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Post by erik on Jan 9, 2013 20:49:27 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz:
I don't think that either Buffett or Gates do the charity stuff just simply to get a tax break, since neither of them looks like they're going to go to Chapter 11 if they lived three lifetimes. Their record of good works speaks for itself, and not just in greenbacks either (IMHO).
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Post by Dianna on Jun 19, 2013 1:15:07 GMT -5
For those interested... The interview begins around 00:39 00..
The Light! Near Death Experience with Visions of the Future!
Mellen-Thomas Benedict, one of the most studied near-death experiencers in the world, told of knowledge he's accrued from being on the other side. Since his 1982 near-death experience in which he was without vital signs for 90 minutes, and left his body, he's been able to access the "light" every day. Here are some of his observations:
We are all part of a Great Self-- the sum total of all of us and everything that has ever been. Creation has just begun, and the future is so bright. We've already made it. There is no plan, there never was. You were given the universe to do what you will. The only meaning to life is what you give it.
Some science fiction luminaries such as Jules Verne and Gene Roddenberry were more accurate in their visions of the future than any psychics or prophets. In the not too distant future, we'll be able to replicate food, as well as water. We'll no longer need big farms.
In the next 400 years, we'll start "star-seeding" other planets. 2012 is not the end of the world but a "cosmological signpost." We'll see more meteor showers and cosmic events around this time.
Reincarnation is more real and dynamic than people can imagine. Benedict also talked about inventions he's brought back from the other side, including healing light technology. Light can have enzymatic effects and recharge the cells in your body
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 19, 2013 11:36:27 GMT -5
Sometimes one has to wonder what is real in your life and what isn't and how do you know the difference?
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Post by Dianna on Jun 19, 2013 16:13:21 GMT -5
What I thought was interesting, his view, or rather what her was told regarding the biblical profits, that they may have been correct for their times, however, he was shown for modern times, it was actually the fantasy writers of today such as jules verne or gene roddenberry(star trek) had a better grasp as to predict our future regarding technology. I thought that was amazing.
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Post by Dianna on Jun 19, 2013 16:44:05 GMT -5
Oh and I was gonna say.. the technology visions Mellen was shown..made me think... A couple years ago I had this dream where I was outdoors at the ocean sitting in bleechers, eating popcorn with many other people watching this huge panoramic movie screen.. it was obviously a shark movie like jaws because that was on the screen.. it was intense... but the catch was, the camera would pan to members of the audience as to zoom them into the movie with the shark..like an audience interaction, which made the movie even creepier.. at one point the camera zoomed to me. I was excited yet scared so I closed my eyes..lol.. then a year or so later..I heard James Cameron in an interview describing the future of technology and cinema.. not too far down the line, there would be holograms in movies to involve audience participation! I thought that was pretty cool, even tho he stole my idea!!!
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Post by Goldie on Nov 15, 2015 2:54:24 GMT -5
what do you think of this Dianna?
go to youtube and enter "Huff Paranormal"
Lots of stuff there and if true this stuff is amazing.
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Post by Dianna on Nov 16, 2015 13:51:10 GMT -5
Very intriguing Goldie. but I'm a little standoffish with things like that .. Ouija boards.. I myself wouldn't dabble because I don't know enough about it and without set boundaries it can be very dangerous and could allow the lower energy in i.e demons. I think one would have to put a white light of protection themselves or pray to Source/God. I like to watch on video.
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Post by Goldie on Nov 16, 2015 15:18:09 GMT -5
Quite right Dianna. I dabbled when I was young because of hauntings in my home and later had difficulties with entities that wouldn't let me alone and followed me a large part of my life. Not worried, I had the good fortune to be tuned in to that world and what it was all about but I needed help in ridding myself of these unwanted guests that seemed to gain strength as my health declined a bit. Rather than go to the traditional priest for an exorcism I enlisted the help of Charles Whitehouse, Psychotronic expert. Psychotronics uses radionics to accomplish its goals and it was quite a unique experience working with him. He also developed radionic devices for the US Navy, intelligence I believe.
Radionics is also a methodology that E.T.'s use in one form or another. Interesting subject. I think Huff is chatting with the wrong dead crowd. Huff does have a higher, somewhat admirable goal and that is to find and help souls that are stuck in the netherworlds. He wants them to move into the light, so to speak similar to what MaryannWinkowski.com is doing. Maryann however has that innate ability and doesn't need devices. I think Huff's devices are like yesterdays AM radio. At some point I expect FM spiritual devices to be discovered whereas one can talk to their dead relatives the same way we used to talk to them over the phone when they were alive in our dimension.
