Episode #05 - "Mindset"

Orchestrated Objective Reduction is a biological philosophy of mind that postulates that consciousness originates at the quantum level inside neurons, rather than the conventional view that it is a product of connections between neurons. The mechanism is held to be a quantum process called objective reduction that is orchestrated by cellular structures called microtubules. The hypothesis was first put forward in the early 1990s by theoretical physicist Roger Penrose and anaesthesiologist and psychologist Stuart Hameroff.

The hypothesis combines approaches from molecular biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, philosophy, quantum information theory, and quantum gravity. For more information on this theory, check out Stuart Hameroff’s presentation on it.

Cymatics is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The term was coined by Hans Jenny, a Swiss follower of the philosophical school known as anthroposophy. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Different patterns emerge in the excitatory medium depending on the geometry of the plate and the driving frequency.

Check out Nigel Stanford’s amazing video on cymatics.

Watch one of our favourite TED talks where Princeton University molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler discusses how bacteria communicate, highlighting the phenomenon through the biosymbiotic relationship between the bacteria Vibrio Fischeri and the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid.

This relationship is a perfect example of how different species can support and benefit each other, such as humans and the bacteria that make up our microbiome.

Bruce Lipton is an internationally recognized authority on bridging science and spirit. His groundbreaking book ‘The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles’ documents the amazing new awareness that is currently rewriting the science of biology and medicine – awareness that the mind’s perception of the environment, not genes, controls life at the cellular level.

Check out his appearance on the London Real YouTube channel where he goes in to great detail on the different topics covered in his books and lectures.

Carol Dweck is an American psychologist at Stanford University. She is best known for her work on the ‘fixed mindset’ and ‘growth mindset’ psychological traits. She shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. 

She wrote the book ‘Mindset’, which we would highly recommend checking out. She has also done her own fascinating TED talk on the subject.