May - June 2020
bi-monthly New Age Magazine
Volume : 11
Issue : 3
Spiritual Science
INDIAN FEDERATION OF SPIRITUAL SCIENTISTS
Cover Page : Dr II Lobsang Rampa
CONTENTS
Brahmarshi Patriji CHAIRMAN .. IFSS
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Dr II Tuesday Lobsang Rampa www.lobsangrampa.org
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Man is composed of...
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Astral Body
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Akashic Record
Lobsang Rampa
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Power of the Mind
Lobsang Rampa
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There is no Death
James Van Praagh
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Leaders need Meditation.. Matthias Birk
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Profound transformation Ravi Kiran
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Dr. P.S. Gopala Krishna
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“ Eternal Soul ”. The small i and the big I .. in togetherness .. represent harmonizing of the personal Body - Mind identity with the Eternal Soul
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“ Dr Tuesday Lobsang Rampa ” ||
Dr II Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was a
that is freely available to everyone who is
recognized incarnated Tibetan Abbot and
willing to open his or her mind and learn.
fully qualified Medical Lama with a special
He did have the unique ability and
task in life.
compelling desire to make it simple and
Dr II Rampa wrote nineteen books on his spiritual journey and various spiritual topics. The fact that these books have helped
understandable, because he wanted everyone to know and understand the wisdom.
millions of people all over the globe in
Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was a prince
various ways is of course extremely good.
born into one of the high-ranking families of
Another achievement from his books was that he managed to inform the Earth’s inhabitants
Tibet. Specifically, Tibet, because it was the centre of spirituality .. being, as it was,
about the real you, why you are here, what you should, and should not be doing .. and
inaccessible to the rest of the world. As customary in Tibet at that time on his
finally how to progress spiritually regardless
seventh birthday, the Senior Oracle would
of your current beliefs.
read his horoscope. Huge celebrations were
What Dr II Rampa wrote was not his unique knowledge. It is universal knowledge pg
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planned by his mother, which took weeks to arrange, as invites had to be sent, protocols observed, and much food imported from India and other countries. Spiritual Science - May - June 2020
Finally, the special day arrived and the State Oracle spent over two hours reciting the horoscope of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa. Unfortunately, the family was distraught, as it was forecast that Lobsang was to join the Chakpori Lamasery and not become heir to the family estate. To that end, his own family rejected him completely .. as foretold in his first bestseller book “ The Third Eye ” and the story continues in “ As it Was ”.
No man or woman has ever succeeded in taking a single penny beyond this life. Yet every man and woman take all the knowledge and experiences they have gained in this life to the next life, and that is the purpose of why people are here on Earth: To learn ! So, are you going to take worthwhile knowledge to the other side or just a useless
clutter of unrelated thoughts? This is a matter
Rampa wrote nineteen books
that you should engage your earnest
highlighting much valued spiritual and
attention, as it will affect your future
physical information. Every bit very true as
incarnations !
Dr
II
you will discover if you remain open minded
and practice. You may find some topics hard to believe or comprehend at first, yet do not let this put you off. There is an old English saying, “ Rome wasn’t built in a day, ” therefore, you will not comprehend metaphysics just after reading one book. Like all-important things in life, it takes time, dedication, and continuous practice.
Metaphysics cannot be measured by concrete methods because it is dealing with matters beyond the ordinary everyday senses of the body. Therefore, modern day science will not understand when they think only their laws are real or their views count. Metaphysics
is
as
How much time and practice
natural as breathing or
depends on you, and only
walking and yet it is omitted
you!
by the masses unless it has
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been made interesting in a heart-breaking
Humanity’s worse enemy is himself, or
way or otherwise it’s regarded as some
herself, and no one else. The darkest hour is
ancient mystical mumbo-jumbo.
just before the dawn... and dawn is coming. In his book “ Thirteenth Candle ”
Dr II Rampa Lobsang strips away the
Dr II Rampa wrote:
superfluous and tells it as it is in simple
“ This is the Age of Disruption, the Age of
terms that anyone with an ounce of common
Change when mankind stands at the crossroads
sense can recognize, understand, and study.
deciding to evolve or devolve, deciding whether to
The Earth is still in a negative phase and
go upwards or whether to sink down. ”
like all cycles, it must end one day. Once
“ And in this, the age .. I, Dr II Rampa .. have
humanity changes their ways we will
come to give some knowledge and perhaps to
venture forward towards a Golden age via the Age of Aquarius.
weigh a decision to Western man and woman that it is better to study and climb upwards than to sit still and sink down into the slough of despond ”.
Source : www.lobsangrampa.org
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Dr II Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
“ Man is composed of Molecules in Motion ” Everything that exists is “ LIFE ”. Even a creature which we normally term
go into microscopic detail on irrelevant matters.