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Post by Dianna on Nov 16, 2015 16:53:59 GMT -5
Oh wow, that's horrible Goldie.I'm sorry your health suffered. It's very interesting to me. I my have mentioned but I had a similar experience in the house I grew up in.. I saw an apparition/ghost/spirit and I also heard lots a weird voices. I'm not the only one, my mom experienced a lot of things too so much that even I couldn't believe it. lol and so did my brother. They both at separate times described going through a time machine or back in time. my brother said he was in bed and was sucked into this vortex to the covered wagon days. Same thing happened to my mom.. she described the woman in pioneer clothing cooking outside in a big field. my mom said it wasn't a dream it was something different very lucid. Our house was in Anaheim Ca the tract we lived in was built in the 1950's and we don't know what was there before. I imagine empty space of field and moms vision description would make sense if those were pioneer settlers in Anaheim where our property was. The interesting thing is the area in back of housing tract was a field with power lines spaced out the length of our street and a power line tower was situated directly in back of our house. dead center.. which would make sense given ghosts/spirits would use electricity and gain enough energy to act upon the physical plane. I also feel spirits or energy are like people which is what they used to be are kindred and could be attracted to a similar living energy, it could be something we are going through at the time and latch on and will try and send a message, even help.. People like Huff and Maryann are gifted and it's admirable to help these lost souls go to the light
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Post by Goldie on Nov 16, 2015 22:21:30 GMT -5
Funny you should mention the pioneers. I had learned that watching blank vhs tapes on the television might bring up interesting images. About 20 years ago I tried it and about 30 minutes into it these people dressed in southwest pioneer garb appeared on the screen as they were walking by. Some would stop and look directly in my direction but I don't think they could see me. It was almost as if I was behind a two way mirror and my view was fairly fixed. I did see what appeared to be a wooden sidewalk that they were walking on and a distant building across the dirt street. Also were carriages passing by led by horses.
Most people have entity attachments, especially people with strong vices like alcoholism, food-a-holics, drug addicts, sex addicts, etc. Charles told me that these entities will influence their host into behaviors and cravings to satisfy their own needs. He used a polaroid camera to capture the "essence" of the person he was helping and used the radionics devices he created to sweep them out of the auric field they become attached to. Basically they are unseen parasites that many have no idea are there. Depending on how many attachments one has and their strength he is able to figure out how much control they have over their host. I knew I had a problem but I also had a strong will so their control over me was less than expected but they were becoming a nuisance. Kind of like having your Conservative mother in law as a Siamese twin. One ball and chain is enough but I evidently had dozens. Lots more to the story but essentially he was able to rid me of my "guests" immediately by using his device.
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Post by Dianna on Nov 18, 2015 19:26:22 GMT -5
I've never heard about the blank VHS tape. and the images. Good chance you have psychic abilities and can contact the non living.. Medium Kim Russo has a show on LMN The Haunting of. it's a very good show. usually I don't watch ghost chaser type shows where they sit around and say. "Did you here that?" lol but hers is unique and different where she uses her gift to help others, on her show its celebrities and their paranormal encounters they have never forgot.. she helps explain and they actually re visit the place where the encounter(s) occurred and it all makes a lot of sense, she puts together pieces to the puzzle.
I see her full shows are on youtube. Here is one with Joanna Cassidy There are a bunch of other ones on there too.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 25, 2016 2:49:56 GMT -5
iands.org/homeInteresting site. If you have had a distressing near-death experience, or know someone who has, or even have merely heard of the phenomenon, you're probably interested to know more about such experiences. This page will provide basic information and will direct you to additional resources on the subject.
What is a Distressing Near-Death Experience?
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are often profound psychospiritual events. Most near-death experiencers (NDErs) report that their experience was dominated by pleasurable feelings such as peace, joy, and bliss. However, less commonly, some NDErs have reported that their experience was dominated by distressing, emotionally painful feelings such as fear, terror, horror, anger, loneliness, isolation, and/or guilt.
Greyson and Bush (1996) classified 50 reports of distressing NDEs into three types: •The most common type included the same features as the pleasurable type such as an out-of-body experience and rapid movement through a tunnel or void toward a light but the NDEr, usually because of feeling out of control of what was happening, experienced the features as frightening. •The second, less common type included an acute awareness of nonexistence or of being completely alone forever in an absolute void. Sometimes the person received a totally convincing message that the real world including themselves never really existed. •The third and rarest type included hellish imagery such as an ugly or foreboding landscape; demonic beings; loud, annoying noises; frightening animals; and other beings in extreme distress. Only rarely have such NDErs themselves felt personally tormented.
Rommer (2000) speculated a fourth type, the rarest of all, in which the NDEr feels negatively judged by a Higher Power during their NDE life review in which, typically, the experiencer re-views and re-experiences every moment of their life. This latter type of distressing NDE contrasts sharply with the life review that sometimes occurs in a pleasurable NDE. In the predominantly pleasurable experience, the NDEr feels absolutely loved even as they re-view and re-experience the most unloving actions they committed during their lives. During this process, the NDEr typically is simultaneously themself and each person with whom they interacted. Thus, in the pleasurable NDE, the NDEr experiences what it was to have been on the receiving end of their actions and, typically, experiences profound regret and/or guilt, but within a larger context of being unconditionally loved. In the distressing NDE, by contrast, the NDEr only feels negatively judged.
How Common Are Distressing NDEs?
The estimated incidence of distressing NDEs (dNDEs) has ranged from 1% to 15% of all NDEs (Bonenfant, 2001). The results of prospective studies in which the researchers interviewed everyone who experienced cardiac arrest in one or more hospitals during a period of at least several months are noteworthy. In the four prospective studies conducted between 1984 and 2001 1, 2, 3, 4 involving a total of 130 NDErs, none reported distressing experiences. This finding seems to confirm that the experience is relatively rare.
However, dNDEs may occur more frequently than they are reported. One possible reason for underreporting might be repression, in which traumatic experiences are relegated to the unconscious mind. However, a cardiologist who has been present at numerous resuscitations and has been open to hearing about dNDEs, disagreed that repression could be occurring: "These experiences are so profound...that repression is hardly an option" (Rommer, 2000, p. 25).
Other possible reasons that the dNDE may be underreported are that dNDErs avoid talking about the experience, perhaps because they: •Hope the distressing experience will just go away, •Want to avoid re-experiencing the distress that occurs when they talk about the experience, •Feel ashamed for having had a distressing experience when so many other people have reported pleasurable experiences, and/or •Are afraid that others will judge them as bad or crazy.
Although distressing NDEs appear to occur much less often than pleasurable NDEs, exactly how frequently the distressing types occur is not yet known. Hopefully, future research will produce a clearer answer to this question.
Who Has Distressing NDEs?
As with the pleasurable NDE, distressing NDEs seem to occur about equally to people of both genders and of all ages, educational levels, socioeconomic levels, sexual orientations, spiritual beliefs, religious affiliations, and life experiences. Although people have sometimes wondered whether good people have pleasurable experiences and bad people have distressing ones, research has shown no such relationship between apparent life deeds and type of NDE (Rommer, 2000). In addition, some people's NDEs have contained both pleasurable and distressing elements, and among people who have had multiple NDEs, some have had a pleasurable experience one time and a distressing experience another, in no definite order.
The way one dies may be a factor in the type of NDE one has. Rommer found that dNDErs who had self-induced their deaths made up 55% of people in her research who reported a Type II Eternal Void experience, 18% who reported a Type III Hellish experience, and most of those who reported a Type IV Negative Judgment experience. Although it may be tempting to conclude that people who attempt suicide are being punished for trying to induce their own deaths, we must avoid this temptation, as the following paragraph will explain.
People who are in a distressed frame of mind at the time of their near-death episode and those who were raised to expect distress during death may be more prone to distressing NDEs. People who attempt suicide are almost always in a distressed frame of mind. Usually they are attempting suicide because they feel themselves to be in unendurable and unending emotional or physical pain. In addition, they are almost certainly aware of the widely held belief that suicide is cowardly and/or the wrong way to escape the pain of life. Although they hope for relief from their pain, they may also consciously or unconsciously fear punishment. In a heightened state of pain, as well as of fear and/or guilt, they are highly distressed and, consequently, may be somewhat more prone to having a dNDE.
However, the facts remain that •The overall majority of distressing NDEs did not occur in the context of attempted suicide, •Many pleasurable NDEs were the result of attempted suicide, and •Many people who were in a distressed frame of mind and/or who expected judgement and punishment during death had a pleasurable NDE.
Bush (2002) examined the mystical literature of major religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism; the research on other non-ordinary states of consciousness probably related to NDEs; and the data on distressing NDEs themselves. She came to the same conclusion as Rommer: Everyone has the potential to have a distressing near-death experience.
In summary, it is not known conclusively why most people report pleasurable NDEs and some report distressing ones. Whether this question can ever be answered, and what that answer might be, awaits further research.
What Are the Aftereffects of Distressing NDEs?
Although NDEs have been categorized based on their predominant emotional tone pleasurable or distressing aftereffects of both categories of experience appear quite similar. For example, NDErs of both types often feel challenged to integrate the experience into their subsequent lives. However, whereas virtually all pleasurable NDErs lose their fear of death, distressing NDErs sometimes express a fear of death and often ask, Why me? Why did I have a distressing experience when most people have a pleasurable one?
Rommer concluded along with other researchers that, in the long run, as with pleasurable NDErs, virtually all distressing NDErs ultimately found the experience extremely beneficial. For example, •Someone who had a lifelong pattern of using emotional isolation to avoid being rejected by others, may have a distressing NDE of the eternal void, in which he realized that profound, endless isolation is not what he really wants. Afterwards, he may develop his ability to be emotionally vulnerable to others, to deal with the occasional disappointments that such vulnerability brings, and to enjoy the frequent rewards of connecting intimately with others. •Another distressing NDEr may report that in her NDE, she engaged in a life-and-death struggle with a demonic being; for the first time in her life, she genuinely called out to God for help; and for the first time she experienced the genuine presence of, and communion with, God.
Both of these distressing NDErs would say that without the dNDE, they would not have furthered their personal and spiritual development. In this sense, Rommer concluded that although distressing NDErs frequently struggle through the emotional aftermath of their NDEs, they almost always eventually come to see their experiences as blessings in disguise.
Bush (2002) had a somewhat different view. She observed that the aftermath of a dNDE is not always so easy. She gave the example of a dNDEr who called out to God for help but received no response. Bush noted not one, but three patterns of response to distressing NDEs: •The turnaround dNDErs, corresponding to those Rommer described, are those who interpret their [d]NDE as a warning, who are able to connect it with previous behaviors they identify as unwise or downright wrong, and who then find avenues by which to modify their lives in satisfying ways (p. 104). She noted that these type of dNDErs heal most quickly and thoroughly in the aftermath of the experience. •The reductionistic (p. 106) dNDEr argues away the dNDE as somehow less valid or real than pleasurable NDEs. Bush speculated that people in this category might find psychological peace, but only temporarily. •The long haul (p. 108) dNDErs undertake a long-term process lasting sometimes many years of searching for a way to accommodate the dNDE into a much deeper view of reality.
Although Bush found more patterns of response than Rommer did, her conclusion, like Rommer's, is optimistic: A psychospiritual descent into hell has been the experience of saints and sages throughout history, and it is an inevitable episode in the pervasive, mythic theme of the hero's journey. Those who insist on finding the gift, the blessing of their experiences have the potential ultimately to realize a greater maturity and wholeness (p.129).
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 21, 2016 3:04:02 GMT -5
Author Filmmaker Paul Davids talks about his book "An Atheist in Heaven"
Published on Jun 10, 2016
Author, Filmmaker Paul Davids speaking at the Afterlife Convention in Santa Monica, talking about his amazing research into the afterlife while making the "Life After Death Project" which aired on television. (book is at The unusual events that he speaks about in the video became the basis of his book "An Atheist in Heaven" - the true story of his encounters with mentor and friend Forrest J Ackerman after he had passed away. Paul had asked me to keep this video private for the past two years, and I'm glad to allow people to hear it now that his book has hit the shelves - it's truly an outstanding story, based on scientific research and analysis, and his book is worth taking a look at if you're interested in scientific proof that life goes on. It's co-written with Harvard/Yale PhD Gary Schwartz, (and John Allison PhD) Gary Schwartz also spoke at the convention, and as a result they teamed up to create this amazing book. Congratulations Paul and Gary (and John)!!!
Paul Davids | A Case Study Of After Death Contact w/ Forrest J. Ackerman
Published on May 31, 2016
Life after death: No one really knows what happens. Do we go off “toward the light”? Do we simply cease to exist? The most common atheistic view is that we are gone and no longer exist at all. Today’s guest, however, has some insights gleaned from his encounters with his late friend, Forrest J. Ackerman, after Forrest’s death. Though Forrest was a staunch atheist, he made the promise to try to communicate from beyond if it was possible, and Paul Davids asserts that not only has it been possible, but Forrest has been communicating with him and others quite a bit since his death.
Paul is a filmmaker, author, producer, and communicator with those who have passed on. He was the production coordinator of the original Transformers television show, and has since written six Star Wars sequels with his wife, Hollace, and is a prolific artist. His works have been sold all over the world. Today he is speaking to us about his book, An Atheist in Heaven, and his experiences communicating with Forrest J. Ackerman.
Some of the topics that you’ll hear about include:
19:30: The case that changed the way Paul thought about communicating with the dead. Dorothy Allison, a psychic medium, was able to tell a pair of distraught parents where they could find their daughter’s body after the teenager had been murdered.
24:00: Paul’s first direct experience with the dead, which was when he was first contacted by his late friend, Forrest J. Ackerman.
33:15: The story of the “Inkblot Obliteration,” the first and most compelling piece of evidence that Forrest was reaching out from the other side. Paul tells of the circumstances, what happened, and how he knew without a doubt that it was indeed Forrest attempting to reach him.
43:00: How Forrest’s friend, Joe Moe, who was also an atheist and a skeptic, had an experience that led him to believe that Forrest had returned from the dead to thank him. This occurrence also put the inkblot obliteration incident in perspective.
45:30: What happened when Jay Siegel, one of the most important chemists in the USA and the chair chemist at Indiana University, ran tests on the inkblots and tried to categorize the ink: It turned out that the ink used wasn’t anything used in modern times, but it did have properties of inks used a century ago.
48:15: Some of the rules of engagement and limitations of contacting and communicating with those who have passed on.
54:00: How Forrest reached out yet again by creating a typographical error in an already-edited article, The Strange Case of Forrest J. Ackerman, that referenced the inkblot obliteration incident.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 21, 2016 3:12:27 GMT -5
THE AFTERLIFE INVESTIGATIONS: The Scole Experiments - FEATURE Published on Aug 16, 2012
From UFOTV®, accept no imitations. Breakthrough scientific evidence for the afterlife. The Scole Experiments. For five years a group of mediums and scientists witnessed more phenomena than in any other experiment in the history of the paranormal, including recorded conversations with the dead, written messages on sealed film, video of spirit faces and even spirit forms materializing. These experiments may finally convince you there is life after death. The scientific team in change of overseeing these experiments include world renowned Cambridge Scientist - Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Dr. David Fontana and Researcher Montague Keen who died during the filming of the documentary.
NOW on DVD - The Afterlife Investigations 2-DVD Special Edition, Cat#U81107 - Go to www.UFOTV.com
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 6, 2017 2:10:41 GMT -5
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Post by baro-san on Mar 26, 2017 11:37:46 GMT -5
... You are right Erik, some wealthy people do good things but are they doing it to be good or is it just a tax write off or a sincerely good thing? ... When I read about "just a tax write off" by the "wealthy", I wonder what the author talks about. I believe they're talking about the tax code treatment of some donations. As far as I know, the only ones that get an advantage here are those that receive the donation. If I give $1,000 as an approved by IRS donation, I pay less or no taxes on the income I donated. There is no situation in which I make money by donating them. Without the "write off", the $1,000 would become just $500 (if I am in the 50% bracket). Could you please explain what are you talking about?
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 27, 2017 0:20:17 GMT -5
... You are right Erik, some wealthy people do good things but are they doing it to be good or is it just a tax write off or a sincerely good thing? ... When I read about "just a tax write off" by the "wealthy", I wonder what the author talks about. I believe they're talking about the tax code treatment of some donations. As far as I know, the only ones that get an advantage here are those that receive the donation. If I give $1,000 as an approved by IRS donation, I pay less or no taxes on the income I donated. There is no situation in which I make money by donating them. Without the "write off", the $1,000 would become just $500 (if I am in the 50% bracket). Could you please explain what are you talking about?
Personally I was speaking to a higher purpose than just taxes and mostly about the uber wealthy. Is the motive of the wealthy altruistic or just a matter of donor control (or maybe something else). For the less than wealthy I would say it is mostly altruistic and you are probably correct. If someone is less likely to give and to give generously if there is no tax incentive answers that question to me.
For the very wealthy however making a donation differs from paying tax with the biggest difference coming from the point of view of the donor which is freedom. For the most part people have no choice about paying tax; they are told how much to pay, and they have no control over what it is spent on whereas donating is a voluntary act. The freedom to distribute as much as one wants, to whatever one chooses, is what distinguishes giving from paying tax. We see people like the Koch Brothers (as an example) starting right wing think tanks, funding so called grass roots organizations, donating to politicians, etc. all for one goal, to push their ideological agenda and increase their own personal wealth. It seems to me the uber wealthy are only "feathering their own nests" and making sure lawmakers they donate to allow them to do just that.
For other less politically inclined individuals here is an interesting article that may or may not change ones mind: www.alternet.org/economy/rich-peoples-idea-charity
some highlights:
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Post by baro-san on Mar 27, 2017 11:27:02 GMT -5
Thanks for your reply.
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Post by baro-san on Mar 27, 2017 11:56:32 GMT -5
Karma takes in consideration everything: your thoughts, desires, and actions.
Read the disclaimer: your best intentions and best judgement are no guarantees of positive karma.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 10, 2018 22:32:32 GMT -5
MARYANN WINKOWSKIwww.maryannwinkowski.com/Maryann has been a favorite of mine for many years. She can see and speak to people who have died but have NOT passed on. She says she is not able to speak to those who have passed through the light to the other side. That she says is reserved for people like James Van Pragh.
Paranormal investigator and experiencer Mary Ann Winkowski discussed earthbound spirits, negative energy, curses, and spirits that crossover in our dreams. Winkowski identified earthbound spirits as people who made the choice not to go into the bright white light after they died. "Everybody has the choice when they die to either stay or go," she said, noting people who die tragically hardly ever cross over. Those who commit suicide stay because of guilt and fear of hell, and murder victims tend to want closure before they depart, Winkowski explained. Once earthbound these spirits hang around where people congregate so they can feed off of human energy, she added.
