Episode Transcript
Is it possible to go beyond ordinary, mundane thinking to go from a place of peacelessness, to a peaceful state of mind? Yes, it is possible, and that is possible through meditation. My name is Ken Hanuman and I've been practicing RA yoga meditation for over 40 years. In these episodes, I will share the experiences and insights I've gained from meditation and how I've integrated them into my everyday life and all my relationships. Welcome to the Spiritual Relationship Podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome to the Spiritual Relationship Podcast. My name is Ken Hanuman, your host. The topic today is the three worlds, I would like to call it the three levels of consciousness. A good example maybe is if I'm watching the game in my living room and I'm focused on it, I can forget basically that I'm sitting in the living room and I feel as if I am in the stadium enjoying the game, or at least, depending on, whether your team is winning or losing. You are excited or you feel like you're losing the game you feel upset. So you have just traveled. Even though the body is in one place, meditation is a little like that. I've been practicing Raja Yoga meditation for over 30 years. So this podcast is really about me sharing the experiences that I've had. there are different topics. And as you can see in the episodes I did before, the first one is on what is the soul? Where does it reside in the body, the nature of it. And to know that I the soul, I am the one that is giving life to the body. I'm separate from the body. I can live without the body. But the body cannot live without me. So right then and there you are moving from the body consciousness, the ordinary 'Ken' with daily life of job and responsibilities and, all the stuff that's going on and all that information, all the training and all the experiences in our past and personality traits that is a part of, you can say the mundane life or physical life, materialistic. But it is possible for me to move from that awareness into soul consciousness, into a feeling that I am the soul, a being of light with the nature of peace, love, purity power, inner wisdom. Understanding that I do have a divine nature, and this is common to all human beings. It's available to all of us. And if you relate to such things or if you're interested in it, because consciousness, I guess it's something like, the software, you have a lot of programs on your laptop, on your computer, but the ones that you play all the time is the one that is, more powerful that you are aware of. And the same thing with us. If we are focused more on the problems or the daily life or we're so caught up in the world that we don't pay attention to sitting quietly and trying to understand who we are as a peaceful being or as a spiritual being. Then it doesn't have any importance. It doesn't come into focus. You don't spend any time on it. Therefore, you're not able to go deeper into that experience. So you're not able to travel, to move away from your daily life to something that is actually in you, is within your consciousness, but there's no attention there, so it's not becoming apparent and therefore it's almost as if peace is elusive. So the ordinary world is the first, level and we all know what that is. The second level. Would be the subtle world or another way of, saying another way of, describing it can be angelic. Why am I using this word angelic? Is because this word angelic is associated with a being that has awareness of itself as being light. With the personality of being benevolent and, have compassion and is always available and seem to be able to listen to what is. An angel is not selfish and is not in fear. So the deeper you go into this, understanding what it means, like to be alive, what it means like to be outside of, the past or the ordinary, physical description of myself and starting to tell myself a new story. If you can really and truly be honest with yourself and you check, you'll see you have a kindness in you and you do care. And many times when things are not going right in the world, you wish you could do something about it. You wish people were not suffering as they do. Mental illness is increasing, suicide rates are increasing a lot of, violence and hate. And, everybody wants to rule the world and control others, it's, as Gandhi said, the world has enough for everyone, but it doesn't have enough for you to fulfill your greed. It is really important for us to sit quietly and go within, as I said in the first lesson, the mind can visualize and the mind can think you can create thoughts. So all these things that I'm saying, we have to think and visualize myself as being that angel, being of light. Now when I move out of the, like I go beyond the sun, the moon, the stars. Let's say if you are on the moon and you're looking at the earth, right? It is totally different feeling, you know? So if you were to go beyond, you can envision, remember you are not really and truly leaving, but you, the soul in your awareness, you're you are visualizing this world of light. One Yogi describe it as a white light, like the full moon. Brilliant, but soft light. In that state, when you're there, you are alive. You can think, you can feel, you can actually s visualize even the entire world or the souls, and you can feel a connection. When your mind is quiet, it seems as if you're able to listen or you can able to understand notice because you're not in a state of fear, right? You're in a state of mercy or