Just a few days ago, a massive earthquake of 7.2 magnitude shook Turkey, in which hundreds of people lost their lives or suffered injuries. Like in many rescue efforts after an earthquake, in the Turkey earthquake too, the rescue workers found survivors – a baby and adults, alive in the rubble after being buried for as many as 4 or 5 days.

It is very heartening that they survived, and while reading such news one cannot but ponder – what makes or breaks the odds of people’s survival beyond the life expectancy of humans when left without food or water? Generally, when something is beyond the limits of being easily explainable by modern science, it has its root cause in the spiritual realm.

People have been talking about ‘climate change’ for a while now, from the record-breaking droughts in Texas, to the alarming intensity of typhoons and hurricanes all across the globe, to the overwhelming precipitation the world over.

However, another type of climate change seems to be taking place. It became more pronounced in early 2011 with the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, but has gained momentum and strength in the last couple of months elsewhere. I speak of course, about the “Occupy” movements and “World Revolution Day” spanning the globe.

I know when I see the people around me, there does seem to be a general sense of malaise and unhappiness. This got me wondering–if the protesters on Wall Street and all over got what they asked for, would that be it? Would everyone go home and live happily ever after?

Spiritual Science Research Foundation is planning to submit a documentary video to the European Spiritual Film Festival. The European Spiritual Film Festival (ESFF) showcases films and screenplays that explore the life of one’s mind. It encourages filmmakers whose films treat different aspects of spirituality and the human experience. The 5th edition of ESFF will be held from February 15th till March 15th 2012 on the festival website, and will be concluded in Paris on March 31st till April 1st 2012. Find out how you can contribute.

Through its videos, SSRF brings snippets from our library of almost 10,000 hours of video footage on various spiritual phenomena. SSRF makes efforts to reach people with its videos and spiritual research. Would you like to contribute?

In today’s times when selfishness is rampant and there is a general degradation of social unity, ethics and even family structure it sounds very unusual to hear stories of heroes who are doing unselfish acts for others. The last such incident that we have seen, when the Japanese firefighters willingly exposed themselves to high, even deadly levels of radiation in order to protect their fellow citizens is quite inspiring and admirable. We immediately wonder if we would have been able to do the same in their situation? It also makes us wonder how much these people gained spiritually with this act, because it is quite a high sacrifice to make and one would guess it is a valuable one in the scope of universal law. A similar level of sacrifice is often expected from some other professions such as the police or the army, where one has to sacrifice life for the sake of duty, nation, etc. We can look at this act from two angles…

From time to time we come across some studies related to the risk of upcoming natural disasters. There is heightened interest in the likelihood of further disasters especially after big tragedies such as the recent repeated earthquakes in Japan. Meteorologists, seismologists and other scientists conduct research into the physical factors that affect turbulence on Earth. In 2006 for example, a scientist from the University of California demonstrated that the San Andreas fault in California may have been stressed to a level sufficient for the next “big one,” as it is commonly called; that is, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude or greater.

On the other hand, some of SSRF’s seekers have advanced sixth sense. With their sixth sense ability and the grace of God, these seekers can cross the boundaries of time and precisely see future events. Yoya Vallée is one such seeker. In 1999 Yoya had two premonitions about the coming times. We are presenting them below. She also drew the vision she got at the time. Most importantly, she got her premonitions confirmed by H.H. Dr. Athavale.

On April 13th 2011, around twenty in-patients at the “San Juan de Dios” Rehabilitation and Mental Health Centre in La Paz, Bolivia listened very attentively to SSRF’s lecture about the spiritual causes and treatment of addictions. Many of them nodded in agreement while hearing about unsatisfied desires of our ancestors being a frequent cause of [...]