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Aboriginal peoples, 96, 226
Acceptance, 114, 115
Addiction, 13
Adversaries, 99
African gray parrot, 216–18, 268
Afterlife:
and bad deeds, 74
belief in, 194
choice in, 173
Christian view, 26, 61
and consciousness, 42, 58, 194
control of, 182
creation of own, 42, 47, 53–54
creative possibilities in, 83, 91
dawning of, 40–42
desire to join loved ones in, 10
and disconnection, 185
expanded awareness of, 97–103
Indian view, 2, 97
and Judaism, 61
meaningful, 32
nature of, 26
positions on, 51–53
powers needed for, 113–17
punishment in, 72
questions about, 100
and religion, 41
responsibility for, 75
self-exploration as preparation for, 102
Tibetan Buddhist, 38
as transformation chamber, 177
Western view, 2
See also Heaven
Aging, 223
Agnostics, 51–53
Air element, 3
Akasha:
and awareness, 102
and choice, 88, 103–4
dreams, 84
explanation of universe, 205–13
as field of consciousness, 87–89, 106, 167, 203, 211
interpretation by various cultures, 94-95
memory, 220
questions about afterlife, 100
reality of, 195, 197–213
as source of creativity, 95
and states of consciousness, 128, 129–30, 135
Allies, 99
Anandamaya Kosha, 148–49, 153
Ancestor worship, 96
Angels, 157–68, 265
Animals, 4, 7, 200
Animal telepathy, 215–18, 268
Annamaya Kosha, 147–48, 152
Appreciation, 74
Archetypes, 142, 160, 220
Astral bodies, 5, 7–8, 15
Astral planes, 4–11, 13, 14, 16, 176
Astrology, 240
Atman, 30–31, 97, 104, 108
Atoms, 181, 198, 207, 219–21, 238–39, 241
Atwater, F. Holmes, 176
Autonomic nervous system, 230
Awakening, 39–40, 96, 97
Awareness, 10, 12, 15, 117, 238
change of, 135
expanded, 97–103
gradations of, 183
hereafter as state of, 2
of levels of existence, 29
in pure consciousness, 141, 151
self-awareness, 76, 114, 115, 188, 195, 201, 202
silence of, 153
unbounded, 125, 263
Backster, Cleve, 244
Bardo, 38, 39, 41, 183, 257
Beauregard, Mario, 222
Beauty, 144
Beliefs, 227–28, 232, 233–36
Believers, 51, 52, 75, 113, 194
Benedict, Mellen-Thomas, 122–26
Big Bang, 27, 125, 162, 172, 199, 206, 212, 239
Binding effect, 179–81, 230
Biology of Transcendence, The (Pearce), 225
Birth, 24, 239
Bliss, 65, 127, 144, 148–49, 150, 153, 164, 186
Bodhisattva, 15
Body. See Physical body
Book of Revelations, 144
Bowman, Carol, 175, 266
Brahman, 5
Brain:
beyond boundaries, 224–27
cells, 222, 224
and consciousness, 226, 241
death, 37, 43, 62, 215
drugs’ effect on, 42
electromagnetic field, 241–42
and enlightenment, 232
filtering of information, 226
as inert object, 237–38
inner clock of, 27
karma on, 179–82, 184
neural impulses in, 132
neuronal activity, 172, 180, 184, 221, 222, 241–42
of savants, 225
thinking outside of, 195, 215–36, 268
tumor, 122, 126, 143, 225
See also Mind
Buddha, 13, 65
Buddhism, 38, 39, 102, 152, 183, 231
Bush, George W., 62
Castaneda, Carlos, 132
Catholicism, 71, 104, 105, 136, 259
Cats, 215–16
Causal planes, 14
Cells, 24, 48, 147–48, 222, 224
Cerebral palsy, 223
Change, 115, 141, 172, 179, 181
Chaos, 199
Chhandas, 162
Children, 76, 174–76, 225, 226, 257, 266
China, 96
Choice, 99, 103–6, 173, 183–84, 186, 188
Chokyi, Lingza, 38–39, 258
Christ. See Jesus
