ARE WE CENTRED IN DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS?
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But from time to time we get that spark of intelligence that says— there is more meaning to life than fantasies. We start searching. When we seek our true nature, we move towards our center, the core of bliss. Then something in the external space attracts us and we move out to the periphery.
We keep moving in and out, from center to periphery, from periphery back to center. That is why human beings are called eccentric! They can neither be in the center nor in the periphery. They settle in between and keep oscillating. They are eccentric. They are neither in complete madness nor in completion with their divine consciousness.
The movement towards our core,
our true self, ātma is driven by
satva. The movement outwards is
driven by rajas. When we are fully
settled in the periphery, we are
caught in tamas. We are no longer
human. When we settle into the
center which is the space of
completion, we go beyond the
three guṇas. We become the
triguṇa rahita, the Divine one who
is beyond the three attributes, who
is pūrṇa—complete.
GOALS:
Help the student
understand: We can
move towards our core,
true self, atma only
when we are in satva.
When we are in tamas,
we forget our spiritual
nature. When we are in
rajas, we have a vague
idea; however, even the
seeking for spiritual
experience becomes an
attachment, another
pattern, goal and desire.
When we settle into our
core which is the space
of completion, we go
beyond the three guṇas