What sparked this piece is the Bigelow Institute with their essay competition. There are looking towards academia for proof that consciousness exists after death but I doubt they can do it. Proof of consciousness in the afterlife is not as intimidating as proof of consciousness after our paranormal life span. This job is best suited for Eastern Masters however finding a qualified one is near impossible. On the other hand, I am available with the same credentials however it does seem pointless. For me it has less to do with the prize money and media, and more to do with spirituality.

I’m one of the few people that can answer this question through my own personal experience. Not by death and coming back but through a sort of living volunteered death which is known as Self-Realization and Enlightenment. It was the hardest thing I ever accomplished. It’s the complete opposite of life altogether and you have to be willing to sacrifice everything. It took many years of active and inactive meditation round the clock for it has to dominate all your nonessential brain time. For reference, I have achievements and accolades that prove I can beat the odds in order to show the type of discipline it takes. A person as evidence is not exactly what you were looking for however this is very important and I believe it can be proven scientifically through me. A polygraph will set up a purpose and brain waves will create a reason for research. Besides mind control the kundalini energy is a physical electrical sensation in the brain, head and body, much like a Tesla Ball, which should be recordable. So all I have to offer is myself to play a part in your study. Wire me up and let me go after Self-Realization again. Who knows it may happen, it’s a long shot but I’m one of the few who can do it, if successful it’ll be a global first, and I believe you will have your proof.

There’s something I’ve been contemplating for a while in order to establish some sort of spiritual standard that can be used by Religious and Spiritual leaders. A scientific test that can determine a benchmark for Self-Realization. I believe it can be done. Being a non-traditionalist and non-religious person I focused my study on spirituality. Traditional religion is spiritually starved and needs updating in order to achieve spiritual relevance for the individual.

First of all a quick background; I had an early interest in death and what happens. Reading numerous religious and spiritual books the need to find a enlightened teacher arose so a search started in 83. It was fun Guru hoping Los Angeles in the 80s, and my previous research kinda pin pointed the criteria needed. I found Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi, Kundalini yoga. I did several meditation intensive retreats with Swamiji and sponsored Maharishi retreats in Sedona. I needed to verify and see if he is the real deal. Having him stay at our home for around 20 days and studying him, I was convinced. After figuring out the meditation formula it seem to fit right into my wheelhouse, practice, practice, practice. Maharishi and his caretaker Uma turned me on to Nisargadatta Maharaj who was the final piece for me. In meditation you have to progress slowly by changing your technique as you get better. It’s tricky because you have to dial it down until you’re not using a technique anymore because of the mind connection. The natural path of Nisarga yoga is just witnessing which is the hardest but fastest way because it goes straight to no mind decoys. Everything you witness is not you so you sit and wait until you see who You really are.

It was 2002, I’m retired and going to make an intensive out of my life by distancing myself from the Kundalini because it’s connected to life. My Kundalini energy was going strong since Maharishi activated it in the 80’s retreats but I was loosing control. Heart palpitations, racing and if I guide it up more issues so I was trying to keep it down and loosing that struggle. It was an opportune moment, I was ready on all fronts. It was going to be my second living intensive. In 92 I did it for two years which produced two unusual experiences for the first time. Those two spiritual experiences were rare for me. I had relatively no encouragement along the way, and only two spiritual experiences pre-enlightenment. I got nothing besides inner sounds and the mindless Samadhi State during my second living intensive before Self-Realization at age 47.

Now your question; yes, it does go on. I differentiate between consciousness as a product of the universe and Awareness as a product of Eternity. The Human consciousness is an active version of Awareness woven into the fabric of the universe. The real substance of consciousness has always been Awareness but they exist in two different realms.

Like my mentors before me, by working through and beyond consciousness (the connector to Awareness) we know life and the Source well so we’re able to get a good idea of the transitional afterlife in-between. From the gross physical life to the purifying afterlife until everything fades and you see Eternity.

