COMMENTARY: THE LOST ART OF CONTEMPLATION
Almost 150 years ago, in 1873, high spirits communicated the following warning through the medium William Stainton Moses:
“The busy world is ever averse from the things of spirit life. Men become so absorbed in the material, that which they can see and grasp, and hoard up, and they forget that there is a future and spirit life. They become so earthly that they are impervious to our influence; so material that we cannot come near them; so full of earthly interests that there is no room for that which shall endure when they have passed away.
More than this, the constant preoccupation leaves no time for contemplation, and the spirit is wasted for lack of sustenance. The spiritual state is weak; the body is worn and weary with weight of work and anxious care, and the spirit is well-nigh inaccessible. The whole air, moreover, is heavy with conflicting passions, with heart-burnings, and jealousies, and contentions, and all that is inimical to us.”
If this was the situation in 1873, how much worse must it seem to the spirit world in 2024? How many of us these days have time for "contemplation" in this age of the hyper-stimulation of social media and the 24/7 news cycle?
How fortunate, then, are those people who choose (or are forced by life-circumstances) to step back from the mad whirl and make use of their time to still the mind, and open themselves to communication with the spirit world.
EVERYTHING IS ENERGY
Dr. Bruce Lipton explains how quantum physics has shown us that what we perceive as solid matter is an illusion composed of light and energy. He says that our bodies are like a television set: when the set is broken, people can no longer see the program. However the program itself is not affected and can be seen on a new television set.
DR. DAVID HAMILTON TALKS ABOUT WOO WOO David R. Hamilton was a mainstream research and development scientist with a Ph.D.
in organic chemistry. He also had a passion for the cutting-edge research behind energy healing, crystals, meditation, and more. His latest (11th) book is "Why Woo Woo Works -The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices". Read more about the book. The video below gives us a chance to meet this delightful Scotsman as he talks with Welshman Guy Lawrence.
PSYCHIC PARAMEDIC ASSISTS DISEMBODIED SOULS Sarah Grace talks about her psychic gifts and how she used them as a paramedic. As a child, she was able to see auras and hear people's thoughts. But growing up in a country town of 2,000 people in a violent conservative household she had difficulties understanding her gifts. After a near-death experience, following an overdose at age 19, she remembered that she had chosen a really difficult life for a reason. The video is set to open at 22 mins where she describes how, as a paramedic, she was able to see and communicate with the souls before and after they had left their bodies.
NDES ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF RELIGION Many people are gaining new insights into universal spirituality as a result of experiencing or reading about near-death experiences. Kevin Williams, the founder and web-master of near-death.com writes: "By studying NDEs, I found peace of mind and freedom from rigid belief systems and a far greater love for people and Jesus than I would ever have found in the Bible. I discovered truth was everywhere including in other religions...Once I discovered the kind of love and spirituality found in NDEs, I realized I was no longer concerned about religious dogma anymore. Just follow the simple principle established by Jesus, John, and Paul when they said, "All you need is love."
Read more about religion and the NDE.
A PROFOUND NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
One of the interesting things about Anke Evertz's near-death experience is that when her clothing caught alight she was catapulted out of her body and watched the incident from two metres away. Being distant from the body during trauma is something that we often hear from near-death experiencers. She soon realised that she could then hear what all the doctors were thinking and could put her arms through walls. This continued while her body was in a coma for nine days.
THE BETTY BOOKS Following an experience with an Ouija board in 1918, Betty White, wife of the famous American novelist, Stewart Edward White, discovered she had mediumistic gifts and subsequently began receiving messages from a group of discarnate beings who called themselves the Invisibles. Initially, the messages came via automatic writing, and later while Betty was in an entranced state.
The messages amounted to hundreds of thousands of words that dealt with life’s big questions such as our purpose here and the nature of life after physical death.
Stewart compiled several books from the messages including, The Betty Book (in pdf - scroll down) (1937) and Across the Unknown(1939).
After Betty transitioned in 1939, she was in a unique position to confirm what she had earlier written. She regularly came through another medium and gave Stewart information about the afterlife until he joined her in 1946. The first book after she passed was The Unobstructed Universe (1940) followed by The Road I Know(1942), The Stars Are Still There (1946), and With Folded Wings, which was delivered to the publisher shortly before White’s death and published in 1947. These so-called Betty Books have become classics in 20th century Metaphysical literature. Read more about Stewart and Betty.
