Monday, September 30, 2013
U-Predict – Were There Other Human-Like Species on Earth – 09/24/2013
A good deal of the ideas behind today’s show comes from a
theory by the author of Forbidden Archeology, Michael Cremo. Michael is a
member of the History of Science Society, the World Archeological Congress, the
Philosophy of Science Association, the European Association of Archaeologists
and an associate member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, specializing in history
and philosophy of science. These
societies all are pushing to bring a more philosophical dynamic to hard
science, looking at what would happen if you added a form of spirituality to
the research, or what effect a major, history changing discovery would mean to
all of society. I personally will highly
recommend the book to anyone is has an interest in crypto archeology.
Cremo’s primary philosophy is the opposite of the “ancient
alien” theory. He believes that may
different types of humanoids have inhabited the planet, only to “graduate”
through enlightenment to another dimension. Later in time, intelligent design begins again
to create a being that can learn from the conditions on earth. In some cases, one civilization may gain the
legacy of a previous civilization – the Egyptians may have inherited the pyramids. It is up to the next humanoid race to
interpret the previous civilization, and continue the use of a technology or
develop their own. He uses this as an
explanation as to why the “guesses” of the early 1900’s about different ancient
cultures are proving inaccurate in light of the more advanced science that we
have today. He stresses that we have a
lot to learn from these past civilizations, and that we should not turn our
back on new theories just because they don’t match what we were told in high
school or college.
The readers
for today’s show included: Anita Perez, Ivy Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Kea
Hypnosis Joanne Matthews, and ReeNee Cummins.
We started
asking questions with a black or white perspective – were the skeletons alien
or were they different humanoids? The
cards said that we had both. But the
cards also asked us if that really mattered?
Do we need to confuse the discussion of unexplained archeology with a
number of different theories of who these beings are, where they came from, or
if a deity was involved? Should we not
be more interested in what these beings left us to discover as far as rediscovered
ancient science and not worry about who they might have been.
The Major
Arcana card that echoed this thought was the Temperance card. The card speaks to keeping a balance; a
balance between science and spirituality, and a balance between what people
hold near as a belief. The other Major
Arcana that was pulled in synchronicity was the Sun. Again, the reading was multi-level – first there
is realizing that there are people who just want to sit in the sunshine, and
not have to do any deep thinking; second there are people who want to dig deep,
show the light on the truth of where we come from. We have to ask ourselves if we can live with
both.
The Minor
Arcana synchronicities started with the Ace of Swords - a powerful, new idea
that people may not like. We have evolution,
which science now claims as fact, and we have a deity-centric creation that a
lot of very religious people believe in.
Now we add ancient aliens and a new theory that civilizations are
created by intelligent design, to fulfill the spiritual need of a bunch of
souls. The Four of Wands is about a
firm foundation. What kind of a firm
foundation do we have to move science forward?
Should we worry about where we came from, or more interested in
understanding their technology and seeing if would could improve our world with
it?
The next
card was the pesky King of Pentacles.
Ah, yes, the man with the money.
Even though books like Forbidden Archeology sell well, but the people
with the purse strings are dissuaded by those with pieces of paper and research
that keeps the status quo. When one
considers what could happen to the foundation of civilization if there was
proof that everything we believed was wrong, it is easy to understand why money
supports the most basic understanding of The Sun card – just sit and enjoy the
sunshine. The final synchronistic card
was the 7 of Pentacles, the perfect card to end the reading. The answer will only come with patience. Patience with humanity as much as patience
with the science that would help us decipher this technology. Where do we come from and does it matter…U-Predict.
Monday, September 23, 2013
U-Predict Blog – Personal Responsibility – 09/17/2013
At the core of some of the bitterest debates in society is
the idea of personal responsibility.