According to Winkowski, last month was filled with "ghosts on steroids," as they drew energy from the different phases of the moon. Winkowski, who sees spirits, revealed how they look identical to their former physical selves, even down to the kinds of clothes and eyeglasses they wear, or how they smoked tobacco (cigar, pipe, cigarette). "[Spirits] do whatever they did when they were alive when they're dead," she continued. "Sometimes you get a scent that reminds you of somebody, that's a day that person is visiting," she said.
Winkowski pointed out how curses are produced through frequency and intent. If somebody focuses negative thoughts with enough intent, eventually their target will have that negative energy on them, she disclosed. She also talked about how curses can be passed along through generations of the same family, why one does not want to have negative energy when at the hospital (tests will not be accurate), and how to get rid of a curse.
When Ghosts Speak by Mary Ann Winkowski
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-ann-winkowski/when-ghosts-speak/9780446581332/
Ghost Whisperer - Ghosts in the Antique Store
Ghost Whisperer - How to Get Rid of Ghosts
. Ghosts - Mary Ann Winkowski & Earthbound Spirits - Mark Hunnemann & Laura Maxwell
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 10, 2018 22:38:29 GMT -5
30 YEARS AMONG THE DEAD
Thirty Years Among the Dead, by Carl A. Wickland, M.D. (MPL Book Trailer #153)
Mooresville Public Library (Mooresville, Indiana) presents another book trailer featuring the paranormal classic "Thirty Years Among the Dead," by Carl A. Wickland, M.D. In this collection of case studies, Dr. Wickland, a psychiatrist and physician, recounted his three decades of experience successfully treating mentally ill patients who were being obsessed by disembodied, earth-bound spirits.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 10, 2018 22:39:52 GMT -5
Company Aims To Bring Back The Dead Within 30 Years
Humai, a Los Angeles-based tech company, is hoping to bring back the dead within 30 years. A Los Angeles-based technology company has a goal of bringing dead people back to life within the next 30 years. Humai’s official website states that artificial intelligence and nanotechnology are being used to analyze human processes, and the creation of “an artificial body” is in the works. Once the artificial body has been perfected, the member’s brain, which will have been preserved through cryonics after death, will be implanted to direct movement and function. Helping the integration will be the extensive information the company gained while tracking each person for years during his or her life, according to the company’s founder and CEO Josh Bocanegra. An artificial intelligence app will retain the voice, personality, and behavioral patterns of each person and deploy as needed. This app is expected to launch among the membership by 2017. Aiding in this pursuit is the nanotechnology Humai is assisting in developing, which “will repair the cells destroyed in the brain after death.” The company, which employs five people total, is thus far self-funded but may be open to investments in the near future.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 10, 2018 22:53:53 GMT -5
Years ago (BC) (before cats) I did a lot of research on reincarnation, life after death, life before death, life in between death, ghosts, etc. I was also involved in regressions and hypnotism to regress. I learned that when you go back into time during a regression if you want to know if a particular person you find there is present in your world today.....look at their eyes. I found this to be true and highly interesting. When I found this photo a while back of a woman who lived in the 1800's her eyes were remarkably Ronstadt. She has other similar features including similar lips, cheek bone structure and even the chin. But the eyes are a giveaway to me. I even found a photo I saved of her years ago that I labeled Harriet Hemmings Ronstadt. So could it be? Far fetched for some but not for me with all the experiences I have had in this lifetime. Harriet Hemmings Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – 1870) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians believe her father is Jefferson, who is believed by many historians to have fathered with his slave Sally Hemings four children who survived to adulthood.
While Jefferson did not legally free Harriet, in 1822 when she was 21, he aided her "escape".[1] He saw that she was put in a stage coach and given $50 for her journey. Her brother Madison Hemings later said she had gone to Washington, DC, to join their older brother Beverley Hemings, who had similarly left Monticello earlier that year. Both entered into white society and married white partners of good circumstances. Seven-eighths European in ancestry, all the Hemings children were legally Black under "the one drop rule". Although some of them were very fair in appearance, the Hemings followed the status of their enslaved mother. Jefferson freed the two youngest brothers in his will of 1826, so they were legally free.
Beverly and Harriet stayed in touch with their brother Madison Hemings for some time, and then Harriet stopped writing. According to his 1873 account, both siblings had children.
more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hemings
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Post by Dianna on Feb 12, 2018 1:46:41 GMT -5
wow the eyes are stunning.. You never know... Recently, I had a psychic woman, who didn't know me from Eve, tell me that I was a singer in a past life.. "a torch singer," in the 20's or 30's. She said, in this life too (but I don't sing professionally.. I've always been interested in it or felt singing has been part of me) So I've been looking up all these singers from back then lol.. Very interesting ... Find out if Harriet was a singer or if she was musical.. if she was then she might very well be Linda lol
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 12, 2018 16:25:12 GMT -5
Harriet also likes those hoop earrings and both she and Linda have similar ears.
