Non-Duality and the Mystery of Consciousness by Peter Russell
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2016
- www.scienceandnonduality.com/
What is non-duality? What do we mean by consciousness? Does it really exist? What is reality? Is there any thing "out there"? Why don't we see consciousness in the material world? What do we mean by "I"? Why is any of this important?
From the deep pools of Eastern wisdom, to the fast-paced rapids of the West, Peter Russell has mastered many fields, and synthesized them with consummate artistry. Weaving his unique blend of scientific rationale, global vision, and intuitive wisdom, Peter brings a sharp, critical mind to the challenge of self-awakening. The next great frontier of human exploration, he shows, is not outer space, but inner space - the development of the human mind. He has degrees in theoretical physics, experimental psychology, and computer science from the University of Cambridge in England, and has written ten books in this area, including The Global Brain Awakens, Waking Up in Time, and most recently, From Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness.
From what i have seen, ancient Indians has figured how to get in touch with the infinite intelligence that governs everything in this universe. They understood that this body we live in was formed from just two cells, into its entirety as that of an adult, with out any conscious effort or intellect. So they figured out, that infinite intelligence is beyond the intellect of the mind and hence it can't be grasped by the intellect. But it can be accessed. And if you can touch even 0.001% of that intelligence, life will be different. You can see that, this ancient civilization has found a way to get in touch with this energy thru everything. Indian classical music, dance, art and even every day work is based on this fundamental goal. Also according to vedic texts, our mind has 13 parts.
Indian vedic knowledge has answers to all the questions that we are asking in the modern world. But the attitude of western science is dismissive towards anything from the east. These are civilizations who have explored way beyond what we can imagine. Like truly exceptional. But, how would you find anything about truth if you can't even take a look into it?!
Thank you so much from India🇮🇳. Invaders n colonization destroyed our books, almost tried to cut off calling our texts n books as myths, our gods as mythological creatures, n no sanskrit language learning, not made as a part of our curriculum. Slowly, things r changing now.
@@meenusingh4611 They did every
thing they could do to rule us. And much of what we call as ours is not in the state we would like to be in. But the more important is the fact that what they did had affected us in material realm. If we were somehow superior spiritually, we would not have been the way we are as of now. Despirited and morally corrupt as the rest of the world. The false dichotomy of East and the West has no real basis and it serves no other purpose than inflating our humiliated ego itself. If east as a collective identity places Buddha or any other spiritual figure the west can present its great spiritual leader.
I think we are as bad as the rest of the world is. With the same politics, the same crime, the same economics, as the rest of the world we have no right to speak of ourselves as the morally superiors.
@@everything...k True.
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
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@@meenusingh4611 first thing we must know difference bet god and deity 👉 god is only one with 3 aspects while deities are 33 !! And deities are HISTORIC figures not myth 😎 wr must keep repeating this whenever hear any false theory from anti Hindus👍👍
I'm just in begining of spritualism. And I learned that "Aham brahmasmi" (Sanskrit) means I'm part of cosmic spirit (Bhagwaan). Means my identity is cosmic, not belong to any nation, any race, any religion or whatsoever. I'm in all and in everything.
Vedas are not original, its written in 1500 A.D. only, current vedas copied from different religious texts especially from Zoroastrianist text Gathas, zend-avesta, pagan texts, ancient South India Sramana dharm Tamil religion "Aseevagam " or Siddhaism a Nasthika Siddha philosophy books.
@@Ottomans2k Check your facts. First older historic evidence had suggested Vedas to date back to 1500 BC and not AD. Even this is not complete evidence.
Second, Vedas were never written. They were heard and transmitted. That's why called as Shutis. Don't try to divide the Indian based on his faith.
@@Ottomans2k ur f**king propaganda isn't gonna work not any community in the world like 2 scammers b4 1400 years nd 2000 years are not even 0.1% of Sanatan Sanskriti
धर्मो सर्वोपरि❤️🚩☝️🕉️
You're that , not you're part of that
@@Ottomans2k 🙏pls.
Your essence is sat-chit-ananda and the essence that underlies nature is also sat-chit-ananda ( eternity, knowledge, bliss)
Picked up vocalabury. Copied
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@@KuldeepPandita-kn9bx at least he picked something important. Than bragging their religion.
@Avdhoot Mohite your awareness is the most primal form of knowledge there is.
Avdhoot Mohite Awareness is literally the baseline form of knowledge
Brother it's same as the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and the Holy Ghost!
what a wonderful talk... really amaze to see the deep spiritual philosophy of Santana dharma
I like Jimmy Hendrix dharma.
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
Vedas are not original, its written in 1500 A.D. only, its copied from different religious texts especially from ancient South India Sramana dharm Tamil religion "Aseevagam " or Siddhaism a Nasthika Siddha philosophy books.
Octave your most of claim is false. There is no proff of it
@@Ottomans2k cry about it
"Seeking" can become a very serious addiction; there's always something else to find.
He fails to say that the pot had a maker. Who made the clay? As far as seeking..I have tried to find my shoes and it I didn’t matter how long I looked in the wrong place....I never found them there.
@@natedavis1581 the clay has always been there. The stuff of I has always existed. It now coalesces in me in this particular time. However it has always been there. And it is going to last forever. The idea of a creator implies that there is an other who is separate. The maker of all the pots is the only potter in town the ground of what we standing on.
@@chardo24 Nate's question seems to consider 2 pots, 1 creator. The answer to such consideration will have next set of similar questions, to include fire, water, Air, either, intentions, emotions of the Potter, his/her family lineage, inventor of the pottery, which is how all the paths of truth are being attempted throughout evolution of civilization !!!
Capacity to identify the consistent 'I' the main subject - with inconsistent objects - like World, body, mind, sensation, perceptions, emotions, Ego etc will anyways be the very intimate experience of any individual.
Knowing is a continuous unavoidable process and the Knower must remain busy in knowing the happening of process of KNOWING.
The game/drama of Duality has to go on to realise the NON-DUALITY !!!
Om Namah Shivaya
@@cbmcbm2845 When we think about this we want to see what we imply in here because we have two kinds of images of God that are implicit in all of these. God is creator or perfect. God understands is one kind of view. God in this view is separate. Yeah that He made the world that he understand this other right. Can the pot complain to the potter about his shape? Can the words i speak come back and complain about the accent in which i speak them? You follow? Why can the words complain to the potter or the words to the speaker? We are creating those words in the plastic formation and in a weird way it is one with them in one direction which you could not say in the other. So all of the negative here is useful. The words are not but the speaker. The speaker is more than his words. You see what i mean? The trouble with one with is that implies they are not. My words are less than I. They make the central of my being in some fashion. However i walked on after i said them and they kind of evaporate. down the line in term of sound, effect and everything else. when I make the pot the pot is none but me the words is none but me they have no independent reality. they have no being apart from God. An that is one very powerful image of God here this one not separate, absolute. And it goes with man is not separate not independent, right.
