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(Omasta mielestäni allaoleva vaikuttaa melko sekavalta.
Jospa jonkun intuitio riittää hiffaamaan, mistä oiken
on kymysys...)
Dear Friends,
Today's news reads: another 133 Indian Pandits will arrive next week in
Maharishi Vedic City bringing the total number of Pandits in Iowa,
USA, up to
505. We will at this point be close to the Maharishi Effect for the
USA (1736
yogic fliers), because on the average, currently, there are 1600 or
more Sidhas
in the evening program (and about 1400 in the morning).
For security purposes another 500 Vedic Pandits will come in the
follwing few
months, and then "it will once again be worthwhile to read the
newspaper". A
"spiritually" Invincible America is really the best thing that could
happen to
the world. But it is not enough to "nearly" have reached the Maharishi
Effect or
"only in the evening". An example that Maharishi-ji often uses is that
water
only boils at exactly 100°C and not at 98°; in the same way, the large
coherence-creating group in the USA must be over the threshold of 1736
Sidhas
each and every day, and not "slightly under it"...and our friends in
the USA are
doing everything in order to make this possible.
It is expected that with the reduced negative pressure on world
consciousness
due to the increased coherence, the experiences of higher states of
consciousness will suddenly rise in all of us. Therefore I present to
you once
again today an overview of the conditions for higher states of
consciousness or
awareness.
Our consciousness ("as we experience ourselves", "as we feel", "who we
are")
has its correspondence in the condition of our physiology, our body,
our nervous
system, which is the physical carrier of consciousness. There is always a
relationship between body and spirit: Even if we only purely
theoretically think
about biting into a lemon, our lips become pursed. - in the same way,
if our
body is good in shape, then it is also good for our consciousness.
"Our body consists of biological cells, and cells consist of molecules and
atoms"... according to western science. Also Vedic science delineates
eight
basic elements of the creation and concomitantly the body: eight smallest
components or "fundamental principles", from which everything is
constructed:
1. Earth (Prithivi), the firm
2. Water (Dschala or jala), the flowing
3. Fire (Agni), the flammable
4. Air (Vaju), the gaseous
5. Akasha (world ether), space
6. Manas (spirit), "what thinks" mind
7. Buddhi (intellect), "what distinguishes"
8. Ahamkara (Ego), the I consciousness
The sequence 1-8 goes from the grossest to the finest. We have a body
that is
primarily constructed from the rougher elements (earth, water etc.). With
progressively higher states of consciousness the body also refines
itself, which
Vedic science associates with progressively finer prevailing Prakritis
(elements). Except during deep sleep, all the elements are always
lively in the
body; but the two prevailing elements clearly delineate the state in
which we
find ourselves:
1. State: Deep sleep. "Earth" is the prevailing element, while the other
elements are all asleep. This is the condition with the minimum of
consciousness; it is extremely rejuvenating for the body.
2. State: Dream Consciousness. "Earth" is the prevailing element, and
"water" is
in second place. Our perceptions and actions in this state are not
real (with
regard to waking consciousness).
3. State: Waking Consciousness. "water" is the prevailing element, and
"earth"
is in second place. Maharishi spoke of the fact that the earth element
maintains
our body consciousness, while the water element ensures that the next
higher
element (Agni) develops, because each element always promotes the next
higher
element. Agni is of highest importance for human life; it reaches full
bloom in
God consciousness, by promoting (the next higher element) the air element.
4. State: Transcendental Consciousness. Agni (fire) is the prevailing
element,
and Akasha (space) is in second place. This condition occurs, if we
meditate in
cosmic consciousness. In this state we still have the elements of waking
consciousness (water and earth) lively in the body during meditation,
which,
however, refines itself noticeably. Already in 1970 Dr. Keith Wallace had
written his famous doctoral thesis regarding the fact that the
functioning of
the body is so obviously different during TM that, in the scientific
sense, we
must speak of it as a new state of consciousness: Transcendental
Consciousness.
- Maharishi: "the Akasha element ensures that we retain our transcendental
self-awareness."
5. State: Cosmic Consciousness. This is the state of enlightenment, in
which we
experience the pure, transcendental light of our higher Self (Atma)
day and
night . We are a witness of our activity as well as our dreams, and we
have
complete wakefulness at night during sleep. We suddenly find that we
are "beside
ourselves" with regard to activity and experience ourselves as
separate from
everything that happens outside. Our self has evolved to its absolute
value.
Agni (fire) is the prevailing element, and Vayu (air) is in second place.
6. State: God Consciousness (or refined Cosmic Consciousness). Vayu
(air) is the
prevailing element in the body, and Agni (fire) is in second place.
Our internal
five subtle senses are opened, and we now have the ability to perceive
everything in the universe (to hear, see, smell, taste, feel
anything). Nothing
anymore remains hidden from us, and we are not capable of misusing our
abilities. He who is once enlightened, loses the ability to make
errors; and he
who is not enlightened, he is not yet quite able to do everything
completely
without error. - the Vayu element (air) maintains the separation
between our
transcendental interior world and the refined external world. - in God
Consciousness we have heavenly perception (and we are now able to, for
example,
speak with our guardian angel without any problem). All these refined
abilities
develop gradually day by day with the TM-Sidhi program and the TM advanced
techniques.
