01-02-2011, 12:00 AM
You Are the Light of the World
posted by Deepak Chopra
Nov 24, 2010 4:00 am
Through second attention, you can perceive yourself as awareness itself,
not as one of its products and creations. There are many ways to catch such
glimpses: Meditating to reach inner silence; sensing the purity of nature;
sudden flashes of innocence; an impulse of love; an intuitive connection to
your muse; sensing inner guidance, a source of wisdom; a feeling that you
belong in the larger scheme of life.
Consider if you have ever experienced such things; begin to notice them
now, and be on the lookout for those moments when you can sense something lies
behind the veil of appearances. Even though we all live by first attention and
therefore lose our selves in constant activity, we are also equipped to
perceive the world through second attention.
Whenever you have a flash of love, innocence, inspiration, awe, wonder,
or joy, remind yourself: This is the real me. Don’t let such moments simply
pass you by. Stop and appreciate them, and ask that you receive more in the
future. In this way you open a feedback loop between first and second
attention.
You will continue to view the physical world as such, but its
significance will change. You will start to see consciousness at work, Being in
motion. In this way, the realms of change and non-change begin to merge. Light
starts to enter the world, until the world is eventually seen as made of light
and nothing else.
Adapted from The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, by
Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2008).
posted by Deepak Chopra
Nov 24, 2010 4:00 am
Through second attention, you can perceive yourself as awareness itself,
not as one of its products and creations. There are many ways to catch such
glimpses: Meditating to reach inner silence; sensing the purity of nature;
sudden flashes of innocence; an impulse of love; an intuitive connection to
your muse; sensing inner guidance, a source of wisdom; a feeling that you
belong in the larger scheme of life.
Consider if you have ever experienced such things; begin to notice them
now, and be on the lookout for those moments when you can sense something lies
behind the veil of appearances. Even though we all live by first attention and
therefore lose our selves in constant activity, we are also equipped to
perceive the world through second attention.
Whenever you have a flash of love, innocence, inspiration, awe, wonder,
or joy, remind yourself: This is the real me. Don’t let such moments simply
pass you by. Stop and appreciate them, and ask that you receive more in the
future. In this way you open a feedback loop between first and second
attention.
You will continue to view the physical world as such, but its
significance will change. You will start to see consciousness at work, Being in
motion. In this way, the realms of change and non-change begin to merge. Light
starts to enter the world, until the world is eventually seen as made of light
and nothing else.
Adapted from The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, by
Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2008).