1998/02/05 00:30
kundalini-l-d Digest V98 #99
kundalini-l-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 99
Today's Topics:
What is the Totality I [ Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.c ]
What is the Totality I [ Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.c ]
What is the Totality III [ Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.c ]
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:59:27 +1100
From: Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu.au>
To: "kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com" <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com>
Subject: What is the Totality I
Message-ID: <01BD325F.DE5F2060.d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu>
Some person on this list thinks k has a lot to do with dominatrix practices.
Any fool can indulge in this sort of thing. To understand k one needs a
conception of what is creation and the universe and what is consciousness
because actually everything has kundalinii. To not approach it that way is an
indication of ignorance and all that the person wants is a bit of a high from
time to time and a bit of useless occult indulgence.
So in order to explain I post this in 4 parts.
I - Nature of human beings
A human being is the highest evolved being. A human being possesses clearly
reflected consciousness (ie can express its knowership of him/herself and of
other things) and that makes humans superior to animals. No other being has
such a clear reflection of their consciousness. A human being can distinguish
between good and bad with the help of their consciousness and when in trouble,
a human being can, with its help, find a way out. In this respect good and bad
are relative but one is still able to discriminate and assess what is
appropriate in the relative world. In another sense good is that which leads
to subtlety in life and awareness and bad is that which leads to crudity or
materialistic and narrow outlook.
No one likes to live in misery and suffering, far less a human being, whose
consciousness through application of mind can find out means of relief. Life
without sorrow and suffering is
life of happiness and bliss and that is what a human being desires.
Everyone is in quest for happiness; in fact it is a human being's nature to
seek happiness. Now let us see what one does to achieve it and whether it is
achieved by those means.
In the search for happiness a human being is first attracted by earthly
enjoyments. Eg collecting and hoarding wealth, achieving power and position.
But mere acquisition of wealth, power and position and attachment to these
does not satisfy [note: non-attachment and use of these is different in that
one sees them merely as means or a base to/for all round welfare in a universal
way - as a necessary objective adjustment to spiritual approach).
The acquisition of something limited only creates the want for acquiring more
and a human being's quest for happiness finds no end in this way. The hunger
for possessing more is unending. It is limitless and infinite.
Therefore, however dignified or lofty the achievement, it fails to set at rest
a human being's unlimited quest for happiness. The mind has to keep running to
another thing to try to acquire unlimited happiness for it is never content
with limited happiness - it always has to seek out something after exhausting
its delights with what has gone by or passed. World itself is finite and
cannot provide things infinite.
Naturally, the greatest worldly acquirement, even if it be the entire globe,
would not
secure anything of an infinite and permanent character. What then is that
infinite, eternal thing which will provide everlasting happiness?
Obviously only realisation of the infinite can do it. [Cosmic Entity alone is
infinite and eternal and limitless]. The eternal longing of human being for
happiness can only be satiated by realization of the infinite. This is obvious
because finite things just lead the mind to acquire other finite things after
the first finite thing has been exhausted in terms of its scope to give
satisfying happiness. Eg the taste of a sweet apple does not last long and
immediately thereafter the mind seeks out something else.
The ephemeral nature of worldly possessions, power and position leads one to
the only conclusion that none of the things of this finite and limited world
can set at rest the everlasting urge for happiness. Their acquisition merely
gives rise to further longing. Only realization of the
infinite can do it.
The infinite can be only one and that is God - the 'Cosmic Entity' [but not an
entity in the sense of a contained finiteness]. Hence it is only God or
Infinite Consciousness that can provide everlasting happiness--the quest for
which is the characteristic of every human being. It is the characteristic
because on exhaustion of one finite piece of satisfaction the mind incessantly
runs to another and so what it is trying to find in constant, pure, eternal
happiness. In reality behind this human urge is hidden the desire, the longing
for attainment of Infinite Consciousness. It is the very nature (dharma) of
every living being.
