I just thought I'd update all of you on a couple of articles I recently read, as well as events that you may be interested in attending. A follow up to the two posts on evil In July, I asked people with various religious beliefs how they view evil. This weekend the Reno Gazette-Journal's Faith [...]
Thank you, Holly, for requesting this subject. When a premonition through a dream became reality, I labeled it a weird coincidence. And, when I felt unseen eyes watching me or couldn’t shake the sensation that I wasn’t alone, I attributed it to my active imagination. So when an instructor I work with proclaimed, “You can [...]
See last week’s post featuring the perspectives of a rabbi and Episcopalian priest. Evil is a manifestation of our analytical mind. Pride and Gail Hansen, owners/instructors, Metaphysical Learning Center Evil exists only from a human perspective because it’s a judgment interpretation. Our egos make the distinctions between good and evil. What we judge to be [...]
Thank you, Cindy, for requesting this subject. I’m pleased to have spiritually-grounded experts—an Episcopal priest, rabbi, Spiritualist reverend and metaphysical teachers—share their thoughts about evil which I cover below and in next week’s post. Does God permit evil to exist? Universally those I queried said evil is either human-caused or judged to be so through [...]
See part I. Part Two: Hone your discernment When dealing with spirit, discernment proves vital. You must be able to determine whether an entity is positive or a negative. I believe many organized religions discourage their flocks from delving into the paranormal because they don’t have faith in their parishioners’ abilities to sense good from [...]
Thoughts of Nancy—my friend warring against pancreatic cancer—nagged at my consciousness. Even as I hurdled my way through the chaos at work, she remained on my mind. The TMCC Writers’ Conference, which I manage, neared. Plus, I had reports to compile and a new marketing strategy to devise for our division’s uncertain future. Overwhelmed and [...]
Bolting upright in bed and shrieking do little to help one’s sleep. For several years at almost weekly intervals, I’d awaken and open my eyes to see a dark mass, shaped like a man, standing near the head of my bed. You’d think after it’d happened so often, I could turn off the startle. Look [...]
Once I feared death. Although I’d always believed in heaven, death terrified me. Its finality. The way it wrenched our special ones away from us. Death seemed a punishment. And no one—not even the most righteous—escaped it. I no longer dread the Reaper. I know without a doubt, the afterlife exists and our passing from [...]
See prior posts: ESP misconceptions, part 1 and ESP misconceptions, part 2. With ESP, you’ll enjoy riches On several occasions, Ken has asked me why the gifted psychics I know aren’t wealthy. He asks, “If they can see into the future, why don’t they find out what stocks to invest in. Wouldn’t they do this [...]
See my previous post: ESP misconceptions, part 1 Out of our innate abilities—sight, sound, touch, smell, taste and ESP—psychic sensitivity is the most subjective, and at least for me, inconsistent sense. This means when we receive messages—many that burst forth and last only a millisecond—we can easily misconstrue or discount them. Interpreting a message correctly [...]
