Awakening - The Complete Road Map - Step 6

Join us for a transformative series of talks exploring the journey of consciousness as it matures and blossoms into its fullest potential. Over the course of 10 sessions, we will delve into progressively advanced levels of maturity—beginning with a contracted sense of a separate self and culminating in a state of fully expanded awareness. In this session, we will discuss the fifth revelation a maturing consciousness reveals- How to Generate the right Action.

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So this unique opportunity we give ourselves every week to stop the Vash,

Hold hands and walk the path together,

Not just as individuals but also as a united consciousness,

Supporting each other's growth that is propelled by your questions.

So remember this is not a lecture but a conversation and your questions are going to determine the depth and pace we are traveling.

Excuse my sexy voice,

I'm having a little bit of a,

Whatever it is,

But I'll do my best to be as coherent as possible.

So I'm going to dedicate a few minutes to portray what we did so far,

Just to make sure that we are all on the same page.

We are in the middle of a journey that follows the evolution of consciousness as it matures from a very limited,

Self-centered point of view to fully blossoming to its fullest potential.

And we described the evolution of consciousness that process in the last few weeks,

Starting with that spark that ignites within us to know the mystery of life,

To realize the deeper reason for our existence.

It doesn't matter if that spark is ignited by some kind of misery or some sort of suffering,

Dealing with loss,

With illness,

Etc.

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Or if it ignites because we met a teacher that inspires us or read a book,

Or we had some kind of mystical experience,

Or we're just ready and it ignites.

And we cannot disregard that longing for the truth anymore.

We have to break the prison that we grew in,

And we realize we cannot continue to live a lie anymore.

We need to strive for the truth.

So as long as that spark is burning within us,

That journey is available for us.

And we described that the first step that consciousness is making outside of that cage is that realization that phenomena have no power,

Especially thoughts and ideas have no power.

Listen to that and see if you can find the common thread that goes through all the steps.

It starts with us realizing thoughts have no power.

And we are always entitled to choose how to deal with thoughts when they appear.

We can believe,

Identify,

And get lost in that,

Or we can choose not to believe and allow the thoughts to be there without identifying,

Which creates a huge space of freedom that was not available until that point in our journey.

So the second step consciousness is doing is generating some sort of new alignment between the body and the physical reality it meets for the first time.

Intimacy is available,

Because until that point we didn't really meet reality,

We only met our ideas about reality.

So as those ideas lose their grip,

We become more and more available to meet reality and be aligned,

Dropping all the unnecessary stress that our body is always keeping because of believing with false ideas and opinions about reality.

So that allows the third step which is the availability to be in total listening,

Whole listening,

From the point of view of the first time.

Which means there is no automatic reaction anymore.

Until that point our conversation with reality was always automatic.

I crave for that,

Or I avert to that.

This is good,

This is bad according to my opinions and ideas.

And I want more of that and less of that.

So for the first time availability is there to meet life without these preconceptions and judgements.

So presence,

A new kind of presence is available now without those automatic reactions.

And then the fourth step consciousness is making is realizing I am awareness.

I am that awareness.

Because until that point I used to identify with external events,

Circumstances,

Stories I used to tell about myself that has always something to do with events and circumstances.

But now consciousness is mature enough to realize a new type of identity that's got nothing to do with external events but everything to do with your very being,

Consciousness itself.

It's mature enough to realize that it was hypnotized by the drama that is being played on the stage in the theater hall.

But now it's available to zoom out to realize it's the theater hall itself.

Do you understand?

I am that space,

That all-allowing space in which everything is materializing.

And that is a huge space in which everything is materializing.

Huge shift of identity.

So I am awareness is the name of that phase of evolution.

So far are we on the same page?

So what happens then when consciousness is awakened to this new kind of identity?

I am that.

I am that all-allowing space.

What we call melting of identity is available.

The small mind is melting into the big mind.

The wave remembers the ocean.

When I'm not bounded by artificial boundaries anymore,

I am the ocean.