Government officials claim that if people were “more responsible” they
would get jobs and quit taking government handouts. Citizens claim that if gun owners would truly
support “personal responsibility”, we could get better gun safety regulations
passed. The old claim the young have no
personal responsibility; the young say that senior citizens didn’t take
personal responsibility for their old age and the young now foot the bill…and
on, and on. In fact, a personal friend
who has connections to the paranormal entertainment industry asked me to do a show
on this topic. Quite frankly, if I had
met him at 25, and he had offered me even an internship to pursue what fascinated
me, along with meeting people who could help me further my career, I would have
cleaned up after zombies. But he says
this is not the case. That alone
intrigued me enough to what to pull cards on this topic.
The Reading Room for this show included Anita Perez, Jean
Maurie Puhlman, Ivy Lieberman, and ReeNee Cummins. We added Energytherapies as a new visitor and
contributor to the show.
We started with the routine questions – parental responsibility
to teach, learned helplessness from reading too many help-yourself books (aka
your life IS screwed up), and even looked at if “teaching to the test” had
caused a decline in learning self-responsibility. What we got was surprising and but thought
provoking from the tarot. The tarot said that self-responsibility was
something that mankind had tried to avoid for thousands of years. When you look at religion stretching back far
into history, you see a pattern of being able to blame an outside entity (like
a devil or evil spirit) for their bad behavior.
We also have the religions who tell the adherents to complete an act or
believe on a person or event in history and they are absolved of their “sins”. Many interpret this as be able to go on their
merry way, behaving as they wish because they are “saved”.
The Reading Room had their own ideas and opinions about what
caused the lack of self-responsibility.
Anita Perez brought up and defended the idea that societal norms were
tightening; this gives people the self-granted right to bully and be bigoted against
those who saw the world differently.
Finally, these folks just give up – go their own way, surviving the best
they could. Ivy Lieberman talked about
the importance of self-esteem – and how it is the gateway to compassion as an
adult. Ivy and Jean Maurie both talked
about how self-esteem allows a person to follow their own path, and not fall
victim to the societal norms we had discussed earlier in the show. Both ReeNee and Energytherapies talked about
the problem of enabling, and how many people did not understand that there is a
huge difference between building self-esteem and just giving in or enabling
someone to make poor decisions about their life.
The Major Arcana cards gave us a picture of the situation as
well as a solution. First card in synchronicity
was the Hermit. Bottom line, we go it
alone. This has been one of the
strongest messages in all our broadcasts – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE. You decide your life, you create your fate,
and in the end, you have to accept the consequences. The next Major in synchronicity was Justice,
but in all cases the pulled card was REVERSED.
Humanity does not want this responsibility. Many do not want to stand for justice, for
the right thing. We would rather
continue along either beating our chests in triumph as we watch our opponents
struggle, or cry piteously that “what we did in a previous life” caused the
misery we face now (forgetting that we dropped out of high-school, cheated on
our spouse which destroyed our family, or abused our bodies to the point of
chronic ill health). And the final major
was the card of Judgment. For the
purpose of this reading, the card should be read literally as in karma will
judge, and in the classical sense of WAKE THE HELL UP – it doesn’t work like
you think it does.
The Minor Arcana gave us a good idea of the dynamic behind
this topic – we had the 5 of Wands and the 5 of Swords. This reflects both the battle between people
willing to help people in need whatever the reason and the 5 of Swords, which
is vanquishing your enemy – making the little people suffer. We had the 2 of Swords which said that
choosing not to help was not a monumental problem (interesting to note that
within days of the show, Pope Francis had told his churches to quit focusing on
politics and going back to helping those in need), and that a solution of
reaching out to those people could be achieved.
We were given an answer in the Minors as well – We had the Queen of
Wands (the sharp idea lady), the King of Cups (the fatherly mentor) the Page of
Wands (an adolescent type who may not realize that there are things to learn)
and the Ace of Wands.
