Scientific American hits a home run..!

Scientific American hits a home run..!

Quantum Mechanics

the counterintuitive branch of science

has been available for a century

telling us that reality is not 

what we think it is..

in QM the observer plays a key role

who can now claim that each perception

(measurement has been the inadequate

scientific term)

creates the world..

if we clear our assumptions away

we might notice that our experience

has found our perception as creator

just now perhaps..but as true eons ago..

the cloud of possibilities

with the QM name of superposition

is the consciousness or awareness

which has always created within itself

and knowing the creation as made

entirely of itself..

we might say that there is only
the superposition
and the superposition in action
there being no other or world..
and we ask: who is this observer..?
QM has apparently pointed to
that observer as superposition
thus we gain access..finally..to our
own true  identity...!


Recall Max Planck’s position: “I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness.”

As a matter of fact, peculiar statistical characteristics of the behavior of entangled quantum systems ... seem to rule out everything but consciousness as the agency of measurement.

That a superposition does not survive exposure to this world suggests, if anything, a role for consciousness in the emergence of a definite physical reality.

Now that the most philosophically controversial predictions of QM have—finally—been experimentally confirmed without remaining loopholes, there are no excuses left for those who want to avoid confronting the implications of QM. Lest we continue to live according to a view of reality now known to be false, we must shift the cultural dialogue towards coming to grips with what nature is repeatedly telling us about herself.        Excerpts are from:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/coming-to-grips-with-the-implications-of-quantum-mechanics/

Clinging of materialism

Clinging of materialism

there is a clinging

a proneness to dismiss

an intimation of

mind over matter..

separation as ego

rises up and protests

this interruption to

 long-held comfort..

another win and

the world proceeds

on tenuous paths

of longing with fear..

yet mind over matter

is only known by

experience of our

identity with an

eternal substance 

of which all is molded

and named as both

longing and grace...!

Magic..?

Magic..?

magic tricks have always delighted
and an explanation awaited..
but now
with a consciousness perspective
a new understanding arrives..
non-locality is the norm
locality: simply a temporary coloring
of the all-encompassing non-..
oneness and synchronicities pervade
as have always pervaded
but for our limited visions..
so..magic now may be known
as the experience expected
in the reality now realized
as home... 

Thanks, CP for this:
https://1funny.com/amazing-heartwarming-magic/

stained glass

stained glass

shines in color

as light passes..

momentary shining

seeming to end

as prismatic

fades and folds..

we are the prism

but also the

enlightening light

the knowing light

that never dims...

Ego dissolution

Ego dissolution

the ego serves
but also causes our suffering..
ego's belief in separation
begins in childhood years
and if not observed for 
its strength and sorrows
remains..until death
do us part..
the happiness we all seek
is rooted in the inadequacy
of ego to satisfy..
longing in our life need be
recognized as the message
from a life without ego
known as grace..
psychedelics apparently  can
temporarily dissolve ego
allowing a glimpse
of our unseparated Self..

please give your attention
to what is known
as the direct path
which has the potential 
to recognize the ego
as illustrious illusion in
its believed independence..
without psychedelics
this simple path is available
this evening and always
a path which awaits
a simple recognition:
I am...


Michael Pollan on the medical advantage of psychedelics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJyE1EC1_M


That I could survive the dissolution of my ego and its defenses was surely something to be grateful for, and we talked at length about this. What a remarkable gift: to learn that we can let go of so much — the desires, fears and defenses of a lifetime! — without suffering complete annihilation. This might not come as a surprise to Buddhists or serious meditators, but it was news to me, who had never felt anything but identical to my ego. Could it be that there is another ground on which to plant our feet? For the first time, I began to understand what the volunteers in the cancer-anxiety trials were telling me — how it was that a single psychedelic journey granted them a perspective from which the very worst life can throw at us could be regarded objectively and accepted with equanimity. I had been given a glimpse of that liberating perspective. 
From:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/15/magazine/health-issue-my-adventures-with-hallucinogenic-drugs-medicine.html?nl=top-stories&nlid=16771459ries&ref=cta

Inner and Outer

Inner and Outer

in progress





Hamlet

1.3.11-14

Laertes

nature crescent does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, but as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal.

before oral surgery

before oral surgery

envisioning the process of

anesthetics and procedure

with expectation of appreciation

of awareness..of deep sleep

and the ending and beginning

of projection of time and space..

awareness meantime

and we cannot say meantime

as time is only finite projection

yet as concession..in the meantime

awareness is not affected by 

not projecting for a while

and then projecting once again

within and as awareness...

The Live Coal

The Live Coal

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory."

In my seeming separation

this experience now reveals that

only Awareness is real..and I sense

a live coal burning away my guilt from

a belief..which has blocked this new

understanding.. experiencing now 

my new identity and knowing

the saturation of everything with

infinite beauty and love...

Knowing now that I am..I am prepared

to be sent to everyplace 

where I already am…

Isaiah 6:1-8 New International Version (NIV)

Isaiah’s Commission
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
    the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

3 and 1

3 and 1

Trinity

A religious debate

In history’s centuries

The seeming opposition

Of unity and multiplicity..

Let us consider:

The father as unity

The son as multiplicity..

Or

Consciousness as unity

The universe as multiplicity

And a spirited dance

Of Consciousness dancing

By  itself..

Or

I and my father are one...

Non-duality and God

(Non-duality and God)

Silence works best..!

