Spiritual Awakening with Marjorie Woollacott

Marjorie Woollacott, PhD, is emeritus professor of Neuroscience and Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. She is coauthor of the textbook, Motor Control: Translating Research Into Clinical Practice. She is author of Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind. Here she describes her early years as a scientific materialist. However, she experienced an extraordinary awakening at her first meditation retreat over forty years ago. Since then she has been a regular meditator and student of Kashmir Shaivism. She describes the schizophrenic feeling of living in two worlds as a practicing scientist and practicing mystic. She discusses the process of integrating these different realities. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is a past vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that Association for his contributions to the field of human consciousness exploration. (Recorded on April 12, 2018) For a complete, updated list with links to all of our videos -- as well as many other opportunities to engage with and support the New Thinking Allowed video channel -- please visit the New Thinking Allowed Foundation at http://www.newthinkingallowed.org.