It also distinguishes the human want from the animal want. The standard of
evolutionary existence in a human being is characterised by a clearly reflected
consciousness (its ability of knowership and the enhanced degree of it).
But every human being having evolved from animals has two aspects, viz. the
animal aspect and the conscious aspect which distinguishes them from animals
(the ability to reflect). Animals display predominantly only one quality--the
animality, while human beings due to a well
reflected consciousness also possess rationality.
It is, therefore, ridiculous and patently absurd to say that the human
existence is governed by biological traits or wants alone. It is the animality
in human beings which gives them a leaning towards animal life or physical
enjoyment of earthly joys. They under its instinctual influence crave for
eating, drinking and gratification of other physical desires. They are
attracted
towards these and crave for them under the influence of their animality or
instincts, but these do not provide happiness as their longing for it is
infinite. Nor can one deny the rational capabilities of a human being. To do
so only results in severe psychic/mental afflications and suppression of innate
human faculties. Only a fool would deny any use of rational capabilities (and
so only a fool would live their life based on instincts alone - such a person
is better off leading a life as an animal rather than the enhanced nature of
human life).
This difference between animals and human beings is due to the possession in
the human being of a clearly reflected consciousness which the animals do not
have. One could say that animals are content with what they have and so are
content with their limited lives and desires and, therefore, humans could live
as animals in this way. But this is mere fantasy, because no human being lives
like this and empirically no human being wants to do so. So this type of
thinking is useless intellectual idealism based on hypocrisy alone. The idea
is not even worth entertaining and people who espouse such ideas merely reveal
their ignorance and hypocrisy.
Thus it become abundantly clear that it is the nature of the consciousness and
propensities of human mind alone of a human being that gives rise to the
infinite nature of human urge for absolute happiness - it is due to their
consciousness alone. It is their consciousness only
which is not satisfied with matters transitory in character. It is their
consciousness which creates in them the longing for Infinite Consciousness.
The things of the world - the earthly enjoyment do not quench the thirst of
human heart for happiness. Yet we find that many human beings are attracted by
them and consider it quite natural that this is the way to lead one's life and
that there is nothing more to achieve. Why is this so?
The animality in a human being draws them towards gratification of animal
desires but the rationality of their consciousness remains ungratified since
all these are transitory and short lived. These are not enough to set at rest
the unending and unlimited hunger of the human
consciousness. There is, thus, a constant duel in a human being between their
animality and rationality. The animal aspect pulls them towards instant
earthly joys while the consciousness, not being satisfied with these, draws
them towards the desire for Infinite. This results in the struggle between the
animal aspect and consciousness. This is all due to the well reflected
consciousness in a human being which wants to express itself but also remains
subdued if no means of expression exist or if heavily undercut by instinctual
desires and needs.
It is only the well reflected consciousness which differentiates a human being
to make use of their consciousness. If their consciousness lies dormant behind
their animality a human being is bound to behave instinctually like animals.
This is worse than animals because even though endowed with consciousness, a
human being does not make use of it.
The nature of consciousness is to seek for the Infinite. This longing for the
Infinite or Supreme Consciousness or Totality Beyond Relativity etc etc is an
innate quality (dharma) which
characterizes human beings.
It is obvious that happiness is derived by getting what one desires. If one
does not get what a person desires a person cannot be happy. The person is
discontent - even sad and miserable. The clearly reflected consciousness
(ability of enhanced knowership) in a human being which alone distinguishes
them from animals, seeks that Infinite. And so a human being derives real
happiness only when a person can obtain Infinite Consciousness or gets into the
process of obtaining It. This is the innate nature of human beings.
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:02:34 +1100
From: Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu.au>
To: "kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com" <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com>
Subject: What is the Totality I
Message-ID: <01BD3260.430210E0.d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu>
Some person on this list thinks k has a lot to do with dominatrix practices.
Any fool can indulge in this sort of thing. To understand k one needs a
conception of what is creation and the universe and what is consciousness
because actually everything has kundalinii. To not approach it that way is an
indication of ignorance and all that the person wants is a bit of a high from
time to time and a bit of useless occult indulgence.
