COMMENTARY: EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS?
It is sometimes said by skeptics, including Carl Sagan, that those who claim that the paranormal and the afterlife are real, are making 'extraordinary claims' and therefore need to produce 'extraordinary evidence'.
Well, that 'extraordinary evidence' has been produced, it's just that few people know about it. Dr. Edwin May and his associates, combined the results of all the 26,000 trials on 154 experiments with psychic phenomena done at Stanford Research Institute from 1973 to 1988. They found that psychic phenomena had been shown to exist with odds against chance of more than a billion billion to one. ( Radin 1997:101).
Similarly, evidence for the afterlife has been documented, case by case, over the last 150 years. What can be more extraordinary than when dead people materialise and talk to their loved ones in their own voices? Every culture that has existed anywhere in the world has accepted that the paranormal and the afterlife exist. This has been on the basis, not of wish fulfillment, but of repeated observations over millennia of telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, near-death experiences, deathbed visions, and after-death communications.
When we take this into account, along with the experimental evidence, the existence of the paranormal and the afterlife are not at all 'extraordinary claims'. Far more extraordinary is the claim, made without ANY evidence whatsoever (and in opposition to the lived experience of every culture in the world) that there is no afterlife, no paranormal and that matter can produce consciousness.
WHERE THE CHURCH OF FUNDAMENTAL MATERIALISM WENT WRONG Prof. Jerry Kroth discusses the "forbidden" sides of academic psychology: near-death experiences, synchronicity, telepathy, premonitions, psychic dreams, archetypes, and creative possession. This fascinating lecture is based on his book, Psyche's Exile: An Empirical Odyssey in Search of the Soul.
SCIENTIST MARIO BEAUREGARD SUPPORTS DR. DEAN RADIN “Internationally-known researcher and author, Dr. Dean Radin, convincingly demonstrates that psi phenomena invalidate the assumptions associated with the obsolete materialist worldview. Recognizing the fundamental aspect of mind and consciousness, Dr. Radin also explains why it is now time to significantly revise and expand our concepts about who we are and the ultimate nature of reality.” Mario Beauregard, Ph.D. neuroscientist, author of The Spiritual Brain and Brain Wars.
DR. EDGAR MITCHELL ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND UFOs Astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences Dr. Mitchell celebrates how far we have come in expanding our view of the universe.
CELEBRATING P.M.H. ATWATER P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., is one of the original researchers in the field of near-death studies, having begun her work in 1978 following three NDEs in 1977. Her research base now covers nearly 4,000 adult and child experiencers. Her research and many books on the near-death phenomenon have influenced millions and played a big part in getting NDEs into the mainstream.
The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences was featured in an online version of Newsweek Magazine and remains the only encyclopedia of the entire phenomenon worldwide. She has received many lifetime achievement awards and has travelled the world speaking on all aspects of the near-death experience, transformations of consciousness, and the evolution of the human species.
ON CONSCIOUSNESS BY DR. PIM VAN LOMMEL Cardiologist Pim van Lommel details his impressive research into near-death experiences and the scientific and spiritual implications of consciousness independent of brain functioning.
WINDBRIDGE RESOURCE ON VISITATION DREAMS An experience of contact with a departed loved one is termed an after-death communication (ADC). ADCs have been reported across the world since time immemorial. The two most common types of ADCs are sensing the presence of the departed and visitation dreams. The Windbridge Research Center hopes to educate people about visitation dreams by having multidisciplinary teams transform submitted, written reports of ADCs into rich, multimedia (video, images, sound, music, and interactivity) exhibitions. If you are an artist interested in volunteering your creative talents for this project, please email Mark! Download the Windbridge fact sheet on ADCs.
MARK BOCCUZZI'S DREAM VISIT WITH HIS MOM, AUDREYMark Boccuzzi, Executive Director of The Windbridge Research Center writes: "On March 17, 2020, my mother passed away. I woke on April 8, after having a very profound dream about her. I don't often remember my dreams, but this one seemed "hyper-real" and stayed with me long after I woke. I wanted to capture this experience, and since my dreams are mostly visuals, I started pulling together images that I felt represented what I had seen. The images are not perfect, but they are close enough. The result is a video scrapbook of found images that help to represent my experience".
"HE ISN'T DEAD. HE'S RIGHT BESIDE ME."
