Oddly, when we take an expanded view of the findings of modern science we  arrive at the conclusion that consciousness is fundamental; matter, secondary.  If consciousness is fundamental, then that means bodily death is only that: bodily death; consciousness lives on.  Perhaps that is why so many people have reported near-death experiences that speak of the same reality encountered in a different realm, not in another world, but at another level of consciousness. In her book, The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next, this week's guest, Roberta Grimes provides a straightforward and credible account about how the after life is real and consistent with many of modern science's findings.  Listen in as Philip and Roberta bring this transcendent topic down-to-earth.

The wall between spirit and matter, mind and body, is collapsing. This may be the key finding of the new age of thinking that just now is gaining momentum. Perhaps nothing better highlights this development than the “powerful placebo,” (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=303530)fake drugs and medical treatments that nevertheless cause real physical improvements in the body. But how is this possible unless there is a link between mind and body? In his new book, You are the Placebo, (http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Placebo-Making-Matter/dp/1401944582) this week’s guest, best-selling author and internationally known speaker, Dr. Joe Dispenza, (http://www.drjoedispenza.com/)takes the findings of the placebo effect one step farther. The possibilities for human development become endless. when well-intentioned thoughts and emotions, rather than the outside world, control our future.

No one really knows what happens after we die, except of course those who have died and then lived to tell their stories.  This week's guest, Dr. P.M.H. Atwater (http://pmhatwater.hypermart.net/), is not only one of the world's leading researchers of near-death experiences, she also died three times herself , all in 1977 (http://www.amazon.com/Died-Three-Times-1977-Complete-ebook/dp/B003WQBIM8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416529618&sr=1-1&keywords=died+three+times+1977), and thus brings her own personal experiences to the subject.  Viewed from the perspective of materialism, which says that we are nothing but collections of particles with limited shelf-lives, near-death experiences may seem like so much new age quackery.  But Dr. Atwater, in her new book, Dying to Know You: Proof of God in the Near-Death Experience (http://www.amazon.com/Dying-Know-You-Near-Death-Experience-ebook/dp/B00P9XQMCI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416529338&sr=1-1&keywords=pmh+atwater), shows that those who have had near-death experiences tend to bring back common stories, change their lives in similar ways, and  have similar psychological and physiological aftereffects.  As Dr. Atwater writes, the "pattern of aftereffects is what verifies the experience."  Science honors repeatability.  So maybe we are not mechanical robots after all, but instead spiritual beings experiencing one level of a multi-dimensional reality. Tune in as Philip and Dr. Atwater discuss the reality of the afterlife.

Among the leaders in probing the leading-edges of science and spirituality over the last 30 years is this week's guest, Zohara Hieronimus, the author of the new book, The Future of Human Experience and co-host of of the long-running, 21st Century Radio.  On this show, Philip and Zohara discuss the obstacles we must overcome to realize our inner divine nature and to make the real, outer world reflect our dreams; in practical terms, what do we have to do to really make a paradise on Earth?

Without vision the people perish, and without goals there is nowhere to go.  But to reach any goal -- whether getting a better job or  reaching enlightenment --- it helps to have a plan: a way to get from here to there.  In his new book, My Life Contract, this week’s guest, Joel Fotinos, distills bookshelves of self-help advice and gives a straightforward method to defining and then reaching your goals.  You enter into a contract with Life. This contract, like all deals, is two-way: you do your part and Life does its.  And the beauty is that the contracting party -- namely, Life itself -- has an unlimited supply of energy and is asking us to reach higher than we ever imagined.  Listen in as Philip and Joel probe this new approach to achieve want we want, while leaving an important job to a higher power.

In the governing world model, the body is a machine made up of genes.  These genes, like parts to a car, control the performance and destiny of the body.  The so-called central dogma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vghLxGAkft8) of genetics, authored by Francis Crick, one of the discoverers of the DNA molecule, holds that genes are fixed information-generating particles that tell proteins how to form into bodies.  The information only goes one way: outward toward bodies, not inward.  But the new field of epigenetics is proving the central dogma wrong.  Not only does the environment influence the way genes express themselves, but so do thoughts and beliefs.  In his book, The Genie in Your Genes (http://www.amazon.com/The-Genie-Your-Genes-Epigenetic/dp/1604150114#), this week's guest, Dawson Church (http://www.genieinyourgenes.com/aboutauthor.html), lays out the case for how the human spirit is more powerful than our genes.  Listen in as Philip and Dawson discuss how epigenetics provides scientific evidence that we have greater control over our well-being that we ever imagined.

One mantra of our new era is Einstein's statement that you cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it.  The big problem we have in today's world is the belief that the outside world controls us; but to move beyond this thought we need to reach a different level of thinking; one where, as this week's guest, Dianne Collins (http://www.diannecollins.com/) says, intent, not circumstances, rule.  Mind, not matters, controls. In turning inward we find that our thinking has not kept pace with the speed of technological progress, or reflected the findings of quantum theory, where the world is a bundle of possibilities, not a set-in-stone path paved by others.   We need to move upward in thinking, and outward in potential.  Listen in as Philip and Dianne discuss the essentials of this new way of thinking that Dianne calls QuantumThink.® (http://www.amazon.com/Do-You-QuantumThink-Thinking-World/dp/159079074X)

Thomas Kuhn, in his highly influential book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (http://www.amazon.com/The-Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-Edition/dp/0226458083), introduced the world to the concept of paradigms and how they change. A paradigm is a framework for understanding and cataloging worldly events, the ground rules for explaining things; at some point, however, the existing paradigm no longer accounts for worldly events and must be replaced by one that does. By all indications, that is where we are heading: the current scientific paradigm, based on materialism and the notion that everything can be explained by particles in motion, is showing signs of decay. One of the leading writers calling for a paradigm shift is this week's s guest, Manjir Samanta-Laughton, the author of the radical and thought-provoking book, Punk Science (http://www.paradigmrevolution.com/). Listen in as Philip and Manjir talk about the possible shape of the next paradigm.

The idea of oneness is integral to the spiritual tradition.  As Aldous Huxley wrote in his classic book, The Perennial Philosophy, the "perennial philosophy is primarily concerned with the one divine reality substantial to the manifold world of things and lives and minds." One mind behind the world of many things. In her books, Oneness and A Journey to Oneness: A Chronicle of Spiritual Emergence, this week's guest, Rasha (http://www.onenesswebsite.com/), tells of her own journey from losing his home, business and life savings, to gradually finding herself conversing with Oneness itself.  Listen in as Philip Comella talks with Rasha about the insights and life lessons she has learned along her remarkable spiritual journey.

Description: Particles do not make plans, but minds do. In the worldview of materialism, ultimate reality consists of things, and hence there is no purpose in evolution, and the universe is heading nowhere except toward a "heat death" where the stars, including the sun, run out of fuel.  On the other hand, if a mind is at the source of creation, then there likely is a plan, since minds tend to think ahead. This leads to the question of whether there really is a "plan of creation" (perhaps even one of God) and whether we are part of that plan, but simply have not figured it out yet.  In his book, The Dei Legacy: Wisdom from the DEI (http://www.dei-legacy.ch/) - the Divine Creation and Redemption Plan,  this week's guest, Rico Paganini, talks with Philip Comella about his own deep insights into the plan of creation and how humankind is nearing a true spiritual breakthrough.