COMMENTARY: A THIRD ALTERNATIVE
Sadly, a lot of people equate the afterlife with religion and, when they reject the absurdities of simplistic religions developed thousands of years ago, they close their minds to the afterlife.
In rejecting the threats of eternal damnation, they also cut themselves off from an exploration of The Greater Reality. They shut the door firmly on anything spiritual or paranormal and retreat into skepticism, claiming (incorrectly) that science says there cannot be an afterlife.
For many years we have been showing that the evidence for the afterlife has nothing to do with religion and that it is perfectly possible to be an agnostic or an atheist and still accept the evidence for the afterlife. There is a large and growing group of people who describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious."
We have also shown that some of the greatest scientists in the history of the world who took the time to investigate the evidence for the afterlife became convinced of its existence. These days their discoveries are being supported by the advances in quantum physics which show that at the base of all matter, there is only consciousness - which some people describe as 'The Universe' or even God.
CHRIS CARTER ON SKEPTICO
"One of the major themes of my book is that there’s a third alternative, one that does not require a leap of faith and one that does not require embracing the pseudo-scientific ideology of materialism. There’s a third alternative, and it is to examine the evidence without prejudice, without materialistic prejudice or religious prejudice, and see what the evidence says. I believe that the conclusions that the evidence implies are not dogmatic. They do not ask people to go out and burn those who disagree with us at the stake or to wage war against those who disagree with us." Read Transcript.
ATHEIST DIES
AND REMEMBERS HER REAL HOME Nancy Rynes, an atheist and scientist, had an NDE (Near-Death Experience) after being hit by an SUV while riding her bike, where she went to Heaven and met God and an angel. An NDE (Near-Death Experience) occurs when someone dies, is revived, and learns there is life after death. Nancy's NDE (Near-Death Experience) was a life-altering experience that changed her entire life.
HARRY STAYED CLOSE TO EARTH WHEN HE DIED
So if an atheist like Nancy Rynes can go straight into "Heaven" why is it that some people are apparently temporarily earthbound
when they first cross over?
A spirit named Harry turned up at a sitting with direct-voice medium Leslie Flint. in 1957. Harry says that he didn't believe in an afterlife and when he died, he stayed around his friends. He went to pubs and then realised he could now travel the world. But no one could hear him, and no one could see him, so it was a lonely existence as an Earth-bound spirit. After some time, he sensed another spirit following him, so he found a quiet place and sent out a thought asking for help. Read or listen to what happened.
MAN REMEMBERS CHOOSING HIS BODY
During his near-death experience, Aaron Thomas Green was able to gain insights into the pre-life process where he agreed to all the things that led his soul to become Aaron.
AFTERLIFE EVIDENCE: AUTOMATIC WRITING
This is when scripts are produced without the control of the conscious self. It is a very common form of psychic activity, but not always true mediumship. In its highest form, it is an excellent channel for teachings from the spirit world. Usually, the hand of the medium is controlled and writes at a furious pace without pause for thought. Often the handwriting is unfamiliar, there is no punctuation, and sometimes back to front (mirror writing). The medium can be conscious and otherwise engaged mentally in reading or conversation while the writing progresses. The scripts sometimes exhibit a knowledge far exceeding that of the medium. Read more about some of the most evidential writing mediums.
HOSPICE NURSE JULIE SHARES THE CASE THAT MADE HER BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE
Julie is a young hospice nurse who is doing a brilliant job helping to decrease fear of death in her very popular Youtube, TikTok, and Instagram channels.
Read more about Julie.
HAVE YOU HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF EXPANDED AWARENESS?
Every spiritual practice in the world has developed methods for helping people to have these kinds of experiences. The most common are chanting, repetition of prayers or mantras, controlling the breath, rhythmic dancing, drumming, fasting, long periods of isolation, and the ritual use of psychedelic plants and substances. Ken Vincent has collected cases of Ancient Attempts at Inducing Spiritually Transformative Experiences.
Many studies now suggest that spiritually transformative experiences are so common as to be considered normal - and up to 40% of people have them at some time in their life. (Back and Bourque, 1970; Greeley, 1974, 1987; Hay and Morisy, 1978; Hood, 1974, 1975, 1977; Thomas and Cooper, 1980) Dr. Robert Crookall collected hundreds of accounts in his book The Interpretation of Cosmic and Mystical Experiences (1969).
DANIEL DRASIN - A NEW SCIENCE OF THE AFTERLIFE - SPACE, TIME, AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS CODE
At our Sunday Afterlife Global Gathering last week Daniel Drasin talked about his new book "A New Science of the Afterlife" available for pre-order now. The book
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Explores 15 promising avenues of post-materialist scientific investigation currently underway
• Provides a succinct account of the experience of transition to the “next life” and what one might expect when one arrives there
• Explains how materialism has prevented us from realizing a deeper understanding of the nature of space, time, life, death, and consciousness.
