Mystery of the Soul Part 2
"Faith"
When we speak of religious beliefs, we understand their theological doctrines. Christianity and Islam share common ideas and beliefs that are rooted in a common source – Judaism. This religion in turn derived many of their teachings and beliefs from the Persians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Chaldeans, and the Sumerians. Perhaps it would be correct to say that almost every religion is syncretistic, even though they can be very hard try to cover up this.
Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism are more mystical in nature and are very different from the Semitic religions in many material respects Hinduism, consisting of many philosophical schools of thought, includes various theological ideas. Some schools of Buddhism teaches that there is no permanent entity called the soul, what are thought to the soul simply a collection of karmic tendencies is transferable from one incarnation to another. Your views are extreme in nilhilistic nature, it is doubtful whether this was implied in the teachings of the Buddha. For example, if there is no self, then there is no Gautama Buddha in existence, and yet are still to be addressed prayers of the faithful that exalted beings. Basically, even though these religions have different concepts regarding the soul, show them all or refer to, come in all sentient beings. All have their own name or names for this source, and all have their own ideas regarding this divine beings.
Theological precepts are often fraught with the weaknesses of the human ego and intellect, providing a poor basis for the study of true religion and its revelations about the soul. However, we will try to present their beliefs with as little distortion as possible on our side. will be short, for justice to be done on the subject in this section would require many pages and go beyond the scope of this work.
In The Christian Theology is believed there that the soul before birth with no individuality or personality. Only when God through the nostrils of man, that the soul self-consciousness acquires breathes, and is a "living" beings – and this state of being alive is believed to remain with the soul after death. In the book of Genesis is reported that,
"God created man from the dust of the earth, the breath of life breathed into his nostrils, and created man a living soul." (Genesis 2:7)
The term "living soul" is equated to the state of being self-confident. According to this idea unless there is an awareness of the existence of an ego, or a self, a person or entity not really have a soul. Such an animal is "soulless." A person lives can be imbued with the soul-essence, the force of life, and yet remains soulless, in the sense that it is not aware of itself. Some states may constitute the insanity beings, the "soulless." While the living soul with the consciousness of the ego is connected, is the immortality with the consciousness of the self, the Higher Self connected. This idea, however, falls within the province of metaphysical thought.
implanted principle, the soul of theology look to a substance in humans. It is believed to create a unity of God and conferred on a man if the man takes his first breath. The Christian theology formulated the idea that man is a divine creation, the highest of all beings, and that the whole universe is for man alone is created to support its existence.
In Christianity, the terms "lost souls" or "degraded" souls are often expressed. The moral quality of a person's life is believed to be able to touch the soul. But from the metaphysical point of view of the soul-being is perfect, perfect, immutable and divine. What can be affected, not its essence, but his conscious expression. The consciousness essence of soul is what develops and strives to reflect the image, the archetype or blueprint that God created for man. This is explicit in Genesis explained, but the statement is often interpreted literally. This is the blueprint image or divine attributes of God. It does not refer to the form, but to the inner nature of the Living Essence.
The Hindus, generally speaking, believe the soul to a unit, is that in the physical body and is in reincarnation, in line subject with his karma. The Upanishads say that "The Supreme Person, the size of the thumb, dwells forever in the hearts of all men." His esoteric wisdom also tells us that the immaterial man is constituted from different principles each have their own special function. The highest principle within the microcosm of man is the Atma, or others who Paratman.
In the Bhagavad Gita, is the microcosm, represented by Krishna, Arjuna, the carriage and the horses. Krishna is the spirit, the highest aspect of man, Arjuna the evolving soul, the spirit of the carriage and the horses all the senses. Graphically, five horses are often represented. You represent the meaning of human beings which removes the life force and uncontrolled runs. In yoga and esoteric practices are the senses, so that the life force within Arjuna is addressed to the slow wake subdued. Krishna is the guide that Arjuna supported in this project.
Old faith
As we already above, the belief goes way back to the survival of the soul after death to the earliest development of mankind. Primitive tribes Neanderthal, for example, would buried food, tools and weapons along with the bodies of their dead to them the bare minimum required in the afterlife. This custom still survive in some cultures and is a clear indication that not only soul, but the survival believed that the afterlife is lived as a continuation of the species living in the physical world is also suspected.
Animism there was the belief of the prehistoric people. Everything was as alive and imbued with a soul force that even inanimate objects had a consciousness and an intelligence Stars of any kind in all, believed the souls of long dead and lives in heaven are. To the primitive mind, the sky or firmament were in the sky, just like the hell thought be due to under ground.
That the soul resided "and acted in the physical body, was a place void of residence. Some believed the heart, the organ of the soul to be dismissed, including on the head. Some primitive cultures have believed that the blood is the vehicle of the soul – the soul-blood substances was carried to every part of the Body. The demon Mephisto in a piece written by Goethe (1749-1832) explained the blood on a "strange matter." The belief that the blood the vehicle of the soul, is not unfounded, however. When the soul is in this context as the life force, Prana, Chi, or oxygen, one can only guess how looked at the primitive mentality that scientific fact. Scientifically it has been noted that blood transfusions often causes a temporary change in the character of the person to the donor blood. Could it be that blood is soaked with his own soul qualities? As the blood associated with the soul, like many primitive tribes The Scythians developed the custom of drinking the blood of their enemies or victims to absorb to their courage, strength, power and capabilities. The custom form, blood brothers based on the belief in the importance of the blood than in connection with the soul, and his transcendence of carnal relations. The members are blood brothers to drink the blood from other members to form a soul-bond override the normal people of flesh and blood relations.
