In my mid-teens I began to study Near Eastern philosophy which led me to Tao and the writings of Lao Tzu. This was when I first learned of meditation. Although I would later understand these writings to be more focused as contemplative exercises or reflections, they required a conscious effort with which I was not familiar. Understanding the "ten thousand things" took a great deal of contemplation before realizing that the Ten Thousand Things could be understood as a Quantum Universe where possibilities are endless. This is a common theme to be found in most all creation stories.As in cycling, we do not live in a linear universe, no journey follows a straight path. We live in a quantum universe where straight lines do not circle upon them selves to connect. By this I mean that there is more to life than what we experience or witness with our physical senses. That there seems to be an underlying "cause" or purpose of life that we also experience daily if we look toward a greater understanding. The great challenge in life therefore is to become more aware of this cause or purpose that integrates our consciousness so that we experience life with greater quality, harmony, balance and wholeness. As we live on different paths of consciousness in a quantum rather than linear universe, there are many ways or methods to accomplish this integration. cycling is but one. A path or method used by one person may not be suitable or useful to another. But we can be certain that with an integration of both our outer and inner levels of conscious awareness there is a greater harmony and balance and wholeness in life. As we follow our path of integration we can live in this hope that we will indeed return to our spiritual home.
The first Tao meditation one contemplates is:
Tao gives birth to one.
One gives birth to two.
Two gives birth to three.
Three gives birth to ten thousand things.
Ten thousand things find harmony by combining the forces of positive and negative...
Tao gives birth to one.
One gives birth to two.
Two gives birth to three.
Three gives birth to ten thousand things.
Ten thousand things find harmony by combining the forces of positive and negative...
One way to explain this meditation in physics is to explain that a force on a charged particle moving with velocity creates induction and therefore becomes inverted from a direct current to an alternating current. A direct current applied to a coil creates an alternating current causing an induction or magnetic flux density. The expression is thus:
"F" = Force or "Cause"
"qv" = a charged particle moving with velocity
"B" = magnetic induction
"F=qv X B" = Magnetic Inversion
Electromagnetic quantum potential that exists in all of life through alternating currents.
Integrating the outer and inner consciousness is the science of uniting the individual finite conscious mind with its absolute timeless Self and experiencing this integration of consciousness in an alert waking state of existence. Meditation is how we can become aware of this integration.
Practicing meditation is the science of uniting the individual finite conscious mind with its absolute timeless Self and experiencing this integration of consciousness in an alert waking state of awareness. When the finite conscious mind unites or becomes aware of its absolute infinite timeless Self, it becomes liberated from the separation it experiences when living life only in its individual finite existence. The absolute timeless Self while itself evolving is unchanging and constant and contains the essence of life. Experiencing life only in an individual finite existence prevents the finite conscious mind from realizing or integrating the infinite possibilities or true nature of the Self which is to unite with all of life everywhere. Finite existence by its nature evolves in a cycle of endless change and is therefore unbalanced, unstable and illusory because it can only refer to life from one perspective, its finite conscious self. Therefore the study of meditation leads one on a path of "Self-realization" to experience both the inner and outer qualities of life simultaneously.
Meditation is an inward outward movement between our outer surface levels of consciousness and our inner deeper levels of consciousness. As there is a most outward physical reality of life there is also a most inward reality of life. The physical (manifest) and inward (unmanifest) realities of life exist simultaneously and are present in all life everywhere. A "knowing" that these two realities of life exist simultaneously while understanding how they complement each other brings about a greater awareness which liberates us from the confines of experiencing only the finite, physical reality of life. As a result of this liberation one experiences more balance, harmony, and wholeness in life. As the conscious mind experiences the unmanifest reality of life, it's consciousness increases in potential and results in increased energy and awareness. Meditation may be defined as turning attention inwards towards the subtler levels of thought until the mind transcends the experience of thought associated with the physical reality and arrives in awareness at the source of thought.
Contributor: Wesley F Revels
Meditation is an inward outward movement between our outer surface levels of consciousness and our inner deeper levels of consciousness. As there is a most outward physical reality of life there is also a most inward reality of life. The physical (manifest) and inward (unmanifest) realities of life exist simultaneously and are present in all life everywhere. A "knowing" that these two realities of life exist simultaneously while understanding how they complement each other brings about a greater awareness which liberates us from the confines of experiencing only the finite, physical reality of life. As a result of this liberation one experiences more balance, harmony, and wholeness in life. As the conscious mind experiences the unmanifest reality of life, it's consciousness increases in potential and results in increased energy and awareness. Meditation may be defined as turning attention inwards towards the subtler levels of thought until the mind transcends the experience of thought associated with the physical reality and arrives in awareness at the source of thought.
Contributor: Wesley F Revels
