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Methodological Advances in Laboratory-Based Mediumship Research

As with the study of any natural phenomenon, bringing mediumship into the
regulated environment of the laboratory allows for the controlled and repeated examination of anomalous information reception by mediums. It also lends statistically analyzed support to the survival of consciousness hypothesis and addresses the relationship between consciousness and brain. Optimally, laboratory-based mediumship research includes two equally important factors: a) a research environment that optimizes the mediumship process for both the medium and the hypothesized discarnate and b) research methods that maximize the experimental blinding of the medium, the rater, and the experimenter, in order to eliminate all conventional explanations for the information and its accuracy and specificity[...].
We provided above an excerpt of the article from Julie Beischel, PhD and Gary E. Schwartz, PhD, from the VERITAS Research Program Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health, Department of Psychology at The University of Arizona.
Their study entitled: “Methodological Advances in Laboratory-Based Mediumship Research”, is an attempt to use empirical methods to provide evidence of life after death. You can download and read the entire article here.

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Lessons on Life

Source: Masaru Emoto’s Website

There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the Winter, the second in the Spring, the third in Summer, and the youngest son in the Fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no, it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The Chief then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree’s life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it’s Winter, you will miss the promise of Spring, the beauty of Summer, and the fulfillment of Fall.

Moral of the story:
Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time.

Live Simply
Love Generously
Care Deeply
Speak Kindly, &
Leave the Rest to God
Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!

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