Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 Dear friends, Wish you all a very happy new year and new millenium And a piece of news. I was invited to present a paper on my book (The Science of Enlightenment) at an international conference sponsored by UNESCO and several other organizations, in December. The paper was well received. In case you wish to go through the paper, I am enclosing it below. Best wishes, Nitin Email: ntrasi Homepage: http://personal.vsnl.com/ntrasi What Is Enlightenment? By Dr.Nitin Trasi, MD, Email: ntrasi (Presentation based on the book "The Science of Enlightenment" at The International Conference of Knowledge and East-West Transitions, 11 to 14th Dec 2000, The National Institute of Advanced Studies The Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore 560012). ABSTRACT Enlightenment is a condition completely unknown to modern science. It covers the psychology of the supra-normal or trans-personal, a realm which has been completely overlooked by modern psychology. The Eastern religions define Enlightenment as the loss of `ego' or the loss of the delusion of the `me.' The average person believes in and identifies with a separate ego or `me' residing in the body. This belief gives rise to me-based conditioning, which is the root cause of me-based or psychological suffering, which is avoidable. When a person sees through this me-delusion, he is said to be Enlightened. Enlightenment initiates a process of reversal of the me-based conditioning, and this process of deconditioning is the process of Liberation. The end-point, Final Liberation, is a state completely free of me-based suffering, a state of absolute, causeless compassion. The year is 1928. The place, a village in the South of India, not very far from here. English author and Orientalist Paul Brunton is visiting the hermitage of Ramana Maharshi, an enlightened sage. This is his description of that first encounter from his book "A Search in Secret India." There is something in this man which holds my attention as steel filings are held by a magnet. I cannot turn my gaze away from him. [--] a steady river of quietness seems to be flowing near me, . a great peace is penetrating the inner reaches of my being [-] "Does this man . emanate the perfume of spiritual peace as the flower emanates fragrance from its petals?" What manner of individual can cause such a profound psychological effect upon another, by his mere presence and proximity? Who is a sage, and what exactly is this condition called Enlightenment? Is it not exceedingly strange that nearly three quarters of a century after this event, despite our many and incredible scientific advances, we are still asking ourselves this very basic question - what is Enlightenment? Introduction Enlightenment is a condition well known to the religions of the East, but it is completely unknown to modern science. This may be because modern science and technology draw inspiration predominantly from the West. And yet, the ancient religions of the East are a treasure house of spiritual thought, seeking the deepest meaning of life. These spiritual ideas really form an in depth basic research in human psychology. There is no doubt that such ideas can enrich modern science. Famous trans-personal psychologist Ken Wilber has pointed out, that whereas modern psychology deals primarily with the normal and abnormal, the Eastern psychology of spirituality covers the large and important blind spot in modern psychology, which is - the further psychological evolution of man beyond the normal, to the supra-normal or the trans-personal. Enlightenment and Liberation (Enlightenment: Awakening, realisation, self-realisation, jnana, satori. Liberation: moksha, mukti, nirvana) The basic core of the Eastern spiritual traditions is really the idea of spiritual knowledge, spiritual truth, and the related conditions of Enlightenment and Liberation. The West is not a complete stranger to Enlightenment. Christianity has the concepts of Salvation and the Kingdom of Heaven. And there has been no dearth of mystics in the West, St.Augustine and Meister Eckhart to name just two. But it is the Eastern religions that explicitly talk about Enlightenment and Liberation, and insist that these two conditions are the most supreme goal of human life. These traditions also make the fascinating claim that Liberation leads to the end of human suffering. Very few scientists have subjected these ideas to scientific scrutiny, and with a few notable exceptions, there has not been much speculation about what exactly Enlightenment and Liberation mean in modern psychological terms. A large part of the world has probably not even heard of the term Enlightenment. Most people who have heard of it, think of it as some magical, mysterious state with supernatural powers. It is confused with states of transcendental meditation and states of trance. This is not very strange. Even in the Eastern religious world, where everyone is agreed that Enlightenment is the ultimate spiritual goal, there