Here he proclaims that money is at the root of our spirituality, and he specifically refers to the root chakra as the center of our hoarding instinct. He also addresses the imbalances concerning money on this planet where the wealthy suffer from an epidemic of obesity, while the poor are malnourished and even starving to [...]

Here he reviews psychological concepts related to wholeness, including self-actualization, individuation, and multiple intelligences. He talks about a time in his youth when he felt confused and ungrounded, as he symbolized in a woodcut he created called “Spaghetti Man”. A decade later, after much work on himself, Jeffrey created his first Rainbow YinYang image — [...]

Here he discusses the “Complaint is a Gift” philosophy that his spouse, Janelle M. Barlow, has popularized in the world of business customer service. He notes that only one dissatisfied person in eight will even bother to complain. Those who take the time and trouble to complain, and risk being treated rudely, should be thanked [...]

Here he reviews different approaches to knowledge and inquiry. He notes that parapsychology is a holistic discipline that incorporates several different approaches — including experimental science. He highlight the history of psychical research and parapsychology, including the work of J.B. Rhine at Duke University. He emphasizes the importance of the 1969 decision by the Council [...]

Here he points out that the New Thinking Allowed videos are offered to viewers at no cost — as his way of sharing the wealth of knowledge he has received in his life. He also notes that the videos are transmitting more than knowledge, but also heartfelt passion, and perhaps a spiritual resonance. He suggests [...]

Here he compares Hindu and Buddhist ideals of enlightenment with the Freudian notion that mystical states represent a regression to an infantile state. He points to the work of Abraham Maslow and the important role of “peak experiences” in the self-actualization process. He also provides examples of individuals who claimed to have achieved states of [...]

Here he describes his family history relative to the Jewish religion. One set of grandparents were highly religious. The others were very secular. Jeffrey had a strong religious education, but ended up leaving the religion for about thirty years — before experiencing a “t’shuvah” or turning back to Judaism. He became very intensely involved with [...]

Here he describes the active community of occultists with whom he associated in the early 1970s in Berkeley, California. One Berkeley student, Isaac Bonewits, wrote a book called “Real Magic”. Aleister Crowley’s writings were popular. Jeffrey describes a harrowing experience in which he invoked magical principles in order to correct an injustice. While his goal [...]

Here he notes that the guided meditation linked to InPresence 0003 includes reference to the chakras. He reviews each of the chakras and shows how they relate to the Freudian, Adlerian, and Jungian systems of depth psychology.

Here he points out that the term “metaphysics” has both a popular and an academic, philosophical meaning — and that there is some overlap. One can think of metaphysics as a branch of ontology — the inquiry into what is ultimately real. The logical positivists believed that metaphysics is nonsensical; however this view is on [...]

Here he points out that, thus far, he has conducted more New Thinking Allowed video conversations with Stephan Schwartz than with any other individual. He reviews Schwartz’ background and the fact that they were both guided by serendipitous experiences to pursue careers in parapsychology. Schwartz has also made more contributions to the field of applied [...]

Here he discusses two competing theories of truth — that it is entirely a social construction and that there are eternal, immutable truths that we can discover. He also discusses a third approach, that of American pragmatism, in which the criterion for truth is whether a particular worldview has practical applications. He suggests that viewers [...]