Recently I had the opportunity to chat with a very scientifically-oriented individual who began the conversation with “I just want you to know that I don’t believe in God.”  I’m sure he expected of me a barrage of reasons, exhortations and proofs attempting to convince him otherwise.  He was quite surprised when I asked him, “What is it you do believe in?”  “Well,” he stuttered for a moment, “I believe in what can be proven.”  As we spoke further it was clear that he was trying to make heads or tails out of such psychic phenomenon and demonstrations of such mediums as John Edwards and Sylvia Browne.  He was open to certain possibilities, but didn’t know how to go forward without upsetting his mental applecart.  My suggestion was to keep as open a mind as he could, and follow the experiences as they lead him forward.  Perhaps he may have a different perspective about God and psychic phenomena in a year or two.  

     Whether the question centers around the existence of God, of continuing life after this life, of whether energetic healing or creative visualization works, this basic axiom applies: To those who know, no proof is necessary; to those who don’t, no proof is possible.  I find it interesting that Western science has devoted itself to demonstrating the truth and reality of things using the senses (If I can see or touch it, it must be!) or extensions of the senses (microscopes, telescopes, etc.), while Eastern tradition has devoted itself to the process of freeing oneself from the bondage and illusion of the sensory world in order to understand truth and reality.  Our Western scientific tradition really has no place to put things which do not fall within accepted scientific (sensory) provability, so no wonder people are having difficulty in trying to understand certain realities without the fear of being labeled a fool.  

    I have been a part of phenomenal demonstrations of psychic and mediumistic abilities.  Ones which leave no question as to the validity and truth about the process and the information.  I have spoken to others in the group, who at the time were equally clear of the truth of the experience, only to discover a few days later that doubts began creeping in.  Furthermore, if you discussed the events of a particular evening a month later, they denied that there was any real proof one way or the other.  To those who know, no proof is necessary; to those who don’t, no proof is possible. The wisdom of this axiom moves one from the attempt to prove or disprove something towards the actual truth of the experience of something.

     We, as souls, are trying to consciously remember what we already know.  There is the veil of forgetting which we pass into when we are born to this world.  As we assimilate to the society of the time, it reinforces what we already know or it confuses us by flying in the face of it.  Our incredible being has a remarkable ability to balance and keep ourselves guided correctly — if we permit ourselves to listen.  As we buy into the culture’s preset philosophies and religions, without questioning our own soul — coaxing it into remembrance, we are left singing the party line with a hollow voice full of confusion and doubt. 
    In the movie “Contact,” Jody Foster plays a scientist who avows her disbelief in God.  Matthew McConaughey plays an ex-priest who answers Jody Foster’s character’s question of “Can you prove to me the existence of God?” with the simple words, “Can you prove that you love your father?”  Of course love cannot be proven.  There is no love meter that can show it.  One either experiences it, or one doesn’t.  No amount of words can explain, demonstrate or prove love to one who has never experienced it!  

    Is there a God?  To those who remember and have re-experienced a Unity, Great Benefactor, Infinite Spirit, Architect of the Order, Divine Parent or Unconditional Love in their life, the question becomes quite ridiculous.  To those who have not, they will always wonder what everyone else is speaking about until they allow themselves to remember and to open to a grander experience.