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Paleontologists say that dinosaurs were\u00a0roaming 200 million years ago.\u00a0The existence of human beings has been estimated to be at least 40-60 thousand years. However our society has not made a concerted unified attempt to answer the fundamental questions- \u201cDoes the soul exist\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0 \u201d Is there life after death\u201d?\u00a0 \u201d Is God there\u201d?\u00a0These questions are addressed on my website <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsffoundation.org\">www.vsffoundation.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If we accept the concept of God as universal energy\/ consciousness and the notion of the life continues after life-what next?<\/p>\n<p>There are still many puzzling episodes or points to ponder.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why only some people have specific psychic ability, clairvoyance, telepathy, mediumship, astral travelling and many other abilities. Majority of the people does not have any of those abilities.<\/li>\n<li>Why only small percentage of people go through NDE experiences not others. In society some people are filthy rich, and some people are homeless on the street. Some people have very miserable life in beginning then they become extremely rich later in life. e.g. Steve Jobs (apple founder) or John Walsh (Conversations with God author) etc. did not have\u00a0enough even to eat in their school days but look how rich they became in late life? The theory of karma may explain some of it but would be hard to explain the transition that occurred in their life. You can say that theory of free will explain but still there are plenty of unexplained aspects.<\/li>\n<li>The more we contemplate on above points it seems there is \u201cwhole truth\u201d and only very small portion of this whole truth are being fleshed here and there in this world. Consider following 3 analogies-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Imagine a painting but only small portion of this from various places in painting are being shown.<\/li>\n<li>Imagine a whole movie but only few scenes from this movie are shown randomly.<\/li>\n<li>There is a whole story, but only random sentences are being shown to read.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Considering the above, the most important worthwhile thing for us to do is to connect to the universal consciousness. We are normally conscious of our physical existence and surroundings. We should try to raise our consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Physical &gt; family and friends&gt; community&gt; planet&gt;universe&gt; spiritual<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With above in mind, I have undertaken to establish Center for consciousness development. 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