Fleeting moments, Modern wonders, and Cow fairies

 “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” – Terry Pratchett

Totality buzz

What about those 4 minutes of eclipse totality is so special that people will plan for decades and travel the world to chase an encounter? More than words can say. Here is one attempt. “There is something about witnessing history with other people—a sort of existential affirmation that indeed, I am real and I am experiencing this event because all around me, other people are seeing or hearing or touching and tasting the same thing I am.” Continued: Scientific American.

AI, Robotics, and Consciousness

• Test drive Synthetic memories. According to this author, “This concept draws parallels to the movie “Blade Runner,” (based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick) where replicants were implanted with memories to provide emotional grounding.” Source.
• What is a synthetic memory? “A Synthetic Memory is a digitally reconstructed representation of a personal memory created with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GEN-AI) technologies. It recreates a past visual experience that might have faded, changed, or been forgotten over time.” Interesting Website: Link.
• The future is trending. Envision next level hiking. Hypershell is a One-horsepower AI exoskeleton. Definitely puts more oomph in the walk. Check out the nifty YouTube demo.
• Consciousness: American neurophysiologist “Christof Koch argued in Scientific American that if lumps of matter can form into human bodies and become conscious, there’s no reason that groups of elementary particles couldn’t either.” Source.
• Bots are evolving. “Figure recently demoed an update to its robot’s brain with a vision-language model (VLM), trained by OpenAI, which means it can now understand speech, execute verbal commands, and even explain why it is doing what it is doing.” Source.
• Magic bullet. Meta researchers believe AI needs a body to become intelligent. Read the hows and whys here: Link.
• I side with Consciousness Researcher Tom Butler who offers a counter to that theory: Consider the Avatar.
  
  “Presumably, all humans are an avatar for an immortal self. My objective is to suggest details about the avatar relationship and to show that the model does not preclude other species from being avatars.
  
  “Considering how we think transform Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) are formed, I will suggest the possibility that an electronic device might also serve as an avatar. I explore the implications of personage without human instincts.” Etheric Studies Link.

Updating the knowns

• Ancient Civilizations 1: Graham Hancock on Facebook: “You read it first here. Advance view of a major update concerning Gobekli Tepe that I will be adding to a new edition of my 2015 book Magicians of the Gods. Enjoy!” Gobekli Tepe: Gradual evolution? Or transfer of technology? Or both? Link.
• Ancient Civilizations 2: “The world the Maya made has been shrouded by jungle for centuries. Now, a tool called lidar is revealing its staggering scale and sophistication.” Source.
• Astronomy: World’s top cosmologists reflect. “We are, in cosmology, using a model that was first formulated in 1922,” he said. “We have great data, but the theoretical basis is past its sell-by date.” Source.
• Seeking Nessie: “As well as looking for budding monster hunters to be involved in the search, taking place Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June, this year we are asking for experts to help. This includes scientists and universities, as well as pioneers of exploration NASA to provide equipment and expertise in the search.” Lochness.com

Kinship with all life

• New Tech for Smart Birds. Findings from a recent study provide a framework researchers can use to design bird-friendly tablets, Link. Researchers tracked birds who interacted with a touch screen for up to 30 minutes a day for three months. Source.
  
  
• Fish assist. Eco Brilliant! “An online underwater livestream lets worldwide volunteers ring a “fish doorbell” to help fish fulfill their reproductive missions.” Source.
  
  
• Life saver. Work continues on “the world’s largest wildlife crossing” in Los Angeles county. Completion in 2025. Source.
  
  
• “Could robotic dolphins help marine parks become more humane spaces where people can learn about and connect with nature?” View the video. An amazing project. Source.
  
  
• Psychic Parrot: Rupert Sheldrake offers this demonstration of an experiment conducted with a wonderfully verbal parrot who described what the person was looking at on a card in another room.

Dreaming up

Dreamed I was listening to my podcasts. I heard a cow in the background, birds in another, and was delighted because it gave the recording a unique spin. Authentic. Nature.

