How to Channel a PhD

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How to Channel a PhDAn Intuitive Researchers Guide to

Inspirational Thesis Writing

Marcus T Anthony, PhD

[email protected]

This 20 000 word booklet tells you everything you need to know about

how to write your dream dissertation and have a ball doing so! The

author, Marcus T Anthony shares with you the way he completed a PhD

dissertation, published a dozen journal articles and an academic book all

in four years - while working full-time as a teacher and educational

administrator!
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Table of Contents

Introduction 4

1. How I came to Develop Integrated Inquiry 72. A brief history of rational and intuitive ways of knowing 9

3. What is Integrated Intelligence? 12

4. The INQ Tools 18

5. Using Integrated Intelligence in research 32

6. Important considerations 52

Finally 56

Appendix: Some other useful tools 57References 63

About the Author 67

Other books by Marcus T Anthony 69

Endnotes 71

Dont get so far ahead of the parade that nobody can see where you are.


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John Naisbitt (futurist)

Only intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding can lead to these

laws. The daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, butstraight from the heart.

Albert Einstein

Introduction

One day several decades ago, a young man walked into a public

library. He wanted to find answers to some deep questions he had been

asking himself about the nature of mind, cosmos and their relationship to

modern physics. In those days there were no computers, and he did not

have much of a liking for the card catalogue, so he did what he often did

when he wanted to home in on some hard information. He began walking

along the many shelves of books. He did not bother to look at the call

numbers librarians had spent thousands of hours inscribing on the binding

of the books. Instead, he just kept walking. Suddenly, he got the strong

feeling he had been waiting for, stopped, reached out and grabbed a book

from the shelf. The book was exactly what he needed, addressing the

effect of human observation on experiments in quantum physics. It was

that moment which launched Michael Talbot on a lifelong interest in the

confluence between mysticism and what he called the new physics

(Talbot 1992 p 137).

What interests me about Talbots tale, is not so much his beliefs

about links between mysticism and physics, but the way of knowing heused to locate his data. Why did he not just use a computer search like

everybody else? Was he just being lazy? The answer, according to Talbot,

is that he often relied on his intuition, and a sense of feeling to find books

in libraries. He felt that this was often a more reliable process than using


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conventional methods. He believed that he would be led to find the

answer to the question she was posing.

What would you do? Chances are you would head for the card

catalogue, or the modern equivalent, the computer database. And that tellsus something about the way our minds have been trained to think, and the

ways of knowing that we have come to call normal in the modern

world.

Some will dismiss Talbot as a New Ager, hippie, or as simply

deluded. Yet these terms relegate Talbot to the realm of the other, and

effectively prevent us from asking why - and more importantly how -

he used intuition to locate information in public libraries. In this way we

as researchers remain confined within our comfort zones, and the

boundaries to our knowledge are unconsciously maintained.

In this booklet I am going to push the boundaries, and bring us to

the frontiers of mind at least as defined in the modern Western world.

Below, I will outline five intuitive research tools which can be used by

researchers. Together they form an approach to research I call Integrated

Inquiry (INQ). Although the title of this booklet addresses doctoral

candidates, there is no reason why researchers and students at any level

undergraduate or postgraduate cannot use INQ in their research or

studies. It can be used by professional and lay researchers everywhere.

The modern researcher

Most students embarking on a higher degree have spent many years and

made great sacrifices learning their trade. Most have spent nearly two

decades in a modern education system. This educational experienceshapes not only the way they use their minds and conduct their research,

but creates strong beliefs about what constitutes rational, as well as what

ways of knowing are valid. They have learned to identify problems,

design projects, ask questions, construct experiments, conduct literature


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reviews, collect data, calculate, analyze, cite sources, and report findings.

These processes and their rational ways of knowing are all part of the

formal research process.

Such is the restrictive nature of conventional research, and thetraining process so long, that by the time a research student has come to

write up her masters or doctoral thesis, it is almost inevitable that she has

forgotten about an entire range of cognitive processes that are actually

very natural to human beings. These are the other ways of knowing

which have been left off the map of modern research, and neglected by

the entire modern education system, and our science. They have been

largely rejected by developed civilisations, both East and West. For

underpinning the modern research project is a hegemonic process which

has both retarded and silenced mystical/spiritual ways of knowing, and

removed potentially invaluable information and tools from the research

process.

