Mind & Happiness 130

Sri Ramana said, “having taken innumerable Births“, he was referring to this repeated process of forsaking one Dream Body & imagining another Dream Body to be our self.  Rebirth or Re-incarnation is therefore not real, but is just a Dream – an imaginary event that occurs repeatedly in our seemingly long “sleep” of imaginary “self-ignorance”.

Though Rebirth is merely a figment of our Imagination – a Dream created by our own Desires & Fears – it is “as real” as our present Life in this World, which is itself just as “real” as our Mind, the limited & distorted form of Consciousness that experiences this & so many other Dreams.

Until we know what we really are, thereby putting an end to our imaginary “sleep” of “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”, we will continue to experience one Dream after another.  In each of those Dreams we will mistake our self to be a Body that we have created by our own imagination.  Since the fundamental cause of all the Suffering & lack of perfect Happiness that we experience in this Dream-Life & so many other Dream-lives is our imaginary “”self-forgetfulness”” or “self-ignorance”, we can end all our Suffering & attain perfect Happiness only by experiencing the Absolute Clarity of true Self-Knowledge.

Since the illusion of Duality is caused by our “self-forgetfulness” – our “forgetfulness” of our fundamental Non-Dual Consciousness of our own infinite & absolute Existence – it will be dissolved only when we experience perfectly clear Non-Dual Self-Knowledge or Self-Consciousness.

By seemingly forgetting our Real Self, we enable our self to imagine that we have become a Body. Therefore though we have never really ceased to be our Infinite Real Self, we do appear to have become something else.

Hence in his 1^st Verse of Ēkātma Pañcakam, Sri Ramana says that having forgotten our Real Self, having repeatedly imagined our self to be a Body, & having thereby seemingly taken birth in innumerable different bodies, when we finally know our self we become our self once again.  He says:

“[…] finally knowing our Self [& thereby] becoming our Self […]”

He does not mean to imply that the attainment of true Self-Knowledge is really a process of “becoming”.  Relative to our present State of “self-forgetfulness”, in which we seem to have become a Body & Mind, the State of Self-Knowledge may appear to be a State in which we will once again become our Real Self, but in Reality it is just our Natural State of Existence, in which we remain as we always have been – that is, as our immutable Real Self.

The word that Sri Ramana actually uses in this Verse is ādal, which is a gerund that primarily means “becoming” but can also mean “Existence”. Therefore, though the words “iṟudi taṉṉai-y-uṇarndu tāṉ-ādal“, which form the subject of this Verse, could be translated as: “finally knowing our Self [& thereby] becoming our Self“, they can be translated more accurately as “finally knowing our Self [& thereby just] Existence our Self.”

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 129

Even when our Mind subsides temporarily such as in Deep Dreamless Sleep or Death, our deeply rooted Desires & Fears are not dissolved, because our basic “self-ignorance” persists in a dormant form.  Therefore as soon as we are sufficiently rested, our dormant Desires & Fears rouse us from sleep, giving rise either to the experience of this Waking State or to the experience of a Dream.

All our Dreams are caused by our latent Desires & Fears, & our present Waking State is just one of our Dreams.  Just as all that we experience in a Dream is our own thoughts, which are formed by our latent Desires & Fears, so all that we experience in our Present Waking State is our own thoughts, which are likewise formed by our latent Desires & Fears.

Since our Present Waking Life is actually just a Dream in our imaginary sleep of “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”, the State that we call Death is merely the final termination of this particular Dream. The entire Life of our present Body is one continuous Dream, which is interrupted each day by a brief period of rest in “sleep” [Deep Dreamless Sleep or Dream], but which resumes as soon as we have recuperated sufficient energy to engage in another period of mental activity.

One feature of this Dream is that the imaginary Body that we now mistake to be our self appears to grow gradually older & more worn out, until eventually we forsake it permanently. The State in which we thus permanently cease to imagine our present Body to be our self is what we generally call Death.

Since Death is just the ending of an extended Dream, it is merely a State of temporary subsidence of our Mind, like the Deep Dreamless Sleep that we experience every day.  After we have rested for a while in Deep Dreamless Sleep, our latent Desires & Fears impel our Mind to rise & become active once again in another State of Dream.  Similarly, after we have rested for a while in Death, our latent Desires & Fears impel our Mind to rise once again in another State of activity, in which we imagine some other Body to be our self.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 128

Our present Waking Life is actually just a Dream that is occurring in our Imaginary Deep Dreamless Sleep of “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”.  When we imaginarily ignore or forget our Real Self, which is Infinite Existence, Consciousness, & Happiness, we seemingly separate our self from the perfect Happiness that is our own Self.

Therefore until we reunite with our own Reality, which is Absolute Happiness, we cannot rest, except during the brief but necessary interludes that we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep, Death & other such States, in which our Mind subsides in a state of temporary abeyance or inactivity.

Because we have imaginarily separated our self from our own Infinite Happiness, we feel perpetually dissatisfied, & hence our innate love for Happiness impels us to search restlessly for the Happiness that we have lost.  Thus our natural love for Happiness, which is our own true Existence, is seemingly distorted, manifesting in the form of Desire, which impels us to be active, thereby driving our self further away from our True State of Existence.

Whereas true Love is our Natural State of just Existence, desire gives rise to “doing” or activity, which distracts us from our essential Existence.  How does our love for Happiness become distorted as desire ?  Having imaginarily separated our self from our Infinite Real Self, we now feel Happiness to be something other than our self, & therefore we seek it outside our self in objects & experiences that we imagine to be other than our self.  In our Natural State of true Self-Knowledge, we experience Happiness as our own Self, & hence our Love for Happiness impels us just to be our Self.

In our imaginary state of “self-ignorance”, on the other hand, we experience “happiness” as if it were something other than our self.  Hence our simple Love for Happiness is distorted as innumerable desires for things other than our Self – for objects & experiences that we imagine will give us the Happiness for which we crave.

Because our “self-ignorance” clouds our natural clarity of Discrimination, it deludes us, making us imagine that in order to be happy we must obtain things other than our Self – whether material Objects, Sensual experiences, or Intellectual knowledge.  We imagine that certain experience  will make us happy, & certain other experiences will make us unhappy.  Hence we desire those experiences that we imagine will make us happy, & we fear or feel averse to those experience  that we imagine will make us unhappy.

Thus our “self-ignorance” inevitably gives rise to our Desires & Fears, which impel us to be constantly active, striving by Mind, Speech, & Body to experience the Happiness for which we yearn so intensely.  Until we attain the Non-Dual experience of true Self-Knowledge, thereby dissolving the Illusion of “self-ignorance”, we will not be able to free our self from the gripping vice of Desire & Fear.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 127

Our present Waking Life is actually just a Dream that is occurring in our Imaginary Deep Dreamless Sleep of “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”.  When we imaginarily ignore or forget our Real Self, which is Infinite Existence, Consciousness, & Happiness, we seemingly separate our self from the perfect Happiness that is our own Self.

Therefore until we reunite with our own Reality, which is Absolute Happiness, we cannot rest, except during the brief but necessary interludes that we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep, Death & other such States, in which our Mind subsides in a state of temporary abeyance or inactivity.

Because we have imaginarily separated our self from our own Infinite Happiness, we feel perpetually dissatisfied, & hence our innate love for Happiness impels us to search restlessly for the Happiness that we have lost.  Thus our natural love for Happiness, which is our own true Existence, is seemingly distorted, manifesting in the form of Desire, which impels us to be active, thereby driving our self further away from our True State of Existence.

Whereas true Love is our Natural State of just Existence, desire gives rise to “doing” or activity, which distracts us from our essential Existence.  How does our love for Happiness become distorted as desire ?  Having imaginarily separated our self from our Infinite Real Self, we now feel Happiness to be something other than our self, & therefore we seek it outside our self in objects & experiences that we imagine to be other than our self.  In our Natural State of true Self-Knowledge, we experience Happiness as our own Self, & hence our Love for Happiness impels us just to be our Self.

In our imaginary state of “self-ignorance”, on the other hand, we experience “happiness” as if it were something other than our self.  Hence our simple Love for Happiness is distorted as innumerable desires for things other than our Self – for objects & experiences that we imagine will give us the Happiness for which we crave.

Because our “self-ignorance” clouds our natural clarity of Discrimination, it deludes us, making us imagine that in order to be happy we must obtain things other than our Self – whether material Objects, Sensual experiences, or Intellectual knowledge.  We imagine that certain experience  will make us happy, & certain other experiences will make us unhappy.  Hence we desire those experiences that we imagine will make us happy, & we fear or feel averse to those experience  that we imagine will make us unhappy.

Thus our “self-ignorance” inevitably gives rise to our Desires & Fears, which impel us to be constantly active, striving by Mind, Speech, & Body to experience the Happiness for which we yearn so intensely.  Until we attain the Non-Dual experience of true Self-Knowledge, thereby dissolving the Illusion of “self-ignorance”, we will not be able to free our self from the gripping vice of Desire & Fear.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 126

Even now in our present Waking State, if we turn our attention away from all thoughts towards our own Essential Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, all our knowledge of external objects will disappear.  Is it not clear, therefore, that all our objective knowledge depends upon our thoughts about the objects that we know ?  We appear to know an object only when we form an image of it in our Mind.  Since mental images are what we otherwise call thoughts, all that we know of external objects is only the thoughts of them that we form in our own Mind by our power of Imagination.

Except our Essential Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, everything that we know or experience is only a thought – one among the many mental images that we form in our own Mind. Just as we understand that everything that we experience in a Dream is merely our own Imagination, by analysis we can understand that everything that we experience in our present Waking State is likewise merely our own Imagination.

Our belief that our knowledge of this seemingly external World corresponds to something that actually exists outside our self is merely an Imagination – one among the many thoughts that we form in our Mind. There is absolutely no evidence – & there never can be any evidence – that the World we now experience actually exists outside our self, any more than there is any evidence that the World we experienced in a Dream actually exists “outside” our self.

In Verse 1 of Ēkātma Pañcakam, after the first 2 clauses,

“Having forgotten our self” & “having thought ‘[this] Body indeed is myself’.”

Sri Ramana adds a 3^rd clause,

“having [thereby] taken innumerable births.”

What exactly does he mean by this ?  How actually do we “take innumerable Births” ?

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 125

We are Consciousness, & everything that we know is merely a form or image that appears in our Consciousness – that is, in us – like waves that appear on the surface of the ocean.  Just as the water of the Ocean is the one substance of which all Waves are formed, so our Consciousness is the one substance of which all our Thoughts – that is, all the Objects known by us, including our Body – are formed.

Our Body & everything else that we know are just a series of thoughts or mental images, which we form in our own Mind by our power of Imagination.  Since everything other than our own Consciousness is just a figment of our Imagination, our Consciousness alone is Real, & hence it is the one true substance of which all other things are formed.  In the final sentence of the 18^th paragraph of Nāṉ Yār? Sri Ramana says:

“In both Waking & Dream thoughts & names-&-forms occur simultaneously.”

In this context the plural form of the compound word nāma-rūpa, which literally means “name-forms” & which can be translated as “names-&-forms“, denotes all the objects of the World which we imagine exist outside our Self.  In each of our States of mental activity, whether we imagine that State to be Waking or Dream, we experience the fact that the objects that we recognise as Existence merely thoughts that we have formed in our own Mind & the objects that seem to exist outside our self, both appear simultaneously.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 124

The relationship between our self & our Body is similar to the relationship between gold & a gold  ornament.  Just as gold is the 1 substance of which the ornament is made, so we are the 1 substance of which our Body & all the other objects of this World are made.

Therefore in Verse 4 of Ēkātma Pañcakam Sri Ramana says:

“Is [an] ornament other than [the] gold [of which it is made] ?  Having separated [freed or disentangled] our self, what [or how] is [our] Body ? One who thinks himself [or herself] to be [merely a finite] Body is an ajñāni [a person who is ignorant of our one Real, Infinite & Non-Dual Self], [whereas] one who takes [himself or herself] to be [nothing other than our one Real] Self is a jñāni, [a Sage] who has known [this One Real] Self.  Know [your Self thus as this 1 Infinite Self].”

In the kaliveṇbā version of Ēkātma Pañcakam Sri Ramana added the word vattuvām, which means “which is the substance,” before the initial word of this Verse, poṉ or “gold”.  The word vattu is a Tamil form of the Sanskrit word vastu, which means “substance“, “essence” or “reality” & which is a word that is often used in Philosophy to denote the Absolute Reality, our own Self-Conscious Existence, which is the one essential substance of which all things are formed.  Since Sri Ramana is here using gold as an analogy for our Real Self, by describing gold as the vastu or “substance” he implies that we our Self are the one Real substance of which our Body & all other things are merely imaginary forms.

The rhetorical question: “Having separated our self, what is [our] Body ?” expresses 2 closely related truths.  Firstly, it expresses the truth that our Present Body does not exist when we separate our self from it, as we do in both Deep Dreamless Sleep & Dream.

Secondly, & in this context more importantly, this question is an idiomatic way of expressing the truth that just as an “ornament” cannot be other than the gold of which it is made, so our Body cannot be other than our Real Self, which is the one substance of which all things are made.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 123

The State that we now experience as Waking is in fact just another Dream.  Just as we now mistake our Present State to be Waking, in a Dream we likewise mistake our then current State to be Waking.  We always mistake whatever State we are currently experiencing to be our Waking State, & we consider all our other States to be Dreams.

What distinguishes one State of Dream from another is that in each such State or each series of such States we mistake a different Body to be our self.  Since we remember a series of consecutive States in which we mistook our self to be the same Body that we now mistake our self to be, we consider each of those States to be a resumption of this same “Waking State”.  However, we also remember other States in which we mistook our self to be various other bodies, so we consider those other states to be “Dreams”.

Since the fact that we take various different bodies to be our self is what makes us imagine that there is a basic distinction between our Present so-called Waking State & our other States of Dream, in the 3^rd sentence of the 18^th paragraph of Nāṉ Yār ?  Sri Ramana says, “In Dream [our] Mind takes another Body“.

In our Present State of Dream, we consider certain other States of Dream to be real, because in them we took this same Body to be our self, but we consider yet other states of Dream to be unreal, because in them we mistook other bodies to be our self.

How exactly do we “take another Body” in each of our Dreams  ?  In a Dream we imagine the existence of some other Body, & we simultaneously imagine that Body to be our self.  Similarly, in our Present so-called Waking State we imagine the existence of this Body & simultaneously imagine it to be our self.  Just as the Body that we mistook to be our self in a Dream was merely a product of our own Imagination, so this Body that we now mistake to be our self is merely a product of our own Imagination.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 122

In order to know our self, we must keenly scrutinize our Self – that is, we must focus our attention wholly & exclusively upon our Essential Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”. So long as we have any Desire, Attachment, Fear. or Aversion for anything other than our own Essential Self-Consciousness, whenever we try to focus our attention upon our Self, we will be distracted by our thoughts of whatever other things we Desire, Fear, or Feel Averse to.  

 And so long as we believe that those other things exist outside our own Imagination & are therefore real in their own right, we will not be able to free our self from our Desire, Attachment, Fear. or Aversion for them.  Therefore to help us to free our self from all our Desires, Attachments, Fears, & Aversions, Sri Ramana & other sages teach us the truth that everything other than our own self-Consciousness, “I exist”, is unreal, being a mere figment of our own imagination.

 This is why in Verse 559 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai he confirmed the inference that we can draw from the fact that whatever we experienced in a Dream appeared then to be as real as what we experience in this Waking state appears now to be, stating explicitly:

 “If Dream, which appeared [and was experienced by us as if it were real], is a mere whirling of [our own] thoughts, Waking, which has [now] occurred [and is Existence experienced by us as if it were real], is also of that [same] nature [that is, it is likewise a mere whirling of our own thoughts]. As real as the happenings in Waking, which has [now] occurred, [appear to be at this Present moment], so real indeed [the happenings in] Dream [appeared to be] at that Time.”

 Sri Ramana affirms emphatically that Waking & Dream are both a “mere whirling of thoughts.”   That is, they are each a series of mental images that we form in our own Mind by our power of Imagination.  In other words, other than our Fundamental Self-Consciousness “I exist”, every thing that we experience in either Waking or Dream is just a figment of our own Imagination.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 121

If we try to judge the duration of Dream by the standard of Time that we experience now, our judgment will inevitably be distorted & therefore invalid.  The relative reality of all that we experience in Waking & Dream cannot be correctly judged from either of these 2 States. When we are dreaming, we mistake everything that we experience in that Dream to be “real”, but when we are in our Present Waking State, we understand that everything that we experienced in that Dream is actually a figment of our Imagination.  Just as we can correctly judge the reality of all that we experienced in Dream only when we step outside that Dream into our Present Waking state, so we will be able to judge correctly the reality of all that we experience now in this so-called Waking state only when we step outside it into some other State that transcends it.

From the perspective of the All-Transcending State of true Self-Knowledge, which is the State of Non-Dual & therefore Absolute Self-Consciousness, Sri Ramana & other Sages have been able to judge correctly the relative reality of all that we experience in Waking & Dream, & they have testified the fact that these 2 States are equally unreal, because they are both mere figments of our Imagination [as was of course the Body & Life of Ramana “who” was more obviously Brahman than most].

In the 2^nd sentence of the 18^th paragraph of Nāṉ Yār? Sri Ramana says:

“To the extent to which all the occurrences that happen in Waking appear to be ‘real’, to that extent even the occurrences that happen in Dream appear at that time to be real.”

This is a fact that we all know from our own experience, but what inference should we draw from it ?  Since we now know that whatever we experienced in a Dream was just our own thoughts, even though at that Time it appeared to be as “real” as whatever we experience in this Waking State now appears to be, is it not reasonable for us to infer that whatever we experience in this Waking State is most probably likewise just our own thoughts ?

Though this is a logical inference for us to draw, we can verify it for certain only when we ascertain the truth about our self.  Unless we know by our own experience what we really are, we cannot be sure of the reality of anything else that we know.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 120

Our belief that our Body & this World really exist outside our Mind is just wishful thinking.  It is a blind belief, because it is not based upon any adequate evidence, & is therefore without any real foundation.  When we know in this Waking state that the World we perceived & the Body we mistook to be our self in a Dream were in fact just figments of our Imagination, & therefore existed only in our own Mind, what reasonable grounds do we have for believing that our Present Body & the World that we now perceive are anything more than mere figments of our Imagination ?

In the 18^th paragraph of Nāṉ Yār? Sri Ramana says:

“Except that Waking is dīrgha [long lasting] & Dream is kṣaṇika [momentary or lasting for only a short while], there is no other difference [between these 2 imaginary states of mental activity]. To the extent to which all the vyavahāras [doings, activities, affairs or occurrences] that happen in Waking appear [at this Present moment] to be real, to that [same] extent even the vyavahāras that happen in Dream appear at that Time to be real. In Dream [our] Mind takes another Body [to be itself]. In both Waking & Dream thoughts & names-&-forms [the objects of the seemingly external World] occur in one Time [that is, simultaneously].”

Though in the 1^st sentence of this paragraph Sri Ramana says that the only difference between Waking & Dream is that in their relative “duration”.  Waking is long & Dream is short.  In verse 560 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai he points out that even this difference is merely an Illusion:

“The answer which stated that Dream appears & disappears momentarily, [whereas] Waking endures for a long Time, was given as a consoling reply to the question asked [that is, it was a concession made in accordance with the then level of understanding of the questioner].  [In truth, however, Time is merely a product of our Mind’s Imagination, & hence the Illusion that Waking endures for a long Time whereas Dream is momentary is] a deceptive trick that occurs due to the adherence of Mind-māyā [our power of māyā or “self-delusion”, which manifests in the form of our own Mind].”

