A vicious bug got me and I ended up lying
in bed yesterday, drifting in and out of sleep. I realized then that my
consciousness was at a point similar to the state of deep meditation, or as you
would experience it during an orgasmic climax. Somehow you are present while
experiencing your connection to a higher force at the same time.
Gary
Lachman presented a theory that in the olden days we always had that level of
connectedness with the 'beyond' in 'A Secret History of Consciousness'. This
makes a lot of sense to me. In our journey of spiritual evolution we apparently
travel along a circle. Transcending in our initial state from the animal
consciousness to experiencing our existence as a separate 'I', only to evolve
back into a web of oneness.
Why do you think addictions are so rampant?
It is the desire to return back to the state of orgasmic bliss with artificial
means. The price you pay is simple, you are hijacking the neural pathways of
your conscious brain, only to find that your pleasure center gets numb in the
process and you need to intensify whatever it is that gets you high all the
times to experience a similar joy ride. Meanwhile, the state without artificial
means gets harder and harder to tolerate.
The spiritual alternative is
ever higher awareness and eventually transcendence of the 'I' with help of
meditation or by simply by observing that you and the environment that you
operate in are in fact one. At the end of the ancient journey there is only
bliss and connectedness whatever your circumstances. Isn't it amazing that even
a simple flu can get you that insight?
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