Quotes by Mark Ireland

The destiny of your soul is not predicated upon acceptance of a specific dogma that happens to be correct. A loving God does not dole out eternal condemnation because one has selected the wrong doctrine or misinterpreted scripture. On the contrary, your endeavor to understand God and the nature of the universe is a testament to your devotion.

It has been suggested that the color of an aura can reveal characteristics about the generating source.

Through discussions, reading, contemplation, and practice Ive come to recognize the importance of subtle feelings and symbols. By paying attention to subtle energy, typically in the form of thoughts and feelings, we began to tap into our inner capacity to commune with those weve loved and lost, as well as other streams of consciousness and information.

People can fall into habitual programmed patterns of thinking, underpinned by long-held beliefs and blind acceptance of conventional wisdom. Lying beneath such surface thoughts are mental cues that operate on the subconscious level, compelling people to act in certain ways, yielding conclusions that fit within their pre-existing biases. Many people are unaware that these processes are even occurring.

Perhaps the day will come when Western science is able to confirm the existence of immaterial forces and realms. Compelling research in the field of parapsychology indirectly points to this possibility, yet most people in mainstream science cant bring themselves to consider the implications.

Some contemporary mediums dislike the term psychic because they feel it carries a negative connotation, leading people to associations with crystal balls, tea-leaf reading, fortune-telling, or other stereotypes.

First, I have culled evidence that physical death is not the end of the road for any of us. I know this message is critical because Ive seen people consumed by fear of death or suffering unbearable grief after losing a loved one. Some can draw into a shell, ceasing all efforts to reach their potential, or even give up on life.

Reductionism argues that we can learn what makes things tick by looking more closely at matter, examining the underlying units. There are at least two problems with this approach. First, reductionism assumes that only observable, material items are real, even though the vacuum of space is known to contain vast amount of inaccessible, invisible energy. Subatomic particles go in and out of observable existence, and science does not know where they go when they are not manifesting here. Second, this path of reasoning ignores a major quandary encountered in the realm of quantum physics. When examining matter more closely--diving down from the molecular level to the subatomic--a point is soon reached where there is virtually nothing present, at least not an obvious material something.

For some, reassessing concepts about truth and reality can be a scary proposition.

Many people profess a belief in the existence of a spiritual realm, often aligning with their religious training or background. (Recent surveys indicate that, on average, between 48 percent and 59 percent of Europeans claim to believe in an afterlife, while between 72 percent and 74 percent of people in the United States assert a belief in life after death.) But when confronted with the loss of a child, a spouse, or another deeply loved person, one may find that his or her belief set is deeply challenged, and some suffer a crisis of faith.

In Western culture, the miracles referenced in scripture seem to have been relegated to the past as if to imply that they were reserved exclusively for certain historical periods.