Since Time is a figment of our Imagination, we cannot measure the duration of one State by the standard of the Time that we experience in another State.  We may experience a Dream which appears to last a long time, but when we wake up we may find that according to the time experienced in this Waking state we have slept for only a few minutes.

Though it may now appear to us that our Present Waking State endures for many hours each day, & resumes every day for many years, & that in contrast each of our Dreams lasts for only a short period of time, this seeming distinction appears to be real only in the perspective of our Mind in

this Waking State.  In Dream our same Mind experiences that Dream as if it were a “Waking State”, & imagines that it is a State that endures for many hours each day, & resumes every day for many years.

Time is an Imagination that we do not experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep, but is a part of each of the “Worlds” that we experience in Waking & Dream.  Since the World that we experienced in a Dream is not the same World that we experience now in this Present Waking State, the Time  that we experienced as part of that Dream World is not the same Time that we are experiencing now.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 119

Just as a Dream appears within our own Mind, so everything that we experience in this Waking State appears within our own Mind.  However, though the World that we now perceive is experienced by us within our own Mind, we imagine our self to be a particular Body, which is one among the many objects that exists in this World.

Therefore if we wish to know the Truth about our Self & this World, should we not determine which of these 2 conflicting experiences is Real & which is an Illusion ?

1) Does this World really exist only in our own Mind, or is

 2) our Mind really something that exists only within a particular Body in this World ?

3) Is this entire Universe, which seems to be so vast, extending with no known limit in Time or Space, merely a series of thoughts in our Mind, or

4) are we merely an insignificant person who lives for a few brief years in a small corner of this Universe ?

In other words, is this whole World really in us, or are we really in the World ?

If this Body & World actually exist only in our own Mind, as the Body & World that we experience in a Dream do, our experience that we are confined within the limits of this Body cannot be real, & must therefore be an Illusion.  We could know that it is real, & not an Illusion, only if we could prove that this Body & World really do exist outside of & independent of our own Mind.

Can we ever prove to our self that anything that we know exists independent of our own Mind ? No, except our own Essential Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, which we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep in the absence of our Mind, we cannot prove to our self that anything is more than a mere Imagination that is created & experienced only in & by our own Mind.

All we know of our Body & this World is only the thoughts or mental images of them which we have formed in our Mind by our power of Imagination.  Other than our Fundamental Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”, everything that we know can be known by us only within our own Mind.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 118

Just as a Dream appears within our own Mind, so everything that we experience in this Waking State appears within our own Mind.  However, though the World that we now perceive is experienced by us within our own Mind, we imagine our self to be a particular Body, which is one among the many objects that exists in this World.

Therefore if we wish to know the Truth about our Self & this World, should we not determine which of these 2 conflicting experiences is Real & which is an Illusion ?

1) Does this World really exist only in our own Mind, or is

 2) our Mind really something that exists only within a particular Body in this World ?

3) Is this entire Universe, which seems to be so vast, extending with no known limit in Time or Space, merely a series of thoughts in our Mind, or

4) are we merely an insignificant person who lives for a few brief years in a small corner of this Universe ?

In other words, is this whole World really in us, or are we really in the World ?

If this Body & World actually exist only in our own Mind, as the Body & World that we experience in a Dream do, our experience that we are confined within the limits of this Body cannot be real, & must therefore be an Illusion.  We could know that it is real, & not an Illusion, only if we could prove that this Body & World really do exist outside of & independent of our own Mind.

Can we ever prove to our self that anything that we know exists independent of our own Mind ? No, except our own Essential Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, which we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep in the absence of our Mind, we cannot prove to our self that anything is more than a mere Imagination that is created & experienced only in & by our own Mind.

All we know of our Body & this World is only the thoughts or mental images of them which we have formed in our Mind by our power of Imagination.  Other than our Fundamental Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”, everything that we know can be known by us only within our own Mind.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 117

The Consciousness that experiences both Waking & Dream is our Mind, & our Mind always experiences itself as Existence a particular Body, which is a part of the World that it is currently experiencing.  If we did not limit our self as a Body & as a Body-bound Mind, we could not experience anything as Existence other than our self, because in Reality we are the unlimited Consciousness in which this entire Dream of Duality appears.

Since we are the Infinite Consciousness in which all things appear & disappear, we alone really exist, & nothing that appears to exist can really be other than our self.  Therefore our Real Consciousness can never know anything other than itself – our own Real Self or Essential Existence, “I exist”.  All otherness is experienced only by our Mind, which is a limited & distorted form of our Real Consciousness.

A Dream actually appears within our own Mind, but our Mind experiences itself as Existence a Body that exists within that Dream.  Such is the self-delusive power of our Imagination. Therefore in verse 3 of Ēkātma Pañcakam Sri Ramana says:

“When [our] Body exists within our self [who are the basic Consciousness in which all things appear], a person who thinks himself [or herself] to be existing within that inconscient [material]

Body is like someone who thinks that the Screen, [which is] the ādhāra [the underlying support or base] of a [cinema] picture, exists within that picture.”

In the kaliveṇbā version of Ēkātma Pañcakam Sri Ramana added the compound word sat-cit-ānanda, which means “Existence-Consciousness-Bliss”, before the initial word of this verse, taṉṉuḷ or “within [our] self”, thereby reminding us that what we are in essence is only the perfectly peaceful Consciousness of Existence, “I exist””I am”.

Other than our basic Consciousness of our own Existence, everything that we know appears within the distorted “object-knowing” form of our Consciousness that we call our Mind, which arises within us during Waking & Dream, & subsides back into our Self during Deep Dreamless Sleep.  Our true Consciousness of Existence – our Essential Self-Consciousness “I exist” – is therefore like the Screen on which a Cinema picture is projected because it is the one fundamental ādhāra or underlying base that supports the appearance & disappearance of our Mind & every thing that is known by the Mind.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 116

Though we are in Reality the Infinite Consciousness of just Existence – the essential Non-Dual Self-Consciousness “I exist” – we imagine our self to be this finite “object-knowing” Consciousness that we call our Mind.  All that we know as other than our self – all our thoughts, Feelings & Perceptions – are merely products of our own Imagination, & they appear to exist only because we imagine our self to be something separate from them.  In Deep Dreamless Sleep we experience our Non-Dual Self-Consciousness “I exist”, but we do not experience any otherness, separation or Duality.

Even in Waking & Dream we experience this same Non-Dual Self-Consciousness “I exist”, but along with it we also experience the Illusion of otherness, separation or Duality.  Nothing that we experience is actually other than our own Essential Consciousness.  Our Consciousness is the fundamental substance that appears as all other things.  Other things are all products of our Imagination.  What we call our Imagination is a power or faculty that our Consciousness possesses to modify itself seemingly into the form of our Thoughts, Feelings, & Perceptions.

When we imagine our experience of Thoughts, Feelings, & Perceptions, we create a seeming separation between our self & these objects of our Consciousness.  Therefore if we did not first imagine our self to be something separate – something limited or finite – we could not experience anything as being other than our self.  Hence, in order to imagine the “existence” of things other  than our self, we must begin by imagining our self to be one among the many finite things that we thus imagine.

Thus in order to experience a World, whether this World that we perceive in our present Waking State or the World that we perceive in any of our other Dreams, we must simultaneously imagine  our self to be a particular Body in that World.  We can clearly recognize this fact when we consider our experience in Dream.

We do not experience a Dream in the same manner that we experience a cinema show. When we watch a cinema show or television program, we experience our self as a spectator who exists outside the moving picture that we are watching, but when we experience a Dream, we experience our self as a Person – a Body & Mind – who is a part of the Dream World that we are experiencing.  Similarly, when we experience our present Waking State, we experience our self as a Person – a Body & Mind – who is a part of this Waking World that we are now experiencing.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 115

Though the Absolute Truth is that Deep Dreamless Sleep is a State of Infinite Non-Dual Self-Consciousness, which is the only existing Reality, so long as we imagine our self to be this Mind, for all practical purposes we have to concede that Deep Dreamless Sleep does indeed appear to be a relative state of “self-forgetfulness”.

Only if we recognize the fact that the sole cause of the appearance of our Mind is our imaginary “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”, will we be able to understand that the only means by which we can transcend the limitations that are seemingly imposed upon us by our Mind is to destroy this illusion of “self-forgetfulness”.  In order to destroy this Illusion, we must know our self as we really are, & in order to know our self as we really are, we must attend to our Self – to our fundamental Consciousness of our own Essential Existence, “I exist”.

Therefore, though Sri Ramana experienced the Absolute Truth – the Truth that we have never really “forgotten” our Self, because we are the perfectly Non-Dual Self-Consciousness, which never knows anything other than itself – in his Teachings he accepted the relative reality of our present imaginary “self-forgetfulness” or “self-ignorance”.  This is the reason why he began the above verse of Ēkātma Pañcakam with the words, “Having forgotten our Self.”  After saying, “Having forgotten our Self“, Sri Ramana says. “having thought [this] Body indeed is myself,” because our present Imagination that we are this Body arises as a result of our “self-forgetfulness”.

If we clearly knew what we really are, we could not imagine our self to be anything that we are not.  Therefore we could not imagine our self to be this Body if we did not first imagine our seeming “self-forgetfulness” or lack of clarity of Self-Consciousness.  Whenever our Mind becomes active, whether in Waking or in Dream, it first imagines itself to be a Body, & then through the 5 Senses of that imaginary Body it perceives an imaginary World.

Our Mind cannot function without first limiting itself within the confines of an imaginary Body, which it mistakes to be “I”.  Hence our Mind is an intrinsically limited & therefore distorted  form of Consciousness.  Without imagining itself to be something finite, our Mind could not imagine anything that is other than itself.  All otherness or duality is an Imagination that can come into existence only when we imagine our self to be a separate & therefore finite “consciousness”.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 114

When we analyze our experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep more deeply, it becomes clear to us that though we now imagine that we did not experience any consciousness in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we did in fact experience our Fundamental Consciousness of our own Essential Existence, “I exist”.  Therefore, though Deep Dreamless Sleep does appear to our Waking– Mind to be a State of “self-forgetfulness”, on more careful consideration we cannot deny the fact that we did indeed experience our Natural & Eternal Self-Consciousness even in Deep Dreamless Sleep.

