Tom Butler This category includes miscellaneous essays and articles that I think represent important background issues for mindfulness. Interesting Links How Global Warming Works The Facts About Sea Level Rise Ice2Sea: Estimating the future contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise Sea Level Rise Accelerating Faster Than Initial Projections
Government is an individual responsibility Only a rational society can expect “government of the people, by the people, for the people” to be a rational government Here in the United States of America, it is clear that our government listens to the people. It is also clear it listens to the loudest people first. The … Read more
by Tom Butler Updated October 2014 Abstract This is a discussion about the nature of mediumship and how it relates to other forms of transcommunication. In Spiritualism, a distinction is made between mediumship and psychic functioning; however, predictions can be made based on the Trans-survival Hypothesis that both should be considered first from the perspective … Read more
Tom Butler December 2010 This essay was written as a talk at a Spiritualist church. My intention was to show that people differ by personality which they bring with them at birth, and which influences how they learn. This is a “technical metaphysical” view which may not be easily understood with one reading. Multiple reading, … Read more
About I began writing books shortly after we moved to Lenexa, Kansas in 1987. My intention was initially to provide what I had learned over the years in a book that would give the reader a foundation of concepts on which to build. The first book I wrote is the Handbook of Metaphysics, but several … Read more
When the babies are just about old enough to make the trip back to Alaskan waters, the mothers may begin bringing them closer to the small boats full of people. Sometimes, the babies will actually lean on the boat so that people are able to pet them. See the video at Petting Baby Whales in … Read more