ISSN 1362-1211 | No 122 | 2016/3 Network Review JOURNAL OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL NETWORK INSIDE A New Psychology of Human Well-Being p. 3 The NHS and Chronic Illness - p. 19 What can be done? Whatever Happened to the Tao of Physics? p. 8 NETWORK CALENDAR 2017 7-9 April Mystics and Scientists 40th Anniversary conference (Dr Fritjof Capra, Prof Ravi Ravindra, Dr Jude Currivan, Prof Marilyn Monk, Dr Merlin Sheldrake. See enclosed leaflet and details on website. 24 June Centenary Event – The Legacy of David Bohm and Ilya Prigogine, UCL (Prof Basil Hiley, Dr David Peat, Dr Vasileios Basios) 7-9 July (TBC) AGM, Plymouth 4-7 September Poland Continental Meeting with Institute of Archetypal and Religious Studies (ISAR), Shaping Influences: Fields, Archetypes and Cultural Complexes October 28-29 Beyond the Brain in London LOCAL GROUPS LONDON - CLAUDIA NIELSEN – 0207 431 1177 OR EMAIL [email protected] We meet at 38 Denning Rd NW3 1SU at 7.30 for an 8pm start when parking restrictions are lifted. Nearest tube station is Hampstead (Northern Line) or Hampstead Heath (Overground). Cost is £10 for members and £12 for guests. Please confirm attendance so I can anticipate numbers. Friends and non-members are always welcome. For more comprehensive information on presentations (to include synopsis and biographies) plus summaries of past ones, go to the London Group page of the SMN site at www.scimednet.org. Please note that sometimes talks have to be rescheduled and information is sent via email so even if you are not in London but would like to be kept informed of changes, please send me an email and I will put your address on the circulation list. JANUARY Monday 16th Dr. Rupert Sheldrake - Is the Sun Conscious? FEBRUARY Monday 13th Dr Peter Moore - Science, Religion and the Future of the Afterlife MARCH Monday 13th Marianne Rankin – Experiences of Angels: Intimation of Ultimate Reality? APRIL Monday 24th Dr. Jude Currivan – In-formation at the Centre of Creation: Consciousness, Causality and Coherence OTHER GROUPS (SEE UPDATES IN EMAIL NEWSLETTER) Winter sun and rising mist on Lac Montbel - David Lorimer www.scimednet.org Network Review 2016/3 1 contents Notice to Contributors editorial 2 Greetings from the Chair All proposed contributions should Paul Filmore, Chairmanings be sent to the Editor by email as a Word and/or PDF file. Remembering Chris Lyons For further guidelines please email: Peter Fenwick and Frank Lyons [email protected] Looking Back - 30 Years with the Network David Lorimer NETWORK REVIEW is articles published three times a year 3 A New Psychology of Human Well-Being: An Exploration of the by the Scientific & Medical Ego-soul Dynamics of Mental and Physical Health Network, generally in April, Richard Barrett August and December. 8 Whatever Happened to The Tao of Physics? Editor: David Lorimer John Clarke 4 Place Joseph Lakanal, Les Baillards, 11 On Re-reading The Tao of Physics: a Personal Tribute 09600 Montbel, Pier Luigi Luisi, Prof. Emeritus ETH Zurich France 13 The Mystical Experience of Loss of Freedom E-mail: [email protected] A Political Prisoner 17 Declaration for Integrative, Evidence-Based, Web Site: www.scimednet.org End-of-Life Care that Incorporates Nonlocal Consciousness (Members may apply to the SMN Stephan A. Schwartz, Gary E. Schwartz, PhD, Larry Dossey, MD Office for password to access the 19 Could more be done to help the NHS, which is failing to stem Members Only area of the web site). the tide of chronic illness? Editorial Board: John Clarke, Mark O. Mathews Paul Kieniewicz, Denise Gurney 23 Humanising Healthcare: Patterns of Hope for a System Printed by: Under Strain Kingfisher Print & Design Ltd, Margaret Hannah Devon 25 The Vibrant Years - Soul Time in the Human Life Span The opinions expressed in Geraldine Schwartz Network are those of individual authors and not necessarily reports statements of general Network views. The Network is in no way 26 Is Heaven for Real? The Significant Implications of Near liable for views published herein. 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It is 46 CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES rendered here in circuit boards 54 ECOLOGY-FUTURES STUDIES to symbolise the INSIDE 57 GENERAL A New Psychology of Human Well-Being p. 3 The NHS and Chronic Illness - p. 19 What can be done? interface of Taoism Whatever Happened to the Tao of Physics? p. 8 and science. 