Perfect Living Master of Sant Mat Speaks on A Higher Consciousness
"A Higher Consciousness" by Ishwar Puri
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(Notes by Terrence Brannon) not altered or new. higher durable real. Consciousness GENERALLY means aware of something [0:52] Consciousness, to a Perfect Living Master, is all possible potential
awareness in past, present, future or any other dimension. Awareness
is only what is immediately available Does higher consciousness includes dreamlike states? Bringing things into awareness is EXPANSION OF AWARENESS and is NOT
higher consciousness. Odd dreams, strange recollections, meeting people, devotional feelings are
EXPANDED awareness, NOT higher consciousness. Higher consciousness is similar to waking up from a dream - you wake
up and the whole dream thing becomes unreal. Patanjali's sutras describes "ascent" through chakras. He really is
discussing what happens when attention is placed at various energy
centers in the physical level of consciousness. You can go into
certain states this way and then return to the physical to discuss
them. Those experiences are merely part of physical because you can
relate to them in the physical --- THE PHYSICAL IS STILL REAL. Yogic practice of 6 chakras is emotional and energetic. No experience
of love, universal mind, source of thoughts, akashic records, origin
or life and birth cycles, cosmic consciousness. Instead of just energy
and emotional states in the 6 chakras below the eyes. Message of masters: Real higher awareness starts above eyes. This
state should be WAKEFUL such that physical reality seems like a
dream. Physical reality would immediately seem less real if you could
see your dreams and the production of them simultaneously. But because
you have dreams with part of TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS blocked out, they
appear quite real. Each partial state occurs to release the pressure of the previous
state. Why cant you just cut off consciousness to get refreshed? Why dreams?
Consciousness is a continuous reality. It cannot be cutoff. It is not
possible to be totally unconsciousness. Consciousness is immortal and
cannot change. Cutting off consciousness just means redirecting it to
something else to perceive not cutting it off - that isnt possible. Just as it is possible to wake up from a dream, you can wake up from
the physical state. The Perfect Living Master is there to nudge you
when you fall asleep because he is more awake. Physical waking is consistent. Dream like state less so. Connections
between events and recall in physical waking are even more acute above
physical. Above you can sustain experience without a body (physical or
dream) - just senses (astral). Even higher you can go purely mental -
origin of concepts, shapes, life patterns etc. Highest levels: real self is none of the forms adopted. [28:17]
Consciousness can exist by itself. This is the starting point for all
other states. Ultimate refreshment.
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awareness in past, present, future or any other dimension. Awareness
is only what is immediately available Does higher consciousness includes dreamlike states? Bringing things into awareness is EXPANSION OF AWARENESS and is NOT
higher consciousness. Odd dreams, strange recollections, meeting people, devotional feelings are
EXPANDED awareness, NOT higher consciousness. Higher consciousness is similar to waking up from a dream - you wake
up and the whole dream thing becomes unreal. Patanjali's sutras describes "ascent" through chakras. He really is
discussing what happens when attention is placed at various energy
centers in the physical level of consciousness. You can go into
certain states this way and then return to the physical to discuss
them. Those experiences are merely part of physical because you can
relate to them in the physical --- THE PHYSICAL IS STILL REAL. Yogic practice of 6 chakras is emotional and energetic. No experience
of love, universal mind, source of thoughts, akashic records, origin
or life and birth cycles, cosmic consciousness. Instead of just energy
and emotional states in the 6 chakras below the eyes. Message of masters: Real higher awareness starts above eyes. This
state should be WAKEFUL such that physical reality seems like a
dream. Physical reality would immediately seem less real if you could
see your dreams and the production of them simultaneously. But because
you have dreams with part of TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS blocked out, they
appear quite real. Each partial state occurs to release the pressure of the previous
state. Why cant you just cut off consciousness to get refreshed? Why dreams?
Consciousness is a continuous reality. It cannot be cutoff. It is not
possible to be totally unconsciousness. Consciousness is immortal and
cannot change. Cutting off consciousness just means redirecting it to
something else to perceive not cutting it off - that isnt possible. Just as it is possible to wake up from a dream, you can wake up from
the physical state. The Perfect Living Master is there to nudge you
when you fall asleep because he is more awake. Physical waking is consistent. Dream like state less so. Connections
between events and recall in physical waking are even more acute above
physical. Above you can sustain experience without a body (physical or
dream) - just senses (astral). Even higher you can go purely mental -
origin of concepts, shapes, life patterns etc. Highest levels: real self is none of the forms adopted. [28:17]
Consciousness can exist by itself. This is the starting point for all
other states. Ultimate refreshment.
