Guest guest Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 In 1998, while sitting in my patio chair, I had a kind of spiritual experience. I experienced the very real, palpable Presence of God, both in the world around me and in my deepest being, giving rise to my deepest thoughts. It was as if a veil was lifted in my mind. The experience was unbidden and not related to any event in my life, and lasted about a half hour. It all seemed quite natural, and I wondered why I had ever or would ever perceive reality any differently. I identified God as both the collective consciousness of humankind and as the Universal Consciousness, which seemed to be one and the same. I was being called by God, but I didn't know why. I wondered why it was me who was being called. I later realized that the experience itself was the calling, and began to relate the experience to others, along with the knowledge that Universal Consciousness is within our grasp and is one with the collective consciousness of humankind. All systems are part of an organic unity; the separate parts of a system are all internal to each other. The widespread belief that relationships are strictly external, that things are strictly related by contact across an otherwise impenetrable boundary between them, is a relict of classical or Newtonian physics. The outcome of this widespread belief has been a disconnection of people from each other, from humankind, from earth, and from the universe, bringing about the breakdown of the collective psyche. Consciousness is simply awareness, which is brought about through the process of attention. Consciousness includes the more subtle levels of intuition as well as the more explicit awareness of thought, feeling, and experience. Ego consciousness or personal consciousness is our awareness of our self image and how it relates to the world that we perceive. Trans personal consciousness or higher consciousness is awareness beyond ego or personal consciousness. Collective consciousness is awareness of the experience of others, individually and in groups. Universal consciousness is awareness that encompasses the universe of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Nisargadatta , " mshattuckm " <mshattuckm wrote: > > > In 1998, while sitting in my patio chair, I had a kind of spiritual > experience. I experienced the very real, palpable Presence of God, both > in the world around me and in my deepest being, giving rise to my > deepest thoughts. > > It was as if a veil was lifted in my mind. The experience was unbidden > and not related to any event in my life, and lasted about a half hour. > It all seemed quite natural, and I wondered why I had ever or would ever > perceive reality any differently. I identified God as both the > collective consciousness of humankind and as the Universal > Consciousness, which seemed to be one and the same. I was being called > by God, but I didn't know why. I wondered why it was me who was > being called. I later realized that the experience itself was the > calling, and began to relate the experience to others, along with the > knowledge that Universal Consciousness is within our grasp and is one > with the collective consciousness of humankind. > > All systems are part of an organic unity; the separate parts of a system > are all internal to each other. The widespread belief that relationships > are strictly external, that things are strictly related by contact > across an otherwise impenetrable boundary between them, is a relict of > classical or Newtonian physics. The outcome of this widespread belief > has been a disconnection of people from each other, from humankind, from > earth, and from the universe, bringing about the breakdown of the > collective psyche. > > Consciousness is simply awareness, which is brought about through the > process of attention. Consciousness includes the more subtle levels of > intuition as well as the more explicit awareness of thought, feeling, > and experience. Ego consciousness or personal consciousness is our > awareness of our self image and how it relates to the world that we > perceive. Trans personal consciousness or higher consciousness is > awareness beyond ego or personal consciousness. Collective consciousness > is awareness of the experience of others, individually and in groups. > Universal consciousness is awareness that encompasses the universe of > experience. ok..but what is a banana? ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Nisargadatta , " mshattuckm " <mshattuckm wrote: > > > In 1998, while sitting in my patio chair, I had a kind of spiritual > experience. I experienced the very real, palpable Presence of God, both > in the world around me and in my deepest being, giving rise to my > deepest thoughts. > > It was as if a veil was lifted in my mind. The experience was unbidden > and not related to any event in my life, and lasted about a half hour. > It all seemed quite natural, and I wondered why I had ever or would ever > perceive reality any differently. I identified God as both the > collective consciousness of humankind and as the Universal > Consciousness, which seemed to be one and the same. I was being called > by God, but I didn't know why. I wondered why it was me who was > being called. I later realized that the experience itself was the > calling, and began to relate the experience to others, along with the > knowledge that Universal Consciousness is within our grasp and is one > with the collective consciousness of humankind. > > All systems are part of an organic unity; the separate parts of a system > are all internal to each other. The widespread belief that relationships > are strictly external, that things are strictly related by contact > across an otherwise impenetrable boundary between them, is a relict of > classical or Newtonian physics. The outcome of this widespread belief > has been a disconnection of people from each other, from humankind, from > earth, and from the universe, bringing about the breakdown of the > collective psyche. > > Consciousness is simply awareness, which is brought about through the > process of attention. Consciousness includes the more subtle levels of > intuition as well as the more explicit awareness of thought, feeling, > and experience. Ego consciousness or personal consciousness is our > awareness of our self image and how it relates to the world that we > perceive. Trans personal consciousness or higher consciousness is > awareness beyond ego or personal consciousness. Collective consciousness > is awareness of the experience of others, individually and in groups. > Universal consciousness is awareness that encompasses the universe of > experience. >In other words: When Mr./Ms. Being wants to know something he/she does not do it with ideas.He/She becomes that something.He/She eats it, bones, blood,flesh, hide, fur. Not one hair of it is left lying outside of the body of Being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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