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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-05, 01:52 PM) -- I prefer to go with the trusty old Descartian declaration and profound realization, "I think therefore I am". "I AM" is the existential declaration of the ...
Posted by Jim_Smith in General Consciousness Science , 2024-04-06, 05:32 AM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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I think matter is created by consciousness - the physical universe is like a simulation running in consciousness (https://ncu9nc.blogspot.com/p/occasionally-i-post-something-to.html#misc_universe_sim_...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-04-01, 03:50 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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Ninshub Wrote: (2022-07-24, 02:57 AM) -- I've been Googling nonduality and near-death experiences and came up with this very interesting find: It's a full, 300+ page doctoral thesis (2021) by Moni...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-03-31, 12:08 PM
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    Thread: Consciousness and matter according to Indian thought
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2022-08-02, 09:01 PM) -- ... I think this is somewhat consistent with Buddha's imploring of his audience to consider the exhaustion of multiple lifetimes that leads one to s...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-03-31, 10:25 AM
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    Thread: The Respected Oxford Professors Who Say They Time Traveled
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-21, 05:57 PM) -- The Respected Oxford Professors Who Say They Time Traveled (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/time-travel-oxford-versailles) by Chris Wheatley ...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Other Phenomena , 2024-03-22, 06:22 AM
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    Thread: Training Updates
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I posted about this in another thread (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-question-meditation-specifically-for-accessing-greater-realities?pid=53971#pid53971) today but it might be useful to reade...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Members' Experiments , 2023-07-30, 01:20 AM
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    Thread: Training Updates
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Mediochre Wrote: (2023-07-27, 11:21 PM) -- Yeah, I reject spiritual and religious people, I'm entirely done dealing with their nonsense. That's why I don't want to set my group up to cater to them in...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Members' Experiments , 2023-07-30, 01:06 AM
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    Thread: Question: meditation specifically for accessing greater realities
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Psychic development should be part of spiritual development. You should be doing it for good ends, for the benefit of others. Whatever your motivations you will attract like minded guides. You will wa...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Personal Experiences , 2023-07-29, 06:41 PM
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    Thread: Realization process: the personal self and fundamental consciousness
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Where do thoughts come from? They pop into consciousness from some unconscious process that is invisible to us. This is true for materialists as well as non-materialists. It is true of thoughts, emoti...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Spirituality , 2023-07-28, 05:55 PM
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    Thread: Training Updates
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Ninshub Wrote: (2023-07-26, 07:27 PM) -- Yes, but are there that many? ... -- It depends on where you live. There are four Spiritualist Churches within driving distance from my home.
Posted by Jim_Smith in Members' Experiments , 2023-07-26, 11:20 PM
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    Thread: Training Updates
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Mediochre Wrote: (2023-07-26, 09:39 PM) -- I take it you missed the whole part about wanting people who were non religious and non spiritual. -- The post I replied to seemed to reject spiritual peop...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Members' Experiments , 2023-07-26, 11:04 PM
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    Thread: Training Updates
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Ninshub Wrote: (2023-07-24, 12:37 AM) -- What is the finders community? Yeah, finding parapsychological friends (as opposed to spiritual) must be pretty hard outside of the internet! -- Spiritua...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Members' Experiments , 2023-07-26, 04:51 PM
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCh4spYRwg
Posted by Jim_Smith in Other Topics , 2023-07-26, 08:29 AM
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    Thread: A Synchronicity
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Typoz Wrote: (2023-07-25, 07:12 PM) -- Yes, that sounds like things that happen to me - looking for something and eventually after days it turns up somewhere in plain sight. The timing - yes it s...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Personal Experiences , 2023-07-25, 09:38 PM
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    Thread: A Synchronicity
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Typoz Wrote: (2023-07-25, 07:12 PM) -- Yes, that sounds like things that happen to me - looking for something and eventually after days it turns up somewhere in plain sight. The timing - yes it s...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Personal Experiences , 2023-07-25, 07:22 PM
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    Thread: A Synchronicity
Post: A Synchronicity

This morning I called my dentist's office to verify the date and time of my next appointment. I usually ask them to write it down on a card when I schedule the appointment at their office, but somehow...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Personal Experiences , 2023-07-25, 07:06 PM
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    Thread: Discussion about proponent-only ID thread outside ECP
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Laird Wrote: (2023-07-20, 01:54 AM) -- This thread has been moved to this sub-forum, per the guidelines (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-how-to-navigate-creating-threads-about-science-and-scie...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2023-07-21, 02:01 AM
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    Thread: Is there a name for this?
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Silver Birch, a spirit who communicated through the medium Maurice Barbanell, said this: Quote: -- "There are also what I call facets of the one diamond. This is the over-soul, the greater individ...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Personal Experiences , 2023-07-08, 01:07 PM
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
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I just notice her guitar playing has such a special sound because she is playing the guitar left handed but the guitar is strung right handed. While most guitar pickers will play the base notes with t...
Posted by Jim_Smith in Other Topics , 2023-07-08, 12:27 PM
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DCWfBkMSI
Posted by Jim_Smith in Other Topics , 2023-07-07, 06:53 PM
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