Christianity, 25, 26, 31, 47, 61, 71, 72, 75, 88, 105, 171, 172, 259
Church attendance, 49, 259
Clairvoyance, 242, 270
Clear Light, 38, 41, 121
Collective consciousness, 142, 143
Columbia space shuttle, 49
Communication, 164
Complementarity, 208, 244
Compulsion, 13
Consciousness:
action in, 152
Akasha as field of, 87–89, 106, 167, 211, 229
and angels, 161–62
boundaries of, 26
and brain, 226, 241
after brain death, 37, 43
in causal planes, 14
and creation of afterlife, 42, 58
creation within itself, 87, 137
of delogs, 41
devata effect, 164
energy field, 242, 244
evolution of, 76
field of, 247
and Five Koshas, 144–51
and formation of other worlds, 29
at home in, 151–53
in India, 4, 5
and knowledge, 30
low ebb of, 75
and meditation, 7
minimal, 62
in near-death experience, 124–25, 126
of physical objects, 126, 127–28
powers of, 114
pure, 126, 127, 129, 135, 136, 141, 144, 149, 151
reality created from, 195
rishis on, 195, 199, 202, 229
Satan as creation of, 75
of subtle objects, 126–37, 141–45, 165
survival after death, 237–38
theory, 204, 264
as universal principle, 199
Contraction, 103
Control, 115, 182
Cornell, Eric, 42
Creation, 122, 125, 129, 149, 161, 163–64, 237–49
Creative leap, 58, 83, 238–41, 270
Creativity, 12, 95, 179, 187, 219
Crossing over, 37–43, 49, 84, 87, 97, 175
Culture, 41, 42, 75, 76, 96
Dalai Lama, 171
Dark matter, 163
David (biblical figure), 60–61
Dawkins, Richard, 228
Death:
Christian view, 25
closeness of, 28
communication with dead, 110–13, 261
difference from life, 109–17
fear of, 31, 143, 255
as fulfillment of purpose on earth, 26
Indian parable of, 1, 21–23, 35–36, 45–47, 55–57, 69–70, 81–83, 93–94, 107–9, 119–21, 139–41, 155–57, 169–70, 251–54
materialistic view of, 30
miracle of, 24–33, 37
mystery of, 24–25
sudden, 8, 9, 109–10
survival of consciousness after, 237–38
See also Afterlife; Dying; Near-death experiences
Delhi (India), 3
Delogs, 38–39, 41, 122
Dementia, 223
Departed spirits, 110–13, 143, 220, 261
Depression, 224
Desire, 8, 11, 88–89, 114, 115, 142, 160
Destination, 99
Deva, 156, 164, 265
Devaloka, 161
Devata, 162, 164
Devata effect, 163–68
Devil. See Satan
Directedness, 10
Disconnection, 185
Discrimination, 114, 115
Dissolution, 96
Distinctions, 114
DNA, 24, 49, 172, 178, 200, 201, 220, 238, 239, 245
Dogs, 215, 216
Don Juan, 132
Doubt, 58, 115, 131, 255
Dreams, 6, 84, 128, 131, 132, 142, 143, 144, 157
Dream time, 97
Drolma, Dawa, 37–38, 39, 41, 257
Drowning, 8
Drugs, 42
Duke University, 247
Dying, 7, 256
and arrival at eternity, 121
conscious, 183
cure for, 35–43
departure of soul, 4, 25
and mind field, 232
over weeks and months, 9
personal nature of, 29
qualities one can bring to, 32
and reality, 98, 121, 210
seeing life flash before one’s eyes, 8–9, 184–85
See also Death; Near-death experiences
Earth, 212
Earthbound souls, 73
Earth element, 3
Ecosystem, 146, 152, 200–201
Ecstasy, 65, 124, 149
Ego, 102, 144, 148, 149, 150, 153, 164, 233, 262
Einstein, Albert, 143, 197
Electromagnetic field, 241–42
Electron, 163, 181, 201, 205, 209, 223, 244
Elijah (Elias), 104
Eliot, T.S., 66
Emergent properties, 238–39, 270
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 104
