Speaking at IANDS in three weeks....

I'm speaking thurs 7-28 and saturday 7-30 "Architecture of the Afterlife" and "Hacking the Flipside"- latest research on what happens next at the intl association of near death studies in orlando. Live stream on saturday.

Orlando, Florida ~ July 28-31, 2016General Public Welcome!

Registration fee	Early Bird is over	Hurry Up is over	Regular and on-site (after July 5) IANDS member / Non-mbr
Full conference - both Sessions     Thursday through Sunday noon			$530 / $585
Healthcare-Educ-Research-Science Session     Thursday - full day			$230 / $265
Full General Session     Friday through Sunday noon			$420 / $475
General Session - per day    Friday and/or Saturday			$190 / $225
Morning(s) only -  either Session     Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday			$120

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2016 IANDS Conference  Thursday, July 28, 2016 8:15 AM - Sunday, July 31, 2016 12:45 PM (Eastern Time) Embassy Suites – Orlando, Lake Buena Vista South (407) 597-4000 4955 Kyngs Heath Road Kissimmee, Florida 34746 United States Map and Directions Welcome!  Explore Paths to Healing and Wholeness    About the conference Paths to Healing and Wholeness: Near-death experiences (NDEs) often result in a greater sense of well-being and purpose in life. But the journey of integrating the experience is often fraught with challenges as well. NDErs themselves, the professionals who care for them and their families, and NDE educators and researchers, all have a role in helping NDErs stay on the path to healing and wholeness—and in helping humanity to use knowledge of NDEs to pursue this path. We invite you to join us as we explore this path together! The conference is organized in two Sessions: Thursday, all day: a Healthcare-Education-Research-Science (HERS) Session, with presentations by healthcare professionals, NDE educators and NDE researchers on exploring and applying our understanding of NDEs and related phenomena. Friday through Sunday noon: a General Session, with presentations by NDErs, clergy, social workers, researchers and others on the inspiration, spiritual insights and wisdom of NDEs, near-death-like experiences and related phenomena. Workshops (priced separately) are offered in late afternoon Friday and Saturday, and all afternoon on Sunday Join us for both sessions! What's new about the conference Click: for Conference Details and for the Latest Conference News Featured Speakers and Topics: Featured Speakers:  Anita Moorjani, Suzanne Giesemann, Maggie Callanan, Laurin Bellg Special Events:   Lunch with Speaker! Anita Moorjani, Suzanne Giesemann, Maggie Callanan, Laurin Bellg, Jeff Olsen, Richard Martini, PMH Atwater, Bill & Christopher Guggenheim, and many others! Thursday evening: Meet & Greet Social! (included with conference registration) Friday evening: Fund Raising Banquet! Saturday evening: Social Time Healing sessions: Available each day, by invited energy healers, using Reiki and other modalities Group Leaders' Seminar (Wednesday PM): Seminar for IANDS NDE Group Leaders and those interested in becoming a Group Leader. Having problems with registering? If your problems are with your password, request a temporary password be sent to you. Otherwise, contact the IANDS office (phone 919-383-7940 or email conference@iands.org).

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Orlando and the Flipside

Wow. What's up with Orlando?

Christina Grimmie is shot by a crazed fan.

49 people shot by a crazed gunman.

An alligator stealing babies from Disneyworld?

It's hard to wrap our minds around.

Allow me to quote a spirit guide in "Flipside:"

"You can learn more spiritually (courage, compassion, loyalty, forgiveness) in one day of tragedy on earth than you can in 5000 years on some other boring planet."

I personally feel awful, and distraught over the events in Orlando.  I know that this individual should never have been allowed to buy an AR 15 - and it's proven that one gunshop owner refused his service and notified the FBI.

Why the FBI, after interviewing this fellow twice, chose not to do anything - or that another store sold him the guns and ammo - is beyond me.

The facts are loopy in many fashions - hanging out a gay bar, hitting on patrons, drinking, etc - not practicing any religion.  The fact that he claimed allegiance to "ISIS" is fatuous, since he wasn't a practicing Muslim, nor was he targeting gays for any reason other than he thought it was an easy target.

So I'm not interested in the debate about religion - since it's nonsensical in this case.  He wasn't Isis or Al Qaeda, or Bob Qaeda... he was just a mixed up wife beater from New York who was able to buy an AR 15 and act on his rage.

That being said - how to file this into the "Flipside?"  Well, there is quite a bit of research on this... once we get back there, or "off stage" we get a chance to see these actions for what they are.  Actions on stage, during a play so that we can learn from the actions involved.  The actions move out like a wave across the planet, influencing people to not want to kill others, or influencing them to copy his behavior.  It's part of what we sign up for when we come to the planet in the first place.

Ah, but there's the rub.  We have free will, and we can refuse to play the role of a villain in our lifetime.  We can say "Uh, actually, I've done that sort of thing before, and no, I'm not interested in playing that role.  Even if it takes 5000 years for these people to learn these lessons in some other fashion, I'm just not interested in taking on all the negativity and tragic emotions that will be associated with these acts.

We can take some solace in the research that shows that no one is dead - their physical bodies are not here, and that's stressful, painful and causes anguish. But they're okay.  They stepped off this stage and have gone back stage, and are doing their best from the perspective to help those here deal with tragedy.

But they are all okay.

Just not here.

That's not to mitigate or take away from the tragedy.  It is tragic. My heart goes out to every one of them, the parents of all involved, and the families of everyone.  It's an incredibly courageous thing to sign up for a lifetime where we're going to experience this kind of tragic loss, or giving up our lives for some noble reason - so that others can experience courage, saving lives, giving their lives to save others.

These are all part of the reports that we get from people who experience these events - people no longer on the planet who claim from the flipside perspective, they completely understand why and how they signed up for a life where they "wouldn't be here for very long."

Phillip Schultz,the father of wrestler Dave Schultz, who was killed by Dupont (as shown in the film Foxcatcher) spoke at his son's funeral.  During the euology he recounted the day when Dave was 5 years old and asked if he could share a secret. He took his father by the hand and walked out into the woods.

He said "I spoke to my council and we agreed that I would come here to teach a lesson in love.  But I won't be here for very long."

It's hard to imagine how Dave knew what his life trajectory would be.  It's hard to imagine how he could have agreed to that event, and even harder to imagine that he was able to remember it well enough to pass it along to his father to "soften the blow."

I have no idea if he softened the blow.  I suspect as we hear the stories of those who've been killed this past week, we're going to hear stories where they "came to visit their loved ones" after the event, or where someone in their family remembers some "odd conversation" that the victim had some time ago - either about "not being around very long" or "not going to be living to an old age."

It's as if we all know what we've agreed to and while we're on stage here, we do our best to forget it so we can have the most impact.  But too late - I'm here to turn the lights on the theater and say "Hey, wait a second. We agreed to do this play. But we don't have to learn these lessons the hard way - we have other ways to learn these same lessons, through sacrifice and helping others."

But I suspect everyone on stage might just say "Oh, stop it already, turn off the lights and get back to playing your part already."  That could be.

Still, my heart goes out to all those involved, all those who are suffering, all those who are trying to wrap their minds and hearts around such "senseless acts." 

They are never senseless, and they always make spiritual sense to those people who are involved... and they do come out of the experience realizing that they're not "dead" but are continuing to live on - and they will do their best to contact their loved ones to let them know they're still with them (kind of hard to do so at first, as the energy of the communication is all haywire) but eventually, people will see that these tragedies are part of a grander design.

One long way of saying hug your loved ones, do something for someone else, donate money if you can, or just stop and lend a hand.  Out of every tragedy comes some rose of enlightenment, and its up to us to look for them.  My two cents.  

Speaking at the IANDS Conference in Orlando July 27-29

If you’re in Orlando at the end of July, swing on by… speaking at the International Association of Near Death Studies (IANDS.org) in Orlando (also live streaming)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEAR DEATH STUDIES PRESENTS:

THURSDAY | JULY 28 @ 4-5:30 

RICHARD MARTINI

“THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE AFTERLIFE”

AT THE EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON – ORLANDO, LAKE BUENA VISTA SOUTH

Author, Filmmaker “Flipside: A Tourist’s Guide on How to Navigate the Afterlife” and “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife.” Talks about his research into the flipside via deep hypnosis as detailed in his best selling amazon books. He began to focus on NDE’s, OBE’s and others altered states of consciousness, interviewing scientists and near death experiencers who were able to use hypnosis as a tool to examine their NDE in more detail. He’s learned that based on his experience with the architecture of the afterlife, he’s been able to interview people who are fully conscious, yet are able to access or remember their near death experience, a hypnosis session, or even dreams. His new book “Hacking the Afterlife” details attempts to reach out to those no longer on the planet in search of “new information.” A blueprint of what is happening on the flipside is needed – a tourist map if you will. The map he’s constructed allows us to examine what scientists say about consciousness, along with what thousands have said about their journey in the flipside.   Visit his website www.richmartini.com

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SPEAKING AGAIN ON:

| SATURDAY | JULY 30 - 3:15-4:15| LIVE STREAM

“NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCES; HOW EXAMINING NDE CASES GIVES INSIGHT INTO HAVING MORE FUN WHILE ON THE PLANET"

He’ll talk about the “flipside of the flipside” – how there are some fun stories about interacting with the other side… how realizing that we don’t die (in spirit anyway) can help us navigate our lives.

Hurry Up! Discount ends July 5 - Live streaming registration starts Jun 14

Students 60 % discount on registration. Free Public presentation Thu Jul 28 7:30 pm.

Free Spanish Workshop NDE101 Fri Jul 29 at 4:45 pm. HTTP://CONFERENCE.IANDS.ORG/

Visit his website at www.richmartini.com