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Title: A Brain Cell is the Same as the Universe
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university of wisconsin.edu
URL Source: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/pc/brain-universe.html
Published: Feb 16, 2007
Author: by Cliff Pickover
Post Date: 2007-02-16 13:08:58 by gengis gandhi
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Views: 148
Comments: 7
A principle tenet of Taoism is from macrocosm to microcosm, that man is a little version of the universe, but both according to the same template. you can see this theme repeated throughout nature. now science is verifying what taoists knew some 5,000 years ago. A good primer on taoism is the tao te ching, by lao tzu, available for free download at http://www.sacred-texts.org. Physicists discover that the structure of a brain cell is the same as the entire universe. "Oh God, guide me, protect me; make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star." -- Abdu’l-Bahá Image Source http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/08/14/science/20060815_SCILL_GRAPHIC.html
A Brain Cell is the Same as the Universe by Cliff Pickover, Reality Carnival 
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#3. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
I've thought of that too, what if our bodies could be considered a universe, an organ could be considered a universe, and smaller and smaller, then I wonder what is outside of the universe, or if in fact there are infinite numbers of universes. I'll look at that link, interesting topic. Since I was a really little kid I've wondered about those concepts, instinctively felt there was something to them.
#5. To: Diana (#3)
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If science proves the ancients correct, then how did primitive people obtain such knowledge? the native americans call the continent of the US 'turtle island" because from above, in space, it looks a bit like a turtle, with florida being the head of the turtle, or so the story goes. How did a primitive people obtain such knowledge? They were primitive in a technological sense, but not in a spiritual sense. Today, for our society, the reverse is true. Techno savages who can use high technology for spiritual depravity and control. the universe doesn't run on energy, it runs on irony. edit: the dogon tribe years before it was possible to see with exiting telescopes, a very primitive tribe, stated that sirius was surrounded by 2 stars, yet at the time, only one could be detected with their instruments. a decade or so later, it was verified that there was a siruis a and b, just as the dogon had said. and the dogon, same as the mayan, egyptians, etc, claim their knowledge from the 'gods' who came from the stars. however, any of this knowledge can be discovered via various meditation techniques or hallucinogens, such as those investigated by leary, wilson, huxley and others.
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