@@chardo24 "... the speaker is more than his words !!!!" Beautifully put.
Simultaneously, words are not different to the speaker. Expression of speaker can have many more forms, speaking/words just one of them. Cause and effect of expression keeps generating different effects at different times, location/situation, but still the speaker remains alone !!!! Expressions evaporate/disappear like any set of'name' and'form', but the speaker continues to exist.
Getting stuck with words/experiences/expressions by default draws the line through creator, created/creation, creating conceptions !!!
Thank you.
Om Namah Shivaya
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Advaita simply beautiful.
Thank you Sri Adi Shankara.
What's in Advaita? Where you got the source?
@@pranamjshetty9658 it is non-duality in english
Read his works you will get what is meant by advaitha
@@ironmanILY3000 okk
@@ironmanILY3000 book name
Non-duality of Self is different and Non-duality of Self and the experiencer is different (duality) -
He's facing the same problem our great Rishis faced thousands of years ago.....how to describe the indescribable.....
Brahmam......🙏
Brahmam sathyam...jaganmidthya....
Brahma satyam
Jagath mithya
Jeeva Brahmaiva nah para
If mythya here means untrue or illusion then I would have to disagree. But if it means apparent reality only then I can agree to some extent. And I know my agreeing or disagreeing doesn't disprove anything, it's just that I'm speaking from logical perspective.
@@uselesshero.official Even logically the world you and i experience is from our flawed sense perceptions so it can't be true ... The world an ant observes and a human observes are completely different , when we logically infer it is clear we aren't fully equipped to observe the complete truth . And how do we find the truth ? by acquiring the vision(senses) of brahman/god/universe (depending on ones tastes) .
@@ravitejvarma yep and that's why I said apparent reality.
@@ravitejvarma also how do we know Brahman has eye, we can see through his/ her eyes, observe his/ her reality? That also might be false?
And please don't say that you can't question on Brahman, it would make Hindu religion look like the monotheistic ones where you can't question after some level.
Everyone gangsta
Till people start exploring sanatan dharma ( hinduism)
Sati pratha , cast system , gomutra
No ones perfect everyone has flaws
@@zinalexzender6933 caste system and sati pratha is not in hinduism they are just stupid things practiced by people in past.
Yes gaumutra is there but it has its own natural benefits..
@@zinalexzender6933 both of which began in medieval era and were part of Hindu society..not the philosophy of Hinduism. So yaa every society does have flaws for sure as u said..
@@zinalexzender6933 there is no sati pratha, even there is NO verse in any vedas describing sati pratha, secondly there is no caste system but there is varna system (segregation based on actions) and vedas say that all beings when they are born become shudras and their actions decide to which varna they belong and thirdly gaumutra. Gaumutra is highly medicinal in benefit when mixed with correct medicines (also mentioned in ayurveda)
@@BLINDCABBY man why are you being sad?
In a simple terms it may go: You are the One, don't search it. Just see your thoughts and you are There.💐
In simple terms it may go:
@@christianstordahl8688 best comment!
You can start by seeing your thoughts, but they must disappear before you will see pure Awareness.
Peter Russell has the most unique ability of making the most confounding and abstract problems seem totally reasonable and comprehensive. Thank you Peter Russell. ❤️❤️❤️
Type ramana maharshi search
Read Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda.
What's your organization do
I'm keen to know
Intriguing & Inspiring
We indeed nee to learn a lot from our ancient Vaidik Sanatan Culture & Teachings!
Hope people like you will only increase as we grow as a society... 🙏🏻🇮🇳
ॐ नमः शिवाय।
stfu moron this is exactly the problem not one Hindu will ever read the Veda's in India or try to learn Sanskrit yet when foreigners do it they (Indians) act as if they already knew all about it and add bogus comments. People should actually read the damn veda's and Purana's especially Rig veda and Hymns of creation instead of bogus comments thanking foreigners for reading Vedas whereas Indians themselves won't like the lowly vermin you are.
@@ZenithSSX u r a disturbed human don't worry it'll be fine...
It's funny how u jump into conclusions without even knowing a single thing about the person u r talking about...
Like u did in my context
& what Great Vocabulary u have... u must be really proud of urself... 🙏🏻
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
People should only read mukhya upanishad.
Mukhya upanishad give philosophy every other is story and rituals.
@@thakurshouryapratapsingh3506 I'm a volunteer for Isha and have actually read most out of the mandukya upanishad. I'm reading the Rig Veda regularly too : धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः - Dharmo rakshati rakshitah - Dharma saves its saviour, only in the hands of Indian's and Hindu's will the scriptures put to effective use, even the Nazi's hijacked our culture and stole the Swastika. I hate people who only clap and praise and do nothing like 90% Indian's. Also learn to use punctuation dumbass. Don't spam dots '.' and spaces like that. Our culture is ours, it isn't a tool for hijacking and subverting. Idiots like you will even clap at the Nazi's imo just cause they mentioned Sanskrit slogans and bits of Aryan bs here and there. Fucking disgusting.
@@ZenithSSX Wow! After learning all that you have claimed, is this where you descended? Now that you have learn't it, perhaps it is time to internalize and practice? Om Shanthi, Shanti, Shantihi.
Yoga Vashistha is the oldest and by far the best book on consciousness. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@Meghdootam
Excerpts of it .
"Seek and ye shall not find." Brilliant stuff from Peter Russell.
My teacher is fond of repeating "as long as you seek happiness, so long you will remain unhappy; as long as you seek security, so long you will remain insecure; as long as you seek enlightenment, so long you will remain ignorant."
Well...there is value in knowing where not to look.
@@peggyharris3815 Talk is cheap.
Well said. Some say it is in your mind (mind fulness). No room-space-where-how full-of what- no empty-empty of what - what is empty- how do you know - know what - for what purpose- no use -what is useful - for what - for who - is that you?- do you know that.- is it different from you - it means you- so you know- can you tell me - show - hear it- experience it if so- what experience it..............
Koham - Soham.
Aham Brahmasi. Aham?
Thath Twam Asi, ThaTh? Twam? Asi. Yes Existtence
Pragyanam brahma? Pragyanam maybe aware.
Ayam Atma Brahma. Ayam - that is not outside, outside? Of what but not outside not inside. Atma - that- Brahma- that- Ayam - that. In what way - No way. The? Efflugent - aware - Nothing to attach? Attachment- binding- not free- pain - no pain - happiness? - Free - bliss - non dual state. ? Non dual? One? Many? - infinite? Unlimited
Effluent, Aware, unlimited.
