Eternal Self

Eternal Self is the product of 50 years of practice in the science of Tantra Yoga in the U.S. and the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal and India. Tantra Yoga, a spiritual science of Consciousness, creates a life of balance and joy. Religion and philosophy tell you WHAT to do; Tantra Yoga shows you HOW to be. Tantra shares the fundamental requirements of science: experimentation, replication and verification. However, Tantra explores Consciousness and reality through introspection and direct experience rather than analyzing material phenomenon. Eternal Self explores the mystery of Consciousness, maps the principles of Pure Consciousness as the source of energy that manifests material reality. Simultaneously, Pure Consciousness remains the core personal consciousness called the spiritual-Self, or soul. These spiritual principles are surprisingly similar to the quantum vacuum of modern physics. Eternal Self presents a unique analysis of the mind as an energetic field consisting of thought-constructs as energy patterns. It maps the relationship of the spiritual-Self to the energy systems of chakras and subtle senses and the objective reality including the physical body. Our most important personal skill is the ability to focus attention. Eternal Self clarifies the nature of concentration and its impact on the mind. It describes how curiosity intensifies focus, and how fear damages the mind and the ability to focus. Tantra science provides methods for mystical transcendence, but its great practical value is its transformational power, leading to greater emotional intelligence and spiritual realization. The introspective tools and methods of Tantra science dissolve ego issues that are the sources of imbalance, suffering and dysfunction in ourselves, and thus in our families, organizations, and nations. Eternal Self explores the full realization of our humanity, and describes the foundation for a spiritual humanism through transformation and transcendence.

Eternal Self is a practical explanation of the power of Tantra Yoga, an introspective, spiritual science of Consciousness, to create a life of balance, harmony and joy. This book is the product of 50 years of practice, study, and teaching the science of Tantra Yoga, both in the United States and the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal and Northern India. While religion, philosophy, and even science tells you WHAT you should do to achieve this, Tantra Yoga shows you HOW. Through simple tools, such as breathing, concentration, meditation, and other practices, we expand our normally limited awareness to the spiritual-Self, the spiritual core of Consciousness within each of us. Eternal Self begins by exploring the mystery of Consciousness. It then shows how Tantra science shares the fundamental requirements of all science: experimentation, replication and verification. However Tantra explores reality, and in particular Consciousness, through direct introspective experience rather than analyzing material phenomenon. Yoga science understood both mind and matter as energetic structures thousands of years before modern quantum physics. Although Tantra Yoga is a spiritual science, it has more in common with modern science than with organized religion. Eternal Self outlines how each of us participates in this creative process although in contracted, limited ways. This is accomplished through the energetic body that is the underlying reality of our physical body, including the brain. The book shows that through the chakras and subtle senses we experience the energetic quantum reality as a see/touch objective reality. Through systematic meditative practices, we become conscious of these powerful energy centers and utilize them for personal and spiritual growth. The finest instrument we have for material and spiritual success is our mind, but it also prevents us from experiencing the spiritual-Self. Eternal Self presents a unique analysis of the mind as an energetic field consisting of thought-constructs as energy patterns. It maps the relationship of the spiritual-Self (soul) to the energetic Subtle Body involving the chakras and subtle senses, and the physical body and the objective reality. It recognizes that each individual mind is part of a greater energetic field consisting of all human thought that Carl Jung called the "Collective Unconscious." Eternal Self describes the four functions of the mind and the power of each to create knowledge. Our single most important personal skill is the ability to focus attention, to concentrate. Eternal Self clarifies the nature of attention/concentration and its impact on the mind. It describes the power of curiosity to intensify our focus, and the great damage that fear does to all levels of the mind and the ability to focus. Tantra science provides the method of transcendence, or mystical experience, but its practical utility and value lies in its transformational power to enhance intelligence, substantially increase emotional intelligence, and lead to spiritual realization. Eternal Self speaks to the fact that all organizations (political, economic, religious, social) are only as healthy and effective as the egos that lead them. The introspective tools and methods of Tantra science gently dissolve the ego issues that are the sources of imbalance, suffering and dysfunction in ourselves, and thus in our organizations, cultures, and nations. It provides a prescription to develop spiritual humanism through education by utilizing the powerful tools of concentration, stillness, and introspection provided by Tantra and other meditative traditions.

Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D., has spent over fifty years practicing Tantra Yoga. Accepted as a disciple of the Himalayan Sage, Sri Swami Rama, in 1970, he was initiated into the highest levels of his tradition and studied with him in the Himalaya Mountains in Northern India and Nepal. He helped his Master establish a Yoga Science and Philosophy research and educational institute in the United States that was instrumental in beginning the holistic health movement. He has taught and initiated in this tradition since 1972. Internationally recognized for his practical application of yoga science, Dr. Phil was one of the first to establish a successful clinical biofeedback program in a major neurological clinic and teach MBA classes in meditation and self-management at two Universities. Dr. Phil was visiting faculty in the Wharton School of Business Executive Education, and ran a successful international consulting business, teaching meditation, self-management tools and concentration skills to executives with Merrill Lynch, Cargill, Unisys, and other corporations. He has authored five books, co-authored eleven books, and published over twenty articles. Dr. Phil achieved black-belt status in Washin-Ryu Karate under Sensei Hidy Ochiai, and studied Shaolin Tai Chi with Master Yang.