HigherSelf

An important aspect of some meditative practices relates to achieving a nothingness or emptiness within. Vacuus and Suyna are terms with their roots in Buddhist and Taoist philosophy referring to a state of emptiness or nothingness, but with slightly different nuances. While these aspects can be described and used separately, both practices relate to achieving a nothingness or emptiness within. Vacuus and Suyna can be used together for greater effectiveness, allowing a more transformational state of being.

In Latin the term Vacuus rather simply means empty, emptiness or void, that being the lack of substance. In Buddhist philosophy, Vacuus refers to the emptiness or lack of existence of all phenomena. This emptiness or lack of substances, sometimes referred to as the void is seen as the ultimate nature of reality. Some people may spend a significant amount of time meditating just on this one aspect of creation, becoming Vacuus.

Sunya on the other hand is a Sanskrit term that means emptiness but with a slightly different context where zero (or nothingness) is the source of everything. In Taoist philosophy, Sunya refers to the emptiness of the universe, which is seen as the source of all creation. This emptiness is importantly not empty as one may think, but rather the potentiality which exists within the void and the potential which lies within all of us.

When both Vacuus and Sunya are used in concert, they both harmonise to focus your meditation on the importance of cultivating a sense of openness and a true emptiness with the mind. There is much which can be learnt through the simple practice of bringing the ultimate emptiness within your mind and your entire being during any meditation or mindfulness practices. In the activity KIA0006 Vacuus And Sunya you then realise why directives and these aspects are important steps on the pathway to Cognition.

We all live in a complicated and ever-changing world. Every day we are immersed in a sea of thoughts and emotions which can influence us. Life Force Cognition can become an essential tool in helping you to effectively change your state of mind and lead to improved mental health.

As you apply the techniques of Life Force Cognition, you have the opportunity for the mind to become calm and quell some of your emotions. You can more effectively shift your thinking and switch off from the world whenever needed. As you become more adapt at Life Force Cognition, the energies of your Life Force can rejuvenate and revitalise all parts of you.

We all strive to bring some meaning to our journey through life and our daily living. As you continue your journey, no matter where that may lead, allow harmlessness to be your constant companion in life. Your true harmlessness works through right thought and speech, governed by self-control, which manifests into right action.

As your companion, harmlessness can lead to a better you. One in which you can experience a higher expression of yourself in your everyday life. As you do, you will find your own life journey to become more meaningful.

As a being of energy and light, you come into this world with the capability to shine the light of your existence out into the world. However, for many of us, our light has become dim and smothered in many layers of emotions. These layers of emotions, particularly those relating to regrets, smother the light. It is like being covered in many thick layers of dirt or mud.

Take a moment to believe that what has been done, is in the past. If you allow yourself to let go of some of the regrets that you hold onto, then you will have the opportunity to remove some of the layers of emotion which cloud the splendour of your true self. As you remove some of these layers of proverbial mud, you have the opportunity for the light of your Life Force to shine out from the darkness. Allow the light of your Life Force to break through the emotional barriers and colour the world around you every day.

Usually each of us does not have issues with thinking or expressing what would be identified as positive thoughts or emotions. Unfortunately, it is a normal human response to avoid or wish to bury difficult emotions, and even in some cases those which might seem to be neutral but have become taboo as a result of societal norms. Sequestering your emotions and thoughts can be an appropriate way of managing them from a mental mind standpoint. These subdued emotions will normally not create problems when you undertake mindfulness or basic meditation, as the power of your mind can maintain them metaphorically under control. Even if these concealed thoughts or emotions are not leading to problems, be aware that you have pushed them aside. Suppressing an emotion does not admonish an emotion. The emotion still exists within you, secreted in the background of your mind and subconscious. So for your own wellbeing, you should take the opportunity to understand them whenever the time is right.

