Yoga is the restraint of mental activities (that's the vrittis again.) Then awareness abides in its essential nature. A clear statement of this idea is found in the first four verses of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: 'Now, the exposition of yoga. (The first step is to understand and then identify ourselves as awareness rather than that we are aware of). The first step is to understand and then identify ourselves as awareness rather than that we are aware of. We can move toward experiencing omnipresence using a series of progressive practices. This truth ultimately must be experienced by each of us. "In Hinduism, it is not enough to simply state that omnipresence resides at the core of our soul. Sat is 'you are.' Chit is omnipresence-prakasha, light as from the sun, all-knowing. "Paramaguru Yogaswami had a terse way of stating this: 'Sat Chit Ananda. One of the goals of the meditator or yogi is to experience the natural state of the mind, Satchidananda, holding back the vrittis through yogic practices.' (Vrittis, for anyone who doesn't know means mental activity, thoughts.) Also called pure consciousness, pure form, substratum of existence, and more. Satchidananda is perfect love and omniscient, omnipotent consciousness, the fountainhead of all existence, yet containing and permeating all existence. Lord Siva's Divine Mind and simultaneously the pure superconscious mind of each individual soul. "Satchidananda: Existence-consciousness-bliss. ' This interior network has a parallel to the external Internet with which we can remotely access digital devices that are thousands of miles away from our computers! In Hindu philosophy, the Sanskrit term most commonly used for the Innernet of omnipresence is Satchidananda. I am also in America.' Not only was Yogaswami able to experience the Innernet, he was able to utilize it to accomplish tasks at a distance (pretty good feat): 'We can give initiation by thought to people in Singapore while remaining here. You are everywhere, but you don't believe it.' He also made seemingly outlandish statements such as, 'Now I am sitting here. My guru's guru, Yogaswami of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, expressed it in this way: 'Bliss, bliss, bliss! I am here, I am there, I am everywhere!' To make sure his devotees didn't think that this was an attainment unique to him, he would also state, 'I am everywhere. "Realized beings have shared their experience of the Innernet. I call it the 'Innernet.' I-n-n-e-r-n-e-t: Innernet. I have coined a word for the omnipresent network that is accessed by experiencing the core of the soul. We can compare this to the Internet, which was created by the US Department of Defense for their use but was ultimately given to the world for everyone to freely use. Omnipresence is found at the core of our soul. Not only is God omnipresent, He has graciously shared that attribute with us. Hindu thought differs from this perspective. God is present everywhere whereas man is only present in the location of his physical body. In a religious context, omnipresence is generally thought of as an attribute unique to God. "Omnipresence is defined as the state of being present everywhere at the same time. The title is: "Claiming Your Omnipresence." Subtitle: "How to separate your awareness from what you are aware of and enjoy a part of your mind that is always peaceful and all-pervasive." It gives a good simple explanation of what awareness is. We need to have a good understanding of what awareness is.Īs an introduction to the concept, we're going to read the "Publisher's Desk" Claiming Your Omnipresence. This is really the most central concept in Gurudeva's approach to meditation through the Shum language. Well today we're going to start a related topic which is the concept of awareness. Understanding the seven dimensions, how they relate to the chakras and so forth. Very deep concepts, very central to Gurudeva's system of meditation. Well congratulations to us, we finished the (got a chirp on that!) Seven Dimensions of the Mind book, went through all the seven dimensions starting with the seventh, ending up with the first. Publisher's Desk January/February/March 2019 The first step is to understand and then identify ourselves as awareness rather than what we are aware of. The truth that omnipresence resides at the core of our soul must ultimately be experienced by each of us. The concept of awareness, claiming your omnipresence is the most central concept in Gurudeva's approach to meditation. Talks - Awareness and Omnipresence-Awareness, Part 1
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