COSMIC VOICES NETWORK
Filmmaker Dan Drasin has joined with three mediums whom he describes as brilliant (see Who We Are) to create a platform where channelled guidance from the best and brightest
Cosmic Voices whose wisdom and guidance we need today. There are inspiring messages from two afterlife pioneers George Meek and Edgar Mitchell but all of the voices are fascinating and many highly inspirational.
Read some of the messages.
ARE YOU A LIGHTWORKER? WHY ARE YOU HERE ON EARTH
What makes you a Lightworker? Why are we here on Earth? Why have we incarnated at this particular time?
Hans Wilhelm is a mystic, author, and illustrator of 200 books for all ages with total sales of over 40 million copies in 30 languages. As a mystic, he inspires audiences around the world with his life-affirming concepts to connect with their inner wisdom. His popular YouTube videos have become an important source of inspiration and help for his over 17 million viewers.
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study 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 1 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 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 May 7th 2023/ Monday May 8th Australia
Global Gathering:
Our guest, Neal Rzepkowski, MD was ordained as a Spiritualist minister one month after he graduated medical school in 1978. In the past, he has been recognized as a qualified “mental medium” by the Forever Family Foundation and the Lily Dale Assembly. He has put much of that aside to concentrate on how Spirits can manipulate physical matter and has had extraordinary experiences with Native American shamans. He is hosting a series of 9 physical seances by 4 different physical or “materialization” mediums from June 18th to 23rd 2023 at his home. He will share with us some of his journey of discovery and things he has learned.
His book "Through a Medium's Eyes" is available on Kindle.
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Sunday
Central time 4 p.m. Sunday
Eastern 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 time in your city
Co-ordinators: karynjarvie@ozemail.com.au and wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Sunday May 7th 2023/ Monday May 8th Australia
Spiritualism Today with Dr. Norma Turner
Every Sunday - a combination of a presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here.
Times: Pacific 4 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 4 p.m. Sunday
Mountain time 5 p.m. Sunday
Central (Illinois, Texas) 6 p.m. Sunday
Eastern (New York) 7 p.m. Sunday
London 12 midnight Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne time 9 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 11 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Contact: njturner@earthlink.net
Norma’s Room: https://zoom.us/j/3499782616
Monday May 8th 2023 / Tuesday May 9th Australia
GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney).
A small group that meets to share
and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See short video about GOSH
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Monday
Central time 4 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Monday
London 10 p.m. Monday
Amsterdam 11 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 May 9th 2023 / Wednesday May 10th Australia
Spirit Art
We are meeting to create spirit art
with messages.
No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Times:
Pacific Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 6 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 11 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Wednesday May 10th 2023 / Thursday May 11th 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.
Pacific and Arizona time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain Daylight time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central Daylight time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9.a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY NOT TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org
Thursday May 11th 2023 / Friday May 12th Australia
Free monthly Mediumship Development Circle with Nicole Newman Nicole will lead this 8-session Free Online Development series on Zoom. 12 to 2 p.m. PST. All time zones welcome and all levels welcome, including beginners. Please try to attend all sessions if you sign up, but not mandatory.
The “Angel Guidance Zoom Group” is now on the Second Saturday of each month.
You are invited to join Angel Medium Nancy Freier and friends to talk with the Angels.
They have a lot to say to help raise our spiritual awareness, healing and navigating life’s challenges. As they have said, “We will be zooming enlightenment around the world.” Please join us!
Times:
Pacific time 11 a.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 11 a.m. Saturday
Mountain time noon Saturday
Central time 1 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 2 p.m. Saturday
London 7 p.m. Saturday
Rome 8 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 4 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 6 a.m. Sunday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Steve Freier
sgfreier23+AngelZoom@gmail.com
Meeting ID: 829 5742 5068
Passcode: 284370
Link for her meetings, below.
EXPERIMENTS IN TELEPATHY Does your dog, cat, or parrot know when you are coming home?Rupert Sheldrake has done extensive work investigating telepathy in people and in animals. He began by looking at dogs and cats who know when their owners are coming home and encouraged young animal owners to assist (read more). This video shows some of his fascinating research with a telepathic parrot named N’kisi.
THIS MONTH'S THE INNER VOICE MAGAZINE Nancy Freier writes: "The year was 1993 when I began publishing The Inner Voice Magazine to tell the news of the angels. Today it still presents its signature Angel Talk™ column along with Book Overviews mostly about The Afterlife, and a collection of writings that inspire healing body, mind, spirit, heart and home. The Inner Voice is published on the first of every month. Click on the "Home" tab to read the current issue ~ and click on the "Back Issues" tab to read them. Thank you very much for your interest in our work and may your visit here be a blessing.
Read the May issue.
THE POWER OF SYNCHRONICITY
In the most unbelievable series of coincidences the Universe delivers an incredible outcome.
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT- RELAXING PIANO MUSIC WITH WATER SOUNDS
Give yourself 5 minutes to sit down, slow your breathing and listen to this calming music. As one reviewer writes:
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