While the gifts of God can be imitated, the forgery is not the genuine. This can be ascertained by consciousness level calibration. The genuine
siddhis start to emerge at calibration level 540 and become predominant inthe range of level 570. The promoted imitations calibrate from 155 to the
lower 400s. Notable also is that no Avatars or great Teachers recommend
the seeking of the supernatural. Miraculous phenomena are the spontaneous, nonvolitional emergence of
a potentiality’s emerging as an actuality as a consequence of karmic
propensities and local conditions, such as the level of the contextual field
set by the power of the prevailing level of consciousness. Mixing Levels
In addition to the ego/mind’s presumption that it ‘knows’ something
because it has heard about it (reading a book on golf does not make one an
expert golfer), there is the error of mixing levels of truth or abstraction. The
apparent realities of a specific level of consciousness are not necessarily
those of another level, as is indicated by the numerical designations of the
calibrated levels of consciousness. As an example, one can cite the well-
known saying of Ramana Maharshi that “there is no point in trying to save
the world because the world one sees does not even exist.” That is the truth
and experiential reality of consciousness calibration level 720, but it is not
the experiential reality of consciousness levels below it. It is necessary to be
true to the reality that is experientially valid and true at one’s level of
development. Each level also has its concordant capacities as well as its limitations,
which are quite different. For example, perhaps Ramana Maharshi could
safely walk across a busy highway with his eyes shut, but that is unlikely to
be the experience of the average person who is probably not able to imitate
the same behavior without getting run over. The error of mixing levels explains why there were people who took
LSD and then jumped out the window because they believed that they were
bodiless and could fly. The rules of out-of-body states are decidedly
different from in-the-body states. Comparably, one could make the mistake
of assuming that because the ego/mind operates on an illusory basis, one is
therefore not karmically answerable for decisions, deeds, and actions. Each
person is responsible at their own level of consciousness and not at some
other hypothetical ideal. The error can be understood by realizing that the
truth is the consequence of not only content but also of context. Thus,
karmically, everyone is accountable and culpable within the reality of their
own level of consciousness at a given time.Mixing levels of abstraction is also a defect of reason in the intellectual
domain (e.g. relativism), where ignoring context results in absurdities, for
what is truth at one level of abstraction is false at another. This accounts for
the well-known fallacies of rhetoric that ignore either context or the rules of
logic, or both. Each level of consciousness influences perceived significance,
understanding, and meaning, and thus, accountability is concordant with
comprehension. This is also a principle even in law, for to know or not to
know certain facts is important to the judge and the jury. Thus, culpability is
a variable dependent on circumstances, conditions, and such factors as age,
mental condition, motives, etc. It is true that the ‘who’ you are now is not
the same as the ‘who’ you will be at a later level of evolution. Each ‘who’
has a different level of culpability. Constancy
Effective spiritual endeavor is a consequence of constancy and
persistence rather than fits and starts of enthusiasm. Each state of spiritual
evolution is self-rewarding, gratifying, and complete unto itself. The
moments of prior anguish are found to have been worth the effort. In addition to inner-directed spiritual effort, the ‘karma yoga’ of selfless
service is also supportive of the evolution of consciousness. Inner
satisfaction becomes more important than worldly gain or the desire to
control or influence others. Attraction replaces promotion. Eventually,
resistances are no longer related to worldly life and its perceived values. Instead, the inner intention is one of purity and selflessness. Thus, evolution
becomes the consequence of the process itself rather than as a consequence
of seekingness or acquisition. With spiritual evolution, nurturance is no longer sought from the
narcissistic ego but instead from the Self. Fulfillment of potential is
rewarding in and of itself and is not needful of recognition or gain. Pleasure
at gain is replaced by gratitude for the unfolding of the inner process itself. The need for externals disappears spontaneously. The evolutionary process
requires less and less effort as it becomes a way of being in the world. Transition and transformation are self-actuating as a response of the Self to
entreaty by the self. The pace of spiritual evolution is not under personal
control and may take sudden, surprising leaps. Therefore, it is wise to
prepare beforehand with knowledge of what yet may come.It is important to realize that the destiny of those who choose
Enlightenment is Enlightenment—who else would be on such a quest? To
merely seek spiritual purification and awareness is already a great gift. There is no point to wondering, How am I doing? for the compass has
already been set by dedication and devotion to the highest truth. While the
pace may seem slow or even arduous at times, it is best to be prepared for
sudden, unexpected leaps. It is wise to avoid pessimism, even after a
seemingly long, dry period of frustration, for such periods are due to
overcoming major obstacles and attachments that often presage major
changes. An unseen benefit of spiritual endeavor and evolution is its positive
influence on the collective level of human consciousness itself. Each
evolving spiritual devotee counterbalances the negative effect of great
numbers of people of a considerably lower consciousness level. Consciousness calibration research reveals that the collective consciousness
level of mankind is moving upward. Thus, an optimistic view is warranted. One can be grateful to have been born a human with all its infinite potential
for karmic benefit. One can also be grateful that they have heard of
Enlightenment and have chosen to seek it, for such individuals are
extremely rare indeed. As reported in prior works, statistically, the
likelihood of a person’s choosing Enlightenment as the major purpose of
one’s life is one in ten million persons. Q: To choose to pursue Enlightenment is uncommon in our current
society, with its emphasis on worldliness and the dominance of the
media that in turn focus on the contentious or glamorize the
superficial. What true value can be derived from worldly life? A: The world can be seen as an optimal stimulus for inner growth as it is
merely a projection of the ego in overt dramatic expression. It is best to
learn from it rather than to be seduced by its illusions or entrapped by
them via identification or attachment. The worldly panorama reflects the
entire scale of the levels of consciousness in their most overt display. The panorama is like a school of discernment where the extremes serve
to reveal the essence that underlies appearance. Q: How can one simultaneously participate yet not get attached or
involved? Does that not lead to avoidance?A: It is the motive that determines the effects of participation. Activities are
merely what one ‘does’, but not what one ‘is’. All seeming events
present learning opportunities. One can participate and at the same time
experience phenomena from the level of the witness/observer and watch
what arises from within the psyche. It is important to differentiate
detachment from nonattachment. Detachment can result in avoidance or
withdrawal, whereas nonattachment allows for participation without
taking a stake in the outcome. Q: How then should one best relate to the world? A: To be ‘in’ it but not ‘of’ it. The world is a means and not an end. Nonattached interaction reveals habitual styles and attitudes that are
consequent to inner ego positionalities. It is interesting and educative to
note how others relate to the same circumstances. One can experiment
with different personality styles and, with flexibility, discover untapped
inner resources. This is the classic ‘as if’ experiment. One often avoids situations based on presumptions and their
subsequent resistances. An instructive practice is to pretend either in
imagination or in daily life to enjoy certain activities and people and
then surprisingly discover that the capacity for enjoyment and pleasure
stems from within (i.e., joie de vivre). Experimenting with other
attitudes and personality styles results in surprising inner discoveries. This type of ‘role playing’ is utilized in the group techniques of
psychodrama. Q: How can one really discern what is important from that which is
superficial and evanescent? A: Intention services techniques and learning styles. A simple one is to
mentally view one’s life as though it were on ‘fast forward’ on a
recording/playback machine. One then sees the body rapidly moving
through multiple activities, relationships, overt behaviors, and
progressive age periods. Eventually the ‘fast forward’ moves to the end
of the physicality, which is confrontive and brings out evaluation of the
importance of life goals, projected values, and significance, such as the
fulfillment of potential. When the tape comes to the end of life, the
questions automatically arise: What has been done of value? For what
would one wish to be accountable? One can imagine differentviewpoints and see the different choices and options that would have
been made. Q: The attractions of the world seem endless. Is it really safe to go
there? I often just want to escape. A: The attractions are not innate to the world but reflect projected values
and the expectation of the payoffs of ego satisfactions. In actuality, joy
stems from within and is not dependent on externals. Pleasure is
associated with what is valued and esteemed. Much of projected value
arises from imagination, and values reflect desires. In reality, nothing is
more valuable than anything else other than spiritual fulfillment. Routinely, people discover that the life of a celebrity is onerous and
burdensome once the novelty has worn off. Imagined pleasures are
really of the senses and the emotions. With inner spiritual evolution, all
activities become equal. Q: What about action? A: Actions are the automatic consequence of the integration of context,
field, and intention. All action is actually spontaneous and reflects
karmic propensities and local conditions that may or may not favor
expression. To depersonalize actions, it is only necessary to let go of the
belief that there is a separate, independent causal agent called ‘I’ or
‘me’. This awareness allows for the development of the ‘nonaction of
action’, which is possible by relinquishment of trying to control results. The only thing one can actually ‘do’ is to ‘be’ one’s potential to the
fullest. That ‘one is responsible for the effort but not the result’ is a
twelve–step program basic dictum that curbs the ego. Existence is its own reward. It is more gratifying in the long term to
fulfill potentiality than to try to achieve results. Therefore, one becomes
aligned with excellence of performance for its own sake. Everything in existence is already ‘being’ what it is to the fullest it can
be at any given moment. The ‘non-action’ of action does not move from
imperfection to perfection, or from incomplete to complete, but instead
from complete to complete and from perfection to perfection. All is
perfect by virtue of its identity’s being exactly its meaning, which is its
existence. The perfect seed transforms and metamorphoses via
emergence into being the perfect sprout, and then as the perfect bud,then the perfect flower, and then the perfect faded flower. All form is
perfectly just what it is at any given moment. Creation moves from
perfectly ‘this’ to perfectly ‘that’. There is no other possibility except in
the imagination. Everything already is exactly as it is ‘supposed’ to be. A nice, old, dilapidated, dented trashcan is ‘supposed’ to look beat up or
it would not be a nice, old, beat-up trashcan. (The ego wants a shiny
new one, of course.) Q: Is ‘time’ itself an illusion? A: Creation manifests as emergence, which, to the perception of the ego, is
interpreted as ‘change’. What is witnessed is potentiality’s manifesting
as actuality, which becomes contextualized as ‘becoming’. The ego
