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“Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons “ Joseph-Imagination Awakened Imagination is the symbolic savior ( ( Jesus Christ) of the scriptures “For without ‘ him’ was not anything made that was made “ We are dreaming this world up via Imagination, good, bad or indifferent
Your topic is so true.I really admit that I do have a problem in deep listening. I admit that my past did have an impact on me. I am trying my best .Please be patient with me. I will be there soon. 🙏💕
Namaskaram Guruji! Thanks for the post. Always informative. If we zoom out from Richard Dawkins vilification a little and we examine what has his contribution to overall human wellbeing been? Yourself and Sadhguru have done amazing things. I just don’t think there are many people out there who would say, you know I took this Dawkins seminar or retreat last weekend and it absolutely changed my life. Maybe there are. I don’t know.
Ìndeed, humans only have a narrow bandwidth of observation senses. In drastic contrast to all that is. Many other species seem to have heightened presence and communication in their perception field. ...The Bonn tradition posited a waking dream. And a lucid waking state which becomes more conscious when we begin to make decisions outside of or free from the perceived perameters of the current reality.
The best demonstration of the benefits of meditation is in experiencing the benefits of meditation. The proof is right there. Deepak actually is a scientist himself so his testimony has a lot of weight in my mind.
There is an objective reality from a source an individual perception cannot grasp …it’s like a grain of sand understanding the beach …. We can grasp grains but not the whole … our perceptions are programmed from cultural, time and environment….. we can transcend that to touch the healing garment of source … we can experience moments of bliss … in this dimension
Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the founder of General Systems Theory, states in his book, General Systems Theory, "humans, (and i suppose organic life in general) acting as open systems, have an intake of matter rich in high energy in order to maintain a state of equilibrium, and advance toward higher states of order". this process he states is called "negative entropy". if one was to consider a more refined state of energy, such as emotions, in the form of compassion, and a more dynamic, Love, it is not a major leap to see why the divine is always said to be approached within these emotional context. P.D. Ouspensky in THE FORTH WAY, uses the teaching of G.I Gurdjieff"s teachings to suggest development along these same lines, making reference to the power of strong, clean, emotions in self development. if one can manage to come to experience what Mans existence is without massive amounts of information and the refined life style it brings, you come to see how personal and social order was guided by the age old axiom "THE HEART RULES THE HEAD". but, of course, degrees of success are attributed to the capacities and purities of ones aims. from this, it seems maintaining an emotionally "well balanced" state of equilibrium is essential (perhaps this is part of the notion of the Ying/Yang ). from my experience, though, what seems to be missing is actually having an emotional psychology, which comes from and goes to MANS experience of the forces of Nature, (or is of itself so). his experience, his sensitivities, being a variation on the theme in biological life. we have lost the ability to see ourselves in the context of the reality of existence, and in doing so, can not appreciate what other cultures came to know as "THE LOVE OF GOD", or the "Oneness of all things". perhaps this is why, in 1966, the phrase by Nietzsche, "GOD IS DEAD", published in the news magazine, seemed to be postulated. we just have failed to know what it means to be a Human Being, or, an Open System in the scheme of organic life in the terrestrial world. we don't have a relationship ( as open systems, symbiotically ) with and as part of Nature. we have very slowly removed our experience from the experience of (the divine) as "written by all things, strong to all things". this is the ultimate form of alienation, disconnectedness. we have allowed the "information age" to self aggrandize the human intellect and diminish the reality of an appropriate emotionally oriented experience, knowing what the experience of our place in Nature is about, and allows for.
You haven't understood the fourth way. Humans are born asleep, live in sleep, and die in sleep, only imagining that they are awake with few exceptions. The ordinary waking "consciousness" of human beings is not consciousness at all but merely a form of sleep. This is extremely hard to grasp because of the biological and mental conditioning. Even Chopra is asleep. He confessed that is obsessed with consciousness. But once conceived, One understands that the fourth way is literally a flux. It always changes because the body, emotions, and mind also change in a multidimensional manner with their equivalents. This change happens only with self-development. Nature doesn't do it by default. Gurdjieff's self-development is against Nature. His popular dancing movements symbolize how Nature controls the human creatures. The idea is to get out of the dancing stage (dimension, realm). = To get out from the influence of Nature. After a certain point, you don't have or have a different sense of body, you are in dispassion and the mind is quite different. Then accordingly the fourth way changes too, and so forth in the next stages. You would only know how to proceed when you already had arrived at the new state of self-development. The fourth way is an intelligent psychic gate between dimensions and realms. Involving consciousness, soul, oneness, and god, in any form and equivalent here is inadequate. They are persistent illusions because you're "aware" of them only in a limited dimensional manner which is not really awareness at all. 🥴
@@usr909 thank you for your comment. sorry i miss lead you with my reference to "the forth way". i was not claiming to be an in depth practitioner, but, just aware of the references made to the value of types of energies in the human experience and the ways they contributed to "self development". ... am not sure about your interpretation of "Gurgjeiff's self-development is against Nature". as i remember, references to the types of laws at work at different stages of development seems to suggest ones "reference experiences" change as one develops. at a certain point, the level of development allows one to go beyond the laws of Nature . perhaps the notion of "Eden" or "dream time", are such levels. i suppose the idea of "life eternal" is also against the laws of Nature, of the terrestrial world. most teachings suggest "mental constructs" do not do the subject of self development or the nature of change and transformation in the human experience justice, and point to a variety of experiential conditions, allowing one to go beyond "mental/intellectual" activity. in this sense, Man's existence is seen as little more than a "seed" in the capacity for a range of further development. i equate this to the "sleeping state", in which he has little understanding of himself and his capacities. in this respect, i have tried to educate myself on the range of approaches or context in which the development of mankind has occurred, hoping to see my own short falls and possibly gain a respect for all that has gone before me. i am not a scholar by any stretch of the imagination, on any of the systems developed, but, through my own experience can appreciate and incorporate their perspectives in to a broader sense of what i am involved with. i appreciate your enthusiasm and wish you well in your personal development.
