About the Author

I am JP, the author of From Homo Sapiens to Immortal Souls. Before delving deeper into the mysteries of life, death, and the nature of reality, I’d like to share my story—what led me to write this book and the transformative experiences that shaped its message.

From childhood, I was captivated by the world around me. Though my understanding was limited, I felt an undeniable awe for nature and a deep connection with those I engaged in meaningful conversation. Raised in a Catholic household, I was steeped in the traditions of my parents’ beliefs. Yet as I grew older, Christianity’s teachings began to feel hollow. They no longer resonated with the profound emotions I experienced—the reverence stirred by nature’s beauty and the longing for answers to life’s biggest questions.

Scripture left too much unexplained: Who are we, truly? Why do we exist? If God is love, why must life end in death? The answers I found—whether in theology or philosophy—felt insufficient. Dissatisfied, I turned away from organized religion, embracing skepticism. I demanded proof, questioned everything—until an extraordinary experience shattered my doubts and changed my life.

When this happened, I was serving in the French Navy, stationed on the remote atoll of Mururoa in French Polynesia. One evening, while watching The King of Kings (Le Roi des Rois) with fellow sailors, I was confronted with the harrowing scene of the crucifixion—a brutal depiction of humanity’s capacity for cruelty. I couldn’t comprehend how people could inflict such suffering on someone whose only "crime" was love, compassion, and service.

With these thoughts of unfairness, a surge of emotion overwhelmed me—an instinctive, almost primal urge to step into that scene, to shield the crucified man from his tormentors. In that moment, I felt an indescribable connection with him, a bond so profound that tears streamed down my face—not tears of sorrow, but from ecstasy beyond words. It was as if I had touched something eternal, a truth far greater than myself, way more than anything I knew. That inner experience marked a turning point in my life.

Why had injustice toward a stranger evoked such a visceral reaction? Why had I felt such unity and love for someone persecuted centuries ago? While I had no answers then, the encounter set me on a lifelong quest to understand the qualitative reality of human existence and its relationship with the quantitative facts present in our environment. 

Over time, I discovered that countless human beings had experienced the same ineffable feeling—whether through art, nature, music, or human connection. Driven by this revelation, I immersed myself in religion, philosophy, and spirituality, searching for the source of that overwhelming sense of unity I felt. Among the many texts I studied, one stood apart: The Urantia Book (particularly Jacques Weiss’s 1960s translation, La Cosmogonie d’Urantia). Unlike any other work, it reignited that same surge of truth and oneness I’d felt years before. Its insights resonated not just intellectually but at the core of my being. 

However, skeptical by nature, I scrutinized it for flaws—yet after four decades of study, I’ve found none. While some passages challenge conventional thought, its foundational truths remain unshakable. Armed with this unwavering perception, I sought to articulate the qualitative reality we all sense—the intangible dimension that gives meaning to our lives since matter alone cannot explain consciousness, human or otherwise.

Without an observer, even the written word is merely potential. You, reading these lines, make them real, not because they are written on paper, but because they exist in your mind. Without you reading these words, they would not exist besides potentially. And this principle extends to all existence: our awareness breathes life into the material world even if it feels otherwise.

This understanding, which is crystallized into “From Homo Sapiens to Immortal Souls”, a culmination of nearly forty years of contemplation, emphasizes the following facts comprising our lives:

    1. Our origin lies in consciousness, not mere physicality.
    2. Death cannot be the end of life if consciousness is fundamental to reality.
    3. Spiritual experiences—love, unity, goodness—reveal life’s deeper fabric beyond mere material function.

From Homo Sapiens to Immortal Souls is not a philosophical book—it is an exploration of existential reality itself. It is an invitation to recognize the fundamental truth of our being, the facts that transcend thought and dwell in the realm of direct perception. I hope, therefore, that these words serve you as a guide—just as they guided me—from the limitations of mortal perception to the liberating clarity of immortal insight.