This is the first of two articles bringing together the experiences of a small group of accomplished meditators who took part in the Journey of the Soul project, an enquiry into what consciousness may encounter as it moves beyond physical life. Rather than presenting each meditation separately, the testimonies have been considered together to see whether common themes emerged.… Read more →

  This is the second of two articles drawing together the testimonies of experienced meditators who took part in the Journey of the Soul project, an enquiry into what consciousness may encounter during and beyond the transition of physical death. The first article explored the patterns that repeatedly appeared across their accounts. Here we turn to a different and perhaps… Read more →

  A Definition of Consciousness That Includes Human Beings and AI What do we actually mean by consciousness? The question becomes particularly important when we begin comparing human beings with artificial intelligence, because many definitions quietly confuse consciousness itself with the mechanisms through which information is processed. Consciousness may be better understood not as something that processes experience, but as… Read more →

  Helen Greaves’ Testimony of Light is one of the most remarkable accounts of consciousness continuing after physical death. The book presents communications believed by Greaves to have come from her close friend, Frances Banks, following Frances’ death. Yet its importance goes considerably beyond the simple question of survival. Running throughout Frances’ account are glimpses of a much greater spiritual… Read more →

  Summary Essence may be understood as a deeper level of consciousness from which individual souls arise and through which many different streams of experience can unfold. Rather than imagining Essence as a larger being containing a collection of separate souls, it may be more helpful to picture a single source of light shining through many openings. Each beam appears… Read more →