Dear Friends,
L to R: Dr. Pim van Lommell, Karen Newell, Dr. Eben Alexander
I am blessed with endless ongoing encounters in enlightened spiritual communities and Findhorn, Scotland is no exception. We are basking in the beautiful energy of this community and setting, participating in a heartfelt sharing of soulful connection with so many who are awakened to the reality of our oneness. Karen Newell and I are thrilled to be reuniting with friends new and old, including our dear friend, Dr. Pim van Lommell, pictured here.
This fall has a bounty of wonderful programs. Soon after leaving Scotland, I will travel to present with Karen Newell, William and Clare Henry, Whitley Streiber and others in Nashville’s historic Scarritt-Bennett Center, October 17-18, 2015. There, we’ll join with a gathering of experts and like-minded souls in exploring and sharing the divine work of human transformation and living our lives in the here and now.
Each presenter will offer a different facet of the same crucial truth: You don’t have to die, or almost die, to access deeper truth – the answers lie within us all. Karen and I will focus on practical applications of the science of sound in order to escape the shackles of the physical brain, allowing exploration of infinite wisdom. We’ll share these tools for participants to continue their incredible journeys once they return home.
We hope you’ll join us. We promise a weekend of discussion, connection, revelation, wonder, meditation, illumination, and high-frequency energy that will enliven your heart and awaken your consciousness. If you’ve ever wanted to understand the inner nature of the soul and learn what the ancients knew about gateways to the eternity of perfect splendor, this conference is for you.
I hope to see you at a future event, to participate in programs that explore the synthesis of science and spirituality to readers and friends all over the world.
With Love, and Gratitude,
Eben
Eben, You inspire me, Thank you. Ten fold Blessings to you and yours.
Nearly all those who have experienced an NDE readily admit that following their separation from the physical body they experienced such heightened level of consciousness the like of which they had never ever experienced before! That they could readily access information to which they were earlier deprived while still connected to the body and most admit that the human body / brain acts as a reducing filter that prevents full access to that level of consciousness and as a consequence, when the association of the soul and the body is restored, they find it difficult to express in any physical terms all of their ultra-consciousness experiences. They however experience an elevated level of consciousness after their return / connection back with the body and the effect from such an experience is life changing and everlasting. They do also reiterate the fact that one need not go through such an NDE to attain a higher level of consciousness while in the physical frame.
Our physical universe follows the law of evolution starting from a big bang evolving higher and higher levels of physical existence slowly and progressively through billions of years evolving consciousness at each such level of evolution until it attains fruition with the evolution of consciousness in what we call a “human”. Such an evolution of consciousness in humans does not stop there, because the physical body of human / brain itself has its limitation and thus evolution of consciousness continues at a higher plane after its separation from the human body. Not only does the evolution of consciousness evolve within each individual and continue after death, but the human civilization as a whole demonstrates such an evolution in consciousness as well.
The evolution of human consciousness today cannot be compared to that of even 2000 years ago! Consciousness within human society evolves in cycles similar to that we see in nature; The onset of newly born spring, progression to its youthful summer, its old age fall and its eventual death of winter to be renewed again with yet another newborn spring. Each phase has its own beauty and charm yet after the death of one cycle, it reincarnates into yet another cycle of spring again in a never ending cycle. Such a reincarnation, far from returning back to its previous level of consciousness, progresses to a new phase, a new cycle pregnant with higher opportunities for attaining higher level of consciousness.
Thus such a process of reincarnation, far from being like a broken record playing the same song over and over again, or like in the movie “groundhog day” is on the contrary an evolution into higher levels of consciousness from which it evolves further and further. The human body is at the end of the highest level consciousness can evolve while in the physical frame. Evolution of consciousness after this stage takes place in what we call “spiritual worlds of existence”. The human brain / physical body simply does not have the mechanism to allow for the progress of consciousness into the next level just as the radio simply does not have the mechanism to transmit TV signals!
The purpose of this life as such is the evolution of consciousness that reaches its acme with the human being / frame, but continues its progression after its separation from the human body in non-physical worlds in a never ending cycle of progression higher and higher from one existence to another higher existence never returning back to its previous level, why? Because the previous frame of existence was impotent and acted as a reducing valve that prevents the soul from attaining higher levels of consciousness! It is as if a child having lived in the womb world for nine months and with no knowledge of the outside world due to its immature brain / mind function is ultimately born into this life and lives its entire life on this earth enhancing its consciousness from the lower level of womb world to a higher level of this world learning all sciences and arts only to be told that after death he has to return back to the womb world to learn more!!! Does not make sense! Playing a broken record over and over again will not make it any better. No matter how many times you return a child born into this life with physical handicap back into the womb of the mother will not make it return with perfection!