The state of affairs changes considerably when you start on the pathway to the awakening of your inner light. It is very important to know that suppressing or subduing thoughts and emotions, especially the unfavourable ones, can be perilous as you advance on your journey of attunement or advanced meditation. As you progress with your meditation techniques, increasing levels of the power of your Life Force enlivens your form. These energies flow into all parts of your being from the energy centres and along the meridians. As these energies circulate throughout the human mechanism, their increased energy can activate thoughts or emotions which have been hidden, and may have laid dormant for years or even numerous lifetimes in the body’s think centres and chakras. When these energies trigger one of these suppressed thoughts or emotions, the intensity of that thought or emotion will be increased as a result of the greater energy levels from your awakening. Hopefully, you can now comprehend why it is so necessary to know yourself, to be aware of and understand all of your thoughts and emotions, even those which you might not wish to deal with.

We are all part of the Universal Force which binds the galaxy together, and preserves the structure of the Universe as we know it. As Life Force beings, we are the individual components of the Universal Force, in much the same way that stars form part of a galaxy. Our Life Force energies are the component of the Universal Force which is unique to each one of us, and are what some consider the spirit or soul. As we reside on this physical plane of existence, within each and every one of us as human beings resides the Spark of Life, which is the true unemotional part within you. It is the creative principle of the cosmos within you to enliven you within this material existence.

The Spark of Life is an important part of you. It not only binds your Life Force to this physical existence, it importantly is the key which allows you to tap into the creative component of the Universal Force within you. For those individuals who step onto the path of knowledge, the Spark of Life can be very beneficial. Through right thoughts, you can leverage the potential of the Spark of Life to raise into higher states of understanding and awareness.

When attempting to meditate, do you have problems clearing your mind of thoughts? Often those thoughts keep on coming back, and you seem destined for failure no matter how hard you try. The good news is that this is a very common challenge encountered by anyone starting meditation. It is not a sign of failure that you are having difficulties making your mind clear, quiet or supposedly blank. Even those who have practised meditation for many years may at times have problems. The most important thing is to keep persevering, and if necessary try different approaches or techniques, until you find one which works for you.

While quietening your mind is an important goal for any meditation, realise that each of us will achieve different degrees of success. For some people attaining the ultimate goal of full quietness of mind may not be possible, but that does not mean you cannot meditate.

The first and foremost thing to realise is that your very efforts to clear or quieten the mind can often be the cause. Your mind becomes filled with the distractions of the very same ideas you are making an effort to clear. If this is the case or you have a very rowdy mind, then you should shift your efforts to achieving a small area of calmness.

The second obstacle most people face is that they try to erase or eliminate their thoughts. The ability to quell or eliminate thoughts is very difficult to achieve for most of us. So the best approach for success is instead to push your thoughts aside or to the background, thereby diminishing their presence. With time and effort, you can build the skills to be observant of your thoughts, acknowledge them if necessary and push them aside. Then as you push more of these thoughts away, you can establish a small beachhead of quietness in your mind. Be happy with this achievement, as it is an important milestone. As you practice more, you will find that you can expand the quietness outwards, pushing your thoughts farther aside and into the background.

A very useful technique which can be utilised to help with meditation or even mindfulness is called Ekagrata, which simply means focused thought. Applying Ekagrata enables you to focus on one thing, such as your breath, repeating a mantra, or mindfully shifting your attention to a specific thought. As a master of your mind, you are not thinking of everything at the same time, you are being purposeful and focusing on one thing at a time. If stray thoughts enter your mind, you acknowledge them and push them aside to achieve that focus of mind which is Ekagrata. Become the master of your mind with Ekagrata, so that you may learn to clear your mind.

As humankind, we have been dwelling within this material manifestation for many aeons. Yet for most of us, the energy framework we live within is barely recognised and frequently misunderstood. For your improved wellbeing, and to attain bona fide awakening, the functioning of the intricate human mechanism needs to be both acknowledged and understood.

Some people are incrementally becoming aware of the existence of an energy which is distinct but associated with the physical body; this unseen power source is that of your Life Force. Know that as humans, we can see less than one-hundredth of a per cent of the identified electromagnetic spectrum. This restricts our perception of the diverse phases of energies which exist within the universe and within us.