We need new
thinking! There are programs abounding
in the US where people at any age are taught to start over. There are the developers and trainers who get
people thinking; there are loving mentors who take people under their wing and
given them skills. These programs have a
track-record of success. That is where
our focus should be. This is the answer
to the Major Arcana telling us to wake the hell up. The answer is yes, we will help teach these
people instead of letting them flounder.
We will tell them that they are terrific, and we will help them find a
place where their terrific-ness fits in.
The final card was the 10 of Pentacles.
Are we ready to help people find that level of security…U Predict!
Sunday, September 15, 2013
U-Predict - All about Psychic Vampires - 09/10/2013
If you are
at all a psychic/sensitive, you feel them the minute they enter the door –
something is not off, their energy isn’t normal. If you are in a professional setting, you try
to put it behind you. You greet the
person, shake hands – and start to wish you were somewhere else. This is where experience and study pays
off. You no longer fight the feeling;
you start to ground, guard, and ward.
You’re dealing with a psychic vampire.
Some of
these people know exactly what they are doing; some have no idea. Some practice vampirism to enhance their own
strength; others believe that they are spiritually unable to maintain their own
life force, and must feed on others.
There are two types – some are emotional vampires, they want to feel and
absorb strong human emotion. The second
type wants to literally steal life-force energy from the people they are
around. Most psychics and sensitives run
into this type quickly after deciding to do energy work (psychic readings,
Reiki, holding spiritual rituals).
Because it is so unsettling, first-time experiencers are quick to turn
toward the large community to ask what happened. On the other hand, some psychics/sensitives claim
the whole psychic vampire thing is just nonsense, or that if you flood them
with love they will leave. The term is also adopted by the fringe
psychology community. However, these
vampires are out to suck the live out of your career; they are the disrupters,
the complainers, the back-stabbers in the next cubicle; few of these
descriptions match what they paranormal community considers a psychic vampire
(usually, the term is used to sell books).
If you ask a mainstream psychologist, especially one who practices Cognitive
Behavior Therapy (CBT), you will be informed that what is happening is you are
projecting the feelings on the other person, and once you stop, it will stop
(it doesn’t).
So
considering that I had been told that I was using silly, old-fashioned ideas
about psychic vampires by some psychics/sensitives, and that no “real”
psychologists want to discuss the topic, I thought it would be a very
interesting topic for U-Predict. I was
right; we had one of the fullest Reading Rooms in the history of the show. The readers included: Anita Perez, Ivy
Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Joanne Matthews, and ReeNee Cummins. Eric
Risinger of Paraencountersnetwork joined the Reading Room with a psychic vampire
story of his own, Kea Hypnosis joined and added from the perspective of a hypnotherapist,
and Oracle Treehouse gave us a sanity check with an oracle deck.
First, the
participants in the Reading Room all had experiences with psychic vampires – no
one agreed that they were nonsense. Ivy
Lieberman had written documents for her coven on how to deal with one if they
showed up to participate in a ritual or other activities. Eric talked about meeting one at a paranormal
event. The vampire had sought him out
later alone to try to feed. He had
frightened the person away by psychically yelling at him. Reenee recounted a similar experience when
she and Mary Nale were attending an event.
The psivamp had left after some psychic screaming.
Several
members of the Reading Room recommended crystal and stone wards to keep psivamps
(as they like to be called) away. Ivy Lieberman
suggested opal, moonstone, and obsidian and the herb yarrow.
Anita Perez
suggested hematite, black tourmaline, and dragon’s blood resin. ReeNee suggested jet and amber as a
necklace. ReeNee also recommended a mudra
of linking the index fingers and thumbs in a chain. Even articles written by psivamps themselves
claimed that the hand mudra would stop them.
As far as
the cards themselves, the reading was very deep and very powerful. The High Priestess, The Hermit, and The Devil
were the Major Arcana cards. The High
Priestess answered the question posed by ReeNee on the cause of psivamps – the reasons
are hidden and not singular. There could
be past live lessons to be learned; this could be a learned skill that gives
the practitioner (especially emotional vampires) a rush or high; it may be part
of some kind of personal spiritual practice.
