The World Is More Than We Know

By McDowell Graham

We walk through our world, doubting and believing. We often do this without reflection, and often develop strongly held views, some based upon unexamined assumptions and biases. Some people say they will not believe in anything they can’t see. There are many reasons why people choose this way of perceiving the world. But what about everything else that cannot be proven scientifically, logically, or rationally? This book is about why we doubt, why we believe, whether we can change either our doubts or beliefs, and if there is value in doing so. The goal is to help people simply shift their perceptions ever so slightly from “This can’t be true” to “Maybe this is real,” so that they, too, may come to believe that the world really is more than we know.

• Language: English
• Publisher: McDowell Graham
• Release date: Aug 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005959449

McDowell Graham

McDowell Graham is an Author, Intuitive Mentor, and Therapeutic Storyteller. Her Life Purpose is to help people see themselves and their place in the world with new eyes.McDowell describes her books as a “collaboration” with Divine Source. Each book begins as an experience or an encounter in her daily life that provides new ways of thinking, which are to be brought forth and shared with others. Once the message is received, the book essentially writes itself. Divine Source holds the wisdom. McDowell is simply a grateful messenger.You can connect with McDowell on her website at www.cracksinconsciousness.com, and you can follow her on Facebook at Cracks in Consciousness.

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The World Is More Than We Know

Why We Doubt, Why We Believe, and How the Smallest Shifts in Perspective Can Create a Greater Understanding of Our Place Within It

By McDowell Graham

Examine  Envision  Emerge

The World Is More Than We Know

Why We Doubt, Why We Believe, and How the Smallest Shifts in Perspective Can Create a Greater Understanding of Our Place Within It

Copyright 2020 McDowell Graham

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Disclaimer: The advice and strategies contained in this book may not be suitable for every situation. This book is sold with the understanding that the Author is not suggesting or recommending legal, accounting, or other professional services. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Further, readers should be aware that websites listed in this book might have changed or disappeared between when this book was written and when it was read.

ISBN: 9781005959449

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Dedication

For Kona

Love you to the moon and back

To infinity and beyond

Forever and ever

And for everyone who generously and courageously shared their ghostly, improbable, otherworldly, things-that-go-bump-in-the-night, and phantasms of the living stories with me.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Nature, Nurture, Dumb Luck, or When Pigs Fly

Chapter 2. It’s a Duck: On Signs

Chapter 3. More of Gravy Than of Grave: On Doubt

Chapter 4. Faith, and Trust, and Pixie Dust: On Belief

Chapter 5. What’s In It For Me? On the Value of Belief

Chapter 6. The Quality of Our Looking: On Coming to Believe

Chapter 7. I’ll Take It From Here

Chapter 8. Interview Questions

References

About the Author

Introduction

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." Albert Einstein

We walk through our world, doubting and believing. We often do this without reflection, and often develop strongly held views, some based upon unexamined assumptions and biases.

Some people say they will not believe in anything they can’t see. There are many reasons why people choose this way of perceiving the world.

In May 2019, a friend from out of town was visiting Denver to attend a writers’ conference. We met up for dinner one evening. I’ve followed her on Facebook for many years, and especially loved all of her posts and pictures of her adorable, very photogenic Golden Retriever (which, by the way, is a bit redundant, like saying circular rotunda, because, after all, what Golden Retriever isn’t photogenic?). No outfit was too girly for this cutie patootie, and she was my friend’s dearest companion.

My friend also follows me on Facebook, where, among other things, I gladly share all of my stories about my encounters with The Other Side, and especially how often I see my four-legged soulmate, Kona, in spirit. This gives me great comfort because a day doesn’t go by that I don’t miss him. And I want those who follow me to know that they, too, can connect with their loved ones in Spirit—maybe not the way I do, but in whatever unique way that’s right for them.

During dinner, my friend sadly shared that her dog’s health was beginning to suffer, and she was afraid that she wouldn’t have much time left. In my honest intention to comfort her, I said, But don’t forget, you’ll be able to see her even after she’s gone—maybe as a shadow outside the corner of your eye, or you might feel her jump up on the bed, or hear the tags on her collar jingle. My Kona does this kind of stuff all the time.

Far from being comforted, she replied flatly, I don’t believe that. You can do it because you’re just lucky. Her comment astonished me, not just because she believed that she would not be able to see her dog in Spirit, but because she chalked it up to luck that I could. Moreover, she was convinced that she would never be able to connect with her dog because she would never have my luck.

My friend’s dog did pass just a few months later. She posted the sad news on Facebook, and I sent her a private message telling her that I had asked Kona to be with her at this difficult time, and that he’s waiting at the Rainbow Bridge to escort her dog over. She replied, I wish I could believe that.

That’s when I started asking myself, Am I lucky? Is it really just blind luck? Or is it something else? And, if it isn’t luck, then what makes one person able to talk to dead people, while another person can see angels? Are some people, like Lady Gaga, just born this way? Or, maybe they talk to other people who have had experiences that cannot be proven scientifically, logically, or rationally (what I call non-ordinary), and they take classes, and read books in order to develop, nurture, and grow that understanding, ability, and knowledge?

And if