He suddenly understood the message of so many spiritual teachers that the only revolution that can work is the inner transformation of every human being.

We have to recognize that spirituality is a legitimate dimension in the psyche. It's a legitimate dimension in the universal scheme of things. It doesn't mean that you are superstitious, that you are in to magical, primitive thinking, if you take spirituality seriously.

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.

Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs.