Hinduism and ufos

Image via Wikipedia

Here’s another question and answer at allexperts.com. Basically the question is about those who believe they’ve been abducted by a UFO and whether or not their faith – in this case Hindu faith – saves them.

From my perspective the question isn’t entirely clear and could be interpreted to mean that (a) the Hindu faith ends the delusion of being abducted or (b) it ends an actual abduction.

Whatever the case, I got around it by using the word “believe” in my answer, published here:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/UFOs-Aliens-2138/2012/3/hinduism-ufos.htm

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Past life recall and ‘enlightenment’

Hindus believe the self or soul (atman) repeatedly takes on a physical body via Wikipedia

It’s always nice when one of my volunteer answers at Allexperts.com gets published.

In this question, a man asks about recalling past lives during meditation and the idea of enlightenment.

Click on this link to read my answer:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Meditation-2544/2012/3/past-life-recall.htm

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Paranormal Phenomena/Psychics, Premonitions, and ESP

Storefront Psychic fortuneteller in Downtown Crossing, Boston. January 2009 photo by John Stephen Dwyer via Wikipedia (CCL)

Here’s a volunteer Q&A I did some time ago at AllExperts.com that lists some good links for those interested in the idea of ESP (now more voguish = Psi).

• Paranormal Phenomena/Psychics, Premonitions, and ESP

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ghosts

"Edward Kelly, a Magician. in the Act of invoking the Spirit of a Deceased Person" via Wikipedia

Here’s a recent Q&A at AllExperts.com about ghosts. Seems I’ve been getting a lot of these lately…

• Paranormal Phenomena/ghosts

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Paranormal Phenomena/Graveyards…

The Spirit of the Dead Keeps Watch via Wikipedia

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In any case, here’s another Q&A at AllExperts.com, where I really enjoy doing volunteer work:

• Paranormal Phenomena/Graveyards…

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UFO’s etc

Grainy B&W image of supposed UFO, Passoria, New Jersey Edited version of Image via Wikipedia

Just another Q&A at AllExperts.com that touches on all things paranormal–well, many things…

• UFOs/Aliens/UFO’s etc

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Paranormal Phenomena/My child says our house is “dark”

Example of a subject in a Ganzfeld experiment via Wikipedia

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Perhaps because these folks can be anonymous, a virtual outpouring of the unusual comes in on a fairly regular basis.

Here’s a Q&A that involves several possible paranormal phenomena and my comments about individual difference.

• Paranormal Phenomena/My child says our house is “dark”

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Mental illness in ancient cultures

Stamp of Moldova; Mircea Eliade via Wikipedia

Here’s a Q&A at AllExperts.com that probes the idea of mental illness in ancient cultures. Although I didn’t really discuss the ideas of mental illness/health in a social and historical context, I do hint at this in the bibliography listed.

I have a pretty good bibliography at my fingertips on this. My Ph.D. was in psychology and religion.

• Comparative Religious Studies/Mental illness in ancient cultures

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Spirituality and alien technology

Dante's heavens and hells symbolised the astral spheres and their associated virtues and vices via Wikipedia

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• UFOs/Aliens/Spirituality and alien technology

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faith and its impact on society

David Hume's critique of causality has had a lasting influence on those who prefer to think about belief rather than simply deny it; image via Wikipedia

Can we ever abandon faith? I don’t think so. Even those who say they don’t believe inevitably believe in something. Here’s a Q&A at AllExperts.com that illustrates my point.

• Comparative Religious Studies/faith and its impact on society

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