Students of Death-Transcendent Exceptional Human Experiences

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Just to allay any possible confusion, "students" may be part of the formal academic community, such as psychologists or whoever who focus on what many would consider to be things-parapsychological or transcendently psychological and so forth.  Or, they may not be.  To my mind, and for the purposes of wtwT, they can be truly anyone who pursues this topic (in the broadest sense).  You know, many of us have "hobbies" that are not the basis for our money-generating careers.  But they are a thrilling, driving force in our lives, one of the main reasons we bounce out of bed every morning, excited about what we are doing with our lives.  There are card-carrying parapsychologists who are not really students in this sense at all! 

A personal bias concerning this idea of "student" is that it should be tied to the quest for direct experience, since direct, personal experience of the EHE variety is the primary fulcrum for all things EHE-related on wtwT.  By this, however, I don't mean that to be a REAL student who [therefore] has something of value to offer here, one must be, ah, experienced.  Gaining experience comes with the territory of being a student, and some of us are drawn to study something simply because we want experience or experiences.

More to the point, students of death-transcendent EHEs, again, for the purposes of wtwT, are usually people whose interest is so strong, they would call this a vocation, a calling, regardless of whether or not they also are using this interest as a vehicle for generating an income.  For example, I would not be recognized as a member of academia; I am not degreed in any way that is affiliated with this work -- or rather, this passion.  Which brings up another point:  for students of this vast subject area, even those who make a living at it, this is not just work or a job; it is a passion, an unreasoning compulsion, THE carrot on the other end of the stick!  For many of us, I dare say by rather "normal" standards (whatever that means), this interest is hardly short of pathological.  We are obsessed -- and happily so!

One of the big reasons wHeretwoworldsTouch.com was built was to make the point that it's not "the piece of paper" (the degree) that therefore makes one a professional and fully pedigreed or whatever (hmmm.... there's a joke here somewhere) that denotes hir knowledge as worthy of respect.  No.  It is one's experience, one's sense of calling, one's passion.  A student is someone who is willing to open hirself up to new experiences, to be open to learning, wherever that may lead, and takes it for granted that there is always still more to learn, to experience.  There is an attitude that goes with this vocation as student which is the humble certainty that, since we don't claim to have all the answers or even a lot of them, we are always on the outside edge of the learning curve, wide-open, and therefore more accessible to the infinite diversity of what life may have to teach us through direct experience.    This has been further emphasized on wtwT in the biggest way I could imagine to conjure up, in that I perceive the very heart of this web complex to be the Death-Transcendent Cooperative Inquiry Initiative (DT-CII).

DT-CII is a membership  web devoted to the collaborative and systematic study of the deliberate cultivation of death-transcendent exceptional human experiences.  The approach taken here has been astutely, even exquisitely presented by John Heron, and his ideas have been co-opted as the basis for exploration that is used.  His whole premise is that such experiences can be approached with scientific rigor and he calls this spiritual science.  If this beckons to you, a click takes you there:  The Death-Transcendent Cooperative Inquiry Initiative.

In the meantime, I hope you discover some highly informative inspiration reading the stories of those who enjoy a gifted delight in the exploration of DT-EHEs, the Students of Death-Transcendent Exceptional Human Experiences.

The Students of DT-EHEs Archive

Along similar lines, you might also enjoy the following:

• The EHE Autobiography Spotlight.

• The EHE Autobiography Archive.

• The EHE Biography Spotlight.

• The EHE Biography Archive.

• Dedication to Rhea A. White, the conceptual creator of the EHE Autobiography

Other places within the Larger Life Reality Portal where you may see more DT EHE autobiographical and DT EHE biographical materials:

• DT EHE Stories

• DT EHErs

• DT EHE Literary Archive

If you would like to submit a  death-transcendent EHE-related story or artwork / music, click here.

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