Human Certainty Principle, of Science, Spirituality, and Experience
Benjamin D. Koen
Oxford University Press eBooks October 29, 2008 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367744.003.0007 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Music Sound Prayer Breath Movement Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that music, sound, prayer, breath, movement, and meditation recalibrate a person from imbalance or illness toward health and vitality, and proposes a "Human Certainty Principle" linking healing to a deep knowing and flexible consciousness understood as changing brainwave states. |
Abstract
Chapter 7 builds upon the concepts of unity and oneness, and the dynamics of balance and vibration, to frame the roles that music, sound, prayer, breath, movement, and meditation play in recalibrating one’s being from a state of imbalance or illness to one of health and vitality. Specifically, this chapter explores the physics and metaphysics of sound and music, linking the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to a dynamic coined as the Human Certainty Principle, which is a deep knowing that often accompanies and facilitates healing, and which relates to a confluence of issues among science, spirituality, and experience, including a flexibility of consciousness that can be understood as a transformation of brainwave states. These issues are explored through examples in Pamir, including dafsâz, and diverse experiences outside of Pamir, including marriage and family therapy counseling, and a drum circle with Babatunde Olatunji. The concept of spiritual cognition is explored throughout.