Hence, when talking from the perspective of the Absolute Reality, which is our own Infinite Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, Sri Ramana used to describe Deep Dreamless Sleep as our True State Of Non-Dual Self-Consciousness. The truth is that we do indeed know that we exist even in Deep Dreamless Sleep.  However, though in Deep Dreamless Sleep we know that we are, we appear not to know what we are.

Nevertheless, though we appear not to know what we are in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we should remember that this seeming “ignorance” or “forgetfulness” of our Real Self in Deep Dreamless Sleep is imaginary & therefore unreal, just as our present “ignorance” or “forgetfulness” of our Real Self is imaginary & unreal.

We have never truly forgotten our Real Self, or been ignorant of it.  We merely imagine that we do not know our self as we really are.  However, as Sri Ramana repeatedly pointed out to us, this imaginary “self-ignorance” or “self-forgetfulness” is experienced only by our Mind, & not by our Real Self, which always experiences itself as Infinite & eternally happy Consciousness of just Existence.

Since in Deep Dreamless Sleep we do not experience our Mind, which alone imagines the existence of “self-forgetfulness”, Deep Dreamless Sleep cannot really be a State of “self-forgetfulness”.  In Deep Dreamless Sleep no individual consciousness exists to experience “self-forgetfulness”.  All that exists in Deep Dreamless Sleep is our un-adulterated Consciousness of our own Real Self or Essential Existence, “I exist”. Therefore, though the relative truth about sleep is that it is a state of “self-forgetfulness”, the Absolute Truth about Deep Dreamless Sleep is that it is a State of perfect Self-Consciousness or Self-Knowledge.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 113

Sri Ramana sometimes described Deep Dreamless Sleep as a “sample” of our True State of Non-Dual Self-Consciousness, & at other times he described it as an imaginary State of “self-forgetfulness”.  Why did he refer to Deep Dreamless Sleep in these 2 different ways, which are seemingly contradictory ?

Deep Dreamless Sleep appears to be a state of “self-forgetfulness” only from the perspective of our Mind, which is itself an imaginary product of our seeming “self-forgetfulness”. If we had not seemingly forgotten our Real Self, we could not now imagine our self to be this Mind, which appears to be something other than our Real Self – our true Non-Dual Consciousness of our own Essential Existence or “is”-ness. Therefore, though our “self-forgetfulness” is truly imaginary, from the perspective of our Mind it is a fact that is undeniably “real”.

Our imaginary “self-forgetfulness” is like a Deep Dreamless Sleep.  Just as Deep Dreamless Sleep is the seeming darkness or lack of clarity without which no Dream could appear, so our “self-forgetfulness” is the seeming darkness or lack of clarity without which we could not imagine our self to be experiencing the States of Dualistic “knowledge” that we call Waking & Dream.

Though our Mind disappears in Deep Dreamless Sleep every day, it reappears from Deep Dreamless Sleep as soon as it has thereby recuperated sufficient energy to engage in another period of activity.  It appears, therefore, that in Deep Dreamless Sleep our Mind somehow continues to exist in a seed form – a dormant & un-manifest form, which will again become manifest as soon as the conditions become favorable, the favorable conditions,  in this case being a sufficient internal store of energy to become active once again.

Since our Mind reappears after a period of rest in Deep Dreamless Sleep, from the perspective of this Mind our idea that in Deep Dreamless Sleep we continue to be unaware or forgetful of our Real Self – our true Non-Dual Consciousness of our own Essential Existence, “I exist” – appears to be quite true.  Therefore, when talking from the perspective of our Mind, Sri Ramana used to describe Deep Dreamless Sleep as an imaginary state of “self-forgetfulness”.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 112

If we raise 2 walls in a vast open Space, that 1 open Space will appear to be divided into 3 confined Spaces.  Similarly, when our Mind imagines the existence of 2 different types of Body – the Body that it imagines to be itself in its current State, which it considers to be Waking, & the Body that it imagined to be itself in another State that it now considers to be Dream – the Infinite Space of our true & Absolute Self-Conscious Existence appears to be divided into 3 separate & therefore finite States, which we call Waking, Dream. & Deep Dreamless Sleep.

In reality, the State that we now call “Deep Dreamless Sleep ” is our true, Natural, Infinite & Absolute State of un-adulterated Self-Consciousness.  However, so long as we feel our self to be this relative & finite Consciousness that we call our Mind, we cannot know sleep as it really is. That is, since we do not experience our Essential Self-Consciousness “I exist” in its true un-adulterated form in our present Waking State, from the perspective of this Waking State we cannot recognize the fact that we did experience our Self-Consciousness “I exist” in its true un-adulterated form in Deep Dreamless Sleep.  Therefore, in order to discover what we really experienced in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we must experience our Fundamental Self-Consciousness “I exist” in its true un-adulterated form in our present Waking State.

In the perspective of our Real Self, which is the Non-Dual Consciousness that knows nothing other than itself, the State that we call Deep Dreamless Sleep is a State of Infinite, Absolute & un-adulterated Self-Consciousness.  However, in the perspective of our Real Self, our other 2 States, which we call Waking & Dream, are equally States of Infinite, Absolute & un-adulterated Self-Consciousness.

That is, in the Infinite perspective of our Real Self, there is only 1 State, & that State is our single, Non-Dual, true & Natural State of Absolute Consciousness of our own Essential Existence, “I exist”.  However, in the limited & distorted perspective of our Mind, our 1 True State of Non-Dual Self-Consciousness appears to be 3 distinct States, which we call Waking, Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 111

[back from hospital]

Our “sleep” of “self-forgetfulness” is imaginary, but from the perspective of our Mind, which is a product of it, it appears to be quite real. That is, so long as we feel our self to be this Mind, we cannot deny the fact that we do appear to lack clear Knowledge of our Real Self, as a result of which the “knowledge” of our self that we now appear to experience is confused & uncertain.

This lack of clarity of true Self-Knowledge is what Sri Ramana describes as “self-forgetfulness”. He also describes it as a “sleep”, because sleep [Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep] is a State in which we forget our normal Waking self.  Just as in our everyday sleep we forget our present Waking self, so in our primal “sleep” of imaginary Self-Forgetfulness we seem to have forgotten our Real Self, which is our ever-wakeful,

Consciousness of our own essential & infinite Existence.  So long as we experience this State of imaginary Self-Forgetfulness, we do not experience our Self as we really are – that is, as infinite & Absolute Existence, infinite & Absolute Consciousness, & infinite & Absolute Happiness.

Instead we experience our self as a finite & relative Existence – a Person who seems to exist now but apparently did not exist before his or her Birth, & apparently will not exist after his or her Death, a person who sometimes rises as this finite & relative “consciousness” that we call our

Mind, & sometimes subsides in the state of relative un-consciousness that we call Deep Dreamless Sleep, a Person who experiences only finite & relative Happiness, mixed with equally finite & relative un-happiness.

In the state of relative un-consciousness that we call Deep Dreamless Sleep, we do not experience our self as a Person, but simply as our own happy Self-Conscious Existence. Though in Deep Dreamless Sleep we do not actually experience any form of relativity or finitude, from the perspective of our present Waking Mind we have to say that Deep Dreamless Sleep is only a relative & therefore finite State, because it is a State which we seem to enter & from which we seem to rise repeatedly.

Therefore, though Deep Dreamless Sleep is not finite in itself, relative to our other 2 States, Waking & Dream, it does appear to be finite.  Since Deep Dreamless Sleep is a State in which our Mind has subsided, it transcends our Mind, & hence it cannot be defined categorically as Existence either finite or Infinite, or as Existence either relative or Absolute. From the perspective of our Mind, Deep Dreamless Sleep is a finite & relative State, but from the perspective of our true Non-Dual Self-Consciousness, “I exist”, it is our Real & Natural State of Infinite & Absolute Existence, Infinite & Absolute Consciousness, & Infinite & Absolute Happiness.

What we actually experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep is only our Non-Dual Consciousness of our own Essential Existence, “I exist”, so as such Deep Dreamless Sleep is a state devoid of any form of relativity or finitude. What makes Deep Dreamless Sleep appear to be a relative & therefore finite State is the rising of our Mind in the 2 truly relative & finite states of Waking & Dream.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 110

Our “Existence Consciousness” always knows itself perfectly clearly, & never experiences any lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge.  Our seeming lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge is merely an illusion, an unreal product of our self-deceptive power of Imagination, & is experienced only by our Mind or “knowing Consciousness”.  Therefore, as soon as we experience our “Existence

Consciousness” with perfect clarity, we will discover that in reality, our imaginary lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge is ever non-existent, & thus the illusion of it will be destroyed forever.

Since our entire experience of Duality or Multiplicity arises only in our Mind, & since our Mind is built upon the flimsy foundation of our imaginary lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge, when this “mist-like” imaginary lack of clarity is dissolved in the clear light of un-adulterated Self-Consciousness, our Mind & all the Duality that it now experiences will disappear forever, just as a Dream disappears as soon as we wake up from sleep [in the Dream State].

Therefore in verse 1 of Ēkātma Pañcakam Sri Ramana says:

“Having forgotten our Self [our Real Self, our pure un-adulterated Consciousness “I exist”], having thought ‘[this] Body indeed is myself],’ [&] having [thereby] taken innumerable births, finally knowing our Self [&] Existence our self is just [like] Waking from a Dream of wandering about the World. See [thus].”