superimposes a time track, which is a projection. There is only
continuous awareness. Time is a mental construct and an attempt to
conceptualize an explanation for sequence. Sequence is itself a
conceptualization of the observer and a mentation. The actual Reality is
not comprehensible to the mind. As the ego collapses, time vanishes and all phenomena appear to be in
slow motion. This truth was uncannily intuited by a few
cinematographers, such as appears in the slow-motion scenes in the
movie Deep Blue (cal. 700) and the movie of the life of St. Francis of
Assisi, Francis of Assisi. The Reality is subjective, experiential, and
revelatory rather than conceptual. Investigation of even the seemingly trivial reveals that perceptual
linear duality is a product of the imagination, which in turn is based on
the fallacy of the hypothetical. Everything at every second is already the
perfect expression of its karmic potentiality based on prevailing
conditions that influence the emergence of potentiality’s becoming
actuality. Everything is the presentation of that which it is, for
everything already is exactly what it is, which again is its meaning, its
worth, and its value. ‘Worth’ and ‘value’ are projected mentalizations. A
crooked tree is a perfect crooked tree. If it were not a perfect crooked
tree, it would be a perfect straight tree. There is no basic difference. Q: Nonduality is like a radical reality in which everything is seen as the
expression of its essence by virtue of its identity.A: That is an essential insight. All Creation, in and of itself, moves from
perfection to perfection solely by virtue of its existence. Existence is
already the fulfillment of potentiality expressed as the actuality. Form is a consequence of local conditions and is again the perfect
expression possible under prevailing conditions. All objections or
doubts about the perfection of Creation stem from resinterna/cogitans,
which projects the hypothetical error onto the world. In contrast, via the Heisenberg principle in quantum mechanics, the
details of the evolutionary change can be contextualized in
mathematical formulas. Intention (consciousness) collapses the wave
function from the potential to the actual, from the potential state of the
universe (the Schrödinger equations) to the collapsed wave state (the
Dirac equation). The new state then becomes the new potential state that
then ‘collapses’ into the next defined state. The state of Enlightenment is therefore the potential Reality that
replaces the illusions of the ego’s perceptual positionalities. Spiritual
intention, effort, and decision potentiate the evolution of consciousness
from the linear limited to the nonlinear Allness of Reality. Thus again,
intention activates the progress from possibility to probability to
actuality. Q: In the lectures, you mentioned the example of Roger Bannister’s
breaking the belief system of the four-minute mile. How does that
relate to spiritual work? A: Each individual who transcends the levels of consciousness to their
highest completion in this domain makes it easier for others to follow,
just like the lead dog breaks the snow and facilitates the progress of the
rest of the team. One’s seeming individual spiritual endeavor serves all
mankind. Each one who crosses over from below 200 to above 200 has
already enabled untold numbers to follow and serves as a potential
instructor as well. One cannot become enlightened just for one’s own
self because the impact is felt throughout all of human consciousness. The spiritual seeker of today has the advantage that the consciousness
level of all mankind is rising, and thus, there is less collective
resistance. OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 6
The “Experiencer”
The mind acts as a processor of data simultaneously from both within and
without. It categorizes, sorts, prioritizes, contextualizes, and interprets
simultaneously as it concordantly draws on memory banks, emotional
centers, and conditioned responses and their correlations. All the above are
orchestrated contextually with emotional/animal instincts that are sorted,
rejected, accepted, or modified. In addition, this multilayered complexity is
simultaneously subject to options, choices, and the will. Options and
choices related to meaning and value overall are under the influence and
dominance of an all-inclusive, overall field of consciousness having
concordant and variable levels of power related to the level of
consciousness that is also influenced by karmic propensities. Simultaneously, the mind assesses degrees of relative truth, credibility of
information, and suitability and probabilities of action within similarly
multilayered behavioral social limits, including moral, ethical, social, and
religious principles. This complex, integrated processing system amazingly operates within
approximately 1/10,000th of a second, during which it simultaneously
selects and processes thoughts, ideas, and images that are invested with
emotion and categorized estimates of importance. The mind is therefore like
an infinitely complex processing unit of both internal and external data. Some of the information is perceived and stored in memory banks, but there
is also unconscious processing of all the data that is stored in the
unconscious. This processing screening device results in the 1/10,000th of a
second’s delay and acts as a separation between self and Self/Reality. This
processing screen represents ‘the experiencer’ in action. Transcending the Experiencer
Between phenomena and the experience of the phenomena is the
1/10,000th of a second’s delay; thus, the output is like the tape monitor
playback of a tape recorder that processes information during that split
second between reception and reproduction. The important point is to
realize that the self receives only processed material and not the original. Inaddition, the processed material then interacts with the automated response
of the personal self to the edited data. Although the ego/mind processor performs an incredibly complex
multitude of functions simultaneously and seemingly without effort, there is
a loss between input and output. That loss is a quality of the original purity
and innate brilliance. The output to the ‘experiencer’ is devoid of the
aliveness and radiance of Divinity that is innate to All that Exists. With the
evolution of consciousness, this screen suddenly disappears, and when this
happens, there is a profound transformation in that everything becomes
radiant, illuminated in depth, texture, and color. It ‘presents’ itself unedited
instead of being perceived and interpreted. The experiencer screen is energized by desire and identification with it. This desire is like an appetite of curiosity, wantingness, and craving, and is
an addiction to the experience of experiencing itself. In addition, there is
identification with experiencing and its content information as ‘self’. Thus
the mind says, ‘I’ saw, heard, felt, thought, etc. This would therefore seem
to be rather a natural misidentification as the experiencer is the leading edge
of perception and sensation. Misidentification arose during the evolution of
consciousness to subserve survival needs. From its earliest appearance in evolution, animal life forms were
inherently defective in that they lacked an intrinsic source of energy. Therefore, energy had to be sought and detected for assimilation. The basic
essential core program of the primitive ego was to sample, explore, forage,
seek, and ‘get’. Thus, from its earliest onset, animal life was innately
lacking the means to survival and therefore had to constantly search to find
and identify the energy sources and substances that then needed to be
assimilated and absorbed from its environment. This necessitated the
development of information detection, gathering, and integration systems to
evaluate the input (edible versus inedible, friend versus enemy, etc.). The
result was the evolution of a primordial ego-survival system to process,
identify, compare, and categorize priorities of survival information that
heralded the onset of learning and intelligence. This experiencer process
became the ‘I’ of separate identity. Although it became greatly diversified
and elaborated over the millennia, its core identification and function
remained essentially the same. The overall intention, motivation, and alignment of this core ego
process to survive by getting and controlling dominates the consciousnesslevels below 200, which are characterized by the term ‘egocentricity’,
indicating aggressive self-interest and the predominance of the animal-like
predatory qualities. This may be seen in an undisguised style in the
psychopath where these characteristics are acted out pathologically, as well
as through gross demonstration by narcissistic messianic leaders who
represent the primitive limitation of consciousness development. At
consciousness level 200, there is the emergence of awareness and the
recognition of the equal value and worth of others, signifying the
appearance of spiritual energy that transforms context, paradigm, and
intention. The interface of the processor/experiencer is the core of separation and
duality. It is also the focus of identity, and the separate ‘I’ sees the self,
therefore, as the source of life and existence. The core of spiritual work is to
undo this ancient programming. The self identifies not only with the
mind/experiencer but also with its content, which becomes ‘my’ memory, ‘
my’ senses, ‘my’ thoughts, ‘my’ emotions, ‘my’ property, ‘my’ success,
‘my’ failure, ‘my’ expectations, ‘my’ feelings, and so on. Identification
presumes ownership and authorship; thus, the ego sees and believes itself to
be a personal, separate causal agent and the inferred source of its own
existence. The self projects the duality onto the world where phenomena are
conceptualized in terms of cause and effect. Inasmuch as the self is
presumed to be a causal agent, it is therefore also the object of guilt, pride,
fear, and all the emotions. The self becomes equated with being the source
of life and thus having the qualities of Divinity. The ego/mind subtly
worships the self and treats it as though it were Divine. The inflated ego, such as is shown by the narcissistic personality,
demonstrates overtly the famous ‘king baby’ attitude that is the core of the
human ego. It surfaces in society as the narcissistic personality that expects
its whims, wishes, and inflated self-importance to be catered to. It
characteristically feels ‘entitled’, ‘made uncomfortable’, ‘sensitive’, and the
victim of perceived ‘slights’ and injustices and seeks redress by protest,
drama, and hand-wringing self-pity. In deprogramming the experiencer from the evolutionary development
of the ego with its multifunction complexity, it can be seen why spiritual
evolution takes time plus effort, awareness, and high motivation. To undo
this complex mind/ego/experiencer/self apparatus sequentially is not
possible without the motivation or assistance of a specific spiritual energythat has the necessary power. Traditionally, this spiritual energy was labeled
kundalini to indicate its serpentine course as it rises up the energy channels
of the spine through the ascending energy centers, traditionally termed
‘chakras’. This unique, transformative energy, which appears at
consciousness level 200, changes the physiology and dynamics of the brain,
including hemispheric dominance. Consequently, there is a shift in brain
hormones and neurotransmitters (see following chart). BRAIN FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGY
 
Below 200 Above 200
Left-brain dominance Right-brain dominance
Linear Non-linear
Stress – Adrenaline Peace – Endorphins
Fight or flight Positive emotion
Alarm – Resistance – Exhaustion Support thymus
  (Selye – Cannon: Fight/Flight)
Killer cells and immunity
 Killer cells
Thymus stress
 Immunity
Disrupt acupuncture meridian Healing
Disease Balanced acupuncture system
Negative kinesiological response Positive kinesiological response
Neurotransmitters – Serotonin
Track to emotions twice as fast as Track to emotion
  through prefrontal cortex   slower than from prefrontal
  to emotions   and etheric cortexesImportance:
Spiritual endeavor and intention change the brain function and the body’s
physiology and establish a specific area for spiritual information in the
right-brain prefrontal cortex and its concordant etheric (energy) brain. Of interest is that the altered brain chemistry is also influenced by
facilitating mechanisms that are activated by experience. Certain genes
