is paranormal research. Many are
surprised when I mention universities
such as Princeton, Edinburgh, or
Northampton actively working
in dedicated labs to solve these
legitimate mysteries. Nor do they
realize the minds at the top of their
game in this field are neurobiologists,
physicists, psychologists, the
president of the American Statistical
Association, and even senior lecturers
at top institutions such as Coventry
University. Throughout my Great
Great Grandfather’s career as both
a physician and psychic researcher,
he prided himself on accurate
information and documentation in
a way that legitimately reported the
magnificence of our supernatural
world, causing me to question the
word “supernatural” in its entirety,
as this phenomenon is more common
than not.
The problem is this: The world
of entertainment is excellent
at packaging information and
distributing it in a way which
captures peoples’ imaginations.
Whether or not it is accurate is very
much a secondary thought for most
of the industry (which, again, is fine,
as long as the shows are clear the
production is “entertainment”). The
parapsychology world is incredible
at documenting and releasing
studies on the real deal, but terrible
at packaging it in a way the average
layman can access unless they are
willing to read a pile of paperwork.
Most, unfortunately, are not.It drives home the importance for the
parapsychology community of today
to do one thing: Find a way to bring
the information to the average
person in a way that will
keep the public’s, often
short, attention
span. I have
made this a
large part of my
own career with interactive
shows and presentations, often using
fire arts and other forms of sensory
stimulation to get my point across in a
memorable way.
Education is the key to our motion
forward, but the forms of education
must change and meld. As
researchers, it is our responsibility to
lift this information to a higher level.
Intention is everything, and when we,
as researchers, are given a platform to
teach, we must decide how we want to
engage the minds who are open to this
new world. People make the mistake
of thinking that unless you have fame
and a television show, you don’t have
a platform. Your degree is a platform,
your ability is a platform, your study is a
platform, your voice is a platform. How
will you use your platform to elevate the
quality of the information the universe
continues to present to us?This does not mean that television does
not have a purpose! Television is one of
the most accessible forms of information
available to the majority of the world- it is a tool! We have the potential to
use this incredible media format to
present to the world a new relationship
formula, and that relationship is with
non-physical. It is the most important
relationship because it is the relationship
with which we cannot see, it is the bond
we can develop with the unknown which,
currently, scares the hell out of most
people. Getting OK with what we cannot
see and do not understand is the core
of the dysfunction in a gigantic amount
of our current problems, including the
problems with the paranormal. To have
an attitude of curiosity rather than
fear: Imagine it. Imagine the influence
we would have in politics, news, family,
science, and psi if we approached it
from curiosity. I digress, slightly, but the
importance of what we do as researchers
cannot be understated.The question I leave you with is simple,
yet complicated:We all have the opportunity to use
our time alive to its best form of
service, how will you choose to use
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