Our present Waking state is in fact just a Dream that is occurring in our long “sleep” of Self-forgetfulness or lack of clarity of true Self-Knowledge.  So long as this “sleep” persists, we will continue Dreaming one Dream after another.  Between our Dreams we may rest for a while [in some “Bardo ” or other Death state] in Deep Dreamless Sleep, but such rest can never be permanent.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 108

From the moment it rises from Deep Dreamless Sleep untill the moment it subsides once again in sleep, our Mind or “knowing Consciousness” is in a state of constant activity or doing. Without doing, without thinking or knowing something other than itself, our Mind cannot stand. As soon as it ceases doing, it subsides in Deep Dreamless Sleep, which is a state of mere Existence.

However, though in Deep Dreamless Sleep we remain as our mere “Existence Consciousness” we somehow appear to lack a perfect clarity of Self-Knowledge in that state.  If we clearly knew our True Nature in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we could not again mistake our self to be a Body or anything else that we are not & hence we would never rise again as our “knowing Consciousness” or Mind.

Throughout all our normal three states of Consciousness, we experience our “Existence Consciousness” as “I exist”, yet we somehow imagine that it is obscured by a lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge.  This lack of clarity of true Self-Knowledge is only imaginary, but because in our Imagination it appears to be real, it enables us to imagine that we are a “knowing Consciousness” in Waking & Dream & that we do not clearly know our self even in Deep Dreamless Sleep, when that “knowing Consciousness” has temporarily subsided.

How exactly we are able to sustain this imaginary lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge even in Deep Dreamless Sleep cannot be understood by our Mind or “knowing Consciousness”.  However, if we are able now in our present Waking State to scrutinize our “Existence Consciousness” sufficiently keenly, we will discover that this imaginary lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge never really existed.

That is, if we turn the attention of our “knowing Consciousness” away from all forms of Duality & focus it keenly upon our non-dual “Existence Consciousness”, which we always experience as “I exist”, we will begin to experience our “Existence Consciousness” more clearly.  The more clearly we experience it, the more keenly we will be able to focus our attention upon it.

By constantly practicing Self-Attention, therefore, we will eventually be able to focus our attention so keenly upon our “Existence Consciousness” that we will experience it with full & perfect clarity.  When we thus come to experience our “Existence Consciousness” with perfect clarity, we will discover that we never really experienced any lack of clarity of Self-Knowledge.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 107

Since both the “Existence” form & the “knowing” form of our Consciousness are experienced by us in the Waking State, we have a choice of attending either to the Thoughts, Feelings, Objects, & Events that are known by the “knowing” form of our “consciousness”, or to the “I exist” that is known by the Existence form of our Consciousness.

When we attend to things other than our Existence, we seemingly become our false form of “knowing consciousness”, which is our Mind, whereas when we attend only to our own Existence, “I exist”, we remain as our Essential Form of Non-Dual “Existence Consciousness”, which is our Real Self.

The nature of our Essential “Existence Consciousness” is just to be, & not to know anything other than itself.  Since it is Consciousness, it knows itself merely by Existence itself.  Its knowledge of itself is therefore not an action, a “doing” of any sort, but is just Existence.

In order to know our Real Self, therefore, all we need do is just exist [Consciously].  What seemingly prevents us from knowing our Real Self, our mere “Existence Consciousness”, is our “doing”, our rising [as a Mind] to know things that we imagine to be other than our Self. Whereas knowing our Self is not a “doing” but just “Existence”, knowing other things is a doing or action.

The very nature of our “knowing Consciousness” or Mind is therefore to be constantly doing.  Our “knowing Consciousness” comes into existence only by an act of Imagination – by imagining itself to be a Body, which it creates by its power of Imagination.  Thus it is nothing but a form of Imagination.  Since it is itself an Imagination, all that it knows is likewise an Imagination.  Since imagining is a doing or action, the very formation of our “knowing Consciousness” in our Imagination is a doing & of all doings it is the first.

Since the rising of our “knowing Consciousness” from sleep is a doing or act of Imagination, all that it gives rise to – all our dualistic “knowledge” which rises in the form of our thoughts, some of which appear to exist externally as our “Body” & the other objects of this “World” – is just a product of doing, a result of our repeated acts of Imagination.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 105

From analysis of our experience in our 3 ordinary States of Consciousness (Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep), we can conclude that we are the underlying Consciousness that knows both the conscious states of Waking & Dream & the seemingly un-conscious state of Deep Dreamless Sleep.  Or to be more precise, we are that Fundamental Consciousness which always knows “I exist” & which in Deep Dreamless Sleep knows nothing but “I exist”, but which in Waking & Dream appears to know other things in addition to “I exist”.

Neither the Consciousness of things other than “I” that we experience in Waking & Dream, nor the un-consciousness of other things that we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep , are ever able to conceal completely our Fundamental Consciousness “I exist”.

Nevertheless they do appear to cloud over & obscure this Consciousness “I exist”, making us feel in Waking & Dream “I am this Body” & in Deep Dreamless Sleep, “I am un-conscious”, & thereby they deprive us of our clear knowledge of our true State of mere Self-Conscious Existence.  Therefore, to know clearly the True Nature of our Existence, we must use our power of knowing to attend to our fundamental & essential Consciousness “I exist”, thereby penetrating beyond the transitory appearances of both the objective Consciousness of Waking & Dream, & the seeming un-consciousness of Deep Dreamless Sleep.

We normally think of Deep Dreamless Sleep as a State of un-consciousness because we are accustomed to associating Consciousness with the state of knowing things other than our self in Waking & Dream.  When the knowing of other things subsides in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we experience a state of seeming darkness or emptiness that we mistake to be un-consciousness.

So accustomed have we become to associating Consciousness with knowing things other than our own Existence, that we overlook the fact that in Deep Dreamless Sleep we are clearly conscious of our Existence.  The reason why we thus overlook our clear Consciousness of our own Existence in sleep is because we have habituated our self to overlooking it in Waking & in Dream.

In both Waking & Dream we usually spend all our time paying attention only to the thoughts & feelings in our Mind, & to the objects & events in the seemingly external “World” & we seldom if ever pay any attention to our mere Existence, our Self-Consciousness “I exist”.  Because we habitually ignore our Consciousness of our own Existence, we mistakenly believe that our dualistic “consciousness” – our “consciousness” that knows things that are seemingly other than our self – is the only Consciousness there is.  Since this dualistic “consciousness” subsides in Deep Dreamless Sleep, that State appears to us to be a state of un-consciousness.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 104

We are so accustomed to associating Consciousness only with our Mind, the Consciousness that knows things other than itself, that with regard to Deep Dreamless Sleep we overlook the obvious. We overlook the fact that the “un-consciousness” of Deep Dreamless Sleep is something that we our self have experienced, & that in order to have experienced that so-called “un-consciousness” in Deep Dreamless Sleep we our self must have been conscious.

Therefore, as far as we can ever possibly know, there is no such thing as a state of “absolute un-consciousness”.  Such a state of “absolute un-consciousness” would be a state that could never be known or experienced.  The only type of un-consciousness that we can experience & know is not a state of “absolute un-consciousness”, but merely a state of relative un-consciousness – a state in

which the Consciousness of duality with which we are familiar in the Waking & Dream states has subsided, a state in which we are not conscious of anything other than our mere Existence, our fundamental Non-Dual Self-Consciousness “I exist”.  If we were really un-conscious in Deep Dreamless Sleep, or at any other time, we could not

be Consciousness, because Consciousness can never be un-conscious.  However, since we are conscious of Deep Dreamless Sleep & other such States of relative un-consciousness, we are the Absolute Consciousness that underlies & supports yet transcends all states of relative Consciousness & un-consciousness.

Does not the fact that we experience Waking, Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep as 3 distinct States clearly prove that we exist & are conscious of our Existence in all these 3 States ?  There is thus a continuity of our Existence and our Consciousness through all our 3 States of Waking, Dream &

Deep Dreamless Sleep.

However, the Consciousness of our mere Existence that continues unbroken in all these 3 States is distinct from the “consciousness” that knows a Body & World in just 2 of the States, namely Waking & Dream.

Our simple & fundamental Consciousness of our own mere Existence that continues throughout our 3 States is our pure un-contaminated Consciousness “I exist”, whereas the “consciousness” that identifies itself with a particular Body & that knows a World through the 5 Senses of that Body is the mixed & contaminated “consciousness” of “I am this Body.”

This mixed “consciousness” that identifies itself with a Body is a limited & distorted form of our original & fundamental Consciousness “I exist”.  Since this distorted “consciousness”, which we call our “Mind”, appears only in the States of Waking & Dream, & disappears in deep sleep, it cannot be our Real Nature, our True & Essential Self.  Our Real Nature is only our pure, un-contaminated & unlimited Consciousness “I exist”, which underlies &  supports the passing appearance of our 3 States (Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep).

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 103

Another parallel line of reasoning can demonstrate the fact that we were conscious of our existence in Deep Dreamless Sleep.  After we wake up from Deep Dreamless Sleep, do we not have a clear memory of having deeply slept, & of having known nothing while we slept ?  Since we can have no memory of something unless we have actually experienced it, our memory of having deeply slept & having known nothing while deeply asleep is a clear proof of the fact that we did experience our self deeply sleeping & knowing nothing at that time.

If we did not truly remember our experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep, we could not know with such certainty that we were unconscious of anything at that time. What we would know about Deep Dreamless Sleep is not the positive knowledge that we slept & knew nothing at that time, but merely a negative knowledge that we do not remember any such State at all.

Instead of remembering a clear gap between one period of Waking & the next – a thought-free gap in which we were clearly unconscious of anything other than our own Existence – we would remember no break at all between 2 such consecutive periods of Waking.  The end of one period of Waking would in our experience simply merge without any perceptible break into the beginning of the next period of Waking, & all our many consecutive periods of Waking would appear to us to be one single continuous & unbroken period of Waking, just as the many frames of a movie film when projected in rapid succession upon a screen appear to be one single continuous & unbroken moving picture.