In How to Channel a PhD, I want to share with you some of the

skills and processes of Integrated Inquiry. I believe that INQ can be

utilized by all researchers, if only they are willing open their minds. In

Part 1 I describe how I came to develop the theory of Integrated

Intelligence (INI) - a human mental capacity which exists both within and

beyond the brain, and encompasses mystical insight. This section includes

how I developed my own intuitive abilities. In Parts 2 and 3 I provide an

explanation of Integrated Intelligence and brief historical overview of it

(If you are only interested in the hands on applications of INI, you might

like to skip these sections). Parts 4 and 5 represent the crux of this

booklet. They detail the practical intuitive processes which you can startusing right away in your research. These are the INI Tools. These sections

include very practical examples from my experience as a researcher, and

excerpts from the study diary I kept as a doctoral candidate. Part 6 briefly
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addresses three issues you may face as you apply these kinds of tools to

your research.

The approach I recommend may be an affront to seasoned

researchers. However, in the spirit of my own academic discipline 1Deep Futures - I like to challenge common conceptions. I offer this

booklet as an act of dissent a challenge to prevailing methods and the

dominant paradigm.

How I came to develop Integrated Inquiry

I have used all the tools and processes I outline in this booklet for many

years. I adapted them from intuitive abilities I learned long before I

became a researcher. From about 1993-2002 I spent much of my time

engaging in meditative states, recording and analyzing dreams and

visions, as well as engaging in inner child work and emotional healing.2

At one point in the 1990s I read almost nothing for five years, instead

focusing upon experiencing other ways of knowing and being. This

initiation into the intuitive mind taught me a lot about the limits of the

rationality that dominates modern education and science. I came to see

that human knowledge and understanding can be greatly enhanced by

developing mental abilities and processes that are not currently accepted

in the Western world (and many other parts of the world, too).

When I came to research and write a doctoral thesis beginning in

2002 (the topic was about Integrated Intelligence), I deliberately

employed these intuitive ways of knowing alongside the rational mental

processes expected of me by the system. As a result I was able tocomplete a 110 000 word thesis and publish a dozen or so research

1 For an overview of Deep Futures, see Article of the same name, which I wrote for Nanyang Technological

University:http://www.mindfutures.com/articlepdfs/artpdf25.pdf2 You can read about my early intuitive experiences in more detail in the introduction to my BookDiscover Your

Soul Template(Inner Traditions, 2012). This book also details the INI Tools in greater detail, in relation to the waythey can be used in real life situations.
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booklets within the space of four years all while working full-time as a

teacher and educator. My thesis was accepted for publication, and formed

much of the research detailed in my bookIntegrated Intelligence (Sense

Publishers, 2008). What is more, the experience of writing andresearching my doctoral thesis was often a joyful one! At times it was

effortless, as I entered a relaxed state of non-ordinary consciousness.

Ideas and understandings often gushed out of me like water from a

fountain.

Yes, I channeled my PhD! (Well, at least part of it).

My thesis received very strong reviews from my three independent

examiners. One wrote:

This doctoral thesis is an exceptional document. I am hard put

to adequately express all the thoughts it brings to mind. I am first

most impressed by the fact that, based on where I see the hopeful

discourse for our time headed, this thesis seems to have leaped

ahead and got to where the discourse will, if we are lucky, arrive in

maybe another decade or more.

I see this thesis as being the sort of island or rock upon which

one can build a very significant career either as an educator or as a

writer, or as both. Again, I must stress I see (Marcus T Anthony) as

having reached where others will arrive, and most not so well, some

years yet ahead in time.

His marshaling of references is very impressive. Rather than

simply tie his presentation to one or more powerful established

positions, he has fought his way clear to achieve what seems to me arare independence and maturity of mind.
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A Brief history of rational & intuitive ways of

knowing

Western civilization has established rational ways of knowing as the

dominant cognitive processes which underpin the way we accessknowledge. However at the same time it has largely forgotten about the

intuitive mind and mystical intuition. I believe this is a significant

problem, because it is mystical intuition which helps us understand the

deeper context and meanings hidden within information. It also prevents

us from connecting with Inspiration, which is an incredibly valuable tool

for any researcher. This problem has its roots in the atomistic and

analytical philosophy of ancient Greece, the influence of scholasticuniversities in Europe in the middle ages, and in the scientific and

industrial revolutions.

Around the 1500s the scholastic movement developed in Europe.

