The Case for Miracles, by Lee Strobel
A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural. Request: an investigation into how common the miraculous is.
By request
living life to the fullest
Request: Similar to life is meant to be enjoyed?
Matthew 23:3 (Lamsa translation)
"Therefore whatever they tell you to obey, obey and do it, but do not do according to their works; for they say and do not."
reverse speech
Request: the claim that playing ordinary speech backwards reveals intelligible phrases. Popularised by David John Oates, it asserts these “reversals” are subconscious messages that can disclose a speaker’s underlying intent, sometimes contradicting their forward words.
Edgar Cayce
Calibrations for his readings and him as an individual. "During [trance-like] sessions, Cayce would answer questions on a variety of subjects such as healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events" -- wikipedia.
"God determines my team's performance, not me"
Request: I manage at a restaurant, and I've been trying to apply spiritual practices to my work. Things don't go my way, but maybe that's the point lol.
correlation between wealth and happiness
Request: Is there any?
"happy wife, happy life"
If you're in a good place in your relationship, you may be more compelled to treat your husband amazingly—from telling him how sexy he looks in the morning to giving him a back rub after a long day—thus boosting his quality of life -- womenshealthmag.com.
T/F: on the path of nonduality, the partnership is an obstacle
Is the spiritual journey best taken solo or in tandem?
Judith Butler, philosophy of
Request: Seems she has played a significant role in preferred pronouns push and gender performativity.
concentration
"the action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort." Request: In Zen practice and in life it certainly plays a role.
meditation
"the act of remaining in a silent and calm state for a period of time" -- collinsdictionary.
each level of consciousness is capped by "If I let that go, I won't be me"
Priority request: Doc describes how each LOC is being capped by a fear by a sense of losing who I am, my identity, my sense of self. That sense of losing myself is to be let go of over and over again at each LOC. (starts at minute 8:50 in the video).
I Origins (2014)
Priority request: A scientist attempts to disprove spirituality by finding the source gene of the eye, but in the process he confirms it instead.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (video game)
Request: Story-driven video game. Most likely winner of 2025 game of the year.