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Divergent Philosophies
Third Edition
by Bill Gorton
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Sophistry and Skeptics
Chapter 2: Implications of Religion on Moral Judgement
Chapter 3: Scientifically Conceivable in the 21st Century
Chapter 4: The Bigger Picture
Chapter 5: The Undertones of My Philosophy
Chapter 6: Notable People Who Have Made Possible Contact
Chapter 7: The Spiritual and Physical Reborn
Chapter 8: Demons and Mental Illness: a Paradisease
Chapter 9: Food for Thought
Chapter 10: The Social Impact
Chapter 1: Sophistry and Skeptics
Some skeptics I speculate are sophists with hidden agendas to influence the public
through claptrap and sophistry to reject and laugh at the idea of the paranormal. They
exploit the ignorance and defense mechanisms of people to make them biased towards
the hidden mysteries and complexity of life, so they perceive simple, conventional
explanations as better and reject the notion of the paranormal, which has implications of
greater complexity than conventional scientific understanding.

Nevertheless, logicians say a simple explanation isn't necessarily any more likely to
be true than a complex one in the complex world we live in. Sometimes there is no
telling how complicated a given situation can be in life, such as with forensic teams and
the possibility of planted evidence. Ockham's razor does have a useful application, but it
is misunderstood as meaning just because a theory is simple that gives it more merit.
What it means in science is when developing a theoretic model, entities (something
non-observable or observable such as dark matter, gravitational forces, or electrons)
should not be unnecessarily multiplied, rather than the arbiter between models. One
example of an entity that was once non-observable and theoretical but became
observable with scientific progress is radio frequencies. Adolf Hitler once said, "Make
the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." Hitler
believed people were more susceptible to falling for a big lie than a small one. Don't
confuse simplicity with the truth.
What skeptics and mainstream (strong) atheists like to do is say everyone who has
had a spiritual or paranormal experience is merely hallucinating and is delusional. They
might say for instance that they cannot diagnose someone from the past, but if you
delve deeper into their minds you will find that is exactly how they explain such
experiences by people throughout history in their worldview, and I believe when
analyzing the complexity of these experiences, conventional explanations like it is
hallucinatory falls short in explanation.
Many of them hide behind the veil of agnosticism, but essentially they are anti-theists
whose outlook on the world does not take serious consideration into possibilities outside
what is said by scientists, authorities, and the status quo on the 6 o'clock news. They

don't conceptually explore what it might mean if something otherworldly was behind
these alleged spiritual and paranormal experiences, and they matter-of-factly reject the
notion outright without any investigation into the idea, which is not scientific or
philosophically minded.
They act like the only way to gain knowledge is in universities and laboratories, but in
the real world, people can attain a posteriori knowledge without verifying it with peer
review, scholarly journals. The fundamental error in this overly pedantic epistemology is
that it is contingent on the perfect world condition that everything important that is
known by people is known and publicly acknowledged by the mainstream establishment
and academia. It does not take into account that people can attain knowledge
independently of a central authority, such as the government or academia, which
ignores the principles that helped define The Enlightenment.
This should be especially weighed and considered, when taking into account that
mainstream scientists based on personal bias simply will not hypothesize on spiritual or
paranormal phenomena in the first place, hence as the notion is outright rejected, there
is very little testing or experimentation in the field. Those who do are sometimes
attacked by the scientific community and their integrity is tarnished. If something does
not add up, it is not categorized as paranormal and something requiring greater study,
but rather simply labeled a "mystery" or anomaly and pushed under the rug.
Therefore, this type of epistemology has limitations when it comes to the quest for the
truth and knowledge, and it is not the only way of acquiring it, as knowledge from
experience--a posteriori knowledge--is the cornerstone of all true knowledge and
enlightenment. So if your experiences do not cohere with the theories of the academic

world, then perhaps they are missing something, not you. Or in fact, they are (at least
some of them) sophists, of unknown, hidden agendas, intent on suppressing the truth,
on clouding real discussion, and harnessing the biases and emotions of the crowd to
laugh at and even taunt those of us they wish to render defunct who dare to challenge
popular opinion. Furthermore, not everything known from experience can be broadcast
to the rest of society to experience and know as well, such as eyewitness testimony of a
crime, which is admissible in a court of law.
I'm not saying people shouldn't question their own beliefs; however, just as our
perceptions can be wrong and our senses can deceive us, scientific knowledge is
fallible and can change over time. People should question the validity of their own
worldview based on their experiences, reason, and knowledge, which goes for
everyone, including die-hard skeptics. I believe as a philosopher the admission of
ignorance and ability to distinguish when you know and don't know something is
fundamental to the attainment of wisdom. As Pythagoras said, "not wise but trying to be
wise." Although having a lack of personal experience with something does not prove a
negative, it could prove some level of ignorance.
Paranormal semantically does not mean it is outside scientific laws and what science
could hope to address, or in contradiction with science, though all scientific knowledge
is provisional and always open to re-evaluation. Rather, it means something that is
outside the scope of normal human experience and beyond mainstream, conventional
scientific understanding, leaving room for the possibility with further study it could one
day be understood scientifically. When broken down, in Latin, para means above,
outside, or beyond and normal means that which is according to the norm, not unusual.

Just because we've never detected the source behind a paranormal event empirically
under a microscope does not mean it cannot be ascertained through rational means of
deduction something is there. In science many things can be indirectly determined, such
as the shadows of wobbling celestial elements moving around stars from thousands of
light years away, showing there are planets orbiting them, or the evidence for black
holes, which was indirect in the past. The same can be said in regards to the
paranormal. Not getting into EMF detection, which can be attributed to other things, the
Vatican has a lot of documentation actually in the field, such as the person under attack
speaking in languages they do not know, or being told telepathically information they
had no way of knowing. Part of the problem is people will discount it more as a
possibility if there is a malevolent undertone to it.
Also, there is some scientific evidence for ESP, a subset of the paranormal, with
experiments conducted by renowned physicist Russel Targ at the Stanford Research
Institute. Various branches of the United States government supported the 20 million
dollar program. To summarize Mr. Targ's own words, scientifically speaking, "proofs"
are not like mathematical proofs that are a priori and absolute, but constitute as strong
evidence that would be unreasonable to deny based on probability or logic the
supported argument. Before going to look at the skeptics take on these experiments
(confirmation bias), read Russel Targ's book The Reality of ESP at a bookstore near
you.
There is a boat load of evidence gone slighted and ignored, not because there isn't
evidence, or the information is invalid, but because people's beliefs and preconceived
notions about reality highly modulate their perceptions and opinions, and how they

