Ep. 06 – The Four Noble Truths

Ep. 06 – The Four Noble Truths

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• Author: Ram Dass Here And Now
• Full_Title: Ep. 06 – The Four Noble Truths
• Category: podcasts
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• Last Highlighted Date: 2024-08-01 10:47:39.007504+00:00

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• Understanding the Layers of Existence Summary: Reality comprises different layers of energy, starting from gross physical forms, such as objects we perceive through our senses, to finer energies like thoughts and light. As one moves from the gross to the subtle, energy becomes increasingly refined, illustrating the interconnectedness of everything in the universe. This process is rooted in the concept of prakriti, which signifies the finest form of energy or matter, while akash represents the formless state underlying all existence. Understanding this hierarchy of energy enriches one’s perception of the universe and the nature of reality. Transcript: Speaker 1 First thing is, this ritual that I’m going through now is Brahma. In other words, now I’ve got to stop for a moment for those of you that are new in this game to explain the meaning of Brahma. Here is the gross universe. Your body is this table, this microphone. It’s all gross. Come in through your senses. Gross energy. Slow down, way slow down. Mass energy, you all understand that, so we can go through that quickly. Then you get to finer energies like thought. That’s just energy slowed down less. Faster, finer, faster and finer. Light is such an energy. Keep going finer and finer and finer. Continue to get to the unit of energy, which is so fine, or the unit of stuff, you can call it, that it’s so fine, that it’s interchangeable in everything in the universe. It’s what the air is made up of, it’s what light’s made up of, it’s what thoughts made up of, it’s what gross things are made up of. That all is still form, it’s still in the form of energy. It’s just very fine energy. It’s called prakriti in the particular system, the Hindu system, this particular Patanjali system. Prakriti is the finest level of form, the converse side of which is the formless, that is the akash, or that place where it all is behind form.
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• Embrace the Illusion of Consciousness Summary: Sexual continence challenges our evolutionary instincts tied to reproduction, prompting a deeper exploration of consciousness. While evolution shapes our intellect and self-awareness, it ultimately reveals the illusion of separateness. With human consciousness comes the ability to recognize the continuity of pure consciousness present in all life forms, highlighting an intrinsic awareness that transcends individual experiences. This understanding marks a pivotal point in our development, where we confront past ignorance and align with the universal nature of consciousness. Transcript: Speaker 1 And it is within that context then that you can understand the meaning of what sexual continence is about, you see, because sexual continence would seem to go against our responsibilities As evolutionary beings within the species and for reproduction of the species. Now that’s very heady stuff to think about because when you see the cycle, the way it works, there is what we have called Darwinian evolution, or the evolution of the species, which is All in nature, bringing man up to the point where he has an intellect, a rational mind, which is then capable of knowing itself, which is the first vehicle that is suitable for the breakthrough To see the fact that all of this is illusion. Pure consciousness has existed in everything always, in always the same way. So it is only that in the evolutionary cycle, man gets to the point where you have a human birth where you can be conscious of the ignorance you have lived with. But you’ve always been fully conscious. It’s always been there in you, in every organism, in everything, same consciousness. This is all consciousness.
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