Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Food for thought

Well I was wondering about this condition and consciousness,i.e the spiritual condition best way Guru and the expanded consciousness of any human being.
Which comes first, the condition or consciousness and how do they complement each other.
What limits our consciousness?
First and foremost our belief system which has its roots from family, religion and culture.
We are conditioned to think in a particular way.
Thinking and acting out of rules was never easily  accepted in the society, still there were people who broke the rules and bought about reformation.
Reformers might probably have born with that special responsibility to bring about change.
What about the rest of us. What is our purpose?
In what lies our salvation?
Is condition and consciousness just meant for us. What is the use of it if it does not extend like the ripples, a centre and the waves, the waves may or may not produce another.
I think may be no reformer wanted to change the world, the change in themselves just produced waves outside automatically.
What are the other things which limit our expansion of consciousness?
May be we are happy with the present state of mind and don't want to explore and go further.
Contentment now looks to me like both a blessing and a curse, blessing as it leads to mental satisfaction but contentment probably retards growth. This lack of willingness to go further is a veil to our expansion. This not only applies to consciousness but to any aspect of life. Be it wealth, knowledge, creativity, beauty, spirituality or philosophy without willingness nothing is possible. So I now see contentment as a hidden veil to our expansion.
The third limiting factor could be our sensitivity. This is my recent feeling with myself. By nature I am very shy and introverted and can't socialize much but I love truly and deeply. Sensitivity can be of help in condition but could be a veil in expansion of consciousness. A sensitive person just gets drained.
To live in the norms of society culture, rules, sensitivity, contentment, willingness all is necessary.
So the higher state of conscious expansion is really the flexibility to expand and contract as and when needed.
To live like water which takes the shape of container, not the rigid solid or the air which cannot  be caught in end.
I would personally prefer this state of moderation of water and totally accept the solids, liquids and gas are all indispensable and complement each other.





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