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Einstein was correct in his analysis showing that there was a correlation between these photons receding from each other at the speed of light. At this time, however, it seems that he was mistaken in his concern about the correlation violating relativity theory, because it does not appear that the photons can be used for message sending. Therefore, it is the EPR analysis from the 1930s, together with the contemporary experiments cited above, that have given scientific support to the current view of nonlocal connectedness. We do not believe that EPR-type of correlations are the explanation for mind-to-mind connections, but we think that they are an unequivocal laboratory example of the nonlocal nature of our universe which makes these connections possible.
If this explanation does not seem to be entirely clear, it is probably because even though Einstein published these ideas sixty years ago, the smartest physicists in the world still do not agree on all of the implications of these nonlocal connections. In fact, Josephson wrote of these experiments, "The existence of such remote influences or connections is suggested more directly by experiments on phenomena such as telepathy (the connection of one mind to another) and psychokinesis (the direct influence of mind on matter), both of which are examples of so-called psi functioning." Josephson went on to write:
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One may imagine that life may exist from the beginning as a cooperative whole, directly interconnected at a distance by Bell-type nonlocal interactions, following which, modifications through the course of evolution cause organisms to be interconnected directly with each other. . . . One can see conceptual similarities between psi skills and ordinary skills, e.g., between perceptual skills of hearing and telepathy on the one hand, and between the forms of control of matter involved in control of the body, and in psychokinesis, on the other. 7
In addition to the theories of physicists, writings of poets and philosophers that originated even before Biblical times have articulated the idea that physical separations are more illusory than real. Buddhist teachings, following from the earlier Vedic tradition, postulate that human desires and

 
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