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"As
an independent organization, Windbridge is able
to perform scientifically rigorous investigations
and foster extensive peer review without being susceptible
to either large overhead costs or biases based in
conventional scientific paradigms. This flexibility
allows us to make and report important discoveries
quickly."
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Dear
Friends,
Currently,
mediumship and the survival of consciousness are the primary
research interests at The Windbridge Institute. Even after
a century of research in these fields, many questions
remain unanswered making further investigation important
for several reasons:
- The
survival of consciousness is an issue of vital interest
to the public.
- Knowledge
gained about the mediumship process may aid in understanding
how humans process non-local, non-sensory information.
- Survival
and mediumship studies provide unique evidence for discovering
the relationship between the mind/consciousness and
the brain. That is, 1) does the brain act locally to
transform consciousness which exists independently of
the body and continues to survive even after death or
2) is consciousness a product of the brain's cells and
synapses which dies with the brain?
- Understanding
the accuracy and reliablity of information reported
by mediums may have important and practical social applications
in a wide range of areas including grief therapy and
psychological recovery from loss, the alleviation of
anxiety surrounding transition (hospice care), assistance
in finding missing persons and investigating crimes,
and possibly the acquisition of knowledge benefitting
scientific, technological, and social progress (for
example, in ecology, medicine, spirituality, politics,
engineering, astronomy, agriculture, physics, etc.).
At
this time, mediumship data collectively support the conclusion
that certain mediums can report specific and accurate
information about a deceased person without receiving
any feedback. The source of the information and the details
of the mediumship process, however, are still not clear.
For example, we still do not know:
- Do
mediums get their information telepathically/psychically
or are they actually communicating with the deceased?
- Is
a medium's neurophysiology different than a non-medium's?
- Does
participating in a mediumship reading help in the grief
recovery process?
- Can
mediumship be taught/learned?
- What
is the afterlife like?
In
addition, controlled research involving communication
with the deceased without the aid of mediums is just beginning.
For example:
- Do
measurable changes occur in the environment when a discarnate
is present?
- Can
any measurable changes be translated into technologies
allowing the deceased to communicate with us?
These
and similar questions can only be answered with further
research.
Due
to the controversial nature of the survival and mediumship
research performed at Windbridge, we cannot apply for
government grants or the vast majority of private grants
to support our studies. As such, our research is supported
entirely by private donors.
However,
as an independent organization, Windbridge is not susceptible
to the barriers to progress to which larger organizations
often fall victim. For example, at institutions the
size of major research universities as much as 40% of
donations go to overhead costs rather than to research
and changes to scientific protocols may take several months
to be approved. In addition, the content, direction, and
scope of research at other institutions are often restricted
by the biases of larger parent or granting organizations.
At
Windbridge, the obstacles encountered by larger institutions
have been removed and we are able to make and report important
discoveries quickly. Furthermore, our decisions regarding
which studies to perform are made solely on the basis
of answering the questions that will contribute most to
the field of knowledge and will best serve all living
things.
Please
consider becoming a member of
The Windbridge Institute and/or contributing funding to
specific research. Email us
at support@windbridge.org
for information on how to make a tax-deductible donation.
Thank
you for your continued interest in and support of independent
research.
Sincerely,
Julie
Beischel, PhD
Director of Research
The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human
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