A research project in Princeton a few years ago tried to
find a correlation between collective consciousness and
seemingly 'random events.' By running seemingly seperate
'coin flip' experiments, they noticed that during major events,
such as the death of princess Diana and 9/11, the patterns
of the coin flips were highly statistically improbable.
Part of the conflicts out in the world seem to be from
different groups who essentially all want the same thing,
but for themselves alone.
"what if I changed behaviour .." is too hypothetical, we
have to change that behaviour and then see the effect on
the world.
If we say now "I will end all greed", we will likely
associate some actions in time that will have to take place.
We will still think "In order to do that, this will have to
happen first, then that will have to happen next." After a
while, we might forget what we were doing in the first
place. Vinoba Bhave & Ghandi seemed to have come up with a
solution.
Just by going deeper into spirituality, by your own
presence you affect your sorroundings and the people you meet.
A cardioligist in Stanford did a study of 100 heart
patients. For 50 of them there were other people who were
praying for them, and for the other 50 no one was praying for
in the context of the study. The results showed that the 50
who were being prayed for healed significantly faster and
more completely.
Someone asked Les Kaye, a Zen monk what the purpose of
life is, without hestitation, his answer was "Relationship"
"you cannot observe yourself by being alone, but you can
observe yourself better by seeing others" J Krishnamurti
when there's an internal conflict, we really aren't
connected to the source, and then we can't feel connected to
other people etc.
the impact, when we feel in touch with this inner
source, we are then empowered to influence others in a positive
way. like wednesday evenings. why? the hour of silence
brings us closer to our own sources, and so we are in a
framework of greater openness.
study with harvard students: people would rather be
richer relative to others than richer objectively
godel escher and bach: games that show that we think
non-rationally in relation with others ... like the prisoner's
dilemma
mark peters' blog entry: not having enough resources for
all poor people etc, conflict between giving and
considering the limitations of that giving. perhaps the important
thing is to give from a place of clarity and sincerity and
allowing the ripples to go as they would.
ayurvedic doctor in pune who had a real talent, and who
experimented with various things. one example: gave castor
oil to everyone and everyone felt better, but another
doctor couldn't replicate this. principle: the medicine is just
the carrier, but the intention of service is most important
on relation between microcosm and macrocosm: story of
astronaut who saw earth from outer space, and realized that
there were no lines in between countries. similarly, so much
of how we affect others has to do with the connection we
have with them.
example: nipun and guri. just by them taking their
journey, because of our shared journey, affects my journey ...
thought on privacy: keeping a lot of things in, and not
sharing due to fear etc, and this thought helps us
recognize that the motivations, intentions etc. are there in
everybody, though manifest in specific ways in our lives.
micro vs. macro: whatever circumstances i happen to be
in, definitely has an impact on others, and vice versa.
at some point in my life i asked myself what can i do to
make the world a better place ... and this thought tells us
that all the parts affect the whole ... and we are the sum
total of all the influences in our life, and in that sense,
we react to things in a semi-conditioned way ... and as we
become aware of that, in changing our own conditions, we
can change the collective conditioning.
everything starts with and intent, and some action
follows. subtlest level of consciousness is the most powerful
level of consciousness.
experiments done in 70's on effect of mass meditation,
and how it affected society beneficially. creating greater
order within has an effect on greater consciousness.
woke up today and told myself that i was going to be
happy, and that today, i would smile at two strangers today.
so if you have a genuine desire to have an aura of
positivity, then you tend to get that back.
sometimes your joy is the reason for your smile,
sometimes your smile is the reason for your joy.
brian green's string theory: at the core of everything,
everything is a vibration. so if you look at will, thought,
action
abstract or concrete
it's a vibration that
comes into harmony with something else.
in my experience, collective energy has helped me a lot;
in particular, having the space on wednesdays, was the
first example of feeling interconnected
transformation occurred for me when i realized that deep
down inside, i'm a person who cares. so the challenge has
been to make that from moments to a way of life.
alternative energy fair in berkeley, reading brochure
and it says to kill slugs, and feeling anger. at the end of
that feeling of anger, i realized that i don't hold myself
to the same standards that i expect from other people. so
perhaps the cause of my anger was my not having lived up to
my own standards.
getting to the point where you are seamlessly living
with integrity in the micro and the macro
society is a pattern, but is it really anything more
than a myth? if we give life to this abstraction, it goes on.
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On Aug 18, 2021 Fatmah wrote :
This realization about life being equivalent to relationship is a score for me...Thank you Nipun for these powerful revelations.
On Jun 12, 2006 Nipun wrote :