“Dead” is alive. The normal form of its life may have ceased .. as it would have done
about molecules and atoms first in order to
for us to term it dead .. but with the cessation
appease the purists who otherwise would
of that “ LIFE ” a fresh form of life took over.
write in and give us knowledge which we
The process of dissolution creates life of its
already possess ! Molecules are small, very
own !
small, but they can be seen by the use of the
Perhaps we should say a few words
electron microscope and by those who are
Everything that is vibrates.
trained in metaphysical arts.
Everything consists of molecules in
According to the dictionary, a molecule
constant motion. We will use “ molecules ”
is the smallest portion of a substance capable
instead of atoms, neutrons, protons, etc., because this is a Course on Metaphysics ..
of independent existence while retaining the
not a Course of Chemistry or Physics. We are
molecules are, they are composed of even
trying to “ paint a general picture ” rather than
smaller particles known as “atoms”.
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properties of that substance. Small though
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An atom is like a miniature solar system. The nucleus of the atom represents the Sun
Imagine yourself standing on the top of
in our own solar system. Around this “ Sun ”
a mountain on some clear night. You are
rotate electrons in much the same way as our
alone, far from the lights of any city which,
solar-system planets revolve around our
reflecting into the night sky, causes refraction
Sun. As in the Solar-system, the atom unit is
from suspended moisture-drops and makes
mostly empty space !
the heavens appear dim. (This is why
Every substance has a different number of electrons around its nucleus “ Sun ”. Uranium, for example, has ninety-two electrons. Carbon has only six. Two close to the nucleus, and four orbiting at a greater distance. But we are going to forget about atoms and refer only to molecules.
observatories are always built in remote districts.) You are on your own mountain-top .. above you the stars shine clear and brilliant. You gaze at them as they wheel in endless array before your wondering eyes. Great galaxies stretch before you. Clusters of stars adorn the blackness of the night sky. Across the heavens the band
known as the Milky Way appears as a vast
Man is a mass of rapidly rotating
and smoky trail. Stars, worlds, planets.
molecules. Man appears to be solid; it is not
Molecules. So would the microscopic
easy to push a finger through flesh and bone.
creature see YOU !
Yet this solidity is an illusion forced upon us because we too are Mankind. Consider a creature of infinite smallness that can stand at a distance from a human body and look at it. The creature would see whirling Suns, spiral nebulae, and streams akin to the Milky Way. In the soft parts of the body .. the flesh .. the molecules would be widely dispersed. In the hard substances, the bones, the molecules would be dense, bunched together and giving the appearance of a great cluster of stars. pg
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The stars in the heavens above appear as points of light with incredible spaces between them. Billions, trillions of stars there are, yet compared to the great empty space they seem few indeed. Given a space ship one could move between stars without touching any. Supposing you could close up the spaces between the stars, the molecules, what would you see? That microscopic creature who is viewing you from afar, is he .. it .. wondering that also? Spiritual Science - May - June 2020
the creature sees is ‘ US ’. What, then, is the
are areas populated by very few stars or planets, or worlds .. whichever you like to
final shape of the star formations in the
call them .. but elsewhere there is a
heavens? Each Man is a Universe, a Universe in which planets .. molecules .. spin around
considerable density of planets, as for
a central Sun. Every rock, twig, or drop of
In much the same manner rock can
water is composed of molecules in constant,
represent a very dense constellation or
un-ending motion.
galaxy. Air is much more thinly populated
We know that all those molecules which
Man is composed of molecules in motion. That motion generates a form of electricity which, uniting with the “ electricity ” delivered by the OVERSELF, gives sentient Life.
example, in the Milky Way.
by molecules. Air, in fact, goes through us and actually passes through the capillaries of our lungs and into our blood stream. Beyond air there is space where there are clusters of Hydrogen molecules widely dispersed.
Space is not “ emptiness ” as people
It must also be appreciated that
used to imagine, but is a collection of wildly
molecule groups are of different densities,
oscillating Hydrogen molecules and, of
they are, in fact, like clusters of stars swinging
course, the stars and planets and worlds
in space. In some parts of the Universe there
formed from the Hydrogen molecules.
material excerpted from the book “ You Forever ” by Lobsang Rampa .. published by Weiser Books .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Dr II Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
“ Astral Body ” “ flesh-body is just a vehicle “ The human body consists, as we have
tenuous bodies, “ Spirit Bodies ” .. or what we call “ Astral Bodies ”.
seen, of a mass of protoplasm. It is a mass of
These tenuous bodies are precisely the
molecules spread out over a certain volume
Now we are going to go inwards, away
same as to composition as is the human body, that is, they consist of molecules. But just as Earth or lead or wood consists of a certain arrangement of molecules .. molecules of a certain density .. spirit bodies
from the “ aura ”, away from the “ etheric ”,
have their molecules fewer and further
and in to the body, for this flesh-body is just a vehicle, just “ a suit of clothes .. the garb of an
between each. Thus it is quite possible for a
actor who is living out his allotted part upon the
intimate contact, and neither occupies space
stage which is the world “.
needed by the other.
of space in much the same way as a universe occupies a certain volume of space.