is much confusion about what it really is, and how one is to go about realising it. The religious literature on this subject contains many conflicting statements and apparent contradictions. To relate this condition to modern science and psychology therefore, we must do two things. One, we must first state very clearly what exactly we mean by Enlightenment, and say how it could lead to the end of suffering. Secondly, we must say this in the language of modern psychology. Enlightenment - the loss of the illusion of the `me' How does our spiritual tradition define Enlightenment? Very simply, Enlightenment is defined as the loss of ahamkaar. Ahamkaar is loosely translated as `ego.' This has caused immense confusion! How can one live without the ego? How can normal life go on? Is such an ego-less state at all possible, and is it desirable? Is it not a psychologically abnormal state? Therefore it is important to point out at the outset that the ego in philosophy is not exactly the ego of psychology. It corresponds rather more closely to the self-image in psychology. It can be described more accurately as the mental image which a person has of himself, and with which the person identifies himself - a self-image so crystallized in thought and belief that it is mistakenly considered to be an independent self-entity, a `me,' residing in the body, a homunculus (the little man inside), a definite individual `self' which passes through the different stages of life. Religious people further believe that this `me' will survive after the death of the body and refer to it as the individual soul. But even if the person does not believe in the soul or afterlife, there is the conscious or unconscious belief in (and identification with) a me which exists during life, and which passes through the different stages of life - from birth to youth to old age to death. There is the belief in the continuity of a me which is seen as going through time in a linear fashion. At the risk of oversimplification, we could say that this me is a sophisticated version of the little child's belief in the man inside the radio set. (Slide 5) Therefore the ego of philosophy is the same as the so called individual self, `soul' - or the `me'. The birth of the me Let us now see how this ego develops. It is in the nature of living things that when a sentient organism evolves, and develops in consciousness to the point of self-awareness, it reaches a dramatic evolutionary milestone. It acquires a self-image! With language, this self-image is refined and re-defined to great precision. It crystallizes into a detailed verbalised image of the `self' or the `me.' In the individual case, the average person is not born with this image, but acquires it as he grows up. As the self-awareness becomes more refined with the learning of language, the image of the me becomes stronger, clearer and more elaborate. Family and society contribute to the building up of this image of the me. By the time the child is an adult, this me-image is fully formed. As the me-image develops, it appears more and more real. It soon becomes the centre and the focus of all thought. Everything, every event in life, is viewed from the restricted, limited, subjective viewpoint of the me. The rest of the world is now seen as the `other,' in competition with the me, and generally in opposition to it. Life now becomes a zero-sum game. "You win" becomes equivalent to "I lose." Even if the person does not believe in the soul or afterlife, there is the conscious or unconscious belief in (and identification with) a me which exists during life, and which passes through the different stages of life. There is the belief in the continuity of a me which is seen as going through time in a linear fashion, from birth to youth to old age to death - and this `me' is seen to exist in opposition to the `other' which is the rest of the world. All this builds up a deep conditioning in the individual, which I call me-based conditioning. Me-based conditioning constructs strict, narrow, stringent criteria - in short, difficult conditions for happiness - it builds up a picture of the `what should be.' And the slightest deviation of actual events (the `what is') from this desired picture can then cause immense misery, which may be completely out of proportion to the actual importance of the events. This is most typically seen in the sensitive adolescent, in whom the me-image is almost fully formed, but in whom the adult maturity is lacking. Such conditioning is therefore extremely demanding and allows a person to be happy only when it is satisfied. If not, there is me-based suffering or psychological suffering, distinct from physical suffering. Such suffering is unique to the human race. So we see how the unconscious belief in the me or the self is the cause of much of human misery - quite literally self-created misery! Further, we can also see that if the me does not really exist as a separate real entity, then the me-based conditioning and in turn me-based suffering