Spirituality and the Capricious, Evasive Nature of Psi

Kennedy reviews a massive 800-page book called 'Irreducible Mind' and argues it could be a game-changer for parapsychology — the study of psychic phenomena. Instead of endlessly debating whether lab experiments prove psi (psychic ability) is real, this book takes a bigger swing: it tries to understand consciousness itself. Drawing on ideas from F.W.H. Myers's 1903 classic 'Human Personality,' the book examines near-death experiences, mystical states, genius, and mind-body healing as evidence that the brain-equals-mind view falls short. Kennedy loves this broader approach but flags two gaps. First, how does biological evolution fit into the picture? Second — and this is the really fascinating part — psi is maddeningly slippery and unreliable. Rather than treating that slipperiness as a problem to fix, Kennedy suggests it might actually be a clue pointing toward spiritual dimensions of consciousness with motivations completely unlike our everyday survival-driven instincts.