When I have concepts and ideas about myself,

Stories that I tell myself about myself,

When these drops,

I realize I don't end anywhere.

I expand enough to include everything.

And there's nothing missing.

I am everything.

Tantric union between the I that I used to refer to as that small me and the big I,

God or whatever you want to call it,

Creation.

A tantric union is finally available for you to experience.

But you are not there to experience it anymore.

So there is a meltdown.

The wave remembers the ocean.

And my invitation for you was to use this passing week to imagine what happens to the psychology of the wave.

What happens to the psyche of the wave when it finally remembers the ocean?

What happens to the context of its very existence when it remembers the ocean?

And there's one important thing that we need to realize here before we move forward.

This is not some kind of achievement that you reach as you mature on the path.

The wave does not need to find a way to reconnect with the ocean.

Because it was never separated from the ocean.

The wave is always a part of the ocean.

A temporary oceanic expression,

Right?

It just wasn't realizing it.

It forgot it for some reason.

It was too preoccupied with its own drama,

Its own temporary existence and wants and needs to remember that it was just an illusion.

And all this motivation based on lack and need was a consequence of his limited identity.

That was an illusion.

So it's important to realize that it's not some kind of achievement that you reach as you are putting all your efforts to get to that evolutionary stage.

It's just a matter of waking up from an illusion,

From a dream.

Maya,

It's called in Sanskrit.

Waking up on the Maya.

But nevertheless,

Imagine what happens to the psyche of a wave that wakes up one day to realize,

I am the ocean.

The ocean is me.

I am eternal.

I am not temporary.

What happens when I realize myself to be an expression of eternity?

Are you with me?

For now,

We can describe the next step.

What happens now?

At this junk of an ocean,

Consciousness has evolved enough to create a new kind of identity that is not limited anymore.

The natural question would be,

How to translate that into the right type of action?

How to translate that into the right choice?

Yes,

That's a good question.

I don't know how to answer that.

Barber is saying that the air is thin here at this altitude.

As we climb the mountain,

The air becomes thinner and thinner.

It's good.

It's a good time to remind ourselves that this description that we are giving is not a description.

It's a description.

It's not necessarily something intended for understanding.

Anyway,

It's not something that we can repeat and regenerate for ourselves because we want to.

It's just a description of the organic,

Natural evolution of consciousness.

How is it possible that it's helpful?

Because it portrays a direction for us.

It gives us some kind of reference where we are on that map.

If we find that we've been carried away,

It's an indication that we can choose to come back to the path and redirect our sankalpa,

Our intention.

To what we believe is the most important thing for us.

It's not necessarily for understanding.

If you came all this way,

You already know that you're not here to generate some kind of benefit.

It's not a point at all.

It's not that you can benefit anything from that process.

Actually,

You're going to lose everything.

You already know that.

But you still choose to come.

That is already a strong sign of maturing consciousness.

How to translate all that into the right action,

The right decision-making process,

Is what we are going to discuss today.

The right action.

We have to discuss karma in order to refer to that question.

What is karma?

Karma has got nothing to do with reward and punishment.

As we commonly refer to,

This guy is so good in business,

He has a good karma in business.

That woman just had a terrible accident,

She has a terrible karma.

She must have done something wrong.

It's got nothing to do with that.

It's completely misunderstanding what karma is.

What is karma?

Karma is disturbing the natural state of harmony.

You can say creation exists in a natural state of harmony.

The flow of events is flowing harmoniously.

Imagine a still lake that is as clear as a mirror and there's no disturbance.

This is the natural state of life.

Don't be confused because some people take that image and think,

OK,

So there's nothing happening in life.

No,

Life can be very turbulent,

But that turbulence happens in harmony.

What we do when we are generating karma,

And I'll explain immediately how we do that,

Is like throwing a stone into that lake.

That creates disturbances on the water.

The lake generates those ripples that correct one and the other and the other corrects them until a steady state is reached again.

And you didn't know there was a stone in the water just a minute ago.

