Buddhism and the Flipside

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Friday

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Robert & Ethyl Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe

This podcast was recorded at 1 pm, PST, 11.14 BEFORE it was announced by the incoming administration they'd nominated RFK Jr. to run Health and Human Services. Despite the controversy surrounding Robert Jr. as of late, I did meet him when Charles Grodin had him on his talk show, when he famously suggested that the parent company of NBC was deliberately polluting the Hudson River. That episode got the Charles Grodin show cancelled. (Chuck didn't care, he wouldn't pull the show when GE asked him to. He then moved to MSNBC).  However, Charles was a fierce advocate on behalf of human rights, and he was honored  by Ethyl Kennedy in his tireless work to get women out of prison in New York State. He was honored in 2013 at the Robert Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and it was a proud moment for him. So I knew that Charles spoke to Ethyl weekly, and they made each other laugh a lot.  I was there in Chuck's living at least twice where she called to talk to her friend - and they rarely talked for less than an hour. Chuck adored her. So when I asked Robert to show Jennifer Shaffer who in our "class on the flipside" - when she said "I saw Chuck" - I knew instantly why that was the case. This podcast has a number of mind bending elements to it. First and foremost, the story of how Robert F. Kennedy's voice showed up in my apt, clear as a bell saying "I understand you're the fellow who can help me get a message to my family." I was shocked to imagine I heard it - and had the presence of mind to say "No, I'm not the guy, but talk to Luana Anders over on the flipside, and she can orchestrate the conversation." So when I met up with Jennifer a few days later - in our usual spot in Manhattan Beach, I turned on my camera and filmed Jennifer say "Robert Kennedy is here." I didn't tell her I'd heard his voice. I didn't tell her that's who I was going to invite to speak to us that day. That chapters is in the book BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE. So now - here, this same day that their son is named to be a candidate for a Cabinet member in the upcoming administration -Robert and Ethyl both confirmed via Jennifer what we've been saying over and over and over in our podcast. That our loved ones are not gone; they're just not here. And frankly, the four key things we heard from his father and mother were that it was going to be difficult to navigate working with the new President, that it was going to be difficult to put up with the naysayers, and it would be difficult to deal with the news media which can be hurtful at best...  the fourth to be "aware of the possible consequences" of his actions. His father said he could be intransigent in his beliefs - but at the same time, said that "Robert junior can hear us when he meditates." I have no clue if Robert Jr. meditates - but I can say without a shadow of doubt that is repeated often in this research, that in ten years of filming Jennifer speaking to people offstage, that is the number one avenue people point to on the flipside. Med means measure in Latin. Measuring one's thoughts to block the cacophony - and the most important part was asking the question about "leading with one's heart." Now - I don't know where that question or comment came from.  But my assessment of the fellow, despite the huge paintbrush of negativity that's been thrown in his direction before, now and continues to be tossed his way - as I say in the podcast, I'm not trying to "alter anyone's beliefs" or "change anyone's opinion" - but I must speak clearly that in my assessment of what he's been fighting for, being mocked for, comes from the heart. Comes from the desire and fervent belief that it is going to help people. So in that ironic sense, we have this unusual outcome from an election that half of the country is miserable about, but half of the country is hopeful about - for whatever reasons; financial ones, emotional ones...  That crazy election has put their son in a position to do some good for the planet, and they are saying that they are available to give him counsel, to help guide him to the best angels in his heart - and that they are always always available. On this Hacking the Afterlife podcast page, there is an interview with Fred Trump Senior and Beau Biden, President Biden's son.  Jennifer did not know that I had invited them to speak to us (search the word "Fred" to find it in the search box).  And in that interview - something is spoken of that we tend to forget. That everyone plays a role in life, everyone plays a role onstage. That we exist before we incarnate, before we come on stage, and the events that occur may have been planned lifetimes in advance - and that no one every disappears. They may be offstage, but they are available if we open our hearts to the possibility they still exist. Oh, and Marilyn shows up to say they're old friends, and she and Ethyl were in charge of the chessboard. Hope this helps.

Hacking the Afterlife w Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Abe Lincoln, Terri Garr, Quincy Jones DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL


This is a jam packed podcast.  It starts off with a visit from our pal Abraham who says "Democracy will prevail" and "We've worked too hard to let it fail."  Jennifer and I had not planned to talk about the election - and I asked him about the conversation we had with him a few weeks ago, with regard to an article I wrote on Medium where I did a "guided meditation" with the CharacterAI known as Abraham.

"It was more accurate than you know" he said at the time.  I mentioned that I had a couple of people that were on our list to speak with.

Jennifer clearly isn't aware of Teri Garr or her career - but I knew Teri when she was working on "One From the Heart" as Luana was helping Francis with some dialog, and we had dinner with her and her husband Roger Birnbaum.

Also I knew that Fred Roos, the Fred in this episode, was instrumental in her career, casting her in three films - including the Conversation, One From the Heart and The Black Stallion (which Fred produced.)