process information. Plus if you begin from the starting point that it is impossible, then
you won't even seek out or look at the evidence that is there. It is information overload
and cognitive dissonance. Furthermore, not all knowledge is necessarily directly
provable, such as the distinction between a priori knowledge (independent from
experience through logic) and a posteriori knowledge (conditional on prior experience).
Also, since the times of René Descartes and Immanuel Kant it has been known that
knowledge can be attained through rational means and not just empirical, and both are
necessary tools for understanding reality.
It only takes a few verified paranormal events scientifically to knock down the deck.
Through deduction, you can make an indirect determination, and through inductive
reasoning, you can argue that if this is true in these cases then in cases of similar
phenomena, it is also likely to be true. Such a paradigm shift influencing fields of
psychiatry and neuroscience could drastically change and challenge mainstream
society's perceptions of the world. This is why I think it is possible that on some level of
our establishment there may be those who want to suppress such information from
getting out, as well as inhibit its exploration, as it could create hysteria and be a threat to
national security, giving the federal government the right to suppress knowledge of it--
similar to the occult in which the knowledge is meant to be secret and only for the elect,
hence my warning of the sophist.
According to Thomas Kuhn, a paradigm is the underlying assumptions and intellectual
structure upon which research and development in a field of inquiry are based. A
paradigm shift is where the general assumptions and intellectual structure changes and
there is a shift in understanding and thinking about a phenomenon in a given field.

Paradigms have turned out to be wrong in the past. For instance, Einstein's Theory of
Relativity predicted an expanding universe, but he discounted the idea because it went
outside his paradigm of a static universe. Einstein considered this one of his biggest
blunders.
I hold to the Buddhist view that reality as a whole is unquantifiable by the human
intellect and, therefore, its reflection must be distorted to make its key properties more
prominent in the formalization of an ideology. This is a well-substantiated view, as
imagine having to know every grain of sand at the shores of every continent. The world
is just too much to comprehend in all its parts, nonetheless all at once as a whole.
The complexity of the world we live in is more to me than that of mathematics and
ones and zeros like binary code. It cannot be conceived by a mere mathematical
formula that can be shown on the pages of The New York Times and be directly
provable and self-evident to all, at least at this time. Understand this in your quest for
comprehension of something bigger than yourself. But bit by bit you can retain pieces of
information from it--choose its pieces--your rooks and bishops wisely. For your views
are a reflection of yourself, what you live for, and for some, what they die for.
They can make and break a person, and send them to the heights of lucidity, to the
depths of insanity. Some choose to focus inwardly, whereas others outwardly. Some
embrace their egos, others by worldly passions, to take part in the theater of life, the
theatrics and drama of it and be lost in its aesthetics. Others examine it, its
fundamentals, its general assumptions, its mistakes and its constructions. Existentially
I'd like to say it is up to you to decide, but this is not always the truth. Some people's

destinies are brought about by circumstance, others by will. Some wander aimlessly,
whereas others seemingly have vision and conquest.
We are not all alike, but are we not all a piece of the puzzle to what is human? To find
the key to understanding ourselves in a singular sense, must we not also consider the
greater sphere and range of human experience and its creations and manifestations in
the plural? Just the same as we can be a reflection of the world around us, can the
world not also be a reflection of who we are ourselves, and if so, do you like what you
see, both inside and out?
Chapter 2: Implications of Religion on Moral Judgement
Playing the devil's advocate, I propose intrinsic human value is not apparent, nor is
equality--if you make those assumptions things make sense. There is a lot of ambiguity
regarding definitions of terms. For instance, many equivocate between moral and
rational wrongs. What value do other people have other than what I assign them?
Rational rights and wrongs are relative to a person's internal hierarchy of wants and
needs. How is it wrong rationally for someone to steal if they hold no value in the other
person's life and great value in money? This is assuming they know they can get away
with it with a reasonable amount of certainty.
The terms are equivocated between the moral sense and rational sense. Anyone can
label or categorize any type of action as "right" or "wrong" like they could with color
coded markers in a file cabinet (a human construct), but what we base decisions on is
rationalism, what is rational in the sense Descartes used it, which is relative to a

person's internal hierarchy of wants and needs. This means without certain axioms or
conditions murder and theft are not absolutely wrong.
What we rationalize as for religion, morals, war, so on and so forth, often lacks actual
meaning when analyzed or properly investigated, but in action is exactly what you'd
expect in the predatory acts and hierarchical battles of any other species. Many hide
their offensive nature and disguise their predatory acts under a false pretense. Perhaps
people's thoughts and rationalizations for action are like a little ridge on a pebble that
makes it fall slightly to the left when falling down a hill and we function merely as
physical objects rubbing up against each other.
Some would say the situation I've outlined above regarding theft is wrong because if
everyone did it there'd be no society. If every person had a slave that wouldn't work
either, nor would it make the world a better place, but that doesn't really deal with the
issue of whether there is a right or wrong about it in an amoral construct, or on a
singular level. What is good for the many is not necessarily good for the few,
nonetheless for the individual and vice versa. That is the fundamental error in this view.
The jungle that is life has checks and balances surely, but if there were no logical
basis for riding off the expense of another we wouldn't be carnivores, from a purely
analytic or scientific perspective. We are all faced with special situations in our daily
lives where an injustice can benefit us with no expense to our quality of life. Thus, I now
argue the right or wrong aspect of it could transcend our current understanding of
nature and reality.
Everything might seem relative to us finite beings, but perhaps to the whole, to the
ultimate reality from which we are contingent on, there is greater truth: true universal or

absolute truth. Essentially only when looking at the whole (the bigger picture) can we
judge this accurately, but since our nature is finite and contingent our perceptions tend
to be relative and subjective, and we cannot perceive the greater truths of values and of
right and wrong in absolute terms, which is in accordance with transcendental idealism.
You need certain values in your internal hierarchy for conventional laws to cohere
with your decision making, and these moral values are known throughout history to
come from religion. The individual can murder and prosper from it in special
circumstances without society going into chaos. Why shouldn't a person in that
circumstance not murder if they can get away with it and benefit some how from it?
Because they believe humans are exalted beyond the animals fighting for survival; that
man is something more than we comprehend and is bounded by laws outside nature as
we know it. Religion helps moral constructs cohere with the individual's decision making
because they acquire values like equality and intrinsic value of human life (comes from
the hidden divinity of man, rooted in having the virtuous, primordial nature of God, etc.),
which are generally known to come from it (religion).
Many atheists believe morality is subjective and relative to culture. If that were true
under such an ideology the League of Nations wouldn't have been able to hold the
Nazis on trial for crimes against humanity, since in their specific time and culture
extreme measures of eugenics and racial hygiene were acceptable. We wouldn't be
able to hold anyone to a higher standard to judge.
It is difficult for the atheist to derive specific values in their internal hierarchy
necessitated for conventional laws to cohere with their decision making. Nature is
fundamentally aristocratic. Why wouldn't man be just as cruel as nature? The processes

