Disclaimer – Not Mine Only Notes
I have to stress that these words are my notes only. The
thoughts and understanding behind them do not come from me but from the
terrific missionaries that lead the various activities during the retreat.
Causation & the Ego
There are three causes of the ego.
The causal, then the mind, then the emotion and then action,
is how the ego unfolds. The logic of the ego has a causal, mental, emotional and
physical part as well.
States of Consciousness
Imagine a container, a glass and a candle. The container is
the mind. The glass is the essence and the candle is the consciousness.
We allow the egos to do things that are unjustified in the light
of the Being.
What we are is a state of consciousness and what we feel is
the result of that state of consciousness. We have thousands of states of
consciousness, one for each event.
Awakening
We have to choose the state of consciousness!
We need to be on guard to stop the essence from creating causes
which will produce errors. We need to instead of having the ego as a cause, we
need to have the values of the Being as a cause.
Once we are in charge we can be in charge of our causation processes.
Then we can change our way of Being.
Conclusion
Trapped consciousness = Conditioned Being. Then wrong causes
and inconvenient results. The more essence there is, the more positive
circumstances there are. This is because of the essence being present, and
because it generates positive circumstances.
The essence is the vehicle of expression of the Being! Being
mind you, is one thing, though consciousness is something else.
End (631).
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