All metaphysical/paranormal phenomena explained

To let more people know about how they can awaken their soul.

 

Is that the soul purpose of this thread?

 

It is no more than an advertising link. Can't get any info here.

 

thanks Soulman have just purchased the Trilogy... i think the near £20 is worth it for all the effort you have put into producing this book... i will read it and post my response to it here if you don't mind... warning: i take ages to read stuff so don't hold your breath...

 

I'm interested to know if this book live up to it's claims.

I'm skeptical of people who claim to offer spiritual enlightenment... if you buy their book... if you donate money to their church etc...

 

i know what you're saying McLeodGanja... but in this world, some have to make a living if they not out of the "rat race"... i will def review the book as best i can, once i've read it...

 

It's not just that. It was the dismissive attitude towards the photo that I posted. A truly spiritual person would not have responded so unkindly.

 

Thanks, Lil, for your actions....I look forward to your review...

And McLeod, I don't blame you for being skeptical, but the proof is in the pudding, and I modestly and truly think this is some excellent pudding ....

and as far as being dismissive about your photo, I certainly didn't intend to be, just brief and succinct... I've been around photo manipulation (professionally) for at least 50 years, and perhaps am jaded by now....

 

i get you, but i think even spiritual people struggle with normal human emotions and ego, just like the rest of us perhaps?

 

I wasn't offended. The fact that you thought it was manipulated is in fact a great compliment.

Good luck with your book. Maybe one day I will read some of it. I'm afraid there is a growing list of books I want to read though, and yet never do.

I once met a guy in Mcleodganj in India who for the past two years had lived in a remote cave at around 3,000m on his own, meditating and living on rice and dal for 3 months during the winter, and planning to go up again for the third year in a row. He once proclaimed that he had no use for books and that they were a hindrance rather than an aid to study and enlightenment. He said he had his own thoughts to ponder, and that was his book. He also abstained completely from sex. He looked a bit wrinkly and underfed, but seemed happy being that way anyway.

 

McLeod:

You can get a free sample by going to Amazon.com, clicking on the Trilogy, and using the "look inside" feature to read sample pages. If you hit "surprise me," you can read successive pages...should give you a good taste of what it's all about ... free....

 

I hope none of you think I am getting rich on this venture....

I haven't been repaid the cost of any of the seven books I have in print. It costs me $399US for the basic printing job, which takes 289 sales on Amazon.com to repay!

I receive only $1.38 from each book sold on Amazon.com, for instance, and many books have additional costs attached for revisions and corrections -- at $300 a pop.

So never write books with the intention of making money, because you won't unless you have a star quality name. I've spent well over $12,000 printing my books, and in the last 5 years have earned less than $1,000 of that back.

But it is my mission in life, and it is most fulfilling from that viewpoint. If I can help awaken just one soul on earth, I've done my job.

 

I can't speak to the merits of his book but anyone questioning Soulman's sincerity is an extremely poor judge of character.

 

I got the same treatment. It appears to me just so much ignorance. Might be suffering from some mental decline associated with age. I would have liked to have some meaningful discourse with this fellow, but evidently we are considered beneath worthy or serious attention unless we buy into the program.

I am by no means hostile to the idea of metaphysical or paranormal phenomena.
Paranormal phenomena are by definition phenomena that defy conventional or scientific explanation. All current definitions of such phenomena are speculative, and by definition not explanative. If they can be explained, they are not paranormal.

As far as metaphysical. If they are metaphysical in the sense of being beyond physical then there are no physical phenomena to be observed. If by metaphysical we mean of the essential nature of reality, then I would say there are no discrete systems in reality, nothing hidden or separated out that is not found by clearing and focusing the lens of perception.

Now some call this treatment of the above terms, semantics, and that is exactly what it is. The purpose of which is to
1. study of meaning in language: the study of how meaning in language is created by the use and interrelationships of words, phrases, and sentences
2. study of symbols: the study of the relationship between symbols and what they represent
3. study of logic: the study of ways of interpreting and analyzing theories of logic.

Sentences are precisely the same as mathematical formula, if you get one number wrong it changes, all of the data. So much can be revealed if we just consider the meanings of the words we are using. The reason it is so very important to pay attention to what is being said because the words we use to express truth, look identical to the words we use to spread lies.

There are sound reasons to be skeptical of this gentleman's claims if words have consensual meaning, not that he has written books, but that he represents any sort of "destiny" other than his own.

What new age authors do is create a new vernacular that makes things appear to be explained. They paint a pretty word picture. They are quite articulate with their own rap but when faced with real life, have a certain incapacity to function effectively when confronted with phenomena that are not accounted for, inside of their own conceptual boundaries. So they will say things like "love is the answer",
but when disagreed with, will lash out with nastiness. They attack your person. It is the kind of personal fascination that afflicts romantic minded little girls that think all things should be warm and fuzzy.

Soulman may indeed have had some personal victories in his life. I have no doubt that he attains trance states that show him contents of his own mind that he had not seen before, but I would point out that for some of soulman's observations to be accurate, everyone else has to be sick.

 

I do not in the least question soulmans sincerity. I know of no one who does not do or seek the good based on their model of what good looks like.

 

What's wrong with demanding answers? I'm always more cautious of those who claim to know them but for whatever reason do not share them with others. Unless of course but for a fee...

Those things you claim are in lower dimensions are a part of our conscious experience, they share the same energy, the same consciousness and the same environment. They are not lower or higher, they just are, as are we. Nothing is separate from anything else. Existence is in no way or manner exclusive.

One can reap the rewards of spirituality, but that's not the sole reason we are here, if it were for what reason would we need a body or senses? The only will there is is our own, if anything we're here to love and to experience the great things the human body and mind are capable of. Not to see them simply as a hindrance that must be shed in order to find meaning.

 

And blah-blah-blah-blah.

Told ya', he's a semantic pedant. There's no more boring critter on Al Gore's entire Interweb.

 

I know many who feel as you. In a field of being, no acts are required. As I am at peace all are confronted with peace. As I am agitated, all are confronted with agitation.

There is no idea that you have presented that would not have be presented if you had not written any books at all. How many times have you had a thought, that you considered novel, only to see it presented in some publication somewhere? Some of the reviews of your work that you posted speak to that very phenomena. They say in reading your work that the ideas are familiar to them already. It is fun to see thoughts that you imagined to be privately held emerge at large. It makes one feel connected to something larger.

However in terms of wholeness, when you feel that you have some special role that others cannot do without then you are victim of vain abstraction. The sun shines on everyone alike.

 

You've stated your opinion of her numerous times. Is it that you find the other threads boring or is it that you badly wish to be heard?

 

Do you know any other big words?