Abstract:
Bystanders often report that they emphatically co-lived the profound spiritual experiences
of someone who died. Such shared death experiences have all the characteristics of
near-death experiences reported by survivors of life-threatening injuries and illnesses.
Yet the bystanders were not ill or injured. Hence, shared death expediences raise major
difficulties for attempts to explain near-death experiences in terms of current
neurophysiological theories.
The presentation discusses common elements of shared death experiences. Bystanders often describe: seeing the spirit of the dying leave the body; accompanying the dying part way into another realm; seeing the room fill with preternatural light; hearing indescribable music; changes in geometry of the room; and empathetically co-living the life review of the dying. Results of interviews with several hundred people with shared death experiences are reported and possible explanations of the phenonomenon are discussed.
Abstract:
My research has shown me that the near-death experience is not some kind of anomaly,
but is, rather, part of the larger genre of transformations of consciousness. The clue
I believe most researchers have missed is stress; specifically, the intensity that comes
from that stress (known in shamanism as "high stress"). The entire pattern of aftereffects
and the degree to which people change, can be traced to that factor. It's the intensity
that shifts experiencers into what is called a "threshold experience" – one that straddles
the boundary between this world and other worlds, between brain and that which lies beyond
what the brain can access, between reality and miracles, mind and spirit, life and death,
heaven and hell, sanity and insanity. Once we humans understand this shift, we can begin
to unravel how the transformational process works. At the threshold of who we think we
are and what lies beyond body and brain, is the core of ancient mysteries. We are
transformed by the Oneness we find there.
Abstract:
Edgar Cayce, the most documented psychic of all time, stated that ultimately each of
us is our own best psychic. Frequently, that information comes to us in the form of
symbols in dreams, in intuition experiences, and even in the imagination. These symbolic
images offer a nearly limitless approach to problem solving, creativity, guidance and even
insights into your personal future. This program will help you learn how to interpret
these valuable symbols and images. In addition to learning how to interpret dreams with
such tools as working with themes and emotions, evaluating the dream in the context of
current life events, and, participants will also have an experience in "Conscious Dreamplay"
– the ability to obtain personal guidance and intuition on virtually any question
imaginable while in the waking state! Whether you’ve worked with dreams and intuition all
of your life or are relatively new to the topic, this exciting presentation is guaranteed
to enlighten and entertain you, enabling you to see a wealth of information and insights
that has always been at your disposal – you just didn’t know how to look for it!
Abstract:
Our current reductionistic, standard, physical model works in 99.9% of cases. However,
rare contradictions indicate it is incomplete. Moreover, key questions need answering.
These include "how does life actually happen physically?" and "what about life after
death?" However, not only is the standard physical model incomplete, but all other
previous Theories of Everything (“TOEs”) have also not succeeded.
Consequently, there is a need for a new broader scientific model, preferably with mathematical proofs supporting it. In their book, Reality Begins with Consciousness[1], Prof. Vernon Neppe and his colleague, Dr. Edward Close develop an all-embracing new multidisciplinary model, Triadic Dimensional-Distinction, Vortical Paradigm (“TDVP”). TDVP is strongly scientifically and mathematically motivated: It scores perfectly (39/39) as a TOE, yet none of 23 other TOEs examined (besides the earlier Neppe and Close models) even reach 20/39. The 39 different parameters (e.g., consciousness, dimensions, infinity, mathematics, origin and levels) involve 16 general, 11 specific and 12 special feedback criteria derived from examples in other models and from expert feedback.
The fundamental axiom of TDVP is that Space, Time, and “Consciousness” (STC) are never
separated. Instead, they’re inseparably tethered together from their origin even when they
might appear apart. TDVP uniquely incorporates extra dimensions, infinity, consciousness,
order and life: All manifest in unified finite (including physical) and infinite
subrealities. TDVP transcends all previous scientific paradigms in breadth, impacting
every area of science (the broader biological, physical, consciousness and psychological
sciences) and is supported by mathematicologic. Ultimately, it results in a new
philosophical model (“Unified Monism”).
TDVP is necessary because:
Some scientific areas need explanation because despite persuasive evidence supporting them they remain unexplained.
Some scientific findings require re-examination:
Key findings about life that TDVP concludes:
Abstract:
This lecture will teach concepts from a book entitled "After Death or Letters from Julia"
(1910), which is a guide on how to live our daily life consciously in the presence of the
spirits of the departed while developing our Soul through patience, reason and common sense.
In the book Letters from Julia (1910), the author, the Hon. William T. Stead becomes a physical medium to his deceased friend, Julia, who comes from the etheric world, blending her energy field with that of earth’s, to bring to her former friend, William, new knowledge, psychic information and guidance that is meant to help us all.