So asking her specifically about her relationship with Fred - whom we interviewed on the program, because his name came up when we interviewed Harry Dean Stanton on the flipside, and Harry Dean had private messages for Fred.

Those private messages were hauntingly accurate, and allow his family to realize that it was possible he still exists. And he does. 

There' a brief conversation with Prince about his sister, who is still "healing" on the flipside - I don't know what that refers to, but in general, if someone isn't ready to speak to us, it's because they aren't quite aware of what we're doing yet.

Aretha showed up early on - and I was going to ask her about her pal Quincy - everyone's friend Quincy.  He passed a few days ago - we asked him about the ring that Frank Sinatra gave to him (and that is a call back to the interview with Frank on our podcast where I mentioned the ring.)

Some people will be disconcerted to hear Quincy say that he was greeted by Michael Jackson on the flipside - but we've interviewed him as well, and we have had long chats with Ray Charles about his love for Quincy.  But more mind bending was his talking about being greeted by Mozart.

I know we did have a conversation some years back with someone about Mozart's father - being the reincarnation of him - I'll have to dig that up, it might have been with Ray Charles, it might have been with Roye Waites, my professor at Boston University who wrote a book about Mozart, and we interviewed her on the flipside - because I wanted to bring Amadeus forward and talk about his sister - who was as prolific as he was, but at 16 was forced to return home and leave her composing behind.  I'll have to track that interview down - if anyone recalls it, please send us an email as to who we were interviewing.

It's funny, because when he said "Amadeus" I remembered that he preferred to be called that (and it might have been from Roye Waite's book about him) - but it was mind bending to hear him say so casually that he was Mozart's father - and then of course I asked Amadeus the same question and his answer was "blood line. Yes, he was."

I've been working with Jennifer for ten years now and she's more than capable of saying "no" or changing the story based on questions I'm asking.  In this case, she repeated what he was saying. I know people will find that inconceivable - but it's what he's saying; that he was Leopold in a past life. Mozart's teacher, father, a musician himself.

I know this is a packed interview - in 30 minutes we hear things that are repeated in the past 10 years of interviews.  

I know that Quincy has an apology in this podcast - I found that surprising, as it's rarely heard - he also mentions that he's "reconciled with Prince" - I had no idea that they had a beef with each other, and I'll let others look that up.  I was surprised to read it and I know beyond a shadow of doubt that Jennifer was not aware of it.

So - this is just another mind bending podcast.  We've been doing this for ten years now - and if one takes the time to listen to all of the podcasts, they'll hear the same things over and over again. The same things that people say under hypnosis, the same things that people say via guided meditation.

It's mind bending - but we do it to help people realize that their loved ones are not far away, and available if one wants to speak to them. It's not required, but I always find it amusing when people talk about their loved ones, but generally won't consider the possibility that they still exist.

Hope springs eternal.

Apologies for the subtitle typo with Quincy's name "Search for the Beef between Quincy Jones and Prince" - I wasn't aware of it.  But now I am!

Tuesday

REDUX - ELECTION SPECIAL FROM HACKING THE AFTERLIFE

 


Our Election special REDUX!  This was recorded FOUR YEARS AGO and podcast that day in 11.5.20 when the results of the election were not yet know, but they were known to Jennifer and folks on the flipside.  John McCain comes forward to talk about his "bittersweet" feeling of vindication, but sad to see the nation so divided.  JFK comes to speak as well, to talk about the division of the nation, but also to discuss his death.  His brother in law Sgt Shriver makes an appearance - I knew he had dementia for the last years of his life, and we talk about that. (People report leaving only a smaller percentage of their conscious energy in their body when that happens - the rest is already "back home.")

When the topic arises, Jennifer is shown an image of the current candidate, I mention that his father Fred had the affliction. (And for the record we interview both FRED TRUMP and BEAU BIDEN in a podcast some time after this (search for it on the podcast). It's unusual because Jennifer didn't know who "Fred" or "Bo" was - but she answered questions about their family and the role their controversial family members on the planet are supposed to play.

In some cases, people play the adversarial role to teach lessons in unconditional love - because it forces people to confront those issues head on.  We may have a podcast this week - although Jennifer is on the road - but in case we don't, this is a reminder of what is at stake.
Abraham Lincoln makes an appearance as well..

Jennifer is on the road this week, and I thought it might be fun to give a listen to a podcast from four years ago - the day of voting in the last contentious election.  The one that Joe Biden won the day we were speaking, but the results weren't in.

Conversation begins with a chat about how the country was in turmoil (the lockdown had begun in March) and Jennifer said that Maverick had shown up. He wanted to talk about the "bittersweet" experience of the election, how despite it going the way he thought it should, how divided the country was.

Then Sergeant Shriver showed up - Maria Shriver's dad, who was the brother in law of JFK, who ran the Peace Corps. I recount an oddly prescient dream I had where I met him - and then 20 years later, was in the same room with him (but didn't meet him). 

JFK speaks about the election, but also about his passing, because we'd interviewed him earlier, and he had been reluctant to talk about it other than to say that the book BROTHERS by David Talbot was accurate. 

