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       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: HOLLAND Date: April 6, 2018, 7:37 pm
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       ^^^I guess, Kerry, that the Horn of Africa wants to become in
       the future a part of India.  Such are the mysterious workings of
       providence . . .   ;D
       #Post#: 18213--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: April 7, 2018, 6:23 am
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       I wish I knew more about what's going on in Somalia and how
       things are meant to go; but I guess I was told what I needed to
       know.
       I see I forgot to relate how another piece of news gave me a
       jolt.  I told about the experiment with the atheist assistant
       with magnetic north; but I didn't give the news I ran across
       later.
       [quote author=Kerry link=topic=718.msg8335#msg8335
       date=1404260772]
       If I was living alone, very few "strange things" would happen.
       I had my mind under control most of the time.  If other people
       were around though,  strange things would start happening.   It
       must have been the combination of their "mental projections"
       with the power I had.     I had an atheist who believed in
       nothing become convinced I had put a curse on him.  I had done
       nothing to him.
       That was the fellow who helped me with my experiment with
       magnetism.  Did I ever relate this?
       I wanted to get the north magnetic pole to move a certain way.
       I wanted to see if I could change how the magnetic lines ran
       where I lived.  I got a compass and got on one side of the room
       with  a door. I put the compass directly into the corner of the
       door jamb.   I had him take a pencil and mark on the wallpaper
       on the north wall where magnetic north was.  Then I got him to
       look at the compass to verify the mark was in the right place.
       Then I prayed about it for a month or so.   Then we did the
       experiment again.   Yes, the line had moved -- about five
       degrees.
       So anyway the atheist fellow saw the results; and I said,
       "Aren't you going to say anything about it?  Aren't you
       surprised?"   He didn't act that surprised.
       Could I have done this if enough people had been thinking about
       magnetic north?  I doubt it.  [/quote]
       The news was about an airport in Florida.
       January 6, 2011
  HTML http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/01/06/magnetic-north-pole-shifts-forces-closure-florida-airport.html
       The planet's northern magnetic pole is drifting slowly but
       steadily towards Russia -- and it's throwing off planes in
       Florida.
       Tampa International Airport was forced to readjust its runways
       Thursday to account for the movement of the Earth's magnetic
       fields, information that pilots rely upon to navigate planes.
       Thanks to the fluctuations in the force, the airport has closed
       its primary runway until Jan. 13 to change taxiway signs to
       account for the shift, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
       The poles are generated by movements within the Earth's inner
       and outer cores, though the exact process isn't exactly
       understood. They're also constantly in flux, moving a few
       degrees every year, but the changes are almost never of such a
       magnitude that runways require adjusting, said Paul Takemoto, a
       spokesman for the FAA.
       The magnetic fields vary from place to place. Adjustments are
       needed now at airports in Tampa, but they aren't immediately
       required at all airports across the country.
       So just how often is something like this necessary? "It happens
       so infrequently that they wouldn't venture a guess," Takemoto
       told FoxNews.com. "In fact, you're the first journalist to ever
       ask me about it."
       I'll admit it, I felt a little guilty.  Airports are used to
       slow drifts.  That one seemed to catch them off guard.  Could it
       have been a coincidence?  I guess so.  I don't know.  What I
       know is I got the results I asked for and then felt a little
       guilty about it.
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       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: paralambano Date: April 7, 2018, 8:31 am
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       Kerry -
       [quote]I'll admit it, I felt a little guilty.  Airports are used
       to slow drifts.  That one seemed to catch them off guard.  Could
       it have been a coincidence?  I guess so.  I don't know.  What I
       know is I got the results I asked for and then felt a little
       guilty about it. [/quote]
       You appear to have two minds about it. On one hand, you say you
       feel a bit guilty and on the other, you say that you guess it's
       a coincidence. In order for it to be "scientific", you probably
       well know you'd have to repeat it with positive results. If
       you're feeling somewhat guilty, I'd say try something else which
       would have you feeling guilt-free and perhaps happy/satisfied
       since to me, you seem to be leaning toward believing it.
       Something that you'd know would be beneficial to someone.