The ancients often depicted the soul as a bird often people conducted, perhaps with respect to its ability to fly. The Aztecs, Greeks and Egyptians among the nations of antiquity, for example, who often portrayed souls of the dead in their paintings and ceramics as winged birds to escape from the lifeless body. Eagles, hawks, doves, peacocks, phoenixes were frequently used for the soul responsible.
Not only the head, heart and blood assumed that the seat of the soul, but also the breath. Believe that the breath is connected with the soul and life, the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea would be to breathe through tubes in portraits of their ancestors, a certain vitality to give their souls. This is a magical practice in the law the similarity is based. Many tribal cultures practiced the placement of obstacles in the nostrils of the dying as a last attempt to save her life. They believe would effectively prevent that escape the soul and causing the death of the body.
It is the ancient and savage people, the soul with the life Force is associated diseases or weakness of the physical body to be believed by those who caused the escape of the soul from the gross form. In extreme cases the force the soul was "caught" by an evil spirit and it was up to the shamans of the tribe of witch-doctor recapture the soul and restore it to the physical Body. The ability of the shaman, his intangible aspect of the alleged gross form easier to dissociate this type of work.
The Ancients' concept of the soul has developed over the centuries and even now our scientific understanding is constantly in a state of change. Our ideas about the soul with our different conceptions of God related. As the person develops he / she does the consciousness of the soul and its source. We have many ideas about the nature his Creator formed. In this context, it is evident that the phrase "God created man, and man creates God" has a basis in the Truth.
Among the ancient cultures of the Egyptians and Hindus were the most advanced in their understanding of the soul. We refer in particular to their mystic hierophant, and sages. It views man as a microcosm of many aspects, both material and intangible, with every aspect of a specific function to play in the life and fate of Soul. Her many lessons today in the contemporary metaphysical-occult philosophy. The ancient Greek philosophers and sages, such as Thales, Plato and Pythagoras derived much of her occult knowledge from this wise priest of the East.
Scientific views
Besides the scientific vein, thought some schools believe that the self or ego, a by-product of brain function, and yet what leads to this function is not known, and only as an educational guess. The part of the brain, the "causes" a sense of self is not discovered yet as well. This concept of "brain causes consciousness" is essentially the viewpoint of mechanics, that man looks as if only one machine. The above concept is flawed, but because parts of the brain are known to have been destroyed and even the presence of a sense of self remained. In the condition known as hydrocephalus, for example, large parts of the cerebral cortex may be destroyed or missing, is filled instead with liquor, and yet suffers from individuals such Condition can imagine a normal life without their lead blight. You can even have an IQ above average.
The mechanics, Freud (1856-1939) among them, claim that our behavior, actions are automatic responses to external stimuli, and that life is a result of the right combination of chemicals from food and oxygen produced. An animating force that exists to the organism, they believe, but can this power saw as a physical energy revitalize related to electricity. The mechanistic Theory describes how the management is through the stimulation of the senses that nerve impulses generated, and how these nerve impulses travel to the sections of the brain involved in the Senses, and how they are feeling, but the theory does not consider that to feel the real perceiver to make the attempt sensation. To mechanists, is thought to be the perceiver of the functions of the cerebral cortex. In short, the mechanistic approach leaves no room for the existence of the soul. To the alleged mechanist Existence of the soul is regarded as an absurdity.
When the famous neuropsychologist Karl Lashley (1890-1958), author of Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence, after years of Research could not discover, the seat of memory in the brain, how much harder it would be the seat of discovering the self or the soul – not withstanding Descartes '(1596-1650) claim that the pineal gland is its locus. This French philosopher and mathematician, also said, "Cogito, ergo sum" or "I think, therefore I am ", so implying that the self into being arises as a result of thought or as a function of the mind. Nevertheless, the mystic, to the possibility successful overcoming thoughts and remaining existence and has a sublime sense of self, with the single of the cosmos. The mystical view is by Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French philosopher and writer supported. Sartre does not depend on the existence functions of the mind that a sector is not easy, because it thinks. According to Sartre, existence precedes the soul – or think.
Rene Descartes' statement is therefore false, or perhaps our interpretation of his statement is false. "I think, because I would be "closer to the truth am. Despite this, Descartes was a closer in the occult believe that the pineal gland plays an important role in people Physiology, as we shall see later, when we metaphysical of jurisdiction.
