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Where is this recession going?

In my book Signs, I mention that “For years the signs have been predicting an economic collapse that is analogous to the Great Depression.” I quoted from a 2005 attempt of mine to pull together the various signs about this: “Economically, something big is coming. It will probably be akin to the Great Depression. It will end two decades of economic expansion in America, bursting a bubble that is at least partly based on collective self-deception.” Continue reading ›

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2010 09 03 Robert CMPEs and the future Comments (0) Permalink

How specifically should we take the message of a CMPE?

One of the trickiest things with CMPEs is that it is very difficult to know how specifically to take their messages. For example, when one says (or seems to say) that this person is part of your future, does it mean that person, or does it mean someone like him or her? Continue reading ›

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2010 08 27 Robert Interpreting CMPEs Comments (0) Permalink

Frank talk with our daughter about the way things work in the world

Last week, I wrote about a CMPE I had about helping my daughter Miranda get past her fears. At the end of that post, I mentioned that this week I would talk about the fact that “it intimately related to one we had the night before, about my older daughter, and one we had the following week, again about Miranda.” This, I thought, would be a great example of the fact that “a single CMPE is rarely isolated, but is almost always connected to a whole network of other CMPEs.” Continue reading ›

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2010 08 20 Robert Examples of CMPEs Comments (1) Permalink

A CMPE about helping our daughter get past her fears

Our little (nearly) five-year-old girl, Miranda, has a lot of fears. Nicola recently had a nice little CMPE about helping her deal with those fears. It’s not earth-shattering, but it’s a great example of the phenomenon. Continue reading ›

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2010 08 14 Robert Examples of CMPEs Comments (1) Permalink

Do CMPEs have insider knowledge about the events they use?

A friend of mine recently had a CMPE that seemed to display remarkably in-depth knowledge of one of the events involved. The backdrop is that Amy moved to Sedona (into my and Nicola’s house) in May. She had a CMPE last year that said she should move there to build Course in Miracles-based community there for the Circle of Atonement. (This, by the way, was the same sign that sent Nicola and I to England!) Continue reading ›

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2010 08 09 Robert Researching the events Comments (2) Permalink

A window onto how CMPEs are passing by unnoticed

Recently, one of the participants in our pilot study had a CMPE that he initially didn’t notice in spite of impressive parallels between the two events. In my mind, this example has a lot to say about what is happening with perhaps the majority of CMPEs. I’ll let Alec tell the story: Continue reading ›

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2010 07 29 Robert Examples of CMPEs
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My friend Barbara and her journey with CMPEs

I have known Barbara Harris Whitfield for the better part of 20 years. I first met her at a Course in Miracles conference in the early 90′s and since then had occasionally heard from her via email. When I was getting ready to publish Signs, I got in touch with her because of her connections within the NDE (near-death experience) community. NDEs are a phenomenon I have always felt was closely related to CMPEs, since both are essentially spiritual phenomena that yet can be investigated by science. Continue reading ›

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2010 07 25 Robert Interpreting CMPEs Comments (0) Permalink

What about 2012?

I was recently asked to write a brief piece for a magazine in the UK about how I think we should approach the prospect of potential disaster in the year 2012, given the dire prophecies that are out there. Due to unforeseen space limitations, not all of the piece could be used. So I asked if I could use the entire piece in my blog. I was told yes, and here it is. Continue reading ›

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2010 07 16 Robert CMPEs and the future Comments (3) Permalink

How can we increase our chances of having a CMPE?

I had an exciting discovery a couple of months ago. It happened while I was preparing for one of our phone classes for the pilot study. The class was on how to “encourage” CMPEs. In other words, are there things that we can do that will increase our chances of having one of these extreme synchronicities that I call CMPEs? Continue reading ›

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2010 07 09 Robert Triggering a CMPE Comments (1) Permalink

A prediction about getting our lives set up in England

We had a fun and upbeat CMPE the other day, which I thought I would tell you about. We have just moved to England as of June 1st and it’s actually been a bit of an uphill climb getting basic services set up. For the first two and a half weeks, our rental house had no phone and no Internet, and the dryer and the microwave that came with the place didn’t work.  Continue reading ›

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2010 07 01 Robert Examples of CMPEs Comments (6) Permalink