The Hermit speaks that this can cause a person to live a very solitary
life. Many people flee when they come in
contact with any psivamp. Some do not understand their effect on other
people, and just retreat from close relationships. Some decide that there must be a positive
side to the condition, and use their energy sensing for the positive. These psivamps give readings and doing
paranormal research. This is the other
side of The Hermit – seeking the positive side of a situation. Then there is the Devil. Again, a card that has two meanings, one that
the person feels trapped in a hell not of their making, or using and
manipulating others for one’s own gain.
The Major Arcana matched the research done for the show. Some psivamps know but dislike and feel
helpless about their condition, others use it as a necessity, and a third group
sucks energy for the enjoyment and control of others.
Even the
Minor Arcana reflected strong energy – the Kings of Wards and Swords. With these two kings we have a good
representative of the human energy system – the life force and brain
activity. What was most interesting was
that the other Minor Arcana was that it was the 3 of Cups – but all draws were
reversed. Instead of the 3 being about
gayety and happiness it is about stuck energy – again back to the concept people
not wanting to be around these types of folks.
Are you
ready to deal with a psivamp? U-Predict…
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
U-Predict blog – Is Enlightenment the Missing Link between Science and Religion – 09/03/2013
Cyber Delphi is based on social experimentation. Yes, we do
interpret the tarot, looking for signs of synchronicity on a given topic, but
it is people who interpret cards and share their interpretation and philosophy
as the broadcast moves along. Because this involves social experimentation, we
sometimes re-examine a topic to see if our answers either match or are close in
nature. This is required by the
scientific community because people change their minds and their beliefs
sometimes on a daily basis. By getting two similar readings on a similar topic,
we strengthen the correlation that synchronicity exist and can be a tool used
to improve society in the world. This show was similar to one done on whether
or not religion helps or harmed man. There
were synchronicities between the two readings; however this reading which
focused on enlightenment gave us a much stronger card set to work with. Note:
While the word “enlightenment” was used in the title, the term
consciousness was considered a broader understanding and was used for the
questions on the broadbast.
The Reading Room for U-Predict included: Anita Perez, Ivy
Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Joanne Matthews, and ReeNee Cummins.
The underlying theme to the questions asked was that a
utopian society would be built once our science and religion found common
ground. Some of the questions that we posed asked if religion would completely
disappear, if it would morph into a hybrid that included both philosophies, or would
some continue to cling to the ancient ways. The answer we got was that we would
continue to cling to not only our religions but to the books that supported
them. This also affected the answer to
the question about world peace. The cards indicated that because people would
continue to cling to the ancient, the blending of science and religion would
not solve problems based on religious beliefs or interpretations. In questions about money for scientific
research or a space program, the tarot told us that those were economic issues
and funding would not increase just because of an increase in consciousness.
Again, as with our last show, we pulled an unusually high
number of Major Arcana cards. Last show
we pulled nine Major Arcana cards; this week, the number was seven. The tarot
seems to be asking us to pay attention to our consciousness when undertaking
scientific research, reading, or tasks. The tarot is also saying that if we
approach scientific discoveries with an open mind and heart, we may be shown
where these discoveries fit in with the grand plan of the Universe. The Major Arcana cards that were pulled were The
Magician, The High Priestess, The Emperor, The Lovers, Strength, Justice, and The
Devil. To glimpse down this list and quickly review the meaning of these cards
defines the struggle that most of humanity has between religion, science, and
expanding their consciousness. Of course the Emperor, Strength, and Justice are
cards that demonstrate a path of overcoming past wrongs and bringing justice
and harmony to the world. With this particular show and topic The Lovers card
can be read both ways; relating both to the idea of loving what is around you,
as well as the idea of making good choices. The High Priestess speaks of the
mysteries yet to be uncovered, as well as the mystery of how consciousness can
be expanded for the average person. The final cards, The Magician and The Devil,
speak that how we view the world is completely up to us. We can see the power
that we hold as promised by the Magician, and work to bring beauty and truth to
the world. We also can make the choice to keep our minds and beliefs prisoners
of outmoded and outdated ideas. That is what The Devil card is about – making
one’s own hell, and keeping one’s mind in that hell. This applies to both sides
of the fence. Both religious and scientific extremist drag the argument down in
their own way and neither side nor the side of consciousness makes any
progress.
