This is also referred to as Brahman consciousness. It is a state of consciousness where the ever-present witness is not just recognized as the core Self of one’s existence, it is now perceived as the primary reality of every experience. You, as the observer, are that pure consciousness. The process of observation is also that consciousness. And, the object of observation is that same pure consciousness. The culmination of enlightenment is the knowledge that consciousness alone exists: that is all there is, was or ever will be. That oneness, or unity, dominates awareness even as one engages in the same mundane details of life as before. One ceases to identify with an individual body-mind apparatus and sees the whole universe as one’s physical body. Of course, there is a personal body and a material universe, experienced through the senses, but they are now recognized to be incorporated in that one single reality of consciousness.
Dormant potentials previously mentioned are now fully operative. There is the ability to heal and transform others, and everything is experienced as miraculous. A flower is seen as a flower but is also experienced as rainbows and sunshine and earth and water and wind and air and the infinite void and the whole history of the universe swirling and transiently manifesting as the flower. In other worlds, every object is seen as the total universe transiently manifesting as a particular object. And, behind the scenes, one can feel the presence of the same ever-present witnessing awareness that is now in both subject and object. Unity consciousness is the ultimate level of freedom from fear. It is characterized by an abiding sense of joy and peace. There is no “other” outside of oneself to be afraid of, and the constant dance of unity masquerading as diversity is seen as the blissful nature of life itself. All of creation is seen as the play of consciousness or leela.
This state of enlightenment is sometimes compared to the drop of water that is experiencing itself as the ocean, knowing that it was the ocean the whole time. You and God are now one because there is no “you” left anymore. Sometimes, when people try to conceptualize this by projecting their current sense of self into Unity consciousness, they are afraid that, in losing their old identity, they will lose their existence, memories and individual perspective. But the enlightened person doesn’t see it that way. They understand that personal identity was an illusion to begin with. They realize that nothing real or valuable is ever lost on the path to enlightenment. They are experiencing their original identity but only now recognizing it in its completeness and its full glory
This is also referred to as Brahman consciousness. It is a state of consciousness where the ever-present witness is not just recognized as the core Self of one’s existence, it is now perceived as the primary reality of every experience. You, as the observer, are that pure consciousness. The process of observation is also that consciousness. And, the object of observation is that same pure consciousness. The culmination of enlightenment is the knowledge that consciousness alone exists: that is all there is, was or ever will be. That oneness, or unity, dominates awareness even as one engages in the same mundane details of life as before. One ceases to identify with an individual body-mind apparatus and sees the whole universe as one’s physical body. Of course, there is a personal body and a material universe, experienced through the senses, but they are now recognized to be incorporated in that one single reality of consciousness.
Dormant potentials previously mentioned are now fully operative. There is the ability to heal and transform others, and everything is experienced as miraculous. A flower is seen as a flower but is also experienced as rainbows and sunshine and earth and water and wind and air and the infinite void and the whole history of the universe swirling and transiently manifesting as the flower. In other worlds, every object is seen as the total universe transiently manifesting as a particular object. And, behind the scenes, one can feel the presence of the same ever-present witnessing awareness that is now in both subject and object. Unity consciousness is the ultimate level of freedom from fear. It is characterized by an abiding sense of joy and peace. There is no “other” outside of oneself to be afraid of, and the constant dance of unity masquerading as diversity is seen as the blissful nature of life itself. All of creation is seen as the play of consciousness or leela.
This state of enlightenment is sometimes compared to the drop of water that is experiencing itself as the ocean, knowing that it was the ocean the whole time. You and God are now one because there is no “you” left anymore. Sometimes, when people try to conceptualize this by projecting their current sense of self into Unity consciousness, they are afraid that, in losing their old identity, they will lose their existence, memories and individual perspective. But the enlightened person doesn’t see it that way. They understand that personal identity was an illusion to begin with. They realize that nothing real or valuable is ever lost on the path to enlightenment. They are experiencing their original identity but only now recognizing it in its completeness and its full glory
Dormant potentials previously mentioned are now fully operative. There is the ability to heal and transform others, and everything is experienced as miraculous. A flower is seen as a flower but is also experienced as rainbows and sunshine and earth and water and wind and air and the infinite void and the whole history of the universe swirling and transiently manifesting as the flower. In other worlds, every object is seen as the total universe transiently manifesting as a particular object. And, behind the scenes, one can feel the presence of the same ever-present witnessing awareness that is now in both subject and object. Unity consciousness is the ultimate level of freedom from fear. It is characterized by an abiding sense of joy and peace. There is no “other” outside of oneself to be afraid of, and the constant dance of unity masquerading as diversity is seen as the blissful nature of life itself. All of creation is seen as the play of consciousness or leela.
This state of enlightenment is sometimes compared to the drop of water that is experiencing itself as the ocean, knowing that it was the ocean the whole time. You and God are now one because there is no “you” left anymore. Sometimes, when people try to conceptualize this by projecting their current sense of self into Unity consciousness, they are afraid that, in losing their old identity, they will lose their existence, memories and individual perspective. But the enlightened person doesn’t see it that way. They understand that personal identity was an illusion to begin with. They realize that nothing real or valuable is ever lost on the path to enlightenment. They are experiencing their original identity but only now recognizing it in its completeness and its full glory
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