7. State: Unity Consciousness. Akasha (space) is the prevailing
element, and
Vayu (air) is in second place. While in the fourth state Akasha is in
second
place, where it retained our transcendental self-awareness, here
Akasha takes
the first position in the body and allows the experience of Unity
Consciousness
to be possible. Each item, which we are aware of, we perceive in the
full value
of our transcendental Self. This perception of unity is an achievement
of the
finest intellect, thus our most highly developed ability of
discrimination.
8. State: Brahman Consciousness (first level in refinement of the
body). Akasha
(space) is the prevailing element and Vayu (air) is in second place
(as in Unity
Consciousness, however, in Sanskrit both states, the 7th and the 8th,
are called
"Brahmi Chetana", the distinction isn't delineated). The body in this
state is
more refined than in the 7th state and the proportion of grosser elements
(earth, water, fire) in the body decreases significantly. The
"realization of
unity in each perception" has with regard to the 7th state completely
changed:
While, in Unity Consciousness, we experienced unity exclusively with
regard to
the object of perception, which we are completely aware of; we
constantly have
this experience of absolute unity in Brahman Consciousness with regard to
everything around us, near or far. Therefore, our perception here has
developed
to its absolute value, while in Cosmic Consciousness our self had already
developed to its absolute value. Thus now
everything in our life is experienced in its absolute value - except
the body.
It refines itself only in the later states.
8a: Brahman Consciousness (2nd level in the refined body). Manas, 6th
element of
the thinking mind, becomes prevalent in the body, and Akasha is in
second place.
Whoever achieves this elevated state is guaranteed a place in the
Guiness World
Book of Records. - it is believed that the illumined Gopis (Krishna's
playmates
in Vrindavan) reached this state 5200 years ago.
8b: Brahman Consciousness (3rd level in the refined body). Buddhi (7th
element,
the finest intellect) becomes prevalent in the body. This state is
unique. Shri
Radha, who among all the Gopis was the most highly enlightened, and whom
Krischna admired the most, reached this state.
8c: Brahman Consciousness (4th level in the refined body). Ahamkara,
8th element
of the "I Consciousness" (finest Ego) becomes prevalent in the body.
In this
state our body is totally refined, as a body of light existing on the
finest
level of creation, far beyond a so-called heavenly body ("Celestial
Body").
Examples of this state are not available at the present time, however,
eagerly
sought after, is someone to report to us how it feels.
9. State: Krishna Consciousness. Pure consciousness does not only now
prevail in
the body, but it has transformed every last trace of the eight
elements in the
body into absolute Being. Maharishi: " This is the body made of
absolute Being."
Starting with the all-knowingness of Brahman Consciousness we now also add
physical omnipresence and omnipotence, however, there is no being that
could
ever be completely equal to God. Even in Krishna Consciousness, on the
absolute
pinnacle of any developmental possibility, one is still an individual,
who can
think "only one thought at a time" (although with maximum speed). Only
God alone
can think infinitely many thoughts at a time, however, we human
individuals can
transcend (in the end) even our individual personality and in
Mahasamadhi become
one with God, as Guru Dev before us has done. Then we are again
completely one
with the source of all beings. - 5200 years ago in Vrindavan, in His
terrestrial
incarnation, as the ninth avatar,
Krishna had an absolute body and Krishna Consciousness and was revered
as the
embodiment of transcendence and as the incarnation of Vishnu's
transcendental
aspect -
Finally a word on the heavenly body (which we humans also can attain
in the 8th
state, before the "second level of Brahman Consciousness"). The devas
under
Indra, the king of the Gods, have a heavenly body which is without
boundaries,
so that they can watch over and administer their own law of nature
everywhere in
the universe simultaneously. In this body the element Akasha becomes
prevalent,
and the four low elements: earth, water, fire and air are completely
refined and
only " available in seed form"... this last trace of the relative world is
necessary so that the devas are able to be active in the world.
Infinite harmony
and pure Sattwa are prevalent in them, but Moksha, spiritual liberation or
complete enlightenment is not available for the devas. They sometimes
therefore
accept a human birth in order to disseminate the highest knowledge (as did
Bhishma, the Eights of the Vasu Devas, the son of Ganga Devi, or the five
Pandawas: Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Bhima, Nakula and
Sahadeva, each of whom, in ancient times, all already reined once as
Indra over
the devas).
Thanks to Maharishi's infinite knowledge, all this is available to us.
All that
we need is the confidence to follow him and the deep desire to
understand and
carry out his knowledge. In the long run only three things are
necessary for
enlightenment (as an example): the deep desire for evolution, a humble
attitude
to be of service and an enlightened master. Then Mother Nature takes
us by the
hand and leads us through all the stages to enlightenment.
Before the end of this year may the Maharishi Effect allow Sattwa (the
emerging
constructive force in our world) to outweigh its opposite value. Only
8168 Yogic
Fliers radiating from one place in the world are necessary in order to
care for
the entire world. We will experience it!
We can watch the numbers grow at: <http://www.invincibleamerica.org>
Cordial greetings from Vlodrop
Jai Guru Dev
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