Consciousness moves on after death in the form of the mind, a state of being in ones old life. Built up cohesion from life evaporates slowly over many years. Still tied to mind the Soul sees what it’s hanging on to, what it wants and fears. This conscious/mind identity keeps you connected to your own personal illusion which is your life and dream life. The subconscious mind imprinted by life takes over. No Godly entity is involved. Eternity and Eternal Awareness is always present and the end game, the door out is always there. No one dies just purified by time until formless, the Invisible You.

Eternity and matter unable to coexist in the same dimension but touching and tethered to each being. Everything is connected to the Source like a necessary still backplate holding it together, the Soul of the universe.

That Devine zone of Eternity is what you see, and what you are when Self-Realization erases the physical universe.

The experience of this awakening is stunning, sobering and undoubtedly real. It was like I was slammed up against the wall starring eye to eye with the Almighty, stunned by the formless outcome that I am one with the Almighty.

I am in Absolute Aware Pure Space and I was completely Aware (conscious) of witnessing this huge seemingly empty still universe of dim light called Eternity. Nothing from life, no physical feelings or world, beyond anything normal. I’m completely Aware of where I am, what I am, and what I’m looking at. God, Us, Eternity…all the same!

There is a type of knowing that remains in Eternity without mind and remembering, seemingly downloaded from life, the maker of Souls. There is knowing, vision and stillness, like I was planted and can’t move. I was looking at Eternity in single vision (third eye) panoramically seeing half of the Void. I was there for short time suspended in the middle until I guided my attention (vision or focal point which was moveable) up above in order to see beyond but when I did I was back in the body. Bummer, after thousands of hours meditating and all I get is a minute, but a glimpse is all that is needed. I didn’t think like that at first, it was a mind numbing shock, I didn’t want to think of IT, talk of IT, for it would ruin IT. I was a zombie for a while, and all those phrases like life is an illusion is now understandable. It was like I was totally immersed in a theater drama and then the lights turn on, I could see with a sigh of relief that it was just a movie.

We all invested so heavily in life and now we have to withdraw from that investment at death.

One very unusual thing happened while looking at Eternity. Apparently being still attached to the mind the first and only thought I had: ‘It truly is attribute-less!’ A lesser known phrase Nisargadatta used for Eternity. The words started off faint from a long distance working their way down somewhat slow like they were in a long metal tunnel. The words moving through in a multitude of echos that were reverberating all through the tunnel, and as they got closer the louder they got. The words faded away silent before reaching me. Such a strange experience!

And another observation at the actual time of Enlightenment; I, the real me (Soul) did not move or go anywhere, completely stationary, it was the universe that disappeared. In a real quick fashion a white dot appears and opens, I only caught a glimpse because of the instantaneous opening.

Because of knowing all of this I wanted to know the rest, and this is what I came up with, keeping in mind all those characteristics.

Seems like universe we know just happened as the result of new Awareness. The first type of evolving when black absolute space before all created something out of nothing which created the universe. Had to be its latent potential to become Aware of its existence as pure Space. Absolute Pure Space (before universe) became Aware and the new Awareness had to be the trigger mechanism for the Big Bang and consciousness (I believe consciousness to be Dark Energy and the thither to Dark Matter which is Eternity) radiated from Eternal Awareness in another dimension as consciousness. As my teacher said: ‘the friction between the two dimensions radiated formative dust creating energy’ time and the universe.

The Eternal witness, the Soul, is always aware and watching for it never sleeps but completely distracted with life. Until meditation and the Samadhi state takes the mind, body and universe out of the equation, away from your attention. In the meditative state you are resting your attention back only witnessing the inner flow or body energy, which is pretty much your first connection to life. You sit in a mindless state and wait until everything eventually blends together into one soft blissful hum, the elusive Samadhi State, the doorway, you wait and wait, no matter how many tries it takes, you never give up until it the door opens.