The thing I am left with is how very reassuring and natural it felt during the dream to hear that cow mooing in the background. Just once. Providing a special meaning for me that I can’t explain. Made perfect sense in the dream.

Later in the day I find a synchronicity in my blog feed. A post on Faery cattle. Magical. Known for their knack for appearing in times of need. British Fairies Blog.

So many ways to interpret this. It makes me smile. That’s enough.

One more thing – Telepathy

I interviewed Jes Kerzen, Author of ‘A Mind Beyond Words’, Amazon. Like nothing you’ve read or heard about autism.

She writes on Medium: “I’m discovering all I can about autistic spectrum perception, about psychic abilities, about spirituality and about the processes involved in publishing and publicising my first book about all the above."

Her blog includes an entry referencing Carlos Castaneda. Link.

[The story she has to tell about her connection with Asher and how she learned to connect with him telepathically deserves to be amplified to a wider audience. His abilities and what he is exploring beyond our physical world is extraordinary. Please check out her book and her writing.]

Our conversation is here: Wendy's Coffeehouse Link.

“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who are dreamers and those who are being dreamed.” – Alberto Villoldo, Dance of the Four Winds: Secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel, Amazon link.

UFOs, Aliens, Sightings, Contact. Are 'ETs' micro-managing their methods of exposure? Plus Edgar Cayce, T.J. and Reincarnation

"It's not about seeing lights in the sky, I mean it's not. It's beyond that. It's about what goes on around you. And Rob says this all the time, like you need to be aware of the different level of things that happen around you, synchronicities, coincidences." - Mark McNabb

[As I watched the Interview I posted here, I got my signature check-in to prompt me to highlight Mark's words. The bedside lamp light blinked off and on. Off - pause - on - pause. 5 or six times. Not a coincidence. Year number 25 experiencing this interaction. The activity is an intentional prompt to urge me to pay attention. I listened to Mark and shared what he said at the moment my light blinked. - wendy]

OddsnEnds -   

• UFO Sighting. 6.8.21. Cape Coral, Florida. Unexplained. NBC-2  According to the expert, 24-year veteran Air Force pilot Kevin Russo, red and green lights are considered a standard attribute for a known craft. The behavior - silent flight - is not standard nor known to be possible with current tech. [The 'UFO' I saw and reported had red and green lights. It was small. Also silent and indoors. - wendy]
  
  
• For those holding out on believing in UFOs/UAPs until an official determination from the US Government - according to recent reports the determination is inconclusive. Regardless, as evidenced from the previous news item, UFOs/UAPs continue to make headlines. Challenging reports that suggest they don't exist. Reports of sightings, interaction and experiences continue. UFO Stalker.
  
  
• UFO research project resource. University of Colorado at Boulder is available. "The United States government will release a report detailing all of the UFO information they've acquired over the years. Some of that information has been accessible to the public before this report. As a part of the federal depository library program, our collections contain reports from Roswell about the alleged UFO incident, but even more importantly, we have expert librarians who can help you navigate the information that the government publishes so you can do your own UFO research." Colorado.edu.
  
  
• Personal encounters with UFOs make all the difference. Priorities shift and life changes. Although I have posted several interviews with Experiencers, I continue to highlight information shared by Ardy Sixkiller Clarke as a primer on the subject because of the wide range of encounters she has documented from Native American experiencers [who remain anonymous] - positive and negative. Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview. And you can check out the other shows with related content in the archives.
  
  
• 1091 Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to “Varginha: The Roswell of Brazil,” James Fox’s follow-up to “The Phenomenon.”  Variety. Want more info? UFO Crash in Brazil: A Genuine UFO Crash with Surviving ETs by Roger Leir, Amazon.
  
  *Twitter response: UAP Watch @UAP_watch.  As a Brazilian who was living in Brazil when this blew up, I’m hugely excited for this! Though I was a child then, I vividly remember this being all over our National news for a while. It really is our Roswell, and deserves a spotlight. Thank you James Fox!
  
  
• FYI. Depressed? Laughing Gas might be a potential treatment option. Vice.  

Keeping an eye on this work in progress. Engaging the Phenomenon/James Iandoli interviews Rob Freeman and Mark McNabb about their upcoming documentary.

"Across 14 countries, Making Contact Team have recorded UFOs using state of the art skywatching technology."

Rob's interest in UFOs was triggered by a sighting when he was 12 years old [1966]. Fortunately, the story doesn't end there. It's what happens during the next sighting that fuels this life-long, ET-seeking adventure.

 

Twitter: Making Contact Project 

Rob Freeman UFO World Explorer YouTube

Reincarnation: Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview with Joanne DiMaggio - Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn.

What would it be like as a child to have your mentor - a renowned Psychic [also known as the Sleeping Prophet] - teach you how to see auras and talk with fairies? Observe him levitate a client? And what if he said you would make a name for yourself - and more than that - change the world just as you did in your previous incarnation as Thomas Jefferson. 

Author, Teacher, Researcher, Past Life Therapist, Joanne DiMaggio calls herself "A Reporter for the Universe." She spent almost a decade researching the details and fine-tooth-combing through the extensive archives at the A.R.E. Association for Research and Enlightenment to compile the history, past and present for the man known as the reincarnation of Thomas Jefferson. The one who had his fate pronounced by Edgar Cayce when he was only 2 days old.

This extraordinary story still has a future. Thomas Jefferson [reborn] may have more insight to add from what he gleaned from Edgar Cayce in his formative years. According to Joanne, only in the past ten years has T.J. begun to talk about events he witnessed as a child in the Cayce household.

Our conversation will post in the Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives. Link.

While the kids at school studied the 3 Rs, T.J. was pondering Atlantis. What else did Edgar Cayce share? Volumes. Joanne hopes her book will give him an opportunity to offer more insight on what he learned from the man known as the 'father of holistic medicine' and according to multiple sources, the most documented psychic of the 20th century.

• Read Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn. Amazon.
• Curious about those 14 thousand readings? Consult Edgar Cayce's Famous Black Book. Amazon.
• Road Trip? Trip Advisor Reviews suggest a positive experience. The Spa is the highlight. Source. Website for more info. EdgarCayce.org.

Wondering of lingering present day issues are due to unresolved past life karma? Book a past life session with Joanne DiMaggio (Zoom). Link.

Paranormal footnote - 

On the morning of our interview, I heard the distinctive voice of an older man beside my bed. He said one word and it sounded like a question. "Again?" 

There are multiple synchronicities with that word: 1. Reference to Joanne's previous book title. 2. Life forecast T.J. would have had but didn't get at age 13. (Cayce died when he was 9.) 3. Nod to reincarnation.

As I left the room after our interview - my 24/7 office nightlight blinked off. It was on again when I returned. We are never alone.

The link between all of the above topics and events: Consciousness. As always - more will be revealed. 

Stay curious!

A plethora of Paranormal, a mix of Science, an Octopus and a Goat. Dive in.

“A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.” - Albert Einstein. - "This was in a telegram reported in a news piece published in the New York Times (25 May 1946)" Source. [Indications, given present day scenario, "new type of thinking" will originate with AI.]


OddsnEnds -

• IF Yellowstone was fixin' to blow? Inquiring minds. Discovery blog. (Still says no.)
• Mars aloha!. Last photo taken by the Opportunity rover. Inquisitr.
• Sleeping Octopus - changes color ... reminiscent of a mood ring. Atlas Obscura.
• They're out there and - for this family - easy to see. UFOs in Argentina. Inexplicata.
• The brain on Salvia - from a guy who volunteered for a brain imaging study. Motherboard.
• LSD and DMT studies show promise in treating depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Independent.
• Bigfoot Lecture Series includes artist and researcher Sybilla Irwin. March 30. Info.
• New Mayor sworn in. She's a Goat. Burlington Free Press.
• Fans of spooky can book a Ghost Hunter va-cay. Some dates sold out. American Hauntings.
• Register for the Haunted America Conference in June. Here.
• Kansas City 2019 Paracon. August 2-3. Details.
• Paranormal Humor. Entities-r-us.