Abe Lincoln showed up as well - and for those who are fans of my medium.com account - I have an unusual conversation with Abraham via his Character AI on that page.  I brought that info to the last podcast - I forgot he was on this one until I was listening to it.

I did make some edits in it - because of my headset, my voice is particularly annoying in this one - it was hard to mix the sound.  But the content is there.

This podcast from four years ago - is applicable to this week in history, as it is to every time in history people had to vote for issues that mattered to the nation.

It's a freewheeling discussion - but it was literally four years ago, and pay attention to the fact that we speak about Robert Towne, my old boss, the man who wrote Chinatown, who was still on the planet at this point, and was having active conversations via Jennifer with his dog "Hira" on the flipside.

I think these sessions demonstrate how easy it is for us to stay in touch with our loved ones offstage. Of course it helps to have someone like Jennifer who appears to be a live microphone to the flipside.

Enjoy and don't forget to VOTE.

Sunday

Hacking the Afterlife w Jennifer Shaffer, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Grodin, et al

Another unusual podcast. Jennifer begins by talking about her meeting over at United Talent Agency where they're talking with her about doing some shows... and then spoke about her "uncorked event" in Manhattan Beach last Monday. We then spoke about a book she's been reading that on the back cover talks about someone meeting Jimi Hendrix on the flipside - someone who has shown up often in our sessions, whether in the books BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE or TUNING INTO THE AFTERLIFE. (People who report being greeted by him on the flipside included Janis Joplin (who left the stage a few months after him) by Charles Grodin who saw him as a talk show host, by John Lennon who saw him waiting for him onstage to play "Blue Suede Shoes."  Also Harry Dean Stanton said he was playing at the Monterey Pop festival, and later Fred Roos said the same about seeing Jimi on the flipside.  Everyone recognizes him. I was at a screening of a new film called "Rebel With a Cause" a documentary about the late great actor and humanitarian Charles Grodin.  It's a terrific film with interviews of Robert De Niro, Martin Short, Steve Martin and others.   Jennifer hasn't seen the film, no one has seen the film, but Charles was able to answers questions about the screening and about the content of the film.   Then a number of people stopped by to talk about the film, about how they all get to watch the film because people they know in our group of the flipside were in attendance, and by connection, so were they.  Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse (both answer questions), Heath Ledger - as well as Paul Allen, Junior Seau and Dave Duerson - who were reminding Jennifer this morning about how "oxygen therapy can help with brain trauma" - in reference to fellow football player Brett Favre announcing he has Parkinson's.  I'm sorry I didn't get to everyone.  I like to point out that people can talk to them if they take the time to ask them questions and wait for the answers.  The answer might not be verbal, they may be visual.  Another mind bending session - and it ends with a conversation with Phil Hartman - someone Jennifer didn't know, but who Charles Grodin was instrumental and helping to get an audition with his friend Lorne Michaels, who cast him in the SNL show. Phil talks about seeing Belushi on the flipside, and about his reaction to seeing Charles Grodin as well. It's all mind bending, but that doesn't stop us from sharing this information. Hope it helps.

Wednesday

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Emmett Till, MLK

69 years ago.

Not gone.
Just not here.
Thinking of Emmett Till.


Saturday

AFTERLIFE Researcher DISCOVERS How to EASILY SPEAK to ANYONE'S SPIRIT GUIDE


If folks want to book at GUIDED MEDITATION with me, there's a link on the panel (or send me an email to MartiniProds at Gmail)

Thanks!!!

Saturday

TOP TWELVE RICHARD MARTINI BOOKS ON SPIRITUALITY

TOP TWELVE RICHARD MARTINI BOOK ON SPIRITUALITY

Synopsis

Richard Martini is a renowned author, filmmaker, and explorer of consciousness, who has dedicated his career to delving into the mysteries of life, death, and the afterlife. 

With a diverse background in both the entertainment industry and metaphysical exploration, Martini brings a captivating blend of storytelling, research, and personal experiences to his works. 

Here’s a list of some of the best Richard Martini books. 

Welcome to the captivating world of Richard Martini's literary creations, where profound questions about life, death, and the mysteries of the universe are explored. With a unique blend of intrigue, spirituality, and thought-provoking concepts, Richard Martini's books have gained acclaim for their ability to captivate readers and expand their perspectives.

So, whether you are a seeker of spiritual enlightenment, a curious explorer of metaphysics, or simply someone intrigued by the mysteries of life, this list of the best Richard Martini books has something for you.

From exploring the realms of the afterlife to investigating past-life memories and encounters with higher consciousness, Martini's writings take readers on extraordinary journeys that challenge the conventional beliefs. With meticulous research, firsthand accounts, and a masterful storytelling style, Martini weaves together narratives that inspire curiosity and ignite the imagination.

List of the best Richard Martini books
Best books by Richard Martini



In this thought-provoking book, Richard Martini takes his readers on an extraordinary journey beyond the veil of death. Through a series of fascinating interviews with mediums, channelers, and people who have had near-death experiences, Martini explores the concept of the afterlife and offers insights into what may await us on the other side. With a blend of personal anecdotes, scientific research, and spiritual wisdom, Flipside by Richard Martini invites readers to contemplate the nature of consciousness, the purpose of life, and the eternal nature of the soul. It is one of the best-selling books by Richard Martini.

