my article

In 1995 during my interviews with the Oklahoma family experiencing 'talking poltergeist' phenomena, several photographs with apparent 'paranormal' aspects were shown to me.  A portion of one photo that we discussed (the entire photo is presented above) would be seen several months later during the telecast of a segment of the ABC Television special "Ghosts, Mediums, Psychics: Put To The Test" (similar to this enlarged detail presented below). photo detail Family members also described to me some strange aspects of the undated photograph below. In the back at left of the photo, the family noticed what seemed like a little girl with braids and old-fashioned clothes, while inside the van there was what looked like "an apparition of a black guy" or "dark person" wearing a headband.  When I studied the photo, a more obvious apparent anomaly was noticeable — behind the open door of the vehicle can be seen an image of black objects resembling two

A friend wrote to me recently: I am still struggling with understanding the concept of ‘Who am I’. Am I looking for that which existed before my body and mind came into this existence, i.e. emptiness/fullness etc.? Do I explore the personal ‘I’ and from where it arose? I understand that I am that source from which the body came into the dream but when I explore it there is nothing there and I cannot feel the love that is supposed to be the real me. Also why is the dream of life so unpleasant when it has come from a source of love? What is the point of the dream? I find it frightening and I worry so much about the animals/the environment and I feel such pain. Why would the self create such a dream? In reply I wrote: Yes, we are looking for that which existed before our body and mind came into existence, but that exists not only then but also now and always, because it is what we actually are, so since we cannot go back in time we must find it here and now. Is it (ourself) emptiness o

In a comment on one of my recent articles, The term nirviśēṣa or ‘featureless’ denotes an absolute experience but can be comprehended conceptually only in a relative sense , a friend called Bob asked several questions concerning the idea of a void, blank or nothingness and expressed his fear of such an idea. He started by asking why all we can now remember about what we experienced in deep sleep is a blank, or rather why we cannot remember anything at all except that we existed, and he suggested, ‘Is this because the illusory dualistic knowing consciousness [our mind or ego] cannot conceive the real non-dual being consciousness[?]’. He then went on to say, ‘I would be lying to you if I said that surrendering myself […] isn’t scary. It is very scary as I am scared of dissolving into the unknown. It is like letting go of the cliff and falling into nothingness, the complete unknown … the cold empty void’, but then asked, ‘is it more accurate to say that myself as I really am, the infini