become expressive only as a result of stress, and others activate only under
favorable experiences, thus demonstrating the influence of both nature and
nurture. A positive shift in brain physiology is also favored by positive
early-life experiences, such as exposure to classical music, beauty, esthetics,
and religious upbringing, which further activate genetic propensities and
neuronal patterning. (As mentioned in earlier works, these favorable, early-
life experiences reduce criminality by approximately ninety percent.) The problem with the processor/experiencer ego is not just its
composition but also its dominance, which only becomes diminished by the
influx of spiritual energy. With the onset of the kundalini spiritual energy,
there is, for the first time in evolution, the development of an etheric brain
consisting solely of energy. This spiritual-energy etheric brain identifies
with context rather than content, whereas the animalego/narcissistic-
processor self relates to content. Animal-brain processing sees things in
terms of cause and effect and sees self as causal. The spiritual etheric brain
sees self as a participant and is capable of seeing phenomena as the
activation of potentiality. The spiritual energy’s effect is the capacity to
comprehend nondualistically and thus to eventually develop the capacity to
discern essence from appearance. Q: The spiritual seeker of today is advantaged by having information
that was not available in the past. On the other hand, there seems to
be more data to assimilate. Is it necessary to comprehend all of it? A: No, it is supplied primarily for the sake of utility to facilitate success on
the journey that historically has been described as quite difficult. With
the addition of new information and the advancement of consciousness
overall, the likelihood of reaching advanced states of consciousness is
one thousand percent greater than before. To even decide on such a
mission is already a sign of major spiritual evolution. The purpose of supplying a great deal of supportive data is to providethe means of corroborating the truth of the information. Thus, it
provides a bulwark against misinterpretation, which historically has
frequently been the fate of spiritual truth. Q: Why is truth itself, and especially spiritual truth, so subject to
distortion and misinterpretation? A: The ego’s survival relies on the defeat of truth because it is dependent
on allegiance to falsity and illusion. For one thing, spiritual truth
challenges the ego’s presumption that it is sovereign. This is seen
socially in the rising popularity of secularism, which seeks to eliminate
all references to Divinity or spiritual truth, or even the basics of
morality or ethics. The current appeal of relativism (cal. 180-190) is that
it subserves the ego’s wish to reign supreme by virtue of the statement
that there is no absolute truth at all. This currently promoted philosophy
is actually based on nihilism (cal. 50) and is the rationale for the social
promotion of nonintegrity by political distortion. Truth therefore has
opponents from both within and outside religion. Q: The total content of the mind, including its memory, is vast and
includes multimillions of bits of information as well as a dazzling
multitude of complex operational functions. The task of overcoming
its dominance seems overwhelming and even intimidating. A: It does indeed seem like a Herculean task when viewed from a linear
perspective; however, the foundations of its content and operations are
similar to a computer’s motherboard that, when disconnected, unplugs
entire, sizeable sets of operations. One could also say that, analogously,
each level of consciousness is orchestrated by its own predominant
energy attractor field (see “nonlinear dynamics” in Power vs. Force,
[Hawkins, 1995]), which is thereby the operational ‘motherboard’ for
that field. To choose to forgive by giving up the ‘juice’ of justified resentments
and grudges disconnects all the associated thoughts and grievances from
them, along with their multiple rationalizations and memories. Thus,
each level has its basic props, and when these props are surrendered, the
level no longer dominates. By removing the motherboards of each level,
one witnesses that everything merely is just what it is, and
judgmentalism is surrendered to God. Each level has its associated negative feelings, including guilt, shame,
fear, etc., so removing its fulcrum allows the whole stack to collapse. Each step along the way is self-rewarding and reinforces dedication to
the process. With removal of the positionality that results in a whole
level of consciousness, the negative energy disappears and is replaced
by the positive spiritual energies. As the process proceeds, there is
therefore less and less resistance. Q: What is the most useful information to know? Is there a major key
understanding? A: Resistance subsides when there is a clear understanding that what is
being surrendered is not of intrinsic value but is instead imagined to be
of value solely because of the juice or payoff the ego extracts from that
position. The principle of willingness need only be applied to the ego’s
payoff and not to the object or condition desired. One can ask oneself the question, Is this worth giving up God for? Thus, ego positionality has a price, which is where the willingness
should be addressed. Each positionality is based on the presumption that
its fulfillment will bring happiness. Thus, nothing is really valued aside
from the illusion that it will bring that about. This reinforces the importance of keeping in mind Socrates’ dictum
that all men choose only what they perceive to be the good. It is just that
they do not know what is the ‘real’ good. It becomes evident by
consciousness research that happiness is associated only with a single
factor—a level of consciousness. Q: What is the critical central focus of the ego, i.e., its critical factor? A: The ego is focused on one point, the experiencer, which is programmed
to seek pleasure and survival through gain. It views happiness as
something one acquires, possesses, and incorporates. Therefore, the
experiencer is programmed to ‘get’. The experiencer’s function is to get
pleasure and possess it. It is not concerned with the soul unless it
fortuitously becomes spiritually oriented. Then its goals shift, and it
discovers that the source of pleasure is completely within. When it is
discovered that the source of ongoing pleasure is the Self, and not the
self, the result is independence from the world. Gratification of the
ego’s desires is within the linear domain. True happiness arises from thenonlinear. With relinquishment of dependence on the experiencer for
pleasure and happiness, one discovers that the source of happiness is
one’s own existence, and the realization of the Self is happiness itself. Q: It seems as though the ego’s attachments are multitudinous and
almost overwhelming. A: Complexity is a perception of the ego/mind. One sharp knife can cut
through hundreds of different objects; there is only the necessity of one
simple action. Analogously, there is only one simple key concept
necessary to disengage from all the ego’s encumbrances. It has only one
addiction, which is to subjective pleasure/gain. That is the secret payoff
of all desires, projected values, and attractions. This is exaggerated by
projected value, worth, glamour, or specialness. There is only one gain,
and this same gain is merely superimposed on everything that is desired
and therefore attracts attachment. The pleasure is associated with
derived happiness. Thus, the ego has only one goal. That discernment
enables escape from all attractions. This solitary motive is merely
projected onto multiple diverse objects, persons, or qualities. The clever ego can extract the juice/payoff of secret gratification and
pleasure from anything it arbitrarily selects. Actually, it is always just
the same goal over and over again. The ‘what’ that is desired is actually
irrelevant. The locus is imagined to be ‘out there’ but is actually ‘in
here’, for the pleasure gain is subjective and internal. The
relinquishment of this single, solitary goal unveils the Reality of the
Self, which is the innate prime source of all happiness, and its
Realization terminates all wants and desires. The locus of happiness is
always solely from within. Pleasure is transitory; joy and happiness are
from within. OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 7
The Razor’s Edge
Discussion
It can be seen that even on a conceptual level, it is not possible to undo
the ego/experiencer complex in a linear fashion, nor is it possible without
Divine assistance, which is provided by the presence of the spiritual energy
itself. The spiritual energy is an emanation of Self. The inflow of Divine
energy is a consequence of karmic propensities, along with Grace, spiritual
choice, and the assent of the Will as exemplified by worship, spiritual
commitment, prayer, supplication, selfless service, mercy, and love. Consciousness calibration indicates the level of the evolution of
consciousness, which is correlated with the degree of dominance of the
spiritual energy that accompanies truth and love. The ego cannot be undone
in a serial manner through all of its multitudinous belief systems. Instead,
by spiritual intention and devotion, the calibrated level moves up, and as it
does, the field itself supports the undoing of the ego’s dominance. The techniques and practices that dissolve the underpinnings of the
various ego positions along the Scale of Consciousness have been described
elsewhere (Transcending the Levels of Consciousness). These have also
been alluded to in the sections on meditation and contemplation. At a
certain period in spiritual evolution and by assent of the will, there arises
the inner decision to seriously and actively pursue spiritual awareness for its
own sake. This may be accompanied by a change of lifestyle and/or the
seeking out of spiritual teachers or communities. Operationally, the central
elements of seriously committed inner spiritual work consist of:
1. Discipline of focus without deviation. 2. Willingness to surrender all desires and fears to God. 3. Willingness to endure transitory anguish until the difficulty is
transcended. 4. Constancy and watchfulness. 5. Moving from self-interest as participant/experiencer to that of the
witness/observer. 6. Willingness to relinquish judgmentalism and opinion about what is
observed.7. Identifying with the field rather than with the content of the field. 8. Proceeding with certainty and confidence by accepting that
Enlightenment is one’s destiny, not a goal, wish, or hope; rejecting the
notion that Enlightenment is a gain; and understanding it is a condition
that ensues as a consequence of decision, intention, and devotional
dedication consequent to both karma and Divine Grace. 9. Avoiding glamorizing or aggrandizing the endeavor or its destination,
and relying instead on devotion for its own sake. The Razor’s Edge: Staying on the Crest of the Wave
The witness/observer is a contemplative attitude of poise. Phenomena
appear and disappear. One must constantly surrender the desire to
experience the phenomena or the desire to ‘juice’ the experience of the
experiencing itself. It will be noticed that feelings and thoughts arise and fall away like
waves. To anticipate the future is often the result of trying to control it
based on fear. The fear, control, and anticipation are associated with
focusing on the front of the wave of experiencing. In contrast, to cling to
thoughts and feelings for even 1/10th of a second past the cresting wave is
to focus on and cling to the past. The focus needs to be on the crest of the
wave itself as it is breaking into that 1/10,000th–of–a–second aperture of
‘experiencing’. The detection of this ‘space’ is possible by the inner quality
of consciousness/awareness, which is not subject to delay. It is not possible
to choose this by perception because perception moves at exactly the same
rate as does mentation. Awareness/consciousness is located just beneath or prior to the function
of the watcher/observer. It is silent and unmoving, like the sky or space
itself. By relinquishing anticipation, clinging, seeking pleasure, or avoiding
unpleasantness, the focus remains poised on the razor’s edge of the crest of
the fleeting moment. By this poised position, mentation and imaging
gradually recede and reveal that the underlying field is activated by the
desire and intention of thinkingness itself. As focus and interest move from
