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Quantum Tantra: Nick Herbert's New Blog
Nick Herbert's Long-Standing Webpage
I first mentioned my long-time friend Dr. Nick Herbert in a post Quantum-Tantric Sage Nick Herbert's Home Page three years ago although I've known him for at least 25 years. Nick was part of the Island Group meetings held in my home over a 7 year period during the Nineties and would sometimes drop by my beach home near Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz for visits.
The above video is Nick having a good time with his blends of eastern lingo and western physics.
On his original web page which has been around at least a decade, Nick's view of life is summed up in the following verse:
come open your sensors to Nature's flirtations
come lend your step to My Dance
I'm only fourteen (billion) years old
but I'm eager and ripe for romance.And indeed he is, its just finding those 14 billion year old woman that keeps holding him back.
“If they trusted me with Plutonium, why not LSD?”
That was beautiful.
Great video there, thanks for posting. I just realized who you are. I’ve accidentally stumbled across various blog entries of yours through random searches and this entry suddenly put the pieces together (thanks to the Island links, and me finally reading your ‘About’ section).
Enjoyable, thought provoking blog. Thanks for being around and all you’ve done.
“We are the universe looking at itself in wonder…” This sentiment has been expressed in various forms by quantum philosophers. As Mr. Herbert says, we’re the apostles (instruments?) of God gathering data for him/her/them. It is possible to experience this knowledge directly within one’s own nervous system. This can be an overwhelming experience indeed, but thinkers believe that it is an important one.
Yet, why does it appear that the default mode of the human brain is not to experience this knowledge, but to hide it in a veil of sensations and perceptions? You need special keys to unlock these experiences. If the experience/knowledge of one’s continuity with the God principle is so wonderful and important, why does God prefer that you do not experience it?
Great video there, thanks for posting. I just realized who you are