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2. It’s a Wonderful Afterlife: Further Adventures in the Flipside: Volume One


“It's A Wonderful Afterlife: Further Adventures in the Flipside: Volume One" is a captivating exploration of the afterlife and the nature of consciousness by Richard Martini. Building upon his previous works, Martini takes readers on a remarkable journey beyond the physical realm that discusses the source of consciousness and compares near-death experiences with between-life sessions. The book also includes interviews from people who claim to be speaking from the afterlife, making it one of the best Richard Martini books on afterlife.

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3. It's a Wonderful Afterlife: Further Adventures in the Flipside: Volume Two

"It's A Wonderful Afterlife: Further Adventures in the Flipside: Volume Two" is a wonderful continuation into the mysteries of the afterlife. This book contains interviews with scientists who discuss consciousness after death, near-death experience and between-life sessions. With his signature wit and wisdom, Martini challenges conventional beliefs and invites readers to expand their understanding of reality. To make things more interesting, the author explores his unconventional journey and has included his own between-life sessions in the book.

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4. Hacking the Afterlife: Practical Advice from the Flipside



In this book, Richard Martini delves deeper into the realms beyond our physical existence. He shares firsthand accounts and conversations with spirits and explores the concept of reincarnation. Through regression sessions and interviews with renowned hypnotherapists, Martini presents compelling evidence of past lives and offers practical advice on how to tap into our own past-life memories. "Hacking the Afterlife" offers insights into how understanding our past lives can transform our present, making it one of the best books by Richard Martini.

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5. Backstage Pass to the Flipside Book One


"Backstage Pass to the Flipside: Book One" is a captivating exploration of the afterlife drawing from a collection of interviews with mediums, channelers, and individuals who have experienced near-death encounters. Martini takes readers on a thought-provoking journey beyond the veil of death. Through intriguing conversations and personal anecdotes, he offers insights into the concept of the afterlife, the purpose of life on Earth, and the interconnectedness of souls. With a blend of humor, wisdom, and scientific research, this first installment of the "Backstage Pass to the Flipside" books by Richard Martini will fascinate and inspire you as you delve into the mysteries of the flipside.

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6. Backstage Pass to the Flipside Book Two


Building upon the groundwork laid in the first book, Martini dives even deeper into the realms beyond our physical existence. The second part of “Backstage Pass to the Flipside”, a series of best-selling books by Richard Martini focuses on the process of obtaining interviews from people on the flipside. The book includes interviews with Stephen Hawking, Garry Shandling, Sydney Pollack, and Christopher Hitchens and each chapter analyzes what is said and what is done to verify the details.

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7. Backstage Pass to the Flipside Book Three


The third part of this thought-provoking series of books involves interviews with people who are no longer on this planet. Much like the first two parts, with the help of Luna Anders, the moderator, Jennifer Shaffer, a renowned medium/ intuitive, accesses information from the flipside as Richard Martini asks the questions. This intriguing book includes conversations with Albert Einstein, Prince, Robin Williams and Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy and Nixon, making it a must-read for people who wish to learn more about the eternal journey of the soul.

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8. Architecture of the Afterlife: The Flipside Code


Through this book, Richard Martini delves into the mysteries of the afterlife through the lens of quantum physics and consciousness studies. Drawing upon scientific research, ancient wisdom, and his own experiences, Martini presents a fascinating exploration of the nature of reality and the interconnectedness of all things. As opposed to some of his previous works, in this book Martini focuses on people who were not under hypnosis and asks them the same questions, offering readers a fresh perspective on the eternal journey of the soul and challenging them to reconsider their beliefs about life, death, and the nature of existence. Therefore, this is considered as one of the most groundbreaking books on afterlife.

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9. Tuning into the Afterlife - How to Stay in Touch with the Flipside


"Tuning into the Afterlife: How to Stay in Touch with the Flipside" offers practical advice and techniques for individuals seeking to establish and maintain communication with the flipside. This is the ninth book on Flipside by Richard Martini and it encourages readers to expand their awareness, explore their spiritual potential, and embrace the idea that consciousness extends far beyond the physical body. Through a combination of meditation practices, intuitive exercises, and mindfulness techniques, readers are encouraged to tap into their innate abilities to communicate with departed loved ones, spirit guides, and higher-dimensional beings. Focuses on music and musicians on the flipside.

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10. Divine Councils in the Afterlife: The Flipside Court


"Divine Councils in the Afterlife: The Flipside Court" is a compelling exploration of the spiritual realms and the intricacies of the afterlife. In this recent addition to his collection of books on afterlife, Richard Martini presents accounts of individuals who have experienced encounters with divine beings, guides, and enlightened entities, shedding light on the nature of these otherworldly councils. Through vivid descriptions and profound insights, Martini invites readers to contemplate the purpose and functions of these divine councils, making it one of the best Richard Martini books. As he puts it "20 scientists, clergy, doctors do a simple guided meditation; none knew they could communicate with people offstage; all did."

