New Thinkin Jun 18, 2025 The late William Bengston served as president of the Society for Scientific Exploration. He is author of The Energy Cure: Unravelling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing. He was a professor of sociology at St. Joseph’s College in New York. In this interview, rebooted from 2019, he describes how he began his investigations as a young man who encountered a psychic healer who served as his mentor and friend. When his friend backed out of participation in a healing experiment with cancer-injected mice, Bengston stepped in unwillingly. To his astonishment, after several healing sessions, the mice were completely cured. This result has now been replicated numerous times. Bengston discusses his approach to healing research and his attitude toward healing. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on February 3, 2019)

New Thinking Jun 19, 2025 Hakim Isler is the founder and owner of Elite Guard, LLC, a martial arts, fitness and security training company. He has been involved in the martial arts for 22 years and in the security field for eight years. He also developed and instructed military combative systems for the United States Army. He is author of five books in the martial arts and survival fields. Now he is organizing the Psi Games International. The website for this event is https://psigamesinternational.com/ Psi Games International is a groundbreaking event including lectures, workshops, and demonstrations of paranormal abilities. The featured event will be a competition among skilled contestants in five different areas: Remote Viewing, Mind Sight, Precognition, Psychokinesis, and Dowsing. The event is scheduled to be held in Charlottesville, VA, in early August 2025. 00:00 Introduction 04:24 The Psi Games vision 10:56 The Roger Bannister effect 14:51 Is competition psi-conducive? 19:41 Sharing esoteric knowledge 23:49 What will the event be like? 28:06 Ethics and paradigms 33:53 Community building 39:03 Conclusion

New Thinking Jun 20, 2025 This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1987. It will remain public for only one week.  David White is author of several books of poetry and a book of prose and poetry, The Heart Aroused. Whyte maintains that poetry provides a treasure of wisdom that gives guidance in times of crisis. The insights of poetry can facilitate an awakening of vision and a breakthrough from the paralysis caused by confusion, doubt and humdrum routine. Now you can watch all of the programs from the original Thinking Allowed Video Collection, hosted by Jeffrey Mishlove. Subscribe to the new Streaming Channel (https://thinkingallowed.vhx.tv/) and watch more than 350 programs now, with more, previously unreleased titles added weekly. Free month of the classic Thinking Allowed streaming channel for New Thinking Allowed subscribers only. Use code THINKFREELY.

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Yuka Sakuma is a painter and illustrator based in Nagoya, Japan. Inspired by the nihonga school, her work has been exhibited at home and abroad. We caught up with her to discuss the origins of her art style, how she empathises with her characters, and how she’s reached an international audience.

If you’re inspired by Yuka’s art and want to upgrade your kit, check out our guides for the best art supplies and sketchbooks for artists. For a more portable option, take a look at the best drawing tablets for artists on the go.

What, outside of traditional art, has most influenced your work throughout the years?

Manga and anime, which are, of course, two of the most popular cultural institutions in Japan. I grew up watching and reading so much of them from an early age. The shapes of the characters, the beauty of the lines, and the contrast between black and white found in manga have all had a major part to play in my art and its development.

Is there a painting you saw in your formative years that changed everything? What was it?

When I began studying art seriously, I remember being struck by Shinsui Ito’s beautiful, highly technical piece Finger at a museum. It’s one of the artworks that became a significant influence on my art.

Tell us about your first paid commission. Does it stand as a representation of your talent?

My graduation project in college was a turning point for me. I received so many invitations to exhibit from gallerists who saw it, and it was the work that launched my career as a painter. It has since been added to my university’s art collection.

When did you decide that you wanted to be an artist?

My goal was always to become a professional artist, so I’ve never had any other future in mind than painting full-time.

What advice would you give to your younger self?

Getting started isn’t the hard part; the most difficult thing is to keep on creating. While it’s vital to hone your painting skills, it’s important to have the understanding and support of loved ones. You have to keep putting yourself in the right environment to continue painting.

How has the art industry changed for the better since you’ve been working in it?

Not long after I began painting, social networking sites exploded. Now an artist’s personality is often more important than academic background, and so on. For me, the possibility of connecting with audiences and opportunities outside of Japan has also increased, just like this interview! Even though I can’t speak English, I’m grateful for the chances that are presented by living in a more connected world.