which it causes, is entirely unnecessary and avoidable. And this was precisely the key point stressed upon by the Buddha. Beyond this point, most human beings do continue to evolve further in psychological maturity, but to varying degrees. When an occasional such person reaches a point where he (or she) can actually, intuitively see the me for what it really is, as just an appearance, then this realisation is Enlightenment. Enlightenment is thus the irrevocable loss of the delusion of the me. And spiritual knowledge (atma-jnana) is the term used to indicate this insight into the true nature of the me. The me is not an illusion (Believing the me to be real is the illusion) To be precise, Enlightenment is the loss of the delusion of the me, not the me itself. Let us be clear about this. The me is an appearance - like the circle produced by a whirling torch. It is not a total illusion (like a hallucination) because the appearance does exist. But it is a relative reality - transient and ever-changing. The delusion consists in believing it to be more real than it is --believing it to be an entity by itself, a homunculus, or even a `soul' inhabiting the body - and identifying with it. The truth is, that like a corporation or a nation, the me is a useful working concept - but that's all it is. The Buddhist monk Nagasena explained the same idea to his king by his classic example of the chariot. He dismantled the chariot part by part to demonstrate that it was simply the name given to a particular assemblage of things. Beyond this, there existed no chariot. Similarly, we touch, taste, see, hear, feel, sense, act. This is real. But the `me' that is doing all of these things is an executive `me,' a working reality - not a real, permanent `me' that will survive the death of the body. The me is thus an abstract concept, and not a physical, nor an ectoplasmic reality. Upon his Awakening, a person sees all this very clearly. In a brilliant, blinding flash of intuition, the me is seen for all that it really is - an ephemeral, ever-changing mirage. And life is never the same after that. Formula of a sage We must understand that Enlightenment is not some esoteric, magical process. It does not give a man magical powers, or make him a superman. Enlightenment is simply the disappearance of an illusion which made him see everything from the point of view of a `me.' It does not make a person all-knowing. The spiritual `knowledge' that occurs upon Enlightenment is not a form of verbal, temporal knowledge which could be learnt or developed in time. The word knowledge here refers to the true intuitive insight into the way things are in their totality. Enlightenment is thus a change in perspective, a change of focus, a paradigm shift It is a shift from the constricting, individual focus of a `me' to a view of life in its totality. It is a shift from being a circle with the illusory `me' as center, to a circle "whose circumference is everywhere and whose center is nowhere." RESULT: The Process of Liberation Once Enlightenment has occurred, the whole world, and life itself, is seen in an altogether different light. This results in a complete transformation of the individual. Indian philosophy calls it paraavritti, the West has called it metanoia. It is a complete `transcendence of personality,' a total, `inside-out' transformation. Let us see how this happens. The average man's thoughts are usually me-centred or me-based. After Enlightenment, once the person sees the me for what it is, a mere appearance, the me-based conditionings slowly begin to wear themselves out. This is a process of what psychology calls deconditioning. Behaviour therapy uses it. But after Enlightenment, it happens on its own. The Enlightened person does not have to act upon the fact of his Enlightenment to change himself. The change is a spontaneous result of the Awakening. And this spontaneous process of deconditioning is the process of Liberation or mukti. This is not to say that the person becomes incapable of living his daily life, or following his chosen profession, whatever that may be. In all probability he will continue to do both. And there will be no lapse in efficiency either. Rather, when the false is seen as false, work becomes more efficient. Because now there is not the overlay of undue me-related anxiety over the results. Work is done with the full attention that it deserves, with what Zen Buddhism calls a "whole mind" - work done for its own sake. It is important to understand that the Enlightened person can very well continue to be goal oriented, but unlike the average person he is no longer result-obsessed to the point of anxiety. This is incidentally the karma yoga taught by the Bhagavad Gita, the famous Hindu scripture. And today's management experts also observe that an excessive obsession with results detracts from the work at hand and affects its efficiency. Secondly, as the `me' weakens during the process of Liberation, so does the feeling or concept of the `other.' This is because, the me is