Welcome to Day 36 of our 40-Day Retreat.
Yesterday we had the subject of the Seventh Energy Centre of the crown, and the crowning glory that it brings. Today I want to explore the field in which the individual manifests its power in interaction.
Understanding the nature of the field
Although we are individuals, we are expressing our power in a field where there is interaction. It is therefore important to understand the nature of the field; what is the field that we are interacting with. It is an intelligent field because the field, which we sometimes call the Universe and that includes you, responds very intelligently to you. Perhaps, more intelligently than you even know. So understanding the nature of the field and how to act in wisdom in this field is extremely important.
If you are in a sporting field, for example, you need to understand the entire space. Likewise, if you are working and your work involves a certain space, then you need to know the entire space. Like a marketing person, you need to have an intelligence of all the space. Even in governance, when you want to govern a space that is your territory, you need to have an intelligence of the entire space to govern it.
What is in you, is in the space
You live in what may be termed a vast creation of which you are a part. It is said that by understanding yourself, you begin to understand the space because the space is a reflection of you. What is in you is in the space. So the wise say that by understanding yourself, you begin to really understand the space. We therefore spent quite a number of days understanding ourselves - as within so without; as in the microscopic so in the macroscopic; as in the small so in the large.
If we have an individuality as a human entity and we act intelligently expressing this individuality, then is it logical to say that the Universe itself, as a larger entity that manifests intelligence, would have a certain self identity. Here I ask you to broaden your thinking and to explore the idea that the Universe can have an identity, an “I” and “I”ness. Hindus call this Paramatma: that in us there is the atma or soul or spiritual identity. The Universe also has a soul; sometimes it is called the super soul, the Universal soul, the supreme consciousness or the Universal field. So you, the individual, are acting in an intelligent field that has an identity. Of course it is beyond our thinking.
The challenge: to go beyond the limited mind
Can you conceive that which is Infinite in your finite mind? That is always the challenge of the finite beings: to understand that which is infinite because we think in terms of the finite, the limited, the measurable. And this is where the intellect reaches its capacity. It cannot go further in trying to understand that which is infinite. Sometimes it is said that to understand this we have to intuit, we have to go beyond the intellect to actually experience and explore that this field is a field of becoming, not to be known just by knowledge. It has to be experienced. You have to become it; you have to experience your oneness with it.
The Universe around you is constantly responding to you, and very intelligently. In another session we will explore the wonderful Law of Action and Reaction in this field because that gives a lot of possibilities on how to act appropriately and wisely.
Multi-dimensional nature of the field
Today, however, I want to consider the multi-dimensionality of the field. You are multi-dimensional and so is the field. We experience the field from our multi-dimensionality.
The physical field of the Universe
The physical field, of course, gives us a separate identity. “I am separate from you as a physical entity.” But what is remarkable and what needs to be understood by human beings is that even the physical field is connected. That’s where the whole science of Ecology comes in: that we are all part of a larger system and everyone in the system influences it.
Your body is part of the environment. When you pollute the environment, you ultimately pollute your body, because you are breathing the molecules of the environment. You are ingesting in your digestive system the molecules of the environment. You are drinking liquids of the environment. So your body is very much in tune with the environment. You are picking up the vitality of the environment as well through the physical body.
It is important even in the science of Biology to understand the implications of this. If we were to really give importance to that consideration, perhaps we could protect our world from major environmental disasters. Therefore the physical field is very important to consider and that’s why whatever is in our influence, we should try not to disturb the natural balance of nature but to support it and enhance it. That means looking at what you eat, looking at your waste; looking at how you treat the rivers, the plants and animals in nature.
Subtle field of the Universe
Just as we operate in a subtle field of energy mentally, emotionally and intellectually, the Universe also has a subtle field. Though the physical is separate, the subtle field of the Universe is more open. We are more connected in that field. So my thoughts and feelings can travel to another person through space. Furthermore, our subtle being is more accessible to others. We don’t even know that. You can be sitting somewhere and somebody who is psychic can pick you up and know what you are thinking and feeling. So, too, you can pick up the vibrations of others. We need to understand that field as well and how to communicate using that subtle energy field: how to sense the presence of a person, and how to feel the different chakras that are manifesting or expressing in a person.
Causal level
There is also a Causal level in the subtle energy level. And subtle means fine. There is a causal layer that contains the whole information that the Universe stores below the conscious level. And this you can tap into. You can tap into this subconscious field simply by prompting. The same way you will go on the internet using a browser and you prompt, you put some information and you inquire, lots of information will come. It is no different from the Universe.
When you put a thought in your mental browser, and you say, “I want to know a little more about this subject” it may not work as instantly as the internet, but it certainly works because it draws towards you people, books, information. Even through the internet it may lead you. You pick up information from the Universe.
Information can also come from within you from lifetimes of experience. So we need to learn how to prompt information from this causal layer and to see what is stored within us or in the universal field. Of course, information can help us to learn and to grow in the human experience.
Consciousness Field - for the ultimate experience
However, the most powerful field in the multi-dimensional experience is the consciousness field. That is the field where we can feel the most complete unity with everything around us. When we touch this field our separateness disappears, unlike the experience of the physical where we feel separate. Even the mental or causal brings the idea of the individual ego.
The experience of the consciousness field unites us in such a powerful way that our little “i” begins to experience a different kind of identity. It begins to feel a oneness with the bigger “I”. And that is the ultimate experience. We therefore need to learn how to use the experience of the other fields to take us to this unity field where we can feel oneness with everything. That is the goal of human existence.
Feel connected to the larger Universe
We need to relate to the Universe from this multi-dimensional awareness, and learn how to distinguish or to be able to see clearly every level in our interactions. If you are interacting with a person, begin to observe, “How is my connection at the consciousness level? - At the mental level, at the emotional and physical level?” Begin to see: if you are relating to your earth, “How can I feel?” If you are relating to a pet, “How can I feel?” If you are relating to a plant or tree, “How can I feel?”
If you begin to explore this, you can have the most beautiful relationship with all living forms, not just humankind. You begin to extend your identity to the Universe. You begin to see the possibilities of feeling in harmony with, connected to, and as a part of the larger Universe. And this can be a moment-to-moment experience. This is what makes the ordinary extraordinary. This is what it means to see “a whole world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower”. It is to experience the extraordinary; the greater even in the smaller.
Holographic principle
The concept is there of a holographic principle that in the finite is the blue print of the infinite. That you can take one cell of a human being and reproduce the whole human being. In a holographic picture, you can take one part of the picture and reproduce the whole. It says that in every part of creation, the whole is imprinted in there. That the Universe is in you, and you are in the Universe.
Food for Thought.
Post-Meditation words:
I am inviting you today to see your Universe in a different way. To see that in the same way that you are; so is the Universe, to see the intelligence of the Universe and its response to you. In another way I can say, “My Universe is speaking to me in every moment. I need only to listen carefully and respond appropriately, respond with wisdom.”
Have a divine day everyone.