God is often named and created
from an assumption of separation..
 The illusory separation resides
in a culture and egos 
searching to close the gap..
Resistance rises in the form of a-theism
and in the dilemma of the twins: 
belief and non-belief..
New birthing cries out
for recognition that any name
only points to the infinite 
named as Consciousness..
Yet..alas..another name for
the unnamable..
Silence works best...!

Richard Rohr:  Breathing Under Water..12 steps..4 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wusoIot9rtk&index=2&list=PLcAHQdj_Q5KayGisJB8TO1jD7_YqJBBWE

XX RS:  Ego is not a Mistake ( + following video on Ego and Creativity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uesJ9nPEUFY

RS:  The Urge for Happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqtM_BkkxmM&t=3s

RS:  True Acceptance is not a Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgTq_Vh_DY&t=80s

RS:  Consciousness Manifests through Ego (in subscription)
http://non-duality.rupertspira.com/watch/i-is-the-name-of-pure-knowing

XXXX  Rupert Spira:  God in Relation to the Non Dual Understanding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_KFQxvGbQ&feature=share

RS:  Love is the Absence of the Person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zrUGKyoXlA

RS:  Noticing the Presence of Awareness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPj7a328M_M&t=2s

RS Q & A on Addiction
http://non-duality.rupertspira.com/read/addiction_porn_and_pseudo_advaita

XXX  Michael Pollan on the medical advantage of psychedelics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJyE1EC1_M

That I could survive the dissolution of my ego and its defenses was surely something to be grateful for, and we talked at length about this. What a remarkable gift: to learn that we can let go of so much — the desires, fears and defenses of a lifetime! — without suffering complete annihilation. This might not come as a surprise to Buddhists or serious meditators, but it was news to me, who had never felt anything but identical to my ego. Could it be that there is another ground on which to plant our feet? For the first time, I began to understand what the volunteers in the cancer-anxiety trials were telling me — how it was that a single psychedelic journey granted them a perspective from which the very worst life can throw at us could be regarded objectively and accepted with equanimity. I had been given a glimpse of that liberating perspective. 
From:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/15/magazine/health-issue-my-adventures-with-hallucinogenic-drugs-medicine.html?nl=top-stories&nlid=16771459ries&ref=cta

The Nature of Thought

The Nature of Thought 

Where does thought come from..?
Seeming to arise out of thin air
and in our lives as
 subject with object..
A nuisance sometimes
in meditation and 
interference with our sleep..
As we give thought
an identity and authority
we create a tyranny  
most difficult to overthrow..
Backing off..we notice
thoughts are alive in
time and space
but ignite and burn
in the presence of now..
Why?..presence is open and free
not knowing of constricting
time and space..
And joyously..we are always
that presence..awaiting
recognition..and a 
good night's sleep...!

Deepak and Rupert:  The Nature of Consciousness:  
Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdc01xbT3I&t=2s

Rupert:  Thoughts and Tyranny of Separate Self

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H656H4pWtzk&t=611s

Fiery Tongues

Fiery Tongues

There seems much to know about this 
annual celebration in two religions..
Let us..however..make a simple discovery:
Arrival of the Torah and the Holy Spirit
point to a universal  experience available 
to all..at any moment and place
and may be expressed in terms of
law..language..art..science..simplicity..
It is said that the fiery tongues
became new tongues in each person:
A new recognition of a fiery end
to languages which separate and veil..
Consciousness is experienced
as our real identity..with tongues which
express unity..wholeness..and peace...!


Acts 2:1-21 
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
2 On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there. 4 The Holy Spirit took control of everyone, and they began speaking whatever languages the Spirit let them speak.

Exodus 19
At Mount Sinai
16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 

"And let me tell you something, old Solomon was right in the Old Testament, there's fire. With this I will sit down. We got to get you all married. The French Jesuit was one of the great minds and spirits of the 20th century, a Roman Catholic priest, scientist, a scholar, a mystic, in some of his writings he said from his scientific background as well as his theological one, some of his writings, he said, as others have, that the discovery or invention or harnessing of fire was one of the great, one of the great scientific and technological discoveries in all of human history.
Fire, to a great extent, made human civilization possible. Fire made it possible to cook food, thereby reducing the spread of disease. Fire made it possible to stay warm in cold climates, thereby marking human migration around the world a possibility.
Fire made the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Revolution possible. The advances of science and technology are greatly dependent on the human capacity to take fire and use it for human good."  ~~Rev. Michael Curry at Royal Wedding

(Full transcript:  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20754692/royal-wedding-sermon-michael-curry-full-transcript/

Find Yourself

Find Yourself

We are not that which we think we are..
If we do not know the true nature of thought
thought will always deceive..
Most seem to identify themselves with their
thoughts and perceptions..these limiting lens
find limiting identities..and suffering..
and lives of quiet desperation..
So..evidently..we must change our lenses
vastly expanding our views
finding..at last..the identity which
we have always owned...



The Daily Quote from Rupert Spira, 17th May 2018

Be neither the knower nor the known; be only the knowing of experience, and you will find your self as everyone and everything

religion

  

religion

might be said

to be a concession

to those with a

need of pointers

to discover their

identity..

a setback  it seems

for those not

distinguishing the

pointer from that

to which it is

pointing...

overlooking

overlooking

 seems to be what we do:

overlooking the reality of the field

luminous..peaceful.. and available

the substance of all our days..

famous teachers

some acknowledged 

as gods and gurus

are just like you and I

but with a realization

(followed by notoriety) 

of the overlooking and a

simple waking to what is 

being overlooked..always

available to you and I...