Ses 4 science of the soul final 11

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3. If I ask you a question…
Who are
you?
What
would be
your
answer?

4. Dr. Harry Monsen,
Professor of anatomy
at Illinois College of
Medicine says….
“Most of the human body is water.
In a 60 pound person, there are about…..
5 pounds of Calcium,
1 ½ pounds of Phosphate,
about 9 ounces of Potassium,
6 ounces each of sulfur and sodium,
1 ounce of magnesium, and
less than an ounce each of iron, copper and iodine.”

5. Total worth of a human body Rs.110/-
says Dr.Monsen
CALCIUM
IRON
PHOSPHORUS
WATER CONTENT
OTHER SUBSTANCES
Now does that sound like you ? Please ask yourself.
Is this the essential stuff of your identity ?

6. Are we just bundles of chemicals
which have aligned together by
chance and are exhibiting various
feelings & emotions…

Sometimes
happy
Sometimes
shocked
Sometimes
loving

7. Sometimes fighting

8. What is Life?What is Life?

9. What is Death?What is Death?
No One Likes Dead No One Likes Dead
Body - Body -
We Bury It or We Bury It or
Burn itBurn itWhere is the Active Force?Where is the Active Force?

10. Is Life no more than Is Life no more than
molecular collision and molecular collision and
chemical interaction? chemical interaction?
• Is the love you feel for your parents
simply some chemical secretion?
• Mechanistic Science has no correct
understanding of emotions that we feel
(eg) A scientist cannot describe what a gulabjamun is!
You can simply know it, when you put it on your tongue!

11. Where is the Source of Where is the Source of
Energy of the body?Energy of the body?
•All parts can be All parts can be
transplantedtransplanted
•Consciousness cannot be.Consciousness cannot be.

12. Don’t you feel we are more than
the chemicals which constitute
this body?
Then,
what is
our real
identity?

13. Lord Krishna
taught Arjuna :
“You are not the
body; you are a
spirit soul.”
What is the difference between a living body and a dead body?

14. Is Matter Is Matter
Conscious?Conscious?
Does it haveDoes it have DESIRES? DESIRES?
Does it possessDoes it possess
FEELINGS?FEELINGS?
Does it expressDoes it express
WILLINGNESS?WILLINGNESS?

15. Material View
Point
We are bodies made up of matterWe are bodies made up of matter
We are no more than a chemical bundle.We are no more than a chemical bundle.
Everything is finished at the time of death.Everything is finished at the time of death.

16. We are not the material body of flesh and bones.We are not the material body of flesh and bones.
We are spirit soul, encaged in the material body.We are spirit soul, encaged in the material body.
Spiritual View
Point
We do not die when material body stops to function.We do not die when material body stops to function.

17. The Car cannot budge one inch without the driver;
The body is termed dead without the presence of driver, the soul.
MOUTH TO SPEAK
EYES TO SEE
HEART TO PUMP BLOOD
HANDS & LEGS TO MOVE
HORN TO SOUND
HEADLIGHTS TO SEE
RADIATOR TO SUPPLY WATER
FOUR WHEELS TO MOVE
TH E UN S E E N D RIVE R O F TH E
B O D ILY C AR
What is the difference between a living body and a dead body?

18. What is the difference between a living body and a dead body?
Just as the bird is
trapped in the cage,
the soul is trapped in
the body made up of
five elements –
earth, water, fire,
Air, ether.
Not knowing their
real identity as the soul,
the people spend all
their life in polishing
the cage – pampering
the body, without
feeding the soul.
Can you say how?

19. Every living body -- be it human, animal, bird, tree,
reptile or any other living body –
undergoes six changes –
1. birth 2.growth 3.maintenance 4.production of
by-products 5.dwindling 6.death.
What is the difference between a living body and a dead body?

20. GOD’S ENERGIES
Inferior
Material Energy
Superior Spiritual
Energy
Gross Elements
1. Earth
2. Water
3. Fire
4. Air
5. Ether
Subtle Elements
1. Mind
2. Intelligence
3. False Ego
Spiritual Body (Soul)
1. SAT (eternal)
2. CIT (full of
knowledge)
3. ANANDA (full of
bliss)

21. The soul is covered by
gross and subtle coverings
S oul :
Gross body : Gross body :
Earth, Earth,
Water, Water,
Fire, Fire,
Air Air
EtherEther
Subtle body :Subtle body :
MindMind
IntelligenceIntelligence
False EgoFalse Ego
EternityEternity
KnowledgeKnowledge
BlissBliss

22. Lord
Sri Krishna
instructs …

23. “As the embodied
soul continuously
passes, in this
body, from
boyhood to youth
to old age, the
soul similarly
passes into
another body at
death.”
Bhagavad - gétä 2.13
Even in the current life ‘you’, the soul is reincarnating
from childhood body to boyhood to youth to old age.

24. “As a person puts on new dresses, giving up old ones, the
soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old
and useless ones.” [BG 2.22]
What happens to us at Death?
The soul leaves the gross body behind and is taken to another
womb based on the quality of desires stored in his subtle body
at the time of death.

25. Soul changing bodies from one specie to another

26. Proof for the S oul’ s Existenc e
When a person dies, we say, “He has passed away.”
Who has passed away? The body is still there.
Actually, THE SOUL HAS PASSED AWAY.

