If after death we go into the astral world…can we see other astral beings? Our loved ones? Can we communicate with them? If yes then how?. If I love someone with all my heart and she feels the same…will I meet her in next birth or astral world? Because if my love has passed the test of time (If I still love her at 90 yrs of age)…is there really a separation after death? Or just renew of body and you meet him/her again? is it wrong to love someone and maybe have a moha maya(delusion) for her…Is it bad to intend or try to live with her forever..here or in astral world or in next birth?..Because I don’t have any wish to come out of life and death or anything like it…so can I do it consciously I mean me and her together if we both agree..? Please answer these questions, they have been bothering my mind for so long.
Meditation Guilt
I took the Weekend Within Retreat and started my meditation practice, I just finished the 21 day meditation challenge. I still have a hard time doing the second meditation of the day. My job and other factors make it hard, then I feel guilty, like I am not doing it right because I didn’t do the second one. Any suggestions ?
Richard Dawkins Takes the Magic Out of Reality
Because of his popular fame, the dogmatic atheist Richard Dawkins has made himself immune to critical challenge. His biggest bestseller, The God Delusion, was roundly castigated in intellectual outlets for being misinformed about the state of modern spiritual belief, Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow, co-author with Stephen Hawking of The Grand Design, has written a new book with me on the deep issues involved around science and God, called War of the Worldviews. In it he says, “While science often casts doubt on spiritual beliefs and doctrines insofar as they make representations about the physical world, science does not – and cannot – conclude that God is an illusion.” Our book is in a long line of considered treatments from many quarters. (more…)
God and Karma
I have always believed in God, and also in Karma. But now my beliefs are severely challenged. I sincerely doubt everything I have believed in up till now. My mother had a stroke almost three years ago, with all the attendant horrors that go with it—-being paralyzed, unable to speak properly and so on. She has had to give up her home in order to go into care, and her dignity and privacy, and has faced it all with a brave and courageous spirit. But now, after all this hell, her eyes are going and she suddenly can’t keep her eyelids open. We have given her Botox injections, and these worked for a few months, but now they are not. As she also has macular degeneration, this means she may be unable to see as well as all the other disabilities she has. It’s too much. If there was a God, why would he inflict this sheer torture on my mother, who simply doesn’t deserve it? To make it worse, her mind is clear and she knows completely what is happening. I feel tortured watching her suffer. Is there any way you can help me understand why this is happening—–I would very much appreciate your help.
War of the Worldviews Part Two: Let’s Talk Evolution
In our touring debates on science versus spirituality, Caltech physics professor Leonard Mlodinow and I take turns claiming to be the underdog. This is never more confusing than when it comes to debating Darwinism. Evolution has been a wedge issue for a century and a half. Biologists consider Darwin’s concept of the evolution of species incontrovertible; indeed, it may be the single greatest idea in the history of science. But the toppling of Genesis and its creation story hasn’t convinced the public. Presidential candidates on the right can still win support for Biblical creationism as an “alternative theory,” while only a third of Americans claim that scientific evolution is adequate to explain the origin of life. The vast majority believe that God’s influence, whether small or large, must be part of the story. (more…)