The Burden of Proof Lecture III Housekeeping Lec PPT What Dreams May Come (contd).

Surviving the Storm

The Five Koshas Sheaths / Layers Divisions of consciousness One in all

Annamaya Physical Body Biology Keeps us separate by the (illusion we must compete with others who are isolated bodies) Brings us closer to wholeness (through cooperation, community, shared ideas, etc).

Pranamaya (subtle breath / life force) Binding force keeps nature together Flowing intelligence (the one eco-system) Keeps us separate through imbalance (disrupted ecosystem, pollution, over-crowding) Brings us closer to wholeness (kinship with other living things, empathy, compassion)

Manomaya Mind ( you know who you are by the way you think ) Ideas, thoughts, emotions, sensations memories Separates us when (through divisive beliefs in politics, religion, mental boundaries of fear and hatred) Brings us closer to wholeness (through shared beliefs in conditioning, religion, received opinions, connection to others, love)

Vigyanmaya (ego / intellect) Identity ( level of identity dominated by “me” and “mine” ) Ego brings identity into being (mind and ego often do battle) This is the level of the archetypes Separates us when “us versus them” (personal alienation, loneliness, addiction, repressed emotions) Brings us closer to wholeness (through sense of one humanity, heroic quests, need for self respect, dignity, and inner worth)

Anandamaya (body of bliss) Hum of the universe / basic vibration Afterlife no need for body ( possible to see thru illusion of body before death ) If we can do this more and more - we learn to just enjoy being No separation Wholeness is revealed (through love, joy, and ecstasy >> where separation no longer holds any attraction) “You” dissolve into PURE BEING - without an experiencer

What does this all mean? Home in Consciousness Our awareness began in pure consciousness, and as we travelled into this life layer by layer through different dimensions, each one gave us a new sense of self. But we possess an entire self-system. Thus, when we connect with all of these layers, we can bring about profound shift in our awareness. This brings us to basic trust!

Guides and Messengers

Projection Projection: What is it? Projection is our world is it not?

Rishi’s and Projection “Projection is the mechanism by which consciousness creates reality”. “Everything that is real at one level of consciousness is unreal at another” If we want to make angels we must project them. Projections affect all levels of the Kosha’s

One eye: One god... Three - in one rule - of consciousness Seer, seen, or processor of seing - YOU occupy all of them Paradox - god is the creater and the creation “Observer effect”

Projection, Angels, and the Devata Effect Mystery of creation lies in the Gap... Gap... Between the observer and the observed

Lets What’s the Devata Effect in Action.... Angels

The Dream Continues

Reincarnation Window of time “remembrance” (start remembering at 2 stops around 7 or 8) Spontaneous remembering Previous death 15 months prior to new birth Memories blend and become absorbed Identities reshape between lifetimes 70% of personalities die of unnatural causes /violent sudden deaths

Reincarnation A good percentage showed longing for previous family 35% of persons who died violently - new personality had phobia related to type of death Cases are being found all over the world More recent research has found 200 hundred cases where cause of death is biologically or physically apparent in the new personality

So What is Reincarnation? A recycling soul progression and evolution Creative leap Nature depends on mechanism of rebirth Maybe it’s abnormal to not remember?

Reincarnation: Academia and Skepticism?

Reincarnation: Jim Tucker

Summing Up: From this lifetime to the next We don’t yet have enough consciousness... The gaps of ignorance of our full potential are too large, and whatever the gap claims turns into the unconscious... We don’t yet have enough consciousness... The gaps of ignorance of our full potential are too large, and whatever the gap claims turns into the unconscious... Chopra, p. 182 Chopra, p. 182

Summing Up: From this lifetime to the next We don’t yet have enough consciousness... The gaps of ignorance of our full potential are too large, and whatever the gap claims turns into the unconscious... We don’t yet have enough consciousness... The gaps of ignorance of our full potential are too large, and whatever the gap claims turns into the unconscious... Chopra, p. 182 Chopra, p. 182

Maha Samadhi