Mindfuless & Synchronicity

@Gauri03,

I am very familiar with Vipassana. A friend of mine who went to the camp described all about it and motivated me to attend one for 10 days. He used to come to our spiritual center every other month. He asked me not to take his word for it and asked me to read the book "Art of living" which was available to be downloaded for free. I read the entire book and it was very impressive. For some strange reason, he asked me to take the camp in India. He told me about the healing power it had on him after he met with a major car accident to bring back flexibility.

I like to go to a Goenka Center someday to attend the camp. With both businesses flourishing and my son on the verge of finishing Ph.D., leaving for a camp for mindfulness is beyond my reach at this point.

Please do share more about the camp in the meditation thread and someday I will make up my mind to attend it. If you have not done already, I would strongly recommend you to read the series of books on Vipassana.

Viswa

 

Dear Sabitha,

I am very very happy to received your response. Your response is invaluable. You are definitely a living example of being aware most of the time when compared to me. I can't speak for others. I agree that we are all work in progress given another opportunity to make it right through this life.

Roughly, the English translation of Sthithaprajna is "constant integrated awareness". Sometimes, the equanimity to handle pleasure and pain equally and other times it is living a desire-less and detached life.

When I reviewed the qualities of Sthithaprajna, the following came up:

• is always at peace, not shaken by any disturbances in events or situations
• is free, detached from any outcomes
• is wise, but doesn’t tout her wisdom
• is ego-less in all her actions
• is balanced, not swayed by the opposites of good or evil, pain or pleasure, happiness or sorrow
• is steady, firmly grounded in the wisdom of her inner self
• is one with the universe, without resistance against life
• is not bound by religion, nation, scriptures – only her inner wisdom
• is supportive of the goodness and wellness of the world and all its life
• is present fully and always
• is conscious, awakened, enlightened

I am conducting a workshop on "Spiritual Awakening Initiative" and one of the points I was driving at was "Spiritual Awakening is like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon through a painful transformation process and once such inner transformation leads us to a higher level of consciousness, we derive inner peace."

Conducting such workshops whether it is helpful for others are not, it is very helpful to me as I learn a lot to put into practice in my real life.

In order to prepare for this workshop, I studied the symptoms of higher consciousness and I came up with this laundry list:

•Intensified Perception
•Increased Presentness/Timelessness
•Awareness of Presence of an All-Pervading Spiritual Energy
•Aliveness, Harmony & Connectedness
•Inner Quietness
•Transcendence from Separation to Sense of Connection
•Empathy & Compassion
•Well-Being
•Absence (or Decreased) Fear of Death
•Lack of Group Identity
•Wide Perspective & A Universal Outlook
•Heightened Sense of Morality
•Appreciation & Curiosity
•Altruism and Engagement
•Enjoyment of Inactivity – The Ability to “Be”
•Beyond Accumulation and Attachment/Nonmaterialism
•Autonomy
•Enhanced, More Authentic Relationships

When I studied the effect of spiritual awakening or staying aware, I came up with the following:

•Stress Free Existence
•Healing of Body, Mind & Spirit
•Meaningful Life
•Inner Peace
•Always Blissful
•Unconditional Love
•Oneness of all
•Transformation from Mind to Consciousness

It is my understanding Synchronicity experiences become familiar once a person remains constantly aware getting a vision of super consciousness. It surprises us if we are a person but it doesn't anymore if we are Satchitananda.

Viswa

 

Dear Sabitha,

It happens naturally to the caterpillar at an opportune time to become a butterfly just like a human reaching awareness when she is ready. In retrospect, nothing is painful for making progress. Who can say what Caterpillar went through to become a Butterfly? It is an example everyone is giving and therefore I perceive it as a painful process. When it feels liberated from the cocoon, it might not even think about the past life as a caterpillar.

Power of Consciousness is huge and even if it improves by a small quotient, it would have substantial impact in the world. The circle of influence for each person is larger than they think and they impact more people than think they could. Eventually, the love begets love and when we receive and soak in it, we will no longer be harsh on us. The whole world will be a connected world not by thoughts but by heart filled with compassion.

Creating an international society of selfless, highly-conscious, love-filled society should be the goal. Everyone must make sincere effort to achieve that level of consciousness.

Viswa