Please Stop making up BS concepts and words and trying to peddle them.... Here is an example. Why do we need the concept of mental health, physical health, emotional health, spiritual health etc. It's as if you guys in the science/academic communities make the case that everything treated separately, which is the problem, the more scientist try to analyze and break things down to the lowest level, the more you inject more BS Ideas, you create Junk code to the human operating system. One should only focus on health. Not focus the mental, physical, spiritual, etc... There is only health. That's all. Just like they're no such thing as the mind. Talking about a mind, only creates more of and disassociates from the body. Is it any wonder why more people are obese, dysmorphic etc? I ask you to stop, but I know your mind won't let you just let things be.
I think you are talking about a 'social science' called sociology? The Social Construction of Reality is a couple of opposing theories. One that states that views are external and independent of social reality from individuals. The other that each individual participates fully in the construction of his or her own life.
I've been thinking alot about the ancient symbol of the flower of life. That symbol to me looks almost like a quantum particle. If the double slit experiment shows that it exsit in all postions until measured they explain it as a little fuzzy cloud of possibilities. Well take a good look at that symbol the flower of life. It looks like A fuzzy cloud or a bunch of round circles. Then when it's measured we're seeing 1 round spot of that symbol. I'm sorry if this sounds like random babble but I ask you to look into the flower of life and what physicist propose what a particle on the qauntum scale looks like
All is Perceptions:Thoughts. No objective world. Really! Zen says u mean the rocks r not real? U must have a Lotta rocks in ur head!😊 I thought n Researched. Zen kuans take us 2 the point above: comment as above. Ur comment. ThQ. Bravo Mumbai
Well, nothing can. Nothing can observe the world directly. It is all atoms that codified and our minds interpret what they look like. This does not give credence to spiritual experiences, because even if they were legitimate, there is nothing objective, real or truthful about them. That is why they are called experiences.
Nameste Deepak. Absolutely brilliantly articulated. Thank you for sharing. This is why I absolutely love Hinduism (Vedanta) fascinating Spiritual tradition.
Not only is it useful, but it is ESSENTIAL to live a healthier and more joyful life (Sat, Chit, Ananda). Yes, it is a tall order to control your negative emotions...that is why every single moment should be devoted to this inner work. It should start as early as possible. With gratitude and trust, Dr. Chopra.
Deepak....You ask to let You know if You should continue ...well definitely and eagerly YES! Although at times it is a mess in my mind😢 i have no doubt your words have an epigenetic effect on me😊. Thanks and keep talking to us! Norma, from Uruguay
I believe it, I'm proof of how my negative emotions have affected my genes. I'm working on changing this but it is so very difficult I feel overwhelmed in this world so I honestly don't know how I'm going to reverse my mental, physical, spiritual and emotional issues. Thank you for this Dr.
ThQ Doc. V also now know of the Cabal:their prejudices: their ways. Yes. Unfortunately all the people who r frequently quoted r all ultimately their mouth pieces. So u need not be sensitive, or pay attention 2 anything They say. Ur books, reprints talk. U talk. V listen. Pls continue. Luv Mumbai
That's not what he said. There are many techniques for helping us with anxiety and depression. For example, getting Sun in the first and last few hours of the day causes our bodies to produce many of our "happy" hormones either directly or indirectly. Breathing in through the nose into the belly automatically lowers our blood pressure and stress hormone levels and has been shown to last for two hours just taking a few slow deep breaths which is how we should be breathing most of the time when not talking or exercising heavily, etc.. I also believe a multivitamin is necessary for most of us to maintain optimal health or heal optimally if we're not healthy. Of course some people are sensitive to particular vitamins or minerals but studies have shown 90% of us are chronically deficient. Breathing into the nose brings nitrous oxide directly into our lungs and then our blood. It's an extremely beneficial molecule. Sun and nutrient deficiency has been shown to contribute to many mood disorders. Personal trauma is probably a major contributer for most of us. There's many videos on RU-vid and the information superhighway with helpful information in this area. It is true that it is all a dream but it doesn't change what it also is as our experience which we know. Known reality is the dream and the real reality is unknowable because it is the one who knows. Try to realize that the real you is the one that knows but is not at all defined by what is known. You are the imaginer of all that you know. If you know the story of Jacob, Jacob saw the face of God and his life was preserved. Jacob saw that he was the face of God and the life of his body was his awareness of it as the light of the world that shines in the hearts of all men though most know it not. This is the reason for the golden rule and the reason no man can possibly be better than another just like no puppet can be better than Pinocchio because Pinocchio only exists in Gheppetto's imagination. 🙏