If there were no continuity of our Consciousness during Deep Dreamless Sleep, the gap that exists between one period of Waking & the next would be imperceptible to us, just as the gap between each frame of the movie film is imperceptible to us. Deep Dreamless Sleep is thus a State of which we do have a direct & first-hand experience.  Since there can be no experience without Consciousness, the fact that we experience Deep Dreamless Sleep clearly proves that we certainly do have some level of Consciousness even in that State. That level of Consciousness that we experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep is our deepest & most fundamental level of Consciousness – our simple Non-Dual Consciousness of our own essential Existence, which is our true Self-Consciousness “I exist”.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 102

When we wake up from Deep Dreamless Sleep, we are able to say with certainty, “I slept peacefully & happily. I knew nothing at that Time, & was not disturbed by any Dream.”  Does not this certain knowledge that we have about our experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep clearly indicate not only that we did exist at that time, but also that we knew we existed ?

Generally we think of Deep Dreamless Sleep as a state of “un-consciousness”.  But what we were un-conscious of in Deep Dreamless Sleep was only things other than “I”, such as any Body or World.  We were not, however, un-conscious of our own existence.  We need other people to tell us that our Body & the World existed while we were deeply asleep, but we need no one to tell us that we existed at that time. Without the help or testimony of any other person or thing, we know clearly & without any doubt “I slept”.

In Deep Dreamless Sleep we may not have known exactly what we were, but we did know very clearly that we were.  The clear knowledge that we possess about our experience in Deep Dreamless Sleep, & that we express when we say. “I slept peacefully, & knew nothing at that Time”, would not be possible if in Deep Dreamless Sleep we had not been conscious of that experience. Or to be more precise, if we had not been conscious of our self as the Consciousness that was un-conscious of anything other than our own peaceful & happy Existence.

If we did not know “I exist” while we were deeply asleep, now after we have woken from Deep Dreamless Sleep we could not know so clearly “I slept”.  That is, we could not now know so clearly that we were then in the State that we now call “Deep Dreamless Sleep” – in other words, that we did indeed exist in that State. We know that we existed in Deep Dreamless Sleep because in that State we did actually experience our own existence – our Essential Self-Conscious Existence, “I exist”.

Since in the Waking State we know clearly not only that we deeply slept, but also that in Deep Dreamless Sleep we did not know anything, is it not clear that Deep Dreamless Sleep was a State that we actually experienced ?  The seeming “un-consciousness” of Deep Dreamless Sleep – the absence at that time of any knowledge about anything other than “I exist” – was our own experience, something that we our self experienced & knew at that time.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 101

In both Waking & in Dream we appear to be a confused mixture of both Consciousness & a physical Body. This confused mixture or compound that is formed by our identification of our Consciousness with a physical Body is what we call our “Mind”.  Since this Mind is a confused & transitory form of Consciousness that appears to exist only when it identifies itself with a Body in either Waking or Dream, & ceases to exist when it relinquishes its Identification with any Body in Deep Dreamless Sleep, can it be anything more than a mere Illusion – an unreal appearance, a phantom product of our self-deceptive power of Imagination ?

Since all things other than our fundamental Consciousness “I am” are known by us only through the unreliable medium of this confused, self-deceiving & transitory form of Consciousness called “Mind”, can we confidently say that any of them are real ?  Is it not reasonable for us instead to suspect that they are all nothing more than an illusory & unreal apparition, just like all the things that we see in a Dream ?

Since the Body that we mistake to be “I” in the Waking state, & the Body that we mistake to be “I” in a Dream, are both transitory appearances, appearing as they each do in one state & not in another, is it not clear that we cannot be either of these 2 bodies ?  If we are neither of them, then what in fact are we ?

We must be something that exists in both Waking & Dream. Though the Body & World that we now know in the Waking state & the Body & World that we knew in Dream may be very similar to each other, they are clearly not the same Body & World.  Is there anything that exists & remains the same in both of these 2 states, & if so what is it ?  On superficial observation, the only thing that is common to these 2 states is our Mind, the Consciousness that knows them.  Are we then this Consciousness that knows both Waking & Dream, & that identifies one Body as “I” in Waking & another Body as “I” in Dream ?

We cannot answer this question without first asking another.  Are we this same Consciousness not only in Waking & Dream, but also in Deep Dreamless Sleep ?  No, this Consciousness that knows a Body & World in the Waking & Dream states ceases to exist in Deep Dreamless Sleep.  But do we also cease to exist in Deep Dreamless Sleep ?  No, though we cease to be conscious of any Body or World in the state of Deep Dreamless Sleep, we nevertheless do exist in that State, & we also know our own existence at that time.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 100

The assumption that the Body & World existed when we were unconscious of them in Dream & in Deep Dreamless Sleep is an assumption is based upon our 1^st & most fundamental assumption – our wrong assumption that we are somehow a mixture of both a physical Body & the Consciousness that knows that Body.  That Consciousness knows that Body not only subjectively  as “I” but also objectively as “my Body”.

Before we seek to acquire any knowledge about other things, all of which we merely assume to be real, but which are quite possibly nothing more than figments of our own imagination, is it not necessary for us first to question this fundamental assumption about who or what we are ?  Since in Dream & in Deep Dreamless Sleep we are consciously separated from this Body that we now in the Waking state identify as “I”, is it not clear that this Body cannot actually be our Real Self ?

In Dream we identify another Dream-Body as “I”, & through the 5 Dream-Senses of that Dream-Body we see a Dream-World of Dream-objects & Dream-people around us, just as in Waking we identify this Body as “I”, & through the 5 Senses of this Body we see a World of objects & people around us.  Does not Dream therefore clearly demonstrate to us that our Mind has a power of Imagination that is so strong & self-deceptive that it can not only create for us a Body & a whole World, but can also deceive us into believing that that Body is “I” & that World is real ?

Does this not give us a very compelling reason to doubt the “reality” of this Body & World in the Waking State ?  Is it not quite possible that this Body & the World full of objects & people that it sees around it are just another creation of the same self-deceptive power of Imagination that created a very similar Body & World in Dream – a Body & World that at that time seemed just as real as this Body & World now seem to be ?

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 98

Do we not all feel our self to be a particular human Body ?  When we say, “I was born at such-&-such a time in such-&-such a place.  I am the son or daughter of so-&-so.  I have traveled to so many different places.  Now I am sitting here, reading this”, & such-like, is it not clear that we identify our self with our Body so strongly that we habitually refer to it as “I” ?

But do we not at the same time also feel our self to be the Consciousness within this Body, & do we not therefore refer to this Body not only subjectively as “I”, but also objectively as “my Body” ?  Are we then 2 different things, this physical Body that we call “I”, & the Consciousness that feels itself to be within this Body, but at the same time regards this Body as an object that it calls “my Body” ?   No, we obviously cannot be 2 different things, because we all know very clearly “I am one”.

That is, we each feel that we have only one self or “I”, & not 2 or more different “I’s”.  When we say “I”, we refer to a Sense of self-hood that is intrinsically single, whole & indivisible. Does that then mean that this physical Body & the Consciousness within it that feels it to be “my Body” are not 2 different things, but are one & the same ?  No, they are very clearly 2 quite different things, because we all know that our Body is not inherently conscious.  Though we cannot know our own Body when our Consciousness is separated from it, we do know that when the Body of some other person dies, it remains just as a lump of insentient matter, devoid of any Consciousness.

Since a physical Body can thus remain without Existence conscious, the Consciousness that appears to be united with it when it is alive & awake is clearly something that is different from it. Moreover, & more importantly, just as we know that a Body can remain without any Consciousness of its own, we also know from our experience in Dream that our own  Consciousness can remain without this Body that we now mistake to be “I”.  In Dream we are conscious, both of our self as a Body & of a World around us, but we are not conscious of this Body, which at that time is supposedly lying asleep on a bed, unconscious of the World around it.  Is it not clear, therefore, that our Consciousness & our Body are 2 different things ?

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 97

How do we come to be so sure that we know nothing in Deep Dreamless Sleep ?  How exactly does this knowledge of not knowing anything in Deep Dreamless Sleep arise ?  In Waking this knowledge takes the form of a thought, “I did not know anything in Deep Dreamless Sleep”, but in Deep Dreamless Sleep no such thought exists. The absence of knowledge in Deep Dreamless Sleep is known by us only because at that time we know that we exist.  That is, because we know that we exist, we are able to know that we exist without knowing any other thing.

In Waking we are able to say that we knew nothing when we were deeply asleep because in Deep Dreamless Sleep we not only existed in the absence of all other knowledge, but also knew that we existed thus.  However, it is important to remember that though in our present Waking State we say, “I knew nothing in Deep Dreamless Sleep”, the knowledge that we actually experience while deeply asleep is not “I know nothing”, but is only “I exist”.

In Deep Dreamless Sleep what we actually know is “I exist”, & nothing but “I exist”.  Since this Knowledge or Consciousness “I exist” exists in all our 3 States (Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep) of Consciousness, & since nothing else exists in all 3 of them, is it not clear that we are in reality only this essential Consciousness “I exist” – or to be more precise, this Essential Self-Consciousness “I exist” ?

Thus by critically analyzing our experience of our self in each of our 3 States of Consciousness, we come to understand that we are in essence only Self-Consciousness – our fundamental Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”.  Unless we analyze our experience of our 3 States of Consciousness in this manner, we cannot arrive at a clear, certain & correct understanding of who or what we really are.  This critical analysis is thus the essential foundation upon which the entire philosophy of true Self-Knowledge is built.

Therefore, since this analysis is so essential to our correct understanding of our self, let us delve into it more deeply, examining our experience of our 3 States (Waking, Dream, & Deep Reamless Sleep) of Consciousness from several alternative angles.  Though certain ideas may appear to repeat themselves when we do so, it is nevertheless useful to explore the same ground again from various different perspectives, because unless we gain not only a clear understanding but also a firm conviction about our Real Nature from our critical analysis of our 3 States of Consciousness, we will lack the motivation required to pursue the rigorous & extremely demanding investigation into our own Essential Self-Conscious Existence, “I exist”, without which we cannot attain direct & immediate experience of true Self-Knowledge.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 G

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 F

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 E

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 D

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 C

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 B

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 14 A

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 90

Who am I ?