THE SURVIVAL TOP 40 - A DOCUMENTARY BY DR. KEITH PARSONS
The documentary begins with a description of what some people have called the greatest evidence for the afterlife ever - a chess game conducted between a living chess grandmaster and a deceased grandmaster. This is only one of forty highly convincing cases that Miles Edward Allen has included in his book 'The Survival Files'.
See more of Keith's documentaries on empirical afterlife evidence.
REMOTE VIEWING
Master Remote Viewer Joe McMoneagle gives a Remote Viewing demonstration and interview to Paul Mckenna and his studio audience. He has been tested by government organizations and the CIA under laboratory conditions.
DO THE DEAD CARE ABOUT HAVING A 'PROPER BURIAL'?
While we have heard of cases where a spirit was concerned about this (see the case of Runki's leg) for most people who transition to the next life, the old physical body "is treated as something that is forever done with. It has become utterly useless to them. It has been cast off, and our friends are never sorry to cast it off! What then becomes of it they are not the least bit concerned. They have no reverence for it...
Who is there upon earth who has any deep respect and reverence for some old, useless, worn-out, shabby garment? It is finished and done with. Away with it, and let us see no more of it. In the spirit world we have a new garment, fresh and lovely it fits us perfectly, and it seems to our eyes faultless in form, color, and mode." — Mons. High Benson speaking through the mediumship of Anthony Borgia recorded in 'Here and Hereafter', Chapt1, 1968
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE? Bruce Moen was an engineer, author, and lecturer who learned to travel out of his body at the Monroe Institute in 1992. From then until his transition in 2017, he traveled many times to the different realms (which Robert Monroe called focus levels). He is remembered by many people for his workshops where he taught people how to go into meditation and assist others whose minds have not adjusted to the fact that they are dead. Here, in one of his workshops, he talks about conditions in Focus 27 – what some call the middle astral or third level.
RAISING FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF LIGHT
Many thanks to the wonderful members of our community who have donated very generously to our fundraiser for José Medrado's City of Light (see Inge Crosson's video explaining the urgent needs). If each of our subscribers who receives the Friday Report or attends our Zoom groups can take 2 minutes to donate the price of a cup of coffee or a Kindle book we can reach our target. Help us to help keep this magnificant spiritual lighthouse operating.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 7th June 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7 p.m.. See location and transport details.
The guest medium this month is the very popular medium, Ben Graham
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
Saturday June 1st 2024 / Sunday June 2nd 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 June 2nd 2024/ Monday June 3rd Australia
Global Gathering: every Sunday/Monday
This week's guest Debbie Malone has been at the top of her game as a psychic medium in Australia for the last 30 years and has condensed her vast experience into her recent book "Awaken Your Psychic Ability - updated edition". She will talk about her experiences as a psychic and a medium and while visiting various stone circles in the United Kingdom.
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
Please note: We have had a recent problem with Zoom bombers. If we don't let you in because we cannot identify you from your login name, either answer the question we will send you in the waiting room chat box or email the co-ordinator.
Monday June 2rd 2024/ Tuesday June 3rd Australia
Dream Circle with Kim Parker
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group meets together to share and find meaning in their dreams.
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 June 3rd 2024/ Tuesday June 4th 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.
Special Guest this month: Brainspotting expert Mariya Javed-Payne who will help us locate the part of our brains that allows us to connect to the other side.
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 June 4th 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 Paul Hinson Advall@iinet.net for more information and Zoom link.
Tuesday June 4th, 2024/ Wednesday June 5th, 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 June 4th, 2024/ Wednesday June 5th, 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 June 5th, 2024 / Thursday June 6th, Australia
Spirit Search and Rescue with Gordon Phinn
Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher. He has just released a memoir covering the last ten years of his out-of-body adventures called "Moving Through Many Dimensions" [check out the Contents in the READ SAMPLE]
We have persuaded him to share some of his more interesting experiences of helping people whose minds have not adjusted to the fact that they are dead.
Times:
Pacific Time 12 noon Wednesday
Phoenix 12 noon Wednesday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 2 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Wednesday
London 8 p.m. Wednesday
Vienna 9 p.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 5 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 7 a.m. Thursday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday June 5th / Thursday June 6th 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 June 5th 2024 / Thursday June 6th 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
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines,
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,
Thursday June 6th 2024 / Friday June 7th Australia
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
August, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, leads a participatory "Exploratorium" where readers of the book "The Risen" will be encouraged to offer ponderings and ideas on grief and growth. Free PDF copies of the book are available here.
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
Thursday June 6th 2024 / Friday June 7th Australia
Afterlife Book Club with Gary Langley
1st Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. California time.
Book of the month for June 2024 Riley Heagerty's Etta Wriedt.
(The Author will be in attendance).
Pacific time 5 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix 5 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 6 p.m. Thursday
Central time 7 p.m. Thursday
New York time 8 p.m. Thursday
London 1 a.m. Friday
Sydney/Melbourne 10 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 12 noon Friday Check time in your city
Contact: Glangley@mcn.org
https://zoom.us/j/3155117825?pwd=RWtBOVJRRFJP
TmpxWlNKUXo3bWlmQT09
DO ANIMALS EXPERIENCE LIFE AFTER DEATH?
William Buhlman writes:
"On many occasions, I and others have observed and interacted with animals during our out-of-body experiences. It’s clear that animals continue to exist after death just like we do. In my first book, Adventures Beyond the Body, I write about my vivid nonphysical contact with my dog. During one OBE I clearly witnessed a thin string or what some would call a “silver cord” emanating from the nonphysical dog and leading back to its physical body. This cord appeared as thin as a spider’s silk. The bottom line: based on my nonphysical observations for 40 years I know without a doubt that animals are multidimensional and they continue after death".
YOU BELONG TO ETERNITY "Strive to remember who you are, what you are and why you are here. Even with all your knowledge, there are times when, immersed in the day-to-day problems, you are apt to overlook eternal realities. It is these eternal truths to which you must cling. There is nothing else in the whole world of matter which can provide you with a foundation on which to build your lives.
Spirit, not matter, is the reality. You may not be able to see it, or touch it, or feel it. You may not be able to experience its reality in the manner in which you obtain material sensations, but it is still the master of all. Realise that you belong to eternity, You are but pilgrims treading a temporary passage through life".
LOVE IS STILL THE ANSWER: BRILLIANT CONCEPT Jason Mraz asked his subscribers to point their cameras in the direction of love. This video is a compilation of some of their responses to the question "Why should we pick ourselves up and start over again." Very uplifting.
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HIGHLY INSPIRED MUSIC:I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
We remember you Whitney Houston. You died just a few years ago at a fairly young age. We miss your sweet, angelic voice! Below is one of Whitney's greatest songs ever. And if you'd like to know how Whitney is doing in the spirit world, check out this channelled message with Cosmic Voices Network medium Jeanne Love.
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COMMENTARY: 
THE LOST ART OF CONTEMPLATION 
If this was the situation in 1873, how much worse must it seem to the spirit world in 2024? How many of us these days have time for "contemplation" in this age of the hyper-stimulation of social media and the 24/7 news cycle?
Many people are gaining new insights into universal spirituality as a result of experiencing or reading about near-death experiences. Kevin Williams, the founder and web-master of 
Following an experience with an Ouija board in 1918, Betty White, wife of the famous American novelist, Stewart Edward White, discovered she had mediumistic gifts and subsequently began receiving messages from a group of discarnate beings who called themselves the Invisibles. Initially, the messages came via automatic writing, and later while Betty was in an entranced state. 
Who is there upon earth who has any deep respect and reverence for some old, useless, worn-out, shabby garment? It is finished and done with. Away with it, and let us see no more of it. In the spirit world we have a new garment, fresh and lovely it fits us perfectly, and it seems to our eyes faultless in form, color, and mode." — Mons. High Benson speaking through the mediumship of Anthony Borgia recorded in 
Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 7th June 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7 p.m.. See 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
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.
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. 
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. 
Spirit Search and Rescue with Gordon Phinn 
Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. Discussion with
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. 
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
Beyond the Body
"Strive to remember who you are, what you are and why you are here. Even with all your knowledge, there are times when, immersed in the day-to-day problems, you are apt to overlook eternal realities. It is these eternal truths to which you must cling. There is nothing else in the whole world of matter which can provide you with a foundation on which to build your lives. 
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