Scholasticism featured classification as its prime way of knowing. By

1800 analysis had developed in the social sciences, and around 1850

experimentation became crucial in the sciences (Pickstone 2000). Finally,

the birth of the modern personal computer after the mid-twentieth century

heralded a new way of knowing. The computer became a prime mediator

of knowledge, and with it came the advent of computer rationality (Klein

2003) as a highly influential way of knowing. The separation between

observer and subject became even more distinct. Data was mediated via

the machine on the desktop. As just one example, where once weather

forecasters had relied, in part, upon an intuitive connection with the

environmentgoing outside to check weather vanes, to feel the wind on

their faces and the humidity in the airnow they sit before computers and

analyze data fed to them by sophisticated computer models.i

The development of modern science thus brought a rapid increase in

our ability to process and develop knowledge and technologies. Yet this

tremendous progress in the hard and soft sciences has come at a great


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price. It has created a split in the Western mind, as Richard Tarnas (2000)

has pointed out.

By the turn of the twentieth century another domain of knowledge

had become suppressed, silenced. For it was by this time that the once-influential Romantic Movement lost momentum. Its prime ways of

knowing had involved intuition and featured an emotive relationship with

nature and the cosmos: the deep connection of knower and the known.

This intuitive cognitive process stood in complete contrast to the

detachment of the emerging scientific method, which necessitated that the

observer be disconnected from the subject of observation. Even in the

analytical and humanistic disciplines, academics were eventually forced to

remove emotional language and first person references.

This is how the alienated mind was born.ii The alienated mind is

consciousness which exists in separation from its environment, and by

implication, from the intuitive and emotional body. As the twentieth

century progressed, and life became increasingly individualistic and

focused upon career, achievement, and entertainment, this estrangement

from inner worlds became entrenched across the Western world. It has

now, I believe, become the norm in many Asian cultures as well,

especially in East Asian countries with a Confucian culture.iii It is the

intuitive mind which has been the obvious victim of this historical

process. People in modern societies have few opportunities to access and

employ the intuitive mind, and it plays no formal part in education and

research.3

The essential point I wish to make here is that not only have we

jettisoned much superstition and ignorance, we have also discarded a greatdeal of wisdom and lost touch with something vital Integrated

Intelligence. The baby has been thrown out with the bathwater. Its time

to correct the mistake.

3 If you wish to explore this historical process, I go into it in more detail in my bookIntegrated Intelligence.
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Mundane and Mystical Intuition

Yet, what exactly is intuition? There are multiple definitions, but for the

sake of manageability I like to break intuition into two main categories.The first is mundane intuition, which involves the subconscious

processing of information in the brain. This intuition makes itself known

through subtle feelings which bubble up from just below the surface of

conscious awareness. Because this intuition is explained in terms of

known brain physiology, it does not challenge mainstream scientific

thinking about human consciousness. There is a body of legitimate

research available on mundane intuition (e.g. Torff & Sternberg 2001).

It is the second kind of intuition mystical - which is central to the

ideas presented in this booklet. Mystical intuition has been featured

relatively little in academic research, and is thus poorly understood. Few

researchers want to touch it, because mystical intuition contains

references to spiritual, mystical, and religious experience. It requires a

discussion of psi phenomena and the so-called paranormal, and the idea of

the extended mindthat consciousness transcends the brain. There is an

effective psi taboo (Radin 2006) in modern science, making this domain

of research unattractive for most researchers.

What is Integrated Intelligence?Integrated Intelligence, in which the individual draws upon transpersonal

information, has been a key theme of my research. But I have not merely

investigated INI intellectually by reading, analyzing, and writing

academic booklets and popular books and articles. I have, in the tradition


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of the Romantic vision, systematically applied these alternative ways of

knowing during my life and my research. The result is the concept of

Integrated Intelligence, which incorporates a more complete range of

cognitive processes and ways of knowing than typically found inmainstream discourses on mind and intelligence.

Let me be a quite specific. Integrated Intelligence is:

The deliberate and conscious employment of the extended mind, so

that an individual can solve problems or function successfully

within a given environment.

In turn I define the extended mind as:

The state of personal awareness whereby personal experience is

infused with a transpersonal consciousness that transcends the

confines of the individual mind and the limits of the sensory

perception.4

Finally, integrated inquiry is:

The deliberate application of Integrated Intelligence during

research and learning.