That correction is what we call karma.

Universe regenerating a steady state of harmony.

This is karma.

There's nothing personal about it whatsoever.

So how do we throw stones into the lake?

What do we do to disturb that stillness,

That harmony?

In one sentence,

We act out of ignorance.

Ignorant action generates karma.

What do I mean when I say ignorance?

The motivation to do something,

To choose something,

Is based on lack of self-awareness,

Lack of self-knowledge.

And that translates into fear.

When I don't know who I am,

When I don't know what I am,

Or when the wave doesn't remember the ocean.

Think about it.

When the wave only lives for itself,

Seemingly disconnected from the ocean,

It has to generate its own energy from somehow,

Using its own limited resources,

And constantly being aware of its own coming doom.

You can see the shoreline coming closer and closer.

Trying to generate some kind of meaning for its own separate identity.

That is ignorance.

And that ignorance is always accompanied by a sense of lack and need.

I don't have enough.

Of course,

The wave,

For itself,

Doesn't have enough.

Very temporary and limited.

So if I'm not connected to the ocean,

I will always feel lack.

And that translates into fear.

Two types of fear.

Are you following?

We are going deeper and deeper here.

The first kind of fear is fear of not getting what I need.

What I want.

Remember,

What I'm driven by is a sense of lack and need.

And the fear of not getting it is the first kind.

There is another word for it.

It's called desire.

What is desire?

It's an image that we have in our head about a future reality that if and when manifested,

I can be happy.

I can be complete.

I can rest.

And we chase those images throughout our lives.

It doesn't matter what we believe will make us happy and fulfilled.

It could be work,

Or it could be partnership,

It could be promotion,

It could be retirement.

Whatever we believe should happen,

And only then we can be happy.

Any desire drives us to find a future reality that only then we can allow ourselves to rest.

Until then,

Whatever is happening now is not perfect.

It's not complete.

Something else should manifest.

Sometimes that notion is pointing at me.

I,

As I am right now,

Is not perfect.

A better version of myself is not perfect.

A more glorified version of me should manifest.

So many people on the spiritual path are stuck in that loop.

If I only meditate more,

If I only find the right cave on the right mountain and sit there for 15 years,

If only Jesus would come and touch my forehead like I had happenings to other people,

If I only have that beautiful spiritual experience awakening that I had when I was in my 30s,

Once again,

Only then.

And only if that experience stays and doesn't disappear anymore,

Only then I can be fulfilled.

So we chase some kind of an image believing it should manifest before we can be fulfilled.

That's one kind of fear.

The fear of not getting what I don't have,

What I need.

And the other kind of fear is the opposite.

The fear of losing what I think is mine,

What I've been able to achieve.

Again,

Think about that wave with its own limited resources.

Finally,

I was able to achieve something.

So now the fear is not losing it.

And again,

It could be stability,

It could be a sense of security,

Financial security,

Emotional security,

Whatever.

Oh,

There is so much mayhem in the world.

At least I was able to establish a bubble where I feel protected,

In control.

In control.

The greatest losing fear is losing a sense of control over our lives.

God forbid.

So governed by these two fears,

We walk around the world engaging life,

Or avoiding life.

There's no freedom there.

Now go back,

Look at that wave,

And now it remembers the ocean.

What happens to the psyche of that wave?

The psychology of that wave,

The story tells itself about itself.

When it realizes now in a way that is unreversible,

That it was never separated from the ocean.

It was just too busy,

Caught up with the drama,

With the illusion of separateness.

Remember,

At this stage of evolution,

Consciousness woke up from that illusion and doesn't go back there anymore.

Think about the illusion,

The essence of illusion.

Once you realize it's an illusion,

It loses its magic.

Like a phantom out there in the desert.

How do you call it?

Fatamorgana.

A mirage in the desert.

A mirage.

You chase that,

Hoping to reach the water.

But once you realize,

You wake up to realize it's an illusion,

An optical illusion.

It's not really an oasis.

You don't run anymore.

What's the point?

