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by Ganashyam Das ONLY THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS WAS/IS........................ THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS IS:
THE UN CREATED, THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATED/CREATES THAT WHICH IS CALLED THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE OUT OF ITS OWN CONSCIOUSNESS AND YET REMAINED/REMAINS UNDIMINISHED, UNCHANGED. THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES, MAINTAINS AND EVENTUALLY DISSOLVES EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE, BACK INTO IT'S CONSCIOUSNESS. THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATED/CREATES EVERY ENERGY, BEING, THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, EVENT AND OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE. EVERY ENERGY, BEING, THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, EVENT AND OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE IS A PART OF THE ONE'S CONSCIOUSNESS, IS THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS, IN ENERGY, BEING, THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, EVENT AND OBJECT FORMS. THE CREATED UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT ARE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF CHANGE. ONLY THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS WAS NOT CREATED AND IS UNCHANGING. THEREFORE: REALITY IS ONLY THAT WHICH WAS NOT CREATED. REALITY IS ONLY THAT WHICH REMAINS THE SAME AND WITHOUT CHANGE. THAT WHICH WAS CREATED AND CHANGES IS NOT REALITY. EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE IS INTERCONNECTED, INTERACTS AND INFLUENCES EACH OTHER AT SOME LEVEL. NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. EVERY LIVING BEING AND EVERY NON LIVING OBJECT HAS SOME DEGREE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. WHEN THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATED THE UNIVERSE, ALSO CREATED WERE BEINGS, WHO NORMALLY DO NOT INCARNATE IN PHYSICAL BODIES, WHICH MANY CALL GODS, GODDESSES, ANGELS, OTHER NAMES AND, BEINGS WHO NORMALLY DO INCARNATE IN PHYSICAL BODIES WHICH MANY CALL INDIVIDUAL SOULS. WHEN THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED, A SET OF LAWS WERE ALSO CREATED WHICH GOVERN EVERY ENERGY, BEING, THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, EVENT AND OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE. THESE LAWS MAINTAIN ORDER AND BALANCE IN THE UNIVERSE. MANY CALL THESE DIVINE LAWS. DIVINE LAWS EXIST AND FUNCTION HERE CONTINUOUSLY WETHER OR NOT A HUMAN BEING KNOWS OF THEM OR BELIEVES IN THEM. SOME OF THESE LAWS ARE COMPREHENSIBLE BY THE LIMITED HUMAN MIND AND SOME ARE NOT. ONE LAW THAT FUNCTIONS HERE IS THE LAW OF CAUSE, EFFECT AND BALANCE IN THE UNIVERSE. THIS LAW IS CALLED KARMA IN THE EAST. MOST EXPERIENCES HUMAN BEINGS HAVE ARE THE RESULT OF THEIR KARMA. THE LAW OF KARMA FUNCTIONS HERE CONTINUOUSLY WETHER A HUMAN BEING BELIEVES IN IT OR NOT. WHEN A HUMAN BEING ACTS IN HARMONY WITH THE DIVINE LAWS, THAT HUMAN BEING RECEIVES WHAT IS CALLED GOOD FORTUNE. WHEN A HUMAN BEING ACTS IN DISHARMONY WITH THE DIVINE LAWS, THAT HUMAN BEING RECEIVES WHAT IS CALLED MISFORTUNE. THEREFORE TO LIVE A HAPPY, PEACEFUL, REWARDING, PRODUCTIVE LIFE IT IS WISE THAT HUMAN BEINGS LEARN AND UNDERSTAND AS MANY OF THE DIVINE LAWS AS IS POSSIBLE, AND ACT IN HARMONY WITH THOSE LAWS. MOST HUMAN BEINGS HAVE LIMITED MINDS. BY DISSOLVING SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND, IT IS POSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE BEINGS CALLED GODS AND GODDESSES, ANGELS, AND OTHERS. BY DISSOLVING MORE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND, IT IS POSSIBLE TO COMMUNE DIRECTLY WITH THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND ARE IGNORANCES. THERE ARE FIVE BASIC IGNORANCES MOST HUMAN BEINGS HAVE. THESE FIVE IGNORANCES ARE:
THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU ARE THE DOER IS AN ILLUSION, FOR THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY DOER. THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU ARE A SEPARATE BEING/SOUL IS AN ILLUSION FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS IN THE UNIVERSE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. THE PERCEPTION THAT THE UNIVERSE IS REALITY IS AN ILLUSION FOR THE ONLY REALITY IS ACTUALLY THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. ILLUSION DOES NOT MEAN YOU DO NOT PERFORM ACTIONS, IT MEANS YOUR PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOURCE OF THOSE ACTIONS IS LIMITED. ILLUSION DOES NOT MEAN THE EXPERIENCE OF SEPARATENESS DOES NOT EXIST, IT MEANS YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE AND ITS MEANING IS LIMITED. ILLUSION DOES NOT MEAN THE UNIVERSE DOES NOT EXIST, IT MEANS YOUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS IS LIMITED. ANOTHER LIMITATION OF HUMAN MINDS IS IDENTIFICATION. IDENTIFICATION IS BELIEVING