COMMENTARY: WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE FROM NDES? Some researchers say that near-death experiences give us as much information about the afterlife as walking around an airport in Beijing gives us about life in China. Given the limitations, and the fact that near-death is not the same as final death, what can we learn about the nature of life in the afterlife from the collective experience of the many hundreds of thousands of accounts of NDEs?
Actually, quite a lot: 1) That consciousness can exist outside the body. 2) That there is an afterlife/other dimensions. 3) That we can be reunited with our loved ones. 4) That we may experience in full graphic details a life review where we get to experience the consequences of everything we have thought, said, and done. 5) That everyone goes to the afterlife, not just those of a particular religion. 6) That animals go to the afterlife. 7) That our lives do have a purpose. 8) That the more love we show, the closer we will be to God. Read What Near-Death and Other STEs Teach Us about God and the Afterlife.
MAN DIES IN CAR CRASH AND DISCOVERS DEATH IS AN ILLUSION
Emmy-nominated art director Robert Kopecky died in a fatal car crash and found himself outside his own body, witnessing the accident from above before embarking on a profound journey that reshaped his understanding of life, death, and the afterlife. Having had three separate near-death experiences, Kopecky brings a rare and powerful perspective on what happens when we die—and, more importantly, how to truly live. Through radical kindness, forgiveness, and surrender, he discovered that the key to Heaven isn’t just in the afterlife—it’s within us now.
ACCOUNT OF DEATH THROUGH A WRITING MEDIUM
"When I [died], I found that the most foolish mistake in my life was my long, long terror of death. Year after year, I was afraid of it when I needn’t have been in the least afraid. I had much illness and suffered a great deal from worries, fears, anxieties, and bodily pain in my life. But at the moment of death, there was no pain. When I knew I was dying, I was just able to say: “Take care of little Tough.” He was my darling baby grandson.
But I wasn’t unhappy or frightened or lonely, for I saw my father, my sisters, my brother whom I had thought of as dead – and by dead, I mean asleep till Judgment Day. But they weren’t asleep; they were quite close to me. I could see them through a pale mist. So if anyone talks to you about the loneliness of death, tell them it is all nonsense."
CONGRATUALTIONS CHERYL!!
Medical researcher Cheryl Page is a much-loved facilitator of the monthly Zoom Group "What If?" in our afterlife community. On several occasions she has shared her ongoing journey following the death of her beloved Scott. This week she was a guest on Alex Ferrari's Next-Level Soul (a YouTube channel with 1.1 million subscribers) and really "knocked it out of the ballpark". There were so many comments like "ALEX! By far this was my absolute favorite episode... I wish I could explain how touched and connected I felt through your conversation. I needed to hear all of it... all of it." Well done Cheryl - we are all cheering for you.!!!
TYPES OF AFTER DEATH CONTACT
Recent research shows that people who die make their presence known in a number of ways:
(1) Sensing their presence
(2) Hearing their voice - clairaudiently and through Electronic Voice Phenomena
(3) Feeling their touch
(4) 'Smelling' - having same smell when on earth
(5) Seeing them as if they were real
(6) Seeing a flat vision of them like a photo
(7) Experiencing one of these while half-asleep
(8) Having a visit in a dream - but the dream is unusually vivid and you do not forget it like a normal dream
(9) Having an out-of-body experience and meeting them
(10) Receiving a telephone call from the person who died (ITC - two-way conversations have actually been reported)
(11) Experiencing electrical appliances such as lights, TVs, and radios going on and off
(12) Seeing crossed over afterlife residents on a television screen by way of Instrumental Trans-communication (ITC)
13) Actually meeting afterlife residents when they materialize and being reunited with loved ones.