It loses its grip on you.

So at this stage of evolution,

Consciousness realizes,

Oh,

It's just an illusion.

I was never separated.

It realizes I am the ocean.

So two things happen immediately,

Organically,

Inevitably.

One is,

Nothing is mine to begin with.

There is no identity that takes ownership of anything.

How can it?

There is no identity to it.

Nothing belongs to the wave,

Does it?

Nothing is mine.

So why can I be afraid of losing what is not mine and was never mine?

Think about the worst fear of losing is,

As we said,

Control.

Losing control.

Losing control.

Losing control.

Losing control.

Losing control.

Now think about it.

What do you truly have control of?

Truly.

Honestly.

Maybe a tiny part of your awakened awareness.

That's it.

Isn't it?

Everything happens by itself.

Look around you.

Cars are driving.

Bells are flying.

The wind is blowing.

The sun is setting.

What are you in control of?

Or is it just happening?

Isn't it?

Life happens.

You can observe or you can disregard,

But it happens regardless.

And inside you,

Look inside you.

What happens?

Your body is maintaining a temperature and humidity,

Acidity.

So many things happen in your body.

What are you in control of?

It regenerates.

It fights aliens and bugs like I fight now.

Viruses.

Immune system is working.

What are you in control of?

No?

Isn't it?

You want to bend this finger.

What are you in control of?

Do you know what happens between you wanting that finger to bend and actually the finger bending?

Do you know what happens?

Are you in control of that?

Nobody knows,

Actually.

You have to realize that.

Greatest scientists don't know how this intention generates this pulse that goes through the muscles and actually generate that movement.

How does it work?

It's a mystery.

Are you in control of your thoughts and emotions?

Can you stop being sad just because you had enough and you decide,

Okay,

I'm not sad anymore now?

Or can you stop thinking about red elephants for a minute?

Don't.

Don't think about red elephants.

Can you?

Anybody?

No,

Life happens around you,

Inside you.

What do you really have control of?

Realize that.

How can you be afraid of losing what you don't have and it was never yours to begin with?

The wave realizes,

Oh,

Niranjana.

It's not mine to begin with.

There is no I that has ownership over anything anymore.

This is mine versus life.

It doesn't belong to life.

It belongs to me.

That me disappeared in the previous chapter.

Do you see what I'm saying?

And if the wave remembers the ocean,

Then it includes everything.

The ocean is an expression of wholeness,

Of oneness,

Of unity,

Isn't it?

It's a metaphor for everything of life and everything is included in life.

So how can I be afraid of not having something that I don't have when everything is not just mine but me?

Everything is me.

I am that.

I am that.

How can I be afraid of not having that when that is included in me?

That's ridiculous.

I am that.

So those two fears have nothing to hold on to anymore.

The separated identity that was generated and motivated by these two fears dissolves and they don't have anything to hold on to anymore.

They just slide away.

Do you see what I'm saying?

Again,

It's not something for the intellect.

Just think with your heart.

So going back to the question what to do,

How to do the right thing,

How to make the right choice,

The answer is it will be revealed to you.

Don't worry about it.

The moment you stop,

The moment you stop being governed by fear,

The moment your actions are not motivated by fear anymore,

The moment your decision making is not governed by fear anymore,

The right action will reveal itself.

So don't worry about it.

And I'm telling you,

You will not worry about it because that I that was worried at this level of evolution dissolves.

There will be nobody to ask what to do at that point.

The right action reveals itself every moment organically.

The right action reveals itself harmoniously.

And that is how you don't generate new karma.

If you ask yourself how not to generate new karma,

The answer is you stop acting out of fear.

And if you're not sure how that manifests,

Ask yourself.

Let's say you are stuck in a junction.

You don't know what to do.

Left or right?

Should I choose this or that?

First of all,

I recommend make a choice.

It's much worse to stand on the rock in the middle of the river and debate.

Should I jump left or right?

It's much worse to jump left or right.

Yes,

Fleet the coin if needed.

