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  • Science and Precognition

    English newspaper the Daily Mail published a fascinating article on May 5th 2007. In “Is this REALLY proof that man can see into the future?” Dr Danny Penman outlines current scientific research that suggests this realy is the case.

    Professor Dick Bierman of Amsterdam University is quoted as saying: “We’re satisfied that people can sense the future before it happens”. Cambridge Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson is quoted as saying: “So far, the evidence seems compelling. What seems to be happening is that information is coming fom the future.”

    Penman cites evidence from the 9/11 disasters that all four of the crashed planes were unusually empty. Scientists Ed Cox and Jessica Utts have found that trains that crash carry “far fewer” people than they normally would. It’s suggested that rather than seeing vivid imagery o teh impending disaster those saved experienced a more general feeling of unease.

    Dean Radin has carried out research that showed people exhibiting physical reactions to extreme images a few seconds before the images were shown, as though they somehow knew the nature of the image about to be displayed.

    Not only does this show science is finally catching up with what mediums and sensitives have known for ages, but it also raises fascinating and paradoxical questions over whether the future already exists. If so thatwoudl mean that we do not really have free will. But of coure we all know (as far as we can know) that we do have free will.

    The explanation may lie in what I was once told by a clairvoyant. Although mediums can predict the future, such predictions are not cast in stone but relate to a snapshot of things as they stand now. The intervention of human free will can change what otherwise would have been.

  • The Pope and Hell

    Pope Benedict has told followers that they face going to hell if they sin. He said: “Hell exists and there is eternal punishment for those who sin and do not repent.” I believe the Pope is both right and wrong with this view.

    One problem is that we don’t come to this world to be judged, but rather to learn and grow. By even choosing to incarnate we are Spiritually special. God/Spirit loves us, as a parent loves their child. God would NEVER condemn any of us to eternal damnation, for we are part of God. Hell is a human creation designed by those who wish to keep others under control.

    Another problem is that “sin” is not easy (ie impossible) to define as its meaning varies from era to era, place to place, and even one person to another.

    But there is a form of hell, though different to the teachings of the church. We are each of us our own harshest critic. Where we have fallen short of our own expectations we feel guilt on earth. On returning to Spirit we are invited to review the life just gone. Any disappointment is reflected in the consitions we create around us. But the key point is we can leave those conditions and move on just as soon as we are ready.

    There is no judge, no jury, no jailer, other than ourselves.

  • hypocrites in suits

    The US and UK governments invaded and wrecked Iraq because they wrongly thought it had “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs). They now accuse Iraq also of building WMDs.

    Today the UK government voted to spend a vast sum of money £20billion ($40billion) on replacing its Trident submarine nuclear deterrent. Despite the cold war having ended nearly two decades ago. Despite WMDs being utterly useless against so-called terrorism. Despite a large rebellion from Blair’s own party.

    Well pardon me, but how come it’s alright for the US and UK to have WMDS, but not for anyone else who they might deem a threat?

    No individual, no nation, has the monopoly on righteousness. We are all engaged upon a journey of learning. And economic success is a poor indicator of real progress.

    Now to a degree once the first atom bomb was built the cat was out the bag and could never be put back in. Mankind had the knowledge to create these terrible means of destruction and inevitably will one day use them. But it’s worrying to see the leaders of the supposeldy leading nations bringing that day closer. The blind leading the hopefully not so blind.