| The
distinctive aspects of Ishvara's advanced spiritual teachings
include his emphasis on Synergy, Allowing, Knowing, the Body,
and the Space. |
The
Consciousness, the All-That-Is, is a synergy –
that process where the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts. Just as an ancient forest is more than simply
a collection of individual trees, bugs, etc., so is the
wholeness of The Consciousness greater than the total
of its individual parts. The
Consciousness is complete in every moment, yet it is continually
expanding and realizing greater connection.
It
is learning more about itself through the infinite possibilities
of physical form. In
this synergistic process, no aspect of The Consciousness
is ever separate or excluded. Everything is included;
therefore, all true needs are met. This process cannot
be controlled or predicted, it can only be allowed. Through
allowing, The Consciousness brings about the highest
good, moment by moment.
Each
one of us is a unique
expression of The Consciousness. We are The Consciousness
experiencing and expressing itself as physical form. Through
each unique expression, The Consciousness grows in its understanding
of itself, and the connections expand. We experience this
expanding Consciousness not through control or effort, but
through allowing. We allow everything to be the way it is.
We take the next step that is in front of us, without resistance.
We
do what there is to be done, without expectation or agenda.
This is allowing.
Through
allowing, the highest good unfolds, from moment to moment.
Through allowing, we come to know our true identity as a
unique expression of The Consciousness.
When
we allow, from moment to moment, we experience clear knowing,
or "feeling-knowing"
as Ishvara calls it. Knowing is not thought. It is not intuition.
It is awareness without doubt, from moment to moment. It
is knowing that the highest good is always taking place.
It is knowing that all we need to do, from moment to moment,
is whatever task is in front of us. Knowing is the awareness
that "You
are The Consciousness experiencing itself as you," as
Ishvara says.
In
The Consciousness, there is no separation. Nothing is
excluded from The Consciousness. And so, while many teachers
and traditions see the physical body as something which
is outside of the spiritual process, Ishvara shows that
the body is an essential part of the process of transformation.
The
body is The Consciousness expressing itself as physical
form. The
body is an essential component of who we are. If we believe
that we are separate souls, who have come to the physical
realm in order to learn some lessons until the next lifetime,
we exclude the body from the process of transformation.
This is dualistic thinking which separates body from soul.
The body experiences the effects of such dualistic belief
through aging, stress and disease. When we allow the body
to assume its rightful role in the process of transformation,
however, the body changes.
The
body transforms. The body becomes a liberated expression
of the ever-expanding Consciousness. Ishvara
himself has experienced the physical manifestations of
such change through the significant transformation of
his own body. Members of the Alaya community also experience
ongoing physical shifts and changes as they deepen in
the awareness of who they are. Aging slows down or stops.
Illness becomes rare. The body becomes more energetic
and flexible. These changes are a natural part of the
process of transformation when we allow the body to be
included.
The
Space . . .
Ishvara
lives what he teaches. Actually, he is the very presence
of what he teaches. One can experience this directly only
by being in his presence, “the Space” as he
calls it. The Space is the presence of The Consciousness,
unclouded by beliefs, concepts or doubts. While the Space
is not limited to any location, it is fully manifest through
Ishvara’s knowing. In
this Space people will experience radical transformation
at an accelerated pace, through allowing.
The more often one is physically in this Space, with a
willingness to remain in the present moment, the more
deeply one experiences ongoing transformation. If you
truly want to discover who Ishvara is and what he teaches,
you will have to experience the Space. Once you have had
such an experience, you can feel the Space at any time,
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