Archive for July, 2009

Agreeing to disagree with skeptics

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Richard Bach said “argue for your limitations and sure enough, they’re yours.”

After posting my story on meditation and Dr. Larry Dossey, I found this rather nasty thread at the Huffington Post regarding an excerpt of Dr. Dossey’s book. The skeptics weigh in with their predictable arguments, repeating the tired but incorrect mantra that no evidence exists.

This used to really annoy me, but I’ve come to an understanding about it. Basically, what other people think about psi doesn’t change my psi ability one whit, so I will pay it no mind. They can go on merrily believing it does not exist. That does not change the fact that it does occur for me and thousands (if not millions) of others.

Let them believe it’s impossible to see the future. Let them believe one can’t read another’s mind. Let them believe they’re secure in their worlds. No need to upset the apple cart.

It is not my role to show skeptics the error of their ways. Maybe they’ll eventually catch on, but that’s not important to me anymore. I have far too many more interesting things to do with my time.

Turning up the volume

Friday, July 31st, 2009

As I was listening to Larry Dossey, MD, speak about his new book, The Power of Premonitions, something clicked in my head. I’ve been following remote viewing for a few years now, and have had psychic moments off and on throughout my life. I’ve read books about the power of psi. Most of this material describe how it works when psi is functioning well. Little of it talks about what it takes to get there.

Dr. Dossey’s new book opens with the statement that one of the best things one can do to improve one’s psi abilities is to take up meditation. I wasn’t intrigued by this but didn’t yet make the connection.
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