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Utilizing 'Early Warning' Paranormal Data in Integral Teambuilding

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:52:01 -0700

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Many people in my acquaintance report experiencing themselves as interdependently one with our transparent, implicit, infinite, timeless, aware, omnipresent Source of all. In such identifications with our ageless Source we come to consciously realize our common psychospiritual origin with all beings, hence, our fundamental interconnectedness, interdependence and empathy with them. On a more explicit surface level we experience greater self-confidence, cocreative self-management effectiveness, clarity of thought and feeling, empathy, intuition, versatility, creativity and related benefits. All those sensory characteristics are enhanced by the ability of an integrally perceptive facilitator to, on a more implicit paranormal level, para-see, para-hear, para-feel (e.g. gut feel), para-smell, and para-taste. Generally, as I interpret it, this is the paranormal area IONS scientist Dean Radin has called the realm of, among other terms, "psychic phenomena," "quantum reality," and "entangled minds" (Radin 1997; 2006).

About Recognizing a "Perfected Soul" On the Street

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:12:38 -0700

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Dear Barbara aka Unencumbered,

This is in reference to a response you made relative to my blog about Beauty and a Perfected Soul (citation below). My first impulse was to let it pass, but then in discussions with my soul partner OmniMind (OM) we decided to respond.

Supports to my meditation practice I find most useful

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:19:35 -0700

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Hi Russ, as you can readily see I decided not to overload the Comments section of your stimulating blog "My Lifesaver." Thank you for your kind comments. As to your question, "Tell me what supports do you find most useful?" I find the four supports most beneficial to me are 1) My Ten Commitments; 2) An Affirmational Meditation Process blended with 3) An Integral Healthful Way of Living; and 4) Integral Leader-Follower Relationships: Options in 4-D.

Of Beauty and a 'Perfected Soul'

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:03:15 -0700

Just in case you are interested and didn't see Mary Jane Larsen's discussion with me about, let's call it the beauty of a 'perfected soul'. It was in response to her blog titled "How do you experience or express beauty?" (citation at end of this blog), she said "I am very interested in your reply to the questions because you have not only your insight but OM [soul consultant] might just tell you some thing on the concept of Beauty that you have never heard before. I would also be interested in that aspect of your answer or answers."

"Who will manage your dark house?"

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:09:30 -0700

If you have ever experienced what has been described by some mystics as "the dark night of the soul" you have probably not forgotten it. If similar to my experience back in the early 1970s, you experienced a deep dark feeling of isolation, separation from the "divine", extreme loneliness, what seemed like an interminably depressed state, and you felt you may well be psychotic, you will easily recognize what I am writing about. After a number of years (about five) in and out of various levels of this existential misery I reached what turned out to be the culminating event. I had been in deep meditation for three full days of utter and complete surrender waiting on what I believed at the time to be "God" to show me the light and tell me what "His" will for my life was. On the third day, a voice which I first mistook for "God's" and now know to be the voice of my soul consultant OmniMind (OM) asked me, "Who will manage your dark house?"

For All Things Give Thanks?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:43:43 -0700

An ancient philosopher once wrote, "Rejoice always . . . in everything give thanks."(Paul - circa 55 ACE). Whether or not I agree with his theology is secondary to the healthful message in his enjoinder. I have found that one of the most powerful attitudes I can express on my integrally healthful path is that of total gratitude (Johnston, 2006).

Do You Know What Your IONS Community Group's Policies Are?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:10:24 -0700

If not, you may want to consider having an open discussion with your other community group members about an Integral Policy Planning Agenda. I suggest that like work teams in all kinds of organizations, one of the first important tasks of an IONS Community Group is to reach consensus among participants on how they visualize working together. Participation in such discussions has shown to increase the probability of a strong sense of ownership for the policies, healthier communications, and a generally more cohesive and committed group. This model is an adaptation of one I used successfully many years as an organization development consultant to Fortune 500 corporations and as a MBA professor.

