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“Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting observations. Nevertheless, the history of science shows that new observations and theories can eventually prevail.”

“I’m not saying it’s true. I’m just saying it happened.”

“The personality of reincarnating as Paulo was that of his deceased sister, Emilia. She made several suicidal attempts. Finally she took cyanide and died very quickly on October, 12, 1921. Joe Fisher continued the research: Emilia died fourteen months before Paulo's birth. He took on Emilia's self destructive instincts. Paulo made several attempts to kill himself before committing suicide on September 5, 1966 by setting himself on fire.”

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“To say that there is still a chasm between our current scientific understanding of the universe and the truth as I saw it is a considerable understatement.

I still love physics and cosmology, still love studying our vast and wonderful universe. Only I now have a greatly enlarged conception of what 'vast' and 'wonderful' really mean.

The physical side of the universe is as a speck of dust compared to the invisible and spiritual part. In my past view, 'spiritual' wasn’t a word that I would have employed during a scientific conversation. Now I believe it is a word that we cannot afford to leave out.”


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