancient Vedic traditions suggest that the unified field of energy is an infinite field of energy that underlies the infinitely diverse universe. Website: http://www.vedicknowledge.com.

11. The ancient Hsin Hsin Ming (Verses on the Faith Mind) is attributed to Chien Chih Sengstan, third Zen patriarch, in the fifth century. This particular quote is from the English translation by Robert B. Clarke and illustrated by Gyoskusei Jikihara, Hsin-Hsin Ming: Seng-Ts’an Third Zen Patriarch (Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, 2001).

12. Ibid.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 1: Q: What’s in the Space Between? A: The Divine Matrix

1. Dean Radin in a special features commentary with the producers of the 2004 motion picture Suspect Zero, directed by E. Elias Merhige (Paramount Studios, DVD release April 2005). The plot of the movie revolves around the use of remote viewing for criminal investigation. For 15 years, Radin has conducted experimental studies of psi phenomena in academia and industry, through his appointments at institutions that include Princeton University, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Nevada, and SRI International. He is currently a senior scientist with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, an organization whose charter it is to “explore the frontiers of consciousness to advance individual, social, and global transformation.”

2. Neville, The Law and the Promise (Marina Del Ray, CA:, DeVorss, 1961): p. 9.

3. Ibid., p. 44.

4. The Expanded Quotable Einstein, p. 75.

5. Francis Harold Cook, Hua-Yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1977): p. 2.

6. James Clerk Maxwell, “father” of electromagnetic theory. This quote opens the article that he was asked to write on the ether field for the ninth edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, issued by Cambridge University Press in 1890. Website: http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath322/kmath322.htm.

7. Spoken by physicist Hendrick Lorentz in 1906 and quoted in an online collection of viewpoints about the ether field, “Physics—On Absolute Space (Aether, Ether, Akasa) and Its Properties as an Infinite Eternal Continuous Wave Medium.” Website: http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Physics-Space-Aether-Ether.htm.

8. Spoken by Albert Einstein during a lecture in 1928. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. A. A. Michelson, “The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether,” American Journal of Science, vol. 22, (1881): p. 120-129.

11. A. A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley “On The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether,” American Journal of Science, vol. 34, (1887): p. 333-345.

12. E. W. Silvertooth, “Special Relativity.” Nature, vol. 322 (August 1986): p. 590.

13. Konrad Finagle, What’s the Void? (Barney Noble, 1898) [Excerpts reprinted in D.E. Simanek and J. C. Holden, Science Askew (Boca Raton, FL: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2002)]. Website: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/cutting/grav.htm.

14. Spoken by Albert Einstein during a lecture in 1928. “Physics—On Absolute Space (Aether, Ether, Akasa) and Its Properties as an Infinite Eternal Continuous Wave Medium.”

15. Max Planck, from a speech that he gave in Florence, Italy in 1944, entitled “Das Wesen der Materie” (The Essence/Nature/Character of Matter) Quelle: Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abt. Va, Rep. 11 Planck, Nr. 1797. Below I have included a portion of that speech in the original German, with the English translation following. Original German: “Als Physiker, der sein ganzes Leben der nüchternen Wissenschaft, der Erforschung der Materie widmete, bin ich sicher von dem Verdacht frei, für einen Schwarmgeist gehalten zu werden. Und so sage ich nach meinen Erforschungen des Atoms dieses: Es gibt keine Materie an sich. Alle Materie entsteht und besteht nur durch eine Kraft, welche die Atomteilchen in Schwingung bringt und sie zum winzigsten Sonnensystem des Alls zusammenhält. Da es im ganzen Weltall aber weder eine intelligente Kraft noch eine ewige Kraft gibt – es ist der Menschheit nicht gelungen, das heißersehnte Perpetuum mobile zu erfinden – so müssen wir hinter dieser Kraft einen bewußten intelligenten Geist annehmen. Dieser Geist ist der Urgrund aller Materie.” English Translation: “As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about the atoms this much: There is no matter as such! All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together . . . We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.”