content to the observer/ witness, it will be found that the observer/witness is
an emanation of consciousness as awareness and a nonlinear, impersonal
quality that is primary, innate, and autonomous. Although this meditation/contemplation may seem unfamiliar or
awkward at first, because it is in accord with the will and Divine energy, it
eventually becomes self-positioning without resistance. If the witnesseddata are neither desired, resisted, nor given value as ‘mine’, they begin to
subside and eventually fall away. In turn, each is surrendered to God as it
arises, and the silent energy source that it is desirous of thinking or
experiencing is revealed. To de-energize it, it is only necessary to surrender
the desire to God. Transformation/Revelation
By withdrawal of interest or value from the experiencer’s filter screen
of the illusory ‘I’/self, the illusory self becomes an ‘it’ rather than an ‘I’. Its
dominance and interference diminish and fall away. The world’s appearance
and quality then demonstrate a profound change. With the removal of the
interference of the processing screen, everything reveals itself as
intrinsically, exquisitely radiant. Everything ‘presents’ itself with aliveness
and awareness. The prior appearance of the world, in contrast, was drab and
monochromatic compared to Technicolor. Now all shines forth its own
radiance of stunning beauty consequent to the aliveness, pervasiveness, and
universality of life. All is interrelated and expressive of Oneness and Unity. All is
happening spontaneously of its own. The brilliant quality of radiant beauty
shines forth as the Essence of Creation. The mind becomes silent. At first
hesitatingly, and then in overwhelm, it realizes that Divinity is revealing
Itself like the gift of a presentation. It is uniquely Divinity’s manifesting as
Creation, which is continuous. All shines forth its awareness by worship
and adoration of the existence of overwhelming Love as Presence. The
presentation is stunning, and even the field of conscious awareness is stilled
by the grandeur. The Presence precludes functioning in the ordinary sense. The familiar
self-identity has disappeared. It is not even possible to speak of the Reality
without Divine assistance. It cannot be described or explained. (To even
allude to it took thirty years.) One-Pointedness of Mind
This is a subject often brought up during lectures and is alluded to in
classical spiritual literature. The basics have been described as a volitional
process that is often confused with ‘concentration’. It comes about instead
as a consequence of focus rather than effort, which is implied by the
concept of concentration. The decision is actually to ‘allow’ rather than to
‘do’. It involves the willingness to surrender either clinging to or avoidingthe parade of witnessed phenomena, whether they originate internally
(mind/emotion) or externally (perception/the senses). It is only necessary to relinquish the attraction or aversion to transitory
phenomena. The term ‘concentration’ results in efforting as an ego focus on
content, which is linear, whereas the awareness should instead withdraw
from content (images, thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.) to the nonlinear
contextual field itself. This attitude results in coming closer to the question of ‘who’ is
watching. With inner honesty, one then discovers that there is no ‘who’ but
instead there is a ‘what’, which is an autonomous quality that witnesses. It
becomes detached by virtue of the withdrawal of intention to ‘do’
something with phenomena, such as extracting pleasure or an emotion. A more accurate term for the process is ‘nonpointedness of mind’ in
that it is a choice/decision to not focus and thus be drawn into participation
with the passing phenomena. One merely allows the witnessing by
volitional choice rather than by effortful focus of one-pointedness of
concentration. The term ‘one-pointedness’ is specifically linear as well as
dualistic in that it splits contextualization into a ‘who’ that is focusing on a
‘what’, resulting in a dualistic split between a ‘this’ and a ‘that’. This
duality subsides as a consequence of the intention to not experience
phenomena. Thus, it is in the opposite direction from psychological self-
inquiry, which is designed to investigate how one thinks or feels while
recalling life events. That type of inquiry leads to an endless quest in which
each bit of information automatically leads to the next question, indicating
that it is therefore a system designed to explore the ego rather than
transcend it. It will be noticed that the experiencer aspect of the ego is constantly
poised to derive benefit from the witnessed phenomena, even if it is only to
confirm its own reality as being the ‘you’ of the ever-presumptuous
personal ‘I’. The ego is reluctant to accept that the unfolding of sequential
phenomena is autonomous and impersonal. It is poised to jump in to impose
a feeling, which in turn is always the expression of an ego viewpoint or a
positionality, such as an opinion, or at least an order to declare itself to be
primordially essential to one’s identity and sense of reality. To cease
identifying the experiencer as the reality of oneself is a major transitionfrom dualistic content to nondualistic context, and therefore, from self to
Self. The Attraction of Phenomena
The experiencer is seduced by the lure and attraction of transitory
phenomena because of projected value and worth. These are reflective of
meaning, importance, and significance, which one can see is the entire basis
of the industry of advertising for the purpose of gaining attention and
attracting the desire to ‘have’, to ‘do’, or to ‘be’ (successful, admired, rich,
etc.). Thus, all witnessed phenomena are like endless solicitations to ‘own’, to
‘claim’, to ‘be’, and receive benefit in some magical way. The content of
transitional and witnessed phenomena is therefore glamorized as having
significance or value and becomes specialized, even if its only worth or
meaning is that it is ‘mine’. This proclivity is seen in clinical conditions
where there is panic over a memory loss for an amnesic time period. This is
seen in some elderly people in the early years of memory loss, but as it
progresses, the majority of patients become indifferent to it and could not
care less about what the date or the year are, or even how old they are. This
continues to cause some panic in the nursing staff and the family but is
accepted by the elderly with equanimity. It is instructive to imagine a whole time period in one’s life of which
there is no memory (this has actually already happened in everyone’s life
but has not been noticed). At first, there is panic and the emotional
melodrama of loss. Investigation of the ‘what’ that has been lost is quite
revealing. With some reflection, the supposedly tragic loss becomes a ‘so
what?’ Memory is given value by being sentimentalized as ‘precious’
because it is ‘me’ or ‘mine’. The experiment also reveals identification of self as a subjective,
experiential, linear time track. The average adult mind is usually unable to
recall the details of sizeable periods of time. Even to do so requires
concentrated effort by which one is usually only able to pull up very major
events. It is instructive to note that during the time period of the missing
years, the ego/mind was busily experiencing and usually extracting all the
imaginary payoff it could from the passing phenomena. The question to ask
is, Of what value is it now? To assist in detaching from the attractive, seductive lure of the transitory
linear content of witnessed phenomena, it is helpful to imagine that what isbeing experienced will also likely be forgotten, usually in a matter of just a
few seconds. This linear content is really not important enough to be
retrieved unless it is denoted as ‘special’ or important. An analogy is
provided by the recently discovered ‘blink’ phenomenon whereby the
brain/mind automatically shuts off visual awareness every time the eyes
blink (Bristow, 2005). As a result, in an ordinary lifetime, a total of
approximately nine days is spent in visual oblivion. Instructional exercises reveal that one is not the passive victim of
mentation but instead is the very originator by virtue of intention to extract
projected value. With this understanding, one is free from being dominated
by the false ‘I’ of the experiencer. The Self is not subject to nor limited by the experiencer. Its quality is
neither linear nor sequential and is independent of phenomena and even of
the practice of experiencing itself. By virtue of identity, the Self is innately
simultaneously the Knower and the Known. Q: The description of one-pointedness of mind clarifies that it is not
really a special process, procedure, or demanding practice but more
of a way of orientation to the transitional phenomena of
experiencing. A: It is akin to a poised posture, position, or prevailing attitude, like being
at the prow of a ship that has only a solitary function despite the
differing appearances of individual waves. Actually, the mind does it at
a certain level all the time in that it notes multitudinous passing
phenomena without pausing to react, memorize, or ‘do’ anything about
them. From the multitudinous input, the mind only pauses to select very few
bits of information or data for attention and deliberate focus. The great
majority of possible linear data is ignored even though it has registered
and been observed. Attention is selective based on presumptive value,
which is only transitory. By watching what the mind selects for
attention, its proclivities become apparent and reveal the sources of
attraction and aversion. By relinquishment of the propensity to project
either desire or aversion, all becomes of equal value when devoid of
projected specialness. This style can be seen demonstrated in nature by a bird poised high
over a shoreline where it positions itself to effortlessly take advantage ofthe ocean breezes. Its wings barely move and merely adjust to the wind
with fine, subtle movements. Thus, it can tirelessly stay aloft for long
periods of time. Q: But would not one be missing important observations or
experiences? A: Again, ‘important’ and ‘valuable’ are indicative of editing. Without
selection, all is of equal ‘value’ because the Source is from within as a
consequence of innate existence itself. All is equally perfect, and the
intrinsic beauty and perfection of all that exists radiate forth effortlessly. With refusal to project values, all becomes of equal value by virtue of
its existence and the emergence of Creation by which form is an
expression of innate formlessness of Oneness. Perception focuses on
linear uniqueness and differences and therefore on separation. The Self
is all-inclusive. The ego, by projection of presumptive value, sees beauty only
selectively and bases it on the linearity subserved by expectations of
aesthetics. Without editing, the intrinsic beauty of all that exists radiates
forth as an innate quality of existence itself. In ordinary life, this
observation tends to become obscured due to the sheer overwhelming
quantity of stimuli. One purpose of art is to select almost any particular
subject for focus and put it on ‘stop’ so its innate beauty and perfection
as an expression of ‘what it is’ stand forth. This process reveals the
presence of essence behind form. Love has this characteristic as well, and the familiar becomes imbued
with value because its inner worth has already been ascertained. By this
process, familiar things become ‘dear’ and treasured, even if only a
favorite pair of old slippers. To the Self, everything becomes endeared,
not because it is ‘mine’, but because it ‘is’. Q: The method described is tantamount to eclipsing and precluding the
‘experiencer’ edge of the ego as the predominant focus of interest
and psychic energy. A: Its function can be bypassed, and therefore its editing process is no
longer valued. What is devalued tends to disappear. Awareness is a
quality of consciousness itself that is not encumbered by having to ‘do’
anything. It just ‘is’ and by virtue of its innate capacity, apprehendsessence directly. The Presence of Divinity as Self is effortless. It
‘knows’ as a quality of identity so there is no necessity to process a
relationship between a ‘this’ and a ‘that’, or an ‘I’ and an ‘it’. The
Reality that is revealed by relinquishment of identification with the
experiencer/processor edge of the ego cannot be easily described in
words. The subjective awareness of existence is an unedited a priori
