This is interesting. Neuroscience basically has found that the sense of agency
in human beings is illusory, that everything is "controlled" by the laws of
nature.
Decision making takes places in the brain 1/2 to 7 seconds prior to the
decision becoming a conscious event. That means there cannot be a conscious
The sense of individual self, the psyche, the ego, which coordinates the events
in experience under the title of "me" is not an entity or an object but a
mental category that packages the events of perception, the organs of action,
the mind, emotions, and intellect as if they were somehow originated as a unit.
Self realization shows this supposed entity is not real even though it is
nonetheless a factor in experience.
This supports neuroscience research various kinds of statements found in
spiritual literature such as "acting in accord with natural law," or "Let Thy
will be done," which represent the state of enlightenment where the ego is
subordinated to the whole rather than attempting to subjugate the whole.
This happens effortlessly when the full nature of the whole is realized. It is
the basic principle of activity during the practice of TM, which is a good
introduction to how the mind can function without the involvement of the ego,
which can be said to be a pretend self.
It takes many years of mediation for this quality of action to permeate
experience, but also intellectual understanding of how the mind creates the
illusion of a "me" is required to be able to recognize when those features of
the mind grouped under the title of "ego" are functioning so the mind when in
activity can reset itself of effortless functioning.
As the sense of individuality and uniqueness is deeply impacted in most people,
it is not as simple a task as it might seem to have this distortion in
experience dissipate, for ultimately "you" have no control over the process.
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 10:40 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Agency'
Freely willfully making conscious choice..The Greeks had previously
believed humans had little agency, and that their fates were at the mercy of
their many gods, who often acted according to whim and fancy. After their
acquaintance with Iranian religion and philosophy, however, they began to feel
more as if they were the masters of their destinies, and that their decisions
were in their own hands.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west
The Dome Doors open daily at 6:40am for group meditation.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Of course when one skims through something like this broadside below what pops
out often is what is familiar or coincides with one’s own perspective. In a
quick read this was a ‘long and short of it’..
"You cannot sorrow for yourself when you have stemmed the sorrow of another.
The great law of service works on faithfully for everyone. ..The (spiritual)
workers are blessed and in the measure that they have striven so Divine
protection is around them. ..; so that when the River of Life is crossed, you
shall find marked upon you the sign of honour that shows that you were
shepherds, and that the sheep hearkened to your voice."
As the science is now more and more apparent it seems that those who would come
to group meditations are doing good work for others in service to others, so
like the Prince of Peace did in in Meissner-like darshan in his time. Happy
Easter, JaiGuruYou.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <upfron...@ymail.com> wrote :
For anyone who might be interested, I put this excerpt inthe Personal column
of our local paper for Good Friday. It seems to me thatTraditionalism creates
obstacles and obscures the more optimistic view from those who should
receiveit… Extract from “WHAT DOESRESURRECTION MEAN FOR THE SOUL”, spoken by
the spirit of the Scribe in theBible (Mark 12:28-34) through the deep trance
mediumship of Miss Winifred Moyesat the Greater World Christian Spiritualist
Circle on Easter Sunday, April 13th1941. "Thisis the time of resurrection; in
the degree that you can sacrifice - then indeedit shall be Easter for you…
"Youcannot sorrow for yourself when you have stemmed the sorrow of another.
Thegreat law of service works on faithfully for everyone. Those even in
theirdeepest sufferings can link up with Jesus the Christ and face the fiercest
testunafraid, knowing that they shall never see death, but glorious life and a
lovethat shall close every wound in heart and mind and body. "Thereare those
who criticise, but when their body is no more, the consciousness ofopportunity
utilised or of opportunity thrown away will come to them. But inthat next
stage, God, in His great mercy, will send to them the teachers andthe leaders,
and they will be seekers and will seek until they find - and theyshall find,
after the transition, their resurrection in very truth. "Theworkers are blessed
and in the measure that they have striven so Divineprotection is around them.
The message to everyone is that if only they willtake Christ at His word, if
only they will trust Him, they shall find that whathas been uttered by the
Sacred One is true: 'He that believeth on Me shallnever see death': but
immortal life shall be opened to them for evermore. "Atthis Easter-tide pray
that in very truth the Garden of Gethsemane and Calvaryshall be forgotten and
that you will look forward with hope, with anever-growing faith; so that when
the River of Life is crossed, you shall findmarked upon you the sign of honour
that shows that you were shepherds, and thatthe sheep hearkened to your voice."
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