behind evolution and what we find in nature are mindless and to some degree trivial.
What would stop an atheist from rejecting their conscience--a seemingly mere instinct
partly formed through operant conditioning--and screwing over another person if they
benefited from it and could get away with it? It leads to anomie.
I think without certain value judgments in your internal hierarchy societal norms and
values break apart, which leads to a state of anomie; then essentially any vulgar act
becomes permissible. Just because people disagree on a certain issue, in this case
morality, does not necessarily make the subject entirely subjective.
There are common atheistic beliefs involving the nature of morality, like it is
subjective and relative to culture, and there are philosophical implications to that. The
transcendental values religion provides give a stronger philosophical basis for morality
than the atheistic belief that morality is subjective and relative to culture. God brings a
beautiful simplicity to morality, and when I say God brings a beautiful simplicity to
morality I don't mean just because God says it is wrong that it is wrong. It is more than
that. The difference between the mental plane of ordinary values and transcendental
values is transcendental values are absolute (or objective) and ordinary values are
instrumental.
I'd like to say straight up that I don't think morality is incompatible with atheism. It is
just certain beliefs some atheists have involving its nature have implications that I think
are loose ended and it makes for interesting discussion. Because man is intelligent he is
capable of empathy, and since he has mastered his environment he is capable of
transcending the mere fight for survival in his mental plane and find moral truth.
Furthermore, in regards to moral behavior and ethical behavior, they're not the same

thing. Moral behavior is not synonymous with legal maneuvers around the system
because, for instance, if a person pisses outside in the bushes and no one is around to
see it, it could be considered a crime, but from a moral standpoint it would not constitute
as a sin, and these situations are not always cut and dry.
Without absolute values, values that are universal or intrinsic, can there be real
morality? Because if values are merely instrumental and relative to one's own internal
hierarchy various crimes can be committed and cohere with the truest sense of right
and wrong for the individual. For instance, let's say a man of wealth has no instrumental
value to you, except his money, and you value money. How is it not rational then to
steal from him, unless of course he has value that is beyond the material gain you'd
receive, relative instrumentally to your internal hierarchy of wants and needs, value and
meaning that is outside of you and your individual perspective. Is man nothing more
than an electrochemical computer, programmed to do whatever its drives tell it with no
right or wrong about it, or is more going on than can be seen? Furthermore, can a
human being truly be accurately quantified by another person?
Either way religion is a good social engineering tool. There can still be morality
without God, but religion helps provide a stronger philosophical basis, because it helps
substantiate the fundamental values necessitated for moral reason to universally cohere
with individual reasoning in interpersonal affairs. Conventional morality rests on certain
axioms I've outlined previously, but are they true, and which form of ideologies
substantiates them the best, science or religion? If it is religion and there is no God, how
and why did we get religions?

Perhaps religion serves a bigger purpose than many realize in modern society and
teaches us such a deep moral lesson that some people reject it now partially because it
no longer deems fit ethically or at times seems politically correct to individuals, but it
likely got the ball rolling in the line of thought in how things should be with equality and
fairness. After all, it was a monk who was responsible for stopping the gladiator games
in Rome. What else might it have done?
Chapter 3: Scientifically Conceivable in the 21st Century
I hold to the view that the brain is analogous to an electrochemical computer, which is
a view backed up by modern neuroscience, hence theoretically, the nonhuman element
behind paranormal experiences must be tapping into the brain to manipulate
consciousness, potentially on the low electromagnetic spectrum (ELF), enough to pass
through a faraday cage and follow anyone anywhere, which is one theory some
parapsychologists have in reference to the paranormal. Similar things have been
achieved in linking the brains of rats and even tapping into a cat's visual cortex with a
brain-computer interface, as well as transferring information with humans such as with
auditory brainstem and midbrain implants for the hearing impaired, bypassing the five
senses. Another technology that has been under development is called Microwave
Hearing, which is a wireless technology and is a form of bone conduction (a proven
technology) that taps into the inner ear canal. I am a proponent of the EMF theory on
the method of delivery, although there are others.
Furthermore, an international team of researchers has achieved verbal
communications between humans via computer brain-to-brain interfacing. In the

experiment, the sender thought of the words "Ciao" and "Hola." Through binary code,
this was sent to the visual cortex of the three receivers' brains as a form of flashing
lights, which was then decoded by the receivers into language. It was done with EEG
scans for the sender and TMS helmets for the receivers. It was accomplished without
invasive surgery, at a span of 5,000 miles via the internet, and with a transfer rate of
only 2 bits (0.25 bytes) per minute.
The significance of this is the effects that can be created with neurotechnologies can
be used as an analogy to make the concept more scientifically conceivable, and through
analogical inference, it could provide insight into the mechanisms of telepathy in
paranormal events. For instance, what bats can do with echolocation, man can do
based on a similar principle with radar technology. So each one can be used as an
analogy to understand the other.
An analogical inference is the line of reasoning that if two things have shared
properties, then they may share a further property. This mode of reasoning is used in
everyday life. For instance, in case-based reasoning, a refined approach of analogical
inference, a mechanic may find that two different cars share common denominators in
symptoms. From this, he can conclude the same problem may be the root cause for
both cars' symptoms.
I believe paranormal phenomena are not merely the imaginings of broken minds and
can be dissected, explained, and understood. The paranormal is at the heart of religion
and the formation of spirituality, and I believe from such experiences knowledge at least
of the paranormal itself can be attained; however, as these experiences tend to be more

internal it cannot always be shown to the outside world for what it is: shit that exists
whether you like it or not.
There are assumptions in the paradigms of mainstream science in which they stretch
conventional explanations beyond the realm of validity, trying to explain away the holes
in things they cannot sufficiently explain or recreate in a laboratory based on their own
devices and worldview; assumptions in which they discount possibilities like the notion
there are beings apart from our world having an effect on man and his world; and
assumptions that everything can be viewed under a controlled setting like you were
looking at bacteria under a microscope, or dealing with lab rats. It is my hope this book
will trim the veneer, leading to an expansion of human thought and perception of reality.
At the heart of discovery is not a laboratory setting, but exploration and investigation,
which follows different laws than the clean cut exterior of everyday life where you watch
the 6 o'clock news and consider yourself in the know. It is the drive, the desire to know
with an impartial mind, not accepting what was first thought as a child, but the world that
has been expanded by new experiences that is the heart of maturity and higher truths.
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tap into the brain and even influence the human mind, all of which are searchable
online. I also advise watching the CNN special titled Electromagnetic Frequency
Weapons from 1985, which can be viewed on youtube in part 1 and part 2.
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Chapter 4: The Bigger Picture
I hold to the view that in the bigger picture reality is cohesive and that on some level
things share relationships and universals between them and comprise a larger whole,
which ties into the contingency argument for one Ultimate Reality that I go over in the
next section. This is in accordance with scientific thought. For instance, the idea that
reality is cohesive as a whole has a correlation with the law of non-contradiction. Take
for instance the paradoxical scenario of what would happen if an immovable object were
hit by an unstoppable force. The consensus is the two objects could not exist in the
same universe, as an object truly immovable cannot exist if there is an unstoppable
force and vice versa.
The idea that there are relationships and universals between things also makes
sense with modern scientific advancements. For example, matter can be converted into
energy, which can be seen in nuclear fusion inside stars, and energy can be converted
into matter, which has been done with particle accelerators. This has some correlation

