POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES
It is my understanding from
my meditation practice,
and from guidance from
great teachers, that our
state of unity with the One
already exists, but we, for
the most part, cannot
see it because we are so
busy, so caught up with
our mind. We are used to
identifying with our mind,
to feeling that our ego is in
control. We do not allow
ourselves to trust and to let
go. It is a bit like we are so
focused on a tiny speck of
cloud, thinking that it is the
entire world, we miss the
vastness of the sky and the
infinite expanse of the universe.
When we explore the
mind, we see that in fact, it
does not exist by any other
means than by the energy
we give it. Most of what we
think and feel we “know”
is a configuration of the
mind, mental constructs to
help make us feel in control, powerful, important.
But all thoughts are passing. There is no thought
that is fixed, permanent or
eternal. It is the nature of
the mind to think. It goes on
and on – thinking – until we
bump up against grace
and notice that perhaps
what we think may not be
so fixed and solid after all.
When we look at our lives,
we see that what we think
in fact is not all that reliable. We think for sure we
will get that promotion, or
that we won’t get it. We
get ourselves all worked
up about it, either with excitement or with foreboding. When the thing we like
happens, we are happy.
When it does not, we are
sad. We are like weathervanes turning in the winds
of
our
ever-changing
thoughts.
So then what is beyond the
mind? If we remain open,
we begin to see that between our thoughts is a
space, just like the pause
that exists between each
inhalation and exhalation.
In that pause, lies possibility.
Yogis have taught this wisdom for millennia through
meditation and breathing practices, in which the
aspirant learns to observe
the space between.
consciousness that has
been there all along. The
change we are inspired to
embody in the process of
enlightenment is one that
dissolves the grip of the
mind and opens us to the
field of possibility that lies
as a substratum beyond
it. This, in essence, is at the
root of meditation practice
and ultimately, enlightenment: becoming one with
the space through which
pure consciousness arises.
Enlightened masters tell us
to watch the rise and fall of
the mind, like the waves of
the ocean. The waves are
not the ocean, just the surface agitation. The ocean
is deep, powerful and vast,
just like the space beyond
thoughts.
“When you have reached
enlightenment, ignorance
will delude you no longer.
In the light of that knowledge you will see the entire creation within your
own Atman and in me.” Bhagavad Gita 4:35
In the space between, we
open up to the field of pure
Parvati Devi is the editor-in-ch ief of Parvati Magazine. In addition to
being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, producer
and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator. Having
studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her own yoga
teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her current shows,
“YIN: Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a conscious
energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a Former Yoga
Junkie” is a road map to a revolutionary life makeover for sincere spiritual
seekers.
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