Reality Of Actual Contact With Oneself
Realidad del contacto verdadero con un@ mism@--por Judith Blackstone
La realidad del verdadero contacto con un@ mism@ es, al mismo tiempo, contacto verdadero con nuestro entorno. Es un aspecto muy interesante de nuestra naturaleza que curar la división entre cuerpo y mente es, al mismo tiempo, curar la división entre un@ mism@ y el entorno, o entre un@ mism@ y otras personas. La vida es, hasta cierto punto, imaginaria o ilusoria, para todos. Tod@s miramos la vida a través del filtro de nuestra experiencia pasada y nuestras plantillas, nuestro aprendizaje temprano del mundo. Tod@s coloreamos nuestras circunstancias con nuestras esperanzas y miedos. También imaginamos una barrera entre nosotro@ y nuestro entorno. Imaginamos una separación entre un mundo allá afuera y la conciencia (aquí adentro) que percibe el mundo.
A medida que estamos en mayor contacto con nosotr@s mism@s y el mundo, estos filtros y proyecciones comienzan a disolverse. Encontramos que no hay separación entre nosotr@s como sujetos y lo que percibimos como objeto. Toda nuestra experiencia, tanto interna como externa, se registra a la vez en la misma extensión única y unificada de conciencia. Este contacto directo e inmediato con la vida se siente como si estuviera sucediendo, ahora mismo, se siente real; se siente completo; no hay parte de nosotr@s que quede fuera de la experiencia del momento presente.
La realidad por la que aboga la oración hindú ['llévame de la ilusión a la realidad'] no es el mundo que la mayoría de la gente percibe de objetos materiales sólidos separados. La sobriedad de la práctica espiritual es despojare , no de la materia, sino a algo mucho más misterioso, de la transparencia luminosa unificada que lo impregna todo. No podemos llegar a esta dimensión evitando el mundo material. Necesitamos aceptar y penetrar a través del mundo de los objetos sólidos separados, y habitar plenamente nuestro propio cuerpo físico separado para experimentarnos a nosotr@s mism@s y a nuestro entorno como la única expansión de la conciencia fundamental.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la noción de que necesitamos aceptar y habitar nuestra realidad física completamente 'para experimentarnos a nosotr@s mism@s ya nuestro entorno como la única expansión de la conciencia fundamental'? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de un momento en que tus filtros y proyecciones comenzaron a disolverse? ¿Qué te ayuda a aceptar plenamente la experiencia del momento de la presencia?
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SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that we need to accept and inhabit our physical reality fully 'in order to experience ourselves and our environment as the single expanse of fundamental consciousness'? Can you share a personal story of a time your filters and projections began to dissolve? What helps you accept the experience of the presence moment fully?
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On Dec 7, 2022 Janet wrote :
When my mind wanders away from the present moment, I repeat the mantra, "Be Here Now." I'm getting better at being life-centered, present-moment awareness, but my mind loves to wander.
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On Sep 25, 2022 Lauren wrote :
I was struck by this, "In order to experience ourselves and our environment as the single expanse of fundamental consciousness, we need to accept and inhabit our physical reality fully" [Well, I reordered it.] To remain conscious of consciousness Itself, I have to be fully accepting of my sensory, emotional, cognitive and social experience in this mammalian body. It sounds so simple...to be present in every moment...but the whole thing is mesmerizing. It's one thing to transcend the human experience; it's whole different matter to remain clear in the middle of it all.
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On Sep 23, 2022 Jett wrote :
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On Sep 20, 2022 Barb wrote :
If we are all part of a whole, then the pain and destruction of anyone or any part of the environment is a pain or destruction to me as well. Us old timers were not taught to think this way but it is very productive to learn a new way of interbeing.
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On Sep 20, 2022 Bette Mulley wrote :
I am not really sure I understand what you are saying. Can you add any thoughts.
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On Sep 20, 2022 Mamta Nanda wrote :
Wow. This is powerful. This is helping me with something I had been grappling with. This is helping me realise that I am part of the world, I am not separate from it. Perhaps the world is part of me too. If I resist or fear being in the world, I fear myself. This gives me hope. This helps me feel it is easier to heal the separation between heart and mind, self and the world than I could imagine. The power of paradoxes is amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
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On Sep 18, 2022 Ted wrote :
Our conceptual minds (and language) operate in terms of differentiation, and learning those distinctions, categories and labels like: red blue, colorflavor, squareround, happysad, bodymind, hungryfull, selfenvironment, etc. is necessary for communication and survival, but is also a conditioning of limitations. Once a child grasps the concept/label of "bird" they may never see what that manifestation actually IS (free of any distinctions or labels).
It IS also possible to recognize that within which all of those distinctions exist, which is beyond the limitations of time, space, self, experience, and other. Yet the temptation is to ALSO make that a category, a nice finite "box of unknowable mystery", separate from all that which can be described, then discuss it conceptually as if that was satisfactory.
We create words and phrases to try to point that way: "nonduality", "Awakeness", "Spirituality", "God", etc. but any concept/word can only aspire to point beyond itself.
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On Sep 18, 2022 David Doane wrote :
Judith Blackstone says we need to "inhabit fully our own separate physical body..." I believe we do inhabit our physical body -- that is a given. Our physical reality is not separate from self, it's an expression of self. What we call our environment is also not separate from self. We are part of it. I believe all is one "single expanse of fundamental consciousness" of which each of us is an expression. Some are aware of that and accept that; some don't. For me accepting that is meaningful and satisfying. It orients me in regards to the big picture. I have had the experience of my filters and projections dissolving and me seeing and relating to the other as the person he or she is. That experience was enhanced by me awareness that we are one. What helps me accept fully the experience of the present moment is my knowing that only in the present is there aliveness, and knowing that it is in my experiencing of that awareness that I experience aliveness.
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On Sep 16, 2022 Jagdish P. Dave wrote :
What is consciousness? Do we reside in individual consciousness or universal consciousness? What happens when we break the intrinsic connection of oneness between our individual consciousness and universal consciousness? What blocks or breaks our perception and connection between our indivudual consciousness and universal consciousness? These are profound philosophical, spiritual, and scientific questions. According to my understanding and experience, both individaul and universal consciousness are the same. We do not see and experience this union when we see ourselves and others including the environnent with physical, mental, emotional and social lenses or filters.
I experience such Reality, such Truth or my True Nature when i get deeply conneced with the Upanisadic Hindu prayer mentioned by Judith Blackstance. This prayer is an invocation to the Divinity or luminous light within to lead us from Illusion to Reality, from Darkness to Light. The paryer is in words. Experincing the... [View Full Comment]