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This week on Spiritual Awakening via the Wisdom Radio Network: "Quantum

Physics Meets Mysticism -- Finding the Missing State of Being:

Contemplation."

 

This program makes the case for the need to explore inner space via a

contemplative meditation practice, "the research tool of spiritual

scientists." I make use of a new book by Brian Hines called "God's Whisper,

Creation's Thunder -- Echoes of Ultimate Reality In The New Physics,"

Threshold Books.

 

In this study, Hines demonstrates the parallels between the discoveries of

the new physics and the revelations of the great mystics, whom he describes

as "spiritual scientists." One of the mystics he heavily quotes is

Jalaluddin Rumi, the great 12th century Sufi poet, who by the way has become

America's most widely read poet in recent years.

 

For the mystic, both science and religion appear to confine themselves to

FEELING, THINKING, and OBSERVING in the outer world of the five senses,

unaware of the fourth option, CONTEMPLATION.

 

Through meditation techniques imparted by a living master or shaikh, a

student learns to temporarily transcend his or her awareness of the

objective outer world. Contemplation begins by studying the nature of human

consciousness itself, independent of the content of consciousness. If we

can tune out the never ending stream of impressions: emotions, fantasies,

images, concepts, sensory perceptions, observations, thoughts, dreams -- the

whole kit and caboodle that we are aware of either when our eyes are open or

closed, awake, or asleep, we can discover another level of consciousness.

Hines uses an analogy of TV channels. "Before a new channel can be received

-- or more accurately, a whole new bandwidth, like going from VHF to UHF on

a television -- the old channels must be tuned out."

 

Like Galileo discovering new worlds through the lens of his telescope,

mystics have been trying to tell humanity for eons something quite similar.

The reason why the contemplative state of being is still hidden from most of

us is that, unlike Galileo's telescope, in order to look through this

particular lens, the third eye center or inner vision, we mustn't focus on

the outward sensory impressions (during meditation), but go in the opposite

direction -- into inner space. Most of us aren't used to the idea of giving

up, even for a minute, the outward sensory impressions or the world of

thought. As Rumi says, "The workshop and treasure of God is in

nonexistence. You are deceived by existence, so how could you know about

nonexistence." In Sufi terminology nonexistence is another form of

existence in the world of the Unseen -- the spiritual realm --the Kingdom of

Heaven that is within you, and is available in this present moment through

contemplative meditation.

 

"Contemplate the Living One while you are alive......," (Gospel of Thomas)

 

"Be still and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)

 

"If the soul is to see God, then it must see no temporal thing, for as long

as the soul is conscious of time or space or of an idea, it cannot know

God." (Meister Eckhart, German Mystic)

 

"Enter Thine own Self." (Bullah Shah)

 

 

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FROM THE PROGRAM INTRODUCTION:

 

"After years of being concerned that too few voices, too few points

of view were getting heard when it comes to spiritual paths, that the wisdom

of the great Saints and Mystics was nowhere to be found, that the radio

airwaves were not reflecting the diversity that really exists -- I started

producing my own programs exploring the world of spirituality, comparative

religion, mysticism, books, and music. Spiritual Awakening brings to the

airwaves: the gentle voices of Saints, the wisdom of Masters & Mystics,

world scriptures, and the great spiritual classics of the east, and the

west."

 

"Sant Darshan Singh, author of the book Spiritual Awakening, said:

'Humanity has always dreamed of a Golden Age. Some imagine it as having

existed in the remote past, while others project it into a distant future.

For those who have the eyes to read the signs, the Golden Age of

spirituality has already begun, and we are witnessing its dawn. Already,

young and old throughout the world are beginning to seek spiritual

awakening. Let us speak of peace, let us listen to the message of love.

And once these subjects are begun, let us speak of them from dawn to dawn.'

My name is James Bean. Welcome to Spiritual Awakening."

 

 

 

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