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Spontaneous Fulfillment of DesireTHE JOURNEY TO INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
We already live in a treasure chamber filled with everything we could dream of.
“I have lived on the lip of insanity, searching for Truth, knocking on the door. The door opens, I was knocking from the inside”
- Rumi
Rumi“Awareness sleeps in minerals
It dreams in plantsIt awakens in animals
It has the potential to become Self-aware in humans”
Pure Consciousness is the only reality, everything else is an experience in consciousness
In every experience you are creating the worldYou are not in the world, the world is in you
There is only consciousness and its modified forms
All experiences are Space-Time events
Everything you perceive with your senses has:A location in space
An existence in time
The Experiencer, the one who is having the experience, is beyond space and time
We are not our thoughts, mind or bodyThe TV is an instrument that captures a non-local signal, at any location,
and converts it into a picture
Our mind and body is the instrument that captures non-local, unlimited, Pure Consciousness and converts it into the
localized, limited, space-time events of our everyday life
If our TV is broken or not tuned correctly, we won’t receive a clear pictureWhen the mind and body are filled with stress and fatigue, memories and
desires, doubts and fears our lives become a distorted picture of Pure Consciousness, the True Reality
When, through our spiritual practice, we release the stresses, fatigues, negative emotions and toxins from our mind and body,
Truth shines fully in our life
The quality of the instrument determines the quality of the experienceWe don’t need to create anything new, just purify the instrument
3 Stages of DevelopmentDetach from the physical body - I am not the body Having a healthy body that doesn’t distract usHealth is the spontaneous fulfillment of all desires
Detach from the subtle body - I am not the mind Free from doubts and worries become a pure reflection of the inner eternity.
Detach from the causal body - (Soul)Break the connection from the karmic cycle.
Purification of the SoulBhava Shuddhi- Purification of emotions
• Transforming fear into love
Kriya Shuddhi- Purification of actions• Yama, Niyama• Selfless Service, detachment from the outcome
Vicara Shuddhi- Purification of thoughts• Self reflection, which emotions, actions, thoughts are sattvic,
rajasic or tamasic• Observe the vices in ourselves and the virtues in others• Simplicity, humility, gentleness• Meditation
Tagore“The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy,
the bird in the air is singing but humans have within them
the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and
the music of the air.”
Preparing the BodyMaintain balance in all areas of your life
Regular exercise
Healthy food
Sufficient sleep
Healthy relationships
Good sleep
Vedic LifestylePATANJALI
YamasNon – violence
Not wasting energyTruthfulnessNot stealingNot greedy
NiyamasPurity
ContentmentSimplicity
StudyDevotion
Preparing the MindThe mind is the cause of bondage and of liberation
Our ideas, beliefs, desires and thoughts are the creators of our reality
The mind makes the world it wants to live in by calling on the senses to give it shape, color, smell, etc.
Suffering or negative thoughts are mistakes of the intellect, where the mind holds onto something imperfect
Every experience is an opportunity for awakening
4 Conditions of the MindFriendship – To those who are equal to usCompassion – To those subordinate or who have sorrowsDelight (happiness) – To those who surpass us in some wayIndifference – To those who have hostility towards us
As a result envy, jealousy, malice, etc will cease to grow and the mind will become pure and turn inwards
Quality of Speech:The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers.Before words get past the lips, the first gatekeeper asks, “Is it true?” That stops a lot of traffic immediately. But if the words get past the first gatekeeper, there is a second who asks, “Is it kind?” And for those words that qualify here too, the last gatekeeper asks, “Is it necessary?” - Arab Proverb
RecapitulationBECOMING THE OBSERVER
Before sleep sit for a few minutesWithout analyzing or judging observe what happened during the day on
the screen of your consciousnessNotice any insights from your behavior
Let the “movie” goAsk your soul to witness your sleep
In the morning, recapitulate the nightWrite down any memorable scenes
The day and night are both projections of our consciousnessLook for insights and meaningful coincidences
Everything in Creation is EvolvingWith the practice of meditation, we accelerate the process
Meditation is a spiritual journey, the goal of which is to reawaken our true (normal) state of Higher Consciousness.
Most people live very limited lives, prisoners of habits and hypnotized by social conditioning. Our spiritual journey is to escape from the prison of the past, so
every day is a step towards Infinite Possibilities
7 States of ConsciousnessFROM THE SHANKARA TRADITION
Each has its own biology –Bodily activity, emotions, memories, perceptions
Some we experience every day:
Waking ADreaming UDeep sleep M
Transcendental Consciousness - Turiya
Soundless state of AUM
Slipping into the space between thoughts“Glimpsing” the Soul - Athma DarshanBecoming aware of BeingSilence filled with Infinite PossibilitiesNon-local reality, beyond space and time but the potential for all space-time events
Stages of IntegrationConstricted Awareness
• Fear, confusion, stumbling in the darkness• Establishing Transcendental Consciousness within Waking,
Dreaming and Deep Sleep Consciousness • “Waking up” to who you are
Expanded Awareness• Light and wisdom begin to grow, love, compassion
Pure Awareness• Light, Radiance, Unconditional Love, Spontaneous Fulfillment of
Desires, Infinite Possibilities
The Higher States of ConsciousnessCosmic Consciousness
• The witness, role player. • Awakening to the idea of an immortal soul. • Loss of fear of death
Divine Consciousness• Everything in its totality – purpose, beginnings, endings. • Yogic powers. • Pure Universal Love
Unity Consciousness• The whole Universe as your extended body, immortality
YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE
In Cosmic Consciousness we experience miracles
In Divine Consciousness we create miracles
In Unity Consciousness everything is the miraculous Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires
Once we were utterly, totally LoveWe have forgotten to love
We’ve forgotten who to love
“While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones” - Tagore
The ignorant man asks for material possessions, the intelligent man asks for liberation but the wise man just loves and receives everything