May I seek unhappiness then will I get happiness. No happy is happy. Nethi, Nethi is ithi. Ithi is vice versa.
Denial is acceptance. So says Nagarjuna; acceatance is denial is acceptance. Says Buddha.
Now after wasting many years... I think now It starts to make a sense to me.
It is evident in his speech that he is actually being what he is saying. This is so beautiful.
YOU CAN'T COMPARE ॐ WITH MC^2 ... IT'S BEYOND MC^2
Please make more clear. How is ऊँ =mc*2. why it is beyond it?
@@HarshGupta-rs4pl It's the background on the video.
@@HarshGupta-rs4pl read what speaker talked about.
@@HarshGupta-rs4pl because mc*2 is talking about the matter but ऊँ is like blackhole until you dip dive you can not know it. Its start of everything. it is somewhat Bramha gyan.. you can listen to Sadguru for some understanding but it is not like anyone can understood until experience it.
@@HarshGupta-rs4pl ऊँ means infinity, it's beyond mc^2! Check Praveen Mohan's video where he does an experiment to subtly show that..
We are more than just flesh. If I want to look at myself I have to stand in front of a mirror to see myself. I am not the mirror but I see myself in it because I am separate from it. I self reflect so I must be more than my body in order to see myself in it. We are self aware, we are self and we are aware.
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
At last an explanation of the subject - I can at least begin to comprehend.
Since originally writing this I've watched many more of Peter's videos - and realise much is really about contentment.
I was so lucky - as my mother had an intuitive way of living in the present and taught me that love and true contentment is indeed the essence of life.
contentment
Your mother is a very wise woman..
U are really near solving the life purpose...After 15 yrs of searching and studying there are two books that i want u to read is ( Yog darshan) and (Yog-Vasishtha)....That essence is "gyaan" defined there but there is no word in english that can properly define gyaan...still studying and learning🙏
Couldn't find an English version, anyway thanks for the suggestion.
@@AshwinKhalnayak ill try to find one fr u🙏
@@kartiktomar7882 much appreciated
Some books by iskon
@@vandnachawla1443 Get these books from Geeta Press Gorakhpur, all other books are biproducts of these two.
You sir are like a modern day rishi , explaining Advait Vedānt to a wider wiser audience! Thank you!! And I love the discussion threads on this video!
I wouldn’t say he is a modern day rishi.
A rishi is an enlightened being who has “discovered” a new path.
Mr. Russell is more of a great scholar.
NO!!! Nothing of any sort.....
One of my favorite verses from the Upanishads is "Tena tyaktena bhunjitha." - Let It Go and Rejoice ... just heard it here...hope i too can find that...
@ranjan lakshith nice..
Exactly ❤
This author gives all about Non-Duality in a easy way of understanding!
A wonderful inspiring talk about how we get access to the essence of our being (or 'aming'). Easy to understand and to put into action in day-to-day life. Thanks for this, Peter. And also for being so down to earth with your approach!
Union is the solution
You can come to India specialy in Rishikesh or Haridwar
How can there be access to what you already are? It was never lost. It's just a beautiful story shared here and the "self" or "me" like to listen to the stories. They don't mean anything, but the self gives it a meaning to keep itself alive. That is totally OK too, it is no-thing appearing as all that... as someone who likes that talk or as someone who comments another comment. It's free to appear as anything. There is nothing outside of it.
@@siddharthsrivastava8896 w
@@loristrachan8633 In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
HARE KRISHNA 🙏
Thank you very much for your service! I am proud of you. I love you. Namaste
Did anyone else get the tingles while listening to this? His voice is relaxing
Are you hearing this for the first time? Then, perhaps you will feel a tingle. That means you actually got it! Beautiful concepts no doubt, and thousands of years old too!
Sir you have catched the essence of Hindu culture and explained 👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️
I could be not believe. Really so beautiful, amazing, peaceful speech. When was I listen this speech awareness .🙏🙏🙏🙏
Dick Cassidy read foe yourseld Sanatana dharma(hindu scriptures)
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
@@gauravchaturvedi6080 I know you are too enthusiastic about it but try not to copy paste same comment kinda kills the message also the world is big so let people know about spirituality on there own there is no need to reply this in every comment.. 🙏Have a good day bro..
Gratitude for introducing Hinduism's jewel i.e. Advait Vedanta to west...
Advaita Vedanta was one of the six philosophies of the Vedas way before Hinduism was invented.
@@david203 You think I don't or we Hindus don't know it... Hindu is name given by Abrahamic religions.. we never named our system of knowledge and way of living.
@@kuldeeplakhawat365 Yes, Hinduism is the oldest religion, and was only named that in the 1800s by the colonial British. And the sanatana dharma has its roots in the Vedas, a collection of scripture that was cognized thousands of years ago by rishis, and in the sampradaya of Adi Shankara. But, gradually, the actual practice of this religion has shifted as aspects such as the caste system and lengthy puranas were added. Today, there is a set of holidays such as Holi and Makar Sankranti that I doubt come from the Vedic period, along with many specific beliefs in practices involving specific gods that I think came more from a desire for religious distinction than from the pure tradition of yoga and advaita vedanta. The philosophies of moksha, liberation, definitely predate the modern Hindu religion and are little understood today among practicing Hindus.
But I have an open mind, and if I am incorrect, please correct me.
@@david203 nobody is denying what you are saying. Vedic religion was different from Hinduism of today. Hinduism has always been an evolving creature. What you are seeing today is not at all Vedic religion. It is more influenced by Puranic period and Bhakti movement of medival era. So instead of distinguishing Vedic religion as something different, Puranic religion as different, all 6 different philosophical system as different. It's non sense. Rather consider Hinduism as a grand banayan tree of which all of the aforementioned system and traditions as different branches.
@@kuldeeplakhawat365 It is not nonsense. The current Hindu religion has lost its effective heart by ignoring yoga and advaita, which were its sources. It has turned into yet another "I'm right and you're wrong" belief system. When I teach meditation I must deal with my clients' concerns that I may be teaching religion in disguise. This is because religion has a bad name in the modern world. It was religion that was behind many wars and it is religion today that makes many mystical claims that are not verifiable in our own experience.
Every experience is different, for me the question who am I? opens up an inner space where there is no answer. In my case it helps me to relax my mind and not to look for an answer, to let what has to emerge emerge. For me the only truth is my own experience and I use the tools that come to me if I feel that at that moment they open me to something internal. thank you.
