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{{aowh|[[Meditation, the doorway to higher consciousness]]}} | {{aowh|[[Meditation, the doorway to higher consciousness]]}} | ||
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Meditation is any practice whose goal is attaining a state of higher consciousness. It is the process of retraining our awareness to operate not from the conscious or subconscious level, but from the level of the super-conscious. | |||
[[Guru Amar Das]] warns us about our attachment to material things thus: ''"The three qualities hold people in attachment to [[Maya]]. The Gurmukh attains the fourth state of higher consciousness."'' {{sggs-ref|30|1259}}. | |||
To attain this higher level of consciousness, one has to disengage the mind away from mundane interactions and join it to a much higher level of awareness. | |||
When considering awareness, it is clear that man is more aware of his surrounding than animals. Man is conscious of his parents, grand-parents and other relatives while animals in general may not be so conscious about some of the complex relations that they may have. | |||
Most animals’ behaviour is driven by their immediate sensory needs while most human behaviour is driven by etiquette and social norms rather than sensory demands. The concept of correctness and fairness has crept in - this can be termed 'consciousness'. <!--- | |||
When a hungry animal sees food, it will not wait for its frail parents or grand-parents to start first before it starts eating; however, with most humans, we would distribute the food so that the frail receive a fair share of the food.---> {{aowf|Meditation, the doorway to higher consciousness}} | When a hungry animal sees food, it will not wait for its frail parents or grand-parents to start first before it starts eating; however, with most humans, we would distribute the food so that the frail receive a fair share of the food.---> {{aowf|Meditation, the doorway to higher consciousness}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:45, 19 January 2012
Meditation is any practice whose goal is attaining a state of higher consciousness. It is the process of retraining our awareness to operate not from the conscious or subconscious level, but from the level of the super-conscious.
Guru Amar Das warns us about our attachment to material things thus: "The three qualities hold people in attachment to Maya. The Gurmukh attains the fourth state of higher consciousness." (SGGS p30).
To attain this higher level of consciousness, one has to disengage the mind away from mundane interactions and join it to a much higher level of awareness.
When considering awareness, it is clear that man is more aware of his surrounding than animals. Man is conscious of his parents, grand-parents and other relatives while animals in general may not be so conscious about some of the complex relations that they may have.
Most animals’ behaviour is driven by their immediate sensory needs while most human behaviour is driven by etiquette and social norms rather than sensory demands. The concept of correctness and fairness has crept in - this can be termed 'consciousness'. .....More
