11/20 Forgiveness, Restorative Justice & Inter-being

Sources for this class

1. Marianne Williamson on forgiveness (and A Course in Miracles) and her 2020 campaign position on criminal justice

2. Howard Zehr on RJ (co-founder of modern restorative justice movement)

3. Bryan Stevenson TED talk (below)

11/18 Ascension: Evolution of Consciousness and Spirit

Required Readings for this class

1. Toru Sato, The Ever-Transcending Spirit, p. 77-99

2. Ken Wilber on the Perennial Wisdom

3. Stanislav Grof, "Science and Spirituality: Observations from Modern Consciousness Research"

Other resources

4. The Voice of Alan Watts, powerful interpreter of the 'Perennial Wisdom' perspective on the Self and Reality.

Also, for your consideration:

5.  a collection of expressions from important religious religious and spiritual texts around the world which support the idea of a single shared truth behind many appearances. 

6. Father Thomas Keating's Guidelines for Interfaith Understanding.

1. The world religions bear witness to the experience of Ultimate Reality to which they give various names: Brahman, Allah, Absolute, God, Great Spirit.
2. Ultimate Reality cannot be limited by any name or concept.
3. Ultimate Reality is the ground of infinite potentiality and actualization.
4. Faith is opening, accepting and responding to Ultimate Reality. Faith in this sense precedes every belief system.
5. The potential for human wholeness (or in other frames of reference) — enlightenment, salvation, transformation, blessedness, “nirvana” — is present in every human person.
6. Ultimate Reality may be experienced not only through religious practices but also through nature, art, human relationships, and service of others.
7. As long as the human condition is experienced as separate from Ultimate Reality, it is subject to ignorance and illusion, weakness and suffering.
8. Disciplined practice is essential to the spiritual life; yet spiritual attainment is not the result of one’s own efforts, but the result of the experience of oneness with Ultimate Reality.

11/13 Philosophy of Life Force Energy continued

Reading for this class
Toru Sato, The Ever-Transcending Spirit, pp. 39-76

The Tao of Qi: Presentation on Life Force Energy

11/11 Psychology of Life Force Energy & Happiness

Texts for this class
1. Toru Sato, The Ever-Transcending Spirit, pp. 1-37.
2. Brene Brown TED talk (below) 

Exophilosophy Presentation for MILES Oct. 30th 2017

Jerusalem UFO (2011)



Gulf Breeze UFO (1995)



Mexican Air Force video of UFO (2004)

The 2004 USS Nimitz footage of the "ticktack" UFO.

11/6 Philosophy of Extraterrestrial Contact

An Introduction to Exo-Philosophy, the newest branch of philosophy

Texts for this class

1. This documentary (above)
2. Historic first serious coverage of ufology by NYTimes in Dec. 2017 
2. Stanton Friedman, "The Case for the Extraterrestrial Origin of Flying Saucers"

Recommended



3. Five Large Scale Scientific Studies Prove that ETs are Real and Here (video below)

"Only small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by the public's natural incredulity."         
                                      Marshall McLuhan



Other resources

5. The Disclosure Project
6. The Anchorage Incident - Expert Witness
7. Black Box evidence of close encounters
8. Blog for PH199 Exophilosophy

9. Dr. Vood's Alien TV, my YouTube channel

The Grays jazz-funk show this weekend

Dear Philosophers,

My band The Grays is performing this Saturday, Nov. 5th at The Sound Retreat Studio in Chester, CT. This musical project is one of my passions and I am reading looking forward to this gig, which will feature two incredible horn players joining our jazz-funk trio. Our original music is inspired by Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and others. You are cordially invited.

Venue: The Sound Retreat is a beautiful sound healing studio on 96 Cedar Lake Road in Chester, CT at the edge of Cockaponsett State Park, a beautiful place to go for a walk before the show if you have the time. 

Date/Time: Saturday, November 5th, 8-11 PM

Tickets: $40/car and you can bring up to 4 people per car.You can purchase tickets here. The show is almost sold out, so if you wanna catch the show you’ll need to get your ticket online asap.

Facebook Event Page for this event

You can listen to a track from a recent rehearsal here.