Same here
go to brahma kumaris for further information in who am i
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
HARE KRISHNA 🙏
Search who am i…upnishad lecture…it’ll answer everything
Creo que la pregunta who am I ? Nos deja conectado con ese I pero si nos preguntamos que o quién es ese I crea de inmediato un espacio desde donde contemplamos lo que emerge nos libera de forma instantánea
I clicked on this video because I was reading the upanishads and I didn't know what the word meant. Low and behold, this guy explained exactly the thing that I wanted to know in the exact context.
actually Ramana Maharishi said, "Who am I...before this desire and knowledge." This complete question will not mislead. Thanks
I didn't expect this guy too explore upnishad 😳🤯 congratulations ppl
I love how he just simplify knowing. Many who are just starting to understand the essence of the Universe has this thinking that when they learn the essence then they will see the world in a totally totally different light - but truly it is not. Existence just becomes simple.
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
Truth is eternal. Hindus pursue knowledge and understanding of the Truth: the very essence of the universe and the only Reality.
Very true!
Hindu is a name of people living in a particular geographical location in and around Hindu Kush mountains).
Hindu is not a religion or belief system. Hindutva and Hinduism are terms coined in modern times which misrepresents a group of people or a community.
There were people all around the world who have and have not realised 'The Singularity.' There are people still seeking 'The Singularity' in vain. One can never find 'The Singularity' till the time the seek it. Seeking means there is a seeker and the object or personality or knowledge or consciousness or the unknown which defeats the purpose of non-duality. Don't stress oneself with seeking.
However people from the subcontinent and around it passed on certain disciplines through oral traditions and written documents between guru and shishya to help achieve 'Singularity'
There are so many mystics and hermits in Asia and Asia-minor who are realised guru(attained singularity. There were many in the past too.
We should not be called as Hindus because there is the opposite non Hindus. Instead we should be referred to as Non-Duality or The One or The Singularity.
Be Blessed!
@@dkh8703 it’s just your imagination ... if you seek the wisdom please practice meditation 🧘♀️
@@samsonphenom4099 so then , u can easily patent these. though hindusim is a term coined now due to the abrahamic faiths , that doesnt dilute the meaning it gave to the world.
@@proudindian2768
My friend ☺.. you are just looking at the tip of the ice berg.
If you ever get to meet an enlightened being be it from india, china, japan, the middle East or any part of the world. Kindly ask him/her what religion they belong to.
Then, may be then, you can explain the contribution of a particular religion be it Hinduism or abrahamic faith on a platform like this.
We ourselves have been arguing about who is the supreme god head. Is it bramha? By brahmans. Is it vishnu? By vishnavites. Is it shiva? By the Shivites? How then can we claim that Hinduism(for the lack of a better term)is better than abrahamic faith?
@@samsonphenom4099 The real question everyone takes issue with is "which end of the same egg is the right end to open - your end or mine". It's the same egg and the argument is absurd.
What a Finish . 👍.Just A second Of Peace and Stillness Can Do Wonders. Imagine How Strong Our Source is..Once You Connect to It You will never See This World As It Is Visible to Our Eyes. The Root of Every Organism is the same as per Sanadhana Dharma As they say it was never a religion. It was a way of life to reconnect to our Source. 🙏🙏🎉🤗
The word "om" is the vibration of universe.
Vedanta are the beginning of everthing and is way older than christan & islamic ideology.
Hinduism has always been something everyone loved being peaceful and helping with love and inner happiness is what it focuses upon.
Hinduism at its core is seeking of divine at most personal level...coming to some conclusion by reading some textbook or something it a sign of arrogance needs to be rejected
Om belongs to world not with religion..its human who divided the world in religion..so it's not necessary to adopt om u are need to relate urself with religion..it's for all human being...if someone is able to accept power of om it means he is not extremist.
@@retrohertz6987 okay then, preach that to a Christian.
Aum is not belonging to any religion, just because of Hinduism is one of the oldest religion they know from their inner well being or by enlightenment that Aum word is the universal word, or energy which floats in the space or Universe and in our body also.
@@NoneOfTheAbove123 the speaker must be a christian
My favorite Zen quote is ''life is like getting into a boat that is sailing out to sea and sinks''. Always resonated but especially made sense in seeing No self. I was in those early 80s workshops doing the 'Who am I' questing and even more powerful for me was 'Who is God'...cracked me open and was in pure Being for a few weeks but my seeking mind came fully back and took another thirty+ years to finally awaken to abiding in my true conscious being. I find as much as I can abide there continues to be integration and release of old traumas mostly in this body that causes contraction. May all beings be free.
all beings are already free
@@zzzT. Not Mentally. There is No person to be free, however, those struggling in the illusion of duality and caught in the web of Maya do not necessarily feel or know they are free. Enjoy and celebrate your apparent freedom, Blessings 🙏
zen is corrupted word of dhyana
Your Zen quote is very depressing! And the speaker's favorite, "Seek and you shall not find.", is equally depressing! In Jesus Christ we seek and we truly find. Life is not like a sinking ship. I implore you to seek and meet Jesus who will give you life!
" There's nowhere to go.....nothing to do.........no one to be........"
Why are you here?
@@3-dwalkthroughs because you're living in a illusion a matrix and there is only one way to get out.......
@@mangeshchalan8786 ...And what would that way be?
Everyone has a purpose to fulfill, a space and time to live in and a state of being(The Singularity) to return. All of this is played in 'The Singularity.' We are not separate from 'The Singularity' but appear as different being within 'The Singularity' to deal with our karma. Karma is dealt by playing the role we assigned ourselves in a particular space, time and truly realising that we are 'The Singularity.'
@@3-dwalkthroughs I'm not.
A seeker is someone sitting on a beach and wondering how it would be to sit on a beach .
Love how you put it
You can say again.
I'm sitting on a beach right now.. 😁 I'll think about that, or just be..
Awesome
Not really. Seeker is sitting on the beach wondering how all this came to be?
“...just pause for a moment and let your mind relax... (your) thinking will come back (in a few seconds)”. There is a fascinating trick to stopping your train of thought temporarily. Especially useful for daydreaming or fantasizing ... Just move your eyes until they fix on something - a sign, person, or any distinct feature in your vision. Then blink two or three times. Each time focus more intently. Really see the feature. (Note: you will soon realize how little of what is around you you really “see”!) You will find that whatever you were thinking about has stopped, usually for at least several seconds. You can repeat this a few times to further quiet your mind. Moreover, if you were having “undesirable” thoughts (hateful, stupid, useless, or whatever), and you purposely use this technique to stop such thoughts, you will likely find they will not come right back. Of course you can’t totally stop your thoughts, but this may help you manage them. No promises, but works for me.