inextricably linked to the concept of the `other' - they are the two inter-linked opposites, two sides of the same coin. Without the me, there can be no other. Thus finally, a stage comes when the Enlightened person no longer sees the rest of the world as a competitive `other.' The natural result of not seeing the rest of humanity as `other' is a spontaneous outflow of deep, causeless, motiveless compassion. Life, for the Liberated One, is no longer a `zero-sum game.' Final Liberation The theoretical endpoint of the entire process of Liberation is a condition totally devoid of me-based conditioning, in which (as Sri Ramana Maharshi said) no one is seen as other, a condition of absolute compassion, and total absence of unnecessary psychological suffering. This is the condition of Final Liberation (jivan-mukti, pari-nirvana). And it is this compassion, we can now understand, that is responsible for the "river of peace" effect described by Paul Brunton. Conclusion In conclusion, we see that much of the mystery and occultism paraded in the name of mysticism has really nothing to do with true mysticism. True mysticism, as Zen would say, is wu-shih, "nothing special." It just involves a different perspective of viewing the same everyday world, which is then seen in a different light only because the earlier water-tight distinction between `me' and the `other' is seen to dissolve. Using the words in their broadest sense, one could say that the average man's me-based perspective is a sort of a Newtonian view of the world which sees the world divided into discrete objects and isolated individuals with separate, conflicting self-interests. The Enlightened person's holistic view, on the other hand, can be likened to an Einsteinian or quantum view where everything is relative, even time, and everything is interconnected. The Enlightened one thus gains the insight with which to see the Newtonian world from the Einsteinian (or quantum) view. What's more, this happens without his losing the everyday Newtonian perspective, so that the sage is perfectly capable of living his daily life with utmost efficiency. Albert Einstein said, "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." I believe the explanation given here is sufficiently simple to satisfy both Occam's razor and Hume's dictum. We do not postulate a soul, or an afterlife. We do not speak of a personal, anthropomorphic God. We do not admit magic and miracles. Sages like J. Krishnamurti and Ramana Maharshi are not hazy mythological figures - they are men of flesh and blood from this century. The simplicity of what we have just said is captured by this short summary of the essence of Buddhism. The essence of Buddhism 1. There is no ultimate, unchanging essence like soul (atman), no separate, real `me,' in anyone. 2. When people realise this truth, they become selfless persons. They then experience a mental state of loving kindness (metta), compassion, sympathetic joy and calmness of mind. It couldn't be simpler than this. The first statement agrees with science. The second does not clash with it - only, science has never ventured this far. And today, I believe, we have taken the first small step towards the scientific recognition of this simple but great truth. It is my fond hope that the proper understanding of the condition of Enlightenment may eventually lead to more people getting a taste of this "river of peace," and the world will perhaps be a step closer to achieving a famous singer's utopian dream - the brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace . . . Imagine all the people Sharing all the world . . . You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be one! from "Imagine" by John Lennon (The Beatles) ------------- Notes and Ref: 1. A Search in Secret India, Paul Brunton, p.141, B.I.Pub.,1970, reprint 1994. 2. The Spectrum of Consciousness, Ken Wilber, The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, USA; 1977, reprint 1985. 3. The Atman Project, Ken Wilber, The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, U.S.A., 1989. 4. Atmabodha - Self-Knowledge of Sri Sankaracarya, (ahamkaar, p.73, v.5, v.46, etc), by Swami Nikhilananda,Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, India, 1997. 5. Occam's razor: William of Ockham (1284?-1347?), English philosopher and theologian. In philosophy, according to Ockham's Razor, a problem should be stated in its basic and simplest terms. In science, the simplest theory that fits the facts of a problem is the one that should be selected. 6. Hume's dictum: a preference for less "miraculous" explanations. Hume, David (1711-1776), Scottish philosopher. 7. Zero-sum game: From Nonzero: The Logic Of Human Destiny, by Robert Wright, pub. Vintage Books. He argues that in general the evolution of nature, and in particular the evolution of human culture, are largely shaped by win-win processes which he examines with the help of Game Theory. Evolution has a non-zero-sum logic which leads to increasing complexity. He writes that "the directionality in these two evolutionary processes suggests that maybe the processes are themselves subordinate to a larger purpose." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 Namaste - Very well done.... Here is a paper you may enjoy it is written from the view like you said that the psychologists have forgotten... it was written for mainly those in the west that do not have the foundation of texts and understanding of Brahman... Thu Aug 24, 2000 10:33pm Ego, bondage, and illusions of truth EGO, BONDAGE, AND ILLUSIONS OF TRUTH All of our emotional bondages are created and held in place by that which is known as ego... Ego is the belief that we are these bodies, emotions, and thoughts.. Therefore when anything goes against any of these systems we hold it to be an assault against our persona.. Depending on our belief system and identity which is already in place it can be mildly irritating to downright devastating.. If we encountered a traumatic situation where there was a belief that impending death was just around the corner then that trauma may be re- run again and again in the psyche, creating ever more pain and perceived trauma.. But there is a way to short circuit these illusions of truth.. For anything that is not LIBERATING is not Truth at all but an illusion of truth.. It is these illusions that we will address. How are they created and what sustains them? And if they are illusions how can we move beyond them? If we are not this ego structure then what are we? How can peace of mind be attained and preserved? Where do we begin and where will this search end? Believe it or not that which you fear the most can be THAT which liberates you in the end. The largest perceived fear can be the greatest liberator. Please bear with me in this. Right now you are probably thinking that this woman has a serious screw loose somewhere! And if I were in your place I would probably think the same thing right about now. But I have been where you are and have escaped the concrete fears and thought constructs and emotional baggage which kept me bound for many years. I have walked the path and therefore can speak from the position of direct experiential knowledge and not hearsay. All I will speak of has been acquired by direct experience. I do not have a PHD but rather a direct knowledge of Truth as it is. It is this truth that I wish to share with you today.. >From the moment we are born the conditionings begin. And the conditions of life are set. We are born into this world with a body. Some bodies are seen as perfect and some as flawed. we are born into a family. Some are glad at the arrival and perhaps some are not. So all these things begin to create the conditionings and conditions of our lives. The views of our parents and society and friends all have an impact on our thought structures and perceptions. These all come together to create our basic outlook on life ad what we hold to be truth. These create our perceptions of truth. If you are supported and told you are smart then you have confidence in whatever you do. While on the other hand if you are always told you are stupid and ugly then this will color your world and view of reality. This colors your thoughts of who you perceive yourself to be, along with all the other events in life which also color and inter-play within your reality framework. One person that has always been sheltered within a loving family will see the world as a kind and beneficial beautiful place to be. Where as one that has come from a harsh and abusive environment will see the world colored as a place to be continually on guard. While there are events which unfold in everyones life which will skew these basic belief systems. Now you begin to see just how much the conditionings create our basic view of reality as we know it.. Or "think" it to be. Now with this out of the way we begin right where you are at this moment in time. So the first thing we do is to look at the fact that the past is past. So if your are re-running the tapes of the past let's look at the fact that by running them over and over you can change nothing. All you are doing is re-inforcing past nonsense that is keeping you bound in one form or another. If it were not keeping you bound it would have passed right out of your awareness. But for whatever reason that you perceive you are continually holding on to this perceived slight or hurt or trauma. And you have to admit it is not doing anything constructive in your life. Now lets look at the other waste of energy which we continually find ourselves in. And this is the "what if" factor. Trying to live in the future just never works. as the ONLY place that you can ever truly live is in the present moment of now... So what is happening when you are running the past tapes and the what if tapes? In essence you are passing life by.. You are only existing! You are Not living at all.. Life is in a holding pattern. Continually circling around and around. And the more you feed the past and the what ifs the more they grow into unmanageable cyclones of wasted energy and efforts. As you are attempting to deal with an change something which is already gone. It lives only within your illusion of truth. And the conflict is there because of the ego identification with the body and emotions and thoughts. And in Truth you are none of these things. So now you ask where do I go from here!? And from here I say it is time you found out the Truth of who and what you really are. Once you Know at long last just what comprises your Being then the rest of that which is illusion will just drop away of its own accord.. When these things are no longer given any energy then they will just dissipate into the vapors of unreality that they are. Like a drop of dew evaporates in the sunlight. these illusions will dissipate under the light of truth. Are you ready to begin the never ending adventure? Are you ready to begin to really live life to the fullest. to grab and rest in the freedom which is just waiting for you to reach out and accept it? For it is ALWAYS there and has always been there. It is only your own blinders which keep you from seeing it. Is your fear that you are nothing and nobody? Is your great fear that of death and that you will cease to be? Let us go into these fears and see what comes out of them. Let us proceed to look at what is temporary and transient. What is it about you that comes and goes. When you peel away the layers of the transient what is it that remains? When you come to what remains you will come to the truth of your Being!! You will see that there was nothing to fear and that there is only Freedom that remains. Won't that be a lovely thing to remain. Just FREEDOM to BE. The Freedom of knowing that you are the unbound Truth of Existence. That all you perceived was just an illusion of bondage and fear which never had any reality at all, except that which you yourself gave it. So are you ready to unravel all the fears and thoughts and emotions that have kept you tied on the wheel of Karma? Are you ready to let go of the desires that keep you bound to the wheel of birth and death? For it is not the actions which keep you on the wheel of karma going around and around. It is the thought and intent of the actions. And it is the re-actions of the actions which come against you which once again keep you bound to the wheel of birth and death. Just going around and around in the never ending spiral called life and death... birth and re-birth... We keep cycling through the same old patterns again and again until we can break the cycle. And in each life we will draw the same patterns to ourselves and will keep creating the same illusions of truth until we can break free and can see them for what they are. And once we see through them then the pattern will drop and we move onward to a new experience.. Look at your life and see what patterns keep coming up again and again. Now let's walk through the door of Knowledge to Liberation and the Freedom with awaits. what is mind? Is it a physical thing? Let us first look here. What is the mind comprised of? Is not the mind comprised of thoughts? And just what are thoughts? Are they some concrete existence? NO! Thoughts come and go like waves on the sea. First one thought is there and then another and so on and so on. One arises and falls and then the next and so on infinitum. But there can only be one thought that makes its appearance at a time. Sometimes these thoughts will start in a whirlpool one after another just going around and around until you are dizzy and disoriented just from the sheer continued motion and cycling around and around. But look at it again. Even thought there are certain thought patterns which keep appearing and cycling they ultimately come and go.So if they come and go they are not concrete in nature but fluid. And like waves on the ocean they can appear like a ripple or with enough energy can appear as a tidal wave pulling you out into a sea of emotion and fear and despair. all because they have touched upon an illusion of truth. They come and rock your world. Cause waves in your reality. So let us continue on in this search until we uncover the Reality that cannot be shaken. When you come to the Truth you will be set Free as the Truth always IS and is the bases for ALL of creation. ALL has proceeded from Truth - is sustained by truth - and will once again return to truth. And illusions being what they are in the end must disappear; when the illusion is uncovered it ceases to be! So we see that mind is comprised of individual thoughts which come and go. One thought manifesting at a time. So mind is Not concrete in nature. Mind is an illusion. Mind has no substance. Let us move on now to thought. What is thought? Thought also has no concrete nature. So exactly what and where do thoughts manifest from? They have no substance. They arise from nowhere and return to nowhere. So why is so much importance given to something which comes and goes from nowhere to nowhere. When it leaves out of our awareness and perception where does it go? It