Karen Frances McCarthy M.A. CSNU. , author of the bestselling book Till Death Don't Us Part is an extraordinary writer. She has a way of capturing your attention and making small moments memorable with an exquisite turn of phrase. Formerly a political journalist, she now focuses on spirituality, existential beliefs, and the philosophy of religion, including belief systems surrounding death, dying, and the afterlife.
Read her article "Love Sex and Death: What my Fiance's Death Taught me About the Afterlife."
MOTHER COMMUNICATES WITH SONS USING AUTOMATIC WRITING It took her a whole year of practising every day, but Khorshed Bhavnagri was eventually able to use automatic writing to communicate with her two sons who had been killed in a car accident. She claims that they dictated to her The Laws of the Spirit World.
JENNY MATERIALIZES THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT PHYSICAL MEDIUMS Ron Gilkes became desperate when his daughter, Jenny, took her own life. He even thought about suicide himself because he missed her so much. So you can imagine how much emotion he felt when she materialized through a physical medium. He writes: "I cannot even begin to describe how on this occasion, when I recognized Jenny's voice saying "Hello Daddy: I am sorry Daddy", that I was able to compose myself. I can only presume it was strength given to me by others."
Since that time he has been reunited with Jenny on five different occasions through four different materialization mediums, including Colin Fry and David Thompson. After Ron's father died, Jenny communicated again and told her dad that she had a new pony as well as the one she had while alive and that she was teaching her grandfather to ride horses in the afterlife. At a later date, both Jenny and her grandfather materialized together. Read more.
Ron has created a centre for physical mediumship in Banbury England which he calls Jenny's Sanctuary.
ANSWERS ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE
In this series, out-of-body explorer Jurgen Ziewe has been answering questions about things he has personally observed during his more than 40 years of exploring the afterlife dimensions in full waking consciousness. This video (Part 6) explains why we need to get used to the fact that our "Afterlife" will be more real not less real, more "physical" not less "physical".
Access more Answers About the Afterlife.
A CRASH COURSE IN QUANTUM PHYSICS PART 1 Paul Van Leeuwen, M.Sc., author of "Quantum Physics is Not Weird" explains the baffling question that fueled deep discussions among physicists in the first days of quantum physics. This is that the quantum object to be measured seems to behave itself like an intangible wave containing all possibilities until measurement takes place. Precisely with the act of measurement, the quantum particle will manifest itself as a physical object in the measuring device.
The implications of this are, as Dr. Amit Goswami argued, that consciousness should be considered primary in relation to material substance and is its creator.
Paul will be delivering Part 2 of his talk next Sunday. Eastern Daylight time 5 p.m. Sunday https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
ALERT - THIS WEEK THE FINAL TIME CHANGES
Parts of Eastern Australia will go back an hour next Sunday 3rd April which will affect some groups.
Please check the times in your city.
The Zeta Connection:
Q and A on all things extraterrestrial. On the 1st Saturday of every month.
This month only 10 a.m. Saturday London time
Paul and Syann answer questions from their own extensive experience, input from leaders in the MUFON network, and direct contact with the Zeta, accounts of which have been published in books that Paul has written. These include A Primer of the Zeta Race and The Zeta Interviews and Paul's latest book called The Zeta Mind, a short handbook written for individuals who wish to learn how to safely contact their point of origin race.
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zeta_events@hotmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.
Saturday April 2nd/ Sunday April 3rd Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Anna Castro.
Every Saturday. A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec and Chico Xavier.
See videos of previous meetings. Times:
Pacific and Phoenix time 1 p.m. Saturday
Mountain daylight time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 9 p.m. Saturday Sydney/Melbourne 6 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Sunday Check time in Your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday April 3rd 2022 / Monday April 4th Australia
Global Gathering. Paul J. Van Leeuwen
A Crash Course in Quantum Physics - with special reference to the afterlife. PART 2 -
See recording of Part 1 above. NOTE TIME CHANGES
Times:
Pacific Daylight Time 2 p.m. Sunday
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Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) 3 p.m. Sunday
Central Daylight time 4 p.m. Sunday
Eastern Daylight time 5 p.m. Sunday London 10 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 11 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday Check the time for your city
Co-ordinators: karynjarvie@ozemail.com.au and wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday April 4th 2022 /Tuesday April 5th Australia
Dream
Circle with Kim Parker
A small group meets every two weeks - to share and explore
the meaning of their dreams.
