COMMENTARY: 'MATERIALIST' &
'NON- MATERIALIST' SCIENCE If
a scientist is employed by a materialist organisation
and is given the unspoken message that he/she must have
nothing to do with the paranormal (with implied threats
of loss of job, promotion, tenure, speaking opportunities
etc.) he/she will usually become anti-paranormal. The
world knows very well that any evidence about the paranormal
will be automatically rejected by this 'materialist-scientist'.
But there are other courageous,'non-materialist' scientists.
They often do their work quietly, as a sideline to their
main job. Or, like our friends at the Windbridge
Research Center, they may struggle in a small non-profit
organisation, with funding from donations
from people like us.
Up until the 1920's, many of the leaders of the scientific
and intellectual establishment of Great Britain, Europe,
and the USA were very interested and active in investigating
trance and physical mediumship, and telepathy. Pierre
and Marie Curie attended seances. Sir
William Crookes, the greatest scientist of his time,
was able to finance his investigations of mediumship in
his own laboratory, and Thomas
Edison worked on ways to communicate electronically
with the dead. Nobel Prize winner Charles
Richet spent thirty years investigating ESP, mental
and physical mediumship, survival of death, and hypnosis.
DONNA SMITH-MONCRIEFFE INTERVIEWS PROFESSOR PETER WADHAMS.
An expert
on climate change,
Professor
Wadhams has undertaken 40 research expeditions to
measure the arctic polar ice. In this discussion with
Donna Smith-Moncrieffe, he talks about the pressures put
on scientists to stay away from controversial subjects
like parapsychology. He claims that, in spite of this
pressure, there are many contemporary scientists who are
conducting covert experiments in the area of consciousness
while still maintaining careers in criminology, philosophy,
psychology, physics, and other mainstream studies. Read
more and listen to this fascinating interview.
THE LATEST IN ITC
RESEARCH FROM SONIA RINALDI Sonia
Rinaldi in São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the courageous
researchers who work outside the mainstream system, producing
brilliant results on a shoestring budget. She is one of
the world's leading experimenters in afterlife communication
through electronic means. For more than 30 years, she
has been receiving voice messages and pictures of people
in the spirit world. Here is her latest video from her
laboratory in Brazil, giving us an update on her new equipment
setup and some encouraging EVP comments from the scientist
Tesla. Support Sonia's
work with a few dollars each month by
becoming a patron.
THE BUDDHA ENCOURAGED CRITICAL THINKING
Like Silver Birch, the Buddha taught the
value of subjecting your beliefs to evidence and reason: “Do
not believe in anything simply because you have heard
it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken
and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply
because it is found written in your religious books. Do
not believe in anything merely on the authority of your
teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because
they have been handed down for many generations. But after
observation and analysis, when you find that anything
agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit
of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~ Buddha
HOW OLD IS PSYCHIC RESEARCH?
Many people think the beginnings of the Spiritualist movement
occurred at Hydesville in New York State in the 19th century,
but psychic investigation is much, much older than that.
This 22-minute video traces its origins.
HILDA DESCRIBES WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO DIE
"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."
BRIAN WEISS:
THE TRUTH OF YOUR SOUL
Dr. Brian Weiss describes the soul as our immortal, eternal,
authentic, enduring, and timeless nature. It's who we
really are before all other concepts, including body and
mind, and it isn't attached to material things or other
people's opinions.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE ON EARTH? William
Buhlman explains: "The primary purpose for the physical
world is the evolution of the consciousness. The physical
world provides this intense educational environment in
order for souls to learn through firsthand experience.
When the qualities of an evolved soul (love, compassion,
fearlessness, self-sacrifice etc.) are acquired, the soul
is then capable of co-existing within the highly thought-responsive
dimensions beyond the astral dimension." (Adventures
in the Afterlifep.231)
A PSYCHIATRIST TALKS ABOUT AFTER
DEATH CONTACTS Dr. Daniel
Benor used to think that people who had after death contacts
were suffering delusions until he read an article in the
American Journal of Psychiatry in 1988 that claimed
that two out of three people experienced them, and that
they are extremely helpful.
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.
SHANNON TAGGART'S NEW BOOK SEANCE
Recently on our Zoom Global Gathering,
Shannon Taggart shared some of the images from her new
book Seance, a major 300-page photographic exploration
of contemporary Spiritualism, documented over eighteen
years.
SOME WONDERFUL FEEDBACK ON OUR
AFTERLIFE ZOOM MEETINGS
"For those of you who don't do global gathering or
other zoom groups, you are missing wondrous things. Today
was another amazing insight. I hope you will consider
joining and participating in these groups. To see what
you missed, go
to the recordings of these zoom groups that are listed
in the Friday Afterlife Report. Such amazing teachers
give such amazing knowledge. I feel bad you are missing
out. These meetings are free and you will learn so much
more than you would at expensive classes and seminars.
Plus, you can make wonderful online friends with your
same interests. Give the zoom groups a try. They will
be a gift to you." Daisy Heidmiller.
VIDEO FROM LAST SUNDAY'S ZOOM MEETING:
REV. JIMBEAU WALSH ON THE SOUL AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
Rev. Jimbeau Walsh is a
composer of music and a musician, a Divine Love Minister
who has married over 3000 couples in Hawaii, where he
lives. He gives spiritual talks, leads circles of light
in prayer, plays music, and receives Celestial messages.
He has traveled extensively in the past few years, doing
this spiritual work as part of The
Divine Love Sanctuary Foundation.
