New Dawn is a very interesting magazine published in Australia. (It is on line as well as print; a search will find it.) They asked me to give them 700 words on Colin Wilson and the Supernatural, and this is what i gave them.
A Place to Stand
Bob Friedman, my old partner at Hampton Roads, now has Rainbow Ridge Books. He has published two of my previous books, The Cosmic Internet and Afterlife Conversations with Hemingway, and now is going to publish an ebook for me, which we’re calling A Place to Stand. This is a transcript with commentary about ten black-box sessions I did at The Monroe Institute back in autumn of the year 2000. Cover by his talented son Jonathan.
An interview about how I have used the black-box at TMI
With the able assistance of Mike George (well, to be honest, ONLY through the able assistance of Mike George), I was able to get this youtube clip uploaded.
It shows me being interviewed in January by TMI trainer and booth monitor Patty Ray Avalon, a small part of which she used in her presentation to the Monroe Institute’s Professional Division the following month on the uses of the black box..
Supersoul
Very intelligent book.
Christmas came early. In the mail from England I received a copy from the author of this brand new book called Supersoul, and what a treat it is. He reasons, he analyzes, he compares, and he brings his own experiences into the mix. A special treat for me, as it is the first time I can remember someone incorporating the ideas from The Cosmic Internet. In what I take as a high compliment indeed, he says that as he read it, “I alternated between compelling resonance and fierce resistance.” In other words, he took it seriously enough to wrestle with it. What more could an author ask?
As I said, an early Christmas this year. I read it through in two days, and liked ever bit of it.
How to be miserable
Whew!
This one is brutally honest. No sugar-coating, no bullshit, no soft-pedaling. I didn’t even have to really read it; skimming the points was enough, because everything in it was straightforward and right to the point. (Ask me how I know this is true. Ask me how I recognize the things we do to sabotage our own happiness.)
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/14-habits-highly-miserable-people?page=0%2C0
The (clever and eye-catching) title is
The 14 Habits of Highly Miserable People
How to succeed at self-sabotage.
The author’s blurb at the end says this:
Cloe Madanes is a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and brief therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored seven books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love, and Violence; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Violence of Men; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist, and Systemic Thinker; and Relationship Breakthrough. Contact: madanesinstitute@gmail.com.
All i know is that if were in the market for a therapist, i’d want her.
Jim Price: Trailblazing
This from Jim Price, well worth reading.
Trailblazing the Human Condition explores how our efforts and adaptations contribute to expanding shared knowledge. When we are trailblazing, I believe we are adding to the field of human knowledge through morphogenic resonance, furthering the education of humanity through a shared unseen field. This essay is the fourth in a series of five posts addressing the topic of chronic pain or conditions from a spiritual/non-material perspective.
Link at:
http://musingsofaspiritualtraveler.com/2013/09/24/4-trailblazing-the-human-condition/
Here’s my Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/jim.price.969
Jim Price
Carol’s condition worsening
Just received this from TMI about Carol Sabick de la Harran.
On the one hand, while I don’t have any inside information one way or the other, it does feel like the end may be near. I woke up feeling that, and got an email from a friend saying: “I’ve felt Carol de la Herran very close by all night and this morning. It feels like she is close to letting go. .. I talked to her about ___’s transition and that she knows how to do it and she can just let go and drift out there and she’ll be fine – with no pain or tubes or physical restrictions. The the last hour or so I’ve felt a shift and was infused with warmth and a feeling of peace. It feels very quite and reverent. I feel like something in her has shifted and she can make her transition now, if she hasn’t already. Anyhow, the purpose of this email is not about me – it is to ask you all to keep her in your prayers and send her loving energy for a smooth transition if that is what she has decided.”
On the other hand, it’s never over until it’s over.
On the third hand, so to speak, i always remember something i learned 20 years ago in somewhat similar circumstances, when I was first learning about the use of such energies – sometimes “healing” means getting better physically, and sometimes it means being able to make your transition. Whichever way it goes, loving assistance freely offered is never a waste of time and effort. My personal thanks to all who have joined in the effort to bring healing to Carol, and we’ll see which way it goes.
Special Letter to the TMI Family
July 3, 2013
Dear TMI Family,
The news is not good. We received word that Carol has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. Her body is fighting an aggressive fungus plus system-wide inflammation. Carol’s family does not expect her to survive.
Her children from Europe are at her bedside. They send sincere thanks for all of our love and support.
Please join us in keeping Carol in our thoughts and prayers.
You will hear from us as soon as anything changes.
With love and appreciation,
The Monroe Institute