This is the past lives podcast episode 237, and I'm your host, Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past lives podcast is to investigate evidence that demonstrates survival of the human soul.

We will look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication and other

incredible phenomena.

The extended version of this episode is an extra 45 minutes, so if you want to listen,

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This week I'm talking to Ray Hernandez about his book, The Mind of God,

a spiritual virtual reality model of consciousness and the contact modalities.

Ray graduated with honours from Rutgers College,

was a master's candidate at Cornell University

and was a PhD candidate at the University of California at Berkeley,

where he was the recipient of a National

Science Foundation PhD Fellowship. He previously was a professor for six years at the New

School for Social Research and at the City University of New York. Ray is currently the director

of the Consciousness and Contact Research Institute, or CCRI,

an academic research institute comprised of more than 25 PhD academics, medical doctors

and researchers whose mission is to explore the new paradigm that seeks to integrate

the findings of consciousness research and the phenomenology of extraordinary experiences.

What Ray coined in 2013 as the contact modalities.

Hi, Ray.

Thanks a lot for coming on the podcast.

Well, Simon, I look forward to a lengthy and detailed discussion from a higher end level instead of just a regular paranormal discussion.

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