In spiritual
education, an entity is always emphasized called: "You."
Reference is made to what that 'You' is and is not. Moreover, it is
said that that 'You' is 'Consciousness'. What 'Consciousness' is
exactly is not being told. 'Consciousness' is vaguely described as
Omnipresent and Immortal. Those qualities are also what 'You' are
essentially. What you are not necessarily: the body and all fleeting
phenomena. They are all unreal. Only "You" (Consciousness)
is real.
That is a
confirmation of being of greatness.
In India and Asia in
general, they have thousands of names for ‘Being’ invented. .
All kinds of
gradations, states and states of Being. Everything between being
nothing and being everything. And every manifestation of Being has
its own god and goddess. Hinduism in particular is a colorful
doctrine, full of roads, paths, ladders and stairs to the very
highest. The highest is called Parabrahman. In human form it is
called Atman. It is a cozy, colorful affair.
This package of
religious articles came to the West little by little in the second
quarter of the last century. Almost the entire spiritual Western
culture has been absorbed by it.
Almost all Western
seekers now believe that they are Consciousness. And in that belief
they are being guarded by an army of gurus who earn a nice living
from it, and moreover have a status that they can have. Some attract
crowded halls with thousands of patient, silent listeners. It's big
business. I will not mention names. They are a kind of 'Pied Piper of
Hamelin'.
Everyone knows that
fairy tale.
(to be continued)
Wouter van Oord
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