How about, that is why they call the eyes the Windows to the Soul. I practice Soft Focus and it's very much the same only you allow your vision to blur, and eventually you aren't really Looking, because you can't see clearly. You are just observing a kind if blurred energy and you can't judge it. If you can look without seeing and judging, what's left is just this blank space of Awareness. A bit of the IAm.
We all are constantly changing and evolving. Life is always a blessing for learning and fine-tuning our capacity for love and harmony. Everything matters and has consequences ❤
Be joyously alive in celebration of existence. This is the moment that is reality, right now.
Moment by moment we are witnessing the magnificence of life unfolding in the mystery with enthusiasm and joy regardless of the circumstances that exist in our lives.
Be present and joyously living with gratitude and love with the healing and the well-being of your life unfolding and changing.
We all have many choices for our well-being and our dance of our soul's purpose. Let go and enjoy the journey with creative passion and delight. ❤
Very well explained🙏❣️.. Experiencing ourselves is the key..while experiencing think ur self less than the value of straw, think urself nothing compared to others, think urself no smarter than others..Just relax in ur calmness Being nothing and being everything at the same time✌️ Everyone here seeing this video and all others are great and much more powerful beyond this body..
Really good explanations.
My opinion, Question 'who am I' is not actually a question. It is a feeling that you get when our mind is pure. And the answer to that is 'tat tvam asi' that you have referred. Other Important statement from the literature is 'Aham Bramhasmi'.
I am still trying to learn more about this. Happy to know that such discussion is ongoing.
This is 'Satsang'.
Hmm... When I was 12 I woke up from the dream we call life. That was nothing but profound, as profound as waking up from sleep. And also kind of scary.
U r very brave sir 😎👍
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
So much I have read, listen to, practiced and debated. Mr Russell next to Mr Tolle is the easiest for the ears and emotions for me (or, for us).
If you‘re german or still speak German (I assumed that by your username): Even more concrete than Russell or Tolle is Anssi Antila in his books. He gives a short, simple and direct instruction for awakening in the two small books: „Vom Ego zur Erleuchtung“ and „Das Wunder der Selbsterkenntnis“.
Why aren't such teaching part of India's school curriculum ?
Hyper secularism
@@abhishekk3022 and the host is a member of rss
@1639 _ Prateek Hajare it is not an atheist philosophy. It is an astika school of school and Vedanta at that.
Peter Russell is brilliant at this, but it's the nature of this philosophy that makes it difficult to explain, for even language cannot define it completely, it can only be experienced.
..at the feet of Sadguru..A Realised Holy Being in human form..
A great out for a con if ever there was. Trust me, this is awesome but I cannot explain it because it is so real. Does anyone see the vacuity here?
@@harshadk4595 sadguru is not enlightened.. Ramana maharshi was a true enlightened master
Nothing to seek, nothing to do, nowhere to get too.... So, in essences, be and there you are. How monumentally simple yet profound. I wish like hell I could remember it!
Thankful for this recommendation. Loved it as much as it brought respect for our own traditions and our ancient but the most advanced civilization because that taught humans to achieve their fullest potential.
Awesome video... “The essence” ... reaching the state of nothingness...no seeking, no doing, no thinking, no being,..just the absence of everything !
Would love to hear you on Gaudapada's Mandukya karika.
ASHTAVAKRA GITA...Also
Buddhists call that essence which is pure and pristine awareness, "the still center of the turning worlds." The words used to articulate the idea that Peter Russell does an admirable job of gently guiding us toward, is really more of a feeling than an intellectual construct. It is awareness devoid of any experience, awareness liberated from the burdens and bonds of linear time. It just "is."
Buddhism is just counterfeit hinduism
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
*HARE KRISHNA* 🙏
Not tue.
Pausing the mind is also another form of control. The motive behind the pause is to relax the mind. The idea is not to stop thinking by controlling the mind. but to see what is going on now without any motive in mind or the background.
Absolutely! Our brains are wired to see “stories” and often the stories get ahead of the immediate experience. We can’t see deeper truth and reality unless we stop that story. There’s a place for that stories but not when we’re trying to understand the inner core of something. The stories are patterns we have seen before.
Wow. What a beautiful and clear presentation. Thank you! :)
At molecular and energy levels, all things in the world are the same. They're the essence that this universe is made of. And they are also interchangeable, hence not 2 but 1 thing only. 🙏
At the molecular level things are extremely varied and different. The DNA molecule is not at all like plutonium. A newborn child is not at all like a tube of epoxy. A star's energy is not like a pencil. So no. The God of the universe as described in the Bible created all things. God and the things he created are not the same, and certainly not "one".
Peter Russell has defined Non-Duality very well in this video. Nicely done Peter!
No kidding. What is it?
THANK YOU!!! I needed this so damn much right now. I was lost in so many different perspectives that I forgot they are all just constructs. It's sometimes easy to be lead in the wrong direction, but I see that now. The directions will be many, but the essence is the same. All I can know about that is what I experience and know for myself. I shouldn't get lost in human words, they will all say different things in the end anyway. =)
Very well put up. "Who am I" sometimes exacerbate the very process of "Seeking". Indian wisdom therefore emphasize upon "the realm of experience". Tatvamasi and hence "Sarve-Khalu-Idam-Brahm" follows.
Regards,
Ashish - A seeker from India
Excellent way to explain the essence, and I admire Peter.
Very well said. Very greatful to you sir for carrying this knowledge to the whole world and keeping its sources of encient Indian vedic intact.
It's not Indian, but Iranian. The Aryans were Iranians.
There is no conclusive proof to the Aryan Invasion theory, which is why it is a "theory"@@alphabetpeople2902
How did I miss this talk for so long!! It’s really enlightening. Thanks
Same here,Sasi kumar
That "essence" is Brahman, the Upanishad is clear in that regard.
@Quantum Cosmos QC Brahman is everything everything is brahman... Brahman is consciousness... The mother field which runs the universe through shakti... This is also called the play of shiva n shakti...
@@rupeshjadhav4713 no there aren't it's like saying all Muslim are jihadi which is clearly not the case.
@@rupeshjadhav4713 May be terms has to be broadly understood.... Brahmin is a word to describe state of man and not caste..but like our politician and actors..sons of good Brahmin become and called as Brahmin even though they were not brahmins..so like this caste system developed..
@@rupeshjadhav4713 you will not understand this. Leave it, you hate Brahmins. Let the world grow further.
@@jayeshtrivedi3421 You understood it's best for everyone.
Being able to see duality according to the bible was the original fall from grace. Imagine if one could only experience goodness without evil or joy without sorrow, peace without turmoil or war, pleasure without pain, light without darkness, or life without death.
