Ever since I asked the question: “Is this really the timeline you want?” I’ve been asking the universe to show me evidence of a different reality in which we live (what I call “a timeline”). Some new evidence poured into my ears from the public radio show Science Friday on April 3, 2026. The segments I caught during drive time provided me with tantalizing glimpses of a better timeline, including evidence that:
- Recent research shows that the shedding of (universally used, non-toxic) laboratory gloves interfered with testing, causing research scientists to grossly overestimate the amount of microplastics in our environment
- Five huge offshore wind turbine electrical generating plants shut down by the Trump administration have been put back online by the courts
- And it turns out that pig semen is an efficacious (and badly needed) way to deliver anti-glaucoma and eye cancer medication (although I am not sure this is good news from the perspective of the pig).
I seized onto these tidbits because I’m trying to gather evidence for a new conclusion that there already is a better reality. Rather than just shutting out the news (“La La La La La, I don’t listen to the news”), can I cease trying to gather evidence that this reality is f**ked instead gather evidence for a new conclusion.
Tool: New Conclusion (invented by Maria Nemeth, author of Mastering Life’s Energies)
Purpose: Engages us to change the focus of our attention to gather evidence for a new conclusion (or belief, if you will) mostly about someone else.
Best used for: The perfect time to use it is when you’re feeling really frustrated with someone and wish they would change, and have gathered a lot of evidence to support your conclusions about that person. This works especially well with beliefs about the people around us, but it can work with something just to do with yourself.
How to use it: First, identify a firm belief (that plagues you) for which you’ve gathered evidence: Here’s one I periodically have:
“This country is in an inescapable slide into fascism”
There’s nothing I can do about that belief. I’ve gathered mental file cabinets full of evidence of this, so what can I do?
Craft a new conclusion for which I am willing to gather evidence. The people united can never be divided.
Begin to gather evidence for this conclusion. This does not seem true to me, but I’m just am going to pretend that I’m a spiritual detective and that I have a new client who’s paying me to gather evidence to support this conclusion.
This evidence affects how I show up. As I gather this evidence for the new conclusion it affects how I show up.
Which affects what i see.
This strengthens my new conclusion
And generates additional evidence for that conclusion
And so it continues
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