Can you tell us a little about the subjects in your art?

I always empathise with the girls in my work. I paint in the hope of removing the anguish from them.

What character, scene or style do you most identify with?

Ukiyo-e is one of the most famous genres of Japanese art, where artists created woodblock prints and paintings. So many wonderful ukiyo-e pieces have been created, among them bijin-ga, which are portraits of beautiful women. I’m a painter who produces contemporary bijin-ga pieces, and hope that my work will encourage more people to look at Japanese art, whether that’s ukiyo-e or beyond.

Wondering how to advance your own work? See our pieces on how to publish a manga and how to draw like Jamie Hewlett.

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So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

Caro De Robertis

Award-winning novelist Caro De Robertis offers a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of queer and trans elders of color, from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens to tell their stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance, all in their own words.

So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer and two spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world, how they pursued their passions, and how they continue to be at the vanguard of social change. This singular project collects the testimonies of over a dozen elders, each a glimmering thread in a luminous tapestry, preserving their words for future generations—who can more fully exist in the world today because of these very voices.

Award-winning novelist De Robertis creates a collective coming-of-age story based on hundreds of hours of interviews, offering rare snapshots of ordinary kids growing up, navigating family issues and finding community, coming out and changing how they identify over the years, building movements and weathering the AIDS crisis, and sharing wisdom for future generations. Often narrating experiences that took place before they had the array of language that exists today to self-identify and to describe life beyond the gender binary, this generation lived through remarkable changes in American culture, shaped American culture, and yet rarely takes center stage in the history books. Their stories feel particularly urgent in the current political moment, but also remind readers that their experiences are not new. Young trans and nonbinary people of color today belong to a long lineage.
 
The anecdotes in these pages are riveting, joyful, heartbreaking—so full of life and personality and wisdom, and artfully woven together into one immersive narrative. In De Robertis’s words, So Many Stars shares “behind-the-scenes tales of what it meant—and still means—to create an authentic life, against the odds.”

(Goodreads.com)

Published: June 19, 2025 (TheOnion.com)

HOUSTON—Recounting the deeply spiritual event as one that was life-changing but contractually difficult to articulate, area man Kyle Hartsfield recalled angels asking him to sign a nondisclosure agreement following a near-death experience, sources confirmed Thursday. “It was incredible, and I really wish I could talk about it,” said Hartsfield, describing the series of events in which he lost consciousness only to be awoken by an angel stoically sliding a stack of legal papers across a desk for him to sign. “I saw a blinding white light, I felt a warm glow envelop my body, and I can’t legally say more than that at this time. Heaven was beautiful, though. Somehow I felt both outside my body yet very calm—but I shouldn’t even be telling you that. I remember seeing a vision of St. Peter leaning down to whisper in my ear that he would destroy me if I ever revealed anything. I wasn’t religious before, but now I definitely believe in NDAs.” At press time, Hartsfield was reportedly able to share the detail that there was beautiful harp music playing in heaven’s lobby.

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Published: March 15, 2021 (TheOnion.com)

MEMPHIS, TN—Citing the complications that a sexual relationship inevitably brings, officials at the Memphis Zoo confirmed Monday that giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le had not mated because they were both worried about messing up their friendship. “While securing the future of their species is absolutely crucial, it could never be worth risking what they have together as friends,” said senior curator Andrew Wentz, who praised the Chinese pandas for the maturity they had displayed in resisting “one cheap night of pleasure” in favor of the far greater rewards of a platonic friendship characterized by loyalty and mutual respect. “As zookeepers, we’d love nothing more than to have a few little cubs running around the habitat, but we completely respect their decision. We’re just glad their friendship survived that time Le Le made a pass at Ya Ya in the feeding pen. She didn’t reciprocate, and thankfully he backed off right away, before things could get too weird.” Wentz noted this was especially fortunate considering the pandas haven’t seen any other members of their species for a couple decades and have to share space that, when you’re a giant bear, gets kind of tight. 