So in order to explain I post this in 4 parts.
I - Nature of human beings
A human being is the highest evolved being. A human being possesses clearly
reflected consciousness (ie can express its knowership of him/herself and of
other things) and that makes humans superior to animals. No other being has
such a clear reflection of their consciousness. A human being can distinguish
between good and bad with the help of their consciousness and when in trouble,
a human being can, with its help, find a way out. In this respect good and bad
are relative but one is still able to discriminate and assess what is
appropriate in the relative world. In another sense good is that which leads
to subtlety in life and awareness and bad is that which leads to crudity or
materialistic and narrow outlook.
No one likes to live in misery and suffering, far less a human being, whose
consciousness through application of mind can find out means of relief. Life
without sorrow and suffering is
life of happiness and bliss and that is what a human being desires.
Everyone is in quest for happiness; in fact it is a human being's nature to
seek happiness. Now let us see what one does to achieve it and whether it is
achieved by those means.
In the search for happiness a human being is first attracted by earthly
enjoyments. Eg collecting and hoarding wealth, achieving power and position.
But mere acquisition of wealth, power and position and attachment to these
does not satisfy [note: non-attachment and use of these is different in that
one sees them merely as means or a base to/for all round welfare in a universal
way - as a necessary objective adjustment to spiritual approach).
The acquisition of something limited only creates the want for acquiring more
and a human being's quest for happiness finds no end in this way. The hunger
for possessing more is unending. It is limitless and infinite.
Therefore, however dignified or lofty the achievement, it fails to set at rest
a human being's unlimited quest for happiness. The mind has to keep running to
another thing to try to acquire unlimited happiness for it is never content
with limited happiness - it always has to seek out something after exhausting
its delights with what has gone by or passed. World itself is finite and
cannot provide things infinite.
Naturally, the greatest worldly acquirement, even if it be the entire globe,
would not
secure anything of an infinite and permanent character. What then is that
infinite, eternal thing which will provide everlasting happiness?
Obviously only realisation of the infinite can do it. [Cosmic Entity alone is
infinite and eternal and limitless]. The eternal longing of human being for
happiness can only be satiated by realization of the infinite. This is obvious
because finite things just lead the mind to acquire other finite things after
the first finite thing has been exhausted in terms of its scope to give
satisfying happiness. Eg the taste of a sweet apple does not last long and
immediately thereafter the mind seeks out something else.
The ephemeral nature of worldly possessions, power and position leads one to
the only conclusion that none of the things of this finite and limited world
can set at rest the everlasting urge for happiness. Their acquisition merely
gives rise to further longing. Only realization of the
infinite can do it.
The infinite can be only one and that is God - the 'Cosmic Entity' [but not an
entity in the sense of a contained finiteness]. Hence it is only God or
Infinite Consciousness that can provide everlasting happiness--the quest for
which is the characteristic of every human being. It is the characteristic
because on exhaustion of one finite piece of satisfaction the mind incessantly
runs to another and so what it is trying to find in constant, pure, eternal
happiness. In reality behind this human urge is hidden the desire, the longing
for attainment of Infinite Consciousness. It is the very nature (dharma) of
every living being.
It also distinguishes the human want from the animal want. The standard of
evolutionary existence in a human being is characterised by a clearly reflected
consciousness (its ability of knowership and the enhanced degree of it).
But every human being having evolved from animals has two aspects, viz. the
animal aspect and the conscious aspect which distinguishes them from animals
(the ability to reflect). Animals display predominantly only one quality--the
animality, while human beings due to a well
reflected consciousness also possess rationality.
