In addition to ego consciousness (the encapsulated I-Me-Mine), we have/are ordinal (straight-line ordinary) or surface consciousness and depth consciousness. Depth consciousness is not swayed by the winds and currents of the surface. Depth consciousness is fed by hidden springs, hidden to the ego cha-cha-cha and to the surface make-a-buck-and-spend-it world. Depth consciousness is engaged in two ways: quiet stillness and vibrant openness. The quiet stillness is vibrantly open and the vibrant openness has calm stillness at its core. Thus the hidden springs keep flowing. The Aware Cosmos is ready to reveal itself and does.
Oh sure, just when I was settling in to my surface dwelling stupor you have to wake me up. (:
ReplyDeleteStillness returned fairly quickly upon reading this. Openness was a bit mechanical this morning, but now more natural. Thanks George!