in a benevolent feeling. So you are generating love and peace and light, and you are now sending that out. You are feeling compassion, you feel like a heart to heart relationship with others. Also, depending on if you believe in a high power God, the supreme being the supreme soul, you can actually feel and visualize that you are with him or her, however you want to describe this higher power. But this being is a being that is totally aware of me, knows me, maybe even more than I know myself, has good wishes and good feelings, and hold a high vision of me. And I can experience a relationship of love, a relationship of a father and child, a relationship of a friend, or a relationship of God, being your father, your teacher, or your guide, and like I said, he's always available. He never turns away, and as long as you are ready, He's ready. So there is, there's a, in this awareness, you're totally in charge of what you want to experience. You can experience the angelic being, giving to others, or you can experience the relationship that is inspiring you to become powerful and to become, greater than a human being, sort of. You can practice these qualities of love and peace and happiness. This enables you to, to know yourself in a new light, in the eyes of God, if you like to say. So this is a subtle world, and that's a very short description. There's, it's very creative to be in that, that there's a new, way of looking at yourself and the world and you are generating so many different powerful, emotional state that you are actually enjoying your life. You're feeling rested, you're feeling empowered, you're feeling stronger. Now, the next level of consciousness would be going to the world of silence. In this other world, you are aware of others, right? You can feel and you can think, but you're not talking, right? No language, and you're benevolent. In the world of silence. It's as if you have gone completely within yourself. You are now a soul a being totally at at rest and at peace. There are no desires, no fear. You feel complete. There's a feeling of wholeness, and you're in an infinite space of light. If you want to envision that as a golden red light or just you exists in the state of peace and self-aware, no thoughts of the world, but a feeling of being okay, of being alive, being real, being powerful, being at peace. This is a very restful state. In that state. Your mind is not active, right? Like I said, no thoughts compared to how you were thinking and feeling. When you're in the physical world with all the busyness and all the challenges and all the negative emotion, you're now moving in a state of rest. As you can see, I'm repeating myself and then it is deliberate because I want you to, to have an experience, an understanding that in meditation, it has to be guided. It has to be, you have to know what you're doing, and this is why we listen to. We have a course that we go through first and then every single day we are listening to what we call, it's like daily teachings. So you're starting off today with some discussion and some teaching, of a deeper aspect of a spiritual consciousness, the relationship of the soul and the body, what is going on in the world and the karmic relationships and maybe understanding the laws that govern the physical world and also our mind. In the next lesson we'll talk about karma and how karma starts at the level of thinking and then the words in action. It's good to understand these things because when you are moving into this, awareness of yourself as a spiritual being, it still has to be guided by higher principles, and this is where daily teachings come in, or you in, I guess, people would have what we call a guru because somebody has to be in a state of peace, like an enlightened state to be able to guide you through. Especially the first part of this inner struggle to concentrate and to come bring your mind down to a place of peace. You need some guidance through that turbulent time, because the mind doesn't get peaceful in one moment or in one meditation, or, you know, maybe even one month or so. You will actually need a little bit of help. Like you might feel or think or wondering what next to do, and somebody should be there to help you out. Right? But the moment you achieve that level of, awareness and understanding and the emotional negative emotions start to lessen, your sense of serenity or self-control come in, you, they, it is almost as if your intellect is awakened and your path seems clear and you would have less dependence other's opinion. And you'll be guided by, you wanna say God by you know and that is a place where you really start to enjoy your journey. So with that, I would like to close and remember what I'm mentioning. It is a very short, explanation of the three worlds or three level of consciousness. When we go into the course, we go more in depth into that, and that will be later episodes, but I'll close there if you like to have commentaries, free commentary, meditation, commentary, or maybe access to free online classes. Then in the description below, you'll find the links there. We like to provide this free of charge because we feel there's a need for it, and people just have the time and the determination and the commitment to self care. Then it's nice to have it available to you in your home. Right? It is on Zoom. So I hope you take advantage of that. So thank you for listening and I'm hoping to see you in the next episode. When you walk into a room, life gets little, you. You.