       Unsolicited, of course, so's no worries  :).
       para  .   .   .   .   .
       #Post#: 18995--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: June 10, 2018, 6:33 am
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       What a strange dream I had this afternoon.  I was dreaming about
       an ultraviolet light bulb.  It was special because it was able
       to zap carbon dioxide if you wanted it to.  There was a small
       square button at the base; and if you pushed it, it talked to
       you to tell you the function was turned on.  Then it made little
       zapping sounds the way bug zappers do.
       It got stranger when I woke up.  I researched it a bit and found
       out that ultraviolet light can and does interact with carbon
       dioxide.   The one experiment I saw used a source of ultraviolet
       light in a vacuum.  I thought the light bulb I saw was open to
       the air -- certainly the bulb itself wasn't sealed since air
       flowed into it and the CO2 got zapped; but perhaps the source
       itself was isolated.
       Someone must be working on a light-bulb that will remove CO2.
       If you could modify them slightly, they might be removing CO2
       when they're being used for other things.  I know I wasn't
       thinking about ultraviolet light bulbs.  I must have made a
       connection with someone who was thinking about them.  I don't
       think I had a good picture though of the light bulb.  I think my
       mind got some basic details right but then got fanciful with the
       button and having it talk.
       #Post#: 18997--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: June 10, 2018, 6:43 am
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       [quote author=paralambano link=topic=718.msg18215#msg18215
       date=1523107862]
       Kerry -
       You appear to have two minds about it. On one hand, you say you
       feel a bit guilty and on the other, you say that you guess it's
       a coincidence. In order for it to be "scientific", you probably
       well know you'd have to repeat it with positive results. If
       you're feeling somewhat guilty, I'd say try something else which
       would have you feeling guilt-free and perhaps happy/satisfied
       since to me, you seem to be leaning toward believing it.
       Something that you'd know would be beneficial to someone.
       Unsolicited, of course, so's no worries  :).
       para  .   .   .   .   .
       [/quote]I'd be reluctant to repeat it since it might be
       producing results I don't want as well as the ones I wanted.
       We'll see how much magnetic north gets changed if the situation
       in North Korea changes for the better.  I feel confident the
       "dark energy"  in North Korea has altered the magnetic field
       considerably by pushing the magnetic north pole one way or
       another -- not sure which way.
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       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: January 11, 2019, 5:34 am
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       I found an article about the north magnetic pole's shifting.  I
       found it amusing, so I must not feel that guilty.
       Earth’s magnetic pole is on the move, fast. And we don’t know
       why
  HTML https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/earths-magnetic-pole-is-on-the-move-fast-and-we-dont-know-why/news-story/341c92307a6b19d25b38836c6097be9d
       January 11, 2019
       Earth’s magnetic field is what allows us to exist. It deflects
       harmful radiation. It keeps our water and atmosphere in place.
       But now it’s acting up — and nobody knows why.
       Why do they say "nobody" knows why. How unscientific of them to
       say that.   They could have said they didn't know why, but they
       shouldn't speak on behalf of everyone else.
       On January 30 (delayed due to the US Government shutdown), the
       World Magnetic Model — which governs modern navigation systems —
       is due to undergo an urgent update.
       This model is a vital component of systems ranging from
       geopositioning systems used to navigate ships through to
       smartphone trackers and maps.
       The current model was expected to be valid until 2020. But the
       magnetic pole began to shift so quickly, it was realised in 2018
       that the model had to be fixed — now.
       “They realised that it was so inaccurate that it was about to
       exceed the acceptable (safe) limit for navigational errors,”
       Nature reports.
       Every year, geophysicists from the US National Oceanic and
       Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the British Geological
       Survey do a check on how the Earth’s magnetic field is varying.
       This is necessary as the liquid iron churning in the Earth’s
       core does not move in a consistent manner.
       Do they think the "churning" of the liquid iron core is random?
       Again, how unscientific.  They should have more faith in science
       and believe the iron core is obeying certain laws that are
       consistent but they don't what all the laws are yet.  Why accuse
       the iron core of being inconsistent?