Mainstream of science can deny the existence of the soul under the pretext of its immaterial, irrelevant undetected by their instruments, and yet, the matter in its current state as well. That was the set of Leibniz (1646-1716), German Philosopher, regarded the matter as a manifestation of the spirit – "a stupid diversity of spirit." To explain this clearly, for example, what we matter give concrete is actually moving molecules. Molecules in turn are made of swirling atoms, and these are composed of smaller particles. If these sub-atomic Particles increased, "nothing" would be found. Matter is, therefore, made up of "emptiness." We can void "energy" "Spirit" or "spirit", but what to call it we do, the fact remains that actually matter as insubstantial as the soul. When reality one is welcome, why not the others? The number of particles of matter with this "nothing" filled, or space. Another remarkable fact is that if we the space inherent within a human body, to remove the Sun, and all the "particles", combines the total would be compression in a piece of matter, no larger than a dust mite. Leibniz's theory is supported by the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson parallel (1803-1882), the American Trancendentalist. After Emerson Case "is a phenomenon, not a substance." It considered to be the material world,
"A divine dream, from which we can awaken currently on the glory and the certainties of the day. "
Science informs us that nothing is destroyed. That matter is just energy have a certain structure and magnetic field. It is recognized that everything in existence is made from energy. Since the existence of consciousness and a sense of self are not to be denied, they should think has to be as resilient as well as for science, the idea already implicit in their equations. So, why not accept the science, the possible existence of disembodied consciousness – the soul? – Because it can not be perceived? Quiet is an absurdity, really – even during the embodied self can not be seen. See Even thou thine?
Where do the no sense of self-identity? It seems that mainstream science is still a long way to find this out. However, new Paradigms of open-minded scientists are now considering the worldview of Eastern mysticism formulated in conjunction with new developments and discoveries in the field of physics and psychology. The theories of quantum physics and transpersonal psychology, the gap between basic science and conventional religion. What was the secret of the Self in relation to the brain, we have from the words of the researcher and scientist George Buletza, who said to be reminded (Sept. 1983 in the Rosicrucian Digest) that
. "Instead the brain produces self, it is different around the brain is a product of the self, endeavor of being forever. The brain is the incredibly fine instrument, even in the process of has created an expression of his own nature. . . "
It has been observed in many laboratory experiments around the world, that human consciousness reveals an ability to themselves beyond the borders of the brain and body that it can detect any influence or events to extend to remote locations. Such mental activities proposes some scientific observers that consciousness exists in physical form can be independent.
Many branches of science such as physics, Psychology, astrophysics and biology to examine the soul, and each has its own particular methods of investigation. Perhaps the most important branch of science that has recently Time has been developed, relatively speaking, is the parapsychology.
Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the branch of science that the nature of mental or paranormal phenomena. Its scope of the investigation covers a wide range of issues: for example, ESP, hauntings, poltergeist activity, near-death experience, out-of-the-Body Experience, UFOs, strange creatures, Weird Phenomena, etc. There are now many institutions to examine, study and teaching of this branch of science. The word "parapsychologists" is often misunderstood. Many people seem to think that being a parapsychologist is tantamount to be psychic. This is false. A psychic must not become a parapsychologist, and vice versa. A psychic is one who perceives the impressions registered by higher senses usually not by the physical senses. Psychics can not understand in general, the impressions that they register, and can be easily fooled by illusions and believe and illusion. A parapsychologist tried by an unusual scientific phenomena to understand analysis, and empirical methods with the help of carefully designed instruments. A mystical metaphysician, on the other hand, basically aims phenomena with the help of his intellect to understand the intuition and other higher faculties. The parapsychologist the basic methods are three-dimensional, psychological four-dimensional, and the mystical-metaphysical, five-dimensional, or even later.
To illustrate the difference between a paranormal and metaphysical understanding of phenomena, we will only show one of many. As an example, assuming a psychic were the impressions received a threatening disaster, he would consider it to proclaim the truth and to others. He would make all kinds of predictions anent the impressions which was registered in his head. He would view it as a Revelation of God.
The metaphysician, on the other side, knowing cosmic laws of nature and understand the impressions that might be thought Forms of mind-creations terrible beings. It radiates thoughts, and these thoughts, perhaps without a basis of truth, receive from psychics. The misfortune in all this is that Thoughts are creative. What we habitually think with intense emotions have a tendency to materialize. As often dire predictions come true, but it need not be. We must learn to overcome fear. If psychics make predictions, they are instilling fear among the masses and intensifying. Now this is a vicious circle. When people are frightened by psychics will they begin to introduce more catastrophic terror and these thoughts radiate back to susceptible clairvoyant who repeat the whole procedure again. The pulse eventually grows until it manifests physically.
But let us not digress too far and return to our theme: parapsychology has different ways of Research to determine the reality of soul and the survival of personal consciousness established. Although the results of their research by the standards of mainstream science does not clearly parapsychologists have been in the preservation of evidence and vital realization that in an analysis confirmed the seemingly age-old belief successful in the existence of soul and its survival of bodily death. However, parapsychologists have formulated different theories of their findings, not all of which one line with the traditional conception of the soul. It is also important to note that the term "soul" is rare in the mainstream of science of parapsychology or used. The terms "spirit", "consciousness" and "personality" are often held.
Copyright © 2006 Luxamore
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