Goswami - Physics of the soul: the quantum book of living, dying, reincarnation, and immortality

In a brilliant integration of science, spirituality and consciousness... physicist and author Dr. Amit Goswami uses quantum physics to describe mystical concepts such as the immortality of the soul, reincarnation, and the afterlife. Dr. Goswami describes consciousness as more than an abstract conceptas a reality primary and fundamental to science, and is his starting point for all scientific conduct. In Physics of the Soul, he integrates descriptions from The Tibetan Book of the Dead with his knowledge of quantum physics and concludes that reincarnational memorypast lives and our access to themis an absolute, scientifically provable truth.

The Light Connection

In recent years the science of quantum physics has been shedding new light on metaphysical theories of reincarnation and immortality. However, the number of those who are able to intelligently discuss metaphysics such as communicating with those on the other side through dreams is very small. At the same time the number of those who can talk about the innermost nature of matter as it is now being described in quantum physics is infinitely small. Amit Goswami is one of the few individuals today who has the skills to communicate between these two esoteric studies and suggest ways how their insights might enlighten each other.

George W. Fisk, Spiritual Frontiers

Also by Amit Goswami

God Is Not Dead

The Quantum Doctor

Quantum Mechanics

The Physicist's View of Nature, Vol. I: From Newton to Einstein

The Physicist's View of Nature, Vol. II: The Quantum Revolution

The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment

by Amit Goswami with Maggie Goswami

Quantum Creativity: Waking Up to Our Creative Potential

by Amit Goswami with Richard Reed and Maggie Goswami

The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World

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To my friend Hugh Harrison, who was instrumental in beginning the research that led to this book,

and to my wife, Uma, without whose wisdom and insights this book could not have achieved its current fulfillment.

It has been a dozen years since Physics of the Soul was first published and I am happy to say that the theory, data, and conclusions reported in this book remain ever more validated. In short, survival after death and reincarnation are valid scientific concepts.

When you read Physics of the Soul, you will discover that the central theory of survival after death and reincarnation reported in the book crucially depends on a concept called quantum memory. The idea is that part of our memory (call it quantum memory), specifically that of our learning, is nonlocal, which means that this memory resides not locally in the brain but outside of space and time altogether. In this way, this memory can transmigrate across space and time without signals, without transfer of energy. The question of energy is important because antagonists of the idea of survival after death make big hoopla about the fact that the weight of a living body does not change with death.

Also crucial is to understand that survival means nothing much if it is not a part of us that defines us in essence. If you think about it, your history may not be your essence but what you learn in your life. If this concept is too jolting in this materialist age, understand that this is what spiritual traditions have told us for millennia; quantum physics is just validating their contention.

Nonlocalitysignalless communicationis a quantum concept. Although experimentally verified, many physicists are skeptical about its validity, especially in the macroscopic domain of reality. Don't worry! I have reported the data in the body of the book; just keep an open mind when you explore the idea.

If it still sounds like too much of a risk to invest in a theory of survival and reincarnation, scientific as it may be, relax. There is much empirical evidence precisely for this quantum model of survival and reincarnation that the book will present and I won't mention here. There is however, one piece of astounding data I will present that I inadvertently left out of the book.

There is direct evidence that suggests that the memory of a learned propensity is nonlocal. In the nineteen sixties, the neurophysiologist Karl Lashley did an experiment in which he was trying to study the location of the learning of a propensity in the brain. So he trained rats to find cheese in a Y-maze and then systematically began to chop off parts of the rat's brain to test if the propensity remained. Strangely, he found that even with fifty percent of its brain removed, a trained rat found its way to the cheese. The only viable conclusion is that the learned memory of a propensity is nonlocal, for which the ancient term is akashic, a Sanskrit word meaning outside of space and time. (Another conclusion that the brain is holographic was popular for a while but is no longer considered viable.)

So go ahead, believe it! The idea that our memory of learning resides outside of space and time, that is, it is nonlocal, is scientific. It is not foolhardy to explore it. There really is much to gain from your exploration. It will change your lifestyle from pessimism-dominance to optimism for one thing. If you are already optimistic, these ideas will give you a sense of personal purpose and meaning that you will find soul-satisfying.

Explore, explore!

There are too many ideas, meanings, and values

To explore in one life, you say.

Never fear. Your death is only a renewal.

The human condition is unique!

You do come back again and again!

Aren't you curious?

What is at the end of your exploration?

For me, developing a theory of survival after death and reincarnation has been a most rewarding journey. As you will read, the journey began with an old lady asking me What happens when we die? I did not know then, nor did I believe that we can know. But a Theosophist came into my life and reminded me of traditions that do believe and that in fact, I grew up in one of those traditions. Then a dream came with a challenge, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is correct, and it is your job to prove it! And finally, a woman, a graduate student in philosophy to boot, wanted me to counsel her about grieving over her boyfriend's death. This series of synchronicities led me to the discoveries reported here.