       #Post#: 21168--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: paralambano Date: January 11, 2019, 12:25 pm
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       Kerry -  ^
       As a believer, I believe it's God ultimately that allows us to
       exist but that might not be too scientific for some yet. I'm
       just hoping for now that my hot soup stays in its bowl instead
       of sloshing onto my lap and I'd hate to have to blame someone
       for that  :P.
       Ol' grilled-cheese with catsup and termater-soup para .    .
       .     .
       #Post#: 21169--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: January 11, 2019, 2:52 pm
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       [quote author=paralambano link=topic=718.msg21168#msg21168
       date=1547231147]
       Kerry -  ^
       As a believer, I believe it's God ultimately that allows us to
       exist but that might not be too scientific for some yet.
       [/quote]
       From the scientific view of things, I assert that only one thing
       is completely certain, and that is that  awareness exists.  Even
       if our thoughts are wrong, the awareness still exists.   Science
       has fallen into the clutches of materialism so solidly, they now
       hypothesize that maybe only matter exists and that awareness is
       a by-product of matter.   The theory that consciousness is a
       product of matter could be held to be a valid scientific theory;
       but it is a dubious matter to be so sure about matter while
       being skeptical about awareness.
       [quote]I'm just hoping for now that my hot soup stays in its
       bowl instead of sloshing onto my lap and I'd hate to have to
       blame someone for that  :P.[/quote]You may thank how space
       curves for that, not gravity since gravity is not a real force
       according to science but merely an apparent force.   Einstein
       showed that, we are told; but that doesn't stop scientists from
       looking for gravitons -- the hypothetical particles that
       allegedly transfer the "force" of gravity.
  HTML http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics/137-physics/general-physics/particles-and-quantum-physics/813-what-is-a-graviton-intermediate
       The graviton is a hypothetical particle which is thought to be
       responsible for transferring the force of gravity.
       What?  I thought Einstein showed that gravity isn't a force, yet
       here these people are talking about it as if it is a real force.
       
       Meanwhile your soup stays in the bowl.
       #Post#: 21172--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: paralambano Date: January 12, 2019, 6:37 am
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       Kerry -  ^
       Right you are about the chicken-egg nature of the apparent
       consciousness/matter divide for some. As a believer, I'm
       compelled to understand that God is Primal Consciousness, that
       is, whatever, whoever we think God is, we can say (as believers)
       that God was/is conscious first (Spirit/Thought), not material.
       From there, as believers we understand that since God is Creator
       and we're made in His image, we too are consciousness. Now, that
       and two bucks might get me a decent cup of coffee from the
       scientific community cafe, and they'd be correct about it. It's
       not scientific until proven by repeated demonstration.
       The spiritualist and materialist can continue the discussion but
       either one has to demonstrate their theory by repeated
       successful demonstration. We had more than one who did
       demonstrate the primacy of Spirit, indeed, the evidence that
       "matter" must completely obey it, and one above all, Jesus. In
       fact, we're told that matter is good for nothing. As
       believers/followers, we too are to demonstrate the primacy of
       Spirit/Consciousness as the All, the only Reality. These are the
       "works" Jesus meant of Himself and those who believe in Him.
       Even those who don't believe that He is the "Saviour" were told
       to believe His works if not Him as Saviour of all mankind. It's
       through those repeated works that one can ultimately see Jesus
       as most practical and True.
       Ya, I think there's a kind of popular science that differs
       somewhat from what the actual scientific papers say at times
       just like there are rumours of what Christianity is about
       separate from what was meant by it.
       para  .  .  .  .
       #Post#: 21180--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Musings of a Mad Mystic
       By: Kerry Date: January 13, 2019, 4:48 am
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       [quote author=paralambano link=topic=718.msg21172#msg21172
       date=1547296636]
       Kerry -  ^
       Right you are about the chicken-egg nature of the apparent
       consciousness/matter divide for some. As a believer, I'm
       compelled to understand that God is Primal Consciousness, that
       is, whatever, whoever we think God is, we can say (as believers)
       that God was/is conscious first (Spirit/Thought), not material.