It is, therefore, ridiculous and patently absurd to say that the human
existence is governed by biological traits or wants alone. It is the animality
in human beings which gives them a leaning towards animal life or physical
enjoyment of earthly joys. They under its instinctual influence crave for
eating, drinking and gratification of other physical desires. They are
attracted
towards these and crave for them under the influence of their animality or
instincts, but these do not provide happiness as their longing for it is
infinite. Nor can one deny the rational capabilities of a human being. To do
so only results in severe psychic/mental afflications and suppression of innate
human faculties. Only a fool would deny any use of rational capabilities (and
so only a fool would live their life based on instincts alone - such a person
is better off leading a life as an animal rather than the enhanced nature of
human life).
This difference between animals and human beings is due to the possession in
the human being of a clearly reflected consciousness which the animals do not
have. One could say that animals are content with what they have and so are
content with their limited lives and desires and, therefore, humans could live
as animals in this way. But this is mere fantasy, because no human being lives
like this and empirically no human being wants to do so. So this type of
thinking is useless intellectual idealism based on hypocrisy alone. The idea
is not even worth entertaining and people who espouse such ideas merely reveal
their ignorance and hypocrisy.
Thus it become abundantly clear that it is the nature of the consciousness and
propensities of human mind alone of a human being that gives rise to the
infinite nature of human urge for absolute happiness - it is due to their
consciousness alone. It is their consciousness only
which is not satisfied with matters transitory in character. It is their
consciousness which creates in them the longing for Infinite Consciousness.
The things of the world - the earthly enjoyment do not quench the thirst of
human heart for happiness. Yet we find that many human beings are attracted by
them and consider it quite natural that this is the way to lead one's life and
that there is nothing more to achieve. Why is this so?
The animality in a human being draws them towards gratification of animal
desires but the rationality of their consciousness remains ungratified since
all these are transitory and short lived. These are not enough to set at rest
the unending and unlimited hunger of the human
consciousness. There is, thus, a constant duel in a human being between their
animality and rationality. The animal aspect pulls them towards instant
earthly joys while the consciousness, not being satisfied with these, draws
them towards the desire for Infinite. This results in the struggle between the
animal aspect and consciousness. This is all due to the well reflected
consciousness in a human being which wants to express itself but also remains
subdued if no means of expression exist or if heavily undercut by instinctual
desires and needs.
It is only the well reflected consciousness which differentiates a human being
to make use of their consciousness. If their consciousness lies dormant behind
their animality a human being is bound to behave instinctually like animals.
This is worse than animals because even though endowed with consciousness, a
human being does not make use of it.
The nature of consciousness is to seek for the Infinite. This longing for the
Infinite or Supreme Consciousness or Totality Beyond Relativity etc etc is an
innate quality (dharma) which
characterizes human beings.
It is obvious that happiness is derived by getting what one desires. If one
does not get what a person desires a person cannot be happy. The person is
discontent - even sad and miserable. The clearly reflected consciousness
(ability of enhanced knowership) in a human being which alone distinguishes
them from animals, seeks that Infinite. And so a human being derives real
happiness only when a person can obtain Infinite Consciousness or gets into the
process of obtaining It. This is the innate nature of human beings.
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:25:50 +1100
From: Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu.au>
To: "'kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com'" <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com>
Subject: What is the Totality III
Message-ID: <01BD3263.8EB32C60.d.dambiecATnospamstudent.canberra.edu>
III - Unit consciousness
Now, the existence of 'I' in my mind (the feeling of I exist) only proves that
this sense of subtle individuality is a subtle qualification (as it is
qualification which gives rise to separateness and the feeling of 'I' and for
that qualification of individuality to come into existence there is another
real 'Witnessing Entity' [Master] which is beyond mind and which knows about
the existence of mind.
This witnessing entity witnesses the existence of mind and therein the
existence of feeling of 'I' and this witnessing entity is unit consciousness
(or Atman or soul). By introspection and concentrated thinking it can be
observed that Atman and mind, ie unit consciousness and mind, are two separate
entities.
