EE7.5 - The Superconscious Mind

The Superconscious Mind

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Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 31

Notes:

Only one page of the original magazine article was recovered, and that was not the first page. A few lines in continuation from the first page, too fragmentary to be published, have been omitted here.

References to this article should cite the “Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 31 appendix” to indicate less certain authenticity.

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Those who have attained this superconscious level of awareness develop the true discrimination, the ability to transcend the illusion of life and discern the eternal which underlies all the changing forms. The result of true discrimination is vaerágya [non-attachment]. Those who are established in non-attachment realize that everything of this universe is the manifestation of the Supreme. They cannot hate or neglect anything of this universe. The universe is changeable, while Supreme Consciousness is unchangeable, true and absolute. But non-attachment does not mean to leave all pleasures and remain in a state of indifference to the world. It does not mean to leave everything and go to the seclusion of a mountain cave. Those who are truly non-attached do not deny the world (worldly life), they embrace it, for they feel the touch of the eternal hidden within all the changing forms of their lives. They are with everything. They are paramahaḿsa.⁽¹⁾

The subtle causal mind⁽²⁾ is the last (fifth) gateway of perfection. It is the third stage of the superconscious mind. One who experiences this stage of mind reaches very near the Infinite Self within, and such a person’s desire for supreme union becomes unbearable. Such a person has an intense desire for God. In this stage of mind there is a complete reflection of Supreme Consciousness. When the spiritual aspirant reaches this stage of mind, his or her mind becomes one with that subtle causal mind, and as a result his or her mind becomes one with the Supreme [or Cosmic] Mind and becomes an all-knowing mind. Then the person becomes an all-knowing personality and attains complete spiritual awareness. The person experiences a divine current of the supreme happiness. He or she attains the fullest expression of humanity: divinity. This is the aim of life. One can reach this stage of mind through dhyána [meditation in which the psyche is directed towards Consciousness]. Beyond this fifth layer of mind, there is Supreme Consciousness, the Supreme Spirit, the absolute reality, where all logics and reasonings and conflicts of the lower mind are dissolved and everything becomes one. Be spiritually aware; be great by your sádhaná, by your service and by your sacrifice. Be as great as He (the Supreme Entity).