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When one is completely emancipated from what he has built around himself, what is left is his pure nature. A person can then spontaneously release his pure energy in daily life, so that his very essence is connected with the entire universe. He is thus regarded as a person of truth. Lao Tzu
-The Creation of a Consciousness Shift We are excited to announce that The Creation of a Consciousness Shift by Paul Lenda will be released in just two months on February 24th, 2012. Looking all around us we can see the dire need for a fundamental and significant positive shift within humanity’s collective consciousness if we are to have a bright future. Paul has carefully crafted the book in such a way that it will appeal to both the heart and the mind in a way that is both intellectually stimulating as well as emotionally riveting. After reading hundreds of books focused on the improvement of the self and the realization of the Self, he noticed that the majority of these books have one thing in common: there is little to no evidence outside of the personal experiences of the authors for the messages they are disseminating. In this 21st century post-modern world there is a certain burden of proof that comes with making extraordinary claims. Anyone can proclaim that we are all one, but is there evidence for such claims? No longer can such proclamations be made as was possible in eras behind us. Today, reason is increasingly valued. People realize that their lives are short-lived compared to the age of so many other things in the universe that they wish to live their lives aligned with Truth. Envision the state of perpetual enlightened consciousness as the summit of a mountain. At the bottom of the mountain there are many paths climbing up towards the summit. Many of these paths take so many twists and turns that they get lost and confuse. By having Truth guide us, we will reach the mountain summit following the straight and middle path that is free from distractions that severely prolong our quest. In the spirit of Truth, The Creation of a Consciousness Shift contains nearly 75 references and sources for its transcendental growth message. By affirming that the intensely mystical personal experiences that Paul Lenda had prior to writing this book, he sought out evidence as to whether these were simply fantastical phenomenon confined within the mind, or whether there was a transpersonal and interconnected relationship with the spiritual experiences. What he had found was that the latter was indeed true. In the spirit of the book coming out in just two months, below is a newly-unveiled excerpt from the chapter entitled A Consciousness Shift:
With only 2 weeks until the start of 2012, you just need to take a look at what is going on around in the world on all fronts to see that there are incredibly massive and substantial changes occurring. What this will all lead to is yet to be determined…we ultimately can decide what our fate will be if we empower ourselves to have an active role in the future of humanity and its only known habitable environment. By shifting our individual consciousness away from the individualism and towards unity, we make the transition from the ego-dominant mind to the empathetic selfless mind. Happiness is an inside job. Make the transition within yourself and you help create a global transition towards a state of consciousness that will ensure not only that we will have a bright future, but that we will flower into a force for positive change and transformation in every facet of life and existence. Please join our Facebook event for the release of The Creation of a Consciousness shift here. Pre-order a copy in advance from Amazon here. Spread the word and help make the consciousness shift possible.
When you find the way Lao Tzu
Oftentimes we feel that we are being attacked when our opinions are being challenged. This is the instinctual response initiated by the ego that becomes so defensive as to turn those opinions into truths even though they may be nothing more than our personal assumptions and may enabled by our backgrounds that don’t necessarily reflect the wider horizon of reality (see: Freedom From the Delusional Ego). We get these assumptions from our friends, family, teachers, books, movies and from other things. As time goes on, for one reason or another, we begin to identify with them and defend them passionately…sometimes to such unreasonable heights that we will die to defend these opinions and assumptions. Science dedicates itself to the discovery of truths about the reality we find ourselves existing in. Yet here as well, we can find a similar detrimental mind process at work. Science tends to get caught up in necessity which becomes a major blockage for creativity and slows down the ability to discover and invent things that are truly possible, but are not being realized because of the ego-inflation many scientists have about what is possible and impossible. The general principles, values, and assumptions which are taken by those who dedicate their lives to science become “a major source of the destructive misinformation that is polluting the generative order of society” as physicist David Bohm put it. Science likes to create the illusion that thought and feeling can be separated, yet time and time again, we can see this is not possible. We are not robots that run solely on logic or reason. We are mental and emotional beings. We cannot lie to ourselves in such a significant way or else we will not flower into an advanced and consciously creative force for positive change and progress. Thought and feeling are two aspects of one process, which is the response of recognition and memory to new perceptions. Science focuses on being dedicated to truth and facts and religion/spirituality is dedicated to a different kind of truth…and to love. Unfortunately, peoples’ self-interests and assumptions sometimes override these focuses. What happens is that the assumptions and opinions that we hold begin behaving like computer programs within our minds. They take over against the best of intentions and produce their own intentions. Resulting from all of this, we have the misunderstandings of Truth that we can see in science, religion/spirituality, and in the socio-political culture in general today. We cannot deny that the human ego has more of an influence on us than is healthy for our continued collective growth and transformation. What was once helpful for survival is now detrimental to our thriving. By consciously and intentionally changing how we think and what we focus on, we will be able to minimize that egoistic process of taking for absolute truth things that we do not know and ensure they fade away into the sands of time. Imagine how many wars would be evaded and how many lives would be saved if this were to happen. Imagine how much better the quality of life would be. A bright future for each or us and for us as a whole will be possible by having an open mind, which goes hand in hand with not allowing our egos to manipulate us in such a way that we are living and defending falsehoods. We are all interdependent on each other and creating a bright future for this world is something we all should have a hand in, not just a select few.
If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. The Bhagavad Gita |
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