with metaphysical monism; however, I do not believe in the idea that everything is just
one substance or principle. Although I argue there are universals between things in
nature and reality, I don't claim it is just one substance or principle, as there could be
multiple principles and/or substances making up the Ultimate Reality.
By the fact these entities can communicate with us shows we share universals
between us or else we could not interact, as I would argue communication necessitates
a common denominator. In order for there to be communication, there must be some
"common ground" between both parties to relate with one another. Even if there were
something that shared no universals with us, it would be immaterial because there
would be no way for us to understand one another enough to interact effectively, and so
such a scenario would not apply to this situation.
Just as a bird flies naturally based on its own appendage within the confines of
science and the natural laws of the universe, man can do with his ingenuity
technologically speaking with aircraft. In this sense, neuro-technologies like computer
brain-to-brain interfaces can be used as an analogy to make the idea of telepathy
scientifically conceivable, which is how spirits are said to communicate. Based on a
modern scientific understanding of the brain, in order for spirits to connect to the human
mind, they would have to tap into the brain, which in turn could be measured
scientifically.
If these beings were spirits, it would not necessarily mean they can't be scientifically
understood. In science, it is known that we have a limited field of perception and that
there are things outside the range of our five senses. Energy can't always be seen with
the five senses just like the spiritual, which is how it contrasts with the physical; however

neither can electromagnetic energy, which when decoded can carry information, just
like the electro-chemical processes inside our brains, but electromagnetic energy does
not defy the laws of nature--it is a part of it, as even our brains emit electromagnetic
waves. So perhaps they are subject to some of our scientific laws.
The bigger debate is whether these beings are in coherence with natural laws. Are
they bending the natural laws of the universe, or are they actually in accordance with
them and with advanced scientific understanding their relationship to our world can be
understood? Based on new developments in neuroscience, at least when it comes to
telepathy, the manipulation of consciousness, and even the manipulation of body parts,
it is not in contradiction with what is known about the brain and what is theoretically
possible. For humans, it would require neurotechnology and brain-to-brain interfacing
via a computer like University of Washington researcher Rajesh Rao accomplished
where he was able to manipulate a person's hand through the internet to type on a
keyboard. For something other than human, possibly by its own natural mechanisms,
these effects could be accomplished.
Chapter 5: The Undertones of My Philosophy
Synthesis
I believe some religions were inspired by contact with what I call a "nonhuman
element"--something sentient of an unknown origin and nature. The idea that the
concept of the spiritual and paranormal originally started off as merely the product of
mankind's wild imagination, but was later validated in some form as a reality by Judaism

and Christianity is incoherent. In addition, the idea that religions were created solely by
humans globally as a scam to control the population, even among populations isolated
from one another until more recent history, is disconnected
Furthermore, there can be comparisons found between mainstream religions like
Christianity and Hinduism. For instance, both have trinities, and the devas and
demigods of Hinduism can to some degree be compared to the angels and saints of
Catholicism. The same could be said for Nirvana and Heaven. In this sense, the
concept is congruent to the premise some religions were inspired by contact with
something paranormal or not human.
If an idea makes sense and is useful, I use it and modify it if needed to fit my scheme
of things. I try to avoid logical fallacies like ad hominems by not attacking the
messenger and just analyzing the idea for its worth. I take the approach of a synthesis
philosophically and draw wisdom and insight from different past and present cultures
and ways of thinking. Instead of a nationalistic worldview, I try to formalize a vision of
the bigger picture by looking at world civilization as a whole and all of mankind.
This is not necessarily in contradiction with Christianity. For instance, St. Augustine
said there was spiritual truth in other religions, but the distinction he made was
Christianity is the highest order of truth. Also, St. Thomas Aquinas considered the
reasoning of some pagan philosophers predating Christ as a steppingstone to the
Christian faith.
Contingency argument for an Ultimate Reality

The contingency argument is that just as we derive from our parents and could not
exist without their existence preceding us, so does our world in present times have a
contingency on something else that came before it. Perhaps in another form like how
proponents of M-theory say nature and the universe are going through cycles that have
taken different shapes and forms throughout time even preceding the Big Bang.
The Ultimate Reality would be the necessary being and unconditional reality of which
everything is contingent on in order to exist. Some say the Ultimate Reality is matter
and energy and scientific principles like physics. On the other hand, monotheists would
say it is God, some of whom would term The Absolute, which would be an eternal, non-
contingent being that is self-aware and transcends our limited, relative, conventional
range of experiences.
Psychology and the theoretical
UFO sightings can be used as an interesting example of how people can give
different explanations for unexplained phenomena. For instance, in the St. Clair Triangle
sighting over Illinois, there were multiple witnesses, some of whom were police, of a
UFO the size of a football field hovering over the ground and emitting no sound, and
then flying off in various directions at accelerated speed. Semantically speaking the
acronym UFO just means unidentified flying object. That said, some would explain this
as being an experimental aircraft; others would say it was an alien aircraft because its
description and maneuvers were so far beyond any known current aircraft on the books,
and others would explain it as a mass hallucination.

All of these explanations have some validity and are logically possible, although
there was a police photograph of the UFO in this case, making a hallucination less
likely. You may think a mass "hallucination" is out of the question when it comes to
strange phenomena like this, but the test for a hallucination is just a sensory experience
that is not empirically based, which could be argued to be the case for some religious
based visions perceived by masses of people, such as the Miracle of the Sun in Fatima
where a large amount of people in a designated location witnessed extraordinary solar
activity that, if actually occurred in an empirical sense, would have been seen by
millions. This does not, however, rule out it was a projection in the mind, which could be
argued to be the case for St. Bernadette with whom had visions of Mother Mary when
masses of people around her did not perceive it at all.
When it comes to mysterious phenomena like this, I argue it is based more on
people's psychology and not necessarily their intelligence alone that will determine
which stance they will take. Sometimes there isn't any clear answer, but multiple
conceivable ones to choose from. Still, people will argue saying their explanation is the
only valid one and laugh at the person who deviates from their view on the matter, and
laughter can be a defense mechanism when something challenges the way a person
views the world. Sometimes in life, there is no clear answer, and when things are left
open to interpretation, we get to see how different we as a species can interpret
information, and yet we all have different skills and traits adapted for different areas of
processing to put on the table, which some would call neurodiversity. In one and in
other cases, he or she might turn out to be wrong.

