I thought I’d post the link that Anny shared with me recently in an e-mail which I found very beneficial to those trying to further understand this idea of consciousness as the foundation of reality.

If you’re interested, pay attention to very pertinent and certain statements he makes about consciousness that can be missed if you’re not focused. I’m not saying he has the truth, because no man does. Truth is an experience, and you can only realize truth through personal experience. But some of his statements give great intellectual food for thought.

Anyone who has followed the blog since it’s inception, or at least for a few years, knows that meditation is one of the central themes on this blog. Why? Is it because I studied Eastern religions and assume they have truth? No! It is because in the Bible itself I see this central theme. Many have asked me how and why I see this? Every story from Adam and Eve to Christ and Paul in the New Testament is an allegory for how the soul exist in the physical body temple through the limited aspect of the brain. The original esoteric explanations in all Eastern scriptures collaborate this view. Meditation, centered prayer, deep contemplation or concentration, etc., is a tool to break down egoic structures that have formed in the lower personality during one’s life. It is a way of “renting the veil,” so to speak, and having a self-realization experience of what reality is. The ultimate experience of meditation goes far beyond health benefits, calmness, increased mental acuity, etc. These are worldly benefits, and while good and beneficial, one must persist to reap true spiritual benefits which go beyond the advertised or commercialized exercise of meditation. There are many different types of meditation, and no one can tell you the direct and one true way, because all of them deal with piercing the veil in some aspect, and certain individuals are ready for certain meditation exercises. That being said, I will add that there are advanced forms one can experience when one is ready, and it is a three-fold process, first and foremost developing the art of concentration. I leave my explanation there and those willing to dig deeper may benefit from exploring the specific types of Zen application.

Ideas such as reincarnation and Karma, though not directly stated in the Bible, are certainly details within this central theme. I chuckle to myself every time I mention Karma in a personal e-mail to someone discussing the Bible, or in direct discussion, and they say, but that’s not in the Bible. But the Bible says you reap what you sow. This is a plain Western definition of the Eastern concept of Karma. It doesn’t get any more plain.

Even the idea of the Christian devil has been so misconstrued from it’s original Biblical idea. Consider the fact that what Christians consider the Devil, IS THE VERY CATALYSIS or vehicle God used to allow Job to realize a blessing 100 fold. It’s the same in the story of Adam and Eve in the garden. The serpent is the catalysis for the next phase of the conscious experience.

All religious ideas will forever leave you with mental constructs within the lower ego that reinforce sin, or missing the mark. The mark of what? Sin is not an evil that needs punishment by an overlord, but rather a symbol of ignorance of the mystery of the conscious experience and spirit.

Here is the link. I hope you enjoy should you choose to watch it.