U can mostly. It’s called just being a good person and nice to people. If u aren’t then u cause issues. Also communication and discussion then is needed
Everything is all part of a singularly, it's just our perception that makes us feel separate.
If we are all one consciousness, that would imply that the consciousness is simultaneously experiencing through all of us. But how does it simultaneously experience through us (many) if it is one. If it is simultaneously experiencing through us, wouldn’t that mean that we all should know what experience is happening in everything?
@@garrettdenny3643 there is the self and the non-self and the relation between the two - a Universe - you are that, a Monad. There is no escaping from duality, only transcendence on the Buddhic plane.
@@garrettdenny3643 because there is the dimension of form and the dimension of non-form.
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That buddhic place is coin by the realised as 'The Singularity' or 'The consciousness'
In actuality there is no word in human language or our vocabulary the could describe the true state or the pure consciousness or the singularity. These are just term coin by 'the realised' to help those on the path of realisation.
@@garrettdenny3643 The confusion is in identifying with and as anything perceivable and/or conceivable. Awareness is Absolutely Nothing and is not perception. Awareness is cognizant of perception. Perception is entirely incognizant of Awareness. Awareness has nothing to do with any of the perceptive functions of the mind-body organism bio-object (which also includes intellect - the false "I" that believes itself to be the "me" that is "you" and "I"). Self is "I Am", which is Being, which is Universal Awareness (i.e., The Universal Observer; The Universal Witness - which is "YOU") - which is observing the perceptions (and intellect) of the mind-body organism bio-object(s). Nothing which is is capable of being perceived or conceived is capable of making Self Realization occur, nor is anything like that Self. Self is already "doing" and "being" everything that is. So, as such, all effort to attain prevents the very experience "we" are attempting (personal Real-ization of Self). "We" only need to just QUIT TRYING, BE AWARE OF AWARENESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT OUR DAILY EXPERIENCE, WANT PERSONAL SELF REAL-IZATION LIKE A DROWNING PERSON WANTS AIR AND "JUST BE". SELF IS ALREADY BEING (AND "DOING", IF THAT'S IMAGINABLE) WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR YOU AND "US" EVERYWHERE TO PERSONALLY BE AWARE OF IT (I.E., "ONE"-NESS). THIS IS VIRTUALLY ASSURED FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF "US". STRUGGLING OF ANY KIND IS ACTUALLY FIGHTING AGAINST IT AND PREVENTING IT. This might have only added more confusion?
I’ve always greatly enjoyed Peter’s lectures. His words are non definitive, non dogmatic and non subjective. He allows the listener to mentally contemplate the words and self experiment. This is what great teachers can do.
One consciousness experiences various perspectives of reality'
Peter Russell's attempt to marry Western Science and Advaita/Non-duality is a fascinating and excellent effort to explain Advaita by using Western Science to do it (please keep reading). Not to say that he's being disingenuous, doesn't understand or is wrong but, the fact is that it's entirely impossible to explain Advaita/Non-duality with Western Science (which is entirely an intellectual pursuit). I'm sure Peter Russell also is fully aware of that. This particular video is only a 20 minute introductory type, a very tiny taste. Some might gain (some) real intellectual insight into Advaita/Non-duality from it (or at least "think" so), but very few do actually "get" it because it's an intuitive process that occurs on its own and as it will (kinda like a cat). It can't be 'made" to happen by intellectual means because, like meditation, it's not an intellectual endeavor at all. Peter Russell even tries to say something like that in this video. In a way, he even says that "getting" it has nothing to do with indirect intellectual information but he doesn't seem to emphasize it. Peter Russel is very obviously extremely well educated, brilliant besides and a great public speaker (I certainly wish I had those qualities). But, someone could take Advaita/Non-duality on a lecture tour and talk about it in intellectual detail forever and very, very few would/could go beyond that intellectual detail. It's just not something that can be studied and done checklist point by checklist point. They could "intellectually" comprehend it, but that's like being in the desert, dying of thirst and intellectually knowing what water is and even having a full color, life sized picture of it. But, still, they'd only have information and the picture. They wouldn't have the real personal experience of the real water which would be the ONLY thing that could save them, which means they'd still die of thirst. Trying to intellectually explain Advaita/Non-duality is like attempting to intellectually explain how to balance a bicycle to a four year old child. It's something that can only be attempted and done after showing the bike, demonstrating that riding it is possible and then turning the bike over to the child and saying, "Give it a try". After that, all the child can do is try it for themself until they "discover" it all on their own and "know" how (which is entirely intuitive, not intellectual in any way). I recall Peter Russell saying that it's extremely simple and he's 100% on that. But, it's so simple it can't be "figured out" intellectually. And, I'm sure Peter Russell knows that too. The problem is that we identify with objects which is everything in Existence and everything that exists (plus, Existence itself is an object!). The BIG QUESTION is who/what is observing all of the objects that the object of Existence is composed of, observing all that at once and how that occurs (which is precisely what "Who am 'I'?" and "I Am" is all about). And, BTW, in Exodus, Moses goes "up on the mountain" (meditation - anyone?) and asks God what He wants to be called (what His name is). God's reply is "I Am". So, Non-duality is "Not Two". It's just One Thing and that One Thing is Awareness (i.e., "I Am"). So, "Who am 'I'? IS "I Am" and that's the One Thing we all are, that everything is, that Existence is. No guru or teacher can "give" it to you, bestow it on you or sell it to you because you already ARE it always and forever. If there is only ONE, then Who is the guru? The guru is the same as you and you are the same as the guru. The only difference is that there are APPARENTLY two individual bodies with two different names and that confuses everyone into believing they're separate individuals (and all the problems that go with it). There is only One "you" and One guru (and neither is different). Check out Jiddhu Krishnamurti's 1930s speech disbanding the Order of the Star. And, here, have a cookie. You will forget all this. C'est la vie…(really)...
Very interesting and more or less accurate observation although I would like to differ on " 'Who am I?' *is* 'I am'" part. I think this is where non-dualism is fundamentally different from Monism. Monism says everything is one or everything is part of the same whereas non-dualism specifically means that though there are two separate entities but they are inseparable from each other. Neither can exist without the other. They are called by many names : shiva-shakti, yin-yang, object-observer. Sanskrit word 'Advaita' is actually a more accurate term to describe the idea. It is mistranslated to 'non-dual' but it actually means 'indivisible' or rather more accurately 'cannot be halved'. So although everything outside is very much real but it all arises because of the presence of the one who observes. Without the observer there is no object. Both come into existence at the same time. And each of them is as real as the other one. This is why Peter mentions that since everyone is a different observer therefore they have different observation of the same object. And ofcourse, in this non-dualistic reality, that is just my observation.