It is not that the concept of aliens or god(s) turns people into wackos, it is the
ambiguity of the unknown. When there is ambiguity there can be radically different
perceptions between people of what a specific phenomenon is, but just because a
perception is divergent from convention does not mean it is invalid, nor does it mean
there is anything inherently "wrong" with the person if he or she does not turn out to be
right, for we've all made errors of judgment. Moreover, just because there is
disagreement between people who perceive mysterious phenomena, does not mean it
is merely a figment of their imaginations, such as when it comes to UFO sightings. This
goes down to the definition of a delusion in a medical sense, which is partly just to go
against the general consensus of what society deems to be valid and invalid; however,
this can change over time and is also relative to the civilization. According to Carl
Sagan, true science is to question the conventional wisdom of society. Thus, this could
be partly why it is said there is a thin line between genius and insanity.
Furthermore, it is our experiences that help mold our views on life. If you saw a UFO
doing what I described, it might alter the way you look at the world, especially if you
were of a younger age and not set into your ways of thinking. Also, the more detached
you are from a situation, the less of an impact it will have on you, such as if you just
heard the testimony of an unexplained phenomenon like a UFO, rather than witnessing
it for yourself. The experience itself is the fundamental part of the equation that cannot
be easily quantified by pen and paper or word of mouth
Something can accord with logic, but that does not mean that that logic will resonate
with your own experiences. Without commonality of experiences, some common
denominator between people, communication is impossible. To reach to certain logical

deductions it sometimes requires certain experiences first, such as a posteriori
judgments like the idea that you can't always judge a book by its cover, or that inner
beauty is greater than external beauty. This is what could be called wisdom because it
cannot always be taught; you sometimes have to learn it from personal growth and real
world experience. From the experience one can interpret and analyze it, but until you've
experienced it for yourself how can you fully judge something so intimate to another
person? For instance, how could you judge what a sunset looks like if you're blind?
Moreover, conservatism is just a majority rules vote that can often be proven wrong.
Resorting to this as a point of an argument is a logical fallacy called argumentum ad
populum and does not prove a person's position. To quote Arthur Schopenhauer, "All
truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." In this sense, it is the ones with atypical
psychologies for processing information, unaffected by societal biases and prejudices,
and/or people with a different range of experience who bring new discoveries to the
forefront.
Chapter 6: Notable People Who Have Made Possible Contact
Thomas Edison told Westinghouse Company that Nikola Tesla was a crackpot and
his theories and technology had no scientific merit because his theories came to him in
visions and hallucinations, but Tesla did claim some of his ideas and theories came to
him in flashes of light during his many hallucinations. It was first brought on by illness as
a child. He is quoted as saying in regards to his hallucinations, “Like a flash of lightning
and in an instant the truth was revealed. I drew with a stick on the sand the diagrams of

my motor. A thousand secrets of nature which I might have stumbled upon accidentally I
would have given for that one which I had wrestled from her against all odds and at the
peril of my existence” (Nikola Tesla).
Tesla at his hotel in New York would care for pigeons, and his favorite pigeon was a
white dove that would come and visit him every day. In moments of delirium, Tesla
believed this pigeon to have a mystical knowledge and the ability to communicate with
him, and he declared to friends that he was in love with her. Here is a quote from Nikola
Tesla on this white dove out of the biography PRODIGAL GENIUS: The Life of Nikola
Tesla by John J. O'Neill:
"Yes, I loved that pigeon, I loved her as a man loves a woman, and she loved me.
When she was ill I knew, and understood; she came to my room and I stayed beside
her for days. I nursed her back to health. That pigeon was the joy of my life. If she
needed me, nothing else mattered. As long as I had her, there was a purpose in my
life."
"Then one night as I was lying in my bed in the dark, solving problems, as usual, she
flew in through the open window and stood on my desk. I knew she wanted me; she
wanted to tell me something important so I got up and went to her. As I looked at her I
knew she wanted to tell me--she was dying. And then, as I got her message, there
came a light from her eyes--powerful beams of light."
"Yes, it was a real light, a powerful, dazzling, blinding light, a light more intense than I
had ever produced by the most powerful lamps in my laboratory. When that pigeon
died, something went out of my life. Up to that time I knew with a certainty that I would

complete my work, no matter how ambitious my program, but when that something went
out of my life I knew my life's work was finished."
It was stated by Dr. Herman Oberth, the father of modern rocketry: "We cannot take
the credit for our record advancement in certain scientific fields alone. We have been
helped." When asked by whom, he replied, "The people of other worlds." Interestingly
enough, some people have made a connection between Nikola Tesla's visions of the
dove and the Holy spirit. In the biblical account of the baptism of Christ, it is written,
"...he (Jesus) saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him...”
[Matthew 3:17].
Similarly to Nikola Tesla, Philip K. Dick believed a pink beam of light sent him
telepathic information that he thought came from a sentient being. In one example,
seemingly it sent a message to him that his infant son was ill with a right inguinal hernia.
Philip rushed his son to the hospital where his suspicion and his diagnosis were
confirmed. It required immediate attention, and the doctor scheduled the operation to
treat it the same day. His friends and family supported this account after his death, and
schizophrenia was one of his diagnoses.
Moreover, Socrates talked to what he said was a daimon--a mix between a mortal
and God--essentially making it a demigod. He said it guided him throughout his life and
was responsible for what made him unique, in his own words stating, "The favor of the
gods has given me a marvelous gift, which has never left me since my childhood. It is a
voice which, when it makes itself heard, deters me from what I am about to do and
never urges me on" (Socrates). The entity only gave negative admonitions, such as

warnings about potential outcomes. His friends engage in a frequent inner dialectic with
his daimon.
Also, Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant
contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, continued fractions, and number
theory, and he claimed his mathematical findings came to him in visions within surreal
dreams from the Hindu Goddess Namagiri. In the visions, he reportedly saw scrolls of
complex mathematical formulas. His mother had a vivid dream of this same Goddess in
which she was instructed "to stand no longer between her son and the fulfillment of his
life's purpose." This was about Ramanujan leaving India to study math in England.
Ramanujan was known to say, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it represents
a thought of God." He also had been reported as remarking that he saw all religions as
equally true.
Chapter 7: The Spiritual and Physical Reborn
People do have powerful spiritual experiences, but this affects people from a number
of religions. Take for instance the surreal experiences of Srinivasa Ramanujan who saw
all religions as equally true, or the experiences of Nikola Tesla who was Christian.
Gandhi claimed he experienced the still small voice from within, and Catholic saints
have also had their own experiences with what they consider to be of Divine origins,
such as St. Bernadette. So what is going on with religion and these experiences I
consider to be a mystery.
Even if you talked to a "supernatural" being and it tried to tell you what was going on
that by itself wouldn't prove anything, because it would have to be confirmed via rational