William can be called a physical medium because Julia intervenes within his physical body bringing forth this psychic information through the physical phenomena of the automatic writing from her spontaneous dictations into his hand. William had no knowledge of what his hand would write.
Physical mediumship such as this is usually used for counseling, bringing new information for the masses, healing mental and physical illnesses, guidance, prophecy and for manipulating matter. This and other types of mediumship are used to bring knowledge to earth that cannot be obtained through normal educational sources for the benefit of enriching man’s education regarding the growth of the Soul, the progression of civilization and for individual well-being.
Julia tells us that the "ozone" of heaven is love and that when we love in our physical life we bring a bit of heaven onto earth. She states that her ability to enter William's hand is only an act that is being repeated by many others who are attempting to communicate with those of us on earth.
She tells us that on the other side they create by using thought. "We think and we are there (p. 42)." Guides, angels, spirits help us on the other side as they do on earth. They are with us in thought and we receive warnings from them through our intuition. Once we come into earth, our material senses are to bar us off from seeing or hearing our spiritual self. We come here with blinkers on. Apparently, our physical consciousness needs to be cut off from the spirit world for us to become human and then while living on earth, we are to learn to develop our soul and reconnect to the spirit world.
At the present time, both men and women have the usual focus of life, which is between their birth and their death. If our focus can be changed to an afterlife upon "death" of our earthy life, due to communication between earth and the "other side" while living here, we would know that another life awaits us. And, if more people realized that focusing on the development of our soul in this life will help us be at a higher level on the "other side," their lives on earth could be more meaningful. Just imagine what our culture would be like if we truly believed there is no death?
An experiential exercise will end this presentation and help attendees understand the patience, reason and common sense they must employ in acquiring more of a sixth sense in their everyday lives.
Abstract:
This presentation offers a new perspective of creation by intertwining the psychological
characteristics charted in the anatomy of the chakra system with the stories in the book
of Genesis. In addition, attendees will also see, as outlined in the Quran, that the path
of Mohammed’s ascension to the “Seven Heavens” where he met with the prophets who came
before him, depicts the same wisdom for personal growth.
While she is speaking, to give the audience an idea of the invisible activities occurring in the energy system in which we function, and from which these great books have derived, she will demonstrate, via the Aiijii healing method, the workings of the unseen. For those who may be skeptical or fearful of the scientifically unproven, this demonstration is meant to encourage them to re-evaluate their fears and doubt. It is my hope that it will present some concrete evidence of the existence of a spiritual force, and shed some light on the miracles of Heaven, while, at the same time, remind everyone that we are all in this together, and are all connected as one.
Abstract:
Albert Einstein was a very unique individual who formulated his own religion based upon
his understanding of the world and the purpose of man. He stated "I maintain that the
cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research."
His view of science was as a tool for understanding how “God” works. "I want to know
God's thoughts...the rest are details." Einstein stated! Recently discovered personal
letters provide insights into his personal life and the tribulations that set the stage
for the life quest of this genius.
This presentation will explain the parallels between Einstein’s life experiences and those of many mystics from various spiritual paths. He once stated that "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them” and “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Some of his quotes sound as though they came from the twelfth century Sufi Poet, Rumi.
Einstein learned how to tap into the knowledge of the collective consciousness and hid the source of his creative genius. The evidence supports that Einstein, just as many of the mystics, obtained their knowledge and understanding of spirituality by going within and allowing it to flow. Lee Lawrence will not only explain how Einstein’s genius functioned, but will pick up where Einstein left off, explaining why, while Einstein was correct, he did not understand the complete picture. He missed the concept that time is not just a function of the speed of light, but a function of the relationship between the operational frequency of consciousness and the speed of light.
Abstract:
We have more than 150 years of good afterlife communications, and in the past twenty years
we have enjoyed advances in quantum physics and consciousness studies. These three
fields of research are consistent with one another, and they also are consistent with a
non-religious analysis of the Christian Gospels. Such complete agreement among
four such different fields of knowledge cannot be coincidental! It is time now
for scholars in all four fields to come together in what can become the most exciting
and productive interdisciplinary effort in human history.
Abstract:
The apparent presence of intelligent agency is a feature of many phenomena, e.g., ghosts,
mediumistic communications, and near-death experiences. The question of intelligent agency
arises in attempts at practical application of such phenomena as distant healing and
prayer, and in puzzling “trickster” and experimenter effects confounding many experiments
in parapsychology. There is no comprehensive approach to identifying and communicating
with intelligent agency, yet all of these areas of exploration have something to offer
in helping us work with the problem. Issues include “inner” vs. “outer” agency,
discrimination of “random” patterns from intelligent communication, literal vs. symbolic
interpretation of meaning, and the nature of the dialogue process.
