COMMENTARY: A SHIFTING VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE Over the last few decades, there has been a shift from the older Newtonian view that the universe is made up of lifeless clumps of matter where the ultimate reality is "fundamental particles" to one of wholeness and the consciousness of all living things. The picture of our universe that is emerging is one of interconnection - of mind-matter interactions and instant communication across vast distances.
Something that contributed to that shift was the discovery in the early years of the twentieth century that if you keep dissecting subatomic particles, you eventually come to the point where the particles can turn into waves of energy.
Willis W. Harman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences wrote: "There is a new worldview emerging which is based neither on traditional religion or Newtonian psychics. There is a shift in authority from external to "inner knowing." It has turned away from the older scientific view that ultimate reality is "fundamental particles," and trusts perceptions of the wholeness and spiritual aspect of organisms, ecosystems, Gaia and Cosmos. It amounts to a reconciliation of scientific inquiry with the "perennial wisdom" at the core of the world's spiritual traditions. It continues to involve a confidence in scientific inquiry, but an inquiry whose metaphysical base has shifted from the reductionist, objectivist, positivist base of 19th- and 20th-century science to a more holistic and transcendental metaphysical foundation."
DR. AMIT GOSWAMI ON CONSCIOUSNESS QUANTUM PHYSICS AND BEING HUMAN
Author of many books including: How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization, The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment and God Is Not Dead. Dr. Amit Goswami talks about his life and how discovering that consciousness is the fundamental basis of existence, changed his scientific thinking and also his approach to life as a human being. He also explains downward causation, quantum non-locality, free will, intention, the observer effect, quantum collapse, and how consciousness creates the manifest world.
SCIENTISTS WHO INVESTIGATED PSI AND THE AFTERLIFE
At a time when mainstream science still doubts the reality of psychic phenomena (PSI) and the afterlife, it can be surprising to learn that some high-profile scientists, including Nobel-prize winners, consider psychic phenomena including telepathy and mediumship to be real. Many scientists have thought this - as have thinkers and artists of all kinds - especially in the decades since the 1880s, when research societies were first established to investigate PSI phenomena. If we believe PSI to be real, perhaps persuaded by the scientific literature or by our own experiences, this list of more than two hundred intellectuals reminds us that we keep good company. Read more.
JURGEN ZIEWE'S LATEST VIDEO This video gives an insight into the mystery of hypnogogia that can lead us into lucid dreaming and into the astral world. You will get an inkling into what we can experience in our life after death in the highly interesting and illustrated book "Elysium Unveiled": Complete playlist: • Afterlife Answers
Playlist interviews: • Jurgen Ziewe - Interviews Jurgen's books offer many vivid and vividly told first-hand accounts of his journeys into the afterlife They go into much more depth and detail than is possible in these short videos: Jurgen's books provide many graphic and vividly told first-hand accounts of his journeys into the Afterlife Worlds. They go into much greater depth and detail than it is possible in these short videos: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz Please visit the website for more information: http://www.multidimensionalman.com
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE VALIDATION
During their NDEs people sometimes report meeting with relatives they did not know were dead. In all cases they are correct. Dr. P.M.H. Atwater reports a case of a woman who talked with her father during her NDE. Neither she nor anyone in her family was aware that the father had died only five minutes before the woman had her car/truck accident and her NDE (Atwater 2007:164).