“astral body “
spirit body to fit into a flesh body in the most
“ silver cord “
The human body, consisting of
The Astral Body and the physical body
molecules with a certain amount of space
are connected together by the “ Silver Cord ”.
between atoms, also houses other bodies,
This latter is a mass of molecules vibrating
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at a tremendous speed. It is in some ways
asleep. So wonderful experiences are
similar to the umbilical cord which connects
rationalized into “ dreams ”.
a mother to her baby; in the mother the impulses, impressions, and nourishment flow from her to the unborn baby. When the baby is born and the umbilical cord is severed, then the baby dies to the life it knew before, that is, it becomes a separate entity, a separate life, it is no longer a part of the mother, so it “ dies ” as part of the mother and takes on its own existence. The “ Silver Cord ” connects the OVERSELF and the human body .. and impressions flash from one to the other during every minute of the flesh-body’s existence. Impressions, commands, lessons .. and at times even spiritual nourishment .. come down from the OVERSELF
to the human body. When death
takes place, the Sliver Cord is severed and the human body is left like a discarded suit of
“ astral travelling “ Many people who believe can leave the body at will, and can travel far and fast, returning to the body hours later with a full and complete knowledge of all they have done, all they have seen, and all they have experienced. Nearly anyone can leave the body and do astral travelling, but they have to believe that they can do this, it is quite useless for a person to put out repelling thoughts of disbelief, or thoughts that they cannot do such a thing. Actually, it is remarkably easy to astral travel when one gets over the first hurdle of fear. FEAR is the great brake.
Most people have to suppress the
clothes while the SPIRIT moves on.
instinctive fear that to leave the body is to
There are very real limits to the abilities of the body .. the physical body. Almost
die. Some people are deathly afraid that if
everyone on Earth leaves the body during
get back. This is quite impossible unless one
sleep.
“ opens the gate ” by fear.
they leave the body they may not be able to
When they awake they say that they have
A person who does not fear will have
had a dream, because, here again, humans
no harm whatever. The Silver Cord cannot be
are taught to believe that this life on Earth is
broken when one is astral travelling, no one
the only one that matters, they are taught that
can invade the body unless one gives a
they do not go travelling around when
definite invitation by being terrified. You can
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always .. ALWAYS .. return to your body, just
your umbilicus to the umbilicus of the astral
the same as you always awaken after a night
body.
of sleep.
If you are not afraid, if you do not twitch,
People frequently jerk in a peculiar
the astral body will slowly float off, it will
manner just when they are falling asleep. All
just drift away to the end or the side of the
too often, it is so
bed
violent that it brings
gently, without any
one back to full
shock whatsoever, it
wakefulness. This
will gradually sink so
jerk is caused by a too
that the feet touch, or
rough separation of
almost touch the floor.
the astral body and
Then, the process of
the physical body, for
making “ a soft landing ”
as we have already
over, your astral will
stated,
be able to look at your
nearly
everyone does astral travelling by night even if so many people do not consciously remember their journeying. But back to our astral body again. “ astral swaying ”
where
quite
physical and relay back what it sees. “ you will be able to go anywhere ” You will stand there in your astral body with your consciousness quite fully transferred to your astral body, and you will
Think of your astral body gradually,
look down upon that reclining physical
easily separating from the physical body, and drifting upwards to about three, or
body. With practice you will be able to go anywhere .. seas, oceans and mountains will
perhaps four feet above the physical. There
be no bar, no obstacle, to your path. The
it rests above you swaying gently. You may
lands of the world and the cities of the world
have experienced a sensation of swaying just
will be yours to visit.
when you are falling asleep; that was the astral swaying. The body is floating above you, possibly swaying a little, and connected to you by the Silver Cord which goes from pg 10
When you are in the astral stage consciously you will see colours more brilliantly than you do in the flesh. Everything will shimmer with life you may Spiritual Science - May - June 2020
even see particles of “ Life ” about you like
body. Let yourself sink down very, very
sparks. That is the vitality of the Earth, and
slowly, it must be slowly because the two
as you pass through it you will pick up
bodies have to be absolutely synchronized.
strength and courage. “ return to the physical body ” When you are in the astral and you want
If you do it right you will sink into the body without a jar, without any tremor, without any sensation other than that the
to return to the physical, you should keep
body is a cold and heavy mass. You may find
calm, you should let yourself think of the
that back in your flesh-body you are stiff.
flesh body, think that you are going to go
You may find that the sensation is much the
back and that you are going to get in. As you
same as putting on a suit of clothes which
think this there will be a blur of speed, or
got wet the day before and now is still wet
there may even be an instantaneous shift
and dank.
from wherever you were to a spot three or four feet above your reclining body. You will find that you are there, drifting, undulating slightly, just as when you left the
Until you get used to, it is not altogether a happy sensation coming back to the body, you will find that the glorious colours which you saw in the astral world have dimmed.