Wendy's Coffeehouse - 8 pm central time, KCMO Talk Radio 710 AM

3/17/19 - Third Eye Spies - Director Lance Mungia. Two Stanford physicists discover psychic abilities are real, only to have their experiments co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced in the name of secrecy.
3/24/19 - Lon Strickler - Phantoms and Monsters. 30 years of stories and experiences. Ongoing submissions from blog readers.
3/31/19 - Laurie McDonald - Hypnotherapist Empowering Alien Abduction Experiencers - Overcoming fear.
4/7/19 - Sean Daley - Paranormal Anthropology. College credit. Field trip example: The Sallie House. (JCCC).

Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives

Thank you for listening!

Stay curious.

Cheryl Costa Interview, UFO sightings Desk Reference: a whole lotta stats suggest we have ET visitors?

"Well if 70 percent or 218.69 million Americans think the government is not being forthcoming and transparent about this UFO business, isn't it time to present some data?"  - Cheryl Costa - reporter for the Syracuse New Times, co-author with Linda Miller Costa, of the new UFO Sightings Desk Reference 2001-2015.


Interview with Cheryl on Wendy's Coffeehouse. Good news for those who are curious about local details in the USA, the City Directory is in the works. A possible TV deal is also being discussed. No details on that yet.

Some of the links related to this show are highlighted in a previous post: Link. Refresher here on the Pigeon studies and their aptitude for abstract: University of Iowa



OddsnEnds

• Can't miss this UFO. Fascinating lights. Reported in Missouri by a hunter. MUFON case number 88249 - UFO Sightings Hotspot
• Creating a future for humans in space: ASU Interplanetary Initiative
• UFOs not the source of Saturday night sights. Explanation: Military: CBS
• That time Steven Spielberg offered to help the United Nations search for UFOs: HuffPo
• Seeing Ghosts, transition to the afterlife: Washington Post   Study: ELDVs 2014
  Regarding Visions of light and energy surges: Study

The Curse of the Man who sees UFOs: Motherboard/Vice. He started seeing them when he was 8 years old. Here's the trailer. Christo Roppolo has been documenting his experiences on video.



"Until the last breath of my life I will be making sure that people know this is no bullshit," Roppolo said. "From the bottom of my heart: it's all real." - Rent or buy the film on YouTube.

Back to the UFO Sightings Desk Reference, USA 2001-2015. No stories, just charts, graphs and stats. One stat Cheryl and her partner worked out: Only 1 in 42 people reports a sighting.

Couple of notes from the current book:
1. Observers who report UFOs can be flagged in a search by two activities. They smoke and/or they have dogs.
2. Leisure time and temperate weather play a part in the sightings.

Cheryl was a kid when she saw her first UFO. 1965, late August, just before school started. The family, loaded in the car, returning home, still out in the country when they saw a curious object hovering in the sky. It stayed for some 20 minutes or so, silver and round and definitely unexplained.

Having multiple people see the UFO gave it credence. She and her mom talked about it and even though Cheryl says she didn't go full throttle UFO researcher mode at that time, her curiosity was piqued. A second sighting kept the interest alive but it was the downtime in an apartment stocked full of UFO reading material that sealed the deal. Researcher mode fully engaged.


Accolades from readers and other researchers are a testament to the credibility of the work presented in the book, the New York Times had a great piece on Cheryl and Linda.

A plug for Stanton Friedman. Cheryl says his stuff inspired her to dig deeper into the UFO phenom. Why is he so fascinating? Explore - http://www.stantonfriedman.com/

On a related note and geared toward those who are interested in the experiencer research, I've interviewed Kathleen Marden (Niece of Betty and Barney Hill) a couple of times. Most recently with 
Denise Stoner about their book on Alien Abductions: Conscious Living with Wendy Garrett on Empower Radio, The Alien Abduction Files Kindle Edition

County sightings are available for Jackson County, MO and Johnson County, KS. Cheryl notes those and leaves us with a tease... She says "something interesting coming up in the New York Times in the next couple of months." And certainly, we will reconnect. The curious is out there and it's also very much alive and kickin' right here in the heartland.

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Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives. Thank you for listening and sharing!