YOU ARE; YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSES, YOUR MIND, YOUR BELIEFS, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR ROLES IN LIFE. YOU ARE NONE OF THESE. YOU ARE ACTUALLY PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A HUMAN BEING WHO HAS DISSOLVED THE LIMITATIONS OF THEIR MIND TO MERGE WITH AND BE IN UNION WITH THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE HUMAN BEING IS CALLED AN ENLIGHTENED ONE, A REALIZED BEING AND OR IN THE EAST, A MASTER, BUDDHA OR GURU. AN ENLIGHTENED ONE IN UNION WITH THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS: APPEARS NOT TO BE BOUND BY SOME OF THE DIVINE LAWS THAT BIND OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, NOR BY THE LAW OF KARMA. HAS THE ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS HUMAN BEINGS CAN ASK THAT ARE IN THE REALM OF LIMITED HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. CAN PERFORM ACTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN CALLED MIRACLES BY OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE, DIVINE LAW, AND OF THE HUMAN SOUL, EMOTIONS, MIND AND BODY. CAN TEACH OTHERS SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS, DIVINE LAWS, THE UNIVERSE, THE UNITY OF ALL LIVING BEINGS AND HOW TO DEVELOP HUMAN POTENTIALS FULLY. CAN GIVE A HUMAN BEING A DIRECT POWERFUL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE BY JUST TOUCHING THEM, OR BY JUST LOOKING AT THEM AND CAN GRANT THAT POWER TO AN UNENLIGHTENED DISCIPLE. SOMETIMES SENDS OUT SOME OF HIS/HER DISCIPLES AND OR FOLLOWERS TO TEACH OTHERS AND SHARE PRACTICES/METHODS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT. CAN DISSOLVE AWAY SOME OR MOST OF A PERSON'S KARMA BY AN ACT OF WILL. MAY "ADJUST" TEACHINGS, IF SHARING THEM WITH UNDEVELOPED PERSONS. MAY SIMPLIFY THE TEACHINGS, LEAVE SOME THINGS OUT, MODIFY OR SHAPE THE TEACHINGS TO SOME EXTENT, SO AT LEAST SOME OF THE WISDOM IS ABSORBED BY THOSE RECEIVING THE TEACHINGS. THIS HAS CAUSED CONFUSION IN MANY HUMANS WHO SEEK TRUTH AND WISDOM. ENLIGHTENED BEINGS EXIST HERE WETHER YOU BELIEVE IN THEM OR NOT. AND THERE ARE ENLIGHTENED BEINGS ON THIS PLANET AT THIS TIME. A PERSON'S BELIEFS ARE NOT TRUTHS. THEY ARE IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF HOW THINGS --MAY BE-- IN THE UNIVERSE, NOT --HOW THINGS ARE-- IN THE UNIVERSE. It is said, "Every culture/civilization in man kinds history sprang into existence when a human being reached Enlightenment and began sharing the knowing of the One Consciousness, the Unity of all living creatures, how to dissolve the limitations of the mind, how to commune with and merge with the One Consciousness. People would gather around the Enlightened One and a community would begin to manifest. Often the community continued to grow and became a culture or civilization. Eventually the Enlightened One left his/her body. As time passed some or most of the practices, methods and wisdom taught by the Enlightened One became distorted, misunderstood and or lost and what was left became what is called a religion." It is said, "To increase awareness, realize our full potentials and dissolve the limitations of the mind, all aspects of our being - our mental faculties, our emotional energy and our physical structure need to be brought into equilibrium and alignment. Increasing awareness and dissolving the mind's limitations are blocked by attachments to the familiar and to the past, fear of change and the unknown, limited and restrictive beliefs, self-destructive habits, the inability to let go of old feelings and wounds, the feeling that something is lacking or wrong with us and by identifications with what you are not." Therefore your beliefs are a major barrier to your development. You move through life thinking your beliefs are truths and using your beliefs as if they were truths. YOUR BELIEFS ARE NOT TRUTHS, THEY ARE IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS. Your beliefs are likely not even ideas, concepts and assumptions that you yourself have created and evaluated against your own direct experiences in life. Most of your beliefs likely have come from the words of others, words from family members, friends, religion, your culture, the cultures of other places and found in books. Some may come from ignorant observations and decisions made as a child. You use your beliefs to decide what is right and wrong. You use your beliefs to try to understand what has happened, what is happening, and what may happen. You use your beliefs to plan, evaluate, and run your life. Most people actually have two sets of beliefs, not one set. One set is held in their conscious mind and another held in what is called the sub-conscious mind. Often these two sets of beliefs are at odds with each other. This causes internal conflicts. Understanding this explains many things that a person experiences inside themselves. YOUR BELIEFS ARE NOT TRUTHS, THEY ARE IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS. Your