material excerpted from the book “ You Forever ” by Lobsang Rampa .. published by Weiser Books .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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“ Akashic Record ” “ we can travel back ” Akashic Record is something which concerns every person and every creature who has ever lived.
could see some of our “ out of the body ” abilities to the full as we can in the astral world, we should see things in a very different light; we should perceive that all matter is indeed indestructible, every
With the Akashic Record we can travel
experience that ever has been on the world
back along history, we can see all that has
is still radiating outward in the form of waves.
happened, not merely upon this world but upon other worlds also .. for the scientist is
With special abilities we should intercept
now coming to realize what occultists have
can intercept waves of light.
always known, that other worlds are occupied by other persons not necessarily human, but sentient beings nonetheless. “ world of limitations ”
those waves in much the same way as we
“ time travel ” It has long been the Dream of Man to have a thing called “ time travel ”. This, obviously, is a fantastic conception while one
At present we are upon a world which
is in the flesh and upon the Earth, because
has most remarkable limitations, we are able
here in the flesh we are sadly limited, our
to perceive and to receive impressions only
bodies are most imperfect instruments, and
on a very limited range of frequencies. If we
as we are here to learn we have implanted in
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us much doubt, much indecision, and before we can be convinced we want “ proof ” .. the
constantly, but we are oblivious to them, and
ability to pull a thing to pieces to see how it
not until we have some mechanical device
works and to make sure it does not work
which we call a radio set can we receive those
again.
waves and slow them down so that they
When we get beyond the Earth and into the astral .. or even beyond the astral .. time travel is as simple as upon Earth is a visit to a cinema or a theatre. “ akashic record is a form of vibration ”
All these waves are coming to us
become audible and comprehensible to us. Here, with a mechanical or electrical device, we slow down radio frequency waves and convert them to audio frequency waves. In much the same way, if, on Earth, we could slow down the wave of the Akashic Record
The “ Akashic Record ”, then, is a form
we should undoubtedly be able to put
of vibration, not necessarily light vibrations
authentic historical scenes on the television
because it also embraces sound. It is a form
screen, and then the historians would throw
of vibration which upon Earth has no term
a fit when they saw that the history as printed
which can describe it. The nearest one can
in books is completely, completely wrong !
do is to liken it to a radio wave.
“ Akashic Record ” is the indestructible vibrations
We have about us at all
consisting of the sum total
times radio waves coming
of human knowledge which
in from all parts of the
emanates from the world in
world; every one of them
much the same way as the
brings
different
radio program is broadcast,
different
it
in
program,
a
goes
on
and that
on.
languages, different music,
Everything
has
and different times. It is
happened on this Earth still
possible that waves are
exists in vibration form.
coming in from one part of the world which
When we get out of the body we do not
contains a program which, to us, is being
use a special device to understand these
broadcast tomorrow!
waves; we use nothing to slow them down, instead, in getting out of the body, our own
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“ wave receptors ” are speeded up so that, with
When we die to the Earth we go to
practice, with training, we can receive that
another plane of existence where every
which we term the Akashic Record.
single one of us has to face up to what we
“ knowledge of everything ” The “ Akashic Record ” contains the knowledge of everything that has happened
did, or what we did not, do; we see the whole of our past life with the speed of thought. We see it through the Akashic Record,
on this world. Worlds elsewhere have their own Akashic Records in much the same way as countries outside our own have their own radio programs. Those who know how can
see it not just from the time that we were born but from the time that we planned how and where we would be born. Then, having that knowledge, having seen our errors, we plan
tune into the Akashic Record of any world,
again and try once more just like a child at
not merely of one’s own, and one can then
school seeing what went wrong with answers
see events of history, one can see how the
to the examination papers, and taking the
history books have been falsified.
examination all over again.
“ we can see the whole of our past ” But there is more to the Akashic Record than just satisfying idle curiosity .. one can
Naturally enough, it takes a long, long, training before one can see the Akashic Record .. but with training, with practice and
look into this Record and see what went
faith it can be done and is indeed being done
wrong with one’s own plans.
constantly.
material excerpted from the book “ You Forever ” by Lobsang Rampa .. published by Weiser Books .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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“ Power of the Mind ” “ immense powers ” The MIND can give us all that we ask if
It will not do, to say, you want a lot of money; it will not do, to say, that you want a
we will let it. There are immense powers
new car or a new wife or a new husband. You
latent within the sub-conscious.
must state exactly what it is that you want.
It is useless to pray idly and without being specific. It is useless to pray with an
You must visualize it .. picture it in your mind .. and hold that picture firmly before
empty MIND because one’s words will echo
you. If you want money, state quite
hollowly if one does so. Use your BRAIN, use
definitely, how much you want. It must be a
your MIND, and use the great possibilities of
definite sum. “ About half a million ” will not
the sub-conscious.
do, it must be definite.
