Scientific Theories for the Existence of Soul/Atma?






Academic degrees that I hold are in science, so part of my brain is developed to analyze everything and later I, through destiny I guess, moved towards astrology and also philosophy. So, part of my brain is science another is philosophical and there is a bridge between the two parts where I am always transiting. My outlook is philosophical but my methodology is science. Recently, I noticed lot of scientific work is done on ‘Soul/atma’. So, came the blog post:- 
Is there any scientific theory for existence of Soul/Atma

Traditionally, science has dismissed the soul as an object of human belief, or reduced it to a psychological concept. Indeed, a soul has never been seen under an electron microscope, nor spun in the laboratory or in any conceivable scientific methodology. Isn’t the reality of the soul is among the most important questions of life?

The soul is described in the Bhagavad-Gita, the Hindu scripture as
Bhagwad Gītā, chapter 2, TEXT 20
na jayate mriyate va kadacin
nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah
ajo nityah sasvato 'yam purano
na hanyate hanyamane sarire
TRANSLATION
For the soul there is never neither birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does soul ever cease to be. Soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. Soul does not die on death.
Although Hindu religion goes on and on about soul/atma existence, but now string of new scientific experiments has also helped answer this ancient spiritual question.  


What has science to say:-

1.A book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe“ has stirred up the Internet, because it contained a notion that life does not end when the body dies, and it can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Dr. Robert Lanza who was voted the 3rd most important scientist alive by the NY Times, has no doubts that this is possible. He gives a theory that implies that death of consciousness (soul) simply does not exist.   It only exists as a thought because people identify themselves with their body (very very similar to what is written in Bhagvat Gita, the Hindu scripture!).   


 Dr. Robert Lanza, before he has been known for his extensive research which dealt with stem cells, he was also famous for several successful experiments on cloning endangered animal species. Robert Lanza Receives Award for Eye-Opening Work on Embryonic Stem Cells. Dr. Robert Lanza selected for the 2014 TIME 100 list of the hundred most influential people in the world, along with Pope Francis, Robert Redford, and other artists, pioneers, leaders, titans and icons. You can read more about Dr. Robert Lanza: 

2.Near-death experiences occur when the soul leaves the nervous system and    enters the universe, claim two quantum physics experts-Dr Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose have developed which holds that the essence of our soul is contained inside structures called microtubules within brain cells. They say the concept is similar to the Buddhist and Hindu belief that consciousness is an integral part of the universe. I am giving you the link for detailed read :

3.Scientists claim that Quantum Theory proves consciousness (soul/atma) moves to another universe at death . See more at: http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/scientists-claim-that-quantum-theory-proves-consciousness-moves-to-another-universe-at-death/

4. American Dr Stuart Hameroff and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose developed a quantum theory of consciousness asserting that our souls are contained inside structures called microtubules which live within our brain cells. Dr Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and Sir Roger have been working on the theory since 1996.

 5. The Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith goes further and suggests that not only is our collective unconscious inherited, but it is in fact a genuinely altruistic instinctive orientation. [Now, this is what is the basis of my book, Palmistry -The Mystery Of Destiny, I call it karmic amnesia though, because of which we forget about our past births!!]. He says, the source of our moral guidance, the voice of which is our conscience, and which we have learnt to call our ‘soul’.

Now, I come back finally: Is there a scientific possibility for existence of -soul/atma

The scientific theories imply that death simply does not exist. What recent scientific theories are suggesting:--- Death is an illusion which arises in the minds of people. It exists because people identify themselves with their body. They believe that the body is going to perish, sooner or later, thinking that their consciousness will disappear too. 
 In fact, consciousness (soul) exists outside of constraints of time and space. It is able to be anywhere: in the human body and outside of it. That fits well with the basic postulates of quantum mechanics, according to which a certain particle can be present anywhere and an event can happen in several, sometimes countless, ways.

So, I ask you:- Do YOU have a belief in the existence of Soul/Atma? Share your experiences or thoughts.  








Comments

  1. Great idea for evaluation
    This theory somehow brings science and spirituality on the same platform
    Both are unseen and require lot of dedication from its followers to achieve success

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  2. Find lot of connection between the two
    Lot of spiritual leaders perform miracles with help of science
    Lot of scientific research which is unexplained indicate similar Unexplained theories in spirituality

    ReplyDelete
  3. Great idea for evaluation
    This theory somehow brings science and spirituality on the same platform
    Both are unseen and require lot of dedication from its followers to achieve success

    ReplyDelete

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