Abstract:
Great strides have been made in the neurosciences over the past few years, especially
in the areas of neurophysiology and neurophysics. In fact, the area of research called
neurophysics has only emerged as a viable branch of physics in the past decade or two.
The object of these researches goes beyond just discovering how the brain functions, but
to actually discover the neural correlates of mind and consciousness. On the other hand,
developing physical models of consciousness from the opposite direction of a theoretical
rather than an experimental or observational direction has also become popular over the
past few decades. Together, these two approaches have raised the possibility that science
will soon understand enough about mind and consciousness to answer important questions
that have haunted philosophical thought and metaphysical speculations for several
millennia, the most important of which might be ‘How does human consciousness emerge
within the brain? And ‘What is the relationship between consciousness and the greater
universe?’ These questions represent perhaps the greatest and the most important mysteries
of all science because they define who we are, where we have been and where we are going
as an intelligent species.
On the other hand, discovering how and where consciousness and mind emerge in the brain and/or body also will answer long standing questions of whether mind and consciousness are just epiphenomena resulting from simple material interactions in the brain, physical (but non-material) interactions in the brain and body or something completely different that is completely beyond the ability of reductionist science to explain. These questions are important because they reveal clues about the source of spirituality, religion and other aspects of mind and consciousness that seem, for all intents and purposes, to have no connection to the materialistic reductionist worldview of science. In effect, is there a middle ground where both spirituality and science have mutual origins in the mind and consciousness? At a still higher level of reality, answering this question will give important clues as to how we humans as individuals or as a species as well as individuals relate to the universe as a whole. It is at this point that physics and physical cosmology enter the study because it has traditionally been the science of physics that studies and tries to define what it is that we as humans observe and otherwise sense as reality.
This presentation will offer an expanded model of the neural correlates of consciousness that defines the point where mind and consciousness emerge in the brain and body as a whole and explain how human consciousness fits into the overall cosmological or scientific worldview of the universe. This reductionist and materialist model of consciousness strongly implies the existence of something greater than the materialistic reality that we normally sense, including survival of consciousness after death as well as the natural reality of paranormal phenomena. The research of others that supports different parts of this physical model will also be enumerated. I have presented earlier versions of this physical model at annual meetings of the ASPSI and ARPR, but the new model goes far beyond anything that has been presented so far.
Abstract:
When people have a reading with a medium or hear stories of signs from the other side,
disbelief is often followed by the question, How is that possible? Hay House author and
medium Suzanne Giesemann answers that question in this mind-expanding workshop—the result
of years of study, research, and personal experience into the nature of reality and the
modern day merging of science and spirituality.
Join Suzanne, a former Navy Commander and Commanding Officer, for an exploration into paranormal phenomena, consciousness, levels of reality, Oneness, and the very nature of God. Putting modern science into terms and analogies that laymen can understand, she compares the latest scientific discoveries with ancient spiritual wisdom. This riveting, fast-paced presentation will take you on a fascinating journey from the “paranormal” to what many scientists are now beginning to realize is “perfectly normal.”
Abstract:
This presentation is an exploration of the advancements in audio-visual interdimensional
communications technology. It covers the history of technology used for otherworldly
contact, the advancements, results and evidence, and the consequences of proof of the
afterlife. The presentation is on Power Point with audio and video files of
communications.
The developments in spirit communications over recent decades have been nothing short of astonishing. Whether or not you accept the evidence of the afterlife, the results are impossible to dismiss. We already have the tools for establishing real-time, two-way contact with the dead, as well entities who live in parallel worlds to ours, and possibly even with versions of ourselves in parallel dimensions. The term Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) describes audio communications, and the term Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) describes both audio and visual communications, especially of a live, two-way nature. Our ability to communicate with the other side may involve portals and wormholes described in quantum physics.
From the earliest days of the telegraph, we have been receiving communications from unknown sources. Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi were convinced they were from beings on other planets. Thomas Edison speculated on building devices for contacting the dead. On into the 20th and 21th centuries, scientists, engineers and lay persons have pursued afterlife contact, with dramatic results.
Those who communicate from the Other Side talk about the afterlife not so much in terms of “heaven” or “hell,” but as a state – or states – of existence in the astral plane. The astral plane has different regions of positive and unpleasant conditions. It is as varied as the topography of Earth. The material communicated by the dead and their spirit helpers confirms some beliefs about the afterlife and challenges others.
The technology has advanced so that anybody can use a variety of devices for their own experimentation. A few pointers will be included in the presentation.
The presentation will address the following questions: