Empowering View of the Source
Yesterday, I dealt with the subject of the Source, a very exciting subject, today I continue. Yesterday, I said that we have been given so many ideas about this Source; of course we call this Source ‘God’. We have been given that word, that idea, and we have so many ideas. I spoke about an empowering view of the Source. A view that makes the Source something we can touch, we can know and we can realize. I spoke about the whole visible Universe that you see, being supported by a Source, it is not just a random entity, and it is continuously supported by a Source.
Scientists are becoming more aware of this; they realize there is some residual energy in the Universe that is continuously supporting the Universe. They believe that this energy is everywhere in the Universe and so they call it the Zero Point Field. They are hoping that they can tap into this Supreme energy source in the Universe. You know the story about looking for energy in our Universe. We have been searching for all kinds of sources of energy. This one of course will have no pollution and it will not run out because our Universe has not run out of energy. It is an exciting subject not just to spiritual seekers but of course to those of secular wisdom whom we call scientists.
The idea I brought to you yesterday was the idea that we exist in an invisible field of energy that supports us continuously. We can go beyond the ideas we have had of a God existing somewhere that is a man or a woman. We can go beyond the ideas that there is some demon in the Universe that the Creator is having a hard time fighting, to be able to see that everything that is manifested in the Universe is coming from the same Source. This gives us a different view of that which we call ‘God’.
‘Being-ness’ Or Consciousness
Today I would like to focus on the nature of this field that supports the whole visible Universe. What is the nature of this field? How can we identify with it?
There is a particular quality that abounds in the Universe, ‘Being-ness’ or Consciousness; the quality of Being, the quality of being Conscious. Our Universe is a Universe that moves in that place of Being, of Consciousness. We have a responsive Universe. We have a Universe that acts and reacts in a Field of Being. This word ‘Being’ is a powerful word because it can take us on a journey, a journey through empowering ideas and a journey through personal experience. The very powerful idea, which I really hope you will listen to, is that we are a part of that Being, as everything else is in the Universe. We exist in that Being. What is marvelous and what tells us of this quality of ‘Being-ness’ is that we are conscious Beings. We have this quality that is called Consciousness. This is an extremely important word on the spiritual journey. We are beings of Consciousness. There is a certain quality of Being in us that allows us to be aware of the Universe, to feel a sense of Being. This brings the idea that all of this, that we call the Universe, is held in the Being of some Great, Supreme Power. It brings the idea of a Universal Consciousness and a Universal Being. In the whole Universe is a Universal Being, which is supporting the Universe, and which continues to support the Universe.
Qualities of a Conscious Being
Beneath this visible field is a field of Being, a field of Consciousness. If we look into our universe we will see in plant life, in animal life and in all that exists, the quality to act and to respond is there. That which is within us is able to perceive the Universe, is able to contemplate that perception, is able to process the whole thing, and is able to respond. It is doing all of that because it is conscious. This word Consciousness is an important word and this idea of Consciousness is an important idea.
Visible & Invisible Identity of the Universe
We exist in a field of Consciousness. This Consciousness has a visible layer that is what we are experiencing now with our gross senses and it also has an invisible layer. Things happen in an invisible field and things happen in a visible field. There are identities in the different fields that is why we say it is a multi-dimensional Universe. The Being of the Universe is acting in a visible field that you can see, and is also acting in an invisible field, which you can perceive if you are more aware. There are energies in this field you cannot see with your gross senses but which you can feel. The Universe is also acting and responding in an invisible field that we call a Subtle Energy Field. There is a visible identity which we can see with the gross senses and there is an invisible identity to the Universe where actions are happening and reactions are happening at an invisible level and all of this continues to happen in a Source.
All of this is knowledge coming to you to open your mind to see differently. But how can we make this knowledge personal? The same way there is a Universal Being that supports the whole Universe there is an Individual Being that supports this body.
Making The Journey Personal
My individual being is a model also of how the whole Universe is and that is interesting. That makes the journey personal. I will say this again my individual being is a model of how the whole Universe is. There is a visible identity that I have, there is an invisible identity that I have, and then there is the Source within me that is supporting these identities. If I really want to understand the Universe, its structure, its being, its nature, all I need to do is to begin to understand myself. In the ancient wisdom of India this individual being is called Atman or Jivatman and the Cosmic Being or Universal Consciousness is called Paramatman. It shows the relationship, in both words there is Atman. If we translate that word another way it is Self, individual Self, Cosmic Self. The word self is a personal word. This takes the whole idea of God from the outside of us to the idea of Self, an idea within Self.
God is no longer described as an outside entity but God is described as something inside. By beginning to know your individual Self, to experience your Atman you can begin to understand what is Paramatman, what is the Universal Being.
The journey is a journey through our being, through visible and invisible layers to the very core. That is the journey of spirituality and as we are seeing now that is also the journey of Science. Modern physics is tracking these spiritual ideas and they are doing marvelous things in unraveling the secret of the Universe. They are coming close to the consciousness field because they believe there is an Observer in the Universe and that everything is happening in the field of an Observer. The one who is perceiving the phenomenon of life, that one is important.
The search for wisdom, for God and the Source is an inner journey in the consciousness field. The Self in the ancient wisdom of India is described as Satchidanand. Sat meaning eternal existence. Chit meaning the repository of all information, the consciousness field from which everything emerges, from which everything is being processed Anand is the blissful experience of being completely aware of this. It is a blissful experience associated with the consciousness of the Source. The Atman is wonderfully described as eternal, blissful, being.
Eternal blissful being, that is who you are, that is what you need to know. That is what is at the heart of the Universe. It is that same consciousness that is manifesting in every plant, in every animal, in everything that is in the Universe. This is a conscious Universe acting from a state of Being and in that Being is infinite power.
In learning to know the Source, we need to learn about the Self. Just to say to you as you go deeper and deeper within the Self, as you go deeper and deeper within your own Being, you are going deeper and deeper into your connection with the Universe. We call that Paramatman inside, theHigher Self. As you go deeper and deeper into the experience of individual being you feel more and more in touch with a Cosmic Self. In that experience of being in touch with that Cosmic Self we call it Cosmic Consciousness.
I can retreat into my inner being and be more connected to the Universe than what my eye sees. My eyes see differences, my core being sees none. The excitement about this is, as I go deeper within myself I am more connected to the universe than when I look and perceive with my gross senses. That has tremendous potential for everything in the Universe, self-empowerment, relationships, peace, love and harmony. This is the knowledge we need in the world.
Of course, I wish I can speak to you more because the subject is vast, that is why I am going to take a few days to deal with this. The Source has marvelous qualities and we need to think about the relationship of the individual in the Source. I leave the rest for another day.
What do you say? It is exciting isn’t it?
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