There are certain inviolable steps which always must be followed. “ decide precisely what you want ” First decide precisely what you want, be absolutely definite, you must know what you
If you are wise, however, you will not bother so much about money, about the mundane things .. you will want to be like Gandhi, Buddha, Christ, St. Peter, St. Anybody. You will strive to gain virtues
want, you must say what you want, and you
which will be of use to you when you leave
must visualize it. What exactly do you want?
this life.
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“ give and receive ” When you have decided what you want you come to stage two. We have already told you that you must ‘ GIVE ’ in order that you may ‘ RECEIVE ’. What are you going to give? If you are asking for a certain sum of money ( and that sum must be exactly specified ) are you willing to give a tithe .. which, of course, is a tenth .. of that money? Are you willing to give help to other people who are not so fortunately placed as you? It is futile to say “ Yes, when I get this money I will give a tenth of it. ”
You could, for instance, say that you will have the money by such-and-such a month in such-and-such a year, but you could not say that you would have a fortune within the next five minutes because that would be contrary to the laws of nature, and it would nullify your thought power. “ Write out what you want ” As our fourth item we are going to say that the written word is stronger than the spoken word, while the two together make an unbeatable combination. Write out what you want, write it out as simply and as
You must start helping before that, you must start assisting those in need. If you do that you will be living the spirit of “ Give that you may receive. ” Again, you must be definite, you must be absolutely precise. “ time limit must be feasible ” The third item is .. when do you want this money or this car, or new husband or new wife? It is not enough to say that you want it sometime in the indefinite future, and of course it is absurd to say that you want it
clearly as you can. You know what you want, so write it down. Do you want to be spiritual? Who is your ideal in the world of spirituality? Enumerate that person’s abilities, talents, and strong points of character. Write it all down. If you are trying to get money write down the precise sum you want, write down when you want it, and make clear in writing that you are going to help other people, make clear that you are going “ to tithe. ”
immediately because there are physical laws
When you have written all this down
which cannot be broken. It is not possible for
as simply and as clearly as you can, write at
a God to drop a gold brick into your waiting
the end: “ I will give that I may receive. ” You
hands, and in any case if the brick did fall it
must also add a note stating how you are
would probably crush a few toes! Your time
going to work for the desired result, for bear
limit must be physically feasible.
in MIND once again that you cannot get
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anything for nothing, everything has to be
times a day, at least, you have read your
paid for in some form or other, and there is
affirmation which has thus become akin to a
no such thing as “ getting something for free. ”
mantra.
If
you
receive
a
hundred
dollars
unexpectedly you have to give a hundred dollars worth of service. If you expect other people to help you, then you must first help them.
As you read this, FEEL that the money or car .. or whatever it is that you want .. is coming to you, be positive about it, imagine that you have the thing desired, imagine that it is actually within your grasp.
“ read your statement aloud ” Assuming that you have written all this down, read your statement aloud to yourself three times a day. There is power gained if you can read it aloud in the quietude and privacy of your own room. Read it in the
We suggest that you read and re-read this Lesson. Perhaps it is the most important Lesson yet. If you follow the instruction you will find that you can have almost anything you want.
morning before you leave your bedroom,
What do you want? The choice must be
read it at lunch time, and read it once again
yours, for you can have whatever it is that
before going to sleep at night so that three
you desire.
material excerpted from the book “ You Forever ” by Lobsang Rampa .. published by Weiser Books .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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James Van Praagh
“ There is no Death ”
“ Life and death are simply different points in the journey of the soul ” James Van Praagh is a pioneer in the field of mediumship and one of the most celebrated and respected spiritual teachers working today. He has brought a mind-full awareness to the subject of “ Communication with the Dead ” into the public psyche for the past thirty years. James Van Praagh is known as a “ Survival Evidence Medium ”, meaning that he provides evidential proof of life after death via detailed messages from the spiritual realms. His work has brought spiritual insights to millions with his numerous guest appearances on such shows as Oprah, Dr. Phil, Larry King Live. James Van Praagh is also the number one New York Times bestselling author of “ Talking To Heaven ”, “ Reaching To Heaven ”, “ Healing Grief ”, “ Heaven and Earth ”, “ Unfinished Business ”, “ Adventures of the Soul ”, and “ Wisdom from Your Spirit Guides ”. Following is the interview published in “ Truely Alive ” Magazine. edit-team
Truly Alive : “ In the book, you talk about the ‘ pre-birth process ’. Can you explain this for our readers ? ” James Van Praagh : The circumstances of your birth are never an accident. Before our souls arrive here for their time on Earth, they put together a plan, actually more like a contract, with help from their guides and angels. This plan is the blueprint that they will follow through life, including their parents and the place they are born, the
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destiny points that they will encounter, and the lessons they will learn. Truly Alive : “ What is our biggest illusion ? ” James Van Praagh : I’d say there are two. One is the idea that we are separate, when in fact we are all souls and are all connected at the deepest level. The other illusion is death. There is no death. Life and death are simply different points in the journey of the soul.
