THE THIRD LEVEL
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At the ultimate level, at the spiritual level, the moment we understand that we are deeply connected, totally connected to the whole group, to the whole Universe, not only do we experience bliss, but we really live, opening many dimensions of our being. Right now we are stressed out and disturbed continuously. With our separate body-mind, we need to think too much, we need to try too hard to enjoy life. If we disappear into collective consciousness, we open many dimensions, many possibilities
. See, now with only this one body we have, we can enjoy so much. Imagine what we can do when we have many bodies! If the multitudes of bodies increase, so does the joy, the bliss. This is our experience when we realize we are a part of the collective consciousness. When we experience that we are boundaryless consciousness, we experience infinity. It is difficult to imagine. When we experience the feeling of non-duality, Advaita or collective consciousness, when we experience the bliss of collective consciousness, we forget differences of name, wealth, social status and prestige; whatever we think of ourselves disappears. The truth of who we are is revealed.
Life is not restricted to inanimate
forms. Life is happening in everything;
may be in a frequency where it is not
realized, recognized by you. But,
everything has life. Learn to complete
with everything! The state of
completion is the best way to prepare
yourself for life; and completion is the
best way to prepare for death. For
anything, just the completion! When
we complete with everything, animate
and inanimate, we experience the
space of non-duality, Advaita, where
each one is infinitely powerful and
infinitely intelligent.
Completion should be carried till we
become enlightened. Understand, till
we feel we are one with the space of
Nithyānando'ham (I am Nithyānanda,
Eternal Bliss); till we experience the
space of Nityānando'ham. Kṛṣṇa
declares, 'whoever knows Me as the
Supreme, Puruṣottama, without a
doubt, is to be understood as the
knower of everything, and worships
Me with all his being.' The difference
between the puruṣa, self and the
Puruṣottama, Self, the difference
between the perishable and the
imperishable, are for the 'deluded' and
'confused' as Kṛṣṇa says. Once one has
the awareness of collective
consciousness, he becomes the knower
of everything. Everyone merges into
the collective consciousness, the space
of oneness, Advaita.
The wave thinks that it is separate from the ocean. It does not realize that it comes from the ocean and goes back to the ocean, that it is the ocean. Just as the wave is part of the ocean, we are part of Existence. How can we attain or reach Puruṣottama, when we are already a part of Him? We can only gain awareness that we are a part of Him This is the profound secret teaching of Kṛṣṇa. In this chapter, Kṛṣṇa becomes the ultimate Master. What is the difference between a Master and teacher? A teacher knows intellectually; a Master knows experientially. A Master has experienced what he is speaking, the truth. The Master never allows anyone to get stuck with ordinary experiences. Even though we call it a spiritual experience, it is only when we stop experiencing anything that we enter into a real spiritual experience. Only in such an experience, the Experiencer, the Experienced and the Experience, disappear into one; all three merge into the experience.
© 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam. All Rights Reserved Only 'we' remain, even the word 'we' can't be used since there is no other, all boundaries are lost! Unless that experience of 'Tat Tvam Asi, That Are Thou,' happens, unless the experience of 'Nithyānandoham, I Am Nithyananda,' happens, the Master never rests. The Master is the ultimate Master surgeon who removes the ego at all levels, the ordinary or the spiritual. People have spiritual ego when they have a 'holier than thou' attitude. The Master will never allow us to be stuck in that area. He pushes us forward until we experience the Ultimate. The more we allow His surgery, the more we realize the Truth. A few people run away from the operating table during surgery; that's dangerous. Before surrendering, do all the checking, verifying, window-shopping. But once you surrender, allow Him to work on you.
GOALS:
THIS LESSON TEACHES US THREE TRUTHS
- All our minds are not individually separated pieces of the Universe. All our minds are interlinked and directly affect each other.
- We are connected at the deeper level of consciousness. Once we know this truth, we will go beyond pain, suffering, depression and disease.
- At the spiritual level, when we are deeply connected to the whole Universe, we experience bliss.
© 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam. All Rights Reserved