 When we seek to obtain knowledge about something, the primary & essential instrument we use is our power of attention.  Without paying attention to something, we cannot know it.

Now it is only by means of 1 or more of our 5 Senses that we can obtain knowledge about anything in the external World.  However, though our 5 Senses provide us with information about the external World, we can only know that information by attending to it.  If we do not pay attention to the information provided by our Senses, we can fail to see something that happens right in front of our eyes, or to hear a conversation between 2 people sitting just beside us.

Therefore all knowledge is ultimately obtained by us only by means of our power of attention. Since our Consciousness is not an object, it cannot be observed by means of any mechanical aid, nor can it be observed by means of any of our 5 Senses. The one & only instrument by which we can observe & know our Consciousness is our own power of attention, unaided by anything else.

Since we are Consciousness, & since our Consciousness knows itself without any sort of aid, all we need to do to obtain a clear Knowledge of our Consciousness as it really is, is to withdraw our attention from all the objects known by our Consciousness & to concentrate it only upon our Consciousness itself.

Since our power of attention is our power of knowing or Consciousness, which we are free to direct towards whatever we wish to know, concentrating our attention upon our own Consciousness means concentrating our attention upon itself, or concentrating our Consciousness upon itself.  Since we experience our Consciousness or power of knowing as “I”, as our own Essential Self, attending to it is not any form of objective attention, but is a purely subjective  attention – a perfectly Non-Dual Self-Attention, an attention to our own essential self or “I”.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 89

Who am I ?

 In order for us to determine the means by which we can discover who or what we really are, it is necessary for us first to gain a clear theoretical understanding of what we are & what we are not. We can gain such an understanding only by carefully & critically analyzing our experience of our self.  For such an analysis to be complete & thorough, we must consider our experience of our self not only in our present Waking state, but also in each of our other 2 States of Consciousness, Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep.

First we carefully consider all the already known facts about the subject under investigation in order to formulate a reasonable hypothesis that can explain those facts, & then they proceed to test that hypothesis by rigorously conducted experiments.  The hypothesis formulated by Sages is that we are not the Body composed of unconscious Matter.  Nor are we the Mind consisting of Thoughts, Feelings, & Perceptions, but that we are the essential underlying Consciousness by which the Body & Mind are both known.

This hypothesis has been independently tested & verified by many Sages before us, but these findings cannot be demonstrated objectively.  Therefore, to be truly benefited by this Self-Knowledge, we each have to test & verify this hypothesis for our self. In order to do so, we must each see whether or not the Consciousness that we experience as “I” can stand alone without our Body or Mind.

If we are able to remain as Consciousness in the absence of any kind of Body or Mind, we will prove to our self that we are neither of those 2 objects known by us.  In order to remain as our mere Consciousness “I exist” without any awareness of our Body or Mind, it is necessary for us to know our Consciousness in its pure form, devoid of any contents – devoid of any objects of knowledge.

We are so accustomed to identifying our Consciousness “I exist” with our Body & Mind that it may initially appear difficult for us to distinguish our essential Consciousness from these objects known by it.  Because of this identification of our Consciousness with its objects or contents, our knowledge of it appears to be clouded & unclear. Therefore, in order to distinguish between our Consciousness & its objects, we must gain a clear Knowledge of it as it really is.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 88

In our Waking & Dream States our attention is so absorbed in thinking of other things that we barely notice our own peacefully Self-Conscious Existence, & the Happiness that is inherent in each States.  Generally, the only occasion on which we are clearly aware of the peaceful Happiness of Existence that we experience between 2 consecutive thoughts is during Deep Dreamless Sleep, because Deep Dreamless Sleep is a comparatively long gap between 2 consecutive thoughts, brought about by the sheer exhaustion of our Mind.

Nevertheless, though we may hardly notice it, even during Waking &  Dream, in the extremely brief moment between the subsiding of each thought & the rising of the next, we do in fact experience our own essential Self-Conscious Existence or brahman in its true & perfectly pure form, uncontaminated by thinking or doing.  Moreover, whenever one of our desires – whether a desire to experience something that we like or a desire to avoid experiencing something that we dislike – is fulfilled, the momentum with which thoughts rise in our Mind slows down temporarily, so not only does each thought rise with less vigor, but also the momentary gap  between 2 consecutive thoughts becomes slightly longer.

Thus for a short while we are able to experience the peaceful Happiness of our own Existence more clearly, until some other desire takes hold of our Mind, thereby reanimating the momentum & vigor with which our thoughts rise, & thus once again obscuring our Happiness of Existence more densely.

The true, motionless, unadulterated & thought-free form of our own Essential Existence or brahman, which we experience momentarily between each 2 consecutive thoughts, is both our fundamental Consciousness of Existence, “I exist”, & the perfect Happiness of our thus Existence conscious only of our Existence.  Therefore, if we wish to experience our own natural & perfect Happiness constantly, our attention must penetrate beneath the wavering or oscillation of thoughts on the surface of our Mind in order to experience in its pure unadulterated form our Essential & Fundamental Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”, which always underlies our wavering Mind.

Thus we can permanently experience perfect & absolute Happiness only in the State of True Self-Knowledge – the State in which we always remain merely as our own essential Existence, our Fundamental Self-Consciousness “I exist”, without rising to think or do anything.  Therefore, let us now examine the knowledge that we have about our self at present in order to understand not only how it is a wrong knowledge, but also what the correct Knowledge of our Self really is, & how we can attain immediate experience of that correct knowledge.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 87

Since in the perspective of our Waking– & Dreaming– Mind, Deep Dreamless Sleep appears to be a separate State, which exists relative to Waking & Dream, it seems to us now to be a limited state of relative un-consciousness – a State that results from a temporary “forgetfulness” of our Waking & Dreaming self, which is the object-knowing “consciousness” that we call our Mind.

Most forms of philosophy are concerned only or at least principally with what we experience in our present Waking State.  Even when they study our other 2, Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep, they do so only from the perspective of our Waking Mind. Therefore, since all such forms of philosophy centered around the experience of our Waking–Mind, they tend to consider our experience in our other 2 states as existence of only secondary importance.  However, in our search for the Absolute Reality, Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep are both crucially important States of Consciousness, since they each give us essential clues concerning the true nature of our real Self.

Dream is important to us because it clearly demonstrates the fact that our Mind has a wonderful power of Imagination by which it is not only able to create a Body & a whole World, but is also able to delude itself into mistaking its own imaginary creation to be “real”.

Deep Dreamless Sleep is important to us because it clearly demonstrates the fact that we can exist & be conscious of our own existence even in the absence of our Mind.  In our search for the Absolute Reality, which transcends all the limitations created by our Mind, Deep Dreamless Sleep is in fact the most important of our 3 States of Consciousness, because it is the only State in which we experience our Fundamental Knowledge – our Essential Self-Consciousness, “I exist” – devoid of any other “knowledge”.  Not only does Deep Dreamless Sleep provide us with in-controvertible evidence of the fact that our Essential Nature is only our Non-Dual Self-Consciousness – our un-adulterated Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist” – but it also provides us with the vital clue that we require in order to practice Self-Investigation effectively.

That is, Self-Investigation or Self-Scrutiny, that we must perform in order to experience true Self-Knowledge, is a State Non-Dual Self-Consciousness – a State in which we knowingly abide as nothing other than our own Essential Self-Conscious Existence.  If we did not already have a taste of this Non-Dual Self-Consciousness in Deep Dreamless Sleep, it would be difficult for our Mind (which is always accustomed to experiencing only Duality or “otherness” throughout its 2 States of activity, Waking & Dream) to comprehend what this State of Non-Dual Self-Consciousness actually is, & hence when we attempt to practice Self-Investigation, which Sri Ramana revealed to us is the only means by which we can experience true Self-Knowledge, it would not be so easy for us to abide knowingly as our own Essential Self-Conscious Existence, “I exist”.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 86

The nature of Happiness is expressed succinctly by Sri Ramana in the opening sentence of his introduction to his Tamil translation of Sri Adi Sankara”s great philosophical poem, Vivēkacūḍāmaṇi:

“Since all living beings in the World desire that they should always be happy [&] devoid of misery, just as [they desire] that they should be happy as always [by] getting rid of those [experiences] such as illness which are not their own nature, since all [living Existences] have love completely only for their own self, since love does not arise except for Happiness, & since in Deep Dreamless Sleep [all living beings have] the experience of Existence happy without anything, when what is called Happiness is [therefore] only [their own real] self, only due to [their] ignorance of not knowing [their real] self do they rise & engage in pravṛtti [extroverted activity], whirling in boundless saṁsāra [the State of restless & incessant wandering of the Mind], forsaking the path [of self-discovery] which bestows [true] Happiness, [believing] as if attaining the pleasures of this World & the next were alone the path to Happiness.”

Sri Ramana expresses the same truth even more tersely in the opening paragraph of Nāṉ Yār? (Who am I ?), a brief 20-paragraph treatise that he wrote about the need for us to attain true self-knowledge, & the means by which we can do so:

“Since all living beings desire to be always happy [&] devoid of misery, since all [of them] have greatest love only for their own self, & since Happiness alone is the cause of love, [in order] to attain that Happiness, which is their own [True] Nature that they experience daily in [Dreamless] sleep, which is devoid of the Mind, knowing [their own real] self is necessary.  For that, jñāna-vicāra [scrutinizing our Consciousness to know] “Who am I ?” alone is the principal means.”

The crucial practical conclusion with which Sri Ramana ends this paragraph, “jñāna-vicāra “Who am I ?” alone is the principal means”, was highlighted by him in bold type in the original Tamil. The term jñāna-vicāra literally means “knowledge-investigation”, & is the process (or rather the state) of investigating our essential Self-Consciousness “I exist”, which is our primary Knowledge & the base of all our other knowledge, in order to attain true knowledge of our own Real Self.