There were only three Minor Arcana cards that were pulled in
synchronicity; the 5 of swords, the 7 of swords, and the 10 of cups. Both the 5 and the 7 of swords are cards of turmoil,
anger, and power seized but not won. This
showed a synchronicity with the Major Arcana cards, and the answers we got to
our questions. People will continue to fight – both within the religious
community, and the scientific community to prove that they are absolutely
right. This fight to be right was the
overlying theme in the synchronicity of the previous broadcast about religion.
We had pulled 15 number five cards of all suits. That much five energy is all about fighting
and arguing and not listening at all. Also, on that show we only pulled two Major
Arcana cards. A topic as important as
religion is to many people should be represented by more Major Arcana cards
pulled. With that small of a number of
majors being pulled, the Universe via the tarot is telling us that religion is
not the answer and that there is something much bigger and more profound that
we need to understand. Considering that this show was about consciousness
affecting both science and religion and the Major Arcana cards pulled, the
cards showed that the Universe is a lot more interested in the general
expansion of consciousness amongst the human race. As long as people are fighting, it will be
hard to see any growth in consciousness. However, the 10 cups does offer hope
in the long run; this is the card of abundance and happiness. This is the way
to a happy, interesting future life – an open mind and an open heart with
consciousness steadily increasing. This is
the way to have the best of all worlds. Are you ready? U-Predict…
Monday, September 2, 2013
U-Predict Blog - Was the War on Drugs Worth It? 08/27/2013
Blogger’s thoughts – When the research for this broadcast
started, it was going to be a show about how the counter-culture drugs of the
60’s were taking their place in hospitals, doctor’s offices, and hospices as
life-enhancing drugs. Hallucinogens were
being used to relieve the excruciating pain of cluster headaches; guided LSD
trips give the dying a feeling of oneness with the universe, and make their
final days joyous; and the list of benefits from use of marijuana grows longer
every day. However, when I started to
put together examples for U-Predict, I discovered that most of this research
and use was being done in Europe and especially in Israel. Many of these treatments, no matter how
beneficial, were unavailable in all or parts of the United States - the Comprehensive
Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, which was a compilation and
continuation of laws going back to 1914, disallows their use. So I turned in the opposite direction. I decided to ask tarot if this prohibition
had been worth or time and money.
In June 2011, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released
a report on the War on Drugs, declaring "The global war on drugs has
failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the
world. In 40 years, the United States
ALONE had spent over a trillion dollars; only to see many states pass laws
permitting medical marijuana and two states’ citizens voting to make the drug
legal. So that was the question posed to
the Reading Room – “Was the War on Drugs worth it?” The Reading Room included Anita Perez, Ivy
Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Joanne Matthews, Deb Frueh, and ReeNee
Cummins. Because this topic had been
argued to death with the open resurgence of marijuana, I truly worried if this
topic was going to be of interest to readers or to the public in general;
however, the results were amazing.
First, any time a reader sees a large number of Major Arcana
cards in a reading, they tell the client that something very important
spiritually or karmically is about to happen on this topic. We pulled synchronicities on 9 Major Arcana
cards! Despite dismissal of this topic
by many people as trite or non-important, the outcome is going to say a great
deal about the future of our society. I
will let the cards do to talking about meaning.
But there was another interesting event that happened on
this U-Predict and the U-Predict broadcast earlier this year entitled “Are we
going to pot?” which dealt with Marijuana use.
