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Words are magic - every little kid knows this. And when your parents read to you, and pictures and feelings and ideas bloom inside your mind in response to the words Dad takes off the printed page, well, that's when you have your first experience of a power

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Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 3 of 428
Abortion was a danger to the survival of the human species when we all lived as small groups of hunter-gatherers, rather like the Aboriginals of Australia. But those days are long gone; humanity is now the major influence on Earth's biosphere, and our greatest danger has become that we may extinguish ourselves by smothering t... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Why do we live?: 1 of 39
I don't know for certain why we live; but lately I've had some ideas about an answer, prompted by a ten-year period of very vivid and memorable dreams. These dreams took me through what appeared to be one past life after another, with myself as the "central character" in each one - from the Viking navigator to the miller's wi... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Do Ouija boards really work?: 2 of 63
That depends on what is meant by "work".If you mean, does the board foretell the future, the answer is no. There is no occult tool that can foretell that which has not yet been formed, since the future is woven of all of our interacting and interdependent choices, fruits of the exercise of our free will. Until those choices a... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Having spiritual dreams: 1 of 27
What is a spiritual dream, and how would we know if we'd had one? I've had a number of dreams that I think of as "spiritual", but I don't know how many people with religious and spiritual interests would agree with me about them, or even whether I'll continue to think of them as spiritual all my life. There have been interval... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Astrology & Prophecy Testimonies: Experiences with psychic mediums: 1 of 25
A woman introduced herself to me while I was attending a professional conference, a colleague whom I knew only by name. She said that she had some psychic experience and connections, and that if I ever had questions she would be glad to find out what she could for me from her sources.I said, "Oh, really? Thanks a lot, that's ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Is death a choice or fate?: 2 of 47
Death may be "fated" in the sense that every physical life form on earth must die to make way for new life, but reincarnation theory offers the idea that each of us chooses his or her life path before birth, including where that path ends. Assuming that each person uses a succession of varied lifetimes to learn all the lesson... More..
Other Thinking about the future: 6 of 131
Thinking about the future is a challenging proposition at a time as rich in possibilities as the present. So many massive shifts seem to be occurring simultaneously that the path ahead for all of us might split off in any number of directions that few people were even aware of back at the turn of this new century. Example One... More..
Health & Fitness > Health & Fitness (Other) Do you ever have mysterious dreams: 1 of 19
Yes. I went through a period of about 10 years of extraordinarily vivid and weird dreams in my late thirties; they were so clear and so odd that I started keeping a dream journal, which helped me to play around with what they might mean. You may ask why I thought they meant anything, but I had an early wake-up call in this ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Achieving peace of mind: 4 of 70
Peace of mind comes from the quieting of the voice of ego. Ego is forever mumbling to itself, "If only I had behaved differently when such and such was happening" and "Tomorrow I am going to finally do so and so". This continual internal seesaw between brooding on the past and fears and desires for the future keeps the mind i... More..
Relationships & Family > Romance & Sexuality A study says students with higher IQs are less likely to be sexually active: 3 of 41
The outcome of this study should not come as a surprise. As an intelligent kid you soon work it out that testing well means a better chance to get into Harvard or Stanford rather than end up at Podunk U; and that means a better chance at interesting work that pays well and makes for an increased possibility for a rewarding an... More..