afterlife
October 23, 2009
- For must of us, personal growth is a natural part of life. We try out many ways of coming into a better understanding of ourselves and those around us. But what drives us to do good deeds on behalf and in support of others? In the book Soul Progression by author Ron Pieris, we find a clear understanding of what it takes to grow internally and let it show externally. According to Pieris, ...
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September 18, 2009
- With the sharing of art, words, ideas, dreams, telepathic experiences, deep connections, and more, during this past week, the movie that comes to me is, “What Dreams May Come” based on the book of the same title by Richard Matheson. I love this movie and am moved each time I see it. It’s simply a visual masterpiece. I read the book some years after seeing the movie. Usually, there ...
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June 24, 2009
- Ready for some scientific heresy? First the orthodox sermon: In a January 19, 2007 article entitled “The Mystery of Consciousness,” Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, assured readers of Time magazine that “Consciousness does not reside in an ethereal soul that uses the brain like a PDA; consciousness is the activity of the brain.” Scientists had ...
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May 30, 2009
- I have a good friend who earned his Ph.D in chemistry from Harvard. He’s a college dean and professor of oceanography at a name-brand U.S. university. He’s authored textbooks in his field of research. In short, he’s the very model of a modern, major-league scientist. He tolerates my membership in the Society for Scientific Exploration and our interest in scientific anomalies, but has no ...
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May 26, 2009
- Mary Roach is a funny writer. While reading Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, I often found myself laughing out loud. The book is chock full of zingers and hilarious, footnotes. Her sharp, witty, humor-column style of writing makes the complex scientific and philosophical debate regarding survival of consciousness both entertaining and enjoyable. That’s the good news. The bad news? She ...
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May 14, 2009
- There are no endings, he said, Only new beginnings. You can leave your past in the confessional and start from scratch, a Renaissance every week, admittance to High Table, though you may deserve to be below the salt. Or wandering in the dark outside, aimless, footsore and lost. You can sup with the best of them. It's easy, he said, once you sign up to ...
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May 11, 2009
- Love, so cheaply used here in this present world, will be the greatest thing in the World to Come. “Love can tell, and love alone, whence the million stars were strewn,” said poet Robert Bridges. Love is a great mystery to us. In love we find our greatest heartaches, the most disappointment, and yet the most potential of anything we experience in life. It can be so cheap, so common, so ...
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October 20, 2008
- I went to church Sunday for the first time since Satan first possessed my 2-year-old daughter. The last time had been exactly like the chilling scene in “The Omen” from 1976 when devil-spawn Damien screamed as if he was being flayed by invisible whips at the mere sight of the holy church.I used to wonder if it was hubris that made me think our first daughter, Josie, was the perfect child. I ...
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