She also reports that during his NDE, Lloyd Haymon saw his pet parrot sitting on his deceased brother's shoulder. He later learned that the parrot had died for no apparent reason while the paramedics were trying to resuscitate Lloyd following his heart attack (Atwater 2007:163). Similar cases were reported by Dr. Ian Stevenson and Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
HE NOTICED HIS SURGEON FLAPPING HIS ARMS
Al Sullivan was a 55-year-old truck driver who was undergoing triple bypass surgery when he had a powerful NDE. He had an encounter with his deceased mother and brother-in-law. Furthermore, during the NDE, Al accurately noticed that the surgeon operating on him was flapping his arms in an unusual fashion, with his hands in his armpits. The surgeon was startled when later told that Al could describe his distinctive method of keeping his hands sterile. [This case was investigated by Bruce Greyson and reported in Cook, Greyson and Stevenson 1998]
SOUTHERN BAPTIST STUDIES THE EVIDENCE
William Pillow was reared as a Southern Baptist Christian. He was educated and practiced as a Virginia pharmacist and then worked for Eli Lilly and Company for thirty-four years. His urgent concerns about aging and his wife's lingering illnesses provoked questions about life and death seemingly not answered by his Christian upbringing. As a skeptic about the paranormal and metaphysical by training, he happened upon research by eminent professionals that suggested soul survival of bodily death. Listen.
WHO KNEW THAT SWEDENBORG TALKED TO ALIENS ABOUT THEIR RELIGION?
What's the spirituality of those living on other planets? Join Curtis Childs and Dr. Jonathan Rose as they explore what Swedenborg learned from his spiritual journeys visiting the spirits of other planets.
See also Swedenborg's book Other Planets.
THE BEST KIND OF EVIDENCE?
In mediumship research, one kind of evidence that is particularly prized is information that the sitter is not aware of and has to confirm with someone else.
Cheryl Page, one of our group leaders, experienced this when her uncle Jim came through in a reading with medium Susanne Giesemann. He was still living - although very ill in an ICU - and shared a story about a rattlesnake that she had never heard before. See 5 minute video.
FIVE CLEAR SIGNS A LOVED ONE IS CLOSE BY In 1973 a University of Chicago sociologist asked a sample of 1,467 Americans if they had ever felt they had contact with someone who had died. Twenty-seven percent answered that they had (Greenley 1975). A similar survey in Iceland (Haraldsson et al. 1976) found that thirty-one percent said yes. The figure for widows and widowers in various surveys is around fifty percent.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
One of Dr. Craig Hogan's websites ADC Guides contains an excellent collection of extracts from the Leslie Flint recordings covering many aspects of the afterlife. Leslie Flint was a "direct-voice medium" because the voices heard came directly from the dead person, not through the medium's voice. In one of the tapes Queen Alexandra of Denmark: Queen Consort of Edward VII of England describes her reception on the other side. Listen now.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 2nd August 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre - LOVETT STREET HALL FOR THIS MONTH ONLY- See location and transport details.
From 6 p.m. to 6 45 p.m. We will be having our healing service. We need healers and developing healers who would like to practice their skills - contact Paul Hinson at paulhinson@gmail.com
And from 7 p.m. [NOTE THE NEW TIME] we will be welcoming our returning guest medium Luda Ost who will be demonstrating how psychometry can lead to messages from spirit. Please bring a small (low-value) item or photograph that has your energy or the energy of a loved one. Place it in a sealed paper bag or container or envelope with a mark you recognise on it. Our medium will use some of them as keys to link to a message.
Luda can be contacted for private readings via her Facebook page.
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
Thursday August 1st 2024 / Friday August 2nd, Australia Afterlife Book Club with Gary Langley
1st Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. Pacific time.
Book of the month for August 2024 - Guided by Spirit - A healing Journey through Breast Cancer and Mediumship" by Elfriede Erzen.
The author attended August’s Exploratorium and also the book club, she transitioned very recently. Download a PDF copy
Saturday August 3rd, 2024 / Sunday August 4th, 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 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 August 4th, 2024/ Monday August 5th, Australia
Regina Ochoa has more than sixty years of experience communicating with entities via readings, automatic writing, and deep trance channeling. Since 1986, she has worked intermittently with the Foundation for Mind Being Research FMBR.org.
Jeanne Love has been studied by scientists in Palo Alto, CA, working on the phenomenon of channeling and subsequently written about in Jon Klimo’s book Channeling. Jeanne uses her educational background and classical music training to facilitate healing on both sides of the veil.