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“ What is the difference
your soul. ” When you have mastered
between the Spirit Mind and the Earth Mind ? ”
discernment, you will be able to see clearly,
Truly Alive :
James Van Praagh : The Earth Mind is consumed with worrying about many things including how we appear to other people. Judgment, ego, and fear are all products of the Earth Mind, but when the soul transitions, “ poof ” all those Earthly worries disappear. All that is left is the Soul Mind, which contains the enduring memory of the experiences of many lifetimes. Truly Alive : “ What happens when we try to gain love by pleasing someone else ? ”
and your thoughts, words and actions will become aligned with your soul. Truly Alive : “ What happens when we experience life through fear ? ” James Van Praagh : Well, once you truly accept the fact that death is an illusion, that takes away a lot of the day-to-day fears, doesn’t it? Once you break the habit of fearbased thinking, you can live from your soul, which operates on the frequency of unconditional love.
James Van Praagh : It’s hard to live your
Truly Alive : “ How is it that each of us is
own, authentic life when you’re consumed
the creator of the world we are experiencing ? ”
with the opinions and approval of other people. Worrying about what other people think mutes your intuition .. your soul’s voice. You can waste a lot of time going off in all kinds of different directions when you ignore your inner wisdom. This might sound a little harsh, but I always tell my students “ What other people think of you is none of your business ”. Truly Alive : “ What is the art of discernment ? ” James Van Praagh : Discernment is the ability to judge with wisdom .. but I take it a step further. I consider it to be “ thinking from Spiritual Science - May - June 2020
James Van Praagh : Everything we think, say, and do creates our reality. Like attracts like, so if you send out love, you get love back. If you send out judgment and negativity, guess what? That’s what you attract. Truly Alive : “ How can we learn to trust our souls ? ” James Van Praagh : First, stop worrying about what other people think of you. Then, spend some time each day in quiet activities, walking in nature, meditating, journaling, gardening (my personal favorite). Those
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simple, contemplative
of forgiveness gets in
pursuits will allow your
the way of our natural
soul
frequency as soul-
to
make
its
presence known.
beings. That natural frequency is LOVE.
Truly Alive : “ What can
we
do
When we forgive and
to
let go, it allows positive
demonstrate love and
energy to flow again.
make it grow ? ”
Forgiveness
James Van Praagh : Do the simple things. See the best in people .. not just people close to you, but everyone you come into contact with. I was recently in an Uber and the driver was grumbling and really negative. I told him that I loved his smile, and that he was a gift to the world. I wasn’t lying to him .. I was looking past the negative place he was in at that moment and recognizing the very best part of him. I can tell you, that immediately shifted the energy in that car, and I believe that the next person to get in his Uber had a much more positive experience. I like to believe that he paid my positivity forward ! Truly Alive : “ Why is forgiveness the cornerstone of love ? ”
isn’t
excusing someone’s bad behavior .. it’s releasing yourself from all that negative stuff, and letting love and compassion take its place. Truly Alive : “ Why are our families our greatest teachers ? ” James Van Praagh : That goes back to the pre-birth contract. You didn’t get that alcoholic father or cold, unloving mother by accident. Your soul signed up for those experiences in order to evolve and grow. Truly Alive : “ How can we release ‘ expectations ’ ? ” James Van Praagh : Expectations are like judgment .. they hold us back from living in the moment and experiencing what is.
James Van Praagh : Holding a grudge,
I tell people at my readings, just to open up
or refusing to forgive, blocks the flow of
to the souls and messages that are meant to
energy in the body. Besides making us
come through. Basically, the answer to that
depressed, sluggish, and eventually ill, lack
question is to trust Spirit. When you have
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expectations and push too hard, it tends to
and in between they are hard at work
have the opposite effect that you want.
planning their next adventure .. working with
Truly Alive : “ How are our thoughts creating our lives and how can we change negative thoughts ? ”
their guides to advance their karmic evolution and evolve. Destiny points are part of that plan. They are experiences, places, and people that the soul will encounter
James Van Praagh : Thoughts are things;
during their time on Earth. How the soul
your thoughts effect the energy field, or aura,
chooses to react is up to them. Free will
that surrounds you. If your own energy field is strong and unbroken, it will shield you from the negative energy that’s out in the
comes into play here. But what is certain is that they will have the opportunity to grow and evolve at each destiny point.
world. So, make sure your energy is clear by keeping your thoughts positive,
and
being
compassionate and loving
Truly Alive : “ How does gratitude work in our lives ? ”
to yourself and others. Oh,
James Van Praagh :
and don’t spend too much
Gratitude is so powerful!
time watching the news! It’s
Meister Eckhart said, “ If the
normal to have negative
only prayer you ever say in
thoughts sometimes, but it’s
your entire life is thank you, it
important to let them go by.
will be enough.” I think that
Observe
negative
sums it up! There is
thoughts with detachment,
something to be thankful for
but don’t react to them.
in everything that happens, good and bad.
the
Don’t make them yours. Truly Alive : “ What happens when we are ‘ in between ’ lives? And what are ‘ destiny points ’ ? ” James Van Praagh : Our souls spend time here on Earth over multiple lifetimes, Spiritual Science - May - June 2020
When we trust that Spirit has a plan, we can find something to be thankful for in every encounter, every event. Truly Alive : “ There is a lot of information these days about mindfulness. How would you describe it ? ” pg 21
James Van Praagh : Mindfulness is so simple, but it can be elusive when you’re coming from a place of ego .. in other words,
Truly Alive : “ Why is the statement ‘ only love is real ’ true ? ” James Van Praagh : One thing that I have
when you’re in your Earth Mind. To be mindful is to be present, in the moment ..
learned as a medium, and that I have
letting go of the past, and not worrying about
demonstrated to the world, is that death is
what the future holds. Just trusting that the
an illusion. The soul, and the power of love
universe has a plan for you, and that
never dies.
everything is exactly as it should be in this moment.
Truly Alive : “ Is there anything else you would like our readers to know about ? ”
Truly Alive : “ How can the soul help us with creativity? ” James Van Praagh : When you are living and working in harmony with your soul, the vast power of the universe .. that infinite, powerful love energy .. is flowing through
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you. That love energy is the source of
and online forums. For more information, go
unlimited creativity and inspiration.
to jvpschoolofmysticalarts.com.
Source : “ Truely Alive ” Magazine, November - December 2019
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Matthias Birk
“ Leaders need Meditation now .. more than ever ” Matthias Birk, Ph.D. has been practicing meditation for over two decades, and has taught meditation and leadership to hundreds of executives at Columbia Business School, NYU, and companies, such as Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. edit-team
A Global Pandemic is in full effect. Risks of infection are on the rise, stock markets are tumbling, the economy is on the
thinking or, alternatively, deny the threat; we have less access to the creative and analytical parts of our brain; and we are impaired in our ability to empathize, listen, and relate to
verge of a global recession, and every business
others. Unfortunately, those are the exact skills
is facing uncertainty. Chances are high that
we need as leaders in times of crisis.
you’re feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and afraid.
We need the full capacity of our brain to weigh best possible options, question our
That’s normal. The survival part of our
assumptions, come up with new and creative
brain (mainly the amygdala) kicks in when we
ways of doing things, and remain calm in order
perceive a threat and causes our focus to
to reassure employees, customers, and
narrow. This is helpful when we face an immediate threat, but it also means our
business partners while listening and taking their concerns seriously.
thinking can follow unproductive patterns: we
MEDITATION can be of tremendous help
are more likely to engage in worst-case scenario
during times like this. Practicing meditation
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has been shown to reduce anxiety, calm the amygdala, increase our ability to think
possibilities that you would otherwise not have seen. Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki .. one of
creatively and empathetically take other
the pioneers of meditation in the U.S. .. has
people’s perspective.
called this “ beginner’s mind ”. It’s when our
Steve Jobs, an early adaptor of meditation, described his experience like this: “ You start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. ” In my work with executives I’ve observed three practices that help in times of crisis. 1. Meditate first thing in the morning In times of uncertainty, there is a strong
thoughts quiet down, our minds open up to see the present reality with less judgment and preconceived notions. Sales force CEO, Marc Benioff, an avid meditator, describes this effect like this: “ Beginner’s mind is informing me to step back, so that I can create what wants to be, not what was. I know that the future does not equal the past. I know that I have to be here in the moment. ” 2. Start each meeting with a few minutes of meditation
temptation to start the day by checking your
We are biased toward action in times like
email and news. But when we do that, we
these and sometimes that can be a good instinct.
are drawn into reactive mode, often fighting
But taking a moment at the beginning of a
one fire after another. On the contrary, starting
meeting (virtual or in person) to get present,
the day with a few minutes of meditation can
notice your own emotions, and start the
help you center and calm fear-based thoughts.
meeting with an increased ability to listen and
There are many different ways to do this: You
be open to ideas can help teams to be more
can use an app such as “ Insight Timer ” and
thoughtful about problem solving.
sit in bed while listening to a guided meditation. I have found it most useful to get up and, after a cup of coffee, sit down on a cushion or in a chair and practice a simple Mindfulness Meditation.
For some teams, this may be a new experience, and some people might find this too “ touchy-feely ”. So to start, tell your team that you need them fully present and focused in the meeting. Then suggest an experiment:
Over time you will notice that you start
Ask them to simply focus on their breath for
the day with an openness and awareness for
one minute. When they get distracted, suggest
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they simply return their attention to the breath.
away by the fiction of your mind.