DIRECT RADIO VOICE WITH MADDALENE DI LEO
From around 2000, Maddalena Di Leo has been experimenting with direct radio voice communication. At first, she received a few phrases, which over time turned into actual dialogues. Over the last 25 years, she has made about 6,000 recordings. These help others to receive messages from their deceased loved ones, providing objective evidence and real confirmations. Her first book "The Friends of the Afterlife. Stars of God. Matter is Nothing" may be coming out in e-book format in the future. You can contact Maddalena at dileomaddalena@yahoo.it
THE BESSIE MANNING CASE
(Case 91 in A. T. Baird's book at p.195). "I am Bessy Manning and I want you to send a message to my mother." This request was made to Maurice Barbanell at a direct-voice sitting held on February 10, 1933, at which Estelle Roberts was the medium. Then the voice added the mother's address: "14 Canterbury Street, Blackburn." "My name is Bessy Manning," she repeated, "and I died with tuberculosis last Easter. I have brought my brother who was killed by a motor. . .Tell Mother I still have my long plaits. I am twenty-two and I have blue eyes. Tell her to come, could you bring her here?"
"Maurice Barbanell sent off a telegram of invitation to Bessy's mother in Blackburn—and it found her! On February 20, Mr. Barbanell met Mrs. Manning at the station and escorted her to Teddington, London, where the seance was held. A few days after the seance she wrote a letter of thanks saying "I heard my own daughter speaking, in the same old loving way and the self-same peculiarities of speech. She spoke of incidents that I know for a positive fact no other person could know. I am her mother and am the best judge."
LESLIE KEAN ON IRRATIONAL DISMISSALS OF AFTERLIFE EVIDENCE
"It is generally not known that there are qualified scientists who have documented phenomena that are not supposed to be 'real', phenomena that some of their contemporary colleagues claim are impossible. That was one of my motivations for writing the book ["Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife"]. It goes without saying that genuine, open-minded skepticism is certainly positive, and all research must be scrutinized and debated. But I’m talking about closed-minded, irrational dismissals that create a strange sort of cognitive dissonance... When you have witnessed such 'impossible' events yourself, as I have, these denials from skeptics are especially difficult to ignore." Read more.
STEVE JOBS' LAST GIFT
The amazing story about the co-founder of Apple and his favorite book, “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa Yogananda. The “Autobiography”, now translated into more than 50 languages, has inspired millions throughout the world. This classic of modern spiritual literature was not only Steve Jobs' favorite book but was also the favorite of many other well-known personalities, including the great musician George Harrison - see also “George Harrison’s Favorite Book”.
CHANNELING YOGANANADA - Medium Rev. Jimbeau Walsh shares messages conveyed to him by the noteworthy figures he's channeled through prayer and meditation circles. The first to reach out to Walsh was Paramahansa Yogananda, a yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga. Jimbeau has recently released "The Path of Roses: Soul Transformation through Divine Love" in which he shares insights from over 350 messages he's received from spirits and Celestial angels.
Thursday February 20th 2025/ Friday February 21st Australia
UK and European Mediumship Platform demonstration Our medium this month is international medium Penny Hayward, a UK-based medium and a tutor at the prestigious Arthur Findlay College. She holds a Diploma (DSNU) in Mediumship and Teaching Mediumship & Spiritualism.
Times:
Pacific time 12 midnight Thursday/ Friday
Phoenix 1 a.m. Friday
Mountain time 1 a.m. Friday
Central time 2 a.m. Friday
New York 3 a.m. Friday
London 8 a.m. Friday
Europe 9 a.m. Friday
Singapore 4 p.m. Friday
Perth 4 p.m. Friday
Sydney 7 p.m. Friday
Auckland 9 p.m. Friday Check time in your city
Email: paulhinsone@gmail.com https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5562413788
Zoom I/D is 556 241 3788 - No password
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Saturday February 22nd 2025 / Sunday February 23rd Australia
Exploring Different Styles of Meditation with George Lockett - This week - by request from the group- "Chakra meditation".
George E. Lockett has spent 50 years practising Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi often in large groups of people meditating together. He has experienced transcending and having out-of-body experiences. After joining the local Spiritualist Church and training under the Surrey Healer's Association, he became known as "Healer George" when he worked at Mind Body Spirit fairs nationwide. He also found that he could talk telepathically to the animals during his ten years on his farm, knowing when a problem happened and needed attention. George's fascinating book Journey Into The Self: The Multidimensional Nature of Being Human is available in Kindle or paperback. He also has produced a free "Energy Balancing Guided Meditation." Download a free PDF copy of "Journey Into The Self".
Times:
Pacific Time 9.00 a.m. Saturday
Phoenix 10.00 a.m. Saturday
Mountain time 10.00 a.m. Saturday
Central time 11 a.m. Saturday
Eastern Time noon Saturday
London time 5.00 p.m. Saturday
Perth 1.00 a.m. Sunday
Sydney/ Melbourne 4.00 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 6.00 a.m. Sunday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: David Wright https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3334491615?
pwd=WUd1amxxMm40TTFpRTVXcVo3NHFIZz09
Saturday February 22nd 2025 / Sunday February 23rd Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 2 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 8 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday February 23rd, 2025 / Monday February 24th Australia Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes CSNU Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Note: If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue. She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific Time 10 a.m. Sunday
Phoenix time 11 a.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 11 a.m. Sunday
Central Time noon Sunday
Eastern Time (New York) 1 p.m. Sunday
London 6 p.m. Sunday
Rome 7 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 5 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 7 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Sunday February 23rd, 2025 / Monday February 24th Australia Global Gathering
Our guest this week is Christian mystic Jimbeau Walsh, a master storyteller, a gifted musician-songwriter, and a Divine Love medium. His new book contains a treasure trove of wisdom from over fifty spirits and Celestial angels.
Some of these figures will be recognizable to those familiar with New Age teachings, while others are generally more famous including Charlie Chaplin, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jesus Christ. Read more.
Times:
Pacific Time noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Central time 2 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Europe 9 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday February 24th 2025 / Tuesday February 25th Australia
Dream Circle with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of their dreams.
Times:
Pacific Time 12 noon Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Monday
Central time 2 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Vienna 9 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday
Check the time for your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday February 25th, 2025/
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle)
Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Times:
Pacific time 1 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix Time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 4 a.m. Tuesday
London 9 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 10 a.m. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 5 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Tuesday February 25th 2025 / Wednesday February 25th Australia Spirit Artwith Susan Barnes - Receiving spirit messages through art We are meeting to create spirit art with messages.
No art experience is required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue. She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/873881773
Wednesday February 26th 2025 / Thursday February 27th Australia
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
Paul is an English medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to most people present.
Times:
Pacific Time 3.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
London time 11.30 p.m. Wednesday
Perth 7.30 a.m. Thursday
Singapore 7.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Coordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday February 26th 2025 / Thursday February 27th Australia
USA-based 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.
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 7 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Europe 3 a.m.
Perth 10 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
Thursday February 27th 2025/ Friday February 28th Australia
MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITH DR. ELIZABETH RAVER
Group Description: Every fourth Thursday/Friday of the month, we will gather in a group to discuss "anything and everything" related to mediumship. This will include personal experiences, famous mediums, different types of mediumship, mediumship research, what is channeling, trance, shamanism, etc. If there is time, we will also do a guided meditation. Come join us in the discussion.
Dr Elizabeth Raver first studied evidential and trance mediumship at Camp Chesterfield with Louise Irvine and others. She has also studied with a several teachers in the U.S. and
Great Britain. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and is certified as a Spiritual Intuitive Life Coach and Reiki practitioner. She has her own private practice as a medium in addition to serving Connecticut spiritualist churches via sermons, platform work and healing.
Times:
Pacific time 5.30 p.m. Friday
Phoenix 6.30 p.m. Friday
Mountain time 6.30 p.m. Friday
Central time 7.30 p.m. Friday
New York time 8.30 p.m. Friday
London 1.30 a.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 12.30 p.m. Saturday
New Zealand 2.30 p.m. Saturday Check time in your city
Contact: ravelizabeth516@gmail.com
ZOOM room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82070590992?
pwd=KAgRIGPXkmvEBzhV72QxHYs2Pjeaac.1
LEARNING TO LOVE: PRISON ANIMAL PROGRAMS
A number of prisons in different countries are running highly successful programs that pair inmates with dogs, cats and even horses. Not only does it save the animals' lives — it also gives the inmates responsibility and a companion who doesn't judge them but gives them unconditional love.
PHYSICIST LEARNS TO FORGIVE TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE At age 42, Lester Levenson, a physicist and successful entrepreneur, was at the pinnacle of worldly success, yet he was an unhappy, very unhealthy man. After he had his second heart attack, his doctors sent him home to die.
Lester realised his emotions were making him sick. He began a self-investigation by asking himself what he wanted out of life. His answer was happiness. He realised that negative emotions made him unhappy and that he felt happiest when he was loving rather than being loved. He developed the 'Sedona Method', a technique for letting go of negative emotions which is still being taught today. See this example of how the technique works.
Within three months, he had become healthy again, and claimed that he entered a state of profound peace which he sustained until he died, another 43 years later. Read his book No Attachments, No Aversions.
GRANDMA WHAT'S A SOUL? A great book to introduce young kids to the concept of death, What’s a Soul Grandma? will help calm their fears of losing loved ones, by describing how those who go before them serve as guardian angels watching over them; and, even more importantly, how the lasting power of love connects people from this life to the next. Read more
THE PLAYFUL UNIVERSE
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book launch for "The Playful Universe: Synchronicity and the Nature of Consciousness", a volume edited by Marjorie Woollacott, David Lorimer and Gary Schwartz. This volume consists of essays by scientists and academics describing their own experiences of synchronicity and how these experiences transformed both their worldview and the way they lived their lives. Thursday 27 February
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BE LOVE: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR EYES, HEART AND MIND
Sean Gallaway's visually stunning music video based on
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* Forgive quickly, completely, and unconditionally.
* Remember you are the light. You never left the light of the ALL.
Maximise the video and soak in the glorious energy.
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AFTERLIFE REPORT 
Some researchers say that near-
death experiences give us as much information about the afterlife as walking around an airport in Beijing gives us about life in China. Given the limitations, and the fact that near-death is not the same as final death, what can we learn about the nature of life in the afterlife from the collective experience of the many hundreds of thousands of accounts of NDEs?
But I wasn’t unhappy or frightened or lonely, for I saw my father, my sisters, my brother whom I had thought of as dead – and by dead, I mean asleep till Judgment Day. But they weren’t asleep; they were quite close to me. I could see them through a pale mist. So if anyone talks to you about the loneliness of death, tell them it is all nonsense."
TYPES OF AFTER DEATH CONTACT
"I am Bessy Manning and I want you to send a message to my mother." This request was made to Maurice Barbanell at a direct-voice sitting held on February 10, 1933, at which Estelle Roberts was the medium. Then the voice added the mother's address: "14 Canterbury Street, Blackburn." "My name is Bessy Manning," she repeated, "and I died with tuberculosis last Easter. I have brought my brother who was killed by a motor. . .Tell Mother I still have my long plaits. I am twenty-two and I have blue eyes. Tell her to come, could you bring her here?" 
there are qualified scientists who have documented phenomena that are not supposed to be 'real', phenomena that some of their contemporary colleagues claim are impossible. That was one of my motivations for writing the book [
Medium Rev. 
Our medium this month is international medium 
George E. Lockett has spent 50 years practising Transcendental Meditation as taught by 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Global Gathering 
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
We are meeting to create spirit art with messages. 
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. 
Dr Elizabeth Raver first studied evidential and trance mediumship at Camp Chesterfield with Louise Irvine and others. She has also studied with a several teachers in the U.S. and
and successful entrepreneur, was at the pinnacle of worldly success, yet he was an unhappy, very unhealthy man. After he had his second heart attack, his doctors sent him home to die.
A great book to introduce young kids to the concept of death, What’s a Soul Grandma? will help calm their fears of losing loved ones, by describing how those who go before them serve as guardian angels watching over them; and, even more importantly, how the lasting power of love connects people from this life to the next. 
