Chap 6 contd.

Belief

The Deity or God/Goddess is beyond description, but could be seen as the totality of all and thus is “perfect or complete”. This creation and the creator and are then “Whatever”: Life and the Universe.

This phenomenal world, can then be seen as perfect for our requirements whether that is to enjoy, (“eat, drink and be merry”), or to do penance in caves, and return to out Divine state.

Incidentally we are already Divine, but are enveloped in the illusory powers of Maya, and thus think we are body/mind, personality and ego.

We are perfect and complete as we are.

Whatever is produced of the Cosmic Consciousness cannot be a duality of good and evil. Or enjoyment and pain cannot be different! (This is “advanced consciousness”).

The whole is complete in itself. But the universe emanates from Him, (or Her).

Everything must then be in complete balance. Even when that balance is chaos, pandemics, wars and planet loss.

(As happens apparently at the end of this era called Kali Yuga).

Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the one Deity. This is because ones Deity varies. It can be inside of a religion or as a Higher Power or something else.

We all choose something different as per our culture, religion or belief system. We all possible differ even if slightly on an individual basis when it comes to our perception of, say, the Buddha or the Christ. (Even if we are in the same “subset”, of Catholicism or Tibetan Buddhism etc.)

One should be happy therefore to accept only those things necessary for life, but of course we all want for ME.

We have a quota, as our lot in life, because we are sustained by life itself, which is of course Divine. Our delusion within consciousness, identifies via our ego/personality with the external worlds and sees our wants and desires as of primary importance.

This then leads to the illusion of not having enough, not being good enough, and in its extremities may lead to self-harm and suicidal thoughts! Matter is impermanent, since it is created in birth and destroyed in death. The external world ages and changes. Your house will be gone in a thousand years!

This process, including death, or loss, usually gives rise to fear, and we want to “get stuff fast”, as we don’t understand the real issues nor ask the right questions.

Who am I?

What am I?

What is my real purpose?

If you’re happy with that, throw this book away!

We usually don’t know who we are. Because we don’t pursue the questions related to meaning and consciousness. We ignore them, for logical and very human reasons. To scary!

We want to control nature also.

It’s scary because we then have to confront the facts that all is just momentary, and pleasure, drugs, alcohol, sex are not a permanent solution to birth, old age, death and disease.

Surrender seems like loss of all, but acceptance allows for real freedom from fear. You find out who you really are and what the world really is.

The world has been here for a long, long time. Don’t worry about it. Worry about your identity and the basic questions of existence: What is reality? What is experience? Who is experiencing? These spiritual questions can take you to a blissful alternative.

Whatever you do will garner learning

Culminating into knowledge, eventually.

Acceptance requires that you lose your ego/personality. Except the useful bits!

There is nothing like a suitable Mantra, to “shortcut” the whole process.

Usually that means guidance, and possibly a living Guru.

We all are a collective and individual consciousness simultaneously. We all are seeking true pleasure.

We all are seeking the ultimate truth. We all are seeking immortality, an end to all misery/nothingness.

Mantra – it is a combination of special sounds and vibrations that purify space, body, mind and consciousness from negative energies. Mantra – it is an ancient sacred formula that gives a powerful Divine energy, and it is the key that opens the way to the Supreme Divine knowledge. Repeat the mantras as possible, as much as possible.

A Rosary also helps with concentration on the mantra and meanings, for the beginner.

Again get advice on this from somewhere (The Internet is better than nothing)!

It comes down to this:

Who am I?

What am I?

What is my role in life now?