NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY [4c]
State College, Pennsylvania. October 15, 2015. Dr. Gong Chen and a team of biologists from the Life Sciences Department at Penn State University reveal research on a cocktail of specialized drugs designed to convert non-neuronal cells in the brain, called glial cells, into neurons.
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“90% of our brain is made up of what’s called glial cells. These cells are just a support mechanism for the neurons themselves.” – Gray Scott (Futurist) |
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“What we can do at the moment is to take glial cells from the brain and to use different chemicals, essentially, to alter the functioning of the glial cells. Chemicals will cause them to become fresh neurons.” – Kevin Warwick (Prof. of Cybernetics, Coventry Univ.) |
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“Gong Chen’s belief for this research is that things like severe brain trauma, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s could actually be effectively transformed and healed.” – David Wilcock (Author/Filmmaker), |
Could degenerative brain disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s be cured by a simple chemical injection? And if so, could we eventually rid the brain of neurological diseases entirely? Transhumanists believe the therapeutic uses for this incredible discovery are only a small part of the bigger picture.
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“In the future, we could see using that technology to increase our intelligence to a superhuman state. Now imagine, because the brain is only ten percent neurons, imagine if we could increase the brain’s capacity to 35%. That could change everything. I mean, we could become a super intelligent species.” – Gray Scott (Futurist) |
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“Could you, in fact, advance the human IQ, perhaps to such a degree that you might have people walking around now with a 1,000 IQ?” – David Wilcock (Author/Filmmaker), |
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“We’ve seen what has happened with HGH or steroids pumped into athletes. What would happen if you developed a serum that could augment the brain? I think we’re gonna be able to do that.” – George Noory (Radio Host, Coast to Coast AM) |
Could Dr. Chen’s research lead us to an exponential increase of the human intellect? And if so, will we seem like primates to the people of tomorrow? Transhumanists suggest that if we can create new brain cells, we could potentially reproduce all of the body’s cells, which would have profound implications.
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“The big question is immortality. Dying – is it something we have to do? Cells die away, but if we can start replacing the cells, and if we can replace brain cells and keep the functioning of the brain going, then it does, potentially, really extend life, in theory, forever. Some people, like Ray Kurzweil, have suggested by 2045 we’ll be able to do that.” – Kevin Warwick (Prof. of Cybernetics, Coventry Univ.) |
Ray Kurzweil is Google’s Director of Engineering, a transhumanist, prolific author and inventor. He believes, in the near future, humans will be able to extend their lives indefinitely. To reach that point, he maintains a daily diet of over 100 different body and mind enhancing pills, called nootropics.
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“Nootropics are essentially drugs of one kind or another, chemicals if you like, that can change the way most of the body functions, but particularly how the brain functions.” – Kevin Warwick (Prof. of Cybernetics, Coventry Univ.) |
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“Choline, for example, helps with memory, and so, people are using these nootropics to enhance their memory, to have better recall, to have better focus. You’re starting to see nootropics pop up everywhere, especially in Silicon Valley. In the future, the idea of enhancing the cognitive ability I the human being is going to be sort of commonplace.” – Gray Scott (Futurist) |
Kurzweil and others predict nootropics will become a new multi-billion dollar industry as people turn to supplements to enhance their bodies and prolong their lives. But Ancient Astronaut Theorists believe that, like genetic manipulation, evidence of nootropic use can be found thousands of years ago. Dating back to the fifth century BC, the Hindu Sanskrit epic known as The Mahabharata, tells the story of Samudra Manthana, a celestial battle between the gods for a rare substance that grants immortality.
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“The Samudra Manthana means the “churning of the ocean.” And in this case, the ocean is visualized as a cosmic sea of milk. It is, in essence, the Milky Way itself. There were two primary forces at odds in the Universe. There were the Asuras…and they were at odds with a new order of gods – the Devas. The gods went to Lord Vishnu and Vishnu said, ‘Why don’t you try to cooperate with them? At the very depths of the ocean, there is a substance called Amrita, a divine nectar of immortality. Churn the cosmic ocean of milk, and it will yield forth the nectar of immortality, and you can share it.’” – Layne Little, Ph.D. |
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“The gods and the demons start churning, in the heavens, the Milky Way, and what is produced by this is an elixir, an elixir that can grant immortality. Well, there was a terrible war now, because everyone wanted this.” – Jonathan Young, Ph.D. |
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“In order to win the battle for the gods, they decide they need this amrita, this elixir of life. So, you have to wonder if this story isn’t about some kind of extraterrestrial war in Heaven, where aliens are fighting over nootropics.” – David Childress (Author, Technology of the Gods) |
Could the story of the Samudra Manthana be an ancient account of a celestial battle over a highly advanced nootropic? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes, and point to legends of immortality elixirs throughout antiquity.
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“The ancients had many stories of immortality – that it was touchable or reachable. The Chinese had the peaches of immortality. The Greeks had ambrosia. The Mesopotamians had the idea of soma. In the Biblical tradition, there is the Tree of Life. There is something that you can ingest and gain immortality.” – Jonathan Young, Ph.D. |
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“This quest has been going on for thousands of years, around the world, by many different cultures; this quest for these smart drugs that will enhance our lifestyle and our mental clarity. So, you have to wonder, was this nootropic drug some kind of extraterrestrial elixir that was well-known in ancient times?” – David Childress (Author, Technology of the Gods) |
Could ancient accounts of elixirs of immortality really be descriptions of extraterrestrial nootropics? And might it soon be possible to unlock our full human potential simply with the right potion or pill, perhaps fulfilling a destiny to become like our alien ancestors? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes, and suggest molecular chemistry is only the beginning of the human upgrade.
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