only has life while in the framework of our perceptions. When these thoughts float into our awareness what happens? We give it life by then ascribing emotions to it. Do we not? When a thought comes in if you look at it and dwell on it does it not elicit an emotion? So this emotion gives the thought life for that moment in time. Now once again let us follow the emotion. Emotions once again come and go. It is something that is particular to yourself alone. No one else feels your emotion but you. Others may see your reaction to the emotion but the emotion itself is yours alone. Is emotion a concrete thing? No! You cannot have an emotion that lives independently on its own. You are the one that gives it life. Your attention to it gives it energy and life. And once again emotions come and go like the waves of an ocean. In and out. High tide and low tide. And since they are transient in nature they are not the reality of your Being. They are but ripples on the sea of Consciousness. One emotion arises and is there for some time until replaced by another emotion. Once again they are only waves and ripples without any concrete form. Emotions are created and held in place by mind and thought. And we have already seen that mind and thought have no substance and are only passing illusions. And these illusions create and sustain all the Ill-lusions that keep us bound. So let us review. We know that we are not the physical body. Nor can we be the mind which is created by thoughts. Nor are we the individual thoughts. Nor are we the conglomerate of thoughts. If we are neither of these then it follows that we also cannot be the emotions which the mind and thoughts create and sustain. And isn't our whole persona just made up and held together by all these illusions of mind thought and emotion? So let us keep going and seeing just what is left? My goodness do I even exist at all? I think it is safe to say yes you do exist--just not the way you thought and perceived.! So when we take away the body, the mind, the thoughts, the emotions just what is left? How do you know you have thoughts? How do you know you dream at night? Or that there were no dreams. It is because of conscious awareness! You are this Conscious Awareness... It sees the thoughts.. But it is not the thoughts. It is aware of the emotions. But it is Not the emotions. It is aware of form but it is not form. It is Not concrete in nature yet clearly it IS... You are in fact NO - Body... and you are No-Thing... You are Awareness - energy - Vibration - truth - and Bliss... and these are Eternal in Nature.. They are what creates and sustains existence. All form while appearing and disappearing is created by these alone. And therefore Always exists. The form may change but it is eternal for it never was the concrete illusion of truth which we see. See beyond the form to the Formless.. See beyond the illusions of truth to the Reality of Truth. Now let us continue onward. Now we come to the point of putting all this together. Since we are in Reality Conscious Awareness and Energy and Vibration and Truth and Bliss... Just what thought or emotion or physical happening can touch us?! None can truly touch out essence!! so ALL of the perceived traumas and hurts have happened only to this body.. and you are Not this body. This is how we diffuse the bondage. When the pain comes again go into it... Go to the root. There is nothing to fear except fearing the fear. So go into the fear fully and see that when you reach the end of it that it will just dissipate as it is only comprised of of illusions of truth. When thoughts come and go just see them as passing clouds with no substance. Do not give them form and life... Let them come and go like waves on the ocean. Instead of being carried away by a tidal wave get in the boat and float downstream and enjoy the ride. When you drop the mind of thoughts and illusions you will reach the still waters of the Peace which passes all understanding. You will be the everlasting waters. You will not thirst again. You alone crate the fears and bondages of life. And you have the power to let all of them go. Just go into the illusion and it will dissipate before your very eyes. You will not cease to exist nor will you find more bondage. What you will find is the doorway to freedom. You have never truly been born nor have you died you are beyond these forms and plays of life. As all this is created by mind and thought. So go beyond all these illusions to what and who your really are.. Live life to the fullest! You are here to explore and be existence.. So drop all the self doubts and illusions of truth that keep you gong around and around. You are Life. .. You are Bliss when you drop the illusive mind and thought. You are Sat-Truth, Chit-Awareness, and Anand-Bliss...This IS the Truth of your Being... And what in reality can touch or harm this truth?!!! NOTHING AT ALL!!! NOTHING AT ALL!!! Love and Blessings .. ____________________ __ Get Your Private, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.