61 BOOKS IN BRIEF www.scimednet.org 2 Network Review 2016/3 Greetings from the Chair Dr Paul Filmore, Chairman [email protected] editorial I’d like to wish you all a happy Christmas from the office, officers, and the Board. We hope you will continue your support in 2017 as we have an exciting programme of events. Your support also helps advance our work e.g., sponsorship for student ambassadors, projects such as the Extended Science project, development of white papers on key issues, and the scientist questionnaire. Finally, we are developing our website site so you can publicise your books and papers, have access to more talks and online learning material, and dialogue in a greater number of subject forums. We look forward to welcoming you at one of our meetings. Warmest regards for 2017. Chris Lyons Dr Peter Fenwick, President, writes: I would like to express the gratitude of all Network members to Chris Lyons, who devoted so much of his life to being with and helping the Network. Chris, as many of you know, was a GP, and so brought a true coal-face experience to the Network. One of Chris’s greatest assets for us all is that he was a materialist with non-material leanings, always able to remind us of our commitment to science if it seemed that flakiness was gaining the upper hand. He helped us maintain the balanced outlook necessary for our survival and his contributions in both committees and conferences were always wise , positive and to the point. We discovered another area of his expertise, one for which we owe him a special debt of gratitude, when we became re-registered as a Charitable Company. One of the problems we faced was an urgent need to upgrade our accounting procedures and acquire a much tighter control of expenditure. It was not clear where this expertise could come from, where we could hope to find someone adequately trained who was also willing to do this on a voluntary basis. I still remember the meeting at which we discussed this and Chris rather tentatively offered his services. It seemed we were lucky enough to have as a council member probably the only GP in the country who was also an accountant. Then began a relationship with the Network, which was amazingly supportive to us all, and helped us achieve a more encouraging level of financial viability. When Chris finally retired from the Network after over 10 years the members, the Board and the Trustees all missed – and still miss - his wisdom, his balance and his company. Frank Lyons (brother) writes: I once had a clear ‘Telepathic-ish’ experience that involved Chris. Many years ago, Chris was in Australia (1985ish) and I was in the UK. I got a letter from him - he was going through tough times so I wanted to be close with him. At that time letters were taking weeks and international phone calls rare, plus he did not have a phone. Then I realised that he was doing medical training in hospital, so I called directory enquiries for the phone number of Sydney Hospital. They told me there were 12 hospitals. Chris lived in North Sydney, so I asked if there was a hospital there, she said there are two. So I took those numbers and called the first. I didn’t know what to say when the girl answered the phone, so as a long shot, I just said “can I speak to Dr Lyons”. She said, “Just a minute, I’ll put him on.” He said “Hi Fran, how did you know I was here?” I said I didn’t know where you where working, but I wanted to chat with you. He said “No, how did you know I would be walking past reception?” At the time we both shared the amazement of such a communication across the world. In his more rationalist years, though, he did not like me to relate that story. to find a sack of 150 items of post, although many were conference Looking Back - 30 Years applications. Even this was a relatively light administrative burden with the Network compared with the torrent of emails we now have to deal with daily - it takes up to 2 hours simply to stand still and keep information overload at bay. And if one takes a couple of days off, then half a David Lorimer day has to be devoted to catching up, as we all know.