Emotions, 176, 221
Energy, 198–200, 205–6, 212, 213, 219, 233–36, 238, 242
Enjoyment, 10
Enlightenment, 231, 232
Epiphanies, 142
Essence, 49, 66, 68, 108, 141, 229
Eternal bliss consciousness, 245–46
Eternity, 6, 9, 15, 26–29, 64, 96, 106, 121–37, 210, 263
Ether, 197–98, 205
Euthanasia, 62
Evil, 71–72, 76, 77, 124
Evolution, 11, 14, 15, 76, 77, 115, 235, 238
Expanded awareness, 97–103
Expansion, 103
Expectations, 42, 43, 47, 71, 98
Experience, 234
Extended mind, 195, 268
Faith, 16, 49–52, 62, 63
Faith healing, 135–36
Familiarity, 120
Fantasy, 160
Fear, 31, 115, 143, 255
Feedback loop, 123
Field, The (McTaggart), 204, 267
Fire element, 3
Five elements, 3, 7, 261
Five Koshas, 144–51, 161, 164
Five senses, 7, 46, 83, 127, 210
Flesh, 172–73
Forgiveness, 76, 233
Freedom, 13, 71, 72, 87, 88, 115, 122, 147, 186–89
Frequencies, 2–3, 5, 6, 15
Fulfillment, 99
Fundamentalism, 49, 62–63, 105
Gandhi, Mahatma, 105, 152, 171
Gap, 200, 244–45, 247
Garden of Eden, 96
Genetics, 172, 200, 245
Genius, 226, 269
Ghosts, 7, 73, 81–91, 113, 261
Gibson, Mel, 105
Gnostics, 104, 260
Goals, 99
God, 47, 60–61, 68, 71, 77, 88, 95–96, 126, 162, 193–94, 220, 260
Godhead, 96
Good, 71–72, 77
Gospel of Thomas, 63
Goswami, Amit, 219–20, 270
Gratitude, 74
Gravity, 199, 206
Greece (ancient), 96
Grief, 110, 143
Gross senses, 7
Ground state, 246
Guilt, 75
Habit, 97, 113
Hamlet, 130–31
Happiness, 64–65, 120
Healing, 135–36, 165, 168
Healing Touch of Mary, The (Lomonte), 135
Heaven, 62, 68, 70, 83
belief in, 194
Christian view of, 71, 105, 259
Christ’s conception of, 60–61, 64
as destination for soul, 95
and erosion of traditional faith, 49
as expectation, 43, 47–48
in Hinduism, 106
images of, 57–60
in near-death experience, 90
and religious beliefs, 52
and Vedanta, 58, 130
Hell, 47–48, 52, 59–60, 69–73, 75, 79, 106, 144, 194, 260–61
Hereafter. See Afterlife
Heroism, 160
Hinduism, 29, 105
Huxley, Aldous, 29
“I am,” 120–21, 129, 150, 185, 188, 237
I Am That (Nisargadatta Maharaj), 263
Idealism, 160, 193
Ideas, 220, 221, 224
Identity, 148, 177, 186, 195, 220, 233, 235
Idiot savant, 225–26
Ignorance, 46
Illusion, 108, 109, 121, 132
Images, 122, 123
Imagination, 128, 142, 157
Immortality, 29, 46
Impermanence, 120
Impressions, 231
India:
ambivalence about karma, 14
belief in reincarnation in, 174, 184
bodhisattvas, 15
contradictory spiritual teachings, 12
parable of death, 1, 21–23, 35–36, 45–47, 55–57, 69–70, 81–83, 93–94, 107–9, 119–21, 139–41, 155–57, 169–70, 251–54
region of Devaloka, 161
seeing life flash before one’s eyes in, 9
Vedic perspective, 16
view of afterlife in, 2, 97
view of consciousness in, 4, 5
view of eternity in, 29
Infinity, 6, 16, 125
Information, 219–20, 226, 228, 233, 238, 239
Insects, 177–78
Insight, 12
Inspiration, 128, 142
Intellect, 144, 148, 215, 227
Intention, 114, 115
Inter-life phase, 40
Internet, 255–56
Intuition, 128
Islam, 96, 105, 229
Jahn, Robert, 203–4
Japan, 96, 171
Jesus, 60–61, 63–65, 73, 84, 167, 260, 261
John the Baptist, 104
Joy, 149, 150, 164
Judaism, 61, 105
Jyotishis, 240
Karma:
binding effect of, 230
on brain, 179–82, 184
and reincarnation, 178–79, 183–86
and soul, 9, 12, 14, 78–79, 171
unpredictability, 178–79, 188
and wages of sin, 71–77
and witnessing, 13
Karmic debt, 72, 74
Karmic suffering, 73
Kindness, 65, 66
Knowledge, 30, 42, 48
Koshas. See Five Koshas; specific Koshas
Krishnamurti, J., 231, 232
Language, 147
Laszlo, Ervin, 205, 206, 210, 213, 220, 267, 270
Life force, 144, 146–47
Life-forms, 200, 219
Life story, 98
Light, 197–98, 205, 206
Local events, 6
Lokas, 4, 29, 161, 185
Lomonte, Cheri, 135
Loss, 141
Love:
and bliss, 150
and meaningful life, 74
in mind field, 215
as recognition of soul, 109
to outwit death, 32
universal, 67
as vibration, 10
Lucifer, 75
Luria, Alexander, 177
Mahabhutas, 3, 261
Maha samadhi, 253
Malignancy, 126
Manomaya Kosha, 147, 150, 152–53
Mantra, 116
Materialism, 30, 42, 63, 193, 262–63
Matter, 198, 199, 201–6, 208, 213, 219
Maya (goddess), 108, 109
McTaggart, Lynne, 204, 267
Meaning, 90–91, 99, 160, 227, 231
Medications, 42
Meditation, 7, 95, 117
Memes, 228, 229, 230–31, 232, 269
Memory, 87, 113, 147, 176–77, 195, 220–22, 223, 238, 239
Metaphysics, 63, 194
Michelson, Albert, 197
Mind:
addiction to repetition, 97
and devata effect, 164
extension beyond brain, 195, 215–36, 268
field, 218–24, 227, 228, 231–33, 243
fragmented, 232
and freedom, 122
in Indian parable, 70
invisible structure of, 89–90
Manomaya Kosha, 144, 147, 149, 150, 152–53
and matter, 202–5, 213
observer effect, 208–9, 210
parallels in universe, 200–201
and pure consciousness, 129
restricted potential of, 103
as same as world and Karma, 188
thoughts of, 187, 200, 219
Minimal consciousness, 62
Moksha, 106, 122, 188
Mona Lisa, 158
Morgana, Aimee, 217–18
Morley, Edward, 197
Movie stars, 159–60
Musical prodigies, 226
Muslims. See Islam
Myths, 76, 142, 160, 220
Native Americans, 171
Nature, 42, 146, 152, 179, 241
Near-death experiences (NDEs), 7, 37–43, 51, 52, 73, 84, 90, 122–26, 144, 176, 257–58
Nervous system, 230
Neuron, 172, 180, 184, 221, 222, 241–42
Neuroplasticity, 222, 223
New Age movement, 104
Newton, Sir Isaac, 194, 198
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 228
Nisargadatta Maharaj, 263
Noncommital people, 51–52
Nonresistance, 114
Nonviolence, 74
Numinous creation, 142
Observation without judgment, 231, 233
Observer effect, 163, 208–9, 210
Obsession, 13
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 223–24
Open-mindedness, 52, 53, 114, 231–36
Out-of-body experience, 176
Oversoul, 104
Oxygen, 200, 237, 241
Pain, 70, 97, 188, 235
Parables, 1
See also Death, Indian parable of
Paradise. See Heaven
Parapsychology, 256
Passion of the Christ, The (movie), 105
Path, 99
Patterns, 211, 222
Pearce, Joseph Chilton, 225, 226, 256, 269
Perception, 116, 117, 122
Perennial philosophy, 29
Persistent vegetative state (PVS), 62, 63
Personality, 83, 233, 235
Photon, 205, 207, 210–11
Physical body, 5, 7, 27, 63, 87, 135, 144, 147–50, 152, 164
Physical objects, 126–28, 131, 151–52
Physics, 197–99, 202, 205
Plants, 244
Pleasure, 46, 70, 97, 188, 235
Polygraph, 244
Powers, 113–17, 128
Prana, 144, 146, 149, 150
Pranayama Kosha, 146–47, 152 [ck]
Prayer, 246–47
Projection, 159–64, 166
Proton, 212
Prozac, 223–24