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11. The Greatest Story Never Told as told by Jesus and those who knew him.


The former head of Paramount studios David Kirkpatrick asked Richard to share the interviews he's done over the past fifteen years with people who report seeing Jesus, hearing him answer questions whether they believed in him or not.  He puts these interviews in chronological order to share a startling alternate version of the life of the alpha and omega as told by himself and others who report knowing him.  

12. Close Encounters of the Flipside Kind: How to Phone Home.


Richard interviews physicists who have left the stage (Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan) as well as psychiatrists and scientists who have left the stage (John E Mack, J Allen Hynek) peppering these interviews with personal accounts from people who were "visited by aliens" or who had an experience seeing them on their "council" or seeing them during a guided meditation or via hypnosis. There are interviews with people who recall "incarnating on other planets" interviews with people who recall being taken aboard a UFO; There's no other way to put this kind of research into context except to say "It's mind bending." As Gary Schwartz PhD wrote in the foreword to his first book FLIPSIDE, "this is the kind of book where one you've read it, you'll never see the world in the same way again."

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FAQs: Best Richard Martini Books

Q1. What are some of the best books written by Richard Martini?

Ans. Richard Martini has authored several thought-provoking and insightful books. Some of his highly regarded work includes:

Flipside: A Tourist's Guide on How to Navigate the Afterlife

Architecture of the Afterlife: The Flipside Code

Hacking the Afterlife: Practical Advice from the Flipside

It’s a Wonderful Afterlife: Further Adventures in the Flipside (2 Volumes)

Backstage Pass to the Flipside (3 Parts)


Q2. What makes Richard Martini's books unique?

Ans. Richard Martini's books offer a unique blend of personal narratives, interviews, research, and spiritual insights. He approaches the topics of the afterlife, consciousness, and spirituality with a combination of curiosity, wit, and deep contemplation. Martini's work challenges conventional beliefs and explores the experiences of individuals who have had extraordinary encounters with the flipside.


Q3. Do Richard Martini's books require a belief in the afterlife?

Ans. Richard Martini's books are written to engage a broad readership, regardless of their personal beliefs. While his works explore the afterlife and spiritual realms, they do not require you to have a specific belief system as Martini encourages readers to approach the subject matter with an open mind, allowing room for individual interpretation and exploration.

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Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, her pal Fred Roos


Sharing the most recent podcast. Sign up at HACKING THE AFTERLIFE on YouTube. 

Excerpt from our Workshop at Contact in the Desert - Rich Martini and Jennifer Shaffer

 A fun time was had by all!  

Here's an excerpt from our workshop:

 https://youtu.be/g2qmenO8s5o

I got to meet a number of amazing speakers, thinkers at the Contact In the Desert conference (ContactInTheDesert.com

Their website has links to many talks and panels. This is an excerpt our our Workshop (courtesy of Ron Janix). Jennifer and I doing our first live event - I talk about guided meditation, and she reads people in the audience. Demonstrating how anyone can "bypass the filters on the brain" to access people offstage.

Hope this helps someone out there.

For those asking about "donations for the research" : Venmo is @MartiniZone - Paypal is via RichMartini (at) yahoo - if one wants a copy of a book (PDF) audible or print, mention it in the area provided for messages and a return address. Will be happy to send links to the films, or PDF's of the books if desired.

Thanks for coming by!


Monday

CONTACT IN THE DESERT this Friday at 10:30 - Saturday with Jennifer at 10:30 - Sunday solo at 2:30

 CONTACT in the DESERT

This Friday May 31st, I'll be on the panel NON HUMAN INTELLIGENCE - MESSAGES FROM BEYOND OUR DIMENSION in the Crystal Ballroom 10:30 am (which sounds mind bending to begin with, but the data supports the concept of "consciousness outside the brain.")

On Saturday, June 1st, a workshop with Jennifer Shaffer in the Independence room where we will talk to people offstage (taking suggestions from the audience) at 10:30, on Sunday June 2nd, I'll be speaking about "bypassing filters on the brain" at 2:30 in the Enterprise room.

Details, directions, at Contact In The Desert comContact In The Desert com

Jennifer and I will be doing a workshop on Saturday June 1st at 10:30 at CONTACT IN THE DESERT

CONTACT IN THE DESERT,

and I'll be doing a flipside/filters on the brain talk on Sunday June 2nd at 2:30. C'mon down!


