Part 13: Meditation Is for You
QUESTION & ANSWER WAVE IN THE OCEAN You are part of the cosmic consciousness
Q. Am I just a tiny part of the cosmic consciousness, or am I the cosmic consciousness itself?
A. Both!
The cosmos is a hologram and you are a part of that hologram. In a hologram, every single part of the hologram, even if split, reflects the totality of that hologram. So you too reflect the totality of the cosmos. Even though you are a part of the cosmic consciousness, you are complete in yourself. You carry the whole cosmos in yourself. Actually, there is no such separation as 'you' and the 'cosmos'!
You are not separate from the universe, as you think.
The cosmos is not an assortment of separate things, of living and dead matter. It is a huge organic interconnected Whole.
Just as you are connected to your own body, you are connected to your fellow beings, to trees, animals, birds and rocks, to all the planets, stars and galaxies in the entire cosmos!
Whether you perceive it or not depends on you.
Q. If we are all part of an intelligent Whole called collective consciousness, how does God come into the picture?
A. The collective consciousness is what I call God! The Whole is what I call God. When you are Whole, you are holy.
About group meditation:
When matter is shared, it reduces in size. For example, if an apple has to be shared by four people, it has to be cut into four pieces. It reduces in size.
QUESTION & ANSWER WAVE IN THE OCEAN You are part of the cosmic consciousness
When it comes to electrical energy, when the voltage is shared, it does not reduce, it remains the same. For example, if we have 10 volts of electricity in a wire, one person touching the wire will feel 10 volts, and four people touching the same wire will also feel 10 volts. But it is different in the case of the powerful, subtle energy of meditation. When meditation is done by a group of people, it multiplies! Rather than diminishing or staying the same, the benefit is shared and amplified among the entire group and beyond. If one person meditating generates 10 'volts' of energy, then 100 people sitting together in a collective meditation generates 10 x 100 or 1000 'volts' of energy. Just imagine! The strength of energy that is generated will simply cleanse the entire space where the meditation is done. That is why collective, group meditation is encouraged. This can also be compared with the difference in intensity between an ordinary light and a laser. The coherence in the laser, the group effect, causes the intensity to be magnified.!
Various studies have been done to measure the effects of group meditation on communities. Some observed the effect of a critical mass of people who meditated using the technique of *Transcendental Meditation™. These studies showed a decrease in the crime rate in the cities where group meditation was conducted. Other reports showed a reduction in acts of violence and an increase in cooperative, helpful acts. In war-stricken areas there was a drop in daily war deaths and a drop in war injuries. The overall statistics showed with group meditation, reduced crime rates, fewer hospital admissions, and reduced violence, leading to an increase in the overall quality of life.
MEDITATION TECHNIQUES RELATED TO COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS
PANCHABHOOTA DHYANA: