Episode 19 of Paranormal Stories. This week I'm reading from Jeffrey Mishlove's essay 'Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death' and the book 'Canada's UFOs: Declassified' by Chris RutkowskiJeffrey Mishlove. Bigalow Prize winning essay called 'Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death'.1st, 2nd and 3rd prizesAs readers study the top three essays authored by Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove, Dr. Pim van Lommel and Dr. Leo Ruickbie, it will become apparent that there is a great variety of approaches that prove the case for survival of human consciousness after bodily death beyond a reasonable doubt.One hundred percent of the responsibility for judging of the BICS essay contest lay in the hands of the six judges. There was no influence by either Robert Bigelow or Colm Kelleher on the judging process. The essays were chosen by majority rule with the central criterion being the cumulative evidence for Survival of Human Consciousness beyond permanent bodily death and beyond a reasonable doubt. Because of the very large number of excellent essays that BICS received (204), the judges spent over four months of very intensive work in meticulously evaluating, deliberating, arguing and eventually making their decisions.Why were these essays chosen by the judges?The winners were chosen based on the power of the arguments presented and on how persuasively the essays made the case for survival of human consciousness beyond a reasonable doubt. In reading these top three essays some members of the public may disagree that particular essays should have been included in the top three winning group. That opinion is to be expected. Every reader may resonate differently with these and other essays. While the judges were reading and re-reading the two hundred and four submitted essays, they were conscious of the great responsibility of choosing the top three. The judges chose these principal winners with exquisite care.1st Prize $500,000, Jeffrey Mishlove Ph.D.Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily DeathJeffrey Mishlove, PhDDoctor of Parapsychology (Berkley)HOST, AUTHOR, FOUNDER OF THE NEW THINKING ALLOWED FOUNDATIONNew 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, The University of California, Berkeley, 1980.Dr Mishlove is a past-vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that association for his contributions to the field of consciousness exploration. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.https://www.newthinkingallowed.org/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFk448YbGITLnzplK7jwNcwhttps://www.bigelowinstitute.org/Chris Rutkowski 'Canada's UFOs: Declassified'.Since 1947, the reality of UFOs has been hotly debated by enthusiasts, zealots, debunkers, and scientists. Skeptics insist that people who report UFOs are either mistaken or liars, whereas many true believers are convinced that aliens are visiting Earth and interacting with its inhabitants.Recent years have seen a tonal shift in mainstream media coverage of UFOs following surprise admissions by the US Pentagon that it continues to investigate dramatic sighting reports from its personnel.Canada has had its own UFO projects, too. Science writer Chris Rutkowski has viewed files on these studies, many of which were declassified from higher restrictions. These records demonstrate that many Canadians not only witnessed unusual objects in the sky (and on the ground) but that they