Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Dear Friends, Hari Om, I am sending you a small piece on conscience as pasted below. The original formatted one is available at: http://kartha-pes.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/12/spirit-level-for-our-spi\ ritual-plane.htm <http://kartha-pes.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/12/spirit-level-for-our-sp\ iritual-plane.htm> . I wish you could bless me with your feedback. With thanks and prayers, Dr.P.E.S.Kartha Spirit Level for Our Spiritual Plane We all have seen human-look-alike mannequins exhibiting various types of attires at the entrances of many a textile showroom. They stand so upright and their postures would make even a soldier envious. But if you go nearby any one of these attractive doll-like statues and give a small nudge, it loses its balance and fall flat on the floor with the same pleasant look on its face. There is nothing in their design that may react to and nullify an external unbalancing force. If you do the same mischief on a friend standing nearby (caution: if you are not confident about your friend's temperament, please do not try it, as it may result in your injury!), you will find that he steadies himself instantly. We human beings and also the animals, regain our balance immediately, after sensing and compensating any upsetting forces acting on our postures. It seems there is a `spirit level' positioned between our ears to help us to carry out our balancing act! This prevents us from toppling down like a mannequin from nudges friendly or otherwise. This is one of the excellent feedback control systems built-in and operating inside our physical body. Similarly, there is a `spirit level' for our spiritual `body' too. It is also named as our sense of right and wrong or simply conscience. It is ever vigilant to help us with correcting our moral (immoral too!) adventurism and prevent us from tumbling down into the pits of moral degradation so as to keep us on our spiritual tracks. The corrective signals emanating from this control mechanism are loud and clear when we are receptive for such guidance and become week as we start ignoring them. Unfortunately, many of us are more comfortable in being guided by our `friendly, neighbourhood, inflated ego' than a spoilsport conscience! But just for fun, try cleaning that faded mirror inside us namely our conscience. For this cleaning operation, we require an efficient detergent famously known as `introspection'. It dissolves readily in a solvent (not very popular, of course), normally referred to as `honesty to ourselves. Try this `heady' combination and you will soon find how efficiently you can tune to that conscience station. Now the signals start coming thick and fast; loud and clear. Happy listening!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Brother, Your imagery and erudition are beautiful, and convey well your meaning. Please forgive me a small criticism of your work. Perhaps this is just a personal issue, but when I hear the word conscience I associate it with guilt (eg "a guilty conscience"). This to me does not seem conducive to right action and understanding. When little self becomes open to real Self, every detail of life becomes part of a personal conversation with the divine. Little self may partake in this conversation consciously (making every thought and action a personal message of love for creator/creation) and enjoy bliss as the result thereof, or may choose ignorance for a time and partake of the fruits of maya. To call blind participation in maya "moral degradation" implies a false value judgement. Remember, blindness is when a soul chooses to close its own eye(s), and is a choice which contributes to the rich diversity of the fabric of our existence. That being said, for those of us on a "spiritual" path it pays off to give increasing attention to that divine conversation, or "spirit level", for this involves us more deeply in spiritual bliss, which most of us have judged to be much more enjoyable and desirable that the ego gratification of blind action. Then again, there is nothing to feel guilty about if choosing the other way now and again suits your will. Maybe I'm being too picky about words here, for you do seem to be aiming at the same Truth... it just seems too easy to reinforce unpleasant emotional cycles (like guilt over percieved imperfections) with but a few ill-chosen words. With Love Mike , "kartha_pes" <kartha_pes wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > Hari Om, > > I am sending you a small piece on conscience as pasted below. The > original formatted one is available at: > http://kartha-pes.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/12/spirit-level-for- our-spi\ > ritual-plane.htm > <http://kartha-pes.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/12/spirit-level-for- our-sp\ > iritual-plane.htm> . I wish you could bless me with your feedback. > > With thanks and prayers, > > Dr.P.E.S.Kartha > > Spirit Level for Our Spiritual Plane > > We all have seen human-look-alike mannequins exhibiting various types of > attires at the entrances of many a textile showroom. They stand so > upright and their postures would make even a soldier envious. But if you > go nearby any one of these attractive doll-like statues and give a small > nudge, it loses its balance and fall flat on the floor with the same > pleasant look on its face. There is nothing in their design that may > react to and nullify an external unbalancing force. If you do the same > mischief on a friend standing nearby (caution: if you are not confident > about your friend's temperament, please do not try it, as it may > result in your injury!), you will find that he steadies himself > instantly. > > We human beings and also the animals, regain our balance immediately, > after sensing and compensating any upsetting forces acting on our > postures. It seems there is a `spirit level' positioned between > our ears to help us to carry out our balancing act! This prevents us > from toppling down like a mannequin from nudges friendly or otherwise. > This is one of the excellent feedback control systems built-in and > operating inside our physical body. > > Similarly, there is a `spirit level' for our spiritual > `body' too. It is also named as our sense of right and wrong or > simply conscience. It is ever vigilant to help us with correcting our > moral (immoral too!) adventurism and prevent us from tumbling down into > the pits of moral degradation so as to keep us on our spiritual tracks. > The corrective signals emanating from this control mechanism are loud > and clear when we are receptive for such guidance and become week as we > start ignoring them. Unfortunately, many of us are more comfortable in > being guided by our `friendly, neighbourhood, inflated ego' than > a spoilsport conscience! > > But just for fun, try cleaning that faded mirror inside us namely our > conscience. For this cleaning operation, we require an efficient > detergent famously known as `introspection'. It dissolves > readily in a solvent (not very popular, of course), normally referred to > as `honesty to ourselves. Try this `heady' combination and > you will soon find how efficiently you can tune to that conscience > station. Now the signals start coming thick and fast; loud and clear. > Happy listening!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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