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  1. john.sundog

    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    Jeffery has just released a free version of his course at http://www.finderscourse.com/fc.one.html He's also gearing up to run another iteration of his fee-based ongoing series of experiments, FC6, which will begin in July. I've started a thread about the free course at...
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    Mod+ 271. DR. LARRY MALERBA, HOW MATERIALISM FAILS MEDICINE

    I haven't been following this thread but I scanned through it and didn't see a reference to the late, great Prof. Rustum Roy. Prof. Roy was a big gun in materials science, heading a major lab at Penn State among many other accomplishments. He made the point in lectures and publications that...
  3. john.sundog

    Mod+ Alex Tsakiris Interview on Binnall of America

    Wow. The silence on this thread is deafening. IMO, Skeptiko followers are missing a bet if they're not listening to this interview. Alex, you might consider putting a notice on the main podcast page. Anyway, perhaps in compensation for an (apparent) lack of interest at the Skeptiko end...
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    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    In this thread there has been a certain amount of complaining about having to pay someone for their time and effort in assisting a given person in achieving what may well be her/his most cherished goal. The same thing occurs in other threads such as when healing services are offered on a fee...
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    Mod+ Alex Tsakiris Interview on Binnall of America

    Terrific conversation, Alex and Tim! I've listened to most episodes on both of your shows so this could have been a lot of old hat, but that wasn't my experience. I'm not sure I've ever heard so many pithy, quotable nuggets, zingers, from any single podcast episode. It was all so coherent and...
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    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    Thanks very much for the informative post, Dmitch, and your kind words. I'm considering doing one of Jeffery's offerings but everything is in a state of flux as far as I can see; with the research program winding down it's not clear what future courses will entail or if they will even exist...
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    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    Just a thought - have you tried to obtain a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation?
  8. john.sundog

    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    I'm very sympathetic to people who just don't have the money - it's a substantial sum. Still, the majority of people in the developed world can afford it with some adjustment of priorities. On the other hand, your suggestion that you can get similar results with a $10 book on meditation is...
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    Mod+ 267. DR. JEFFERY MARTIN, CAN ENLIGHTENMENT BE TAUGHT?

    That was a really fine interview, Alex, a fascinating and important conversation. Thank you (both) very much. I've had an interest in Jeffery's work for some time and have read and viewed whatever I could find. You filled in a lot of background I didn't know, which was very helpful. I see...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    Read the book. The blog suggests Serios cheated? So what? You can find every possible opinion on the web, and the so-called information is in fact quite treacherous. You can't just cite a blog and say, 'See? This proves my point.' Prove your own points by knowing the data. Study the data...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    In this thread, a lot has been made of the 'construction lines' and the 'stomp marks' and 'broken stalks' that supposedly show the M.H.G. image (among others) was man-made. Perhaps it was man made - that makes no difference to me - but those are not construction lines. I loaded the hi-res...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    Under the Serios test conditions? $1,000 says you cannot. Or you name a figure. I supply the film and the camera, or a neutral party we both agree on. This is the kind of superficial 'it was probably done this way' nonsense that debunkers always trot out, without being familiar with the...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    You posted this just below my post about Ted Serios but I'm not sure if you were referring to that post or not. Ted Serios was not known to be a medium, he was an alcoholic elevator operator who had a strange ability. While some of his photos seemed to be based on existing published photos...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    This is very reminiscent of the 'thoughtographic' photos made by Ted Serios using a polaroid camera, with both camera and film supplied by the observers. He and his photo process were extensively studied by the brilliant psychiatrist Jule Eisebud and documented in the book, "The World of Ted...
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    Mod+ 252. BERNADETTE DORAN ON ENERGY HEALING

    As a point of clarification, Korotkov's work does not provide the theoretical foundations of Bernadette Doran's healing for at least two reasons. First, there are no theoretical foundations for Bernadette's healing; at best there may be some vague ideas that differ from person to person but...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    At first blush that list seems to help discredit the non-ordinary explanation of crop circles but I'll bet the list wasn't created before the phenomena were observed in the field. The list doesn't prove that the observed phenomena can be mimicked in detail, it merely gives that impression...
  17. john.sundog

    Mod+ 252. BERNADETTE DORAN ON ENERGY HEALING

    Thanks for opening that can of worms, JudithK. Seriously. I think about that a lot and would like to offer a view that probably won't please anyone(?) This whole thing about what exactly is God or a god is fraught. And beyond that, what is the universe? And the Source? Starting at the...
  18. john.sundog

    Mod+ 252. BERNADETTE DORAN ON ENERGY HEALING

    JudithK, thank you for the elucidation of your earlier post. I commented to Bill that his experiences represent as much of a sociological mystery as a healing/psi mystery, and he agreed. The fact that he's still flying under the radar amazes me as much as his energy healing does. The lack of...
  19. john.sundog

    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    As I read this thread I didn't notice anyone mentioning the 'middle road' theory (my name), that the designs are done by humans, but in a sort of channeling or automatic writing mode (not original with me by any means). And if this seems completely silly (and I'm not saying I believe it) you're...
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    Mod+ 253. SUZANNE TAYLOR, THE SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY OF CROP CIRCLES

    If the complex designs are in fact created overnight, it would take a full-blown special-ops level effort to achieve them, and that's not including the reported detailed findings regarding crops being laid over without breaking, stem damage with high heat, anomalous mineralization, so forth...
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