Finer Detail
Even when the Ground awakens to its own nature, and is functionally connected to a particular human self, the way this human self talks about and expresses it varies a good deal. The particulars of the vehicle determines how it comes out. This means that the descriptions of the awakening and the awakened realization comes out with varying degrees of precision and clarity.
Various forms of inquiry, including the The Work and the Big Mind process are powerful tools here, allowing for finer and finer levels of exploration and insights.
The strength of The Work is in its uncovering of (a) what happens when there is a belief in a thought, (b) the contrast to who/what we are without the belief, and (c) exploring the (relative) truths in all the turnarounds of the initial statement, allowing for different perspectives and insights we may not otherwise have noticed.
The strength of the Big Mind process lies in exploring all the various ways the mind functions, on personal and transpersonal levels, all the various dynamics and interactions, just about only limited by the imagination.
Having these tools available means that people not operating from a full awakening can have far more clarity and insight around certain issues than those operating from an awakening. This is not surprising. Our levels of knowledge and skills are independent of awakening, and so is - to some extent - our insights into how the mind operates on personal and even transcendent levels. It is very democratic that way.
Labels: big mind, ground awakening, inquiry, the work
8/20/2006 11:26:00 AM
When I read, "...the descriptions of the awakening and the awakened realization comes out with varying degrees of precision and clarity..." I also think of the precision and clarity with which the descriptions are HEARD, which also depends on levels of knowledge and skill in the HEARERS. top