The Princess of Swords When this Princess rules the day expect to come into contact with demanding or unfair situations. Use the clarity and insight offered by the card to cut away unnecessary rubbish, get behind the smoke-screens and see right to the heart of any situation that crosses your path.It is important to refuse to tolerate injustice or ill-treatment, but when you deal with situations such as this, be sure that your own responses and behaviour are moral and above board, otherwise you’ll find the Princess’s sword turning on you.Swords in general tend to suffer quite a bit of bad press, but this is based on a misunderstanding of the inner Arcana ruling here – Swords are about living life to the full, and appreciating its gifts… so long as you’re doing your honest best, given the situation you are in at the time, you will not provoke the wrath of Swords in your life. It is when you fail to live up to your standards, fail to treat others with the love and respect they deserve, that you come into contact with so-called ‘bad’ Swords.So it’s important to go for the high ground on a day ruled particularly by one of the Courts. It will be a day in which things are re-assessed, mulled over, straightened out. It may also be a day upon which unexpected and previously hidden things come to light. In this case, objectivity is the safest course of action, coupled with well-thought out action.If you do not actually come into contact with a situation which demands you deal with it, be sure and spend a little time thinking about where you place importance on morality and good standards… consider the things you see as ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, then check you’re living up to those standards. Affirmation: “Ethical Will is the Will of the Universe.”

(Angelpaths.com)

Translation is a 5-step process of “straight thinking in the abstract” comparing and contrasting what seems to be truth with what you can syllogistically, axiomatically and mathematically (using word equations) prove is the truth. It is not an effort to change, alter or heal anything.

The claims in a Translation may seem outrageous, but they are always (or should always be) based on self-evident syllogistic reasoning. Here is one Translation from this week. 

1)    Truth is that which is so.  That which is not truth is not so.  Therefore truth is all that is.  Truth being all is therefore total, therefore whole, therefore complete, therefore done.  I think therefore I am.  Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore I, being, am Truth.  Since I, being, am Truth, therefore I, being, have all the attributes of Truth.  Therefore I, being, am total, whole, complete, done.  Since I am mind (self-evident) and since I (being) am Truth, therefore Truth is Mind. (Two things being equal to a third thing are equal to each other.)  Since Truth is Mind, therefore Mind has all the attributes of Truth.  Therefore Mind is total, whole, complete, done.

2)    Self-blame and suggestibility lead to hypochondria and disease.

Word-tracking:
self:  possession, mine
blame:  blaspheme, speak against God, mea culpa, I’m guilty
suggestible:  easily influenced
influence:  flow, movement, move from place to place
hypochondria:  under the cartilage, over concern about disease
disease:  opposite of ease, comfort
worry:  wrench, deceit, wrong
wrench:  to pull away from

3)    Truth being all that is, therefore the Self of Truth possesses all.  Truth being true, being right, cannot also be wrong, therefore Truth is guiltless, blameless, exculpated, disculpated.  Truth being all that is, there can be no influence other than Truth, therefore Truth easily influences Itself.  Truth being all that is is therefore everywhere equally present. Truth being everywhere equally present, does not move from place to place, therefore Truth is everywhere equally present stillness.  Truth being total, whole, complete, done does not require work or effort to achieve, therefore Truth is effortless presence.  Truth being effortless presence, cannot be difficult or dis-eased, therefore Truth is effortless and easy.  Truth being all that is, there can no nothing other than Truth, therefore Truth is one.  Truth being one, nothing can be wrenched from truth, therefore there is no wrenching, worrying, deceit, wrong in truth, therefore Truth doesn’t worry.  Since Truth possesses all, therefore Truth is concerned (but not overly-concerned) about everything.

4)    The Self of Truth possesses all. 
       Truth is guiltless, blameless, exculpated, disculpated.
        Truth easily influences Itself. 
        Truth is everywhere equally present stillness. 
        Truth is effortless presence. 
        Truth is effortless and easy. 
        Truth is one.  
        Truth doesn’t worry. 
        Truth is concerned (but not overly-concerned) about everything.

5)  Truth is a going concern which effortlessly and easily influences Itself through stillness.  

Weekly Invitational Translation Group invites your participation.  If you would like to submit a Translation on any subject, feel free to send your weekly Translation to  zonta1111@aol.com and we will anonymously post it on the Bathtub Bulletin on Friday.

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