Using Integrated Intelligence

There are seven mental applications and two outcomes of the

employment of Integrated Intelligence.iv The mental applications ofIntegrated Intelligence are:

1. Integrated Perception

4 I have borrowed the term the extended mind from Rupert Sheldrake (2003).The term integrated

intelligence is my own.


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2. Location

3. Diagnosis

4. Evaluation

5.

Fore-sense6. Creativity and Inspiration

7. Recognition

The outcomes of using Integrated Intelligence are:

1. Wisdom

2. Personal and Social Transformation

Tables 1 and 2 (below) list these, and provide applications,

evidence, and examples.v

Table 1: The Mental Applications of Integrated Intelligence

Cognitive

Process

Potential Applications Anecdotal Examples Other Evidence &

ReferencesIntegrated

Perception

Integrated perception of the

underlying order &

meaning of systems, &

intelligence within those

systems - including cosmos.

Enhancing spiritual

worldview; meaning &

Mystic Edwin Buckes

(1991) immediate perception

that Cosmos is not dead

matter but a living

Presence.

Mystical & spiritual

traditions. Non-ordinary

states of consciousness

(Psychiatrist Stan Grof

2000, Sheldrake, Terrence

McKenna, & Ralph

Abraham (2001), Ken


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sense of relationship with

nature & cosmos.

Perceiving the connection

between & amongst

concepts & schemata.

Wilbers (2000)

empirical mysticism),

claiming that mystical

experience transcends

culture and time.

Location Determining location ofimportant objects (Russel

Targ & Jane Katra 1999:

139-141). Also location of

information & data for

research; finding relevant

people & places.

Researcher Michael Talbotemploys deeper & more

intuitive abilities in

locating research data

(Talbot 1992: 137).

Remote viewing, includingscientific remote viewing

(Braud 2003, Radin 2006,

Sheldrake 2003). Dowsing

(the scientific data for

dowsing is unsupportive -

see Wikipedia).

Diagnosis Diagnosis of medical &

mechanical problems;

safety, health &

environmental hazards; &

sources of human error

(Targ & Katra 1999: 141).

Spiritual & psychological

introspection.

Accounts of intuition,

dreams & spiritual guidance

to facilitate diagnosis of

problems. Hawkins (2002)

intuitively diagnosed

patients illnesses. Carolyn

Myss (2001), medical

intuitive (see example of

Integrated Perception in Part

5, below).

Larry Dosseys (2003)

research into healing &

prayer, distant mental

influence.

Evaluation Evaluating design &

construction alternatives,

investment choices,

research strategies, &

technology alternatives

(Targ & Katra 1999: 139).

Evaluation of life, career, &

relationship choices.

Individuals who employ

intuition & spiritual

guidance to make choices

(e.g., novelist Richard Bach

1986 - see fore-sense,

below).

Card guessing experiments

from parapsychology, e.g.

the Rhine ESP experiments

(Dean Radin 2006: 83-89).

Fore-sense Foresight of natural

disasters, political

conditions, technological

developments, wear

conditions, & investment

opportunities (Targ & Katra

1999: 142). Sensing where

to look for informationsources. To determine

consequences of choices.

Richard Bach (1986). Using

an introspective visionary

technique, he sees the

disastrous consequences of

leaving his partner&

adjusts his choice

accordingly.

Scientific experiments into

presentiment (Dean

Radin 2006: 161-180),

which suggest that

emotional events from the

future subtly effect the

body before they occur.

Creativity &

Innovation

The individual draws upon

the extended mind to

facilitate increased

inspiration & creativity in

work, business, research,

Chemist August Kekule was

seized with the notion of

molecular nature of benzene

ring in dream (Kafatos &

Kafatou 1991:166); Otto

Indigenous and mystical

conceptions of creativity

being influenced by

ancestors and spiritual

entities (John Broomfield


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competition, or leisure. Loews understanding

transmission of neuronal

impulses while asleep

(Broomfield 1997: 80). vi

1997, Lawlor 1991).

Similar claims by

numerous artists, writers

and creators (e.g. William

Blake, Wayne Dyer).

No known empiricalstudies.

Recognition Having an intuitive sense of

knowing somebody or

something, without

conscious awareness of

having seen or met them

before.

Indian mystic Paramahansa

Yoganandas (1979)

immediate recognition of his

future guru at first meeting

while walking past him on

the street.

No known studies

(admittedly the subject

matter is difficult to define,

let alone study).