or empirical means in order to constitute as knowledge. I believe this is the reason there
is such division on religious issues because people get different messages and blindly
believe what they are told. I also think people are sometimes fooled into believing in
things because of a strong intuition, which could involve an external influence of their
mind.
I would argue the same effect a spirit would create in a person's mind to give him or
her clairvoyant knowledge can also be used to misguide him or her into an illusionary
state of reality, which is why I am skeptical about occult beliefs that lack rational or
empirical support. I use the word illusion instead of delusion because it implies a
“magician” and deception in a sense of the word. I don't believe in psychic ability. In my
ideology, a psychic is an antenna/receiver and an external intelligence apart from him or
her is the broadcaster and real observer/gatherer of the unseen information, and just
like a television broadcast, not everything on it can always be trusted. This means it still
requires sufficient rational or empirical support because it cannot be relied on with the
same level of certainty as sensory input. Remember, the art of propaganda is to mix lies
with truth. Some tactics said to be used by evil spirits in modern terms can be described
as psychological warfare (PSYWAR), which is any action used to evoke a desired
psychological response in people.
Furthermore, just because it would not traditionally constitute as empirical because
the experience stems from something bypassing the five senses does not mean that
knowledge of the paranormal itself can't be attained. Through rational means it can be
achieved, although the further you go beyond the realization something more is going
on than meets the eye metaphysically the less certain it becomes. For instance,

Anneliese Michel, who was possessed according to the Catholic church, showed
indirect evidence more was going on than what could be empirically verified by
speaking in Chinese and Latin while under possession, languages she did not speak
according to friends and family, which was audio recorded and translated by someone
who was bilingual.
As a consequence of my epistemology, some may ask if it is possible for someone,
such as a Saint or mystic, to know God. My answer is yes and no. They do not
empirically know there is a God, but based on a relationship you can know someone, so
in that sense, it is technically possible to know God here on Earth.
I'm not purely subjective or objective in my spiritual approach. If subjectivity only
guided it there would be no such thing as a "heretic", and if empiricism only guided it,
there would be no concept of spirituality in the first place, although since I believe in
intellectual autonomy I do believe people can attain knowledge beyond a central
authority, such as a church. That said, I'm a rationalist when it comes to my own
experiences. According to rationalism, which inspired the enlightenment, the closest we
can come to absolute knowledge is what we experience in the confines of our own
consciousness. As René Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." Also, we do not
directly experience the external world for what it is, but a mental image of reality, and it
takes rational means to distinguish whether a mental phenomenon in our minds stems
from something that is internal or external, to begin with, and I would argue those who
experience communication from the beyond are using similar standards for determining
it is external as they would for a telephone conversation, except what they're

experiencing is more sophisticated, although it is not empirically based in a traditional
sense of the word.
Furthermore, knowledge can be acquired through intellectual autonomy, which is to
attain knowledge by personal means of first-hand experience, exploration, and applying
reason. This is what defined The Enlightenment in which there was a shift from
knowledge being solely judged and acquired through a central authority to intellectual
autonomy. So just because mainstream universities don't acknowledge the paranormal
does not mean those who claim to be of that realization are invalid in their assertion.
Moreover, the “supernatural” often has an effect on people’s mental faculties. For
instance, a Christian after praying may feel some of the fruits of the "Holy Spirit", such
as a state of peace. I argue this would be by influencing their mental faculties by tapping
into their brain. Simply put, I argue that “spirits" hack the mind, at least “evil” ones,
whereas the good ones could be argued to be more of a technician of the mind, but
either way, I argue this requires nothing against the laws of nature to achieve.
As I've gone over before, neurotechnologies make the effects of possession and the
paranormal scientifically conceivable. According to neuroscience, the brain is analogous
to an electrochemical computer and can be influenced and even tapped into via
neurotechnologies, technologies that interact with the neurons of the brain like tiny
microprocessors that are responsible for maintaining our consciousness, and I am
simply applying analogical inference between spiritual and paranormal experiences and
the effects that can be created through these technologies to argue both may share a
fundamental mechanism of causation and, therefore, be within the realm of science to
understand.

Technologies and animals can work on a similar principle and designs can be drawn
from nature, the most obvious example being a bird and a plane. If the same were true
between what we can do through technological means and “spirits”, it would definitely
make people think different about religion and the supernatural, because it would cease
to be supernatural, and this could even imply we share scientific universals between us
and they are from an extended part of the natural world. To some, this would be in
accordance with one of the Byzantine prophecies coming from the Orthodox church in
which it was prophesied that knowledge of the spiritual and physical will be united into
one understanding. To others, this would mean that “spirits” are more like aliens than
how we previously viewed them. At the moment, there is more room for debate as
neuroscience continues to blur the boundaries between science and the supernatural.
Chapter 8: Demons and Mental Illness: a Paradisease
I am not convinced the experiences of all the "psychotic" are entirely hallucinatory in
nature. "We actually have a profound ignorance on the specific molecular mechanisms
of schizophrenia,” says Dr. Pablo Gejman, director of the Center for Psychiatric
Genetics at Northwestern University. They don't actually understand what is happening
in the brain of a schizophrenic. Its neural mechanisms are not understood. 30% of them
have no response to medication and 60% continue to hallucinate regularly while on
meds. Medications for schizophrenia were discovered by accident and luck to help
rather than through the process of discovering the supposed disease's source in the
brain and then refining a drug to repair it. Moreover, their mechanism of action in
schizophrenia is largely unknown.