Daniel Drasin, the webmaster and co-editor of the Cosmic Voices website, will host the session. Dan is a documentary filmmaker, who produced "Calling Earth", the first feature documentary about afterlife communication via modern electronics, and "Scole, the Afterlife Experiment".
They are excited to share a few stories and a short video or two and answer your questions about their experience channeling the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia crews. What happens when an unexpected visitor knocks on our mental door? Do we answer or close the curtains and hide behind the couch? To find out, tune in and see how channelers Jeanne Love and Regina Ochoa answered when the doorbell rang. What would you do? And would you do it again? Join in and bring your curiosity and your questions. This will be a very popular session so we suggest you log in 10 minutes early.
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
Vienna 11 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 August 5th, 2024/ Tuesday August 6th, Australia
GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays
(UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 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 a 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
Vienna 11 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday August 5th, 2024/ Tuesday August 6th, Australia
Life with Ghosts Zoom Chat - with filmmaker Stephen Berkley
A monthly group meets on the First Monday of the month at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
An opportunity to discuss all things related to after-death communication as a means of healing grief. Stephen Berkley is the writer/director/producer of the movie "Life with Ghosts" and undertook a seven-year personal journey exploring mediumship, automatic writing, and Induced After-Death Communication at the University of North Texas to produce a film about the latest science involving the importance of continuing bonds.
Times:
Pacific Time 5 p.m. Monday
Phoenix Time 5 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 6 p.m. Monday
Central Time 7 p.m. Monday
Eastern Time 8 p.m. Monday
London 1 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 2 a.m. Tuesday
Sydney/Melbourne 10 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 12 noon Tuesday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Stephen Berkley
admin@lifewithghosts.com Click this link to join.
Tuesday August 6th, 2024
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 3 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 4 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 5 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 6 a.m. Tuesday
London 11 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 noon. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 6 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 August 6th, 2024/ Wednesday August 7th, Australia
Army 4 Love:
Debra's Army4Love Gathering welcomes all with compassion and love and embraces everyone, particularly those who may be suffering from emotional, physical and other psychic pain. Debra enables all to safely share their experiences in her Sacred Space. In every Army4Love Gathering Debra welcomes Spirit to speak through her to the group. Each gathering will focus on a relevant topic, and Debra will ask the group to virtually hold one another in the Spirit of hope, healing and love. Debra will also provide a mini-healing for the collective at the end of each gathering. Debra’s intention is that Army4Love will help you have a greater perspective and understanding regarding your adversities while helping you release and alleviate pain.
EMAIL: Via a form on her website to avoid spam: https://www.goldenmiracles.com/contact.php
Times:
Pacific Time 3 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix 3 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time (Denver) 4 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 5 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
London 11 p.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 midnight Tuesday/Wednesday
Melbourne/Sydney 8 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Join Zoom Meeting @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87968366796
Tuesday August 6th, 2024/ Wednesday August 7th, Australia
What If? With Cheryl Page
Cheryl Page is a medical researcher and medium who dares to ask questions about what is possible with mediumship. She suggests that we inadvertently cut ourselves off from the nearly infinite possibilities that Spirit brings when we are rigid about the “right” way to practice mediumship and is looking for interested mediums or those developing to join her in some fascinating experiments.
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 Time 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Wednesday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Cheryl Page
Join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2716017767?
pwd=aGtML2h3d3I5bW9GYnMxQ05scjF3Zz09
Meeting ID: 271 601 7767 Passcode: 54321
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 / Thursday August 8th, Australia
Spirit Search and Rescue with Gordon Phinn
The Spirit Search and Rescue group is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern US time ( 8 p.m. London time).
Gordon is teaching the technique of conscious meditation to connect and assist souls needing help to complete their crossing over following death of the physical body. Each session contains an introduction, a period of around 15 minutes for conscious meditation (during which Gordon joins each group member in turn to observe their work) and then a de-brief session.