primary knowingness beyond languaging. Its Source is the Self and not,
as the ego believes it to be, the experiencer aspect of the self. Q: Then there really is no ‘razor’ or ‘edge’. A: That analogy has pragmatic value until it is no longer serviceable or
useful. It is like having a boat to cross a stream for a transition, but it
serves no further function. That is common to all spiritual practices and
techniques. In the Presence of Divinity, there is no point to spiritual practices
anymore than there would be to using the oars once the other shore has
been reached. Like all denotative terms, the ‘edge’ disappears into the
new linearity of the Oneness of the Self/Divinity. There is no personal
self that witnesses the Ultimate Reality because the Knower and the
Known dissolve into Identity. The term ‘edge’ denotes the interface of
the processor/experiencer quality, which is an artificial separation. Another depiction, which again may seem ambiguous, is to say that
everything is, by virtue of its own existent reality, already its own
reflection. Q: Contemplation then facilitates the breakthrough of discernment of
essence from perception? A: Contemplation allows the process to become the consequence of
contextualization rather than focus. The process is more akin to the
ephemeral. In practice, it is defocused as a consequence of intention. It
is nonmanipulative. Spiritual techniques ripen and mature with
reflection and then become effortlessly like ‘second nature’—easy and
natural. It is not something new to be gained or mastered but instead a
natural propensity and capacity of consciousness as awareness and
identity of the Knowingness of the Self. The Self is the inner Teacher
whose qualities need only be noted and appreciated.Q: Questions that stem from the ego arise as specific thoughts and
inquiries. The Self expresses more as subtle inclinations that are not
really verbal and explicit. A: The ego would not know what questions to ask as its values and style of
information gathering operate via other mechanisms. It can be seen that
real questions arise spontaneously. It is as though the answers are
already present but desire the finality of declaration to endorse
clarification. It is a consequence of the unfolding process that
encounters doubts. The process is also like the formal recognition of
that which is already known but not enunciated. Everyone already at a
certain level knows that they ‘are’; the ego then quibbles about the
details of definition, but the Self is not fooled by the ruse. All false
identifications can be dropped in an instant with the willingness to
surrender all mentalization to God. Enlightenment is the consequence of a major shift of content and
identification. The experiencer focus is like a screen that veils Reality
and drops of its own accord when the props are removed. This is the
consequence of surrendering the will to God. The sense of reality of the
self was actually due solely to the underlying presence of the Self. Q: Languaging is for communication of information. When utilized in
the spiritual realm, it eventually comes to an impasse that is
frustrating. The mind wants to keep on mentalizing about it. A: Language is denotative by its specificity and linearity, but it also has
nonverbal implication and reference that is its subjective quality as well. Thus, eventually a teaching becomes nonverbal and is conveyed via the
nonlinear field of that level of consciousness whereby the knowingness
is innate to the field itself. That is the value of the presence of a Teacher
whose energy field is like a catalyst. The high energy field of the Self is
already present in the student. It does not have to be acquired but only
activated, which is a consequence of positive karmic potentiality. OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 8
Allness Versus Nothingness
Introduction
The mind’s content is expressed in linear form, such as concepts, ideas,
images, and concordant emotionality. By spiritual endeavor, these are
surrendered and thereby de-energized. At some point, an apprehension may
arise that the ‘self’ is being obliterated and therefore, “I will no longer be
me.” Even further, the fear may be that one will cease to exist, which arises
as the classic fear of nonexistence or nothingness. Understandably, the
thought is that if the ‘I’ consists of just programs, and they are surrendered,
will not the ‘I’ disappear also? Thus, it is important to understand the
meaning of ‘Void’, especially so in view of the pervasiveness of the lack of
full understanding of the term from various Buddhist texts and other
writings, such as the pathway of negation described in the Zenk Teaching of
Huang Po (cal. 850). Subsequent to the quoted teachings, Huang Po
continued to evolve to consciousness level 960, as was discussed in
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness. The Void
By the pathway of negation, a dedicated devotee may encounter the
phenomenon of Voidness/ Nothingness. This occurs at approximately
consciousness level 850. The Void is seemingly complete and sufficient
unto itself, as well as being impressive by virtue of its stillness and peace,
along with the absence of ideation or any other form of linearity. “Surely,”
the devotee believes, “this is the state of Enlightenment,” as the condition is
still, peaceful, truly void, and not limited to time or space. The Void is also
free of emotions or perceptions as it is nonlinear and thereby devoid of such
options. This state is also eulogized by advanced students, i.e., “arhats” (cal. 800), who erroneously believe that the Void is the ultimate state of
Enlightenment. It is apparent that if Nothingness were the Ultimate Reality, there would
be no one to report it for the observer would also be void. Thus, its being
reported represents that consciousness itself is still present by awareness of
the phenomenon.The error arises twofold: (1) Misunderstanding the Buddha’s teachings
due to the lack of an explanation of terms and, (2) misidentification of Love
as a bondage and a limitation. This latter arises from confusing personal,
limited emotional love (between a ‘me’ and a ‘you’) with Divine Love,
which is, in contrast, a nonlinear unconditional quality of Divinity, without
subject or object. Divine Love is an all-inclusive field, and its quality is unforgettable, as
anyone who has ever had a near-death experience knows. It is intrinsically
truly ineffable, and its presence is like a meltingness in its exquisite,
experiential totality. There is nothing in worldly life that even comes close
to it. It is profoundly gentle, yet infinitely powerful by virtue of its intrinsic
infinite strength. Innate to the Presence as Love is the quality of
timelessness/foreverness. Even a brief moment of the Presence in earthly
time is realized via the Self to be eternal. This is an unmistakable hallmark. Therefore, to have Known the Real for even a few brief moments of clock
time is to know it forever. The confusion about the Buddha’s teachings is due to misinterpreting
the concept of ‘no thing’ (void of linearity) to mean the voidness of
Nothingness (nonexistence). Without Divine Love, it would indeed truly be
Nothingness, and, paradoxically, nonexistence would then be a
hypothetically possible ‘reality’. ‘Nothingness’ is its own level, which is
still incomplete as it lacks the Infinite Love that is the hallmark and major
quality of Divinity. Its limitation is also indicated by its calibratable level of
850. In this lifetime, the Void returned at age three when, out of the state of
Nothingness, there was the sudden awareness of Existence that emerged
spontaneously out of the voidness of Nothingness. Suddenly, there was the
shocking presentation of the return of experiential existence and thus
appeared the polarities of the duality of the Ultimate Truth as Nothingness
versus Allness. Many years later, a rededication to the pathway of negation
returned via the incessant desire to reach the core of Ultimate Truth, which
again led to the Void. This time, however, there had already been the
experience of the Presence, with its profound quality of timeless Love, and
upon reentering the Void, the pathway of negation was refused. Consequently, the source of the prior error was discovered and thus wascorrectable by the recognition that Love is an innate quality of Divinity. It
is, in fact, the primary quality of the Presence. The basic error is due to confusing personal emotional love with Divine
Love and negating love as an attachment, emotionality, and specialness
associated with dependence, and desire. Therefore, love is not really the
problem, but its emotionalization as an interpersonal desire and attachment
is the bondage to be surrendered. While the above may seem premature or even irrelevant, at some time
in the future, it may well arise. The pace of spiritual evolution is not
controlled by convenience. The major barriers may suddenly disappear
because their underpinnings have been eradicated and transcended. Another reason to know about this now is to reduce the ubiquitous fear
of the unknown that is either conscious or unconscious in spiritual seekers. Reassurance can be found by calibrating the levels of truth of the various
teachers and teachings. The trap of the Void is an error that can be
transcended by virtue of information. The Self knows the Ultimate Reality
by virtue of identity; it is it. The Self thereby recognizes the Presence. The Allness of Divinity
There is uncertainty about the alleged nature and reality of God, by
whatever name Divinity is termed. Doubt frequently arises about the
validity of personal spiritual experiences. It is therefore beneficial to review
the innate qualities of Divinity that are irreducible and confirmable
throughout time by determining consciousness calibration levels. 1. Divinity is nonlinear, impartial, nonjudgmental, and beyond partiality or
selective favoritism. 2. Divinity is not capricious, judgmental, or subject to the limitations of
presumptive human emotions. Divine Love, like the sun, is
unconditional. Limitation is a consequence of the ego. 3. The justice of God is an automatic consequence of the omnipotence and
omniscience of Divinity. God does not ‘do’, ‘act’, or ‘cause’, but ‘is’. The quality of Divinity radiates as an infinite field of power by which all
that exists is automatically aligned by ‘what’ it is and has become. Each
soul/spirit thus gravitates by virtue of its innate destiny to its own level,
just as does a cork in the sea or an iron filing in an electromagnetic field. 4. Divinity is Absolute Dominion by virtue of its innate quality of infinite
power, which is far beyond force. Force is a tool of positionality andcontrol and is limited. Power is infinite strength. Because it is the very
source of power as Divine Self, there is no need to seek it. 5. Within the All-Powerful, All-Presence of Divinity, all that exists aligns
itself. This adjustment is the consequence of spiritual choice. Freedom is
innate to Divine Justice. 6. The omniscience and omnipotence of Divinity, expressed as the infinite
field of consciousness, is verifiable by consciousness research calibration
techniques that confirm realities up and down the entire scale of
possibility. All thoughts, actions, and decisions imprint upon the infinite
field of consciousness, which is beyond time and location. By this
imprint, justice is guaranteed. Fear of God
This can be a block to spiritual progress as concepts and beliefs about
Divinity arise, including gross misconceptions and false teachings. (The
depictions of God by some religious groups amazingly calibrate as low as
20, and other presumable ‘gods’ abound that calibrate far below 200.) Each
calibratable level of consciousness has concordant concepts and beliefs
about Divinity. For people brought up in traditional Western or Near-
Eastern religions, the fear of an anthropomorphic, angry, vengeful, punitive
God recurs and thus emerges as a fear of God instead of reverence and
respect for God. The truth of these numerous belief systems is easily
obtained by consciousness calibration techniques, such as were reported in
the latter chapters of Truth vs. Falsehood. Fallacious teachings about God, especially those that calibrate very low,
derive from primitive myths or from lower astral levels, many of which
commonly have ostensible gods and prophets of limited regions that have
many strange and bizarre characteristics. It is therefore wise to respect
teachers and teachings of a high calibration and to avoid those below 200,
about which scripture advises, “Do not go there.”