There isn't much about the brains of people labeled with schizophrenia to go on.
Some of them (not all) have a slightly different structure in their brains, but that isn't an
illness or even necessarily a condition in and of itself, and the causes and mechanisms
of these minor differences some schizophrenics have are not understood. One thing to
take into consideration is that people with neurological and cognitive deficits are of a
higher likelihood of schizophrenia, and nothing has been established to form
standardized clinical tests for schizophrenia other than through anecdotal word of mouth
diagnosis.
I believe it is possible that in some instances their brains are being manipulated and
controlled. For instance, they find with EEGs abnormal activity in the brains of some
schizophrenics, such as their frontal lobes having less neural activity. I theorize their
frontal lobes are being inhibited from fully functioning to make it easier to control and
delude them through techniques such as thought insertion, potentially through tapping
into their brains on shut down and activated via electromagnetic fields and can create
cognitive deficits. Auditory parts of the brain being more activated while hearing voices
could be explained by that part of the brain being targeted with auditory signals, which
would theoretically make sense to target parts of the brain associated with processing
sound for auditory transmissions if you were going to do it for real.
Basically, some psychiatrists argue that since in some cases abnormal areas of the
brain are active during spiritual and paranormal experiences, the experience is
stemming from the person's own brain and psychology. Although it should be noted that
the neural substrate (a part of the nervous or brain system that underlies a specific
behavior or psychological state) of "hallucinations" in schizophrenia is unknown. That

said, since based on modern science experiences are processed in the brain, if a
person were being telepathically manipulated most likely something abnormal would
show up in a brain scan of it. Scientists are not taking into account the possibility that it
could be a transmission to the person's brain and a manipulation of his or her mind,
which as gone over previously is now scientifically conceivable, hence their paradigm of
thought is outdated.
Some of the mental disturbances of people labeled with schizophrenia could be
analogous to an entrainment of their brains. According to the science of psychotronic
weapons, drug induced states of mind can be entrained in the brain via electromagnetic
frequencies. The brain operates at different frequencies, such as delta (sleep mode),
alpha (calm, relaxed), beta (focused), and gamma (peak concentration), but extended
periods of time under the higher frequencies can cause psychological problems, such
as fear and paranoia. According to the science of brainwave entrainment, through
special sound waves the brain can be entrained to these different frequencies, similar to
what psychotronic devices are proported to do.
One theory on the structural differences in the brains of some people labeled with
schizophrenia after the onset of it could be explained by the biological effects of their
brains being accessed, influenced, and controlled telepathically. There are differences
that take place based on environmental factors. For instance, the auditory cortex of a
person who is deaf is underdeveloped even in cases the hearing loss has nothing to do
with the brain. Essentially brain anatomy changes as a result of which neural pathways
are being used, and if a portion of the human body is not being used it atrophies, such
as with muscle tissue. The same is true with the brain. This can be seen with feral

children, who are permanently stifled in development from lack of stimuli. They also find
with cab drivers there are changes in their brains that take place related to navigation.
Furthermore, there is also the factor of the psychiatric medications themselves given as
treatment for schizophrenia and their potential negative biochemical effects on the
brain, and all scientific knowledge is provisional and always open to re-evaluation.
They largely do not understand what is labeled as schizophrenia on a molecular and
neural level; this is an alternative theory, which deals with its complexity in some
instances and correlates with actual testimony. This theory
is an unexplored and untested theory and could create a paradigm shift in science as
we know it. It also makes the human brain simpler and the world around us much
greater in complexity. It should also be noted that in some
other cultures where there is strong belief in the supernatural people labeled with
schizophrenia reintegrate this is that in these developing countries it is less competitive
than the western world; however, this is faulty reasoning because life should be more
difficult in a poor, third world country than a rich, industrialized nation.
To put this into perspective, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
funding into treating schizophrenia under the premise it is merely a disease based on
grants, contracts, and other funding was $232 million in 2013 alone, and yet it is still not
understood. In contrast, there is no funding into understanding this type of phenomenon
based on the alternative theoretic model that it in some instances involves a remote
influence of the brain by an external source, which ignores the testimony of many
people labeled with schizophrenia.

Potentially in some cases something biologically about them opens a natural
"doorway"; potentially in some cases, something about them neurologically or mentally
is making them targets for this, such as their psychological or neurological archetype. I
believe the nonhuman element's motivations may to a degree be rooted in fascism and
Social Darwinism. Their strategy appears to be PSYWAR.
I am essentially using analogical inference between what is labeled as schizophrenia
and paranormal experiences. There are common denominators, such as people labeled
with schizophrenia seemingly experiencing something communicating in their
consciousness, or in some cases seemingly controlling their bodies, such as speaking
through their bodies, or seemingly having an influence of their thoughts and emotions.
Based on these common denominators with what is traditionally thought of as the
paranormal, or from a religious standpoint demonic oppression or possession, I argue
both experiences involve a similar mechanism of causation. It is true a phenomenon
can have more than one cause, but considering the shared properties and the
sophistication of each experience, there is an anomaly in the idea that the mechanisms
of causation would be so radically different.
I then go further from my position that each share a similar mechanism based on
specific features and using inductive reasoning argue that in the case of schizophrenia,
based on its common denominators with paranormal events and the evidence that
follows from that, it in some instances goes beyond being just a disease. In some cases
a chemical imbalance could be involved, or that a chemical imbalance is entrained into
the person's brain, but when it comes to the more surreal experiences, I am not

convinced it is hallucinatory in nature. This phenomenon could best be described as a
para-disease, since it is an illness that goes beyond just the physical.
Right now psychiatry has done this in reverse from my position, but as I pointed out
before, there are anomalies in this view, and there is extraordinary documentation by a
number of sources on this subject, including from the Vatican. Hollywood has given a
grandiose portrayal of paranormal events, involving blood gushing out of the walls and
beds shaking a few feet off the ground; however, in the actual documentation it is more
of an internal type of experience than visual. As an example, the depiction of a bed
shaking is actually more of a vibration of the bed.
It was the common belief in the time of Jesus that people with whom society would
consider schizophrenics today were possessed or under the influence of demons.
According to the New Testament in the Bible, Jesus expelled demons from over 20
people. At that time, there were no cars or airplanes for him to search them out. He just
walked from town to town, which implies it was a common occurrence. This view may
be closer to out of the rabbit hole than the psychiatric view that there is no external
source involved. Some make the argument populations were denser in biblical times,
but there were also far fewer people on the planet, and it is also relative to what area of
the globe you are talking about in modern times, rural or the city, where there can be
even denser populations in modern times.
It is interesting how if you hear a malevolent voice you are insane; however if it is
benevolent, you are spiritually gifted and perhaps even a saint. Funny how if you see
something that is not there you are crazy, but if you don't see something that is there

you are stupid or blind. To the crazy person others are stupid and blind. To the stupid
and blind person, others are crazy. Which would you rather be?
In demonology and The Lesser Key of Solomon, Dantalion is the 71st of the 72 spirits
of Solomon. He is said to have the ability to read and control a person's mind and make
him or her believe anything he desires, which in some cases could help explain what is
behind delusions in a psychotic episode, as in the occult it is believed these beings
have the capacity to create irrational thoughts and feelings in the human mind, and
through the power of "invocation" it is believed they can be summoned by humans for
assistance.
In cases where drugs induce the spiritual or paranormal experiences, it could be
because the drugs created an altered state of consciousness and brainwave pattern
that attracted the activity or opened a "doorway" in their brain to the paranormal being.
This concept has a correlation with other cultures that will use drugs our Western
society calls hallucinogens to open doorways to the mystical and spiritual realm. This
idea also has a correlation with some Christians who believe this is possible and that
drugs can open you up to malevolent forces and temptation.
Furthermore, the Gnostics would also use drugs our Western society would call
hallucinogens to induce mystical experiences and attain esoteric knowledge. In Asia
shamans will use these drugs to form a connection with other realms, which could help
explain why so many people in our society that is ignorant of this element are damaged
by these drugs or have "bad trips," because they have not gone through the special
spiritual preparation that shamans and other spiritual people do before using them. Note

though that the typical experience on mushrooms, for instance, is radically different than
that of schizophrenics.
The Rosenhan Experiment is a good example of how psychiatric diagnosis can
falsely diagnose a person as it is not as much of an empirical science as some think. In
the experiment by psychologist David Rosenhan, he sent 8 different healthy associates
to gain admission to 12 different psychiatry hospitals, falsely reporting they heard a
voice that said "thud"--something mentioned nowhere in the DSM. For all
"pseudopatients," even though they were told to behave and respond normally despite
the voices, they were diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and admitted to
mental institutes for an average of 19 days, even though they said after being admitted
that they felt fine and the voices were gone. At the mental institutes the patients were
documented by staff as behaving mentally ill, despite other patients suspecting they
were researchers or journalists and sane. They were not allowed release until they
admitted they were mentally ill and agreed to take antipsychotic medication, despite
having no objective medical evidence of mental illness.
The premise of psychology is that human behavior can be predicted. This is
necessary for it to qualify as a science, as it must be testable. Yet in psychiatry, there is
no adequate test for mental illness. Hundreds of different mental illnesses are put into
the DSM by voting and raise of hand, not actual physical evidence. If it were taken
seriously, mental illness would be an epidemic in the 21st century, and what would that
say about our society?
I am reminded of the Martha Mitchell effect, in which a psychiatrist or mental
health clinician will falsely write off a person's perceptions of real events as delusional,

merely for being improbable, such as reports of organized crime or surveillance. The
term was based on Mrs. Mitchell, wife of Attorney General during the Nixon
administration after she reported the White House was engaged in illegal activities and
she was written off as mentally ill. A psychiatrist on this topic said, "The struggle for
definition is veritably the struggle for life itself. In the typical Western two men fight
desperately for the possession of a gun that has been thrown to the ground: whoever
reaches the weapon first shoots and lives; his adversary is shot and dies. In ordinary
life, the struggle is not for guns but for words; whoever first defines the situation is the
victor; his adversary, the victim. For example, in the family, husband and wife, mother
and child do not get along; who defines
whom as troublesome or mentally sick? Who first seizes the word imposes reality on the
other; who defines thus dominates and lives; and who is defined is subjugated and may
be killed" (Dr. Thomas Szasz). As the saying goes, just because you're paranoid, does
not mean no one is out to do you harm, or you don't have enemies, so keep an open
mind about people with different perceptions than you--you don't know for sure what
they've experienced, and that goes for seemingly kooks as well.
Could there be a shred of truth behind those epitomized as insane by our society,
such as some of those who have been labeled with schizophrenia, something
underlining their experiences beyond a mere disease? Based on their correlation with
the paranormal, I think it is very possible, and as this is Divergent Philosophies in
relation to experiences outside the norm, it is noteworthy to put here.
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Chapter 9: Food for Thought
Some atheist philosophers try to etch things into stone based on a limited amount of
information about God and what he is. Some people will say for instance that since God
is omniscient there can not possibly be free will. They are making this judgment based
on an extremely limited amount of information of what is known about God according to
religion.
Atheists of many different backgrounds have also made radical quantifications and
judgements about the nature of human beings and reality in the past and still today
based on purely the physical, empirical world and how things may appear. This can be
seen for instance in the "scientism" of radical behaviorism, or the modern atheistic craze
of moral nihilism. This essentially stems from a worldview of realism. From my
perspective, realism is thinking within the confines of what is known, or what we think
we know, and I take the stance of Plato that this is essentially saying the walls of your

"cave" are all there is and lacks a metaphysical framework beyond the empirical world,
which is not scientific and philosophically minded.
I believe in not putting all your eggs in one basket. I believe in exploring a multitude of
possibilities, which requires creativity to explore all conceivable possibilities of what will
one day be known and understood, like Einstein put when he said, “Imagination is more
important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand,
while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and
understand." This is the mindset of what is required to expand on human understanding
and forming a new hypothesis or theory about life and reality, whereas realism is more
the mindset of applied knowledge.
As an analogy, when playing chess, do you only explore one possibility of a move
your opponent might make, or do you explore multiple possibilities and take each one to
its logical conclusion conceptually? A more thoughtful and well-rounded view of the
board is needed to make wise decisions in the game of life. I believe there are multiple
ways of looking at the world, and the more society projects or mandates only one
worldview philosophically, or has it as a prerequisite to achieving rank or influence in the
society's hierarchy, the closer it gets to totalitarianism and fascism.
There is also the dissection of knowledge and axioms. Is what we consider common
sense today true? Are our premises accurate? We deduce things based on these
foundations of understanding, and if these factors are inaccurate, so are likely our
deductions from them. As my philosophy professor put it, "common sense is often
common, but rarely makes sense." I believe the admission of ignorance and ability to

distinguish when you know and don't know is fundamental to the attainment of wisdom.
As Pythagoras said, “not wise but trying to be wise.”
As an analogy, if you are playing a puzzle and some of the pieces do not fit, do you
try to force them to fit or ignore it as an anomaly, or do you take apart the present
pieces and try to form coherency? This is the mindset of my ideology. It is
deconstructionism and a renewal of previous ideas under the lens of modern science
and philosophy. I'm just exploring unconventional possibilities and their meanings and
implications conceptually speaking. It is a baseline that is easily comprehensible for
making sense of reality and in potentially getting scientific results in understanding
paranormal phenomena.
My view of cohesion can be applied not just to reality as a whole, but the human brain
itself. Through an expanded understanding of what are the natural mechanisms in the
human brain and how it works by means of brain mapping and neuroscience, unnatural
activity in the brain can be pinpointed and deduced as stemming externally from it as a
manipulation. Even if these beings were from outside the confines of our reality, their
effects on the natural world can still be measured, in this case inside the human brain.
This strategy has similar principles to figuring out if a computer is being hacked: you
don't have to directly see the hacker to detect by looking at the computer's processes
that it is being manipulated.
Furthermore, in the future with computer brain-to-brain interfacing, the layman will be
able to experience other people's spiritual and paranormal experiences. Allowing the
general public to experience this first hand may add the necessary part of the equation
in a way that transcends language to show more is going on with these experiences

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