16. Albert Einstein quoted by physicist Michio Kaku in an online article, “M-Theory: The Mother of all SuperStrings: An Introduction to M-Theory” (2005). Website: http://www.mkaku.org/articles/mtheory_superstrings.shtml.

17. The Expanded Quotable Einstein, p. 204.

18. Zhi Zhao, Yu-Ao Chen, An-Ning Zhang, Tao Yang, Hans J. Briegel, and Jian-Wei Pan, “Experimental Demonstration of Five-photon entanglement and Open-destination Teleportation,” Nature, vol. 430 (2004): p. 54.

19. Eric Smalley, “Five Photons Linked,” Technology Research News (August/September 2004). Website: http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/082504/Five_photons_linked_082504.html.

20. Malcolm W. Browne, “Signal Travels Farther and Faster Than Light,” Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Newport News, VA.) online newsletter (July 22, 1997). Website: http://www.cebaf.gov/news/internet/1997/spooky.html.

21. This is a quotation from the project leader, professor Nicholas Gisin, drawn from an article describing the experiment. “Geneva University Development in Photon Entanglement for Enhanced Encryption Security and Quantum Computers” (2000). Website: http://www.geneva.ch/Entanglement.htm.

22. Malcolm W. Browne, “Signal Travels Farther and Faster Than Light.”

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 2: Shattering the Paradigm: The Experiments That Change Everything

1. Rumi, Coleman Barks, trans., The Illuminated Rumi (New York: Broadway Books, 1997): p. 13.

2. Quoted by Carl Seelig in “Albert Einstein” (Espasa-Calpe, 2005).

3. John Wheeler, from an interview with Mirjana R. Gearhart of Cosmic Search, vol. 1, no. 4 (1979). Website: http://www.bigear.org/vol1no4/wheeler.htm.

4. Ibid.

5. Joel R. Primack, a cosmologist at the University of Santa Cruz, from the “Ask the Experts” section of Scientific American online, “If Space Is Expanding, into What Is it Expanding?” ScientificAmerican.com Posted on October 21,1999. “According to modern cosmological theory, based on Einstein’s General Relativity (our modern theory of gravity), the big bang did not occur somewhere in space; it occupied the whole of space. Indeed, it created space.”  http://www.sciam.com

6. The Rig Veda as cited in “Hinduism: On the Metaphysics and Philosophy of Hinduism Beliefs and Hindu Gods: All Is One (Brahman).” Website: http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Hinduism-Hindu.htm.

7. Ibid.

8. This effect was first reported in Russia: P.P.Gariaev, K.V. Grigor’ev, A.A. Vasil’ev, V.P. Poponin, and V.A. Shcheglov, “Investigation of the Fluctuation Dynamics of DNA Solutions by Laser Correlation Spectroscopy,” Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute (1992), no. 11-12, p. 23-30, as cited by Vladimir Poponin in an online article “The DNA Phantom Effect: Direct Measurement of a New Field in the Vacuum Substructure” (Update on DNA Phantom Effect: March 19, 2002). The Weather Master website: http://www.twm.co.nz/DNAPhantom.htm.

9. Ibid.

10. Vladimir Poponin, “The DNA Phantom Effect: Direct Measurement of a New Field in the Vacuum Substructure,” performed the Russian study again in 1995 under the auspices of the Institute of HeartMath, Research Division, Boulder Creek, CA.

11. Ibid.

12. Glen Rein, Ph.D., Mike Atkinson, and Rollin McCraty, M.A., “The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Compassion and Anger,” Journal of Advancement in Medicine, vol. 8, no. 2 (Summer 1995): pp. 87-103.

13. Julie Motz, “Everyone an Energy Healer: The Treat V Conference” Santa Fe, N.M., Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, vol. 9 (1993).

14. Jeffrey D. Thompson, D.C., B.F.A., online article, “The Secret Life of Your Cells,” Center for Neuroacoustic Research (2000). This article references the work of Thompson’s colleague Dr. Cleve Backster and Backster’s book of the same title. Website: http://www.neuroacoustic.org/articles/articlecells.htm.

