此篇,神引領我們看見一個「擴展意識」最能立竿見影的方法,也提供了一個「開發自覺能力」的方法、一個發現自己生命所存在的真相並踏上開悟之路的途徑,以及一個關於覺知的秘訣。您願意檢視探索它們嗎?
聽神談關於【擴展意識、自覺與開悟】
對大多數人而言,擴展他們意識最立即的方式(the most immediate way),就是意識到他們「自己有個意識」的這件事實。
「擁有覺知」是一種你們必須處在「有意識地覺察」的狀態。這叫做自覺(self-awareness),而開發自覺的能力,是一件相當容易的事情。
在接下來的一百次,當你站在鏡子前觀看你自己時,做「誰」冥想(Who Meditation,詳細方法請參與《重新定義神》第4章,第85和86頁)。
如果你在往後三十天裡,這樣做一百次,你將對自己變得有覺知。你也許不會對「你是誰」有個充分的理解,但你將對「你是」(you ARE)到達一種覺知。也就是說,你將變得有大我意識(Self Conscious)。
一旦你知道你有個大我意識───即,一個「比你大的」部分的你,能將它自己從你的小我(Little You)分開,並傳話給你───你就己順利邁入發現你生命所存在的真相(the truth of your being),並踏上開悟(enlightenment)之路了。
你將很快了解到,開悟是經由「不刻意去追求體驗開悟」才能體驗到的。人並不會因為他想要開悟而變得開悟。一個人之所以變得開悟,是因為他本是。也就是,你已經開悟,而只是現在才變得「覺知到」你已是開悟。
我們在這裡談的是覺知(awareness)。現在,我告訴你門一個偉大的秘訣:如果你不曾在你自己身外看見它,你便無法在你自己內心覺知它;如果你不曾在你自己內心看見它,你便無法在你自己身外在覺知它。(You cannot become aware of anything within yourself without seeing it outside of yourself. You cannot become aware of anything outside of yourself without seeing it inside of yourself.)
摘自《重新定義神》第4章
The most immediate way for most human beings to expand their consciousness is to become conscious of the fact that they have a "consciousness."
Having a Consciousness is something of which you must become consciously aware. This is called self-awareness, and developing this can be a fairly easy thing.
The next 100 times you look at yourself in a mirror or reflection, do the Who Meditation.
If you do this 100 times in the next 30 days, you will become aware of your Self. You may not have come to a full understanding of Who You Are, but you will come to an awareness that you ARE. That is, you will become Self Conscious.
Once you know you have a Conscious- ness—that is, a part of you that is larger than you, that can separate Itself from the Little You and talk back to you—you are well on your way to discovering the truth of your being and stepping into enlightenment.
You will soon understand that enlightenment is experienced by not seeking to experience it. One does not becomeenlightened because one wishes to. One becomes enlightened because one is. That is, you are already enlightened, and simply now become aware of it.
It is awareness that we are talking about here. And now I will tell you a great secret: You cannot become aware of anything within yourself without seeing it outside of yourself, and you cannot become aware of anything outside of yourself without seeing it inside of yourself.