Unit consciousness (or Atman or soul) and mind are two separate forms; yet they
must be related to each other (and this is through qualification). In the first
instance it appears that I know of my existence. Then the same 'I' that appears
to prove my existence makes me work (doer I) and a part of my mind called the
done I (or ectoplasmic mind stuff) takes the form of something, eg of the book
through inferential vibrations to enable me to see the book. The 'I' that gives
me the consciousness of existence or the 'I' which witnesses the existence of
my mind and therein of the 'I' which give the feeling 'I exist' is Atman or
unit consciousness (soul). [Note that soul can be referred to as an 'I' in
this context because Consciousness being qualified must, as a result of
qualification, give rise to multiplicity of individualities from Oneness or the
all pervading Cosmic Consciousness)
Therefore, the feeling of 'I exist' also proves the existence of Atman or unit
consciousness, because that feeling of 'I exist' can only come about through
qualification of consciousness. Had there been no qualification then there
would be no 'I feeling' (ie the 'I feeling' is the qualification out of the
non-qualified). The only thing that can be qualified is the state of
Absoluteness or Supreme Subjectivity (and if that is not qualified then it
remains in its Supreme Stance or Ananda). That qualification gives rise
relativity. Relativity (or anything relative) cannot of itself be qualified -
all it can do is undergo metamorphosis from subtle to crude and from crude to
subtle as relativity is never permanently still. Relativity is forever in a
systaltic flow like a sine wave building up momentum to a manifestative pause
(top of the wave) and then that momentum releasing itself in the down wave to
reach a static pause (bottom of the wave) - both pauses being temporary - and
then building up momentum again.
It is when Absolutivity is qualified that relativity comes into existence.
Relativity must come into existence as a type of separation from Absolutivity
and this can only be done by the creation of unit consciousness from Supreme
Consciousness (and as part of Supreme Consciousness or Infinite Consciousness
as nothing can exist or be outside of Infinity).
Once there has been qualification there exists the 'I feeling'. This becomes
further crudified or qualified through action or doership. The 'I' that works
or sees a book is the 'doer I' or ego and the portion of mind that takes the
shape of the book and enables my ego to see it is the 'done I' or ectoplasmic
mind stuff (which is a further crudification or qualification of mind or
I-ness). This shows that the same 'I' takes different functional forms in all
these stages. How these different functional forms of the same 'I' come about
needs further clarification.
The statement, 'I exist' presupposes the presence of 'I' or a witnessing entity
(Atman or unit consciousness) which knows of that qualification (for something
cannot come out of nothing - qualification must eventuate somehow) and which is
the witness of qualified consciousness; and its 'presence' is established by
the feeling of existence that one displays in every action - the witness of
qualified consciousness and everything that motivates the ego and the resultant
effects of actions (all through the faculty of mind).
That this assertion of 'I exist' is different from Atman or unit consciousness
(soul) is seen from the fact that this 'I exist' claims the presence of my
Atman or unit consciousness. This feeling proves that unit consciousness is
only consciousness and that without consciousness the feeling of existence is
not possible (ie without qualification of consciousness the I feeling cannot
exist). If there is no consciousness the feeling of existence cannot be there.
If there is no qualification then there is no relative existence. What is
then going to witness the existence of 'I' (or latent I feeling)? Consciousness
is therefore essential for giving rise to the feeling of 'I exist'. That is,
the feeling of 'I exist' cannot exist without Atman or unit consciousness.
Indeed, without Atman or Soul everything would have been in jeopardy.
But the witnessing entity and the pure feeling of 'I' appear to be the
functional forms of one 'I' only. In fact, the same 'I' that witnesses my
existence, manifests itself as the other 'I' of 'I exist.' This is because of
qualification. The relationship is intimate due to the subtlety of the
qualification at that stage. The witnessing 'I' is unit consciousness or Atman
and it manifests itself as the feeling of 'I exist' and thus establishes its
own existence. It is the witnessing entity or unit consciousness which on
taking up the functional form of the 'I' or 'I' exist is the subtlest 'latent
I'.
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