Most first-timers are surprised at just how
Practically, this is what this looks like: Sit
distracted they are and how hard it was to stay
in your chair, close your eyes and focus your
present for one minute. Most of them will also
attention on the movement of your belly,
feel that they are more calm and present after
breathing in and out. After a while you will
doing this. And that one minute can change
notice your thoughts calm down, you’ll feel
the nature of a meeting. As one executive
more present and alive. And you’ll start to
described the effect this way, “ Whereas often
notice an opening of possibilities and
times we just talk at each other in these meetings,
opportunities.
team members seemed to be more present, they listened, heard each other out, and showed a willingness to learn. ”
One of the most important advantages of meditation is that it allows us to step out of our own survival - centric thinking and connect
3. Step back when you get caught in unproductive thought patterns
with others empathetically. This is important, because research shows that when we get
When you feel anxious throughout the day, take a moment to breathe and observe your thoughts. Chances are you have left the present moment and gone down a rabbit hole
scared, we display greater egocentrism and it is harder for us to take other peoples’ perspective. But, people inside and outside your organization are in distress right now.
of thinking through future scenarios. While
This is an opportunity to show
scenario planning is critical, it’s important to
compassion and care in difficult times, an
do it with presence and a calm state of mind,
opportunity to show your team and
examining actual facts and not getting carried
organization who you are as a leader.
Source : www.hbr.org
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Ravi Kiran, London, UK
“ Profound transformation in months of meditative life ” One needs to meditate truly for thirty minutes. If you are getting busier in life, you must do meditation for one hour daily. If you are a very busy person or busy professional, then you should do meditation daily, at least for two hours. All busy people need the meditation in their life, make a time for it, to enjoy the busiest beautiful life! I started meditating in the year 2007. As a result of meditation, there is lot of transformation I went through in every aspect of my life, personally, financially, socially and also in corporate life and career. pg 26
Prior to the year 2007, I was real broke. I was an addict to alcohol and I was also a chain smoker. My energy drink was alcohol just to have a better sleep. See, how broke I was, that was insomnia. I was in India then. I had a friend who was medical representative. Whenever I don’t get alcohol, I would visit this friend of mine to borrow cough syrup so as to get a good sleep. Awful ! I was a very timid person during that time. I never had guts to express myself.
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The reason for my depression: I was not able
metro train. I thought, I’m really really glad,
to deliver a project which I was assigned
I started meditation, here is what happened:
then. I could not sleep for three hours without taking my energy drink.. alcohol.
1st week .. I was feeling so relaxed
This was a worst phase of my life. And, I even
2nd week, 3rd week .. I was feeling
went to the level, that should I end my life?
happier, with more energy available to be
But then, like every cloud will have its
productive
silver lining, I had this friend of mine who
4th week onward .. I started giving up
I call her as an angel in my life, who was in
my bad habits. I started getting addicted to
Sweden during that period. She said, “ I can’t
the new habit that replaced alcohol with
see you like this, I want to teach you
Meditational Energy! How beautiful !
meditation, just try it out. I believe it will certainly help you. ”
Fear vanished completely. I was able to express myself. I started speaking boldly
I had a question to her, “ You are younger
with confidence.
to me. Meditation is for older people. Then, how could
you teach me meditation? ”. However,
deep
down
within, I wanted to change myself, my inner voice said why shouldn’t I try it .. so, I started the meditation.
It was the year 2008, I
was
still
in
India.
I had a question for myself. If I could benefit this much in just 30 minutes to one hour meditation per day,
what
benefits
would
me
I get if I increase the duration
meditation over the phone,
of my meditation. Then,
since I had a good time while
I started meditating for six to
commuting
work.
eight hours per day and
I started doing meditation
immense transformation
during my commutes, in
happened,
She
taught
to
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and
many pg 27
benefits I was able to experience.
I made my new week-end home as
Meditation, Reading Spiritual Books, Serving
People.
What
a
profound
transformation I had, in few months to a year of meditative life.
“ Pyramid Valley International ”, Bengaluru. I used to go there to do spiritual service of
twelve hours, this also included my
My life changed far beyond my wildest
meditation time, self growth and at the same
expectations, now I’m part of the Pyramid
time opportunity to serve others to keep my
foundation in UK . I’m spreading the
God, self God happy in serving others. Prior to meditation, I was only focusing on problems, now I’m focusing on solutions.
meditation wisdom to many people, to friends, to colleagues at work place, and witnessing their transformations.
See the thought shift and the perspective
At work place, I started as a normal
shift! Also, earlier, I used to take things
software engineer. Now I’m a senior business
personally, that used to keep me distracted
analyst, and one of the valued employees !
and disturbed always. Now, it’s gone for all. My new-found habits now are:
I am grateful to Anapanasati Meditation, Pyramid Masters, and my salutations to Patriji.
Ravi Kiran .. email : kiran.navath@gmail.com .. mob : +44 7852 244182
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