Psychics, 110–12, 202–3, 242–43, 261–62
Punishment, 72, 75, 185
Pure consciousness, 126, 127, 129, 135, 136, 141, 144, 149, 151
Puritanism, 104
Purpose, 99, 100, 114
Puthoff, Hal, 242–43
PVS. See Persistent vegetative state
Quantum field, 202–5
Quantum mind, 222, 224
Ramana, 23, 35–36, 45–47, 55–57, 69–70, 81–83, 93–94, 107–9, 119–21, 139, 141, 155, 251–54
Randomness, 206, 211
Rational thought, 131, 143
Reality:
and acceptance, 114
of Akasha, 195, 197–213
changing, 152
and dying process, 98, 121, 210
and freedom, 87
in Indian parable, 36
and projection, 159
Sat Chit Ananda, 245–46
and self-awareness, 115
and soul, 77
truth of, 29
and unity, 31
Rebirth, 96, 97, 105–6, 173, 239
Reincarnation, 11–13, 104, 105, 170–89, 220, 265–66
Relationships, 13–14, 115
Religion, 49–52, 63, 193, 194, 259
Remission, 126
Remote viewing, 242, 270
Repetition, 97, 98
Responsibility, 75, 76, 185
Retrograde amnesia, 177
Reverence, 74
Reward, 185
Rishis:
on Akasha, 84, 98, 203, 229
and awareness, 141, 263
beliefs of, 30, 77
on bliss, 148
on consciousness, 195, 199, 202, 229
definition of, 29
on eternity, 121, 122, 125, 127, 210
on expanded awareness, 97
field of all fields, 246
first principles, 247
and Jesus, 63, 64
on Karma, 182
and Koshas, 144, 147, 161
mental structures revealed by, 235
on need for shift of allegiance, 130
and observer effect, 163
as observers, 162
and “other side,” 68, 98, 113
on projection, 159
on punishment in afterlife, 72
on reincarnation, 178
on source of mind, 219
on suffering, 71, 74
teachings on afterlife, 173
teachings on ideas, 220
teachings on self-exploration, 102
use of subtle powers, 114
on wholeness, 150
See also Vedanta
Ritchie, George, 73
Rumi, 25
Sacred visions, 142
Sadness, 120
Sages, 8, 12, 13, 29
Saints, 8, 12, 13, 157
Salvation, 105, 124
Samadhi, 253
Samskara, 231, 232
Satan, 73, 75–77, 95, 194, 261
Sat Chit Ananda, 245–46
Satyavan, 21–22, 55, 82, 83, 107–9, 139–41, 156, 169–70
Savant syndrome, 225–26, 268–69
Savitri, 1, 21–23, 32, 35–36, 45–47, 55–57, 69–70, 81–83, 93–94, 107–9, 119–20, 139–41, 155–57, 169–70
Schiavo, Terri, 62–63
Schmidt, Helmut, 202–3, 204, 210
Schrödinger, Erwin, 209
Schrödinger’s equation, 209
Schwartz, Jeffrey, 222, 224
Science, 51, 62, 63, 194, 195, 241, 246, 247
Science and the Akashic Field (Laszlo), 206
Secular culture, 76
Seer, 162
Self, 46, 115, 226
Self-awareness, 76, 114, 115, 188, 195, 201, 202
Self-exploration, 102
Self-image, 98
Self-judgment, 75, 185
Self-realization, 14
Self system, 144–51
Self-worth, 74
Senses, 7, 46, 83, 127
Separation, 147, 148, 150, 151
Sequencing, 200
Serotonin, 224
Shadow self, 142
Shakespeare, William, 130
Shaman, 84–87
Sheldrake, Rupert, 215–18, 243, 268
Shubda, 245
Silence, 95, 125, 150, 153, 246, 253–54
Sin, 71–77, 105, 173
Skeptics, 51, 52, 74, 113, 194
Smith, Huston, 41
Solid objects, 3
Somatic nervous system, 230
Sorcerers, 132
Soul, 63, 68, 77
as always near, 37
in astral plane, 5
attachments, 9
bodhisattva, 15
bonds, 13
Christian, 31
compared with Atman, 30–31
creativity of, 66, 239
departure when dying, 4, 25
as disguised, 77
eternity as source of, 121
identity of, 237
and karma, 9, 12, 14, 78–79, 171
lack of evil within, 124