THIS WEEK'S AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS
Saturday 8th February 2020
Love After Life: Rebuilding
a happy, fulfilling relationship with our **ROMANTIC**
soul-mates / twin-flames who have crossed over. Dates
of meetings: Every Saturday (US TIME)
Must be a member of the FB group Love After Life
Coordinators: Mary Beth Spann Mank mbspann@aol.com &
William J. Murray wjmurray@design249.com
Sunday 9th February 2020
Mediumship Developmentwith Dr.
Susan Barnes.
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending
with spirit. Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th - Sunday
Times: 2 p.m. New York time Next
meeting Sunday Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU
susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Global Gathering: Our Speaker this week is Jurgen
Ziewe who will answer questions about his out-of-body
experiences in the astral realms, documented in his books Multidimensional
Man and Vistas
of Infinity.
Los Angeles 12 noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Chicago 2 p.m. Sunday
New York 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Rome 9.p.m. Sunday
Capetown 10.p.m. Sunday
Sydney 7.a.m. Monday https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday 10th February 2020
EVP/ITC Practice group Dates of Meeting: Second Monday of the
month
Next meeting Monday 10th February 2020
Time:7 p.m. Central time https://zoom.us/j/883983941
Coordinator: Eloy Flores LCSW efl2432948@aol.com
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Deepen Your Conversation with Your Loved Ones
who have Died 6-week course
Each hour will consist of specific content based on Rudolf
Steiner's teachings and Lynn Stull's personal experience
as well as questions and specific needs of participants.
Time: 6-7 pm EST
Lynn Stull, lynn@easinggrief.com, lynn@lynnstull.com
or Mary Beth Slivka, marybeth@evaluator.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2x7oxVnRa8
Spirit Art
We are meeting for the purpose of creating spirit art
with messages. No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 9
p.m. New York time, https://zoom.us/j/8738817733 Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU
susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Wednesday 12th February 2020
Physical mediumship development
group
with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan
7 p.m. Central time; 8 p.m. New York; 5 p.m. Pacific Time;
The group is now admitting new members.
Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes;
the group has been going for some time and members are
experiencing phenomena.
Rob Blackburn (rkblack@mtco.com) andCraig Hogan (r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org) https://zoom.us/j/4381898190
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PARTNER DOESN'T BELIEVE When
Your Partner (or close loved one) doesn't believe in the
metaphysical, paranormal, or afterlife - what next? Advice
from a respected researcher whose husband didn't "believe."
Carefree medium Susanne Wilson will be on Coast to
Coast on Thursday, 6th February, 2020. Read
more.
JEFFREY MISHLOVE'S NEW THINKING ALLOWED AND A CALL FOR
VOLUNTEERS Jeffrey Mishlove shares
some brief thoughts about the past, present, and future
of the New Thinking Allowed YouTube channel.
He explains that, in recent years, his vision for the
channel has expanded into more than just an archive for
future students of consciousness and parapsychology. He
sees this channel as a vehicle for the community of those
who wish to help engender higher consciousness on the
planet. He calls for volunteers to help in this endeavor;
and he offers special monthly, interactive conferences
for those who do so. Volunteers should contact Jeffrey
at friends@newthinkingallowed.com.
SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS WITH MEDIUMS AT THE ARTHUR
FINDLAY COLLEGE?
Professor Chris Rowe has been co-operating
with the SNU to set up a science lab at the Arthur Findlay
College complete with EEG machines and duplicate some
of the experiments on mediums carried out in the USA.
Apaprently the experiments are scheduled to be ongoing
for 5 years. Read
more.
He and his team will be speaking at a one-day special
event on Saturday 22/02/20 - Psi Saturday, from 10-4.30pm,
at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place,
Edinburgh. £30 for 6 speakers on mediumship research,
with lunch & a glass of bubbly.
1) "The highlight of the week for those of us whose
realities here are painful ones! Thank you so much to
you both. Much love to you and Wendy. Please know how
much we appreciate this." Maria
2) "I have learned so much from you,
Victor. My faith, my understanding ...truly...that we
are here to be kind ..to lift the burdens of others and
by our actions make our soul proud of who we have become
and the challenges we have transcended." Kaye
3) "Wow!! The Dr. Todd Michael presentation (January
10th) was excellent. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank
you so much for sharing that." Marjorie New York
HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: ANNIE'S SONG
John Denver was sitting on a ski lift on Aspen mountain
when the song "just came" to him. He wrote:
"Suddenly, I'm hypersensitive to how beautiful everything
is. All of these things filled up my senses, and when
I said this to myself unbidden images came one after the
other. All of the pictures merged and I was left with
Annie. That song was the embodiment of the love I felt
at that time."
Lyrics
You fill up my senses like a night in the
forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life
to you,
let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms,
let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.
You fill up my senses like a night in
the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
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AFTERLIFE REPORT 
If
a scientist is employed by a materialist organisation
and is given the unspoken message that he/she must have
nothing to do with the paranormal (with implied threats
of loss of job, promotion, tenure, speaking opportunities
etc.) he/she will usually become anti-paranormal. The
world knows very well that any evidence about the paranormal
will be automatically rejected by this 'materialist-scientist'.
But there are other courageous,'non-materialist' scientists.
They often do their work quietly, as a sideline to their
main job. Or, like our friends at the 
change,
“Do
not believe in anything simply because you have heard
it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken
and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply
because it is found written in your religious books. Do
not believe in anything merely on the authority of your
teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because
they have been handed down for many generations. But after
observation and analysis, when you find that anything
agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit
of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~ Buddha 
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."
William
Buhlman explains: "The primary purpose for the physical
world is the evolution of the consciousness. The physical
world provides this intense educational environment in
order for souls to learn through firsthand experience.
When the qualities of an evolved soul (love, compassion,
fearlessness, self-sacrifice etc.) are acquired, the soul
is then capable of co-existing within the highly thought-responsive
dimensions beyond the astral dimension." (
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.
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