The reincarnation spoken of in the scriptures of the past refers to the reincarnation of attributes not the return of the same physical object or the same soul /consciousness! An apple tree produces an apple this year and the same next year and so on. The attributes of the apple reincarnate from year to year not the same atoms and molecules! When Jesus spoke of His return it referred to the return of His attribute as a Manifestation of God suggesting other such Spiritual Souls who would return carrying the same message not the return of the same physical body of Christ! No matter how many times the consciousness of the same human being returns to this earth with the same reducing valve, it will never attain higher levels of consciousness because of its limitation of its reducing valve!
If consciousness needs to evolve, it needs to progress in an environment with a higher valve capacity so as to allow such a progression. Thus the human soul progresses from one existence with higher valve capacity to another level of consciousness with yet higher valve capacity in a never ending cycle and progression towards the Supreme Consciousness that has no end! To consider existence only limited to this physical world is myopic!
So why do Spiritual giants such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus, Mohammad, The Bab and Baha’u’llah who come to earth on a periodic basis suffer all through this physical existence to guide us? It is clear that it is for none other reason than to raise the level of our consciousness while still living on this earthly plane! Just as the development of limbs and organs by the fetus while still living in the womb world is important for its survival after it is born in this world, so is the development of divine consciousness while living on this earthly plane important for its survival and progress in the next life, otherwise just as a child that is born without a limb into this life will find itself handicapped and has a slow progress compared to its healthy sibling, so will the progress of the soul in the next life without the progress of consciousness in this life find itself handicapped. It would still progress but its progress in comparison to a healthy soul is far slower. This is the real meaning of heaven and hell. Thus the attainment of divine consciousness in this earthly life is of utmost importance because it needs to attain it while still living in this physical matrix. This matrix provides the best environment for its growth and development just as the womb of the mother provides the best environment for the fetus to grow and develop in order to be ready to be born into this life.
The greatest level of consciousness a soul can attain unto in this earthly plane is the recognition of its Creator through His Manifestations in every age and living the life by emulating their Teachings so that the essence of His attributes such as Love, mercy, justice, peace, truthfulness, etc. would grow within each soul so that when the time of its departure from this earthly plane arrives, it would soar into the heights of consciousness in the highest level possible and progress on from there.
Today we stand at yet another stage in the collective evolution of humanity: The evolution to a united world. Such can be found in the Writings of the Manifestation of God for this age, Baha’u’llah. For more reading, refer to http://www.bahai.org
Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith writes:
“Unification of the whole of mankind is the hall-mark of the stage which human society is now approaching. Unity of family, of tribe, of city-state, and nation have been successively attempted and fully established. World unity is the goal towards which a harassed humanity is striving. Nation-building has come to an end. The anarchy inherent in state sovereignty is moving towards a climax. A world, growing to maturity, must abandon this fetish, recognize the oneness and wholeness of human relationships, and establish once for all the machinery that can best incarnate this fundamental principle of its life.
“A new life,” Bahá’u’lláh proclaims, “is, in this age, stirring within all the peoples of the earth; and yet none hath discovered its cause, or perceived its motive.” “O ye children of men,” He thus addresses His generation, “the fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race… This is the straight path, the fixed and immovable foundation. Whatsoever is raised on this foundation, the changes and chances of the world can never impair its strength, nor will the revolution of countless centuries undermine its structure.” “The well-being of mankind,” He declares, “its peace and security are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.” “So powerful is the light of unity,” is His further testimony, “that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words… This goal excelleth every other goal, and this aspiration is the monarch of all aspirations.” “He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful,” He, moreover, has written, “cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body. Haste ye to win your share of God’s good grace and mercy in this Day that eclipseth all other created days.” – The World Order of Baha’u’llah, p.206
Blessings!
After reading Proof of Heaven and Map of Heaven I have felt it is the closest thing to what my view of what our creator is all about. The unconditional love, the world just like the one we exist in called earth except infinitely more beautiful. This and emerging scientific discoveries that only come about as we are all divine. “Created in his image and likeness” the simple fact that only LOVE CAN EXIST in this realm makes everything possible. In our human bodies our creator exists and it is possible to transfer it to each and every other person we touch with this divine LOVE. Always look at the newborns and the little ones and then we see creation it is always there for all of us.