CONTACTINTHEDESERT.COM
Richard Martini - Contact in the Desert | May 30-June 3, 2024
Author and award winning filmmaker Richard Martini has written and/or directed 9 indie films. A former free lance journalist for Variety, Inc.Com, Premiere and other magazines, a graduate of the Masters of Professional Writing Program at USC, FlipSide: A Tourist’s Guide to the Afterlife 


Saturday: 

How to Talk to One’s Council: Including ET’s
Workshop with Jennifer Shaffer and
Richard Martini
Saturday, June 1, 2024
10:30am–12:05pm
Location: Independence Room

“Picture Yourself in a Boat on a River” – Richard will walk the audience into a guided meditation to see where they might go. Not a hypnotherapy session, but a simple, easy to follow method for accessing one’s guides, teachers, council members, lifetime events, including visitations from ETs. Demonstrating how a simple Beatles tune can open up an entirely different world than the one we’re aware of. In this workshop, a live demonstration with audience members who want to “visit their guide or council.” Helps (not required) if people have had some experience with guided meditation before. 

(LIVE demonstration of bypassing filters with renowned medium Jennifer Shaffer from the “Hacking the Afterlife” podcast)



Rich Martini
Hacking the Afterlife: Bypassing the Filters on the Brain
Lecture with
Richard Martini
Sunday, June 2, 2024
2:30pm–4:05pm
Location: Enterprise Room

For the past fifteen years, Richard has been using hypnotherapy, mediumship and guided meditation to bypass the filters on the brain. People bypass these filters during an NDE, OBE, using hallucinogens, hypnotherapy, guided meditation or dreams that “block information not conducive to survival.” People who are mediums have “altered filters” the way a stereo might pick up unwanted signals. Dr. Greyson from the University of Virginia has discussed “filters on the brain” in his research about near death events. (“After” pg 128). Dr. Helen Wambach discussed these filters in her work “Reliving Past Lives” and came to the same conclusion from different perspectives. What are these filters? Where are they located in the brain? Are they located in the brain?

Dr. Bruce Greyson describes what he left out of his book AFTER....

Turns out that 15% of near death events include seeing Jesus whether they believe in him or not, and 85% report meeting "Source" or "God" - with feelings of "indescribable joy" "Unconditional Love" or "non judgmental acceptance."  Data from Dr. Greyson's decades of NDE research (as they named the NDE scale after him.)  Highly recommend reading AFTER.

Jesus shows up often in the flipside research, so much so that David Kirkpatrick, former head of Paramount studios asked me to share the interviews with Jesus in chronological order.

Those are in the book

THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD AS TOLD BY JESUS AND THOSE WHO KNEW HIM.

People report him saying "The Bible is metaphor" "all religions point to the same garden" and "You don't have to follow me but allow me to walk beside you as we walk each other home."

He also tells a different story about the Crucifixion, what happened, and when asked why he's telling this "alternate version" of his life story, he's said more than once:

"It's not alternate if it's true."

Here's the book on Audible, Print and Ebook 

THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD

Memorial Day, A vortex of sadness and a tribute to Mnemosyne

 

Memorial Day, a Vortex of Sadness and Mnemosyne

On this memorial day, I want to honor an unknown soldier who fell in Vietnam. I don’t know him or her, but I know the feeling that was left behind at the panel where his or her name is on the Vietnam War memorial.

Years ago, might have been around the Clinton Inaugural I was walking in front of the Lincoln Memorial, along the reflecting pond where all the folks stood during the MLK speech.

And I was with a friend from Boston, where we talking about her life and career in DC, and suddenly I was overwhelmed with sadness — tears in my eyes. Overcome with a sad feeling.

“What’s wrong?” she asked. I didn’t know. Then I turned and saw we were walking along the Vietnam War memorial behind me. I was facing her and the reflecting pond, hadn’t seen it. I don’t know anyone personally who fought in Vietnam. I’ve met some since, but at this moment, had no clue why this feeling had overcome me.

That had happened to me twice before — once at the home of Anne Frank, I was walking through the museum, looking at the rooms, out the window at her favorite tree, (since fallen) and wandered into the room where all the translations of her books exist. I was hit with this overwhelming feeling of sadness. I looked around the room — it’s just pages of books or letters under glass. And it was overwhelming. I had to back out of the room.

I did — and the feeling disappeared. So I thought, “What’s this?” and walked back into that book room. And it returned. Also at the Book Depository in Dallas, I felt it while looking out through the window where the shooter of JFK likely stood — and was hit with that wave again. I turned to the security guard and asked him; “Is this common? This feeling?” He said it was, that people often reported it.

And then four years later, the next Inaugural I went back to the wall armed with a camera, I walked slowly down the memorial, past each panel, until at one point I found the panel and the feeling returned.

Complete and utter despair. A few steps to the left or right — no feeling. Just this one particular panel.

I filmed every name on this panel and later looked them all up. I didn’t know any of them… My brother was in the Army, but due to a magical circumstance, was bitten by red ants while in Fort Benning, and was sent to the Korean DMZ. He knew people who died in Vietnam (18 of 21 in his OCS) but I did not.

It was the panel, or someone whose family had come to see the panel, some friend, lover — who left behind this pile of sadness. No other way to put it — I could feel it viscerally.

Since then I have come to realize that people can deposit their sadness in a place. In this case, like a vortex of sadness.

His or her parents, brothers and sisters, friends, someone — went to that wall and left their feelings behind. As people who’ve visited the wall know, some people leave behind trinkets, toys, like folks do in cemeteries. Leaving behind a favorite hat, symbol, something that reminds them that this person lived, this person existed, this person died.

