Satsang with Dr. Shankar
I love satsang. Sitting in the presence of an enlightened being expands perception beyond the limited version fed us by our ego. It begins to crack the sealed dogma of our youth given us by those we admire, look up to and trust. They teach from the perspective of duality, but is it true?
The enlightened ones report it is a dream we appear to be moving through from our first appearance (birth) to our disappearance (death. In our dream—which unfolds like a movie or story— life seems very real. There are many; each has an ego, a personality, a beginning date and an ending date and a multitude of experiences in between. Everyone’s world is their story: personal, individual, unique. No two are exactly alike. Each dream is manufactured from mind by one ego inhabiting a physical body that moves through space recounting a past or lost in thought in a non-existent future.
Dr. Vijai S. Shankar, M.D. PhD, is an enlightened being whose writings shine a light on the mystery of life. He writes, “Man needs to understand life is a singular movement appearing as multiple events which are nothing but an optical and auditory illusion of light and sound which appear real to him. Mind does not control life. Understanding this frees man of his anxiety. If the train breaks down, he will not be anxious, he will just be watching. He will enjoy the scenery. He will understand this is what is meant to happen.” from Evolution of Mind, 2010
When something happens unexpected, (a delay due to a freeway disaster or a plan change at the last minute), I find myself thinking, “If it’s not happening, it wasn’t meant to. Relax and enjoy what shows up!” I did just that on Thanksgiving Day. George and I were in the car approaching the freeway, when we got a call that the dinner we had been invited to had been delayed. We turned the car around, went home and started again an hour later. Even after we arrived at our friend’s house, we didn’t sit down to dinner for another hour. The ego hates delays and waiting. But I wasn’t focused on ego’s non-stop chatter; I was focused on enjoying each moment as it presented itself. It put me in full appreciation of everything that showed up.
“Once you have come to the state of appreciating, you will understand that everything allows you to have a relationship with it by serving you. It allows you to use it be it an object or a human being. When you cease expecting and start appreciating what life puts in front of you, a qualitative change happens to your life. This qualitative change in life is enlightenment. You will realize how everybody fits into their role in life to serve and share. This is how life has been manifested, no mater how illusory.” Dr. Vijai S. Shankar, M.D. PhD http://www.vijaishankar.com/en/Welcome.html
Another enlightened being I love is Byron Katie: “The world is my perception of it. I see and hear only through the filter of my story.” ….and, “What is is. You don’t get a vote. Haven’t you noticed?”
The world we live in is created by time, space, our thoughts (positive and negative), our opinions (a single point of view on the 360 degree viewfinder), our concepts (which we inherit from our parents, peers, and teachers), and our ideas (which we either act on or ignore). Our world is dreamed from the mind and lived by us as if it was real, but it’s not. Ignore the mind-chatter of the ego; enjoy each moment as it is presented; appreciate the mystery of life. Every moment is a wonder from the 360 degree view of an enlightened being and we are that, each one a facet of the whole.
Until you return, fill your days with GIGGLES, JOY, and APPRECIATION!
SylviaSilk, D.D. Director of the Institute For Balanced Living, Los Angeles,CA, USA
DoctorofDivinity, SpiritualCoach, ReconnectiveHealingPractitioner, Writer
The enlightened ones report it is a dream we appear to be moving through from our first appearance (birth) to our disappearance (death. In our dream—which unfolds like a movie or story— life seems very real. There are many; each has an ego, a personality, a beginning date and an ending date and a multitude of experiences in between. Everyone’s world is their story: personal, individual, unique. No two are exactly alike. Each dream is manufactured from mind by one ego inhabiting a physical body that moves through space recounting a past or lost in thought in a non-existent future.
Dr. Vijai S. Shankar, M.D. PhD, is an enlightened being whose writings shine a light on the mystery of life. He writes, “Man needs to understand life is a singular movement appearing as multiple events which are nothing but an optical and auditory illusion of light and sound which appear real to him. Mind does not control life. Understanding this frees man of his anxiety. If the train breaks down, he will not be anxious, he will just be watching. He will enjoy the scenery. He will understand this is what is meant to happen.” from Evolution of Mind, 2010
When something happens unexpected, (a delay due to a freeway disaster or a plan change at the last minute), I find myself thinking, “If it’s not happening, it wasn’t meant to. Relax and enjoy what shows up!” I did just that on Thanksgiving Day. George and I were in the car approaching the freeway, when we got a call that the dinner we had been invited to had been delayed. We turned the car around, went home and started again an hour later. Even after we arrived at our friend’s house, we didn’t sit down to dinner for another hour. The ego hates delays and waiting. But I wasn’t focused on ego’s non-stop chatter; I was focused on enjoying each moment as it presented itself. It put me in full appreciation of everything that showed up.
“Once you have come to the state of appreciating, you will understand that everything allows you to have a relationship with it by serving you. It allows you to use it be it an object or a human being. When you cease expecting and start appreciating what life puts in front of you, a qualitative change happens to your life. This qualitative change in life is enlightenment. You will realize how everybody fits into their role in life to serve and share. This is how life has been manifested, no mater how illusory.” Dr. Vijai S. Shankar, M.D. PhD http://www.vijaishankar.com/en/Welcome.html
Another enlightened being I love is Byron Katie: “The world is my perception of it. I see and hear only through the filter of my story.” ….and, “What is is. You don’t get a vote. Haven’t you noticed?”
The world we live in is created by time, space, our thoughts (positive and negative), our opinions (a single point of view on the 360 degree viewfinder), our concepts (which we inherit from our parents, peers, and teachers), and our ideas (which we either act on or ignore). Our world is dreamed from the mind and lived by us as if it was real, but it’s not. Ignore the mind-chatter of the ego; enjoy each moment as it is presented; appreciate the mystery of life. Every moment is a wonder from the 360 degree view of an enlightened being and we are that, each one a facet of the whole.
Until you return, fill your days with GIGGLES, JOY, and APPRECIATION!
SylviaSilk, D.D. Director of the Institute For Balanced Living, Los Angeles,CA, USA
DoctorofDivinity, SpiritualCoach, ReconnectiveHealingPractitioner, Writer
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