Table 2: The Outcomes of Integrated Intelligence

Cognitive

Process

Potential Applications Anecdotal Exemplars Other Evidence

Wisdom Having intuited underlying

causes, meanings & functions

of various life processes, the

individual is able to make

intelligent choices which

enhance happiness, well-being

& spiritual development of

self & the human collective.

The life of Mohandas

Karamchand (Mahatma)

Gandhi. Gandhi combined

an austere, mundane

existence with political &

intellectual acumen, &

combined these with

spiritual tools, insight, &

wisdom to forge a powerful

& effective life.

The links between

spirituality, spiritual

guidance & wisdom

from anecdotes &

tradition (Broomfield

1997, Lawlor 1991).

Personal &

Social

Transfor-mation

Optimal human & cosmic

evolution; may include

aspects of all mentalapplications, with purpose of

evaluation of personal goals

& choices within a greater

planetary & cosmic dynamic.

Potential for increased hope &

meaning.

Buckes cosmic

consciousness (Tart 1993);

Hawkins (2002) experienceof being protected by a

bright, warming light while

stuck in a snow storm;

transformative power of

near death experiences

(Grof 2000); synchronicity

(Jung 1973).

Field consciousness

studies (Radin 2006).


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There is much evidence for the extended mind, including that from

studies into comparative religion and anthropology, extrasensory

perception, premonitory dreams, near-death experiences, crisis visions,

psychedelic experience, and so on (Combs, Arcari & Krippner 2006, Grof

2000). If we peruse the literature on mystical experience in general,

endless anecdotal examples can be added. Empiricists tend to reject

anecdote, but there are some domains of human experience that are not

easily studied empirically, and mystical and intuitive experience is one of

them. There are simply too many extraordinary stories of premonitions,

insights, inspiration and spiritual guidance for the data to be dismissed out

of hand. That would be far more irrational than any mystical experienceitself. A wonderful book which outlines many of the incredible cases on

record is Lawrence LeShans (2009)A New Science of the Paranormal.

Some theorists writing outside of the boundaries of mainstream

discourses on mind and intelligence believe that there is a need to develop

a new paradigm of science which includes non-local exchanges of

information, via a transpersonal consciousness. These researchers agree

that consciousness must be incorporated into our understandings of theworking of the universe (Bradley 2004, Grof 2000, Laszlo 2004,

Sheldrake 2012, Wilber 2000). Of these works I highly recommend

Sheldrakes (2012) The Science Delusion as an excellent and very

readable overview of some of the problems facing modern materialist

science, including its understanding of consciousness. If you are interested

in a more specific examination of consciousness, I can endorse none more

highly than transpersonal psychiatrist Stan Grofs (2000) Psychology ofthe Future, which summarizes much of the evidence for the extended

mind and presents it in accessible fashion. Grof was a pioneer scientist

who studied the effects of LSD on the mind during the 50s and 60s. His

understandings of consciousness are almost identical to my own. However

he has used psychotropic drugs and breath work, while my understandings


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have come from non-ordinary states of consciousness and general life

experience without the aid of any drugs.

Despite these progressive thinkers, modern mind science still tends

to classify mystical intuition and psychic experiences as delusional,psychotic or superstitious; or they are represented as stemming from

unresolved childhood conflicts and dependencies. Yet the truth is that the

evidence for the extended mind invites a more open intellectual stance

than we presently find in mainstream science. The definition of a skeptic

is one who favors deep-questioning - but has an open mind; not an

inflexible philosophical standpoint of complete rejection of data which

challenges the critical/rational worldview. The latter attitude is best

described as dogmatism, as Rupert Sheldrake has long argued.

It is my belief that in paradigmatically rejecting in toto the extended

mind and psi experience, mainstream consciousness and intelligence

discourses have failed to accommodate the totality of human mental

abilities. We need a greater openness to alternative hypotheses, theories,

models, and methods especially if we are going to write an inspirational

thesis, and have fun doing so!

Finally, I emphasise that INI is a tentative theory, and requires much

further development to establish itself in academic terms. Ideally, this

would include testing of some sort. The theory is based on academic

research, but predominantly personal experiences.

The INQ Tools

Okay, enough with theorizing and philosophizing. Lets get down to thepractical side of things.