       From there, as believers we understand that since God is Creator
       and we're made in His image, we too are consciousness. Now, that
       and two bucks might get me a decent cup of coffee from the
       scientific community cafe, and they'd be correct about it. It's
       not scientific until proven by repeated demonstration.
       The spiritualist and materialist can continue the discussion but
       either one has to demonstrate their theory by repeated
       successful demonstration. We had more than one who did
       demonstrate the primacy of Spirit, indeed, the evidence that
       "matter" must completely obey it, and one above all, Jesus. In
       fact, we're told that matter is good for nothing. As
       believers/followers, we too are to demonstrate the primacy of
       Spirit/Consciousness as the All, the only Reality. These are the
       "works" Jesus meant of Himself and those who believe in Him.
       Even those who don't believe that He is the "Saviour" were told
       to believe His works if not Him as Saviour of all mankind. It's
       through those repeated works that one can ultimately see Jesus
       as most practical and True.
       Ya, I think there's a kind of popular science that differs
       somewhat from what the actual scientific papers say at times
       just like there are rumours of what Christianity is about
       separate from what was meant by it.
       para  .  .  .  .
       [/quote]Is matter good for nothing? Perhaps we are using
       different definitions.  Or does matter find fulfillment when it
       obeys spirit so that conflicts cease to exist?  As I see it,
       matter as a form of consciousness waiting to be expressed
       damages itself when it tries to rule over spirit.   There is
       something confused and mangled within  matter.    When spirit
       begins to think matter is stronger than spirit,  spirit itself
       begins a descent into unrealism and spirit may even begin to
       imitate matter, wishing to be material since it views matter as
       stronger than spirit.
       Consider the body Jesus had following the Resurrection.  He
       could make it appear and disappear at will.  Walls were not a
       problem.   He could, if he wanted, make it appear as "solid" as
       "regular" matter.   This is contrary to how we usually think
       about matter since we see matter as persisting on its own.  What
       we want doesn't mean much, so matter seems more powerful than
       spirit.  I think Jesus showed that the real purpose of "matter"
       was not to become rebellious against spirit but meant to
       manifest whatever spirit wished.
       Consider the usual anxiety about bodies.  We are even worried
       frequently about preserving the physical flesh after the
       physical body stops working.  Why?  What good does embalming
       bodies do?   We are worried that if our physical bodies were to
       disappear, we'd be in  a fix and unable to operate as we want.
       The contrary seems true to me:  Our current physical bodies
       often prevent us from doing what we want.
       We agree that we exist because God projects us.   I think there
       are projections below that level and we project a lot.  The
       problem for us arose when we began projecting against one
       another with opposing projections.  For me,  the solidity of
       matter involves a collision of spiritual energies that occurred
       either (1) when two spirits wanted their projections to occupy
       the same space, or (2) when two spirits disagreed about where a
       projection should be, or (3) when one spirit grew resentful or
       angry and jealous and tried to "wish" the projection of another
       spirit out of existence.   Matter under those conditions could
       not obey both spirits.   Thus the atoms involved grew confused
       and somewhat disobedient, seemingly having a mind of their own.
       I once wondered what it would be like to be a physical object
       and  decided to enter something to experience it.  I started to
       feel very confused and unintelligent, and I stopped and
       withdrew.  I was unprepared to deal with it; I was not strong
       enough to "make the darkness light."    I believe  that spirit
       can untangle the confusion inherent within matter that resulted
       from spirits trying to impose conflicting  realities.
       I also believe that each saint, just by living his life obedient
       to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, is actively working at
       sorting out the confusion within matter.    I do not view the
       "miracles" of the saints as being outside the laws of science.
       I see the saints as having worked out so much of the confusion
       within matter, that their bodies started behaving the way bodies
       should.   I think most Christians are doing this but to a lesser
       extent.  Daily the saints are helping to convert  darkness into
       the Light; but for the most part, this is concealed from the
       eyes of the impious.
       It is also frequently concealed because so many people worship
       matter -- and if people worship matter, even the saints should
       think twice before  opposing them.  That could be creating more
       conflicts.  We find that even Jesus did not do perform
       "miracles" for some people.   We also find him consulting with
       some people asking them for their consent before healing them.
       
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