15. The Institute of HeartMath was founded in 1991 as a non-profit research organization “providing a range of unique services, products and technologies to boost performance, productivity, health and well-being while dramatically reducing stress.” For more information, please visit the website: http://www.HeartMath.com/company/index.html.

16. Glen Rein. Ph.D., “Effect of Conscious Intention on Human DNA,” Proceeds of the International Forum on New Science (Denver, CO: 1986).

17. Glen Rein, Ph.D., and Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., “Structural Changes in Water and DNA Associated with New Physiologically Measurable States,” Journal of Scientific Exploration vol. 8, no. 3 (1994): pp. 438-439.

18. Glen Rein. Ph.D., “Effect of Conscious Intention On Human DNA.”

19. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels (New York: Random House, 1979): pp. 50-51.

20. Planck, “Das Wesen der Materie.”

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 3: Are We Passive Observers or Powerful Creators?

1. Chief Seattle, “A Message to Washington from Chief Seattle.” Website: http://www.chiefseattle.com.

2. John Wheeler, from an interview with Tim Folger, “Does the Universe Exist if We’re Not Looking?” Discover, vol. 23, no. 6 (June 2002): p. 44.

3. Neville, The Power of Awareness (Marina Del Ray, CA: DeVorss, 1961): p. 9.

4. Neville, The Law and the Promise, p. 57.

5. Neville, The Power of Awareness, pp. 103-5.

6. Ibid., p. 10

7. Ibid.

8. Quoted by Carl Seelig in “Albert Einstein” (Espasa-Calpe, 2005)

9. Michio Kaku, Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): p. 263.

10. C. D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy (Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992): p. 109.

11. Neville, The Law and the Promise, p. 13.

12. “The Gospel of Thomas,” translated and introduced by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (Claremont, CA.). From The Nag Hammadi Library, James M. Robinson, ed. (San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1990): p. 137.

13. “John 16:23-24,” from Holy Bible: Authorized King James Version (Grand Rapids, MI: World Publishing, 1989): p. 80.

14. Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus, Neil Douglas-Klotz, trans. (San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994): pp. 86-87.

15. Amit Goswami, “The Scientific Evidence for God Is Already Here,” Light of Consciousness, vol. 16, no. 3 (Winter 2004): p. 32.

16. The Illuminated Rumi, Coleman Barks, trans. (New York: Broadway Books, 1997): p. 98.

17. The Expanded Quotable Einstein, p. 205.

18. Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart, The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World (New York: Penguin Books, 1994): p. 191.

19. One of the clearest sources for the mind-body connection was documented in a landmark study by James Blumenthal at Duke University. “Chill Out: It Does the Heart Good,” Duke University news release citing the technical study of the relationship between emotional response and heart health, originally published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. http://Dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id-353.

20. A beautiful example of applying what we know about inner peace to a wartime situation is found in the pioneering study done by David W. Orme-Johnson, Charles N. Alexander, John L. Davies, Howard M. Chandler, and Wallace E. Larimore, “International Peace Project in the Middle East,” The Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 32, no. 4, (December 1988): p. 778.

21. “The Gospel of Thomas,” The Nag Hammadi Library, p. 134.

22. Joan Carroll Cruz, Mysteries Marvels Miracles: In the Lives of the Saints (TAN Books and Publishers, 1997).

23. There are a number of accounts of the miraculous life of Padre Pio that include prophecy, miraculous scents, stigmata, and bilocation. The best source that I could find for this particular account during World War II is the Eternal Word Television Network website: http://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/mystic/bilocation.html.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 4: Once Connected, Always Connected: Living in a Holographic Universe

1. Holographic technology was invented in 1948 by Hungarian scientist Dennis Gabor. In 1971, Gabor was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that he made 23 years earlier.

2. Russell Targ in a special features commentary with the producers of the 2004 motion picture Suspect Zero, directed by E. Elias Merhige (Paramount Studios, DVD release April 2005).

3. Ibid.

4. Ervin Laszlo, “New Concepts of Matter, Life and Mind,” a paper published with permission by Physlink at the website: http://www.physlink.com/Education/essay_laszlo.cfm.

5. Francis Harold Cook, Hua-Yen Buddhism, p. 2.

6. Ibid.

7. Ervin Laszlo, “New Concepts of Matter, Life and Mind.”

8. Karl Pribram, “Pribram: The Magellan of Brain Science,” from a print interview by Daniel Goleman for SyberVision, Developed at the Stanford University Neuropsychology Research Laboratory.

9. Ibid.

10. “International Peace Project in the Middle East,” The Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 778.

11. “Matthew 17:20,” The New Jerusalem Bible: The Complete Text of the Ancient Canon of the Scriptures, Standard Edition, Henry Wansbrough, ed. (New York: Doubleday, 1998): p. 1129.

12. Neville, The Power of Awareness, p. 118.

13. 101 Miracles of Natural Healing, an instructional video in the step-by-step methods of the ChiLel™ method of healing created by founder Dr. Pang Ming. Website: http://www.chilel-qigong.com/resource.htm.

14. Neville, The Power of Awareness, p. 10.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 5: When Here Is There and Then Is Now: Jumping Time and Space in the Matrix

1. The Expanded Quotable Einstein, p. 75.

2. Yitta Halbertstam and Judith Leventhal, Small Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences From Everyday Life, (Avon, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1997).

3. Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies (New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1997): pp. 12-13.

4. Russell Targ, from Suspect Zero DVD.

5. Jim Schnabel, Remote Viewers, p. 380.

6. Benjamin Lee Whorf, Language, Thought, and Reality, John B. Carroll, ed. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1964): pp. 58-9.

7. Ibid., p. 262.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid., p. 59.

10. “Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory: Proceedings of the New Orleans Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory,” Quantum Theory and Measurement, J. A. Wheeler and W. H. Zurek, eds. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1983): pp. 182-213.

11. “A Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser,” Yoon-Hi Kim, R. Yu, S.P. Kulik, Y.H. Shih, and Marlon O. Scully, Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 84 (2000): p. 1-5.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 6: The Universe Is Talking To Us: Messages from the Matrix

1. Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan, The Lessons of Don Juan (New York, NY: Washington Square Press, 1972), p. 61.

2. Douglas-Klotz, Prayers of the Cosmos, p. 12.

3. Gregg Braden, The God Code: The Secret of Our Past, The Promise of Our Future (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2005), pp. xiv-xv.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 7: Reading the Mirrors of Relationship: Messages from Ourselves

1. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind (from the original 1926 version, Part IID, Lesson Four: Recapitulation). Website: http://www.ernestholmes.wwwhubs.com/sompart2d.htm.

2. “The Gospel of Thomas,” The Nag Hammadi Library, p. 136.

3. Ibid., p. 126.

4. Ibid., p. 136.

5. Ibid., p. 134.

6. Ibid., p. 134.

Gregg's logo of a half sun rising over the shape of an open book Chapter 8: Rewriting the Reality Code: 20 Keys to Conscious Creation

1. Meetings with Remarkable Men: Gurdjieff’s Search for Hidden Knowledge (Corinth Video, 1987). This motion picture is based on the life of Gurdjieff and his relentless search to know the secret teachings of the past. His travels led him throughout the world and ultimately to a secret monastery believed to be located in the remote wilderness of mountainous Pakistan. These are the words that his teacher offered to him as he attained the mastership that he had searched for, for so long.

2. Ten Years After, from their album A Space In Time (Capital Records, 1971).

3. Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained (Bay Back Books, 1992): p. 433.

4. “The Thunder: Perfect Mind,” The Nag Hammadi Library, pp. 297-303.

5. Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation, Aryeh Kaplan, ed. (York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1997): p. 165.

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