Healing the World Through Consciousness with Stephan A. Schwartz | Episode 17

Introduction

The host introduces the podcast and explains that it will focus on near-death experiences and how they affect people's lives.

Edgar Casey and Stefan A Schwartz

The host talks about how he discovered Stefan A Schwartz, a scholar who has researched Edgar Casey's descriptions of consciousness. They discuss how near-death and shared death experiencers describe the same thing using different vocabulary.

• Mack Plunk and Albert Einstein quotes are discussed.

• Stefan is an experimentalist who focuses on making access to non-local consciousness more effective.

• Stefan discusses changing the direction of culture to be more compassionate, life-affirming, and focused on fostering well-being for everyone.

• Religion arose because of the nature of consciousness.

Interview with Stephan A Schwartz

The host interviews Stephan A Schwartz about his observation that everything is a manifestation of consciousness.

• Stephan shares how he was introduced to Max Planck's interview in 1931 where Planck said that Consciousness is causal and fundamental.

• Einstein had a similar interview where he said reality is an optical delusion.

• Stephan was introduced to Edgar Casey material which led him to read a reading given in 1936 by Casey for a woman who had been a member of the same community at Kerbet Komron and a teacher of astrology.

The Discovery of the Essene Community at Kerbet Cumran

In this section, the speaker talks about how he became interested in studying consciousness and the nature of reality after reading about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

• In 1947, a young Bedouin tribes boy discovered what we know as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

• The scrolls revealed an obsession with astrology and that women were involved with the community.

• Prior to their discovery, nobody knew that women were part of the Essene community or that they had any particular interest in astrology.

Studying Consciousness

• The speaker became interested in studying consciousness after realizing that Casey had given a reading 11 years before anyone knew about the Essene community or their interest in astrology.

• He is an experimentalist who cares about objectively verifiable data and has spent over 60 years studying consciousness.

• Consciousness is not entirely physiologically based and there is continuity of consciousness beyond physical death.

Information as Fundamental Reality

• The fundamental construct of reality is information.

• Nobody knows what this information is or how it relates to consciousness.

• Continuity of consciousness between incarnations is shaped by informational structure rather than physical attributes.

The Importance of Fostering Well-being

In this section, the speaker discusses how fostering well-being at every level creates harmony and success.

Fostering Well-being

• Fostering well-being is the most important thing one can do in life.

• Experimentation and exploring how individuals and small groups can change history to foster compassionate life-affirming well-being is the speaker's life dedication.

Intentioned Consciousness

In this section, the speaker talks about how consciousness alone can cause an effect in physical reality.

Consciousness Experiments

• An experiment was conducted where people did healing therapeutic contention while holding vials of water that were measured using infrared spectrophotometry.

• Another experiment involved Buddhist monks focusing their intention on chocolate and tea, which resulted in people reporting different reactions to treated versus control chocolate/tea.

• Holy water is created through the act of intention of a priest who is sufficiently conscious to know what he's doing.

Water and Wine in Religion

In this section, the speaker explores why water and wine are so involved with religions around the world.

Water and Wine Experiments

• The molecular structure of water changes when exposed to healing or intentioned consciousness.

• The same principle applies to wine - good quality wine changes molecular structure when held by someone with intentioned consciousness.

Wine Tasting Experiment

In this section, the speaker describes an experiment he conducted to determine which wine tasted better.

Conducting the Experiment

• The speaker told a group of people that he was about to buy a large quantity of wine and wanted them to hold a taste testing for him.

• He gave them two candidates for the best wine, but in reality, he had only bought one bottle and split it into two parts.

• He took one part of the wine and had a group of meditators focus healing intention on it.

• Using a random number generator, he assigned which bottle would be the treated wine and which would be the control one.

• He decanted both wines into unlabeled bottles and had seven people taste them without knowing which was which.

Results

• In all but one case, participants picked the treated wine as tasting better than the control one.

• The speaker suggests that something changed in the structure or informational level of the treated wine due to focused intention.

