The vast Ocean of Mind... Inner Ecology...

There is a vast Ocean... that of the Great Mind...

 

 

 

We are all immersed in this ocean yet we are not aware of it because we live in our aquarium (ego :) which is quite solid and opaque... thus we believe we are unique in our universe which is actually limited to our narrow aquarium;

This vast ocean is that of the Great Mind; Everything lies in it, collective and individual, conscious and unconscious Mind;

By the bye in yoga there are no limits between conscious, subconscious and unconscious minds because these concept just dont exist; The Great Mind (the ocean lets say) is here, in which our Individual Awareness is moving;

Imagine that this Awareness is like a torch : then this torch, according to our level of awareness, illuminates the Mind with a narrow or broad beam;

During our lives, this level of awareness evolves and we might feel the changes... Things that were unknown, unconscious may become conscious...

Nevertheless, the vast ocean is here, and although we do not perceive much from it,  it is not asleep at all ! It contains actually EVERYTHING that has been, that is, and that will be...  Carl Gustav Jung spoke about this "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Mind" like containing Everything that has been, is, will be experienced by Every Creature... however in the form of "archetypes";

We may imagine "archetypes" like being patterns, or programs, stored in this Great Mind : and THEY lead our lives both at individual and at collective level; The Archetypes lead our desires/ thoughts/ actions.

 

                     

 

So these Archetypes are alive, active; however we do not perceive their existence due to the narrowness of our awareness's beam; Additionnaly their symbolic form of expression is totally unknown to us, and even if we happen to see Archetypes in dreams or during meditation for example, we generally cannot interprete them; yet they lead us ! The same concept is of course found in modern psychology...

Let's try to go further:

Until now, the beam of our awareness was quite narrow; however, remember the texts about the Yugas : we are evolving quickly, we left Kali Yuga, move through Dwapana and soon Treta Yuga, the Earth's vibration is raising, we move towards Sat Yuga, an era of Pure Consciousness;

You probably feel it too;

Our Awareness Broadens, Our Awarenesses Awaken...

We become Aware of Being Aware...

The beams of our Awareness are getting wider each day...

 

 

 

And if we are lucky enough to "work" on this opening, we may discover.... what we really are :

A tiny fish going round and round in circles in its armoured and invisible aquarium (ego) which however slowly slowly becomes more transparent hence allow to see the Outside... And when we start to see Outside, we discover that we are immersed in a huge ocean, in which billions of other tiny fishes are going round and round in circles in their armoured and invisible aquariums, hurting, fighting, loving, hating, huging eachother from birth to death endlessly...

We discover « Others »....

And if we explore even further  (meditation, yoga, dreams, self development  etc.) we may from time to time « see » geometrical forms, complexe diagrams, images, colors, strange creatures that we absolutely dont know :  Archetypes ;

       

 

Then we may start to wonder and maybe guess that a lot is happening in this vast Ocean of the Mind ...

At this stage, if we are not guided, these discoveries may trigger a lot of fears and other emotions; which in turn may trigger more reactions than creative responses;

 

       So Here comes INNER ECOLOGY  !         

                           Like  Zorro !!       And his large Hat !! Ha Ha !!

 

 

 

Lets review :

We are immersed in the vast Ocean of Mind which is full of "programs" called  « archetypes »;

These Archetypes act upon our lives at collective and individual levels;

 

And this Ocean is the Mirror of our Manifested World;

Remember Sadh Guru's lecture in the UN saying and demonstrating that the World is the Projection of our Minds ;

And it works both ways: We perceive from the world Only what is INSIDE ourselves; lets keep this idea in mind...

 

 

 

All spiritual Traditions say the same : The world is our Mirror;

 

Once we experience this "mirror" then everything becomes obvious and clear; an example comes to my mind right now (easy and basic but good to understand the idea) : Facebook!  Our wall is nothing but the projection of our inner mind : our likes, dislikes, preferences, what we critisize, what we fight for, whom we support, whom we love etc;  Our facebook wall is the mirror of our minds;

And the process is same for the whole world and whole mankind!

