Great stuff this and i don't feel there are two many conflicting aspects to this and my understanding of Raj Yoga at least.
paulkershaw wrote:The Intellect, the Conscious Mind, believes it is the problem solver. That it controls what happens and what is experienced. In his book User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down To Size, science journalist Tor Norretranders paints a different picture of Consciousness. He cites research studies, particularly those of Professor Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco, that show that decisions are made before Consciousness makes them. And that the
Intellect is not aware of this, believing that it decides.
Norretranders also cites research that show that the Intellect is only conscious of between fifteen to twenty bits of information per second out of millions in reaction below its awareness! If not the Intellect, Consciousness, then who’s in charge? 8 February 2005 Memories replaying dictate what the Subconscious Mind experiences. The Subconscious Mind experiences vicariously, mimicking, echoing memories replaying. It behaves, sees, feels, and decides exactly as memories dictate. The Conscious Mind too operates, without its awareness, by memories replaying. They dictate what it experiences as research studies show.
RE: "They teach that the physical world is result of the conscious mind, but this is fairly mainstream thinking in esoteric teachings these days".
In my experience, many are now aware of this in a lokik sense from the "What the bleep" discussions, specifically when tests were done with a subject watching multiple varying images via a TV screen. When a distasteful or viscerally stimulating image was about to be projected the subjects would actually respond physically before the image was screened. This suggests the Trikaldarshi remembering as of course the subject has been viewing the image at that moment for all eternity.
This seems very logical to me again in a Gyani way. The whole offer to me from Baba is to pull us away from being cognitive of our consciousness and sub-consciousness and most importantly it's relationship to the collective consciousness of all souls. In this way rather than us acting or reacting to either the ego or the Id, Baba can perform only beneficial vibrations thoughts; so then also pure very beneficial actions (sukarma), which may be exponentially negating further negative connections that would have ensued. We have our conscious mind, in terms of simplistic negative dendrite patterns to burn away (food, sex, tactile desires), and then there are the vast intellectual subconscious patterns, (royal Maya, injustice, anger etc) we will also react too unless we stay in the higher consciousness Baba pulls us too.
However, we consider these dynamics of drama, as We are the first to influence each other and all non-human matter etc. We are eternally in a structured entropic cascade issuing from a perfect and unblemished Eden. Therefore first souls to be crowned it's master, will naturally be the ones who Baba does the most through because they start the highest and fall the lowest.
So did Brahma Baba make himself the diamond merchant from the urchin ? Did Baba make Him the diamond merchant? Or was it just in the script ?
To me, Baba is Gyan Ishwar (God of all knowledge) sometimes known as Ganesha ... so Baba sermonises he does not influence as such. So how does it work ? Well naturally i can only offer my own sharing of an example. I mentioned in an earlier post Baba/BapDada told me I am the instrument to bring the end sooner. How does that play out then? Well I feel it's just my Sanskaras.
What I mean is when I read in the Murli, a Sakar from the sixties I think, with Baba/BapDada saying things like, "you had so many meetings exhibitions and seminars, but you did them according to what the people wanted, so they said what you did was good but they stayed where the were" and "so now it is time to drop the Godly bomb an your own stage, let their head spin about what you are saying". For me, I have no compunction in telling anyone that wants to know as much Gyan, being as much as an Alokik instrument in accordance with Baba's instructions and hopefully not 36 varieties of food when they only wanted a drink. To me, the most important part of this glorious Diamond age is to know Baba as Baba truly is. Therefore, the best way to do that logically is to want what Baba wants, to help as many as possible as soon as possible, in accord with their own desires.
It's that Janijananhar/Antariani thing. He does not know what we think moment by moment, but the more we follow the recipe for His introduction, be it to another soul or the elements, the more we are in sync with what the laws of the Universe that allow Baba to do ... Bingo the light comes through the white hole and the rubbish disappears down the black hole!
So, in a practical way for instance, we meet a Brother or Sister and we have millions of thoughts words deeds and actions from other parts of The Cycle waiting to be remembered. Those might be satopradhan Maya or revolting Ravanna but there is only One way not to be pulled back into the vibrational echo (in a quantum way); just a plain old, "wow I love him/her" or a "yeuk !" type feeling. Of course, if we do not stay with Baba and re-visit the energy of past relationship, thereby continuing the karmic account, the likelihood of sharing of the experience (gossip etc), then compounds the account.
It is essential to realize that the Soul does not generate experiences of its own. That it sees as memories see; feels as memories feel; behaves as memories behave, and decides as memories decide. Or, rarely, it sees, feels, behaves and decides as Inspiration sees, feels, behaves and decides! It is crucial in problem solving to realize that the body and the world are not the problems in and of themselves but the effects, the consequences, of memories replaying in the Subconscious Mind! Who’s in charge?
What is perhaps
most crucial to consider is the only prolem to solve is thinking there is a problem ... Perhaps, Alice, if we look far enough down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, we will see there are no more problems to solve ... so long as we don't see them!!!
So, like my dear Brother has said, enjoy the difference ... or see the similarities, either way such looking would doubtless come under the akarma category ... or just let Baba show you sooner rather than later how you use your specialities as much as you did last time!!! Personally, I prefer Sukarma to Akarma or vikarma ... but then that's just me!
Om Shanti & lot's and lot's of Godly love. My hope is we all remember asap that happiness is the golden key & the bottom line is ... no doubt !
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