Water and Wine in Religious Ceremonies

In this section, the speaker discusses why water and wine are used in religious ceremonies.

Changing Water with Intention

• The speaker believes that water changes when focused intention is placed upon it. This is why water is often used as holy water in religious ceremonies.

Transformed Wine

• Similarly, wine is transformed from regular wine into Jesus's blood during communion. This transformation occurs metaphorically or literally depending on personal beliefs.

• The speaker notes that many religions begin with one person having a non-local consciousness experience, such as Jesus being baptized by John and meditating in the desert.

Why Does Religion Exist?

In this section, the speaker explores why religion exists.

Neanderthal Beliefs

• The speaker suggests that religion has existed since the time of Neanderthals. Excavations of Neanderthal sites have revealed an understanding of a dimension beyond physical space.

• He believes that religion exists because people have had experiences beyond their physical bodies and want to understand them.

Understanding Religion

In this section, the speaker discusses the fundamental recognition of religion and how it is practiced.

The Origin of Religion

• Religion is a fundamental recognition that there is an aspect of consciousness outside of space-time.

• Religion began with one person who meditated and awakened.

• The commonality among religions is that there is always a sacred place, which has been created by acts of intentioned observation.

Remote Viewing Research

• Remote viewing research shows that it is easier to see a cathedral than a warehouse of the same size because people have spent so much time in altered states of consciousness in that place.

• Acts of intentioned observation informationally enriches the information structure physically represented by the cathedral.

• Things which are more numinous are easier to see in remote viewing non-local perception than things which are not numinous.

Religious Services

• Neurophysiologist Andrew Newberg discovered that when people chant, drum, dance, or sing together, their brains all entrain.

• Religious services begin with making a statement of common belief followed by dancing, chanting, singing to cause brain entrainment.

• Sermons are intellectual stuff; they come after periods of brain entrainment.

Prayer and Repetitive Patterns

In this section, the speakers discuss the power of prayer and repetitive patterns in changing behavior.

Prayer as Quieting Yourself

• Prayer is about quieting yourself and focusing your intention.

• Praying for someone can hold them in a positive intention.

Repetitive Patterns to Reinforce Behavior

• Creating repetitive patterns is more effective than willpower in changing behavior.

• The Monroe Institute has specific vibration patterns that are reinforced through exercises.

• These patterns create a consciousness associated with the place.

• Empirical observation over centuries shows that ancient religions have similar patterns.

Real Words vs. Fake Words

In this section, the speakers discuss research on how real words have a greater impact than fake words.

Impact of Real Words

• Research shows that real words have a greater impact than fake words.

• Gary Schwartz's experiment showed that older Hebrew words were more accurate than newer ones.

• Real letters get a bigger response than fake letters.

Religion as Construct to Awaken Consciousness

In this section, the speakers discuss religion as a construct to awaken people to their spiritual nature.

Similarities Across Religions

• Religion is a construct to awaken people to their spiritual nature.

• Ancient religions have similar patterns across cultures and dogma issues.

• Reading about near-death experiences creates an informational linkage with the person.

Informational Linkage

In this section, the speaker discusses how information is linked through intention and how it can be accessed in the non-local domain.

Intentional Linkage to Near-Death Experiences

• The speaker talks about how some descriptions of near-death experiences lack authenticity while others are very close to what actually happened.

• The linkage to where they were, what they experienced, and how they felt about it is visceral.

• The speaker explains that you can read about a near-death experience that happened a hundred years ago and still feel its authenticity because of intentional linkage.

Accessing Information in the Non-Local Domain

• The oldest near-death experiences are found in Plato's writings.

• When you focus your intention, you link informationally because of your intention.

• Remote viewers can describe Cleopatra's Palace or other unknown sites by holding intention to answer questions and accessing the non-local domain where all that information exists.

• Everything discussed regarding vibrations and dimensions are space-time words. They're not in space-time but outside of it.

Case Study: Reincarnation

• A young boy claims he was killed in India when he was a money lender having an affair with a woodcutter's wife. He was struck by an ax as he tried to escape from the window.

• The child has keloid tissue on his back like a wound healing which turns right for no apparent reason.

• A group of people take him to the village he claimed he came from in his previous life. He immediately walks up to a particular little house and calls the woman by a pet name that only her lover knew. The boy says he has come to get his watch, which he hid in the cooking area.

The Key to Meditation and Empirical Observation

In this section, the speaker discusses how meditation teaches intentioned focused awareness and how it has been observed across many centuries.

Meditation and Intentioned Focused Awareness

• Meditation teaches intentioned focused awareness.

• Humans have learned through empirical observation that meditation is important for achieving intentioned focused awareness.

• The key to meditation is the ability to attain and sustain intentioned focused awareness.

• When you achieve intentioned focused awareness, you open yourself up to a non-local aspect of consciousness.

Altered States of Consciousness

• People who are known to be creative geniuses or spiritually enlightened describe entering an altered state of consciousness where everything quiets down.

• In this altered state of consciousness, people report having a sense of greater unity of consciousness and getting insights into science, spirituality, or creativity.

• Many famous historically significant religious enlightened people also describe entering an altered state of consciousness.

Using Intentioned Focused Awareness in Daily Life

• Holding intentioned focused awareness allows you to open yourself up to the non-local aspect of your consciousness with your intention acting as the Google search term.

• With your intention acting as the Google search term, you can have an experience which informs whatever your intention is.

• You can use your focused intention to change not only physical things like chocolate bars or wine but also cultural outlook.

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Activism, Military Service, and Citizen Diplomacy

In this section, the speaker talks about his experiences with activism in the 50s and 60s, his military service in the 70s, and his work on citizen diplomacy in the 80s.

Activism in the 50s and 60s

• The speaker's role in demonstrations was to get arrested.

• He was involved with transforming the American Military from an elitist conscription organization to an all-volunteer meritocracy that was gender and racially neutral.

Citizen Diplomacy

• The speaker worked to create a connection between the Soviet Union and the United States through citizen diplomacy.

• He was part of this effort during Gorbachev's time as leader.

Consciousness Research

• The speaker discusses his work on consciousness research.

• He read a book about Gandhi which inspired him to write a book called "The Eight Laws of Change" about how individuals and small groups can create change at a social level.

Creating Change Through quotidian choices

In this section, the speaker talks about how individuals can create change through their daily choices.

Quotidian Choices

• Every day we make hundreds or thousands of little decisions.

• To become an agent of change, you must take responsibility for your choices.

Making Compassionate Choices

• You must do research into what you choose.

• Make every choice based on what is most compassionate, life-affirming, and fosters well-being as you understand it at that moment.

• Tell 10 of your friends about this discipline and invite them to do the same.

Fostering of Well-Being

Stefan Schwartz talks about how fostering well-being can change the world in a positive way.

Changing Technologies and Behaviors

• Fostering well-being will lead to changes in technologies that don't pollute or destroy ecosystems.

• It will also lead to changes in how people behave towards others of different races, genders, or religions.

Consciousness as Fundamental

The discussion centers around consciousness being fundamental and interconnected.

Informational Linkage

• Consciousness is the informational linkage from which all things material arise.

• All things are interconnected through this source consciousness.

Interconnected and Interdependent Consciousness

• Consciousness is interconnected and interdependent.

• What consciousness desires is put into form if it's in the soul's best interests.

Accessing Non-local Consciousness

Stefan Schwartz shares his research on accessing non-local consciousness.

Meditation and Binaural Beats

• Learn to meditate to attain sustained intentioned focused consciousness.

• Binaural beats are incredibly effective at doing this.

Using Understanding of Consciousness for Betterment

The conversation ends with how understanding consciousness can better our world by creating individual and cultural well-being.

Compassionate Culture

• We can choose a culture that is compassionate, life-affirming, and focused on well-being.

Conclusion

The conclusion summarizes the main points discussed throughout the interview.

Summary

• Researchers like Stefan Schwartz come to the same conclusion that consciousness is causal and fundamental.

• Understanding consciousness brings joy into our lives.

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