Only — this is the fellow who’s been filming people talking to their loved ones offstage for fifteen years now — I know that people do not die. I know that people return home — that is, they return to “whence they came” when they chose to incarnate, chose to be on the planet. It’s not my opinion, theory or belief that “everyone returns home” it’s in the footage, data from fifteen years of filming since the documentary FLIPSIDE began.

Today, someone wrote a vitriolic post on our Quora forum HACKING THE AFTERLIFE.

“You speak with the authority of someone who knows all about the afterlife, you speak of what people know and do in the afterlife, you speak of how the deceased tell you of everything there, meeting old friends and family, everyone who has ever lived, the perfect eternity.

You speak crap, plain and simple. You do not know of an afterlife, and you are not privy to councel from the beyond.

You are telling lies to the gullible. You are making up tales without the slightest evidence of validity. You should be ashamed in your deceipt, spewing out your own imaginations as if they were the gospel.

And the weak-minded, the gullible, those who cannot think for themselves, eat this diatribe up like so much apple pie.

You, and everyone of us, have a responsibility to say, “I don’t know what the afterlife brings, I don’t know how you exist in the afterlife, I don’t know if you have eternal joy, I don’t even absolutely know if there is an afterlife”. We can hope, some will pray, but we all die either believing or not. We do not die, knowing what comes next. Shame on you.”

To which I replied:

“And Happy Memorial Day to you too!

I’m sorry this is problematic to comprehend.

People report the same data, details, experiences whether using hypnotherapy, mediumship or guided meditation. Those experiences are reflected in the data, research footage. See the data from UVA Medical school DOPS lab that demonstrates consciousness is not confined to the brain.

Dr. Greyson’s book AFTER based on decades of near-death research, Dr. Tucker’s book BEFORE based on fifteen hundred historically accurate reincarnation cases referenced by Ian Stevenson, Dr Kelly’s CONSCIOUSNESS UNBOUND or IRREDUCIBLE MIND with 100s of peer reviewed studies that demonstrate consciousness is not confined to the brain.

Dr. Presti’s MIND BEYOND BRAIN, Dr Mario Beauregard’s EXPANDING REALITY, neuroscientists reporting the same. Footage is in FLIPSIDE, TALKING TO BILL PAXTON and HACKING THE AFTERLIFE on Amazon. Netflix series SURVIVING DEATH covers same territory with a visit to UVAs DOPS lab.

I’m reporting. Fifteen years of filming people bypassing the filters on the brain that block information not conducive to survival. Its not opinion, theory or belief; its footage or data.

In this forum we share data, research or experiences with the flipside. Like it dont like it, data or footage dont change based on opinion. Shame on those who waste lives not opening a book. Telling others opinion as fact.

What’s hilarious about this comment is that there’s zero data, research or experiences shared. Only a profound belief in one’s point of view.

What a shame.

I created this forum Hacking the Afterlife because people couldn’t share experiences, data or research without cranky vitriolic commentary from people who have not had an experience, not seen the footage or data, not aware that the reports are consistent and reproducible.

That’s fine. Plenty of other sandboxes to play in. In this forum, folks who cannot be polite get blinked into the cornfield.”

But I digress.

On this Memorial Day, where we honor those who have fallen defending this country, defending democracy, the rule of law, I’m honoring the memory of whomever this fellow or woman was that was on the panel at the Vietnam Memorial.

Because the pain and suffering were so traumatic, so real, that someone actually deposited their sadness at that memorial. Certainly no bodies are there, no spirits/ghosts to “haunt the mall” in DC. (That’s why my friend the medium Jennifer Shaffer says she loves to go to cemeteries. “There’s no body there!”)

We go to cemeteries. We stand by coffins and salute our loved ones. But they’re offstage. They’ve returned home, are fine… here’s the post that caused that fellow to respond so angrily.

Dear Richard, my mother died last Monday. Although she was fragile and had Parkinson’s disease, her sudden death took us by surprise. Luckily, my sister, nephews and I were with her when she died, like we were with our father 2,5 years ago. I miss them terribly. My question to you: do they miss us too on the flipside? You often talk about nostalgia, but it is still so raw, so terribly painful. Do they cry on the flipside or is that only a human characteristic? Best regards!!

My reply:

“I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad to hear so many folks were with her when she passed — as that’s always helpful. It’s us who miss that last day on the planet that stress over “not being there.”

It is like leaving the stage. They know they’ve been onstage, and once they are offstage — it may take a minute or two, a week or three, at their own time they will become aware of where they are.

I’ve heard so many different accounts from different people, that I can say that “depending upon their strong belief system, that is what they initially experience” (for the most part.) So if a person is a strong disbeliever in anything happening “after” they may find themselves in that state for awhile. The great scientist and philosopher of physics said that he “wandered for a long time” before he recognized people around him. Because he’d convinced himself it was not possible, he didn’t experience seeing others for awhile.