Maybe you should go to a past life regressionist with a good reputation. The one that told me Linda Ronstadt was my mother at the turn of the first century Spain (Iberia) told me other things she couldn't possibly have known but all turned out to be correct. She didn't do a regression. She was just a really good psychic and channeler.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 14, 2018 20:30:51 GMT -5
I don't need science to prove this to me but I guess in our world it is an important thing to try to explain scientifically. Science hasn't quite caught up yet.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 14, 2018 20:56:56 GMT -5
one guy's story
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 22, 2018 2:03:58 GMT -5
another aspect of this subject. Looks to be a very interesting program. Watch before it disappears (like a ghost) as things on youtube seem to do.
Mediums: We See Dead People (Documentary)
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 23, 2018 21:40:31 GMT -5
Coco Trailers & Film Clips | Disney
'Coco' Filmmakers Explore The 'Connection To Loved Ones Past' Listen· 35:11 ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2018/02/20180223_fa_01.mp3?orgId=427869011&topicId=1137&d=2111&p=13&story=588249120&siteplayer=true&dl=1 February 23, 2018·2:39 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air
Co-writers and co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their Oscar-nominated animated film about the Day of the Dead. Originally broadcast Jan. 10, 2018.
excerpts:
GROSS: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, welcome to FRESH AIR, and congratulations on the Golden Globe. So...
LEE UNKRICH: Thank you. Yeah, it was very exciting.
ADRIAN MOLINA: Yeah. Thank you.
GROSS: Yeah. So I want to start by talking about Day of the Dead because that's the holiday that is supposed to unite the family - the ancestors as well as the living people. So what is the Day of the Dead?
UNKRICH: Well, the Day the Dead, or Dia de Muertos or Dia de los Muertos, depending on where you live and where you grew up, is a tradition in Mexico that happens once a year. It's the first couple of days of November. And it's a celebration where, essentially, it's a time for families to remember their loved ones who are no longer with them. And they actually believe that their ancestors, their loved ones, are returning to be with the family. It's kind of like a family reunion that spans the divide between the living and the dead.
And many people will build ofrendas, these kind of offerings, in their homes, where they'll put out photos of their loved ones, and they'll put out foods that they loved in life. You know, sometimes, you'll see, you know, 2-liter bottles of Coke sitting on the ofrenda if that's something that somebody loved, the idea being that they're coming back to be with the family and celebrate and partake of things that they loved in life.
UNKRICH: I am not. I am far from Mexican. I actually did...
GROSS: How far? (Laughter).
UNKRICH: Well, I did one of those ancestry.com kits, and I was praying that I would have just even a tiny bit of myself that was of Mexican descent.
GROSS: (Laughter).
UNKRICH: But it didn't work out that way. I'm very, very much Eastern European Jewish, so no Mexican blood in me. You know, so, you know, I grew up Jewish in Cleveland - in the suburbs of Cleveland. And, you know, I had, I think, a pretty typical American relationship with death, which is that it was something kind of hidden away, a little taboo. Cemeteries were just kind of grim, gray places devoid of color. And, you know, in my own religion, you know, we have this concept of the yahrzeit, which is a yearly remembrance of people who have passed on on the anniversary of their death. And it's kind of a - you know, it's a somber time.
And, you know, as I started thinking about the film that I wanted to make next after "Toy Story 3," I was reminded of this kind of fascination that I'd had with Dia de Muertos for a long time for many reasons. I was drawn to a lot of the folk art and a lot of the iconography that people are familiar with, but I think I was also interested in the notion of a culture having a different kind of relationship with death than what I had grown up with. And, you know, so I started doing a lot of research in earnest early on.
And, you know, the more that I read and the more people that I talked to, this whole notion of this remembrance not being this kind of somber time but more being a time of just joyously remembering people and gathering together as a family to tell stories and, you know - and to pass stories along to the next generation - it's just - you know, it's beautiful. It's a beautiful, beautiful celebration. And I almost wish I could roll back time and introduce these ideas into my own family because it's a beautiful thing, and it's something that we're - or my family's definitely embracing now moving forward. My own father just passed away a few weeks ago, and, you know, he's very much going to be perched on our ofrenda at the beginning of November.
GROSS: An ofrenda - correct me if I'm wrong - is, like, an altar on which you put the offerings to your ancestors to remember them.
UNKRICH: Yes.
MOLINA: Yeah. The offerings, a photo...
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And if you're just joining us, my guests are Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. They co-wrote and co-directed the latest Disney-Pixar animated film "Coco," which is about a boy in Mexico and his family. The family doesn't want him to play music, but that's all he wants to do.
We were talking about Day of the Dead, which is the ceremony that the movie is focused around. In the movie, you depict the afterlife. You depict the ancestors who are now skeletons and who are being summoned back for the Day of the Dead. In a lot of Christian imagery and just American pop imagery in general, the afterlife is, like, you know, in the clouds with, like, angels and harps and, you know, angels flying around. The afterlife, as depicted in the film, is skeletons walking around in the Land of the Dead. And they know each other. They talk to each other (laughter) They have parties. They play music. How did you decide how you were going to depict this afterlife that you came up with?
UNKRICH: You know, I think most human beings think about the concept of an afterlife, regardless of their religion or nonreligion. And they think they want to know what that place might look like. And so the way we tackled that in our story - luckily, you know, by embracing this idea of the final death and that there's kind of a beyond the beyond, we were able to just kind of have fun creating almost like a way station - like a temporary place, while souls are remembered, where they can just live joyously and especially around Dia de Muertos, which is when they're coming back every year to visit their families.
You know, we figured it would be a very celebratory, colorful kind of a place. And so that's what we really leaned into from the beginning - creating a world that would capture that celebratory feeling. And I really wanted it to have a kind of a quintessential Mexican-ness. And so it ended up being very influenced by a lot of places we visit in Mexico - primarily this beautiful city called Guanajuato, which is a city that's kind of encrusted into kind of a valley. And it's filled with beautiful, colorful houses that are growing like coral, almost, all around these hills. And so we really embraced that. And, you know, we came up with kind of rules of our world - of the Land of the Dead. And like we had rules about, you know, there wouldn't be any handrails or guardrails in the land of the dead because everyone's dead already.
GROSS: (Laughter).
UNKRICH: They don't need safety items. You know, if somebody falls off the top of a building, it's more of an inconvenience than anything.
GROSS: The idea of this, like, intermediate place where the dead are still kind of alive - it's based, as you said, Lee, on the idea that you remain alive in some way as long as you are alive in memory - as long as there are people who are remembering you - that you still, in some ways, are alive. When the people who remember you die, or when the living just forget you, then the dead move to, like, the final death. And they kind of disappear from this intermediary place between life and death. And it's a really interesting way of looking at it - that the afterlife is memory. It's the memory of the living. Adrian, can you talk about coming up with that idea?
MOLINA: That was something that we had learned in our research - this thought that there are not just one death - that there are three deaths that a soul can experience. One is when your heart stops beating. The second death is when you are buried in the ground and are never to be seen in this world again. And then the third and final death is that one that is attached to memory and when you are forgotten that - you know, you disappear - that that is the method by which you remain attached to the world - are the memories that come your way.
And the really wonderful thing, from a storytelling and from a thematic standpoint, that building a world on that idea gives you is that for some people, this is paradise because they are remembered fondly and with love. And everything that they did in life they get back in the afterlife in visits to the people that they left behind and the things that they offer them. And then for others, it's not a paradise. It's - you know, they're straggling along. And maybe the memories that they're getting aren't fond, and maybe they don't have long for this, you know, way station world.
GROSS: So I want to mention here that there's a lot of really funny things in the film. Like, in the World of the Dead, where the dead are remembered and are therefore kept alive, but they're still in the Land of the Dead, there's these checkpoints - so that on the Day of the Dead, when they're brought back by the living to the world of the living, they go through this kind of, you know, guard gate or checkpoint. And if they're having trouble going through, there's the department of family reunions they can (laughter) go to for help. So do you want to talk about coming up with all of these kind of humorous touches in depicting this transitional place?
MOLINA: You know, a lot of it is just born out of having to create a world that holds together. You know, we tried to think, what does the world of the dead have to offer us in terms of entertainment and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for this film? So stuff like the Department of Family Reunions - we thought, you know, if anything is going to survive the barrier between life and death, it will probably be bureaucracy. And we wanted to lean into that.
We wanted to lean into this idea of family reunion, the thought that the Land of the Dead is almost the more lively place of these two worlds that we explore because this is the one night a year where people get to reunite with their families and all of the pitfalls and joys and, you know, left turns that that entails.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 27, 2018 3:46:39 GMT -5
I find it interesting that psychics or mediums who talk to the dead (departed relatives) usually only get relatives that are parents or grandparents, sometimes great grandparents but usually not. That may relate to #3 above. The obvious exception would be someone (usually famous) that they are trying to contact for whatever reason.
Deathbed visions are also an interesting topic. My mom was in the hospital when my brother and his wife stopped in to visit and she said Alberta, her older sister came by for a visit. (Alberta had previously died years earlier) But my mom acted like she was still alive. I had told my brother months earlier that if Mother started seeing dead relatives her time will be very near to leave this world as they will be coming to get her. After the visit they went to the cafeteria for dinner and when they came back an hour later Mom had passed. Alberta played a big part in raising my mother and her younger sister as she was so much older so it made sense she would be the one to take her home.
I am hoping I don't see dead relatives anytime soon. Not even my dead cats, especially Kittyboy.
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