It's much worse to stay there while life continues and you are stuck in doubt because you're not sure what to do.

Remind yourself it's not that important.

Both sides of the river flows to the same ocean and both will reach the ocean.

They will take the long way or the short way.

Both will reach the ocean because all rivers flow to the ocean eventually.

Adopt that perspective of the ocean instead of the perspective of the small stream.

The ocean is not worried about how long it took for you to get back.

This is just a limited perspective.

So jump.

Jump left or right?

And if you need some kind of criteria to choose,

Then always choose using this criteria.

Would I jump left or right if I was not afraid?

Would I jump right or left if I was not afraid?

What would I choose if there was no fear anymore in me whatsoever?

What would Jesus do if he was in my shoes?

Yes.

Why Jesus?

Because Jesus was an embodiment of unconditional love.

Love is the opposite of fear.

So if you want to make sure what would a fearless decision look like,

It will always be a manifestation of unconditional love.

So where would love flow fearlessly?

Would it flow left or right?

Once you are governed by that flow of love,

You will not generate new karma.

You will be a part of the harmonious flow of life.

You will support that.

Your energy will be pro-life,

Supporting the natural harmonious flow of life itself.

When you generate karma,

What happens?

You create turbulence in that flow.

Everything becomes more difficult.

Disharmony manifests into a disharmonious reality for you.

Yeah.

Thank you,

Carly.

The answer to making the right action is to follow the flow of unconditional love.

Or in other words,

What would I choose if there was no fear in me whatsoever and only love would guide me in my choices?

This is how consciousness moves.

This is how consciousness moves and creates reality at this level of maturity.

What do you say?

I'm open for your questions.

So what would you choose?

How would you live your life if there was no fear there anymore whatsoever?

Everybody is saying,

So free.

How would you live your life if there was no fear in you?

My level of maturity is much less than station 6.

Does this decision criteria still apply to my station of longing?

That's why I'm saying that the criteria is as described.

Listen to it carefully.

What would I choose if there was no fear in me whatsoever?

It doesn't mean that I have to be in the level where there is no fear in me whatsoever.

Just create a simultaneous space where you can imagine yourself free of fear for two minutes.

Then you can go back to the fear and false realization of who you are and why you are here.

But for two minutes,

Just generate a simulation where you are completely free of fear and ask yourself,

What would I do then?

What would I choose then?

What would I do?

And now you know.

You know what is the right action,

What is the right choice.

And now you can choose if you want to follow that even though you are still afraid.

Or you want to stay in your bubble where you feel protected and in control.

Well,

That's it.

And if you feel that you want to go back to the bubble,

I encourage you to go back and listen to the talk I gave about what would you say to the angel Gabriel when you meet him when your day comes.

There is a talk under this title,

What would you say to the angel Gabriel.

Listen to that talk on my Insight Timer page.

Do you want to tell him that he went through life protected,

In control?

Or do you want to tell him that you lived your life fully and exploit that opportunity you were given to its fullest?

You squeezed juice out of that opportunity.

To the last drop,

What do you want to tell the angel when you meet him when your day comes?

So what would you choose?

What would you choose?

What would you tell him if you are not afraid of anything?

That is what consciousness manifests when it's reaching that level of maturity.

It can only generate Akarma Yoga.

That is action that doesn't generate new Karma anymore.

There is also a talk about Karma you can listen to,

Focusing on just that.

So I encourage you,

Take some time and listen,

Dive into that knowledge.

If you want to live a life that is a manifestation of knowledge as opposed to ignorance,

Allow that knowledge to blossom in you.

Make it the most important thing.

Still,

You have a week to play with that.

When you have a decision to make,

An action to do,

Ask yourself,

What would I do if there was no fear guiding me anymore at all?

What would I do if it was just a manifestation of unconditional love?

What would I choose to do?

Let's meet next week so we can share our insights and walk the next level as we come closer and closer to the mountain peak.

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Good night,

Good morning,

Wherever you are.

Love you very much.