Page 1 It may be rather rash of me to ask whether OBEs are evidence for survival, not because the answer is so obviously “No,” nor even because it is “Yes” or “Maybe,” but because some of the issues raised are so problematic. Nevertheless I think it is an important question because it forces us … Read more
Near-death experiences are fairly common among survivors of cardiac arrest and other severe medical conditions. Near- death experiences captured worldwide attention in 1976 and they have held the public’s interest and stoked their imagination continually since then What are NDE’s? What happens to consciousness during the act of dying? Our best answer comes from people … Read more
A MAN once caught a bird. The bird said to him, ‘I am no use to you as a captive. But let me free, and I will tell you three valuable pieces of advice.’ The bird promised to give the first piece of advice while still in the man’s grasp, the second when he reached … Read more
There is no cause for fear. It is imagination, blocking you as awooden bolt holds the door. Bum that bar . . .Every thought has a parallel action.Every prayer has a sound and a physical form.The man of God is not an expert made by books.First you were mineral, then vegetable, then man. You will … Read more
TO GODReligionists do not know Thy mercy as we know it.A stranger cannot know Thee as does a friend.Thou saidst: ‘Sin, and I shall cast thee into Hell!’Tell that to the person who does not know Thee! I FLEWI was a hawk. I flew from the secret worldDesiring to wing at once to heights.But as … Read more
THERE was once a dervish who embarked upon a sea journey. Asthe other passengers in the ship came aboard one by one, they sawhim and-as is the custom—asked him for a piece of advice. All thedervish would do was to say the same thing to each one of them:he seemed merely to be repeating one … Read more
THERE was once a good man. He had spent his whole life in cultivating the qualities enjoined upon those who would reach Paradise. He gave freely to the poor, he loved his fellow creatures and he served them. Remembering the need to have patience, he endured great and unexpected hardships, often for the sake of … Read more
A MAN who was troubled in mind once swore that if his problemswere solved he would sell his house and give all the money gainedfrom it to the poor. The time came when he realized that he must redeem his oath.But he did not want to give away so much money. So he thoughtof a … Read more
AN idiot may be the name given to the ordinary man, who consistently misinterprets what happens to him, what he does, or whatis brought about by others. He does this so completely plausiblythat—for himself and his peers—large areas of life and thoughtseem logical and true. An idiot of this kind was sent one day with … Read more
ONCE upon a time there was a monkey who was very fond ofcherries. One day he saw a delicious-looking cherry, and camedown from his tree to get it. But the fruit turned out to be in a clearglass bottle. After some experimentation, the monkey found thathe could get hold of the cherry by putting his … Read more