Bigu State: Can Meditation Trigger Alternate Metabolic Pathways Through Epigenetic Changes?

Based on  preliminary reports, case studies (Roy, 2000; Yan et al., 2002b)  as well as  an in vitro experiment conducted at University of California,  San Diego (Yan et al, 2002a)   we propose several new tests designed to confirm and further investigate  the ability of human cell cultures treated with Yan Xin Qigong to survive for extended periods of time, in the absence of medium nutrients, when compared to controls. Specifically, our supplementary experimental protocol is intended to ask the following questions: 1. Are there changes in gene expression following the Yan Xin treatment when compared to controls, what physiological/metabolic  processes are  these genes associated with, and  how does the gene expression profile evolve throughout the duration of the experiment under conditions of nutrient deprivation?  2. Is ambient light necessary for the extended  survival of the treated cells?  3. Are there biophoton emission (BPE) changes noted at the test culture after the External Qi (EQ) treatment and how does that BPE profile evolve throughout the duration of the experiment, compared to controls?  4. Finally, is there any evidence of information or energy transmission between different cell cultures, that might support the hypothesis of a “remote metabolism” as described by Pitkanen (2013b)

Information-Energy Equivalence in Qigong: Reviewing Dossey and Schwartz’s “Therapeutic Intent/Healing Bibliography of Research” in Light of Pang Ming’s Three Levels Theory of Matter

The paper “Therapeutic Intent/Healing Bibliography of Research”[1], together with relevant studies involving the effects of external qi healing found on the PubMed database from January 2000 to July 2012, were reviewed from the point of view of therapeutic intent mechanism and healing intent specificity. From an oriental medicine perspective, therapeutic intent is a form of external qi healing. Research into therapeutic intent has met significant resistance, primarily because there is no obvious theoretical model to account for these phenomena. By applying the Three Levels Theory of Matter as proposed by Zhineng Qigong founder, Pang Ming, this article points the way to such a possible mechanis

The tip of the iceberg: placebo, experimenter expectation and interference phenomena in subconscious information flow

A multi-disciplinary dialogue on the experimental evidence for nonlocal bio-communication, its emergent characteristics, impact on mainstream sciences and future research directions.

Fractal cube-induced homogenisation of dual concentration microchannel flow in transitional <i>Re</i>: Lattice Boltzmann modelling

To date, the mixing of multiple species within microchannels relies primarily on infamously slow diffusive processes. Hence, the present study aims to numerically investigate the fundamental transportation and interaction of a dual-concentration fluid by employing fluid flow perturbations induced by a single instance of a 3D fractal geometry. In particular, a D3Q19 lattice-Boltzmann approach is employed to unravel the chaotic advection and the underlying flow dynamics of the multi-length-scale-induced mixing within the transitional flow regime at Reynolds number ReD = 300. Four obstacle configurations are explored in depth, namely, a control regular cube (RC), two fractal cubes (FC2β) with varying blockage ratios (β), and a 45° tilted regular cube (RD). Results show that the FC20.1312 with a reduced β still enhances the overall mixing performance by 10%, while the larger FC20.2383 provides an augmentation of 59% compared to the RC. Furthermore, the effects of pertinent parameters: decay exponent, integral length scale, and energy spectra are studied. One key observation is that a higher decay exponent is correlated to a higher mixing index (MI) due to the precipitous collapse of turbulence intensity which dissipates energy to all scales of motion. The figure of merit (FoM) is employed to appraise the mixing performance of the obstacle relative to the penalty of blockage ratio, for which the FC20.1312 yields the highest FoM. Through the rapid generation and subsequent decay of turbulence intensity, the multi-length scale FC2βs reshuffle the advective energy and express a preferred mixing mechanism transversely along the fluid interface, which attains a remarkable localized MI of 87% within ten obstacle diameters downstream from the obstacle position. Overall, this study may shed light on the underlying mechanism-of-action for the fundamental amplification of mixing within a microchannel, which allows for a potential application strategy that extracts highly homogenous mixtures from compact microchannel domains. Thermal mixing is also augmented using FC20.2383 for a range of Reynolds number and shows that the method of assigning passive scalar quantities to the fluid provides a good two-way approximation for concentration/thermal mixing.</p

Conditioning of Space-Time: The Relationship between Experimental Entanglement, Space-Memory and Consciousness. Journal of Nonlocality Round Table Series, Colloquium #4

In response to the Vieques 2014 FQXi Conference on the Physics of Information (http://fqxi.org/conference/2014), this colloquium brings together over a dozen neuroscientists, physicists and medical researchers to provide a body of empirical data both supporting and extending the quantum information hypotheses recently advanced by Koch, Tononi and Tegmark. Specifically, the evidence presented by the participants describes numerous controlled studies documenting  nonlocal correlations between physical parameters of isolated living and non-living targets, as a result of operators’ mental intention, often in conjunction with changes in the target’s biophoton signatures. However, some of the results also suggest that elemental consciousness might not be a property of matter alone, as these quantum versions of panpsychism claim – but possibly a property of spacetime itself. Although relevant clues are scarce at this point, the discussion aims to provide a stepping stone toward the better integration of quantum information theory and applicable experimental models, paving the way to a neuroscience freed from the current neuro-dogmas.