beliefs are actually a "model" of how/what you think the universe is, how/what you think things in the universe are, how/why events happen here and who/what you think you are. YOUR BELIEFS ARE NOT --HOW THINGS ARE-- ! YOUR BELIEFS ARE ONLY A POSSIBLE MODEL OF --HOW THINGS MAY BE-- ! Your model is a "map". A map is an allusion, it simply alludes to -refers- to or points at a territory. A map can be useful, it can be an assistance in charting a course in life, choosing and moving toward goals in life. But a map is not the territory and can never be so ! Not only that, but likely you did not even create your map, others did. How can you know, be sure, that those who created the map did not make mistakes in it ? How can you know what the mistakes may be, are, or how many there might be ? Perhaps those who created the map never even visited the territory themselves but depended on the words of others to create the map ? Therefore its important to examine your belief map in detail, keeping clearly in your mind, that your map is not the territory, continuously evaluating, updating and changing it so it fully corresponds with your direct experiences in exploring the territory, and with what you find while doing so. Most human beings are very attached to their beliefs. Once an idea, concept, or assumption is converted into a belief by a human being, it becomes very difficult for them to change that belief or remove it. It appears this is because most people identify with their beliefs. They use their beliefs as part of defining who they are. They will often ignore new valid information/wisdom that comes to them because not to do so would threaten the validity of a belief they have. A part of them sees the new information/wisdom as a threat to their beliefs, their identity, and their very existence and or survival. Often they fear that if one of their beliefs is wrong, all their beliefs could be wrong. YOUR BELIEFS ARE NOT TRUTHS. YOUR BELIEFS ARE NOT HOW THINGS ARE, THEY ARE IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF HOW THINGS MAY BE. Mind: You are not your mind ! Most people belief they are their minds. The minds principal function is survival ! The mind will do anything to survive...anything ! And the mind resists any situation that makes you uncomfortable... Most people's minds react from past experiences and most often that experience is no longer appropriate to the current situation that is happening. The mind works on a need or survival basis..everything the mind does is base on this specific emphasis...and the mind survives by calling up past experiences and utilizing them in everyday situations. As a result people wind up having their lives run by past experiences and never know why. If you are willing to accept your mind as it is and take responsibility for having created all of the situations in which you presently are, and in which you have always been in, then, in essence you have chosen to do everything that has happened to you. At this point you are in control of your life ! And you can get what ever you want. It is said, "An undisciplined mind is a barrier to awareness, self-development and healing. Most person's minds are undisciplined and uncontrolled." "It is the nature of the limited undisciplined mind to: Continuously create questions. As soon a one question has been answered, the mind creates another one. This is one of the natures of the mind. Spend a lot of time thinking about past events and possible future events. When the mind is focused on the past or future, its awareness of current events and what is going on in them decreases very much and it is difficult to experience happiness. Chose the easiest solution to a problem. Focus on the negative aspects of a person or situation. Resist accepting full responsibility for their energies, thoughts, words, actions and lack of actions. Blame others for all the situations they actually created themselves and are fully responsible for. React to current situations and events based on what has happened in their past, not to what is happening in the moment. Attempt to plan in detail for -all- possible future events." (Of course, Some future planning -is needed- to survive here and be comfortable here.) Practices: If a person encounters an Enlightened One and asks to learn and to develop to their full potentials, they are taught practices/methods to do on -a daily basis- that are specifically tailored for them. The Enlightened Ones also teach practices that almost all humans can use for their healing, growth and development. The practices/methods taught are designed to bring all parts and energies of a person into balance and into harmony with the universe. Such practices/methods are called self-cultivation in the East. It is said, "Continuous growth and development occur in human beings --only-- when they practice self-cultivation on an each and every day basis." The primary practice all Enlightened