What Sri Ramana means here by the term knowledge–investigation “Who am I ?” is therefore not a mere intellectual analysis of our Knowledge “I exist”, but is an actual examination or deep  scrutiny of our Fundamental Knowledge or Consciousness “I exist” in order to know through direct experience what it really is.  Such an investigation or scrutiny cannot be done by thinking, but only by turning our attention back on our self to know our own Essential Consciousness of Existence.

When our attention or power of knowing is turned outwards to know things other than our self, it becomes our thinking Mind, but when it turns back inwards to know our Essential Self, it remains in its Natural State as our Essential Self – that is, as our true Non-Dual Self-Conscious Existence.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 85

This individual entity that we call our “Mind” is a limited form of Consciousness that always identifies a physical Body as itself.  In our present Waking state, our Mind mistakes this particular Body to be itself, whereas in each Dream it mistakes some other Body to be itself.

Because it takes one Body to be itself in the Waking state, & another Body to be itself in Dream, our Mind clearly does not know what its real self is.  Therefore, so long as we mistake our self to be our Mind, & the particular Body that our Mind at any given time mistakes to be itself, we do not know who or what we really are.  In Deep Dreamless Sleep we do not mistake our self to be our Mind or any particular Body, whereas in Waking we mistake our self to be our Mind & this particular Body, & in Dream we mistake our self to be our Mind & some other particular Body.

In Deep Dreamless Sleep, when we do not take our self to be our Mind or any Body, what do we take our self to be  All we know of our self in Deep Dreamless Sleep is “I exist”.  However, though in sleep we know that we are, we do not clearly know what we are.

For some inexplicable reason, our knowledge of our self in Deep Dreamless Sleep is somehow obscured & vague.  In Deep Dreamless Sleep we definitely know that we are, because if we did not, we would not be able to remember so clearly in the Waking state “I slept happily & peacefully, & did not know anything at that time.”  What we did not know in Deep Dreamless Sleep is anything other than our self – our own essential Self-Consciousness, our fundamental Consciousness of our own Existence, “I exist”.

However, just as in Waking & Dream we appear to identify our fundamental & essential Consciousness “I exist” with our Mind & some particular Body, in Deep Dreamless Sleep we appear to identify it with a seeming lack of clarity of self-knowledge.  Because we do not clearly know our real self in Waking, Dream or Deep Dreamless Sleep, we are able to mistake our self to be our Mind & some particular Body in Waking & Dream. Thus our lack of clear self-knowledge is the root cause for the rising of our Mind, & the consequent rising of all our desires, thoughts & un-happiness.  If we clearly knew what we really are, we could not mistake our self to be anything other than that.

Therefore the only way to put an end permanently to all our desires, thoughts & consequent un-happiness is to know what we really are.  Since our Mind is a form of false or wrong knowledge, a knowledge or Consciousness that wrongly knows itself as “I am this Body” & that wrongly knows all its other thoughts as Existence objects other than itself, it can be destroyed only by our experiencing a True or correct Knowledge of our own essential Existence, “I exist”. Until & unless we know the true nature of our own real self, we cannot free our self from the self-delusive grip of our Mind, and we therefore cannot permanently experience the natural & Absolute Happiness which is our own Real Nature.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Mind & Happiness 84

Since the activity of our Mind is what seemingly obscures our essential nature as absolute Existence, Consciousness & Happiness, in order to experience our essential nature we must put an end to all our mental activity – to all the thoughts that are constantly rising & raging in our Mind.  All forms of thought or mental activity are nothing but the attention that we pay to objects – to things that are seemingly other than our Self.  Throughout our Waking & Dream states, we are constantly thinking only about things other than our own Essential Existence or Fundamental Consciousness.

So long as we attend to anything other than our mere Consciousness of Existence, “I exist”, our Mind is active.  However, if we try to turn our attention back on our Self to know our own Essential Self-Conscious Existence, the activity of our Mind will begin to subside.  If we are able to focus our attention wholly & exclusively upon our Consciousness of Existence, “I exist”, then all our thoughts or mental activity will subside completely, & we will clearly know the True Nature of our own Real Self, which is Perfect & Absolute Existence, Consciousness & Happiness.

Did we not see earlier that Happiness is a State of Existence, & un-happiness is a state of doing ? In Deep Dreamless Sleep we remain as mere Existence, without rising to do anything, & hence we experience perfect Happiness.  In Waking & Dream, on the other hand, we forsake our Essential & Natural State of mere Existence by rising as our Mind, whose nature is to be constantly doing, & hence we experience Happiness mixed with un-happiness.  Whereas Deep Dreamless Sleep is a state of mere Existence, & therefore a state of perfect Happiness, Waking, & Dream are States in which our essential Existence is mixed with & obscured by all our doing, & are therefore States in which our Essential Happiness is mixed with & obscured by varying degrees of un-happiness.

Since our Existence is permanent & our doing is impermanent, our Existence is natural & all our doing is unnatural.  Hence our Happiness is natural, because it is our Essential Existence, & all our un-happiness is unnatural, because it is a result of our doing or thinking.  The root of all our doing, & hence the root of all our un-happiness, is only the rising of our Mind. Whenever our Mind rises, it is active, thinking thoughts of innumerable different kinds.  Our Mind cannot remain for a moment without activity – without thinking of something other than our own essential Existence.  As soon as our Mind ceases to think of anything other than our own Existence, it subsides & merges motionlessly in our Natural State of mere Existence, which is the Source from which it rose.

Thus, whenever our Mind becomes inactive, it ceases to be the thinking entity that we call “Mind” & remains instead as our Essential Self-Conscious Existence, which is its own True Nature. Though in Deep Dreamless Sleep our Mind subsides & remains merely as our essential Existence, the perfect Happiness that we experience in that State appears to be short-lived, because our Mind driven by its dormant desires eventually rises again to experience a State of Waking or Dream.

Therefore in Deep Dreamless Sleep our Mind & its inherent desires are not destroyed completely, but have merely subsided in a state of abeyance, dormancy or temporary quiet.  If we wish to experience our natural & perfect Happiness permanently, therefore, we must not merely make our Mind subside temporarily in a State of abeyance like Deep Dreamless Sleep, but must destroy it completely. Since the rising of our Mind is the rising of all our un-happiness, the temporary quiescence of our Mind is the temporary quiescence of all our un-happiness, & the destruction of our Mind is the destruction of all our un-happiness.  Why is our Mind, which is the root of all our desires & therefore the cause of all our un-happiness, not destroyed in Deep Dreamless Sleep ?  Why does it rise again from that State ?  To answer this, we must understand why it rose in the 1^st place.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

Reality 133

The view of QND Qualified Non-Duality is that the Absolute is of the same True Nature as oneself, one Self being of the same True Nature as the Absolute.  There are distinctions such as a difference in vastness, steadiness of experience and such. It is said that it to be as a glass of water and the ocean.  They are both water, the same thing, yet they are not the same one’s understanding can extend to the point of viewing the Absolute as a Background of all, it’s a Substrate of all, as that from which everything arises it to which all will return, & even as to that which pervades everyone & everything with a distinction between the Pervader & the pervaded.

There can be an experience of union, but this will be followed by separation again. There can be a memory of the union while differentiation resumes. The individual experiencer remains, for whom all else arises, who thinks, who feels, who acts, and such.  With such a view of QND Qualified Non-Duality, spiritual practice will become one of attempting merger or union.  The Absolute is viewed more impersonally, as a greater Intelligence, or as some all-pervading Presence.

U Q     D  –  Un-Qualified         Duality  –  such as exoteric religion.

Q     D  –        Qualified         Duality  –  such as Deism, Transcendentalism, New Age spirituality, etc.

Q N D  –        Qualified Non-Duality  –  such as Vishisht-advaita Vedanta

U Q N D  –  Un-Qualified Non-Duality  –  such as Advaita Vedanta, especially the Ajata Vada school

 UQND, Un-Qualified Non-Duality, the yellow zone at 90 – 100^o   or  90 – 100 %  refers to absolute Non-Duality, as in Advaita Vedanta Ajata Vada, of the purest southern Ch’an Buddhism, purest Vajrayana, Mahayana, Madhyamika, Yogacara, and Taoism, without an actual modification or back-step even if some inevitable appears within the limits of verbal expression. This important ultimate spiritual perspective is rare and often claimed when it cannot strictly be so. The latter cases are no so much evasive claims as much as innocent well meaning slips. Not seeing residual duality in a spiritual viewpoint inversely appears as inability to conceive of a perspective that could be more non-dual, or at least “realistically” non-dual.

QND, Qualified Non-Duality, the orange zone from 70 – 90^o   or  70 – 90 % includes the latter case of well meaning blindness to “Un-Qualified” distinction all the way “down” intentional abridgements of “extreme” Non-Duality. Characteristically the “upper” orange portion of UQND, Un-Qualified Non-Duality often claims to be within the yellow UQND, Un-Qualified Non-Duality with the actual QND, Qualified Non-Duality deemed inconceivable. As is more common, even in Advaita Vedanta, and certainly more common in Buddhism, QND, Qualified Non-Duality “back-steps” because UQND, Un-Qualified Non-Duality would seem “nihilistic” or else “solipsistic” and not as “reasonable” and “feasible” for effective spiritual practice. Liberation which is ego-loss can be enjoyed with an understanding, an intellectual perspective anta is less non-dual that UQND, Un-Qualified Non-Duality. Indeed, QND, Qualified Non-Duality could well be the most feasible for a given spiritual aspirant.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 12 C

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with links:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

being-as-consciousnessnon-duality-newfinalversion.com

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

also:  Most of this material will be long searchable via “John Stiga” etc, on the “Wayback Machine” Internet Archive.

Also related to these topics, there are now 8 Kindle books on “Amazon.com”, reference-able by the author “John Stiga”, each indicated as non–copyrighted, public–domain, & priced at the minimum $0.99 each.