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Gary Zukav’s first book, The Seat of the Soul (1989), describes how humans are evolving to be more intuitive and soulful. This will help them move away from violence and towards love and light.
Most people think of evolution in terms of physicality and biological survival. But survival is only one part of the picture; it’s a limited goal that we can now see through with our five senses. We’re evolving to an expanded point of view that leverages spiritual capacity, which means we can perceive things beyond what we physically see.
Many people value material things more than relationships. This is common among those who view the world with their five senses, which conceptualize power as something that can be taken away or given to someone else. That kind of power comes from fear and physical dominance, and it’s not sustainable because it can always be taken away by others.
Authentic power is the ability to do great things with your life. It comes from within and it’s closely tied to a higher purpose in life. Evolutionary theory recognizes that we’re all on a quest for authentic power, which is different from transient external power.
People have two parts. The soul is immortal and works towards perfection, while personalities are mortal and exist only in the material world as bodies, which work to fulfill their souls’ missions. Karma dictates what each personality must do to help its soul become whole again.
In today’s world, it is a problem that many people don’t value human life. All people should be valued equally regardless of what they do or say. People need to cultivate reverence for others instead of getting caught up in judging their behavior. When the species as a whole cultivates this quality, violence will cease to exist because spiritual interests will become more important than survival concerns.
Life is not only about learning lessons and becoming whole. Before a soul takes on a form, it agrees to fulfill some kind of purpose during its time in the body. This can be raising children or writing novels or something else entirely. The soul knows this purpose but an individual may not be aware of it consciously while living their life.
Having said all of this, there’s no one path that everyone has to follow. Everyone can take many different paths in life and they’re not any better than the others. The universe will provide for people who trust it even though they don’t understand why or how it works. Even if bad things happen, they are ultimately a part of our soul’s evolution towards wholeness.
Key Point 1: Intuition is a powerful human faculty, even though it can’t be fully explained in rational terms.
The five-sensory perspective is the way most people see things. It’s based on physical reality. The multisensory perspective goes beyond that and includes information from other planes of existence, including what can’t be seen with the naked eye or measured with scientific instruments. This is where human intuition comes into play; it represents a person’s connection to his past lives and unseen teachers who give guidance but don’t exist in this world.
Everyone has intuition, but it’s difficult to understand because of the complex nature of modern life. Sometimes we need physical cues to help us interpret our subconscious feelings and emotions. It is possible that scientists will develop tools for studying these physical cues in the future. For now, though, they are still not completely understood. But even without hard evidence or scientific research on somatic markers, people can use them to make important decisions when rational information is lacking.