Spiritual Evolution and the Problem with Specialness
Sometimes personal ego limitations are transcended, but the ego is
clever and seeks to survive by incorporating spiritual concepts that thereby
create what is known as the ‘spiritual ego’. It may display itself by feeling
superior to others, or more pure, or that it calibrates higher. Sometimes the
ego’s vanity is simply the wish to be considered ‘spiritual’. Another trap of
spiritual vanity is intellectual vanity, which is exhibited by the accumulationof a great deal of information and data about the details of religious and
spiritual groups and their evolution over time. To know ‘about’ spiritual
truth, however, is not the same thing as ‘knowing’ it, much less ‘becoming’
it. Another variety of specialness is that with spiritual evolution, the
capacity to love and radiate that field increases, which is attractive to others
who misinterpret it as personal love. Thus, infatuation may be a temptation,
and seduction has been the downfall of many unwary teachers who had a
high calibration level early in their careers but then showed very severe
decreases later on. It is necessary to recognize that each calibratable level of
consciousness does not denote ‘better than’ those that precede it but is
merely a stage of evolution. Each level is ‘different from’ the others, but at
each level, excellence is its own hallmark. The safeguards that protect one along the way from the temptations that
arise consist of forewarning plus humility, gratitude, and, importantly,
respect. One becomes grateful for the truth and its fruits and respectful of its
origin. The integrous are also respectful of the possible pitfalls and
temptations that may be encountered; therefore, this respect is reflected by
alertness to such limitations. Humility is paradoxically a quality of respect. It is also wise to respect even the ego itself, for without its efforts over great
eons of time, one would not have even survived long enough to seek to
transcend it. It is a mistake to set up the ego as one’s enemy to be
conquered. It is more profitable to merely adopt it as a pet and melt it with
compassion. Whatever the ego did in the past was because, like a puppy, it
just did not know better. There is no profit in denouncing it as evil. To
denounce it is to get stuck in the polarity/duality of good and evil rather
than viewing it as a limitation. There is also no profit in personalizing it.
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        While the gifts of God can be imitated, the forgery is not the genuine. This can be ascertained by consciousness level calibration. The genuine
siddhis start to emerge at calibration level 540 and become predominant inthe range of level 570. The promoted imitations calibrate from 155 to the
lower 400s. Notable also is that no Avatars or great Teachers recommend
the seeking of the supernatural. Miraculous phenomena are the spontaneous, nonvolitional emergence of
a potentiality’s emerging as an actuality as a consequence of karmic
propensities and local conditions, such as the level of the contextual field
set by the power of the prevailing level of consciousness. Mixing Levels
In addition to the ego/mind’s presumption that it ‘knows’ something
because it has heard about it (reading a book on golf does not make one an
expert golfer), there is the error of mixing levels of truth or abstraction. The
apparent realities of a specific level of consciousness are not necessarily
those of another level, as is indicated by the numerical designations of the
calibrated levels of consciousness. As an example, one can cite the well-
known saying of Ramana Maharshi that “there is no point in trying to save
the world because the world one sees does not even exist. ” That is the truth
and experiential reality of consciousness calibration level 720, but it is not
the experiential reality of consciousness levels below it. It is necessary to be
true to the reality that is experientially valid and true at one’s level of
development. Each level also has its concordant capacities as well as its limitations,
which are quite different. For example, perhaps Ramana Maharshi could
safely walk across a busy highway with his eyes shut, but that is unlikely to
be the experience of the average person who is probably not able to imitate
the same behavior without getting run over. The error of mixing levels explains why there were people who took
LSD and then jumped out the window because they believed that they were
bodiless and could fly. The rules of out-of-body states are decidedly
different from in-the-body states. Comparably, one could make the mistake
of assuming that because the ego/mind operates on an illusory basis, one is
therefore not karmically answerable for decisions, deeds, and actions. Each
person is responsible at their own level of consciousness and not at some
other hypothetical ideal. The error can be understood by realizing that the
truth is the consequence of not only content but also of context. Thus,
karmically, everyone is accountable and culpable within the reality of their
own level of consciousness at a given time. Mixing levels of abstraction is also a defect of reason in the intellectual
domain (e. g. relativism), where ignoring context results in absurdities, for
what is truth at one level of abstraction is false at another. This accounts for
the well-known fallacies of rhetoric that ignore either context or the rules of
logic, or both. Each level of consciousness influences perceived significance,
understanding, and meaning, and thus, accountability is concordant with
comprehension. This is also a principle even in law, for to know or not to
know certain facts is important to the judge and the jury. Thus, culpability is
a variable dependent on circumstances, conditions, and such factors as age,
mental condition, motives, etc. It is true that the ‘who’ you are now is not
the same as the ‘who’ you will be at a later level of evolution. Each ‘who’
has a different level of culpability. Constancy
Effective spiritual endeavor is a consequence of constancy and
persistence rather than fits and starts of enthusiasm. Each state of spiritual
evolution is self-rewarding, gratifying, and complete unto itself. The
moments of prior anguish are found to have been worth the effort. In addition to inner-directed spiritual effort, the ‘karma yoga’ of selfless
service is also supportive of the evolution of consciousness. Inner
satisfaction becomes more important than worldly gain or the desire to
control or influence others. Attraction replaces promotion. Eventually,
resistances are no longer related to worldly life and its perceived values. Instead, the inner intention is one of purity and selflessness. Thus, evolution
becomes the consequence of the process itself rather than as a consequence
of seekingness or acquisition. With spiritual evolution, nurturance is no longer sought from the
narcissistic ego but instead from the Self. Fulfillment of potential is
rewarding in and of itself and is not needful of recognition or gain. Pleasure
at gain is replaced by gratitude for the unfolding of the inner process itself. The need for externals disappears spontaneously. The evolutionary process
requires less and less effort as it becomes a way of being in the world. Transition and transformation are self-actuating as a response of the Self to
entreaty by the self. The pace of spiritual evolution is not under personal
control and may take sudden, surprising leaps. Therefore, it is wise to
prepare beforehand with knowledge of what yet may come. It is important to realize that the destiny of those who choose
Enlightenment is Enlightenment—who else would be on such a quest. To
merely seek spiritual purification and awareness is already a great gift. There is no point to wondering, How am I doing. for the compass has
already been set by dedication and devotion to the highest truth. While the
pace may seem slow or even arduous at times, it is best to be prepared for
sudden, unexpected leaps. It is wise to avoid pessimism, even after a
seemingly long, dry period of frustration, for such periods are due to
overcoming major obstacles and attachments that often presage major
changes. An unseen benefit of spiritual endeavor and evolution is its positive
influence on the collective level of human consciousness itself. Each
evolving spiritual devotee counterbalances the negative effect of great
numbers of people of a considerably lower consciousness level. Consciousness calibration research reveals that the collective consciousness
level of mankind is moving upward. Thus, an optimistic view is warranted. One can be grateful to have been born a human with all its infinite potential
for karmic benefit. One can also be grateful that they have heard of
Enlightenment and have chosen to seek it, for such individuals are
extremely rare indeed. As reported in prior works, statistically, the
likelihood of a person’s choosing Enlightenment as the major purpose of
one’s life is one in ten million persons. Q: To choose to pursue Enlightenment is uncommon in our current
society, with its emphasis on worldliness and the dominance of the
media that in turn focus on the contentious or glamorize the
superficial. What true value can be derived from worldly life. A: The world can be seen as an optimal stimulus for inner growth as it is
merely a projection of the ego in overt dramatic expression. It is best to
learn from it rather than to be seduced by its illusions or entrapped by
them via identification or attachment. The worldly panorama reflects the
entire scale of the levels of consciousness in their most overt display. The panorama is like a school of discernment where the extremes serve
to reveal the essence that underlies appearance. Q: How can one simultaneously participate yet not get attached or
involved. Does that not lead to avoidance. A: It is the motive that determines the effects of participation. Activities are
merely what one ‘does’, but not what one ‘is’. All seeming events
present learning opportunities. One can participate and at the same time
experience phenomena from the level of the witness/observer and watch
what arises from within the psyche. It is important to differentiate
detachment from nonattachment. Detachment can result in avoidance or
withdrawal, whereas nonattachment allows for participation without
taking a stake in the outcome. Q: How then should one best relate to the world. A: To be ‘in’ it but not ‘of’ it. The world is a means and not an end. Nonattached interaction reveals habitual styles and attitudes that are
consequent to inner ego positionalities. It is interesting and educative to
note how others relate to the same circumstances. One can experiment
with different personality styles and, with flexibility, discover untapped
inner resources. This is the classic ‘as if’ experiment. One often avoids situations based on presumptions and their
subsequent resistances. An instructive practice is to pretend either in
imagination or in daily life to enjoy certain activities and people and
then surprisingly discover that the capacity for enjoyment and pleasure
stems from within (i. e. , joie de vivre). Experimenting with other
attitudes and personality styles results in surprising inner discoveries. This type of ‘role playing’ is utilized in the group techniques of
psychodrama. Q: How can one really discern what is important from that which is
superficial and evanescent. A: Intention services techniques and learning styles. A simple one is to
mentally view one’s life as though it were on ‘fast forward’ on a
recording/playback machine. One then sees the body rapidly moving
through multiple activities, relationships, overt behaviors, and
progressive age periods. Eventually the ‘fast forward’ moves to the end
of the physicality, which is confrontive and brings out evaluation of the
importance of life goals, projected values, and significance, such as the
fulfillment of potential. When the tape comes to the end of life, the
questions automatically arise: What has been done of value. For what
would one wish to be accountable. One can imagine differentviewpoints and see the different choices and options that would have
been made. Q: The attractions of the world seem endless. Is it really safe to go
there. I often just want to escape. A: The attractions are not innate to the world but reflect projected values
and the expectation of the payoffs of ego satisfactions. In actuality, joy
stems from within and is not dependent on externals. Pleasure is
associated with what is valued and esteemed. Much of projected value
arises from imagination, and values reflect desires. In reality, nothing is
more valuable than anything else other than spiritual fulfillment. Routinely, people discover that the life of a celebrity is onerous and
burdensome once the novelty has worn off. Imagined pleasures are
really of the senses and the emotions. With inner spiritual evolution, all
activities become equal. Q: What about action. A: Actions are the automatic consequence of the integration of context,
field, and intention. All action is actually spontaneous and reflects
karmic propensities and local conditions that may or may not favor
expression. To depersonalize actions, it is only necessary to let go of the
belief that there is a separate, independent causal agent called ‘I’ or
‘me’. This awareness allows for the development of the ‘nonaction of
action’, which is possible by relinquishment of trying to control results. The only thing one can actually ‘do’ is to ‘be’ one’s potential to the
fullest. That ‘one is responsible for the effort but not the result’ is a
twelve–step program basic dictum that curbs the ego. Existence is its own reward. It is more gratifying in the long term to
fulfill potentiality than to try to achieve results. Therefore, one becomes
aligned with excellence of performance for its own sake. Everything in existence is already ‘being’ what it is to the fullest it can
be at any given moment. The ‘non-action’ of action does not move from
imperfection to perfection, or from incomplete to complete, but instead
from complete to complete and from perfection to perfection. All is
perfect by virtue of its identity’s being exactly its meaning, which is its
existence. The perfect seed transforms and metamorphoses via
emergence into being the perfect sprout, and then as the perfect bud,then the perfect flower, and then the perfect faded flower. All form is
perfectly just what it is at any given moment. Creation moves from
perfectly ‘this’ to perfectly ‘that’. There is no other possibility except in
the imagination. Everything already is exactly as it is ‘supposed’ to be. A nice, old, dilapidated, dented trashcan is ‘supposed’ to look beat up or
it would not be a nice, old, beat-up trashcan. (The ego wants a shiny
new one, of course. ) Q: Is ‘time’ itself an illusion. A: Creation manifests as emergence, which, to the perception of the ego, is
interpreted as ‘change’. What is witnessed is potentiality’s manifesting
as actuality, which becomes contextualized as ‘becoming’. The ego
superimposes a time track, which is a projection. There is only
continuous awareness. Time is a mental construct and an attempt to
conceptualize an explanation for sequence. Sequence is itself a
conceptualization of the observer and a mentation. The actual Reality is
not comprehensible to the mind. As the ego collapses, time vanishes and all phenomena appear to be in
slow motion. This truth was uncannily intuited by a few
cinematographers, such as appears in the slow-motion scenes in the
movie Deep Blue (cal. 700) and the movie of the life of St. Francis of
Assisi, Francis of Assisi. The Reality is subjective, experiential, and
revelatory rather than conceptual. Investigation of even the seemingly trivial reveals that perceptual
linear duality is a product of the imagination, which in turn is based on
the fallacy of the hypothetical. Everything at every second is already the
perfect expression of its karmic potentiality based on prevailing
conditions that influence the emergence of potentiality’s becoming
actuality. Everything is the presentation of that which it is, for
everything already is exactly what it is, which again is its meaning, its
worth, and its value. ‘Worth’ and ‘value’ are projected mentalizations. A
crooked tree is a perfect crooked tree. If it were not a perfect crooked
tree, it would be a perfect straight tree. There is no basic difference. Q: Nonduality is like a radical reality in which everything is seen as the
expression of its essence by virtue of its identity. A: That is an essential insight. All Creation, in and of itself, moves from
perfection to perfection solely by virtue of its existence. Existence is
already the fulfillment of potentiality expressed as the actuality. Form is a consequence of local conditions and is again the perfect
expression possible under prevailing conditions. All objections or
doubts about the perfection of Creation stem from resinterna/cogitans,
which projects the hypothetical error onto the world. In contrast, via the Heisenberg principle in quantum mechanics, the
details of the evolutionary change can be contextualized in
mathematical formulas. Intention (consciousness) collapses the wave
function from the potential to the actual, from the potential state of the
universe (the Schrödinger equations) to the collapsed wave state (the
Dirac equation). The new state then becomes the new potential state that
then ‘collapses’ into the next defined state. The state of Enlightenment is therefore the potential Reality that
replaces the illusions of the ego’s perceptual positionalities. Spiritual
intention, effort, and decision potentiate the evolution of consciousness
from the linear limited to the nonlinear Allness of Reality. Thus again,
intention activates the progress from possibility to probability to
actuality. Q: In the lectures, you mentioned the example of Roger Bannister’s
breaking the belief system of the four-minute mile. How does that
relate to spiritual work. A: Each individual who transcends the levels of consciousness to their
highest completion in this domain makes it easier for others to follow,
just like the lead dog breaks the snow and facilitates the progress of the
rest of the team. One’s seeming individual spiritual endeavor serves all
mankind. Each one who crosses over from below 200 to above 200 has
already enabled untold numbers to follow and serves as a potential
instructor as well. One cannot become enlightened just for one’s own
self because the impact is felt throughout all of human consciousness. The spiritual seeker of today has the advantage that the consciousness
level of all mankind is rising, and thus, there is less collective
resistance. OceanofPDF. comCHAPTER 6
The “Experiencer”
The mind acts as a processor of data simultaneously from both within and
without. It categorizes, sorts, prioritizes, contextualizes, and interprets
simultaneously as it concordantly draws on memory banks, emotional
centers, and conditioned responses and their correlations. All the above are
orchestrated contextually with emotional/animal instincts that are sorted,
rejected, accepted, or modified. In addition, this multilayered complexity is
simultaneously subject to options, choices, and the will. Options and
choices related to meaning and value overall are under the influence and
dominance of an all-inclusive, overall field of consciousness having
concordant and variable levels of power related to the level of
consciousness that is also influenced by karmic propensities. Simultaneously, the mind assesses degrees of relative truth, credibility of
information, and suitability and probabilities of action within similarly
multilayered behavioral social limits, including moral, ethical, social, and
religious principles. This complex, integrated processing system amazingly operates within
approximately 1/10,000th of a second, during which it simultaneously
selects and processes thoughts, ideas, and images that are invested with
emotion and categorized estimates of importance. The mind is therefore like
an infinitely complex processing unit of both internal and external data. Some of the information is perceived and stored in memory banks, but there
is also unconscious processing of all the data that is stored in the
unconscious. This processing screening device results in the 1/10,000th of a
second’s delay and acts as a separation between self and Self/Reality. This
processing screen represents ‘the experiencer’ in action. Transcending the Experiencer
Between phenomena and the experience of the phenomena is the
1/10,000th of a second’s delay; thus, the output is like the tape monitor
playback of a tape recorder that processes information during that split
second between reception and reproduction. The important point is to
realize that the self receives only processed material and not the original. Inaddition, the processed material then interacts with the automated response
of the personal self to the edited data. Although the ego/mind processor performs an incredibly complex
multitude of functions simultaneously and seemingly without effort, there is
a loss between input and output. That loss is a quality of the original purity
and innate brilliance. The output to the ‘experiencer’ is devoid of the
aliveness and radiance of Divinity that is innate to All that Exists. With the
evolution of consciousness, this screen suddenly disappears, and when this
happens, there is a profound transformation in that everything becomes
radiant, illuminated in depth, texture, and color. It ‘presents’ itself unedited
instead of being perceived and interpreted. The experiencer screen is energized by desire and identification with it. This desire is like an appetite of curiosity, wantingness, and craving, and is
an addiction to the experience of experiencing itself. In addition, there is
identification with experiencing and its content information as ‘self’. Thus
the mind says, ‘I’ saw, heard, felt, thought, etc. This would therefore seem
to be rather a natural misidentification as the experiencer is the leading edge
of perception and sensation. Misidentification arose during the evolution of
consciousness to subserve survival needs. From its earliest appearance in evolution, animal life forms were
inherently defective in that they lacked an intrinsic source of energy. Therefore, energy had to be sought and detected for assimilation. The basic
essential core program of the primitive ego was to sample, explore, forage,
seek, and ‘get’. Thus, from its earliest onset, animal life was innately
lacking the means to survival and therefore had to constantly search to find
and identify the energy sources and substances that then needed to be
assimilated and absorbed from its environment. This necessitated the
development of information detection, gathering, and integration systems to
evaluate the input (edible versus inedible, friend versus enemy, etc. ). The
result was the evolution of a primordial ego-survival system to process,
identify, compare, and categorize priorities of survival information that
heralded the onset of learning and intelligence. This experiencer process
became the ‘I’ of separate identity. Although it became greatly diversified
and elaborated over the millennia, its core identification and function
remained essentially the same. The overall intention, motivation, and alignment of this core ego
process to survive by getting and controlling dominates the consciousnesslevels below 200, which are characterized by the term ‘egocentricity’,
indicating aggressive self-interest and the predominance of the animal-like
predatory qualities. This may be seen in an undisguised style in the
psychopath where these characteristics are acted out pathologically, as well
as through gross demonstration by narcissistic messianic leaders who
represent the primitive limitation of consciousness development. At
consciousness level 200, there is the emergence of awareness and the
recognition of the equal value and worth of others, signifying the
appearance of spiritual energy that transforms context, paradigm, and
intention. The interface of the processor/experiencer is the core of separation and
duality. It is also the focus of identity, and the separate ‘I’ sees the self,
therefore, as the source of life and existence. The core of spiritual work is to
undo this ancient programming. The self identifies not only with the
mind/experiencer but also with its content, which becomes ‘my’ memory, ‘
my’ senses, ‘my’ thoughts, ‘my’ emotions, ‘my’ property, ‘my’ success,
‘my’ failure, ‘my’ expectations, ‘my’ feelings, and so on. Identification
presumes ownership and authorship; thus, the ego sees and believes itself to
be a personal, separate causal agent and the inferred source of its own
existence. The self projects the duality onto the world where phenomena are
conceptualized in terms of cause and effect. Inasmuch as the self is
presumed to be a causal agent, it is therefore also the object of guilt, pride,
fear, and all the emotions. The self becomes equated with being the source
of life and thus having the qualities of Divinity. The ego/mind subtly
worships the self and treats it as though it were Divine. The inflated ego, such as is shown by the narcissistic personality,
demonstrates overtly the famous ‘king baby’ attitude that is the core of the
human ego. It surfaces in society as the narcissistic personality that expects
its whims, wishes, and inflated self-importance to be catered to. It
characteristically feels ‘entitled’, ‘made uncomfortable’, ‘sensitive’, and the
victim of perceived ‘slights’ and injustices and seeks redress by protest,
drama, and hand-wringing self-pity. In deprogramming the experiencer from the evolutionary development
of the ego with its multifunction complexity, it can be seen why spiritual
evolution takes time plus effort, awareness, and high motivation. To undo
this complex mind/ego/experiencer/self apparatus sequentially is not
possible without the motivation or assistance of a specific spiritual energythat has the necessary power. Traditionally, this spiritual energy was labeled
kundalini to indicate its serpentine course as it rises up the energy channels
of the spine through the ascending energy centers, traditionally termed
‘chakras’. This unique, transformative energy, which appears at
consciousness level 200, changes the physiology and dynamics of the brain,
including hemispheric dominance. Consequently, there is a shift in brain
hormones and neurotransmitters (see following chart). BRAIN FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGY
 
Below 200 Above 200
Left-brain dominance Right-brain dominance
Linear Non-linear
Stress – Adrenaline Peace – Endorphins
Fight or flight Positive emotion
Alarm – Resistance – Exhaustion Support thymus
  (Selye – Cannon: Fight/Flight)
Killer cells and immunity
 Killer cells
Thymus stress
 Immunity
Disrupt acupuncture meridian Healing
Disease Balanced acupuncture system
Negative kinesiological response Positive kinesiological response
Neurotransmitters – Serotonin
Track to emotions twice as fast as Track to emotion
  through prefrontal cortex   slower than from prefrontal
  to emotions   and etheric cortexesImportance:
Spiritual endeavor and intention change the brain function and the body’s
physiology and establish a specific area for spiritual information in the
right-brain prefrontal cortex and its concordant etheric (energy) brain. Of interest is that the altered brain chemistry is also influenced by
facilitating mechanisms that are activated by experience. Certain genes
become expressive only as a result of stress, and others activate only under
favorable experiences, thus demonstrating the influence of both nature and
nurture. A positive shift in brain physiology is also favored by positive
early-life experiences, such as exposure to classical music, beauty, esthetics,
and religious upbringing, which further activate genetic propensities and
neuronal patterning. (As mentioned in earlier works, these favorable, early-
life experiences reduce criminality by approximately ninety percent. ) The problem with the processor/experiencer ego is not just its
composition but also its dominance, which only becomes diminished by the
influx of spiritual energy. With the onset of the kundalini spiritual energy,
there is, for the first time in evolution, the development of an etheric brain
consisting solely of energy. This spiritual-energy etheric brain identifies
with context rather than content, whereas the animalego/narcissistic-
processor self relates to content. Animal-brain processing sees things in
terms of cause and effect and sees self as causal. The spiritual etheric brain
sees self as a participant and is capable of seeing phenomena as the
activation of potentiality. The spiritual energy’s effect is the capacity to
comprehend nondualistically and thus to eventually develop the capacity to
discern essence from appearance. Q: The spiritual seeker of today is advantaged by having information
that was not available in the past. On the other hand, there seems to
be more data to assimilate. Is it necessary to comprehend all of it. A: No, it is supplied primarily for the sake of utility to facilitate success on
the journey that historically has been described as quite difficult. With
the addition of new information and the advancement of consciousness
overall, the likelihood of reaching advanced states of consciousness is
one thousand percent greater than before. To even decide on such a
mission is already a sign of major spiritual evolution. The purpose of supplying a great deal of supportive data is to providethe means of corroborating the truth of the information. Thus, it
provides a bulwark against misinterpretation, which historically has
frequently been the fate of spiritual truth. Q: Why is truth itself, and especially spiritual truth, so subject to
distortion and misinterpretation. A: The ego’s survival relies on the defeat of truth because it is dependent
on allegiance to falsity and illusion. For one thing, spiritual truth
challenges the ego’s presumption that it is sovereign. This is seen
socially in the rising popularity of secularism, which seeks to eliminate
all references to Divinity or spiritual truth, or even the basics of
morality or ethics. The current appeal of relativism (cal. 180-190) is that
it subserves the ego’s wish to reign supreme by virtue of the statement
that there is no absolute truth at all. This currently promoted philosophy
is actually based on nihilism (cal. 50) and is the rationale for the social
promotion of nonintegrity by political distortion. Truth therefore has
opponents from both within and outside religion. Q: The total content of the mind, including its memory, is vast and
includes multimillions of bits of information as well as a dazzling
multitude of complex operational functions. The task of overcoming
its dominance seems overwhelming and even intimidating. A: It does indeed seem like a Herculean task when viewed from a linear
perspective; however, the foundations of its content and operations are
similar to a computer’s motherboard that, when disconnected, unplugs
entire, sizeable sets of operations. One could also say that, analogously,
each level of consciousness is orchestrated by its own predominant
energy attractor field (see “nonlinear dynamics” in Power vs. Force,
[Hawkins, 1995]), which is thereby the operational ‘motherboard’ for
that field. To choose to forgive by giving up the ‘juice’ of justified resentments
and grudges disconnects all the associated thoughts and grievances from
them, along with their multiple rationalizations and memories. Thus,
each level has its basic props, and when these props are surrendered, the
level no longer dominates. By removing the motherboards of each level,
one witnesses that everything merely is just what it is, and
judgmentalism is surrendered to God. Each level has its associated negative feelings, including guilt, shame,
fear, etc. , so removing its fulcrum allows the whole stack to collapse. Each step along the way is self-rewarding and reinforces dedication to
the process. With removal of the positionality that results in a whole
level of consciousness, the negative energy disappears and is replaced
by the positive spiritual energies. As the process proceeds, there is
therefore less and less resistance. Q: What is the most useful information to know. Is there a major key
understanding. A: Resistance subsides when there is a clear understanding that what is
being surrendered is not of intrinsic value but is instead imagined to be
of value solely because of the juice or payoff the ego extracts from that
position. The principle of willingness need only be applied to the ego’s
payoff and not to the object or condition desired. One can ask oneself the question, Is this worth giving up God for. Thus, ego positionality has a price, which is where the willingness
should be addressed. Each positionality is based on the presumption that
its fulfillment will bring happiness. Thus, nothing is really valued aside
from the illusion that it will bring that about. This reinforces the importance of keeping in mind Socrates’ dictum
that all men choose only what they perceive to be the good. It is just that
they do not know what is the ‘real’ good. It becomes evident by
consciousness research that happiness is associated only with a single
factor—a level of consciousness. Q: What is the critical central focus of the ego, i.
The significance of the number 200 lies in the fact that it marks the beginning of a new level of consciousness, where the ego's influence is diminished, and the self-identification begins to dissolve.
What is the significance of the number 200 in the context of consciousness calibration?
The primary goal of spiritual evolution is not to achieve a specific state or gain, but to transcend the ego's influence and align with the Self. This is a nonlinear process that cannot be forced or controlled.
What is the primary goal of spiritual evolution, and how does it differ from the ego's perspective?
No, one cannot truly know and experience the Ultimate Reality without a deep understanding of the concepts and teachings of spiritual truth. The ego's influence must be transcended, and the self-identification dissolved, in order to access the Ultimate Reality.
Can one truly know and experience the Ultimate Reality without a deep understanding of the concepts and teachings of spiritual truth?
The ego's influence must be surrendered, and its dominance diminished, in order to understand the concept of God. The ego's understanding of God is limited and distorted, and its influence must be overcome in order to grasp the true nature of Divinity.
What is the relationship between the ego and the concept of God?
No, the ego's influence cannot be overcome through intellectual understanding and accumulation of knowledge. It requires a nonlinear, volitional process of surrender and devotion, which is facilitated by the presence of a Teacher.
Can the ego's influence be overcome through intellectual understanding and accumulation of knowledge?