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The Dissolution of the Mind - the withdrawal of the sense of "I" from the notion

of an identity to thoughts and impressions:

 

When, through the various practices of yoga the mind becomes pure and we are

told about our True Self abiding in the Heart (Hrdayam) as being all-pervasive,

there is a sudden sense of recollection where the mind is reflected back on the

Self.

 

This recollection of our single Truth is felt as a pulsation of the sense of "I"

felt in the Atma nadi (an extension of the sushumna) between the Heart (Hrdayam)

and the Crown (Sahasrara).

 

Until this is felt, there continues the concept, idea, impression or imagination

that the "I" is the identity between the "I" sense and thoughts and sensations

of the body in reaction to an apparently separate world.

 

This identity (ego) is not real, only the "I" is real. When the single "I" is

felt, it pulsates as a gravitational force sucking in any impressions that

appear in the mind, such that the mind is filled with live pervasive light, much

the same as though when looking at a slide or movie, the screen fades to white,

as the power of the light is increased.

 

Once this inward pulling force tales hold, you abide permanently in Its

Singularity, and witness, without attention, the dissolution of the sense of

identity to thoughts, sensations impressions and images. Everything related to

ideas of time and space dissolves, as you abide single,.... uncaused,....

unconditioned,... space-like,... without thoughts nor a thinker...

 

"Emptiness here, emptiness there, no difference for definitions have vanished

and no boundaries are seen..." (3rd Zen Patriarch)

 

This "recollection" is so clear and profound that it releases you entirely from

all concepts as you abide in your single recollected Truth.

 

What is imaginary is the idea of there being an identity between the "I", which

is the all pervasive substratum felt in the Heart, and the images appearing in

the conscious field. When the Heart (the Self) recollects Itself, you become

aware that you are the single substratum, and you awaken to the timeless

experience of your Self as That. The sense of identity falls away like a

mirage. It's simply relinquished.

 

There is an inward drawing sensation of the sense of "I" from the diverse

attention to the concocted idea of identity to Its ever abiding Single Truth, as

you are drawn into the experience of your Self as pervasive blazing Light. "I am

the Light of the world" is what you awaken to, and you entirely forget the

former dream of "I am this and that" as being no more than an illusion, that

even as you look upon it it vanishes.

 

As to the thoughts and images and planes that are illumined and have their

reflected appearance within the Diamond Mind, they are discovered to continue

automatically without the slightest idea of a doer or the use of attention and

focus to see and know.

 

Somehow the Truth has to be heard. Once heard, It takes hold of you and cannot

be lost, as the dissolution of the "I" from the images in the mind prevails

steadily. Whether the mind is agitated and active or still and pure, somehow

this "hearing" has to take effect, after which this force of Dissolution will

prevail.

 

This experience is within the immediate possibility of everyone, as It is the

Truth even now. Abandoning imagination, the Self is Realized as ever abiding

Truth, as "I am the Truth."

 

There is nothing at all philosophical to this. Abandoning attention to all

thoughts, you awaken to and emerge as Self.

 

Pieter

 

--

 

Question:

Are the past and future mere imagination?

 

Ramana Maharshi:

Yes, even the present is mere imagination,

for the sense of time is purely mental.

Space is similarly mental.

Therefore birth and rebirth, which take place in

time and space, cannot be other than imagination.

 

 

--

 

Kundalini Yoga - as taught by Yogi Bhajan

Course teacher: Pieter, substituting for Sunder Khalsa until October

 

 

--

 

Reminder:

2 Kundalini Yoga sessions (4 classes) this Sunday from 1-3 and 3:30-5:30 6th

Floor Health Spa JW Marriott - Bangkok. Health Spa Members free, outside

participants 200 Baht per session or 300 Baht both sessions.