27. A machine can say,“I see red
light” but does the EXPERIENCE of
seeing red light accompany this
mechanical response?
Consciousness means to be aware,thinking,
feeling, willing and intentionality.
Proof for the S oul’ s Exis tenc e -
C ONS C IOUS NES S

28. Is Man not just a Powerful Computer or Robot?
Drama observed by
a panel of Judges
Drama recorded by
Video Cameras
Eyes of Judges Lens in the Camera
“Experience”
Elation, sorrow, anger, etc.
“Conscious”
“Able to judge”
No “Experience”
No “Emotions”
No “Consciousness”
No “Judging”

29. NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE (NDE) &
•11% to 14% of the average
American population who are
mentally and physically
healthy have had OBE
-- Medical Journal of Current Problems
in Pediatrics
• Enough research in NDE
with impeccable scientific
credentials
(Dr. Michael Sabom, a cardiologist & Professor
at Emory University Medical School)
•Research on “Eternal Soul”
by 30 yrs surgeon Dr.Bigelow
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE (OBE)
Proof for the S oul’ s Exis tenc e –
NDE & OB E s tudies

30. PAST LIFE MEMORIES
Ian Stevenson, Carlson
Professor of
Psychiatry at the
University of Virginia
has extensively
investigated over 2000
cases of spontaneous
reincarnation
memories.
P roof for the S oul’ s E xis te nc e –
RE IN C ARN ATIO N Res earc h

31. KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOUL
INDESTRUCTIBLE
INDIVIDUAL
HAS FORM &
PERSONALITY
INCONCEIVABLE
ETERNAL, FULL
OF KNOWLEDGE,
FULL OF BLISS
SITUATED IN
THE REGION OF
THE HEART
CHANGES
BODIES
SIZE OF THE SOUL:ONE
TEN-THOUSANDTH OF
THE TIP OF A HAIR

32. S OUL HAS FORM;
S OUL GIVES
FORM TO MATTER
THE SOUL IS NOT “SOME FORMLESS LIGHT”.
THE SOUL IS A PERSONALITY WITH BEAUTIFUL
FORM AND QUALITIES.
MATTERSOUL + MATTERMATTER

33. S OUL C HANGES
BODIESThe soul leaves one body and occupies
another body after death. This is known as
“Law of Transmigration”.
First the soul occupies a human body and
depending on his karma, he may occupy a
donkey’s body, cat’s body, dog’s body, cow’s
body etc.

34. Prahalad Maharaj
instructs

35. kaumära äcaret präjïo
dharmän bhägavatän iha
durlabhaà mänuñaà janma
tad apy adhruvam arthadam
One who is sufficiently intelligent
should use the human form of body
from the very beginning of his life
to practice the activities of
devotional service.

36. AM I GOD?
God is supremely
independent and
is never
controlled.
Can anyone say,
“I am not
controlled, I am
independent, I am
God?”

37. WE ARE TINY C ONTROLLERS ;
GOD IS S UPREME C ONTROLLER
Living entities can control material energy to
some extent.
Europeans developed the
vacant land of America into a
country with great industries
and roads.
Big jet planes cannot run
without a pilot.

38. WE ARE TINY; GOD IS
INFINITE
We are jivatma; God is paramatma.
Thus, jivatma either in a conditioned
state or in the liberated state is
always subordinate to God.
Man can put a
satellite into orbit;
God can float millions
of planets in orbit.
Man can create a
100-storied building;
God can create
millions of universes.

39. I am a tiny jeeva, not the ultimate God
But a tiny part and parcel, servant of the Lord
Leaving Lord’s company, forced to be born in pain
In the world filled with agony, again and again
A Poem : We are not Gods, but we are God’s

40. Krishna is my Lord, the source of all existence
His form is imperishable, full of six opulences
He pays a visit to this world, out of His own sweet will
To please and protect His devotees, and punish the evil

41. I am only Brahman, But Krishna is Para Brahman
My power is limited, His potencies are unlimited
I can make a swimming pool, God creates Oceans
I can fly a rocket, but Lord floats huge planets
I can invent a dome light, but God creates moon light
We make ordinary dolls, but the Lord made us all

42. Lord is the actual doer, I am just an imitator
Lord is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient
Who deserves everyone’s love and humble service
I am a tiny jeeva cast in oceanic material world

43. Lord is the greatest of all, Let us accept this fact at heart
We’re His tiny servants, Let’s realize and serve Him with joy.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare.

44. SUMMARY OF ‘SCIENCE OF SOUL’
• We are not these
bodies; we are spirit
souls.
• Just as a car cannot
move without a driver,
the body cannot function
without the soul.
• The presence of the
soul can be scientifically
proved by common sense,
intuitive
understanding, presence
of consciousness, NDE,
past life memories.
• The gross body is made
up of earth, water, fire,
air and ether.
• The subtle body is
made up of mind,
intelligence and ego.

45. • A computer/robot can
never become like a human
being with any amount of
advancement because it is
a machine devoid of
consciousness (soul).
• The soul is
indestructible, individual,
eternal, inconceivable.
• The soul is situated in
the region of the heart.
•The soul is not formless.
The soul has a form.
•The soul leaves one body
and goes to another at
death.
• The soul is eternal, full
of knowledge and full of
bliss.
• The size of the soul is
one ten-thousandth of
the tip of a hair.

46. ….wishes you a happy life
to attain perfect knowledge of
soul and its relationship with God
through the sacred words
of the Vedas to gain complete
freedom from all suffering.
THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH
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47. CHANT …
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
AND BE STRESS-FREE !!
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