Fortunately it is not necessary to wait for science to catch up with

practice before you start using INI in your research. I have employed the

tools of INI extensively in my own research, including during the writing


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of my doctoral thesis. In the remainder of this booklet I am going to relate

some of my experiences in writing my thesis (and occasionally in regard

to other research projects) using these tools. This will include some

excerpts from my study diary, which I kept during my doctoralcandidature.

The mystical components of Integrated Intelligence may well lay

beyond the comfort zone of some researchers. Given this, I simply suggest

a suspension of disbelief as you try the tools and processes I outline,

below. I can report that the benefits are many, including making research

more exciting, fluid, efficient, and of course, intuitive!

Parapsychologist Dean Radin (2008) states that only about 0.3 per

cent of university staff will publically admit to an interest in psi research.

This is due to what he calls the psi taboo. Integrated Intelligence has

obvious links with psi research, as the concept of the extended mind is

related to such psi phenomena as extra-sensory perception, clairvoyance,

precognition, and so on. While there are transpersonal researchers who do

employ related tools formally in their research (Hart, Nelson & Puhakka

2000), in the process I am suggesting here, the five INI Tools are not

formally incorporated into research methodology, but are background

tools which enhance the research process.

You do not have to have any specific belief in a mystical

interpretation of intuition to use the INI Tools. It is necessary, however, to

temporarily suspend doubt. After all, the suspension of doubt is the stance

of the true skeptic.

I see Integrated Intelligence as a means of facilitating and enhancing

other ways of knowing. It is certainly no requirement to do away withcritical thinking or traditional research methods. May I suggest that you

begin with whichever of the INI Tools you feel most comfortable. You

can modify them according to your particular needs and preferences. I

developed these tools through experimentation, and through adapting and


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modifying other peoples ideas. vii I continue to work and experiment with

them. I invite you do the same.

Here I will categorize the tools according the mental applications of

the theory of Integrated Intelligence, as outlined previously (Anthony2006, 2008a, 2008b): integrated perception, location, diagnosis,

evaluation, fore-sense, and creativity and inspiration.

While there are numerous ways of utilising intuitive thinking and

Integrated Intelligence in the research process, in this introductory booklet

I am going to focus upon just the five tools. They are: the Intuitive Diary,

Free-form Writing, Meditative States,Harnessing Synchronicity and The

Feeling Sense. Below, I will briefly outline how you can use them in

general. Then in Part 5 you will find more specific applications.

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I hope you enjoyed this extract from How to Channel a PhD. You will find

the whole bookon www.Amazon.com, kindle section. US$1.99

Or you can order the book directly from Marcus T Anthony in PDF

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See more information about me and my books, below.

All the best,

Marcus T Anthony
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About the Author

Blog: www.22cplus.blogspot.com

Web site: www.mindfutures.com

Email: [email protected]

Marcus T. Anthony, Ph.D., is the founder and director of MindFutures,

and a writer and futurist with a passion for the futures of consciousness,

human evolution, intuitive research methods, and spirituality. His visionhas been to balance scientific and technological futures with deeper

human and spiritual futures.

Anthonys work is unique in that it blends professional scholarship

and mystical insight, a result of combining intense training with spiritual

teachers and advanced academic qualifications. His non-fiction books

include Integrated Intelligence, Extraordinary Mindand Discover Your

Soul Template, while Shadow Lightis his semi-autobiographical novel.Marcus T Anthony obtained his Ph.D. from the University of the

Sunshine Coast in Australia. He is a member of the World Futures Studies

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Fiction by Marcus T Anthony

Shadow Light

What if you could see into the unknown country within men, to the dark

places that even they dare not venture?

Greg Marks is an extraordinary young man. After having several

incredible paranormal experiences, the formerly average university

student finds that his mind can access an undreamed of intelligence: the

light. Yet Greg struggles to understand his newfound abilities. He joins a

mysterious group which teaches him how to harness his intuitive abilities

- to read minds and receive communication from mysterious spiritual

realms. But just when it seems that he has scaled undreamed of heights, he

is confronted by dark forces that threaten his very mind and soul. ForGreg Marks has become a threat to those who would prefer his knowledge

not be revealed to the world.

Available on Amazon Kindle, $US2.99

OR PDF (email Marcus T Anthony: [email protected])
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The God Moment: (a short story). MindFutures, 2012.

What if everything you had ever written or entered on the internet became

instantly accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime? Even that which youhad thought you had entered anonymously, such as on public chat sites

using a pseudonym? It is the year 2047 and radical libertarian group

FreeThink has seized control of the internet using technology never seen

before. Everything is about to be revealed. And Hugh Davidson has

secrets he would prefer that nobody knows.

