Posts Tagged ‘consciousness’
The confusion: either do this or that; the ambiguity; the fear: what I do I don’t know until somebody tells me; not doing good thing that I want but doing unsuitable or wrong things that others want me to do — all these factors split the consciousness, creates blocks in it and the consciousness falls.
The good thing is that the falling consciousness can be the higher consciousness if the blocks are removed by gaining understanding and insight.
Fears and insecurities: they make a person greedy, too greedy, and whatever a person has, becomes less for him. He just run and run after things.
Not going beyond the perception of the sense organs:like an animal eats animal, does sex and sleep. There is mind to think and heart to feel, but they only work when sense organs are controlled.
Not understanding the theory of karma, the cause and the effect: and it produces evil, that’s why people harm others, and kill others and think they will be escaped.
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Want to do it?
Okay! It’s simple. Since now, when you love something, try to remain in that as far as you can … minimum is 15 minutes, maximum you can stretch to hours, whole day or may be for your whole life, if you like.
Make sure you don’t love something that binds you and lower down your conscious level. Make sure it is life enhancing, truthful and increase your conscious level.
Choose any wise quote, some true line from scripture, or some wise statement of some sage; now, understand it and try to maintain the feeling that leaves you uplifted, live in that feeling as far as you can … it’d be awesome, if you live at least one hour in that feeling . Soon, you’ll find your energy and conscious level start increasing. And, ecstasy is taking place.
Guru says — no panic please! It is the easiest thing to get and hardest thing to think and to do. It is neither in thinking nor in doing – it is effortless. It is not a sweet that you will eat, nor an object you will get hold of, nor a destination you will reach there. All efforts are useless!
Libration is not external, that you are librated from some cage or cave, it is internal, totally! Are you getting confused or knowing something? Ok! Carry on…
When libration comes?
You may call it enlightenment, self realization, godhood, divinity or anything you like. Libration only comes when you are able to understand yourself, i.e., your memory, your thinking, your emotions, your behavior and all the grossest and subtlest elements of yourself. When you understand them, how they begin, how they are created, how they come in process, how they are being left incomplete and how they end – you will automatically start losing what is not worth for, and become tranquil with the deepest sense of understanding, with the clarity of your inner world. Now, let me whisper in your ear – the clarity of inner world is "libration." It is never outside, it is inside, totally.
If you like dancing, or want to dance – this might be the most suitable meditation technique for you. This is one of the active (dynamic) meditations.
This meditation has four stages of 60 minutes, divided into 15 minutes each. And I think you will enjoy this technique. Not only this meditation helps in spiritual progress but it also helps in better blood circulation and gives a better physical relaxation at the cellular level.
First Step
It starts with "shaking" the body, better to stand on feet and start shaking the body starting from the feet and slowly-slowly covering the whole body. It is said not to control the shaking but allow it to happen itself and let the shaking and trembling penetrate deep into the body.
Second Step
This step is of free expression, if you feel like dancing then dance, or, if feel like smiling or laughing then do it – freely and easily.
Highest number of people got self-realization with this technique rather than other meditation techniques. This technique isn’t based on Mantra, Tantra and Yantra; it is coming from — during the time of Gautama Buddha.
A large number of people, from all over the world practice Vipassana – even most of the celebrities also do it. The guys behind Vipassana are so smart, they never publicize it for commercial gain – and the people who come in Vipassana are never asked for “money.” If the people give by their will or choices then it is another matter, but here it is not like only if you are rich you can do it, and if poor you can’t do it – everyone is welcomed!
I think it is better to talk about Gautama Buddha a bit. He was a king; he left his wife, son and palace to search “the truth of life.” For several years, he kept on going to contemporary gurus and he learned all the techniques and spiritual powers (Riddhis & Siddhis) available at that time – but he remained unsatisfied. Later on, he left every meditation techniques and all the belief systems learned from the Gurus and started looking into life – as it is, without any projection of the mind. Just by looking the life as the way it is – he got self-realization.
Vipassana means
It means to look oneself, as one is – without giving a thought, idea or label. It means to witness the thoughts, the emotions – as it is. And, just by looking and witnessing, the truth manifests.
Someone asked this question to J. Krishnamurti, and he told how group consciousness affects the individual consciousness and how individual conscious affects the group consciousness. Let’s see…
How group consciousness affects the individual consciousness?
If you see the left image, the dot in center is an individual having his own psychology, conditioning, inclinations and belief systems. He has immediate circle of family, and family also has certain beliefs, thoughts, rituals, attitudes and conditioning that is coming down from generations. The next circle is of relatives having particular conditioning and psychology; next cycle comes of neighbors and friends, then of society and culture, then of regional cycle, and then of nationality, and each one having their own ideologies and bullshits.
You can think of how many layers are there over the head of an individual. How much he is conditioned with each layer, totally influenced and affected, and living a “$#&*^” (don’t know what to say) life.
Spiritual experiences happen when we are desire-less for them and are in present moment without any emotional setbacks and mental garbage. Below is the experience of a girl, it happened when she was neither doing meditation nor any other spiritual practice.
I do believe in her experience; one, I have heard similar true experiences, second, the girl is well educated, a doctor, less likely to come in blind faith and readymade stories. The spiritual experience looks horrifying, because everything is changed – for someone, momentarily, and for someone, forever. Let’s check out the true piece of text she sent to me. (On request, her name and location aren’t disclosed) Read More »
Sometimes, we are only responsible for our sufferings, and keep on blaming God and circumstances. Of course, external factors (uncontrolled) also make us suffer, but most of the time we invite them, attract them and fall prey into them without knowing where we are going and what causes this.
Here is the list to those factors which make us suffer: Read More »
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So, we don’t know “how to be friends naturally?” Good! Actually, people also forget how to take breath naturally? We are forgetting lot of things day-by-day, but we need fast miracles, perfect people and fast results – without upgrading our mind. Yet, there are flood of books for mind-power – again, claim for some miracle in life. But, you don’t worry; you’ll learn “how to be a girlfriend as fast as possible?” Read More »