Breakthrough in Consciousness
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August 26, 2010
Every breakthrough in consciousness happens only when you go through the fire of insecurity. Growth happens in ten dimensions: length, breadth, depth, and the combinations of length, breadth, and depth. But in pure Consciousness, it is always a breakthrough. Please understand, growth is different, breakthrough is different. A plant becoming a tree is growth, but a seed becoming a plant is a breakthrough. Breakthrough means a quantum leap in consciousness. It is totally different from what it was. Please understand, all growth happens only in the mind. What you experience gradually is just happening in your mind. But in Consciousness, it is only a breakthrough. That is why enlightenment is always instantaneous. It is like heating the water. Until ninety-nine degrees, it is growth. But then when it reaches one hundred degrees, the water becoming steam is a breakthrough.
Same way, the spiritual practices you do is growth in the mind. You create a situation where the breakthrough can happen. But the breakthrough itself does not happen by growth. It is a totally different phenomenon. Breakthrough in Consciousness happens only when you go through the fire of insecurity. You will do your best and do all kinds of practices, but suddenly, you will be in a position where you do not know the next step. You do not know what is on the other shore. You do not know what is next. Simply you are in the situation of utter insecurity; what we call the dark night of the soul.
When that space happens in you, the decision-making factor for whether you are going to have the breakthrough in consciousness or fall back, is how you behave at that moment. Understand, the Master is a master at creating these kinds of situations! Master exactly creates the right utter insecurity for you. Here I am insisting on your going through the utter insecurity, the acid test, the fire of insecurity, and having the breakthrough in consciousness.
Never turn to a Master for security, for that is one thing he will never give you. He throws you upon the utter insecurity of life - because those who have nothing else find God.