By Steve Hammons
Movies, TV shows, books and other media platforms seem to increasingly explore scientific mysteries about the Universe, Earth and Nature. Although the accuracy and reliability of some of these stories might be questionable, many of the areas of investigation seem to spark the curiosity of millions of people around the world.
New discoveries seem to be happening all the time, and more are surely on the horizon. Keeping up with new, and maybe unusual, scientific developments seems to require increasing open-mindedness combined with common sense, caution and a moral compass.
For example, information technology, quantum computing and artificial intelligence are evolving rapidly. Medical and health sciences are also moving forward. And many other areas of human endeavor and knowledge seem to be generally progressing, despite numerous risks and counterproductive human activities and developments.
In some forward-leaning scientific research, investigators are looking into the expanded potential of human perception and awareness, “weird physics” and the theories about multiple dimensions in Nature and the Universe.
Certain locations in the U.S. and around the world have been the focus of extensive research because of theories that they are associated with connection points or portals to other dimensions – dimensions that may be natural, but unusual for us.
DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
A book published in 1995 was titled “Merging Dimensions: The Opening Portals of Sedona” by Sedona, Arizona, residents Tom Dongo and Linda Bradshaw. The authors shared details of a number of unusual experiences and observations around the Sedona area.
The book seems to reflect other research on that same region that indicates fluctuations in Earth’s magnetism there. This is believed to be related to the geology of the Sedona area – red earth, red cliffs and fantastic red rock formations there are rich in iron oxide and quartz, combined with volcanic geological influences.
Some of the odd phenomena reported in the Sedona area are reportledy suspected of being associated with connections to other dimensions.
Sedona is also on the southwestern rim of the Colorado Plateau, which spans the Four Corners states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. This overall region is also associated with theories and reports of incidents related to interdimensional phenomena, UFOs and similar mysterious, and sometimes unsettling and concerning indications.
Around the Colorado Plateau and around the world, researchers and average people have reportedly encountered a number of anomalous locations and situations that seem to point to the possible reality of other dimensions. These dimensions might be nearby, or even abut our reality in certain ways, according to some theories.
Research into “near-death experiences (NDEs)” includes widespread reports by credible people of an afterlife dimension of some kind that they encountered.
More recently, the concept of “shared-death experiences” has emerged, describing cases where it’s not just the person passing on who has a weird experience. In shared-death experiences, family members or others in proximity who are perfectly healthy also experience odd phenomena related to the passing of the loved one into another dimension of some kind.
In some spiritual teachings we are told that there are certain dimensions that are good, transcendent and beautiful. And other dimensions – not so much.
EXPANDED ECOSYSTEM
Science and spirituality continue to cross paths in many types of research. This connection is sometimes reported in relation to natural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, aerospace and space science, as well as other fields of human activity and progress.
The classes in Earth science we had in school might have been incomplete. In addition to geography, geology, oceanography and other Earth sciences, textbooks might one day include chapters about Planet Earth’s various interdimensional features.
And like the normal environments we’re familiar with, some dimensions might hold pleasant experiences. These could be like a beautiful ocean beach, scenic hilltop, peaceful blue lake or fertile green pastures and farmlands – with good, kind and wise beings there.
We might wonder if other dimensions, like those we’re also normally familiar with, could be like a wild forest or jungle, with creatures that could be dangerous and deadly. Or, also like on Earth, environments where there is violence, war, cruelty, oppression and suffering. If this could be so, then researchers and average people might consider increased caution when exploring certain unusual phenomena.
In our everyday world, it’s a good idea to avoid sketchy neighborhoods where violent crime occurs frequently. Taking vacations in certain countries and regions of the world is also not a good idea, due to crime, murders, and now, highly-contagious disease.
Maybe this kind of perspective is also applicable to some far-out and forward-leaning research into the ideas about multiple dimensions, UFOs and other anomalous phenomena. In both normal and unusual settings, any number of dangers or unforeseen consequences can sometimes emerge. Caution and safety are probably appropriate.
And for those who are researching theories of other dimensions, there’s also the promise of discoveries that could change Earth and its inhabitants for the better – in ways that could be surprising, signficant, robust, uplifting, transcendent or even miraculous.
(Related articles "Navy Research Project on Intuition" and "Human perception key in hard power, soft power, smart power" are posted on the CultureReady blog, Defense Language and National Security Education Office, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, U.S. Department of Defense.)