Another example: imagine I just started to learn yoga : suddently I see yoga classes everywhere ! Or imagine now : I am about to sell my house : Suddently I see houses for sale everywhere... Before that, I noticed neither yoga classes nor houses for sale ... I am sure you too experienced such things; Mirror...

So these are easy examples because they belong to the conscious realm that which is lit by our awareness' beam; however in the invisible depth of the Ocean the same happens, of course it is much more difficult to perceive, and if we perceive, much more difficult to comprehend and accept... Because what we project at collective level is Ugly ... Terrible... Frightning... We just have to look at the world to understand... Everywhere we go, whatever we see in the medias, chaos, violence, hatred... etc.

The Inside of our Great Mind is Ugly..... :( ..... But why ?

Remember the Yugas : we just leave the Kali Yuga, where only Chaos existed... we just come out of centuries based on conquests, destruction, power, ferocity etc; do we remember the stake ? arenas ? guillotine ? and other terrible tortures which continue even until now ???

Religions divided us, education lobotomized us, societies stuffed us, not to mention politics, just ridiculous... and dangerous!

All these experiences accumulated (and continue to) reactive patterns "Samskaras" which get printed in the Ocean of the Mind in the form of Archetypes; and they lead us by the nose...

We feel betrayed by our own History...

 

Yet We are writing our History!

We Can write it if we are AWARE...

 

Let's remember the Law of Karma or Law of Cause and Effects : 

 

«  What I am today is the effect of a past cause ;

and what I am today is the cause of what I will be tomorrow. »

 

 

As long as we remain unaware, locked in our ego-aquarium with a narrow awareness' beam only focused on our navel, nothing happens or things move so slowly...... and the Archetypes continue to lead us by the nose... without our knowledge of course...

But things move fast... And with Yoga (or other means) and Conscious Life...

  an « Inner Ecology »  takes place 

which allow to transform our Mind into a Beautiful Garden...or Beautiful Ocean !

How ?

Through the means of "work on ourselves", "self development",  "hypnosis"...  yoga or other techniques... this is possible, yet it is essentiel to be Guided ;

Like this, using the "mirror" concept as a powerful tool, we discover what is  inside us :  we must understand that everything that is 'outside' that makes us strongly react  , is actually 'inside'; be it the arrogant dictator, or the peoples exterminator, or the neigbor beating his dog, ..... or ... ... (for it works for Positivity as well !) the  inspired musician, the magical writer, the wise master, the loving gardener .... etc.

So it is of utmost important to Accept whatever is Inside our minds, of course, most difficult to accept being the "negative" side...

We have to aknowledge that " Yes, it is in me, in the vast ocean of the Mind, but... it has nothing to do with me" without feeling guilty (big archetype), without judging ourselves (other archetype!) .... Simply  accepting ;

Then, WITH acceptation which is the first essential condition, these negativities which were leading us so powerfully without our knowledge will lose their strength, lose their power and we might become able to Transform them; Exactely the way we put leftover food to the compost for getting good fertilizer, we give the negativities of the mind to the Compost of the Greater Mind for transformation... and IT WORKS ... because we add this fundamental ingredient:

LOVE and COMPASSION for ourselves ;

 

 

 

And in paralell we may also cultivate our « positive » aspects with the mirror play: simply by observing what inspires us in others (musician? poet? wise master? football player?...) then bypassing the compost stage, simply by focusing on the positive qualities we see in others, using sankalpa for example, we cultivate them in our lives and one day  they flourish ...

Of course such a work does not happen overnight... It takes time, practice, effort, and it is the purpose of self study, work on oneself, or self development; Yet it allows to clean, to purify our part of mind which is embedded into the Vast Great Mind, the Ocean of the Mind;

 

Then Our individual Mind may project onto the World

a Garden of Flowers, Love, Peace...

And an External Ecology naturally will follow...

 

Maybe it is our Duty?

Hari Om Tat Sat

For French readers/ speakers, an excellent documentary on this subject:   « Le pouvoir de l’Intention » 

 

Happy Super FULL MOON to All of you !

 

 

Om Tat Sat

Isabelle Yogapushpa