For more information about the group, contact davidmonroewright@gmail.com. You can see more of Gordon's astral adventures on his YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@thewordofgord
To contact Gordon about the many services he offers email mooninjoon@yahoo.com
Wednesday August 7th, 2024/ Thursday August 8th, Australia
Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. Discussion with
Sheila Lowe
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
Times:
Pacific Time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 7.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 8.30 p.m. Wednesday
London time 1.30 a.m. Thursday
Perth 8.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87248527074?
pwd=cXNNZERDbGtSc3VWU3hCQ05OSlFndz09
[if the room is not open email Sheila]
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 / Thursday August 8th, 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 6 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
Perth 9 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
Thursday
August 8th, 2024/ Friday August 9th, Australia
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix time 1 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Thursday
Central time 3 p.m. Thursday
New York time 4 p.m. Thursday
London 9 p.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 6 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Friday
Contact Gretchen: ursus88@gmail.com https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87870490412?
pwd=KzMvTlNFRTdRQWtiY002YzBnOWgzZz09
Contact Gretchen: ursus88@gmail.com Check time in your city
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
David and Jean Ingman, a retired professional couple from England, lost their son Steven in 1994. A series of happenings shortly afterwards convinced them that somewhere, somehow he still exists. For the next twenty years they had many experiences in different areas of mediumship and spiritual communication. David himself became a medium and received direct communication from his son. He also began receiving information from an unnamed higher consciousness about the meaning and purpose of life, the nature of reality, who and what we are, how we got here, our purpose, and where we are going from here. Read more.
BRAZILIAN MOVIE "THE MOTHERS OF CHICO XAVIER" (IN PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES) Chico Xavier was Brazil’s most well-loved medium of the 20th century. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981 and 1982 Chico channeled over 400 books in his lifetime which were works of spiritual teaching novels poetry and philosophy including some in foreign languages in which he was not fluent. All royalties from his books were donated to charitable causes. Consoling grieving family members with messages from their loved ones in the spirit world Chico was widely respected as a great medium and healer. This movie portrays the impact of his work on three mothers. Read the plot summary.
EVIDENCE OF ANIMAL AFTERLIFE
Author Edward Anderson Ph.D. writes: "Many people do not know about the abundance of evidence for animal afterlife. I review and summarize the evidence in about a dozen different areas (NDEs, ADCs, mediumship, etc.). In addition to summarizing evidence, I also present several arguments for the existence of an animal afterlife. I priced the book as low as Amazon would allow because my purpose isn't to make money; it's just to spread the word about the evidence for animal afterlife. I'm biased, but I think it's a good, concise overview of the evidence, and the arguments are pretty good, too. It covers the bases without being too wordy. If you'd like to check it out, here is the link".
FEEDBACK: (3 only)
1) "Gratitude again for another most wonderful and truly uplifting report. I enjoyed all the readings and videos." Samuel
2) "Love this quote from Spirit urging people to question *them* and get proper clear evidence for themselves. Not something I've ever seen in religions. Thanks, Victor and Wendy for the truths you shine a light on!" Louisa
3)
"It seems we humans must remain focused on the good things that make us happy in this lifetime. Happiness makes us vibrate higher and leads to loving feelings and vice versa. Positive thoughts lead us to health and enjoyment." Luz
BRILLIANT, HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: GOING HOME
Enjoy the exquisite voices of the all-boy English vocal group Liberia and the longing melody from the second movement of Dvorak's Symphony No., 9.
Lyrics
Going home, going home
I am going home
Quiet like some still day
I am going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Never fear no more
Mother's there expecting me
Father's waiting, too
Lots of faces gathered there
All the friends I knew
I'm just going home
Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling by the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more
Morning star lights the way
Restless dreams are gone
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life has begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on
Going home, going home
I'm just going home
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life has begun
I'm just going home
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