Remez Sasson Blog » nonduality http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog Positive Thinking - Self Improvement - Spiritual Growth Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Observing Your Thoughts and Discovering the Real You http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/observing-your-thoughts-and-discovering-the-real-you/ http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/observing-your-thoughts-and-discovering-the-real-you/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:53:02 +0000 Remez Sasson http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/observing-your-thoughts-and-discovering-the-real-you/ - What happens if you observe your thoughts?

- What happens if you ask yourself where do your thoughts come from?

- Who is thinking all these thoughts?

- Are you your thoughts, or are they something that occur to you?

- Do your thoughts belong to you, or do they just pass through your mind?

If you keep asking yourself these questions, in time, you will discover that you, the Real You, is not your thoughts and is not dependent on your thoughts. By trying to observe your thoughts, with a bit of detachment, you will develop calmness, inner peace and silence, and the ability to look inside, beneath your thoughts and the ego-personality. This sometimes leads to awareness and knowledge of the Real Self – the Spirit.

Concentration exercises and meditation, can also lead to the same experience. They too, calm down the mind, which is always busy with thoughts, and lift the veil of thoughts hiding the Consciousness within – the Real Self.

At first there might short glimpses of a “different consciousness” of peace, inner silence and bliss. These short glimpses can in time grow longer and become more frequent. In some cases, this state of consciousness becomes one’s natural, everyday state of consciousness. This is the experience of nonduality and spiritual awakening.

In this state of consciousness there is peace and bliss and awareness of who you really are, being beyond body and form. Thinking stops being compulsory, and you don’t feel the need to think, though you can think whenever you want. It is a state of full awareness, the five senses are alert and sharp, and you can continue living your life, working, talking and interacting with other people in a most efficient way.

Since this experience is beyond the mind, it is not so easy to describe it in words. This is why you will find differences in the description of this state between one writer and another. Some are more eloquent with the use of words than others. When reading about this experience, try to look beyond the words, try to catch the essence of it, without too much mental analysis, so that your intuition awakens.

“The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.”
-Sri Ramana Maharshi -

“See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.”
- Sri Ramana Maharshi -

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]]> http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/observing-your-thoughts-and-discovering-the-real-you/feed/ 1 Emptiness, Inner Silence, Nonduality and Meditation http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/emptiness-inner-silence-nonduality-and-meditation/ http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/emptiness-inner-silence-nonduality-and-meditation/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:16:08 +0000 Remez Sasson http://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/spiritual-growth/emptiness-inner-silence-nonduality-and-meditation/ Regular practice of meditation can lead to experiencing brief flashes of inner silence, or as some spiritual traditions call it, emptiness. As one progresses with meditation, and meditation gets steadier and deeper, these brief moments, which may last for split seconds in the beginning, get longer and deeper. In time, the inner silence or sense of inner emptiness can be experienced not only while meditating, but also in everyday life too.

The state of inner silence – emptiness requires some clarification. It is not a morbid state of indifference, numbness and lack of energy. It is not a state of lack of life force, zest and confidence and of feeling worthless. It is not the emptiness and silence of nothingness or darkness, but the majestic emptiness and vastness of endless and limitless space, full of life and light.

It is an uplifting and blissful experience, brought about when the mind and the thinking process slow down or stop their restless and erratic activity, without losing consciousness or awareness. In this state you are completely conscious and alive, blissful and peaceful, without thoughts, boundaries or limitations.

At these moments you experience a sense of expanded consciousness-awareness and nonduality. There are no thoughts such as “I am not thinking now”, “My mind is silent” or “I am experiencing emptiness”. You just feel peaceful and blissful, forgetting about your personality-ego and just BE.

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