INTEGRATION EXERCISES
Exercises To Do On Your Own
THE MEANING OF LIFE
A primary function of consciousness is to bestow meaning, to decide what things mean for you personally. Examples include deciding how important something is to you regardless of its importance to someone else, how something ranks in priority compared with other things in your life, and whether you will spend time, money, or energy on something. Someone can spend an entire lifetime in search of the meaning of life and never find it, primarily because there is no meaning inherent in life. Instead, each of us, in an act of free will, decides what our lives mean and what is meaningful in our lives. Finding the meaning in your life is primarily a decision and only secondarily a search. Searching leads to a decision more than to a discovery.
It makes sense that the meaning or purpose of your life lies in pursuing something you love to do that is also of service to others and to God. Doing what you love to do, serving others, and earning a living at the same time comprise “following your bliss.” In this exercise you reflect on what you love most to do, with a view to deciding eventually what your bliss is, and at that time taking action to follow it.
Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour
Properties Required: pen and paper (optional)
Steps:
1.Think about things you love to do.
2.Which one jumps out at you as the one thing you love most?
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Ultimate Reality: Consciousness
If the difference between particles and waves is so slippery, and if time and space are so easily transcended, what is the fundamental nature of reality? What is real? One answer is consciousness. Consciousness is original and fundamental, everything considered to be “reality” comes out of that consciousness. In his book The Self-Aware Universe,i Dr. Goswami presents a philosophical argument known as monistic idealism to explain his theory that both matter and mind have their origin in consciousness. He draws on the ancient Indian philosophy of Advaita Vedanta as his authority for using the term consciousness, as The Ground of All Being.
Consciousness is fundamental.
As the forgoing examples illustrate, Western science is moving closer to Eastern perceptions of reality, wherein all is one. Body, mind, and spirit are not separate entities. Not only mystics but also an increasing number of scientists, philosophers, and medical doctors are talking openly about subtle energy, consciousness, and God. Candace Pert refers to subtle energy as “a still mysterious fifth force beyond the four conventional forces of physics…to scientifically explain anomalies such as the power of love.” And according to Robert Gottesman, M.D.:
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"Mind Freedom in Relationship: Conscious Attention to What Matters"
Mind Freedom -Part 4 of 8
The world is demanding and constantly changing. People tend to ignore one of their most important anchors for intellectual sanity, emotional security, and spiritual wisdom—their primary relationship with a mate. A committed, lifelong relationship with another human being is a simple, obvious, and profound source of happiness, but relationships ring in low on many couples’ list of priorities. Although people might say their relationship is very important, their actual behavior contradicts them. Individuals become preoccupied with worldly matters (careers, material goods, social position) and begin to take their partners for granted. When attention goes elsewhere, the relationship anchor cuts loose and the relationship drifts out to sea.
This situation does not just happen to you. You are not the helpless victim of a world characterized by the popular, albeit misinformed, saying “Life is hard and then you die.” In fact, you are a co-creator of your situation and you can just as easily create something different and new using the power of Mind Freedom.
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Essence of Mind Freedom – Mind Freedom
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Mind Freedom The essence of mind is consciousness. The freedom of mind is attention and intention. The responsibility of mind is choice.
Witness Consciousness: The Power of Self-Awareness
Retraining your mind to become once again your servant rather than your master requires you to develop self-awareness. Whether positive or negative, your mind approaches life in its own particular and unique way. You might be the only person in the whole world who does what you do exactly the way you do it. If you pay careful attention and attempt to be an objective observer, your “witness consciousness” or “observer consciousness” can identify exactly how your mind operates. Being aware of what you do inside your head enables you to name it. Then, “the truth shall set you free” because naming empowers you. When you name what you are doing, you gain emotional distance from it and so can choose to stop or to continue. This is freedom.
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Levels of Consciousness – Mind Freedom
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Imagine that consciousness is like water:
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Your personal consciousness is the supply of water you can carry around in a canteen, as if it belonged to you privately, for your exclusive use. With this personal consciousness you think, perceive, feel, and make choices.
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The collective consciousness is the supply of fresh water the planet provides for the global tribe of humanity. It is a shared consciousness, common to all human beings, although few have learned how to make full use of it. Those who have experience what is commonly called ESP (extra sensory perception), e.g., telepathy, clairvoyance, astral projection, and remote viewing.
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The superconsciousness (also known as Cosmic Consciousness or God Consciousness) is the infinite supply of water falling to planet Earth from the heavens. Totally impersonal, it is readily available to everyone free of charge. Although only rare individuals regularly access this consciousness, those who do experience mystical perceptions, e.g., samadhi, nirvana, enlightenment.
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"Sacred Bathing"
Merging in the ocean of consciousness
One perfect way to begin a sacred loving time is to bathe together. Place candles around the bathing area; put fresh or dried flower petals in the water, use bath salts, essential oils and fine herbal soaps.
Washing away cares of the world
Wash each other’s hair and cleanse each other’s bodies—kindly, gently, and passionately. Focus on transcending the cares of the world, bringing your full conscious attention into the present moment for ecstatic lovemaking.
Recommended Reading:
Sacred Ceremony: How to Create Ceremonies for Healing, Transitions, and Celebrations
by Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D.
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