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Search for the Sacred Sir / What the author of "Searching Again for the Sacred" [April 9] failed to discern, even though he does a commendable job of reviewing the spiritual reawakening of this decade, is that transcendence is another illusion-another idea that robs man of his true humanity and sends him scampering off to a never-never land of mysticism and onion peeling. What we need and what we really seek is command over our own lives, responsible freedom and an opportunity to learn what it means to be alive...
...study would involve the analysis of interviews and psychological tests made of students who have made suicide gestures, in an attempt to discern consistent patterns...
...psychokinesis (ability to move or bend objects without touching them) to the delight and excitement of Targ and Puthoff, Hyman said that he was able to spot the "loopholes and inconclusiveness" of each feat. He also caught Geller in some outright deceptions that Targ and Puthoff apparently did not discern...
Reverberations emanating from the bloody conflict will continue in its aftermath in both Vietnam and America, and their eventual effects are impossible to discern. But this week the killing will stop, and after 12 years, that seems like an impossible dream come true...
...particularly repelled by his comment concerning lectures. Mr. Muller seems to assume that every lecture has an intrinsic logical thread which any mature student can discern even if the lecturer's delivery is unintelligible. Superficialities aside, Mr. Muller apparently contends that the proper role of the student is to listen but not to be heard and that of the teacher to discourse but not reply...