Available on Amazon Kindle, $0.99.

Other books by Marcus T Anthony (non-fiction)

Discover Your Soul Template: Inner Traditions, 2012.

Like an enlightened spiritual teacher, you, too, can tap in to the infinite

wisdom of the cosmos to create a life of deep meaning and purpose. The

key is integrated intelligence - your innate capacity, often experienced as

intuition, to instantly draw upon knowledge beyond the confines of the

five senses, from past, present, and future. Integrated intelligence enables

not only a connection to the wisdom of the universe but also access to

your soul template, revealing your self-limiting behaviors, karmic issues

from past lives, and soul aptitudes--the abilities at which you excel. With

knowledge of your soul template, you can successfully create the life you

were meant to live in alignment with your souls purpose.
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Extraordinary Mind: Integrated Intelligence and the Future. Hong

Kong: MindFutures, 2010.

Integrated Intelligence is the natural human ability to connect with a

greater universal mind. This book shows why the secret of IntegratedIntelligence is a crucial part of human futures. Anthony draws upon

decades of research and his direct experience in activating extraordinary

mind in his own life and in the lives of others. In Extraordinary Mind you

will discover why the power of Integrated Intelligence is widely

misunderstood in modern science; what Deep Futures are, and how they

can help us survive the crises of the modern world; and the six key

abilities of Integrated Intelligence, and how to apply them in your life.

Integrated Intelligence.Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2008.

Based upon Marcus T. Anthonys doctoral thesis, this book is for the

more academically inclined. It outlines the interplay of Integrated

Intelligence and critical rationality throughout Western history and looks

at where we can take things from here. In particular, the focus is upon the

hidden power structures within society, culture, science, and education,

which have created a deep ignorance about Integrated Intelligence.
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Endnotes


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i Klein (2003) also uses the example of weather forecasters.ii This is my term. Elsewhere I have also referred to this as the fragmented mind

(Anthony, 2008b).iii I make this observation after having taught in Asian education for many years. If

anything, the problem is worse in developed twenty-first century Asian economies, as

they tend to be extremely competitive, materialistic economies, and their education

systems are typically relentlessly exam-focused, with little time for the development of

inner worlds.iv I have extended this number over time. I also believe that deep empathy is another

valid mental application. This is a sense of empathic connection with another person,

animal, plant, or place. However, I shall not discuss this in relation to Integrated Inquiry

in this booklet.v For a more thorough examination of evidence for such cognitive processes, see

Sheldrake (2003), Radin (2006), and McTaggart (2007).vi It is, of course, possible to attribute these two cases to mundane intuition, or

subconscious incubation of data. The lack of empirical testing of this mental process is

undoubtedly due to the fact that identifying the source of a creative idea is extremely

difficult and how one might test for that source being spiritual is even more

problematic.vii Some of these influences were researchers, and some were not. The researchers

include Hart et al (2000), Michael Talbot (1992) Dean Radin (2006), Rupert Sheldrake

(2003, 2012), William Braud (2003), Gillian Ross (1993), Carl Jung (1973, 1989), PaulScheele (1993) and others. Hart et al (2000) target intuitive methods specifically for

research, while the others research related subject matters. Other inspirations have been

mystics and spiritual teachers who write about intuitive experiences, such as the late

Leonard Jacobson (2007), John Mack (1999), Brian Weiss (1985), Stuart Wilde (2001),

and Elizabeth Kubler Ross (1997). Yet perhaps most influential have been the

extraordinary individuals I have met and worked with in my personal life. I have worked

with groups of mystics (I am not quite sure what else to call them) at various times and

in different countries, and have been able to witness first-hand the reality of Integrated

Intelligence. These mystics taught me how to utilise the dormant right-brained intuitive

abilities that I believe we all have. In my semi-autobiographical novel, Shadow Light

(Anthony 2012), I outline some of the experiences I had as a mystic in the making. It

was my seeing others develop such skills relatively easily that convinced me that these

are not simply special abilities only accessible to the gifted or to yogis who have lived in

caves and meditated for thirty years. They are natural, commonly occurring capacities
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extant - though usually dormant - within us all. Rupert Sheldrake (2008) recently

conducted telephone telepathy experiments, which have been successfully repeated by

others, provide evidential support for my claim that integrated intelligence is

widespread.

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