@@muditsingh889 Thanks loads, Mudit (YES!) ⚡👍🥴⚡
Adi Shankaracharya gives answer to the question " Who I am ?" in Nirvana Shatakam .
What is the ultimate Truth? When we look at the Cosmic Construction, trillions of galaxies dancing in space, we become speechless and almost silent. Where from everything has come in to existence, manifestation? Scientists, philosophers and mystics all have their own ways of understanding and defining the ultimate reality. Monastic vedanta is very convincing when it comes to define it. It is one without a second, it is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss,Brahman the Absolute. I appreciate Peter for speaking on Nondualism.
Perfect simplicity ... Infinite reflections of One Being 💖💖💖
Beautiful.Thank you Peter.
We all need self exploration..
Who am I....
I am the soul....
The primordial energy....
Feel the chee.... Practice Qigong..
Also the wisdom of Tao te Ching.
Best of Luck...
Why are you here? From where you came? Where will you go?
@বাঙালি হিন্দু quran is contradictory half of quran verse is full of vilonce
@@Sanatani_kattar.......,
All books are corrupt.....
People who follow books can be even more corrupt.....
Humanity first....
All else is stupid.....
Follow the dictates of your inner cosmology.....
Thank you Peter Russell.
Debate in itself is a form of dualism, and traps us in argument. I learned that from Marshall Davis, a nondual Christian pastor on another UA-cam channel.
I watched several videos of non duality, yours is so good. I learned so much.
No duality ... All is One the great IAM ... No inside, no outside ... physical world is energy, a reflection of the One awareness 🕊️💖🕊️
Clear and direct discourse. Great!
I simply love his teachings. So much food for thought ;))
Wow! Amazing clarity. Thank you so much.
This is just mind blowing !!! Wow!! Divine truly. Aaauummm. 🙏
It's good... But He should know the actual deep meaning of 'Aum' 🕉️ .... And he's talking about तत्वमसि (tatvamasi) he should know that in actual deep meaning too...
Tatvamasi means:- tum(you) bhi wahi Ho Jo me (I) hu.
Ex:- Ram=krishna ya Krishna=Ram.
Yes that is also a meaning one can use ... The actual meaning is
"Tatvamasi soahm aham brahmasmi" (तत्वमसि सोहम अहम ब्रह्मास्मि) = you are the very creation
have any one of u actually experienced it??
At the 11 minute mark you speak of the enlightenment intensives of the 1980’s. These still happen and I have found them to be a great way to pursue truth,no guarantee of “enlightenment”, but it sure seems a way to accelerate understanding and possibilities you speak of. I am glad to hear another ( outside of the very unstructured “community” of seekers) acknowledge the process.
Charles Berner, the one who invented-for lack of a better term- the EI process started a rather small but dedicated movement/gathering of like minded seekers that continues to the present. That would be almost 60 years if my math is correct. I have had the honor of meeting a few of the participants of the first of these and they wholeheartedly endorse the process for all of its possibilities to experience our true nature. It doesn’t by any means make your life or yourself perfect, but it has made life, with all its ups and downs more meaningful in so many ways.
I hope this comment isn’t too much of a commercialization of this method but I seldom hear it ever spoken of but love it when I do.
fascinating topic. explaining consciousness is certainly a challenge worth failing in.
Essence of all beings is love. Can you feel and see the love everywhere? A smile, a helping hand, a caring thought, a beautiful world. We are love and loved.
And that is not nothing, it is everything.
I now down to the great teaching of our ancecters and ancient intelligent sages!! And thank you for re defining it for lay person! Thank you!
Truly a good lecture. Thankyou.
Mark of a truly enlightened person is, in their presence you can relax without effort. Like this great person does.
Brilliant! Valuable points, so clear and sophisticated without the usual cliches.
One small point: it wasn’t Mark Twain (common error) it was Montaigne who said: My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
never mind sir, who said what! it must have been said even before that. it will continue to be said hereafter.
in the end, what matters is the essence! 🙏🏻
What a wonderful presentation. Thank you, Peter! I'd read the story, but you delivered it in such a relatable manner. Namaste.
Good teachings
Pleasure listening to you Peter Russel
The essence of the Present Silently fades away
Into the din and the chatter About tomorrow
And of yesterday.
It's denied its own time,
And denied its own space.
Sent to retrieve past memories,
Or directed to plan a future place.
Yet this moment
Is all that matters
And now it's gone
And there goes the next
So do we exist at all
When we ignore the Present
We ignore our Best.
I dont know why are so difficult to live our present now, that would be much easier cause it something tangible than some illusion of tomorrow and illusion of yesterday. In some point in the human existence something went so wrong and continued it through life. Nobody was smart to grab it quick, it became virus humanity need to deal with, personally, nobody will cure your personal virus.
Thank you 🙏
Precise, priceless,
Thanks to explain in brief
I am Hindu and this is our culture and history and Scriptures and knowledge
The Aryans were Iranians not Indian.
@@alphabetpeople2902why is this not found anywhere other than Bharath aka India
Quantum physics points to the Cosmic consciousness underlying this material universe !
I don't think so.
@@GriuGriu64 Matter might not be the underlying objective reality but it is still a requirement for consciousness, for the subjective experience. General relativity still applies.. Any object which doesn't have mass (ie. is non-material) will necessarily move at the speed of light and it will not experience any passage of time due to extreme space-time dilation effects. It is the postulated Higgs field and the Higgs mechanism which gives particles their mass, and therefore the necessary condition for the subjective experience.
I could agree with the idea of non-dualism (i.e. monism) to some extent. Ultimately the objective reality is just "one", universe = everything that exists, and splitting it into different objects is a matter of subjective perspective. Considering the objective reality, the subject-object dichotomy might be ultimately meaningless. BUT. That still doesn't mean that we can infer some "all-pervading" universal consciousness from the simple fact that we ourselves are having conscious experiences. All I can say is that I am conscious, and that other people (and probably some animals) are probably also conscious - and that there has to be some mechanism which makes that possible. It doesn't mean that the primary aspect or substance of reality is consciousness. That is an unsubstantiated claim.
In fact almost the exact opposite seems to be true. It would appear that most things and places in the observable universe - almost 100 % - are NOT conscious. Only a tiny sliver of reality is conscious (the matter in our brains) and due to anthropic principle we will necessarily find ourselves in those places, however rare they are.
