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Eternity Consciousness
The BIG Picture
Date: 6/9/2006 11:29:47 AM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 2520 times
Recently, as some of you may know, I had an experience that I find is so similar to John Wren-Lewis's experience, (which I just came across last week) that I have become enamoured of the phrase and concept of 'Eternity Consciousness.'
There are methods and techniques to reach this seemingly mysterious state, but most do not have the self-confidence or disipline to achieve it for themselves.
The NDE 'phenomenon' is one way, and for some, the only way they will ever see such a wonder.
But, belief systems, strongly held in the conscious mind can, and will often seep into the subconscious and prevent one from seeing beyond the expected and sometimes-dreaded- concepts we carry, even during -and after- an 'NDE.'
This is why I am so adamant about 'getting out of the mind' - theories, religions, opinions and beliefs are simply bandaids to the wounds and scars we carry in our troubled psyches.
Now, don't get me wrong. I am not oppossed to religions or philosophies that encourage one to attain their full potential as human beings.
Systems of thought that encourage love, compassion and empathy with our fellow humans are definitely an aid to the species and all life on Earth.
But, they are really just carrots, dangling in front of our noses.
They keep us moving forward, but to where, and why?
The only way we can comprehend the 'Big Picture' - and our place in it, is by experiencing 'Eternity Consciousness.'
This is not a 'belief' as the term is generally thought of. It is the fruit that has grown from my unshakeable and all-pervasive FEELING of ONENESS with All. Which has been with me since my last 'NDE.'
Here is an excerpt from John Wren-Lewis that is part of an interview he participated in, after his NDE...it feels VERY familiar, to me..
"....Later, when the eternity consciousness continued into the following days, weeks, months, and years, any ordinary kind of drug explanation was obviously ruled out. Moreover my bewilderment was intensified as I discovered how all kinds of “negative” human experiences became marvels of creation when experienced by the Dazzling Dark. To convey even a fraction of what life is like with eternity consciousness would take a whole book and I’m currently in the last stages of writing one. It must suffice here to illustrate two features that have most impressed me and others who know me, notably Ann. (Ann Faraday).
First, if there were a section in the Guinness Book of Records for cowardice about physical pain, I would be sure of a place there. But with eternity consciousness, pain becomes simply a warning signal which, once heeded (irrespective of whether a physical remedy is available), becomes simply an interesting sensation, another of nature’s wonders. The Buddha’s distinction between pain and suffering, which I used to think was equivocation, is now a common experience for me. And second, my erstwhile spectacular dream life has been replaced, on most nights, by a state which I can only call “conscious sleep,” where I’m fully asleep yet distantly aware of lying in bed. It is as if the Dark has withdrawn its game of “John Wren-Lewising” to a nonactive level where the satisfaction of simply being is totally unrelated to doing.
The main point I want to make here, however, is that perhaps the most extraordinary feature of eternity consciousness is that it doesn’t feel extraordinary at all. It feels quintessentially natural that personal consciousness should be aware of its own Ground, while my first fifty-nine years of so-called “normal” consciousness, in ignorance of that Ground, now seem like a kind of waking dream. It was as if I’d been entranced from birth into a collective nightmare of separate individuals struggling in an alien universe for survival, satisfaction and significance.
Even so, there have been plenty of problems in adjusting to awakened life, because the rest of the world is still taking the separation state for granted, and my own “resurrected” mind still contains programs based on the assumptions of that state. So in the early days I made every effort to assume the role of spiritual seeker in the hope of finding help. It came as a real disappointment to find that no one I consulted, either in person or through books, had a clue, because ancient traditions and modern movements alike take for granted that the kind of eternity consciousness I’m living in is the preserve of spiritual Olympians, the mystical equivalent of Nobel laureates."
http://www.nonduality.com/dazdark.htm
*LOVE*
~LightLizard~
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