Road Trip – South

This week I’m on a business trip in the Southeastern United States and had a chance to meet-up with a friend who  I refer to as Candice in my emails to test readers. This is a picture of her hand. She wanted everyone…

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The Firewalk

This is not how it started, nor how the night ended. ____ Before we could walk, we had to build. A number of us were invited to gather at a private residence in rural Pennsylvania on June 23rd, 2012, to…

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Lessons from Life

There’s a popular belief that we are here on earth to learn lessons. Years ago one of my mentors taught me, “If you always look for the lesson, you’ll never get out of school!” I have to admit to having…

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Our Human Connection with Nature

People in the more highly developed areas of planet Earth generally don’t bother to think about our connection with nature all that often. When the subject is encountered, it’s usually passive – from a source other than nature herself and…

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On Writing – Hero or Villain?

One trick that television series use, which I feel is totally unfair, is to draw an audience in by offering heroes who are noble characters then tearing them apart with substance abuse, sexual affairs, and utter failures of professional judgement….

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Candice

Her self-assurance was formed in the crucible of Awakening. Two souls bound together during what is considered a rare event when it happens to one person. Candice had dated Drew when they were in high school. They had been friends…

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Healed by Faith

“Some things are imagined, some are possible, and some are meant to be.” ~ Carol in Unfolding: Nexus  Faith can heal. There is no doubt. I’ve seen it work on me and I’ve seen it work on others. In 1974,…

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Showing the inside of the faith-healing sham

Derren Brown: Miracles for Sale

This is our third and final post in our series on the British illusionist Derren Brown we follow him into the world of fraudulent faith healers. True skepticism reexamines even cherished long-accepted beliefs, if shown to be questionable. The following video…

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A Preperatory Dream

Dreams remain an active area of study. They’ve been shown to help in learning new tasks, solve problems while a person’s body is asleep, are involved in fantasy, communication at a distance, and precognition. As to how much of which…

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The Guided Tour

There are occasions in life where you plan for one thing and The Universe, or God, takes you on a side trip, or perhaps a completely new and unintended direction where you see and experience life as it wants you…

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We’ve been Pulled Away!

Many good and wonderful and a few unsettling things have happened all at once! First, Saturday and Sunday we were at a firewalk.It was a wonder filled and unifying experience. Either ConiAnn or I will write a story about that…

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What Happened to My Plan?

The Mayan* and his partner recently visited our home for an evening of conversation. In addition to his study of ancient cultures and mystery he is a dowser. Brook, his partner is an artist who has a work displayed prominently…

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Big Raft, Little Raft

During a comparative world religion class I learned about Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism — the two distinct branches also referred to as the Big Raft and Little Raft. In Mahayana Buddhism (Big Raft) everyone is on a raft traveling to…

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Awakening Chapter 2 – Consequences

Presented here for your reading pleasure is the second of two free-content offering from Chapter 2 of Unfolding: Awakening. In this, the subchapter Consequences, Drew reflects on his meeting Tyler in a place few people know of and fewer are…

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Awakening Chapter 2 – In Remembrance of Dreams

This post is the first of two free-content offering from Chapter 2 of Unfolding: Awakening. In this, the first subchapter, Drew tells of his dream journal, building dreamscapes, and dreaming with others. A second free-content post continues these themes in…

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On Writing – Ideas, where do they come from?

There are writers who outline, weigh, and assess every thought before writing the first draft.They have biographies for each character and timelines extending well into the past and long beyond the length of the story. I’m not one of them….

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“OK – Let’s Say I’m Interested …

“Is it dangerous?” Define ‘dangerous.’ “Can I be hurt?” Not usually. Your life will change though. That’s what this is about, right?  “In what way?” It depends on what you are looking for. “I want to read minds, see ghosts…

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Paranormal Proofs and Acceptance

In an ideal situation proof would be absolute and acceptance unavoidable. Historically most of what humanity has believed relating the inner workings of our physical reality has been disproved. Sources of misinformation have included wise elders, philosophers,  mystics,  representatives of…

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