This InPresence monologue addresses the question of how one might prepare to communicate with a loved one following the death of either party. Of course, there are many methods. This session focuses on dreams. Jeff shares his personal experience, a life-changing dream he had in 1972, at the moment when he great uncle, Harry, died [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove reflects on the standards and policies for comments on New Thinking Allowed videos and Live Stream Events. He points out that, from this time foreword, all commenters are expected to be courteous and on topic at all times. However, there is one exception: this very video. After enjoying George Carlin’s humorous video titled, [...]

This is Jeffrey Mishlove’s sixth experiment in creating a series of short phrases that describe the succession of sixty mental states experienced throughout a week of meditation. Jeffrey states that this process is and is not poetry, is and is not meditation. It is something of a blend between the two. He continues to request [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove discusses a difference of opinion between J. B. Rhine and C. G. Jung regarding whether paranormal phenomena obey causal principles. Jung described synchronicity as an “acausal connecting principle”. Rhine did not agree. Jeffrey then discusses the role of conscious intentionality within parapsychology, suggesting that – because we do have a measure of control [...]

This is Jeffrey Mishlove’s third experiment, taking states of awareness attained during a week of meditation, and describing them with short phrases. He suggests that viewers may find this exercise opens a window between their minds and his. The end result is a combination of poetry and guided meditation.

Jeffrey Mishlove shares a new, experimental approach. During a weeklong period, he interrupted his regular, meditations to write down short phrases – typically two words – describing the states of consciousness he was experiencing in succession. By the week’s end, he had notated over sixty such different states. These could be considered, perhaps, a poem [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove distinguishes between spiritual entities and a spiritual realm. He suggests that the reality of spirits is dependent upon the level of reality being discussed. Spirits may possess a dream body or an astral body; however, at a deeper level of reality, individual “selves” are something of an illusion created, according to Buddhist thought, [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove describes and life and career of the pioneering founder of the discipline of psychophysics who combined rigorous empirical science with a mystical outlook. His metaphysical writings focused on such matters as the soul life of plants as well as the soul of the living universe. He was an inspiration to William James. Both [...]

New Thinking Allowed host Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, shares further reflections concerning the controversial philosopher. In particular, Jeffrey addresses the Jorjani’s assertions concerning the need for total warfare against China and the Islamic world. This assertion was made elsewhere on social media (not on New Thinking Allowed). Viewers can access Jason Reza Jorjani’s own words at [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove explores the complex relationship Rudolf Steiner had with the person and legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Steiner maintained that Nietzsche has been a Franciscan ascetic monk in a previous lifetime. He believed himself to be the reincarnated spirit of the medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas. Steiner saw both himself and Nietzsche as wrestling with the [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove shares some details regarding the life of his grandfather, a man who grew up in an era where the main mode of transportation was the horse and buggy. He lived to see a man walk on the moon. Abraham Rogow was a carpenter with a visionary outlook on life, who published a pamphlet [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove shares memories of a man who was his mentor and best friend for a decade prior to his death in 2003. H. Dean Brown was a nuclear physicist, Sanskrit scholar, metaphysician, and remote viewer who believed that one could discover god within the many details of the physical world. Dean, and his wife [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove reflects upon the meanings implicit in modernist and post-modernist movements of the past 130 years or so. He describes the influence of psychoanalysis, depth psychology, and quantum physics upon art, literature, and culture. Citing the poet, T. S. Eliot, he proposes that we are engaged in a journey that will take us back [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove shares a memory of the time when his mentor, Arthur M. Young (inventor of the Bell Helicopter), told him that, if he could live his life over again, he would like to build a UFO. Today such a prospect does not seem entirely far-fetched. Jeffrey shares details regarding “meta-material” that ostensibly came from [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove reviews the Global Consciousness Project, founded by Roger Nelson, and cites new research showing that time-series data can be derived from this Project that correlates positively and significantly with future stock market activity. This finding, if it can be sustained and applied, suggests that parapsychological research may become self-supporting.

Jeffrey Mishlove references the Illuminationist school of Sufi philosophy, as expounded by the twelfth century Persian philosopher and mystic, Suhrawardi, and popularized in recent times by the French philosopher, Henry Corbin. The concept of the “imaginal” as very distinct from “imagination” is also implicit in Carl G. Jung’s explication of psychological dynamics, as imparted to [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove describes a variety of positions that are held with regard to claims of the paranormal. He also explains how some of his own attitudes are changing. He notes that, in the absence of complete knowledge, we are often forced to make decisions based upon intuitive or psychic processes. He characterizes this process as [...]

Jeffrey Mishlove shares several promising developments on this channel. They include regular Live Stream events, a weekly Newsletter, the possibility of offering educational credits, and a searchable database. He points out that YouTube has begun a program whereby creators can establish membership levels; and he requests feedback from viewers about this possibility. He also invites [...]