Satori
The single most important thing a person can do is to learn how to elevate their level-of-consciousness, as one’s level of Happiness directly correlates to the level-of-consciousness. They are one and the same thing.
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of consciousness-expansion has to do with understanding what Effortless Surrender means. We live in a goal-oriented Yang world of striving, pushing, shoving, forcing, and achieving, and yet spiritual work goes in the other direction. For one’s level-of-consciousness to elevate to higher and higher levels of peacefulness, happiness, joy, love, and health, the posture is Yang by intent, and yet Yin by fulfillment. Thus, it is relaxed, easy, and non-stressful. Increasing one’s level of Power has to do with Allowing and Surrendering rather than with striving and getting.
Mankind does not lack spiritual information, but merely lacks the understanding of that information. Most spiritual aspirants have read plenty of books and have attended numerous lectures, and yet the information-gathering hasn’t resulted in the sought-for high-energy states of peacefulness, lovingness, happiness, healing, and bliss.
On the other hand, many people are interested in Spiritual Reality, but find the subject to be somewhat intimidating. This is largely due to unconscious beliefs that suffering is necessary, or that spiritual work is difficult and painful. In reality, spiritual ‘work’ is relaxed, easy, pleasurable, and non-stressful. It is the single most rewarding ‘activity’ there is. It is entertaining, informative, and filled with laughter and joy.
In this 5-hour lecture, students from all over the world gathered together to simply listen to the catalytic information itself, which was deliberately structured and delivered in such a way that facilitates a measurable increase in the level of consciousness, again, just by watching and hearing the presentation. Included also was a lengthy Questions & Answers period where students asked questions about a wide range of topics including emotional and psychological issues, dating and relationship concerns, meditative and contemplative techniques, simple ways to let go of suffering, and much more.
Throughout the ages, advanced spiritual devotees (such as the Christian Saints, Zen adepts, etc.) have frequently reported reaching states of extraordinarily intense Joy/Bliss/Ecstasy. This level of consciousness is also known as the state of Satori, a condition in which the tracking of the passage of the duration of time all but stops and is replaced by the subjective awareness of Timelessness. In this state, all phenomena are discovered to be happening spontaneously and automatically of their own as a consequence of the unfolding of potentiality (nonlinear consciousness) into actuality (linear content, form). Thus, the usual perception of cause and effect progressively falls away and a powerful subjective comprehension reveals that there is no ‘thinker’ behind thoughts, no ‘doer’ behind deeds, no ‘decider’ behind decisions, etc. It is comprehended that one’s own existence, as well as the existence of All stems solely from God’s Creation, which reveals the innate beauty and perfection of All That Is.
Aside from meditators, runners or joggers have also reported reaching states of Satori and discovered life to be happening spontaneously of its own, with even the running itself being startlingly effortless, automatic, and under the volition of Divinity. Although such states usually recede, in some rare cases, Satori can become the permanent condition. The state tends to attract spiritual students, who are awed by, and attracted to, the state itself, rather than to any person(s). The radiance of joy/bliss/satori is a quality of the field of consciousness itself (Divinity) and does not stem from the personal selves of the teachers, saints, or speakers who experience such a condition.
After intensely following the strict spiritual pathway of Devotional Nonduality for over two years, Stephane and Greta Hemon eventually meditated continuously and non-stop for approximately 40 days and nights, which has resulted in their reaching a permanent Satori state. Fortuitously, this rare condition or state has been captured on video, in which a 5-hour lecture was given on how to reach Satori, including what the state feels like on an experiential-subjective level; the simple tools, techniques, and practices they used which allowed for this state to ripen into a permanency rather than as a fleeting peak state; the difficult emotional, psychological, and spiritual barriers they needed to cross; the painful mistakes made out of ignorance or confusion, and so on. (Also are advanced discussions on “spiritualized” human relationships, plus how to let go of difficult dating barriers such as fear & desire, etc.)
The purpose of this presentation is to shed light on some of the challenges that arise on the spiritual pathway in order to help students to be able to reach the glorious Satori/Bliss/Sainthood/Joy/Ecstasy condition-state as easily, quickly, and painlessly as possible and to thus transcend beyond human suffering forever. Using tools such as personal stories, humor, analogies, etc., as well as entering states of incapacitating Joy/Satori during the presentation, perhaps the main purpose of this seminar/lecture is to simply provide students with Spiritual Inspiration as well as to transmit the certainty of the Knowingness that those who set their sights on Satori are actually destined to reach it.
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The suggestion is to merely sit back, relax, watch the presentation, laugh at the dozens of jokes, contemplate, and allow the transformational information to simply ’sink in’ of its own. True healing and joy is something that occurs spontaneously of its own via “Reframes” which automatically foster changes in perception, which in turn results in seeing ourselves, as well as the world, quite differently! As our consciousness automatically evolves to higher and higher levels, the world literally transforms as the innate beauty of All That Exists progressively shines forth and our lives become a Divine Comedy.
