The role of personal behavior and choices in jyotish (for Mary et al)

[Guest guest]

Namaste Mary,

 

My responses to your questions are as follows:

 

1. I'd like to say that I'm spiritually advanced enough

> to understand how to not bump into walls while

> eradicating thought, but I'm really not. Could you

> explain to me, say, in SMALL words, how I could change

> my personal behavior by eradicating thought? I really

> am interested, despite the jokes that pop into my mind

> when I try to assume bliss consciousness! So say you

> were trying to "stay close to your true self", how

> would you do that without thought? What do you DO

> while waiting to be nourished by the fountain of

> creation?

 

Our true Self, the fountain of creation, permeates the entire universe

and even other universes that may exist. I believe science is

discovering this concept, although derived purely from the cognition of

the ancient rishis, when physicists speak of the unified field which is

the basis of the structure in the universe.

 

Complicated as it may seem, we as humans have the unique capacity to

tap into this natural power by developing our own consciousness. We

need to go beyond the basic levels of consciousness, which are the

waking, dreaming, and sleeping consciousness. Our daily thoughts are

essentially grounded into these levels of consciousness. As such, we

are bound or limited to the world of the gunas, the ever changing

status of the phenomenal existence.

 

The way to develop our consciousness is to go beyond our thoughts

during meditation on a regular basis. Through the use of a mantra, our

mind is soothed and rested. As such, one is able follow the bubbles of

thoughts to its source, the Self or the unified field. It is only at

at this stage that the mind is infused with bliss, the fountain of

creation.

 

In coming out of meditation, the mind retains this bliss throughout our

daily activities. As such, we are naturally functioning at a different

and higher level. The ancient rishis call this samadhi. Through

regular practice, the infusion of bliss becomes permanent, thus

attaining the level of cosmic consciousness.

 

This is the process in which true change of behaviour is made. The

change is made through the power of the unified field, the basis of the

entire universe.

 

In retrospect, I am not recommending one becomes mindless in our daily

existence. The advantage of eradicating thoughts is only valid during

meditation. Through the infusion of bliss consciousness, our daily

thoughts sparkle, thus providing creative ideas to solve problems that

may exist.

 

Regards,

 

John R.

[Guest guest]

Hello John!

 

Clarity!! Thank you! I get it now. Somehow, I was

envisioning a vacant-eyed employee telling an irate

employer that he/she was aiding in world peace by

channeling the fountain of creation!

 

Since I don't meditate, I forget that half the world

does so and probably for good reason. Sort of like

flossing for the soul. I shall try it.

 

I've been reading a book lately by the novelist

Elizabeth George about how she teaches others to

write. In building characters she starts with their

"core need" and whichever pathology comes from

interference with their core need. She says that their

actions should be in line with fulfilling their core

need or expressing their pathology.

 

Applying that to myself, I've tried to think 'who am

I?' underneath all of my life experiences. So I ask

myself when taking actions (usually the not so great

actions) whether said actions are in line with 'who I

am'. I'm finding it helpful to stop those actions that

aren't "me". So that's how I'm using thought to create

change or pare away those things in my life that just

get in my way.

 

Thanks for the instruction, John. I shall try it!

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

And leave behind everything...........

Start with all your joy..........

Mary Quinn <mary1quinn > wrote:

Hello John!

 

Clarity!! Thank you! I get it now. Somehow, I was

envisioning a vacant-eyed employee telling an irate

employer that he/she was aiding in world peace by

channeling the fountain of creation!

 

Since I don't meditate, I forget that half the world

does so and probably for good reason. Sort of like

flossing for the soul. I shall try it.

 

I've been reading a book lately by the novelist

Elizabeth George about how she teaches others to

write. In building characters she starts with their

"core need" and whichever pathology comes from

interference with their core need. She says that their

actions should be in line with fulfilling their core

need or expressing their pathology.

 

Applying that to myself, I've tried to think 'who am

I?' underneath all of my life experiences. So I ask

myself when taking actions (usually the not so great

actions) whether said actions are in line with 'who I

am'. I'm finding it helpful to stop those actions that

aren't "me". So that's how I'm using thought to create

change or pare away those things in my life that just

get in my way.

 

Thanks for the instruction, John. I shall try it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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