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Viswamitra · Jan 6, 2019

Dear Smt. Jayasala:

jayasala42 said: ↑

Going deep means being just a witness ,devoid of ego, not at all being judgemental about neither about the subject( ourselves) ,nor about the object about we are conscious of.Soon we realize that unless we turn inwards, it is not possible to understand the object.Once we start seeing inwards we realize that the subject(we) and the object are inseparable and in fact are one and the same thing. When we are one with the object of our consciousness, then there is just one entity and that one entity is neither we nor the world.( object)
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jayasala42 said: ↑

Normally there is a wrong perception that when we are conscious of something, the relationship deepens. On the contrary,as we train our mind,there is absence of everything.That is awareness and that is the highest point of consciousness. Perhaps this is the essence of Advaitha Siddhantham also.
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You have summarized very well for the benefit of everyone nicely. Isn't wonderful how science converge well with the traditional knowledge that existed from ancient scriptures?

All forms in existence arise from pure formless potentiality. Many sages call that as Emptiness, The Tao, Brahman, Allah, God, while science may refer to it the zero-point field or field of potential.
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In other words, the totality of our physical and subjective experience can be thought of as a multimedia hologram resonant with ourselves and the zero-point field.
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The above are two statements I had made in my snippet "M&M" to confirm the science converges very well with ancient knowledge.

When one is conscious or unconscious, remains aware of thoughts, emotions and feelings but when one identifies with consciousness, remains aware that he/she is aware of thoughts, emotions and feelings (higher plane) distancing oneself from objects inside or outside of the body.
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The above quote I had mentioned in "Cosmic Energy" explains the difference between being conscious and being aware.

I have to thank you for your very comprehensive response that benefits me so much.

Viswa

Viswamitra · Jan 6, 2019

My Dearest Vani,

What are the probabilities of Sabitha, you and I living in 3 different locations getting the same message to read "Untethered Soul" around the same time? That itself is a proof that we are all connected in a higher plane.

Isn't it amazing how Michael Singer calls the voice of mind as the friend inside who tells you what to do in your interest to defend and protect yourself? It is amazing how we all experience the entire world after tempering what we really experience into the world that is suitable as we think. The inner world is very different than the real world out there. Fear of our Psyche should be treated like how we treat the body if we get sick. We are constantly afraid of something or the other. We make a very strong castle out of our perceptions and live in isolation in it when the world outside functions as it is supposed to be. "Yat Bhavam Tad Bhavati" ("As you think so you become) is the teaching.

The labeling is part of the self-defense/protectionism to satiate our thoughts. If we become independent of what we think, we set ourselves free from the fear and achieve higher plane i.e. above our mind letting ourselves experience the truth.

I will definitely share more as I learn more from the seminar.

Viswa

kkrish · Jan 6, 2019

Interesting article.
Don't know much to give a substantial feedback.

Viswamitra · Jan 6, 2019

Kamala,

Thank you for visiting this thread and for your response. I respectfully disagree with your second sentence.

kkrish · Jan 6, 2019

Viswamitra said: ↑

Kamala,

Thank you for visiting this thread and for your response. I respectfully disagree with your second sentence.
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Oh no. Now it appears I have been fishing, but honestly @Viswamitra my knowledge in philosophy, religion, and spirituality is zilch.

Whatever I know are from your articles and others' feedback. I find them interesting because this is a new world to me. I must admit that most of the heavy discusssions still go way over my head.

satchitananda · Jan 18, 2019

Viswamitra said: ↑

I am still basking from the experience of the opening session of spiritual book review semester. The objective of this session conducted by an expert was to make the Hospice volunteers learn a few lessons from the book written by Michael A. Singer titled “Untethered Soul”. There were 35 volunteer participants out of which 6 were men. The tables were organized in oval shape for volunteers to be seated. Candles were lighted around the room as well as in the center table nicely decorated in the middle with candles. The atmosphere inside the room was serene with minimal lighting. Later, I came to know the velvet linen spread over the center table was donated in memory of a volunteer who passed away two decades back. Many volunteers passionately talked about her contributions to the Hospice and mentioned that they felt the presence of her in every such classroom through that velvet linen.

The opening remarks started with the wonderful poem of Jan Richardson asking us to think of the new year as a house, door flung wide in welcome, threshold swept and waiting, a graced spaciousness opening and offering itself to all of us and ending with a line “And may it be that its rooms will fill with ordinary grace and light spill from every window to welcome the stranger home”. Everyone was requested to introduce themselves and explain why they decided to attend the semester. One individual attracted everyone’s attention as he said, “Reading Untethered Soul has changed his life forever” with tears in his eyes. He decided to attend this discussion taking time off from work.

The program coordinator asked to read a portion of Chapter I – “the voice inside your head” of Part one “Awakening Consciousness”. The gist of that chapter we read are – You are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it – Vast majority of thoughts running in the mind are either making us feel better or worse about what is going on now, what has gone in the past or what might go on in the future – The mental voice talks for the same reason that tea kettle whistles – There is built up energy inside that needs to be released – Basically, you recreate the outside world inside yourself, and then you live in your mind – Instead what would be the effect if you decide to consciously observe the world? – You begin not tempering the happenings to your preexisting views - Reality tempered with your mind is not real - The reality is modified by your mind with protection mechanism, a form of defense to make you feel secure from your fears- Personal growth is transcending the psyche inside of us that is not okay and need protection.

Too much to digest in a short period of time, isn’t it? Then, we were all asked to write whatever came to our mind from the time we arrived for the meeting to the end of reading the Chapter 1. A soothing music was played letting us to concentrate only on one thing i.e. to write our thoughts. A few shared their thoughts and expressed how crazy their thoughts were and how much they need to transform themselves. I didn’t share my thoughts in the meeting, but I am sharing it here. The dominant thought in my mind when I entered the room was, “How am I going to feel connected to these many spiritually evolved souls that were taking personal step to make further personal growth?”.

The answer that I got was “let me drop my label and then drop assigning label to each one of them. That gives me the freedom to accept each one of them, the way they are and make me realize at the root, we are all one”. That answer gave me great peace of mind and challenged my mind to implement that in my day to day life.

The session ended with another remarkable poem written by Gerald G. Jampolsky:

“Help me to let go of my preoccupations with the future. Give me the strengths to stop my futile attempts to predict and control the future. Let me see no value in my plan of what the future should be. Rid me of my senseless questions about tomorrow and all my desires to manipulate and control others. Remind me that my fears and uncertainties of tomorrow are only related to my unfounded fear of You. Help me be still and help me listen and love. Awaken me to the truth of Your Presence being only in the now of this moment. Lift me into Your Arms and remind me that I am Your Creation, and that I am the Perfection of Love. Help me to acknowledge that I am Your Messenger of Love, and free me to shine Your Light everywhere. Let me feel Your Freedom within me, and let me laugh at the Illusions that my ego once made me feel were so real. Let me be the light, let me be the joy; let me know that I am the reflection of You wherever I am, and wherever I go.”
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Interesting, Viswa. I am incapable of answering very lucidly to such a complex topic. As you are aware, I am still trying to figure out the world! So what I got was two messages: "Drop the labels/judgments" and "Live in the present. Don't take yourself too seriously. Just be and spread sunshine and cheer." Did I get it right?

Viswamitra · Jan 19, 2019

Dear Satchi,

You are right on target. Bulls eye. Let things remain the way it is and let us become an observer. We don't have to have opinion on everything. Even if it affects us, let us only focus on what affects us internally than the subject that is affecting us.

Viswa

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