Consciousness: Where Science & Spirituality Meet (Wisdom Library of Swami Amar Jyoti) Volume-1

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Recordings of the Satsangs of Swami Amar Jyoti were first made available on audiocassette to a small group of devotees in 1974. Until His Mahasamadhi in 2001, each of his Satsangs was recorded live. Over seven hundred recordings are still available on CD and MP3 downloads. Edited versions of these profound and deeply inspiring teachings also have been published for decades in Light of Consciousness-Journal of Spiritual Awakening. In response to repeated requests that the Satsangs be presented in book form, it is a privilege to launch the Wisdom Library of Swami Amar Jyoti, beginning with Volume 1: Consciousness: Where Science and Spirituality Meet.

Gurudeva often spoke of how one day spirituality and science would merge, as scientists and spiritual seekers meet in their quest for what the scientists sometimes call the Unified Field-synonymous with Consciousness, God, Brahman, the Absolute, Eternal, Light, the Divine. Through these Satsangs this ancient wisdom is approachable not only for the scholarly or the adept but for all who come with an open mind and heart.

ACCORDING TO THE YOGA TRADITION, an Enlightened sage is one who has transcended the instinctive tendency of identifying himself (or herself) as an isolated, bodily individual in an external, largely uncaring world. The sage experiences an infinite, eternal and divine consciousness. Confusion of identity ceases and the purpose of life is revealed. He knows himself to be the ocean of existence, of which all life is but an expression of his own delight and creativity. I believe that Swami Amar Jyoti is such a sage.

An authentic Guru is one who is Enlightened and, simply as a result of compassion, spends his life attempting to share with others the consciousness he enjoys. This demands a love and commitment to service that is almost impossible to conceive. He spends his life loving others more than they love him. I believe Swami Amar Jyoti is such a Guru.

The reader who is familiar with the life of Swami Amar Jyoti (henceforth referred to as Gurudeva, "Divine Teacher") may find my referencing him in the present tense unusual in light of his Mahasamadhi in 2001. Allow me to explain. I became aware of Gurudeva and his teachings shortly after his passing when I became a reader, and later a contributor, to Light of Consciousness, a magazine published by his disciples. I noticed a striking and inexorable occurrence with the publication of each issue: in every new copy, a transcribed talk or Satsang by Gurudeva remarkably, precisely, and unmistakably addressed my life and what I was contemplating at that time. When such an event happens once, it is a coincidence. When it happens every time, there is something more profound at work.