Quantum physics points to the cosmic consciousness underlying this material universe....OM is that underlying infinite intelligence called the essence within
Beautiful concept which is not understood by many .....thank you for sharing this indepth knowledge
People generally have a very poor understanding of what the word 'infinite' actually means.. This is not any kind of 'fault', but just that we have evolved within the confines of what appears to be a finite environment, and we thus try to look at things in finite ways, also justifying those 'finite' thoughts. When I first approached the 'problem' I had the same difficulties, so it takes our minds a lot of effort to reach another perspective of understanding, but it IS achievable..
Firstly, there cannot be more than one 'instance' of infinitude, otherwise a secondary 'thing' would render them both 'finite'. So we are describing a 'oneness'.. Also, it can have no 'beginning' nor 'ending' as these would also necessitate a secondary 'thing' (or the utter nonsense of a 'nothing'!), so we are describing 'eternity' when we apply 'time' concepts. Then, we have to admit that it can only be the one thing that interconnects all other 'things', and we deduce this to be 'Space', necessarily..
So, in terms of 'numbers', infinitude can only ever be 'one'.. ('Non-duality')
All references to 'size' or 'direction' do not apply to the nature of infinitude, and thus have no relevance to our understanding of the true nature of existence. 'Measurement' has limitations.. When we point to any position in Space, we effectively create a 'beginning' to any subsequent forms of measurement, which only has relevance to the entity desiring to understand said 'measurement'. Measuring things does not make them a main-feature of the nature of reality, only a desire of 'measurement' from a purely Human perspective.
'Math' is another finite aspect, and so has limited usage. It helps us to describe specific positions and calculate certain desirable measurements to ourselves, so that we may use finite reference points, but it breaks down at the level of describing a necessarily infinite reality. Thus, as it is with our 'senses', we need various different kinds of understanding, all working in tandem with each other to produce the 'bigger picture', and we have philosophy and psychology, arts and 'mysticism'/intuition, among others, evolved for this task. However, because we live in an 'expert' driven society, all the 'senses/methods' are at war with each other, jostling for control, when the only true understanding occurs if we emulate nature itself, and work from a foundation of wholeness..
Within infinitude everything appears to be at the 'centre' of that which it finds detectable ('observable').. So, the moment you create the perspective of a 'centre', you become that centre..Here we can find the real problem with using 'mathematics' as a tool for understanding infinite nature. We have to firstly posit the 'points' to be 'measured' in order for the measurement to take place.. And this is why we end up inventing 'things' that do not exist in reality from mathematical constructs that do not describe the truth about nature..
We might well say, "Where's the science?" And because of the current collective psychology of Humans, we find it buried very deep, out of view..But like the most precious diamond, it still exists..
"Commendation from NASA for research work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Earth's atmosphere and the Moon's surface for navigation of the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon..
Dr. Milo Wolff has found the structure of the electron consisting of two spherical quantum waves, one moving radially outward and another moving radially inward. The center of the waves is the nominal location of the electron 'particle'. These waves extend infinitely, like charge force. All 'particle' waves mix and contribute to each other, thus all matter of the universe is interrelated by this intimate connection between the fundamental 'particles' and the universe. The natural laws are a direct consequence of this Wave Structure of Matter (WSM), thus WSM underlies all of science."
spaceandmotion
And then.. "What about 'god'?"
All methods of attempting to genuinely understand must eventually lead to success, as long as we can whittle each aspect down to that which is necessary. In fact, it may well be that it is a requirement of genuine understanding to approach the 'Allness' of existential questioning from as many necessary aspects as possible, all things existent necessarily converging in truth..
The emphasis must be on genuineness and necessity, not on favouring one Human-invented method over another. When it comes to truth, the Human necessity is that we must 'be it to see it', for the very reason that we ARE 'it'..
The importance of the 'mystical' aspect Humanity carries within it, and so has access to, is not 'god' in its many guises, but the intrinsic aspect of infinitude.. 'God' has been our excuse for irresponsibility, leading to false 'authoritarianism', but the real 'enlightenment' occurs when we see how necessary infinitude is.. So 'god' has just been a vehicle, a carrier of genuine understanding, not the truth itself..Here is why our 'societies' eventually collapse due to corruption from within, because they are not founded on truthful understanding of how we exist..
And this is why there is no 'plan', because all possibilities (including 'patterns') MUST unfold, given an 'eternity' in which to do so..
Thanks. Pragmatic words of wisdom regarding the nature of consciousness and the term was explained in simple terms of Advaita Vedanta. Much appreciated!
Peter: great speech! we cannot find any mistake, everything you say is absolutely right :-)
There was a mistake! The Upanishads are not at the beginning of Vedanta.
In The culture of Sanatan Dharma, this is why, every verse starts from AUMM. 🕉 even Hindus use their symbol as 🕉 and perform YOGA 😎💪
The true way of life as humans -- sanatan hindu dharma
in fact Hindu scripture said, every particle has God's part as well, and in fact 2012 Physics Nobel is given for discovering that GOD particle within atoms 😎👍👍 this is level of sanatan scriptures and knowledge
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Thank you Sir 💗 I really missed the great Shankaracharya
भाई ये लोग कोन है ओर हमारे ॐ के बारे में क्या विचार रखते हैं क्या ये महादेव शिव में विश्वास रखते हैं क्या ये शंकराचार्य को मानने है जरा जवाब देना भाई
QUESTION: The purpose of meditation is to allow thoughts to settle out so intellect becomes quiet. Once thoughts settle, what is it that remains and is still observing, witnessing, "looking"? THAT is precisely the goal. The problem is objects (concepts, which are objects in themselves; i.e., "thinking"). Anything conceivable or perceivable is "object". Talking is the exchange of concepts (objects). Silence is , most certainly, GOLDEN...
"When you give up thinking of outward objects and prevent your mind from going outwards by turning it inwards and fixing it in the Self, the Self alone remains."
Ramana Maharshi
I no-speak, no-hear, no-feel; in No-where/No-when.
@@radientbeing Radiantly stated radiantbeing...! Not being conscious (or intelligent) in any way, reactionary intellect mistakes itself as being Aware; Consciousness is mysterious only to intellect. There is no difference whatsoever between ego and intellect; they are the very same thing; reactionary intellect is the problem and cause of all confusion, disappointment, frustration, sadness and suffering. Once there's genuine personal insight into this, Awareness/intelligence naturally takes over without any "thinking"/intellectualization necessary, it's practically a done deal and all that's necessary is further personal stillness, silence and patience. And that, is the True Nature/True Identity of "freedom", the acceptance of and surrender to Awareness (i.e., not intellect) is the only Authentic "how to" and the rest is only more intellectual/conceptual gibberish preventing what it seeks to discover. With this as the fundamental focus, meditation helps immensely. "What you are seeking is causing you to seek." Cheri Huber
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Clarity in every word!