Times
Pacific Daylight Time 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) 3 p.m. Monday
Central Daylight Time 4 p.m. Monday
Eastern Daylight Time 5 p.m. Monday London 10 p.m. Monday Rome 11 p.m.Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check the time in your city. https://zoom.us/j/7595442928 Check time in your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com
Sheri Perl's Distant Healing Prayer Circle First Monday of the month at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Receiving distant healing or direct distant healing to another. Every meeting will include a guided healing meditation and prayer and directing healing energy to those in need. Next meeting Monday 4th April 2022 Times:
Los Angeles 6 p.m.
Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Denver 7 p.m.
Chicago 8 p.m.
New York 9 p.m. Melbourne/Sydney 11 a.m. Tuesday
Auckland 1 p.m. Tuesday
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Tuesday April 5th 2022/ Wednesday April 6th Australia
Army 4 Love Every Tuesday/ Wednesday
People share what is happening in our world, how we are dealing with issues, holding each other’s hands, bringing in laughter and love. To bring in laughter each week one person shares a joke. This person then receives a few messages from a loved one they choose to connect with on the Other Side. Debra Martin always ends the gathering with a mini healing meditation.
EMAIL: Via a form on her website to avoid spam: https://www.goldenmiracles.com/contact.php Times: Pacific Daylight time 4 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain standard time (Phoenix) 4 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain daylight time (Denver) 5 p.m.
Central time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern time 7 p.m. Tuesday London 12 midnight Wednesday
Rome 1 a.m. Wednesday
Melbourne/Sydney 9 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 11 a.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Join Zoom Meeting @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87968366796
Tuesday April 5th 2022/ Wednesday April 6th Australia
Question and Answers on Mediumship with guest medium Nicole Newman. Nicole was a natural medium from childhood but her development really started in 2013 when her son Avery transitioned. She was quickly guided to sit in silence and go within and, with the help of tutors, she developed her mediumship. Currently Nicole shares her time between Maui and Vancouver Canada and runs Love of Avery Kind, a studio and development school, dedicated to spiritual development, mediumship & healing, which offers classes and sessions, online and in person. She can be reached at info@loveofaverykind.com
At the end of the Q and A session those who wish to stay have the opportunity to move into small groups to give and receive practice readings.
6.00 p.m. Pacific and Phoenix time
8.00 p.m. Chicago time
9.00 p.m. Eastern time
9 a.m. Wednesday Perth time 11 a.m. Wednesday Sydney time.
1 p.m. Wednesday Auckland time Coordinator: Wendy Zammit wendyzammit@gmail.com Check time in your city https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday April 6th 2022 / Thursday April 7th Australia
Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Times:
5.30 p.m. Pacific Time
5. 30 p.m. Phoenix
6.30 p.m. Denver
7.30 p.m. Illinois CTD
8.30 p.m. New York EDT 10.30 a.m. Thursday Sydney/ Melbourne Check time in your city Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday April 6th 2022 / Thursday April 7th Australia
Physical mediumship development group
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan.
Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Wednesday Phoenix time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Denver time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central Daylight time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Contact Rob Blackburn (rkblack@mtco.com) or Craig Hogan (r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org) before joining the group.
https://zoom.us/j/4381898190
Thursday April 7th 2022 / Thursday March 31st Australia
Afterlife Book Club
1st Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. California time.
Book Club led by Gary Langley on Zoom on Thursday 7th April at 6 p.m./Friday 8th April Australia
Book of the month: Ian Lawton's Afterlife - Part 2. Times:
6.00 p.m. Pacific 6.00 p.m.
Phoenix time
7.00 p.m. Denver time
8.00 p.m. Chicago time
9.00 p.m. New York time EDT 9 a.m. Friday Perth time
11 a.m. Friday Sydney time.
1 p.m. Friday Auckland time Check time in your city
Contact: garylangley@earthlink.net https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.
DOES MY PET IN THE AFTERLIFE MISS ME?
Dr. Cara Gubbins is an animal communicator. She claims that death isn’t final and we CAN connect with our pets even though they aren't here in physical form anymore.
DO NOT ABANDON HOPE
"Through all the darkness that prevails, do not abandon hope, but be assured in the knowledge that those who work with you for the upliftment of humankind, who strive to bring better conditions into your world of matter, will prevail, for the power that is on their side is the mightiest power in the universe.
You will not achieve that which is worth achieving without travail, without sorrow. Your world must learn its lessons the only way it can learn them. We are breaking through all over the world of matter. Our message illumines minds in every part of your world, so its rays disperse the darkness of your materialism".
Teachings of Silver Birch p. 28-29.
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