The Burden of Proof Lecture 2

The Path to Hell

What does the story mean?

Lost Freedom = Suffering Kabir

Getting out of our Head Antonio Machado

Seeing Thru the Monkey Mind Juan Ramon Jimenez

The Soul is disguised when? You are too tired or stressed You are pulled outside yourself Your attention is dominated by externals You let others think for you You act of compulsion You are influenced by fear and anxiety You struggle and suffer You are too tired or stressed You are pulled outside yourself Your attention is dominated by externals You let others think for you You act of compulsion You are influenced by fear and anxiety You struggle and suffer

Pop Culture and The Soul

Death Provides access the domain of the soul, But Vedanta declares we can excess it right now!

Soul is revealed when... You feel centred Your mind is clear You have the sensation time has stopped You suddenly feel free of boundaries You are keenly self aware You feel merged with another person You feel untouched by aging and change You feel blissful and ecstatic You have intuitive flash that turns out to be true You sense the truth You feel supremely loved or absolutely safe You feel centred Your mind is clear You have the sensation time has stopped You suddenly feel free of boundaries You are keenly self aware You feel merged with another person You feel untouched by aging and change You feel blissful and ecstatic You have intuitive flash that turns out to be true You sense the truth You feel supremely loved or absolutely safe

Ghosts

The Self is a Ghost Every former self you have left behind is a ghost... So I ask you again... Who dies? The baby The child The adolescent The teenager The adult The older adult What is the individual? Every former self you have left behind is a ghost... So I ask you again... Who dies? The baby The child The adolescent The teenager The adult The older adult What is the individual?

So what could heaven be? What individual would you pick? Chopra makes an poignant quote...Our notion of an heaven is an end point whereby definitions, all transformation, stops. Souls lounge around in a blessed state that sounds, frankly, like eternal assisted living. Why would consciousness all of a sudden stop? What individual would you pick? Chopra makes an poignant quote...Our notion of an heaven is an end point whereby definitions, all transformation, stops. Souls lounge around in a blessed state that sounds, frankly, like eternal assisted living. Why would consciousness all of a sudden stop?

What Dreams May Come Part I

Akashic Field Space beyond the senses where consciousness plays You are the maker of reality Space beyond the senses where consciousness plays You are the maker of reality

Akasha Field,What Dreams May Come... Wide open field Could be same players Could be players we have imagined and are eager to see Could be other worldly beings Could be emanations of ourselves Could be embodiments of abstract ideas In the afterlife we have shed our sense and become multidimensional Wide open field Could be same players Could be players we have imagined and are eager to see Could be other worldly beings Could be emanations of ourselves Could be embodiments of abstract ideas In the afterlife we have shed our sense and become multidimensional

What Dreams May Come Part II

The Invisible Thread Death forces outside the walls... Mind is a repetition...You are convinced you are a you and know yourself. Really do you? Who Are You - Who am I? Death forces outside the walls... Mind is a repetition...You are convinced you are a you and know yourself. Really do you? Who Are You - Who am I?

Who Am I?

Seeing The Soul

Power’s You Need Become more aware of the boundary between “me” and “not me” Challenging old beliefs Trust in intuition and intention to know the truth Feeling connected to other worlds (subtle) following hunches / trust Accept my own truth as it unfolds (let go of doubt) Become more aware of the boundary between “me” and “not me” Challenging old beliefs Trust in intuition and intention to know the truth Feeling connected to other worlds (subtle) following hunches / trust Accept my own truth as it unfolds (let go of doubt)

Two Magical Words Netti - Netti I am that - which is beyond death and time - Netti - Netti I am that - which is beyond death and time -

Three Worlds a Map of Eternity - Map 1 Consciousness of physical objects Concrete world verified through senses, linear time, appear to ourselves as having separate bodies, time events birth >>> death Laws here are strict, include gravity, matter, energy. Your powers here include, physical strength, willpower, reason, emotional expression, sexuality, personal authority, becoming successful here attaches us to the physical realm. Consciousness of physical objects Concrete world verified through senses, linear time, appear to ourselves as having separate bodies, time events birth >>> death Laws here are strict, include gravity, matter, energy. Your powers here include, physical strength, willpower, reason, emotional expression, sexuality, personal authority, becoming successful here attaches us to the physical realm.

Map 2 Consciousness of subtle objects World of dreams, imagination, and inspiration; verified through intuition, detecting qualities of love and beauty, feeling of subtle presence within. Laws of this world are fluid, events happen forward / backward (archetypes / myths) time isn’t strictly bound Powers here include imagination, memory, artistic capabilities, spiritual sensitivity, healing abilities, intuition; the more successful and time we spend in this world can see us too attached to the non-physical. Consciousness of subtle objects World of dreams, imagination, and inspiration; verified through intuition, detecting qualities of love and beauty, feeling of subtle presence within. Laws of this world are fluid, events happen forward / backward (archetypes / myths) time isn’t strictly bound Powers here include imagination, memory, artistic capabilities, spiritual sensitivity, healing abilities, intuition; the more successful and time we spend in this world can see us too attached to the non-physical.

Map 3 Pure Consciousness Awareness aware of itself verify this world through “I am”; as an experience, pure consciousness begins as a silent mind this grows in meaning longer as the person has the experience of no-person Laws of this world are of creation The seeds of every object and event gestate here is the possibility of space, time, and the physical. No powers are needed to navigate here; concepts such as birth, life, death, have no relevance; their is only existence. It must be kept in mind that the afterlife is not “after” as we assume. With experience this becomes a comfortable space on it’s own terms, as it already is for some artists, intuitives and deeply spiritual people. Pure Consciousness Awareness aware of itself verify this world through “I am”; as an experience, pure consciousness begins as a silent mind this grows in meaning longer as the person has the experience of no-person Laws of this world are of creation The seeds of every object and event gestate here is the possibility of space, time, and the physical. No powers are needed to navigate here; concepts such as birth, life, death, have no relevance; their is only existence. It must be kept in mind that the afterlife is not “after” as we assume. With experience this becomes a comfortable space on it’s own terms, as it already is for some artists, intuitives and deeply spiritual people.

Shifting Allegiances: Pure Consciousness The more boundless your vision the more real you are When all visions / images disappear we arrive at reality Creation has showed us everything We are already God and God is becoming us The more boundless your vision the more real you are When all visions / images disappear we arrive at reality Creation has showed us everything We are already God and God is becoming us

Shifting Allegiances Give up world of physical objects and move on to consciousness filled with subtle objects. We have to navigate doubt - surrender is required Have to master subtle world in order to let go of the physical Give up world of physical objects and move on to consciousness filled with subtle objects. We have to navigate doubt - surrender is required Have to master subtle world in order to let go of the physical

What Dreams May Come Part III