Earth2100.TV

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:12:11 -0700

Probably all ShiftInActionites will be interested and happy to know what ABC-TV is doing to help facilitate 'The Shift'. Prefaced with, "To change our future, first we must imagine it," ABC announced an unprecedented television and internet event. It is asking us to help answer what we know is probably the most important question of our time — What will our world be like over the next one hundred years if we don’t act now to save our troubled planet?

Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:55:38 -0700

Did you know the purpose of the first Mother's Day was to protest against war? After the American Civil War, in 1970 social activist Julia Ward Howe was the first to call for observance of this special event with her Mother's Day Proclamation [for peace] which reads:

Cosmic Cycles, Astrology, Oneness & Healthful Freedom

Sat, 10 May 2008 13:20:42 -0700

Thank you, Lori, for your energetic and interesting interpretation of what you see as "The Modern View of Astrology and the Devaluation of Ancient Wisdom." Back in the 60s I was one of those intrigued by ancient astrology and immersed myself in its study. One of the first things I discovered was at one time astrologers believed in a ten house Zodiac. Later, a twelve house Zodiac, and most recently, a fourteen house Zodiac (the newly discovered thirteenth and fourteenth houses being Ophicus the serpent handler and Cetus the whale). Under the twelve house Zodiac I was typed a Scorpio and under the fourteenth a Libra. I found that change significantly bolixed up my identification, creating brain cramps galore. Which was I, Scorpio or Libra? There was no objective criterion for clearly making the distinction.

Open Letter to Envronmental Protection Agency Scientists

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:40:53 -0700

Here is a wonderful opportunity to participate in the Great Shift toward healthier individuals, our society in general and ecosystem. As I wrote in my blog on this subject at http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/6772 the Union of Concerned Scientists is working toward improving communications policies to allow scientists to speak freely to the press about their findings; making the regulatory process more open and transparent and less susceptible to White House interference; passing a whistleblower law that protects scientists who report the distortion, manipulation, or suppression of science; and strengthening the scientific advice system at the EPA. Following is the open letter individuals in my IONS Community Group sent and which you are free to cut and paste on your stationery if desired.

Abuse of science at the EPA may harm individual, social and ecosystem health and wellbeing

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:43:18 -0700

Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists released the results of its latest investigation into political interference in government science, this time at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report reveals an agency under significant pressure: hundreds of EPA scientists report political interference in their work, significant barriers to communicating scientific results with the public, and concerns about the agency's effectiveness. The EPA has distorted and censored science to justify decisions on global warming, mercury emissions, smog pollution, oil drilling, fuel efficiency, and countless other issues that impact our everyday lives. What’s more, they have cut science out of the process when making critical decisions about our health, safety, and environment.

Dragor Hotel Experience: Spooky Action Up Close?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:55:32 -0700

Submitted by Bob Johnston on April 15, 2008 - 4:35pm.
Hi John, it's me again. I posted the following story under your post "Neuroplasticity . . . et al", but because it felt buried under all the other comments I decided to repeat it here. I was especially taken by your ending, "How can I see things in a new and different way? How can I make what I see useful?"

Recalling Dreams

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:18:47 -0700

Recently, in another blog Laurie Boggs mentioned she was interested in better recall of her dreams so I dipped into my dream workshop files to pass on some suggestions you, Laurie, and others might find useful. It may interest you to know that these suggestions are the result of analyzing and synthesizing several thousand of my own dreams since my first remembered dream when about four years of age. (I say "first remembered" because dream research has disclosed that a healthy individual has at least five dreams per night.) It was a glorious dream about visiting my beloved grandparents on their farm in Michigan. It was an early spring morning and the sunshine was scintillating, giving me a most warm and wonderful sense of well being as I approached the front door of their home. It also provided a wonderful and memorable introduction at a very young age into the 'deep living' realm of conscious dreaming, the practice of which has never left me.

Challenges in Integral Noetic Communications

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:23:51 -0700

I don't know about you but in my integral (sensory and parasensory) communications exchanges with carnate and discarnate entities -- both individuals and groups -- I have experienced as many as six kinds of messages, many of them metaphoric therefore usually ambiguous and often subject to misunderstanding. These messages may include: