John Highams vroege carrière lag in de lucht- en ruimtevaarttechniek, wat leidde tot talrijke patenten voor satellietontwerpen. Later verhuisde hij naar de San Francisco Bay Area, waar hij een gezin stichtte en zijn werk in satellietontwerp voortzette. Al op jonge leeftijd koesterde Higham een diepe opwinding voor reizen en nieuwe ervaringen, een gevoel dat duidelijk aanhoudt. Deze passie voor ontdekking, zowel door middel van engineering als persoonlijke reizen, informeert waarschijnlijk zijn perspectief.
"After more than a decade of planning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs and suburban lives adieu, packed up their home and set out with two children, ages eight and eleven, to travel around the world. In the course of the next 52 weeks they crossed 24 time zones, visited 28 countries and experienced a lifetime of adventures"--P. [4] of cover.
Focusing on the themes of nationalism and ethnic prejudice, this seminal study explores the rise of American nativism from 1860 to 1925. It provides a well-documented analysis of how these ideologies shaped societal power dynamics and led to acts of violence, offering a thorough examination of their impact on American identity and culture.
Though often dismissed as coincidence, chance, or 'hunches,' many people experience visions (realities beyond one's current space and/or time). Through meditation and unconditional love, Pebbles from the Path teaches readers to recognize and explore visions in daily life. Presenting insights gained through his own consciousness work, John details the simple techniques he has used to discover and explore visions. This book is designed to allow readers to journal their insights and own their discoveries as they explore their spiritual path. Among the topics and sustaining a meditative state -Understanding the limits of meditation -Dealing with disruptions during meditation -Identifying visions -Knowing and sharing unconditional love (agendaless love) -Journaling to honestly explore visions -Sharing visions -Sending in the Angels -Questioning visions and dealing with errors Also included is a collection of John's visions, how he dealt with the people involved, and the insights he gained.