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When Universes Collide – Conclusion

January 21, 2011

In the late 1800s Swiss geologist Albert Heim was enjoying a climb in the Alps when a powerful gust of wind lifted him from the mountain and sent him plummeting to almost certain death. But a peculiar thing happened during his fall: instead of terror Heim experienced an overriding sense of love, joy, peace. “I saw my whole life take place in many images, as though on a stage some distance from me. Everything was transfigured as though by a…

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When Universes Collide – Part I

You finish your coffee with a friend, rise and say your good-byes. As you exit the cafe something extraordinary occurs; something that almost always goes unnoticed. The focus of the entire universe gets up and goes with you. Like a spotlit actor moving across…

December 27, 2010