10-03-2016, 09:01 AM
(10-02-2016, 10:04 AM)herald Wrote:(10-02-2016, 08:21 AM)Nau7ik Wrote: I understand it as personal inner work, such as mindfulness, awareness, balance, forgiveness, beingness. Work in consciousness includes meditation, visualization, knowing the self. I count it as indigo ray work.
In broad terms I would say it's walking the spiritual path with mindfulness and awareness. But I have friends who don't consciously walk the spiritual path, yet nevertheless, they walk their unique path and it includes work in consciousness, whether they label it as such or not.
I think there are many different personal meanings. But discipline of the personality is along the same lines.
Does this mean you disagree with my post? I am saying that consciousness is only possible with awareness. Moreover, it is only the portion of our awareness that we are able to access with our attention in a given moment.
As an example, I may be aware that my keys are on the table- because I put them there- but when I begin looking for them, that knowledge is not accessible to my consciousness.
Can "mindfulness, awareness, balance, forgiveness, beingness...meditation, visualization [and] knowing the self occur without conscious work?
If so how?
If conscious work is "walking the spiritual path with mindfulness and awareness", the what of your friends who are not on the "spiritual path?' how is their work in consciousness different?
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Good questions, and thank you for challenging me to expand these thoughts.
I have one friend in my mind who consciously seeks truth and seeks to know herself, but without any sort of metaphysical or spiritual understanding (at least not labeling them as such consciously). That is the wall I am up against when we are discussing philosophy and psychology. She understands the validity of the spiritual point of view with me, but she doesn't seem to think much of it.
My understanding is that we each have a very unique and personal path. What works for me may not be for you. She understands this and respects that. She's willing to challenge preconceived opinions and false view, she thinks for herself and trusts in herself.
I bring in spiritual concepts all the time into our conversations, and she understands them and has reached those understandings through her own processes. So despite our different points of view, we are having a rich conversation in which both of us are learning from each other.
If this is at all clear, this is what I meant. Lol