The results of the “going to pot” show were that the legalization of pot
was a slow-moving freight train. After
it got moving, it would be large and powerful enough to make it happen across
the nation. During this show, Ivy Lieberman
said “There are so many bad connotations associated with the use of drugs, but
the light is shining on it by legalization of Marijuana...the beginning.” Other readings from the Reading Rook showed
that there would be positive results in the near future on legalization. On 8/29 The United States government took a
historic step away from the drug war when Attorney General Eric Holder informed
the governors of Washington and Colorado that the Department of Justice would
allow the states to create system of regulation and implementation for the
ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults. The announcement also supported the states
where marijuana could be medically prescribed.
While U-Predict did predict the outcome of the last election and the
mood that affects so much of the United States in 2013, we aren’t a typical prediction
program. However, the Reading Room (again)
was spot on.
The Major Arcana gave us this picture on the topic. First, yes some people will abuse whatever
drugs are legalized. We had The Devil
(many read this as a card of addiction) The Hanged Man, and The Hermit. There was discussion from the Reading Room that
some of the drug taking was out of boredom, or even curiosity, and did not lead
to addiction. In addition, that combination also suggests
that we look at things in a different way and perhaps come to understand that
drug use can by a symptom of mental illness.
Seen in this light, the answer is medical assessment and treatment.
The Reading Room was quick to remind that for some people
traditional medicine had failed; the use of marijuana may give the relief they
have sought and been denied. The Moon
reminded all that there is not one answer for everyone. We got the Star, which shows that
legalization may give patients hope (this also was an echo that we got from the
“going to pot” broadcast). The Wheel of
Fortune was a demonstration of the demographics behind the changing of minds
and the law; more people support legalization than support continuing as we
have in the past. The demographic definitely
has to do with age – those who are adamantly opposed are quietly slipping
across the veil. Even many aging Baby Boomers admit to experimentation, and
have no problems with an organized and controlled method of distribution.
The final cards were Strength and The Sun (this is the 4th
show in a row where the Sun has been the most synchronistic Major Arcana card
drawn). We do have the strength to use
these substances wisely; we will be happier as a nation if we have more choices
over what our healthcare looks like and how we choose to treat our health
problems. The fact that the nation can
choose to allow citizens to make a natural choice instead of waiting for big
pharma to determine how and what medication we are given is the reason for the
large number of Major Arcana cards. We
as citizens need to speak up, or act up until our needs are met in a way that
allows for personal freedom.
The Minor Arcana also echoed these ideas and the concerns
that society may hold about both the War on Drugs and the legalization. Most prominent was both the 8 and 9 of Swords
pulled synchronistically. These two
cards together can denote illness. And
that is the underlying issue here. Are
we discussing drug abuse as an illness or as a reason for incarceration? Is drug abuse the sign of an illness that
could be treated and/or controlled with the proper help? The other side of the coin is who will we
help with the marijuana dispensaries who may not be helped any other way? I know several Fibromyalgia patients who say
that pot is the best pain relief they can get.
I can say the same thing about PTSD – many claim it is the best
treatment.
The 7 and 8 of Cups were also pulled in synchronicity. We need to learn what truth is, educate with
that truth, and move away from the fear mongering of the past. “Refer Madness”
IS NOW A COMEDY.
The final synchronicities of the Minor Arcana were about, of
course, money. We had the King of Cups
representing health professionals who are willing to try or to recommend marijuana
to give their patients relief. We also
had the King of Pentacles (reversed twice) which shows the monetary side of the
argument. Why should people grow their
own medicine when it can be synthesized by big pharma to make corporations richer? We also had a synchronicity on the 5 of pentacles
which tells us that any negative arguments we hear should be filtered to hear
who is trying to make money with their negativity.
Is the United States waking up? Are we turning an important corner in which
citizens will be able to make one more major decision about the healthcare or
their quality of life? U-Predict…
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