“Consciousness is rooted in the Absolute. The brain is rooted in the elements. The ‘mind’ is rooted in wrong programming and faulty conditioning and lies and concepts and ideas and superstitions and falsehoods.”
[Continued from 8 August 2005]
Q.: “I’m certainly not sure that I get all you’ve offered, but why do so few ‘get' this Teaching?”
F.: “Manifested in only a few food-bodies is a 'level' of consciousness that is immediately receptive to receiving awareness of awareness...the awareness of the reality of the conscious-energy that flows throughout this universe. Those are called the sages or gnanis."
F.: “Manifested in only a few food-bodies is a 'level' of consciousness that is immediately receptive to receiving awareness of awareness...the awareness of the reality of the conscious-energy that flows throughout this universe. Those are called the sages or gnanis."
Q.: "That's you?"
F.: "Ha. Hardly. Next is the consciousness that is like gunpowder, ready for awareness to explode into consciousness after first challenging all beliefs and ideas. Then, there's the 'charcoal' that can burn after much effort. Lastly, there's that mass of contaminated consciousness that has been compared to 'wet charcoal'—never likely to 'light up.' Why is there such debate about who deserves credit for having ‘invented television’? The consciousness of the science required to make possible the functioning of 'television' manifested in the consciousness of three men on three different continents within micro-seconds of each other, so all three have been given credit. Just as a whale’s sounds can vibrate through a thousand miles of ocean and be received by another whale that comprehends the message contained in the vibration, so too can the manifested consciousness in certain food-bodies comprehend the flow 'into and out of' the unified field of consciousness which travels infinitely across infinite space. In addition to that lack of awareness, many of the other obstacles we’ve already discussed: rigidity, closure to influence, arrogance, conditioning, programming, enculturation, ideas, concepts, and the belief by personalities that what is ‘in the mind’ is 'their truth' and 'their reality.' Persons trapped in their ego-states refuse to challenge their beliefs since those attitudes are the very basis of what they take to be 'who' they are—their false, assumed roles.”
Q.2: “What about archetypes? Aren’t they in the mind, and aren’t their effects real?”
F.: “First, if they’re 'in the mind,' they can't be real. An archetype, by definition, is an image, right?”
Q.2: [Long pause. Smile, then…] “End of that, huh?”
F.: “Not really. Let’s use that to move to the next pointer. [Pause] Are the brain, the consciousness, and the mind all one?”
Q.2: [Long pause] “Consciousness and mind are one. Brain is different.”
F.: “If consciousness and mind are one, does that mean that your ‘mind’ is forever?”
Q.2: [Pause. Thinking, then…] “Nevermind.” [Laughter]
F.: “Is that a pun?”
Q.2: “Ha. Maybe, but I didn’t mean it that way.” [Laughter]
F.: “So, what's your answer? Is your ‘mind’ forever?”
Q.2: “Definitiely not. When the food-body dies, the mind ends.”
F.: “And the brain?”
Q.2: “The same.”
F.: “Is the consciousness forever?”
Q.2: “Yes. As a form of energy, it can't be destroyed.”
F.: “So the difference in the mind and consciousness is?”
Q.2: “One is eternal; one is temporary. One is real; one is not.”
F.: “What else? How about you?" [Pointing at a participant]
Q.3: “You said earlier that mind is ‘contaminated consciousness'."
F.: “So let’s get to the point in our review. The brain, the mind and the consciousness are not synonymous. For the purpose of our discussion, consider a brain and the consciousness to be 'concrete'; consider a mind to be 'abstract.' Consciousness is rooted in the Absolute. The brain is rooted in the elements. The ‘mind’ is rooted in wrong programming and faulty conditioning and lies and concepts and ideas and superstitions and falsehoods.” Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued 10 August 2005]
Q.2: “What about archetypes? Aren’t they in the mind, and aren’t their effects real?”
F.: “First, if they’re 'in the mind,' they can't be real. An archetype, by definition, is an image, right?”
Q.2: [Long pause. Smile, then…] “End of that, huh?”
F.: “Not really. Let’s use that to move to the next pointer. [Pause] Are the brain, the consciousness, and the mind all one?”
Q.2: [Long pause] “Consciousness and mind are one. Brain is different.”
F.: “If consciousness and mind are one, does that mean that your ‘mind’ is forever?”
Q.2: [Pause. Thinking, then…] “Nevermind.” [Laughter]
F.: “Is that a pun?”
Q.2: “Ha. Maybe, but I didn’t mean it that way.” [Laughter]
F.: “So, what's your answer? Is your ‘mind’ forever?”
Q.2: “Definitiely not. When the food-body dies, the mind ends.”
F.: “And the brain?”
Q.2: “The same.”
F.: “Is the consciousness forever?”
Q.2: “Yes. As a form of energy, it can't be destroyed.”
F.: “So the difference in the mind and consciousness is?”
Q.2: “One is eternal; one is temporary. One is real; one is not.”
F.: “What else? How about you?" [Pointing at a participant]
Q.3: “You said earlier that mind is ‘contaminated consciousness'."
F.: “So let’s get to the point in our review. The brain, the mind and the consciousness are not synonymous. For the purpose of our discussion, consider a brain and the consciousness to be 'concrete'; consider a mind to be 'abstract.' Consciousness is rooted in the Absolute. The brain is rooted in the elements. The ‘mind’ is rooted in wrong programming and faulty conditioning and lies and concepts and ideas and superstitions and falsehoods.” Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued 10 August 2005]
