We spend our days in the familiar world of our five senses,
but what lies beyond that, if anything - a vast world, perhaps,
waiting to be explored. Most of us are happy to stay where we
are. We may even be afraid to venture into the unknown.
but what lies beyond that, if anything - a vast world, perhaps,
waiting to be explored. Most of us are happy to stay where we
are. We may even be afraid to venture into the unknown.
Yet there are always a few who are not content...
Simply knowing there is something unknown beyond their
reach makes them acutely restless. This is true of adventurers -
especially those who seek to explore Consciousness [Ultimate
Reality] itself. They quietly slip out to see what lies beyond
the topography of Consciousness itself [that] has an
illumination of its own...
reach makes them acutely restless. This is true of adventurers -
especially those who seek to explore Consciousness [Ultimate
Reality] itself. They quietly slip out to see what lies beyond
the topography of Consciousness itself [that] has an
illumination of its own...
We are meant to explore, to seek, to push the limits of our
potential as human beings. The world of the senses is just the
base camp: we are meant to be as much at home in
[transcendent Reality] as in the world of physical reality.
potential as human beings. The world of the senses is just the
base camp: we are meant to be as much at home in
[transcendent Reality] as in the world of physical reality.
It is our destiny as human beings to make this journey
ourselves. Everything else is secondary...
ourselves. Everything else is secondary...
Follow the path of the illumined ones...
...a familiar voice tugs at the edge of awareness...
~
The Upanishads are the recorded stories from Hindu sages
for whom the transcendent Reality called "God" was more
real than the world reported to them by their senses. Their
purpose is not so much instruction, but inspiration -
an ecstatic snapshot of transcendent Reality.
for whom the transcendent Reality called "God" was more
real than the world reported to them by their senses. Their
purpose is not so much instruction, but inspiration -
an ecstatic snapshot of transcendent Reality.
The Upanishads tell us that there is a Reality underlying
life which rituals cannot teach, next to which the things we
see and touch in everyday life are shadows (of the Real).
life which rituals cannot teach, next to which the things we
see and touch in everyday life are shadows (of the Real).
This Reality is the Essence of every created thing, and
the same Reality is our real self. Each one of us is one
with the power that created and sustains the universe. And
this oneness can be realized directly... a Reality beyond
ordinary knowing...
It is the purpose for which each of us has been born...
the same Reality is our real self. Each one of us is one
with the power that created and sustains the universe. And
this oneness can be realized directly... a Reality beyond
ordinary knowing...
It is the purpose for which each of us has been born...
From the Upanishads
Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaran
excerpt from the Introduction
~
I had forgotten that I had already started this deeper
"exploration" :) back in 2019. But there have been
so many distraction since then, that I feel called to
explore the depths of Reality again, although the
distractions weigh heavy. Something deeper than
what I am living now calls to me - from the "edge of
awareness"...
There is always a "call" to deepen.
"exploration" :) back in 2019. But there have been
so many distraction since then, that I feel called to
explore the depths of Reality again, although the
distractions weigh heavy. Something deeper than
what I am living now calls to me - from the "edge of
awareness"...
There is always a "call" to deepen.
I want to live the true Essence of Life...
~
Photo - The Flammarion Engraving
from the internet
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