liberated, 122
and love, 109
qualities of, 64–66, 78, 93–94
regression, 171
and relationships, 115
revelation of, 78–79
seven destinations of, 95–96
slumber of, 7–8, 9–10, 12
and states of consciousness, 126–29, 137
and subtle senses, 117
survival beyond death, 46–47
upward trajectory, 12, 14
in Vedanta, 31, 37, 77
weight of, 25
Sound, 7
Source of everything, 241–45
Space, 3, 197–98, 206, 211–13, 235
Spirit, 5–6, 10, 16
Spiritual issues, 194
Spiritual materialism, 262–63
Spiritual planes, 4
Spirit world, 96
SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device), 242–43
Stability, 172, 179, 181
Stanford University, 242
Stapp, Henry, 222
Stevenson, Ian, 174–75, 176, 266
Stroke, 223
Structure, 233, 235, 236
Subtle breath, 144, 146–47
Subtle objects, 126–37, 141–45, 165
Subtle senses, 7, 117
Sudden death, 8, 9, 109–10
Suffering, 10, 12, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77
Suicide, 8, 73
Survival, 215
Swann, Ingo, 242–43
Symbolism, 160, 230
Tagore, Rabindranath, 17, 33, 248
Talent, 13
Talk therapy, 224
Technology, 193
Telepathy, 176, 215–18, 268
Teresa of Ávila, Saint, 67
Theory of relativity, 143
Theosophy, 105, 265–66
Thought, 187, 200, 215–36, 219
Three-in-one state, 162, 163
Tibet, 38, 39, 171
Tibetan Book of the Dead, 183, 186, 257
Tibetan Buddhism, 38–39, 144, 182–83
Time, 27, 198, 206, 210–13, 235
Total recall, 177
Traits, 230
Transcendence, 96, 97, 102
Transcendental movement, 104
Transformation, 2, 3, 6, 24, 219–20, 233, 237, 239
Transmigration, 96, 97
Truth, 74, 115, 215
Twins, 244
Uncertainty, 179
Unconscious impulses, 13
Understanding, 114, 185
Unfulfilled desires, 8
Uniqueness, 178
Unity, 31, 162, 233
Universe:
Big Bang, 27, 125, 162, 172, 199, 206, 212, 239
binding effect, 181
coordination of, 205, 207
dark matter, 163
evolution of, 238
“in-formed,” 220
re-creation of self, 173
Sat Chit Ananda, 246
self-awareness, 195, 199–202
unpredictability, 210
Unpredictability, 187–88, 210
Vacuum state, 246
Van Lommel, Pim, 37, 42, 258
Vedanta, 122, 256
on afterlife, 47, 83, 194
on Akashic dreams, 84
and angels, 162
as applicable to present time, 30
on bliss, 65
on consciousness, 87
on eternity, 64, 106
and freedom, 71, 87, 88
and God, 60
and heaven, 58, 130
key assertions in, 213
on shifting of allegiance, 131
soul in, 31, 37, 77
as teaching of rishis, 29, 63
Vedic perspective, 16, 72
Vedic scriptures, 104, 105
Vibrations, 3–4, 7, 10, 27, 125, 198, 207, 245–46
Vigyanmaya Kosha, 148, 153
Violent death, 8
Virgin Mary, 135–36, 144
Virtual fluctuations, 198, 200
Virtual reality, 27, 205
Vishnu, 139–41
Vitality, 146–47, 152, 164
Water element, 3
Wells, H.G., 60
Western culture, 2, 229
“What Will You Give?” (poem), 33
Wheeler, John, 246
White Tara (goddess), 39
Wholeness, 146–50, 152–53, 166, 232
Willingness, 114
Wisdom, 46
Witnessing, 13, 14, 231, 233, 235, 248
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 25
Worldview, 228, 229–36, 232, 233
Wrongdoing, 74, 76
Yama (lord of death), 1, 21–22, 45–46, 55–57, 69, 83, 108, 139–40, 155, 169–70
Yoga, 116, 150–51
Zero point, 198, 206–7, 212, 239, 241
Zero Point Field, 199–202, 212, 213, 220, 241, 267