The Science Of Self Realization

This collection of articles by Srila Prabhupada from Back to Godhead magazine covers knowledge of the soul and the practice of bhakti-yoga. These interviews, lectures, and essays cover topics such as the goal of human life, seeking a true spiritual teacher, reincarnation, super-consciousness, Krishna and Christ, and spiritual solutions to today's social and economic problems.

The Sufi master Abu 'l-Hasan al-Kharqani said human souls possess seventeen destructive traits, resembling huge trees, whose branches are loaded with negativity. Humans were also granted six tremendous powers from the Divine. The author details the steps to eliminating the tyrannical characteristics, purifying the soul and unveiling the six powers

The Science of Self-Realization looks at the realities of spiritual practice in the Kriya Yoga Tradition. Yes, the ability to be still is important in this practice. However, it's not about an ego trip. The ability to brag that you meditated for three hours straight really isn't all that useful to the process. It's about getting still, finding your clarity, and being able to act based upon reason even in the midst of chaos.

Enter the avant garde of human consciousness, the last undiscovered country, to explore the sines and cosines of your vast and infinite self.In Asleep in the Helix, American born autodidact and polymath M.A. Carrano succeeds like few others before him through his whole-brain synthesis for a revolutionary, new ethical paradigm: one circumscribing the indispensible principles for overthrowing the forces that stand between the individual and the total realization of his highest human potential.Drawing upon resources as exotic as quantum physics and chaos theory, on through to the outer limits of transpersonal psychology and the science of cybernetics, Asleep in the Helix amounts to nothing less than the most effective, scientifically advanced platform for personal evolution available in print.Own it today.

Dominant cultural narratives about later life dismiss the value senior citizens hold for society. In her cultural-philosophical critique, Hanne Laceulle outlines counter narratives that acknowledge both potentials and vulnerabilities of later life. She draws on the rich philosophical tradition of thought about self-realization and explores the significance of ethical concepts essential to the process of growing old such as autonomy, authenticity and virtue. These counter narratives aim to support older individuals in their search for a meaningful age identity, while they make society recognize its senior members as valued participants and moral agents of their own lives.

This collection debates the path and purpose of life. The author discusses such topics as whether it is possible to hasten human evolution, the possibility of a scientific method to ensure a pathway to life's highest fulfilments and what guidelines help mediators find genuine spiritual progress.

VEDA explores the secrets of spirituality found in the ancient writings of the East. Probing into topics such as the soul, karma, reincarnation, and meditation, this book will help awaken within you the spiritual insights great teachers have spoken of for thousands of years. What lies beyond death, and what would you do if you had only a few days left to live? Despite an abundance of comforts and conveniences, why do many still feel dissatisfied, empty, and lacking in purpose? Are day-to-day occurrences predestined, or is life an interplay of fate and free will? In this book, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and his followers address the most crucial questions of our existence.