JINDE CVD RISING CRSS

 

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A When I was a child, a peculiar question occurred to me: how do we picture the world as it existed before consciousness evolved? There was such a world, of course, but how do you picture it – the world as it was before picturing things became possible?

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A It is easy to imagine these simple organisms responding to the biological ‘goodness’ of the energy of the sun. From there, it is a small step to imagine more complex creatures actively striving for such energy supplies and eventually evolving a capacity to weigh the chances of success by alternative actions. Consciousness, in my view, arose from the experience of such organisms. Picture the heat of the day and cold of the night from the perspective of those first living beings. The physiological values registering their diurnal experiences were the precursors of the first sunrise.

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TNP

TK NTHNG PERSONALLY

“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes when you take nothing personally.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz

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That line ‘Neuropsychology is admirable, but it excludes the psyche’ captured my disappointment perfectly.

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THE SAYINGS OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA

Written by : SWAMI ABHEDANANDA

THE DIFFICULTY OF CONQUERING EGOTISM

114. Those who seek name and fame are under a delusion. They forget that everything is ordained by the Great Dispenser of all things and that all is due to the Lord and the Lord alone. The wise man says always, " It is Thou, O Lord, It is Thou" ; but the ignorant and the deluded say, " It is I, it is I."

'RIPE' EGO AND 'UNRIPE' EGO

115. There are two types of egoes, one 'ripe ' and the other 'unripe'. " Nothing is mine, whatever I see, or feel, or hear, nay, even this body itself, is not mine ; I am always eternal, free and all-knowing,"—such ideas arise from the ' ripe ego.' " This is my house, this is my child, this is my wife, this is my body,"—thoughts of this kind are the manifestation of the 'unripe ego'.

116. The ego that asserts " I am the servant of God" is characteristic of the true devotee. It is the ego of Vidya (Knowledge), and is called the "ripe ego."

117. What is the 'mischievous I' ? The 'I' which says, "What! Don't they know me? I have so much money ! Who is so wealthy as myself ? Who dares to surpass me?"

118. The ' I' which makes a man worldly and attached to lust and wealth is mischievous. The individual soul and the Universal Being are separated because this 'I' comes in between them. If a stick is placed on the surface of water, the water will appear to be divided into two sections. The stick is the Aham—the I . Take that away, and the water becomes again undivided.

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