Ones teach their disciples, followers and devotees is meditation. Meditation is quieting the mind so thoughts stop occurring in it. It is said, "When the mind actually becomes fully quiet, a divine energy, called Shakti in the East, fills the meditator's entire being. This energy is intelligent goes to any place inside the meditator that needs balance, growth and or healing and works on those places." Meditation also brings an inner peace that persists long after a person comes out of meditation. Therefore, by just meditating 20 to 40 minutes once or twice each and every day, a person is working on all parts of themselves, training their mind to be more aware/disciplined and slowly dissolving the limitations of their mind. The second basic practice is breath control. A human being's breathing patterns are directly connected to their emotions and emotional states. When you are angry, you breathe in a certain way, when happy in a different way. Once a person understands that their emotions are directly connected to how they breathe, and what their breathing patterns are, a person can control/shift their emotions when it is appropriate to do so. Most adults breathe in an unnatural fashion. They breathe into/with the chest. Most children breathe in a natural fashion, into/with their diaphragm. When breathing with the diaphragm, the body receives about seven times more oxygen in each breath. This increase in oxygen causes an increase in awareness, intelligence and energy available for the body to use. Breathing practices are usually done in small segments called rounds. A round is a particular breathing practice repeated a certain number of times and or for a certain amount of time. Breathing practices steady and calm the mind and also bring an inner peace that persists long after a person has completed them. The third basic practice is the use of sounds and words. This practice is called Mantra in the East. Mantra is using specific sounds and words in certain ways to effect conditions inside in a human being. Mantra's are usually created using the Sanskrit language. It is said, "Each sound in Sanskrit causes a specific effect inside a human being when intoned. Mantra's created in Sanskrit are designed to cause certain changes and or create certain conditions inside a person." "Use of Mantra purifies the mind, regulates the unsteady vibrations inside a person and assists to be able to reach one-pointed awareness." One pointed awareness is having your entire consciousness focussed on a single thought or object, so no other thought arises. Breathe control and Mantra are normally practiced as preludes to meditation but also are used as "stand alone" practices. The forth basic practice is placing the hands and or body in specific gestures/positions and holding them there for certain time periods. In the East the hand gestures/positions are called Mudras and the body positions are called Asanas. Sometimes both Mudra and Asana are used together to create effects. It is said, "Placing the hands in certain positions and holding them in those positions for certain time periods causes effects in a person's energies and body. "Placing the body in certain positions and holding them in those positions for certain time periods causes effects in a person's energies and body." There are Mudras and Asanas specifically used to;
The fifth basic practice is using scents from incense and or pure essential oils to effect a person and or a person's immediate environment, to attract and or repel certain energies and or certain beings from a person's immediate environment, and or to evoke altered states of consciousness. At this point a person may ask themselves, "but what are the purposes for doing these practices ?" The primary purpose of doing spiritual practices is to prepare a person the possibility of blossoming into Enlightenment. The secondary purposes and or results of such practices are:
NOTES: Most people's lives do not work because:
A soul takes birth a in living form, lives a life in that form, leaves that form when it dies and eventually takes birth in a another living form. A soul begins by taking birth in the simplest life form and slowly takes birth in increasingly complex forms until it reaches the human form. In each form the soul's consciousness development increases. This is called Consciousness Evolution in the East. After reaching human form, your soul may continue to take birth in human form or may again take birth in a lower life form again according to its development and merit. This process is continued life after life until a soul blossoms into Enlightenment. This process is called Reincarnation in the East. It is said, "Souls incarnate in lower life forms and in human forms." "Having taken birth in a human form this life, does not mean you will reincarnate in a human form in your next life." "While incarnated in a human form, a soul can become Enlightened. This is not possible while incarnated in a lower life form." "In every situation a human being experiences there are valuable lessons that can be learned." "The created universe is a place of duality. Everything manifested in the universe has its polar opposite manifested here as well." "In the created universe, at the "level" that most humans function at, that which is called good and what is called evil do exist." "It appears that events experienced by human beings that are often called accidents are actually not accidents at all, but serve some purpose here." "It appears that most Divine Laws may have possible exceptions to them." The following appear to be an additional laws that function here: Each person is responsible for:
It is said, "Neither is everything predestined nor do we have free will in everything." "No matter how much you study and learn here there will always be mysteries here until you blossom fully into Enlightenment." "There are only two classes of human beings on the planet...
Of those who are asleep there are only two classes...
Bits and pieces: Accepting full responsibility for your energies, thoughts, emotions and actions assists your development. Forgiving one's self for past thoughts, words and actions assists your development. Forgiving others for their past words and actions against you assists your development. Guilt over past thoughts and actions impedes your development. Loving and accepting yourself as you are right now assists your development. Needing other's approval, to feel good about yourself, impedes your development. Positive thoughts assist your development and tend to bring positive situations to you. Negative thoughts impede your development and tend to bring negative situations to you. Leading an organized and disciplined lifestyle assists your development. Keeping your body healthy and clean assists your development. Keeping your personal living space organized assists your mind to be organized. A diet of good whole non-processed chemical free food assists the body to stay healthy and assists your development as does a vegetarian diet. Speaking as little as possible assists your development and conserves your energies. It is said, "One does not reach the Ocean of Light by sailing down a river of words." The universe and every thing in it could be considered, a HOLYGRAM. A Consciousness Hologram in which all the parts of it actually contain and are the whole. The universe and every thing in it could be considered a DIVINE DREAM. A Divine Dream in which person is a dream character. That which many call GOD(DESS) created the Divine Dream, everything in the dream and also is the dream. Three definitive statements: You are the only one who is responsible for your energies, thoughts, emotions, actions and lack of actions. None else is. You are the only one who is responsible for the situations you find yourself in and experience. No one else is. Most often you can not change what is going on around you, going on in the world, but you always can change your attitudes toward what is going on. That is your free will. If you do not understand the above three statements and believe them, you will experience much suffering in this life. And peace and happiness will be very difficult to obtain. Now that you have read the above information, its time to share The DISCLAIMER ! This author seriously suggests that you NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING you have read in this text ! In this text I have shared with you my model of -HOW THINGS MAY BE- which came into existence after countless years of direct experiences, exploring the three worlds (waking, dreaming and deep sleep), searching for understanding, study of written texts and study of other people's direct experiences. However, this INFORMATION I have shared with you is only words. ONLY WORDS ! Words from others and words from books are only borrowed knowledge, not Knowing. Knowing only comes from your own direct experiences. "One does not reach the Ocean of Light by sailing down a river of words." Most people do not know who they really are, where they came from, where they are headed, why they were granted a human body to be in, what they are supposed to while they are in their body, nor what happens when their body dies. They also do not know what their primary and secondary purposes for being in a human body are. To continue to grow and develop toward your full potentials:
Contrary to popular belief, spiritual growth only continues if you perform spiritual methods/practices --on an each and everyday basis-- ! TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ! You can choose to remain as you are now, or chose to continue to develop yourself and become more than you are now... You can become what ever you wish to become. You can be whoever you wish to be. It is YOUR CHOICE to make, no one else's ! Your growth and development are YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, no one else's ! |