 

 

--

 

http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com

 

 

 

 

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"Pieter Schoonheim Samara" <pietersa

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Saturday, June 16, 2001 5:33 AM

The Dissolution of the Mind - the withdrawal of the

sense of "I" from the notion of an identity to thoughts and impressions:

 

 

> The Dissolution of the Mind - the withdrawal of the sense of "I" from the

notion of an identity to thoughts and impressions:

>

> When, through the various practices of yoga the mind becomes pure and we

are told about our True Self abiding in the Heart (Hrdayam) as being

all-pervasive, there is a sudden sense of recollection where the mind is

reflected back on the Self.

>

> This recollection of our single Truth is felt as a pulsation of the sense

of "I" felt in the Atma nadi (an extension of the sushumna) between the

Heart (Hrdayam) and the Crown (Sahasrara).

>

> Until this is felt, there continues the concept, idea, impression or

imagination that the "I" is the identity between the "I" sense and thoughts

and sensations of the body in reaction to an apparently separate world.

>

> This identity (ego) is not real, only the "I" is real. When the single

"I" is felt, it pulsates as a gravitational force sucking in any impressions

that appear in the mind, such that the mind is filled with live pervasive

light, much the same as though when looking at a slide or movie, the screen

fades to white, as the power of the light is increased.

>

> Once this inward pulling force tales hold, you abide permanently in Its

Singularity, and witness, without attention, the dissolution of the sense of

identity to thoughts, sensations impressions and images. Everything related

to ideas of time and space dissolves, as you abide single,.... uncaused,....

unconditioned,... space-like,... without thoughts nor a thinker...

>

> "Emptiness here, emptiness there, no difference for definitions have

vanished and no boundaries are seen..." (3rd Zen Patriarch)

>

> This "recollection" is so clear and profound that it releases you entirely

from all concepts as you abide in your single recollected Truth.

>

> What is imaginary is the idea of there being an identity between the "I",

which is the all pervasive substratum felt in the Heart, and the images

appearing in the conscious field. When the Heart (the Self) recollects

Itself, you become aware that you are the single substratum, and you awaken

to the timeless experience of your Self as That. The sense of identity

falls away like a mirage. It's simply relinquished.

>

> There is an inward drawing sensation of the sense of "I" from the diverse

attention to the concocted idea of identity to Its ever abiding Single

Truth, as you are drawn into the experience of your Self as pervasive

blazing Light. "I am the Light of the world" is what you awaken to, and you

entirely forget the former dream of "I am this and that" as being no more

than an illusion, that even as you look upon it it vanishes.

>

> As to the thoughts and images and planes that are illumined and have their

reflected appearance within the Diamond Mind, they are discovered to

continue automatically without the slightest idea of a doer or the use of

attention and focus to see and know.

>

> Somehow the Truth has to be heard. Once heard, It takes hold of you and

cannot be lost, as the dissolution of the "I" from the images in the mind

prevails steadily. Whether the mind is agitated and active or still and

pure, somehow this "hearing" has to take effect, after which this force of

Dissolution will prevail.

>

> This experience is within the immediate possibility of everyone, as It is

the Truth even now. Abandoning imagination, the Self is Realized as ever

abiding Truth, as "I am the Truth."

>

> There is nothing at all philosophical to this. Abandoning attention to

all thoughts, you awaken to and emerge as Self.

>

> Pieter

>

> --------

------

>

> Question:

> Are the past and future mere imagination?

>

> Ramana Maharshi:

> Yes, even the present is mere imagination,

> for the sense of time is purely mental.

> Space is similarly mental.

> Therefore birth and rebirth, which take place in

> time and space, cannot be other than imagination.

>

>

> --------

------

>

> Kundalini Yoga - as taught by Yogi Bhajan

> Course teacher: Pieter, substituting for Sunder Khalsa until October

>

>

> --------

------

>

> Reminder:

> 2 Kundalini Yoga sessions (4 classes) this Sunday from 1-3 and 3:30-5:30

6th Floor Health Spa JW Marriott - Bangkok. Health Spa Members free,

outside participants 200 Baht per session or 300 Baht both sessions.

>

>

> --------

------

>

> http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com

>

>

>

>

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