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Robert Lawrence Kuhn, whom Wikipedia describes as a "public intellectual, international corporate strategist and investment banker", has a show on PBS called "Closer to Truth" in which he talks to various other intellectuals about metaphysical issues. Mr. Kuhn is on a quest to determine if there is a god and an afterlife. When I first discovered the show, I was very excited by it and watched every episode. Each episode is focussed on a question about science or religion. Kuhn's guests are academicians, scientists and clerics. However, all that any intellectual can do is to share his opinion with Kuhn. The fact is, whether there is a god or an afterlife is just not known to human beings. So why is he only talking to people who can't give him answers?
When I was young, I was looking for answers too; but unlike Kuhn I realized that human beings don't have them. So I started to look at metaphysical sources. The first thing I did was to read the books of Hans Holzer, a "ghost-chaser" who wrote about ghosts. Judging from the small number of ghosts that Holzer found, it was clear to me that he wasn't making things up. From Holzer's books I concluded that ghosts were real, and that became my first evidence that there is life after death. (Since then, I have met people who have seen ghosts.)
The books about Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet", were the next source that I came across. Cayce was a trance medium (who died in the 1950's) who could diagnose people's illnesses from a distance and prescribe treatments. People who researched the Cayce readings were able to verify that Cayce knew things about his subjects that he should not have known. That convinced me that ESP, at the very least, was real.
In the latter part of his career, Edgar Cayce started giving "life readings" about people's reincarnational pasts. I figured that if his health readings were valid, his life readings were probably valid too. That was my first evidence that reincarnation might be real.
The books about near-death experiences also gave me confirmation about life after death. A doctor named Raymond Moody was the first one to publish a book about them. He found that there were a series of steps that people went through when they died, and that the steps were approximately the same for everyone. The people who experienced these events said that they felt more alive during their near-death experiences than they did in their physical lives, and they were absolutely certain that they were not dreaming. That provided more evidence that there was life after death.
In 1984 I found the metaphysical source that I had been looking for: the Seth Material. In late 1963, a writer of fiction and poetry named Jane Roberts started to "channel" a soul or spirit who called himself Seth. She died in 1984 (shortly before I learned of her). During those twenty years of readings, Seth pretty much answered all the questions that mankind has about God, the universe and the soul. I found the Seth Material to be believable and authentic on many levels. There was tangible evidence that Seth was real and not just a figment of the psychic's imagination. The sessions were well annotated with comments from the stenographer (the psychic's husband); there were many witnesses to the sessions; and the psychic was seen to do things that an ordinary human would find impossible. Furthermore, the content of the Material was highly original in scope and perspective, very insightful into the human psyche, and consistent in its details over twenty years of readings. Seth never contradicted himself, and the picture that he drew of reality was so unique and cohesive that it forms a theology in itself. In addition, Seth was never conceited, judgemental, pious, pompous or pretentious -- characteristics that often reveal other psychics to be frauds. So I settled on the Seth Material as the basis for my religious views.
The main point that I am trying to make is this: Don't look for answers where they can't be found. To find answers, it is necessary to look outside the box -- and in this case, our physical universe is the box. Metaphysical sources come from outside our universe. Kuhn, to the best of my knowledge, has never investigated metaphysical sources like the Seth Material on his show, and, in my opinion, that's where the answers lie.
When I was young, I was looking for answers too; but unlike Kuhn I realized that human beings don't have them. So I started to look at metaphysical sources. The first thing I did was to read the books of Hans Holzer, a "ghost-chaser" who wrote about ghosts. Judging from the small number of ghosts that Holzer found, it was clear to me that he wasn't making things up. From Holzer's books I concluded that ghosts were real, and that became my first evidence that there is life after death. (Since then, I have met people who have seen ghosts.)
The books about Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet", were the next source that I came across. Cayce was a trance medium (who died in the 1950's) who could diagnose people's illnesses from a distance and prescribe treatments. People who researched the Cayce readings were able to verify that Cayce knew things about his subjects that he should not have known. That convinced me that ESP, at the very least, was real.
In the latter part of his career, Edgar Cayce started giving "life readings" about people's reincarnational pasts. I figured that if his health readings were valid, his life readings were probably valid too. That was my first evidence that reincarnation might be real.
The books about near-death experiences also gave me confirmation about life after death. A doctor named Raymond Moody was the first one to publish a book about them. He found that there were a series of steps that people went through when they died, and that the steps were approximately the same for everyone. The people who experienced these events said that they felt more alive during their near-death experiences than they did in their physical lives, and they were absolutely certain that they were not dreaming. That provided more evidence that there was life after death.
In 1984 I found the metaphysical source that I had been looking for: the Seth Material. In late 1963, a writer of fiction and poetry named Jane Roberts started to "channel" a soul or spirit who called himself Seth. She died in 1984 (shortly before I learned of her). During those twenty years of readings, Seth pretty much answered all the questions that mankind has about God, the universe and the soul. I found the Seth Material to be believable and authentic on many levels. There was tangible evidence that Seth was real and not just a figment of the psychic's imagination. The sessions were well annotated with comments from the stenographer (the psychic's husband); there were many witnesses to the sessions; and the psychic was seen to do things that an ordinary human would find impossible. Furthermore, the content of the Material was highly original in scope and perspective, very insightful into the human psyche, and consistent in its details over twenty years of readings. Seth never contradicted himself, and the picture that he drew of reality was so unique and cohesive that it forms a theology in itself. In addition, Seth was never conceited, judgemental, pious, pompous or pretentious -- characteristics that often reveal other psychics to be frauds. So I settled on the Seth Material as the basis for my religious views.
Kuhn, however, seems to be chronically stuck in his search. That isn't surprising given that he's looking in the wrong places. I tried to reach him to share the Seth Material with him, but he is impossible to get in touch with. (If he were really serious about finding answers, I think he'd be willing to talk to his viewers.)
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