"The Science of the Soul" - Cynical or Realistic?
By: Russell Symonds
According to Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh, author of
The Science of the Soul, as long as one has a human body,
it is especially important to do all one can to find God before
losing it. It is extremely important to live long enough to find
God, or one would have to come back again and again until
one does! More about The Science of the Soul by Sardar
Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh can be found here:
http://www.mountainman.com.au/guru_ji.html
The Science of the Soul is a rather pessimistic, even cynical
outlook regarding life on earth and life after death. I think it is
designed to highly motivate (terrify?) one into meditating
daily on God and into being obeisant to one’s Guru or
Master (and only their living Master would be qualified of
course!). According to the author, one would otherwise
suffer dearly for eons and eons of time in very negative
states until one happens to get another human body which
is, again according to the author, absolutely essential for
finding God. Even if this were just another so called
“teaching” or “philosophy” why would anyone in their right
mind want to take their chances? Can you be sure of what
will happen to you when you die? Is it really good sound
policy just to rely on faith or religion? Can anyone be certain
that all one’s after death experiences will be pleasant
one’s? I would much rather err on the side of caution than
take my chances! According to “The Path of Sant Mat” or the
teachings of “Radha Soami,” one should start by learning
how to “die daily” (meditate extremely deeply) using the
Surat Shabd Yoga technique described in this book.
To be honest, life on earth (and anywhere for that matter)
seems to be hard for everyone. No one can completely
escape suffering, no matter how hard one may try. There are
no easy shortcuts from the painful lessons one must learn
and the lessons one must face. My whole life has been full
of emotional pain and suffering forcing me to find many,
many things that could help one’s life in many ways. If it
were not for all that I have learned from my suffering,
anxieties and pain, I would probably never have written my
free online book, Science of Wholeness and especially the
website, “Science of Wholeness” which contains the etire
text of this important book.
Anyway, who really is happy? Are you really happy? Even If
you think you are and it is not a spiritual or “Divine” joy, but
rather only a “materialistic” joy, it would have to end
someday, because nothing materialistic is permanent, and
you never know when it will end. Even spiritual happiness
can be transient if it is not based on sound principles and
sound teachings.
The Science of the Soul really expresses quite well the
awful sufferings and miseries of the human condition and
how futile and idiotic materialistic existence is. At the same
time the author states that only humans in their physical
body have the opportunity to find God or permanent escape
from the wheel of birth, suffering and death. Only as
humans living in the flesh have the capability to meditate in
the third eye and listen to the inner sounds, therefore it
behoves one to seek God as much as possible while he or
she still can before it is too late; otherwise, according to this
book, one is in danger of devolving down to lower species
and not even getting a human body again for many, many
eons. Again, at least this is what the author states. I am not
saying this, just wondering how true these statements really
are, and yet to be on the safe side, should probably not
dismiss them carelessly. In other words, even if he could be
wrong, why take the risk? I would meditate regularly anyway
and do everything I can to find God before dying, rather than
to be taken by surprise and be possibly subject to future
incarnations because of too much worldly attachment and
confusion. There are other more open theories that we
create our own reality, but how would one know for sure
exactly what reality one has created for one’s self so far and
will create in the future for this world and the next?
Regardless, much more research is needed, and several
hours of deep, daily meditation can be the finest and
simplest form of inner research ever.
This link: http://www.seekermagazine.com/v0296/death.html
is a very clear connection between this book and the
amazing near-death experiences I have written about in
previous articles (see my resource information). Is it not far
better to “die daily” in scientific, Master-guided meditation in
the third eye on the inner sounds rather than to just continue
on one’s materialistic pursuits without regard to the
inevitable demise at the end of life? Who thinks one is going
to live forever, anyway? Even if one somehow finds a way to
live indefinitely (with all the latest research on antioxidants,
diets, genes, etc. this possibility, barring injury or accidental
death, could actualize soon) one would still have to endure
an eternity of being stuck or limited to the confines, laws
and restrictions of a physical body. Either way, one still,
ultimately has to evolve (grow or transform spiritually) and
transcend these restrictions!
The Science of the Soul and other books by the
same author seem to be available only in certain
bookshops and mainly those associated with the spiritual
organization that had the book published. I cannot find it at
Amazon.com which usually seems to carry everything.
However, there are some good websites to get more
information including this one:
http://sikh-heritage.co.uk/movements/radhasoamis/The
radhasoamis.htm and I just discovered a fascinating,
free online book, The Crown of Life on the path of
Sat Mat (Surat Shabd Yoga) right here:
http://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/col/title.htm Then don’t
forget to take a good look at the website this book is from:
http://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org which contains several
more profound books and talks by Kirpal Singh including
one on life after death.
The Science of the Soul is published by:
Sewa Singh, Secretary
Radha Soami Satsang Beas
P.O. Box Dera Baba Jaimal Singh-143 204
Distt. Amritsar, Punjab, India
Regardless of what your chosen path or religion (if any), I
wish you all the best on your path toward wholeness. Just
being alive, in no matter what form or state, means one is
automatically always trying to reach wholeness.
Russell Symonds (Shaktivirya) has dedicated his life to
finding wholeness and is living the “wholeness” lifestyle.
His website,
Science of Wholeness
is a spiritual and nutritional information and research center
dedicated to helping you find your keys to wholeness
(everlasting joy, love, bliss, rejuvenation, and much, much
more). Wholeness can be many things and his website not
only illustrates all the different aspects of wholeness but
also all the different ways toward wholeness. There is no
greater thing of beauty, value and joy as wholeness! The
rest of his original articles can be found here:
http://www.wholejoy.com/wholeness/NEWS.html
and his free online book, Science of Wholeness
can be found here:
http://www.wholejoy.com/scienceofwholenesspartone/