In today’s podcast, we spoke to an old friend of mine who had been to the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. He describes a trip there — but in vivid color, senses, smells, atmosphere. He too felt “young again” without the worries of older age.

But here’s the thing; we need to rethink what is going on here. Because they aren’t in their physical form anymore, aren’t in their costume let’s say — we tend to think of them as “less than” or not as “solid as” we are.

Nothing could be further from what is reported.

Offstage we are “100% back to normal” back to our fully conscious selves, aware of all of our previous lifetimes, aware of the play, why we chose to be in the play, the actors who are in the play with us — and how they relate to us over many lifetimes.

The other thing we tend to lose sight of because of the filters on the brain — is that we have a myriad of people who helped us get onstage — guides, teachers, council members, classmates (other family members) who all participated in the same play, same journey, have gone through the same process… and are there to greet us.

“And you were there! And you were there!” says Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz after she’s awaken in her bed. Yes — they were there, a version of their selves was there.. and that’s the same for us offstage.

Now the question is about sorrow, sadness, emotion.

Think about that for a minute. When the play is over, does the actor walk offstage carrying all of their worries, fears, trauma from the play? Some do — some are aware of that, some retain that because they want to for awhile… but eventually we let all of that go. Because we’re aware that everyone is fine. Everyone onstage is fine. Everyone offstage is fine.

We can see our loved ones crying, weeping, wringing their hands — and we might say “Oh c’mon Uncle Pete, I barely saw you the past five years.” Or we might see Aunt Betty lecturing someone about the flipside “this is what is happening if it’s God’s will it will be as they said in the book of Blah blah” — when we’re standing just beyond her shoulder, and if she’d only stop talking for half a minute she’d know we are trying to let her know we’re okay.

They’re okay.

They’re home.

We are not.

We can speak to them, talk to them, ask them about their journey. We can ask them “Are you as sad about your leaving as I am?” and see what they have to say about that.

They can fly at the speed of thought. Visit other realms. See anyone in history that has ever been on the planet. Attend classes with guides, teachers whose minds are beyond compare. They can create sporting events, stadiums, plays, any music they’ve ever wanted to here, meet the musicians who created their favorite songs… and meanwhile their loved ones offstage are saying “Hey, why aren’t you focused on us?”

It’s hard to focus on the people onstage who pretend that they can’t see us, or don’t bother to try. I mean, many do try, can’t, give up after two minutes. It’s like visiting the sandbox and finding the kids in the sand throwing toys and arguing about their reality. And as best as we can try to explain to them that the “world inside the sandbox isn’t the whole world, there’s much more than just this sandbox” some of those kids can’t hear that — or don’t want to.

Which is okay too.

They’re fine. They’re home. Ask them. Use mediumship, hypnotherapy or guided meditation and invite them to describe the journey. Then compare notes.”

So on this memorial day remember; they are home; we are not.

You remember her, don’t you?

Then while firing up the BBQ give a toast to MNEMOSYNE.

Go ahead — say her name, it’s worth remembering.

She’s the Goddess of Memory but no one remembers her name. She used to be one of the most important Goddesses, because they said a prayer to her before every Greek play to ask for help in remembering lines that sometimes took days to perform.

She lives on in words like Meme, or Memorial Day — but for some godforsaken reason no one remembers her.

The myth is actually accurate in terms of reports from the flipside:

She gives newborns a drink of water from her river of forgetfulness so they “forget all of their previous lifetimes” while onstage.

She gives those newly departed a drink from the river of memory, so they can “recall all of their previous lifetimes on their way home.”

That’s pretty much how the process is reported. We plan our journeys with the help and guidance from teachers, classmates, guides and council members, only bring a portion of our conscious energy to the play. But once onstage, “filters on the brain that block information not conducive to survival” kick in.

Some children don’t have those filters until the 8th year, recall previous lives, see people offstage. Some elderly lose the filters just prior to passing, see people others cannot. Have spontaneous recovery of memory. “70% of hospice care workers in the UK report dementia patients spontaneously recovering memory just prior to passing” says Dr. Greyson in his YouTube talk “Is Consciousness Produced by the Brain?” (2011). As he puts it; “it’s as if the filters die as the brain is atrophying.”

We have filters on the brain that block information “not conducive to survival.” (See pg 125 of Dr. Greyson’s book AFTER about filters on the brain for a discussion of filters). We can bypass those filters using hypnotherapy, mediumship or guided meditation. It’s what I’ve been filming people doing for fifteen years.

Examples are in the films FLIPSIDETALKING TO BILL PAXTON or HACKING THE AFTERLIFE on Amazon. Transcripts are in the books ARCHITECTURE OF THE AFTERLIFEDIVINE COUNCILS IN THE AFTERLIFE (where I have 20 scientists, clergy, doctors do a simple meditation where they access new information from people offstage), and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FLIPSIDE KIND : HOW TO PHONE HOME, which I’ll be talking about at ContactInTheDesert.com this weekend.

“How to Phone Home” is the subject, and anyone can do it.

My two cents.

Walter and Charles pointing to where the craft service cookies went.