The human mind is habituated to finding happiness through external means that harbour illusions. One of the major illusions is the ‘I am the body idea’. Though some scriptures caution people about this deception and people keep repeating it as a cliché, it is extremely difficult to free oneself from that illusion. Only through growing self-awareness and the inner freedom can one begin to dissolve the deception. It is a matter of unburdening the mind from its attempt to seek the change through externalization – that is, through attachment to religious systems, meditative techniques, philosophic intellectualism, or through their opposites such as atheism and agnosticism. In the vast majority of human beings, the present tendency to solve psychological problems is by running thoughts, not realizing that that is the very region which functions as the breeding ground for problems. In contrast, the Enlightened Masters function from a quantum shift and are totally beyond that fallible region. The Masters act as catalysts to their listeners and help them take an inward journey to discover what lies behind the turbulent mind. Even from a mild touch of that holistic region, the earnest listener is able to move towards dissolving the problem rather than solving the problem. That state of ‘no problem’ is the very source of unqualified love. Only such love can help people live vibrantly and not waste their energy in endlessly battling with problems. Merely following an instruction like “Love thy neighbour as thyself” cannot bring about that unconditional love. What is needed is a radical transformation of the mind, so pure love can spring as a natural outpouring of that holistic state.
The fundamental cause of psychological problems is unawareness of one’s slavery to the thought process – the process in which self-importance, the ‘I’, is the dominant factor. That is how people allow the habitual thought to form the ego and be well grounded in it by the time they reach the teenage. The strange fact is: unawareness produces the ego and the ego in turn strengthens the unawareness! This vicious circle is what keeps the sad state of affairs continuing in human beings century upon centuries. So, if unawareness is the fundamental malady, only self-awareness can cure it.
Once we see that self-awareness is the clearing agent, our attention begins to turn inward. There is an earnestness in removing the obstacles that lie in the way of such awareness. Recognizing the obstacles itself is part of that self-awareness. A confidence builds up and it opens the way to deeper awareness. Simultaneously, there is an outgoing affection – a love in which nothing is expected in return. The all-encompassing presence of Divinity is felt as a matter of first-hand experience and not through the theological concepts. Simultaneously, we sense glorious life flowing through us.
What can add momentum to the process of self-awareness is the exposure to the Enlightened Masters’ messages. As they do not insist on any Dos and Don’ts, their messages never add any additional burden to the already heavy load that people carry. There is a deflation of the inward pressure leading to deep relaxation. The same can also happen listening to the accounts of those who go through a NDE. If the foregoing lines ring a bell in you, please visit the site http://spirituality.yolasite.com.