Despite the fact that our physical structure appears solid, the scientific truth is that the structure of matter and the human physical form itself is predominately void. In addition to the aspect of the physical body, there are numerous additional component parts which comprise the entire human mechanism. These components all carry out indispensable functions within the human mechanism giving rise to form, function and the many aspects of thoughts, emotions and consciousness. Perhaps now you may begin to become aware that you are actually a complex and interwoven energy mechanism, and not simply the physical flesh and bones which we see.

The living vitalities which exist in all living things, manifest as your Life Force . While a lot has been blogged about the innate power source of the human mechanism, you may still consider that this is a mystery or a secret. You may well relate to your Life Force energy as an inner awareness, your genuine soul or spirit, to label but a small few. Some may see this idea of a separate indwelling power as mystical, strange, obscure or even intangible. The opportunity to work with your Life Force energies is not a secret nor an enigma but it is possible through the advanced meditation skills of Cognition (a real calmness of mind) and Ekagrata (focused thoughts).

As you access your Life Force energies, they begin to blossom and radiate into the world. Your Life Force will try to release itself from the emotional instability of the human body. As it does, the Life Force gains control of your life, so that you can live every thought, emotion and feeling with high reasoning.

How long will it take to release the wonder of your Life Force? The awakening of your Life Force has to be controlled by you, as it is necessary to adjust to the energies of your Life Force on a gradual basis. Much depends on your ability to have an open mind to challenge the accepted conditioning that has built up over the years. The awakening of your Life Force depends on your enthusiasm to place your will to the fore through Ekagrata to enter into the silence within your Life Force mind.

Realise that suppressing or subduing thoughts and emotions, specifically the unfavourable ones, can be perilous as you continue on your journey of awakening, meditation or attunement. Suppressing an emotion does not admonish an emotion. The emotion still exists within you, secreted in the background of your mind and subconscious.

 

As you progress and the energy of your Life Force enlivens your form, these energies will feed all aspects of your being, including emotions that have been hidden away under the proverbial rug or in a darkened corner of your mind. The emotional energy can build in the background and lead to a fiery outburst which can create harm and additional causality. You should acknowledge and expel the emotion to ensure that it does not smoulder and grow within, causing unimaginable problems.

You may well have taken advantage of mindfulness techniques to stop, pause, to become aware of what is taking place in the moment. You might have leveraged meditation as a reprieve from your emotions, thoughts and feelings. What is it that makes you act, respond, think, believe and feel in the way in which you do? What is the trigger which presses your psychological or subconscious buttons? The answer to these inquiries might be far more complicated than you initially conceived, as you view your place in the larger cosmos.

There is much more that is not seen than can be seen. Take into consideration that everything in the universe is energy. Welcome to the world of actuality and real facts. Absolutely nothing within the cosmos is by fortune or accident, all adhere to well-prescribed patterns and circulations of energy which form the basis of all matter, thoughts and our reality.

Illumement, like other practices such as meditation, has many different connotations depending upon the reason for undertaking them. Illumement can be simply stated as being at one with your true self. Through learning to bring quietness to your mind and silencing the endless noise of your thoughts, emotions and feelings, gradually the essence of your true self, the Life Force, begins to emerge. Illumement, in its simple and purest form, is all-encompassing harmlessness to be at one with yourself.

Throughout the ages, adepts of every time and place have achieved higher levels of an awakening of their Life Force through the understanding of colour and sound as a fundamental key to the energies of life. Hidden within many aspects of the Kabbalah are the keys to accessing such energies through the combination of sound, colour, number and vibration. Such knowledge provides a means of understanding how colour and sound interplay providing keys to the energies of life.

In the simplest form, meditation can be stated as being at one. Through learning to bring quietness to your mind and silencing the endless noise of your thoughts, emotions and feelings, gradually the essence of your true self, the Life Force, begins to emerge. The light of your Life Force, the true self within all people, is hidden behind barriers of material thoughts, emotions and feelings which have been built up by your mind and persona. Through an open, peaceful and quiet mind, this light of your Life Force can be awakened through various Life Force meditation techniques.