The self as a soul has three contexts: physical, subtle, and bodiless. The first one is the soul in a physical body. The second one is out of the body and in subtle body. The third one is out of the physical and subtle bodies.
Awareness of the self as a soul in any context is helpful to be free from worry, tensions, anxiety, fear, negative feelings, and negative emotions.
In this blog post, the practice of soul consciousness in physical context(dehi abhimani awareness ) is presented in the form of a self commentary.
I, a soul, a point source of energy, am sitting at the centre of the forehead in the physical body. I am aware that the self is a soul, different from the body, sitting at the centre of the forehead.
I, a soul, am a point source of energy. I, a soul, am eternal. I, a soul, am loveful, peaceful, blissful, and powerful.
I, a soul, am sitting at the centre of the forehead in my body.
I, a soul, see through the eyes.
I, a soul, listen through the ears.
I, a soul, speak through the mouth.
I, a soul, act through the sense organs.
I, a soul, also see the others as souls sitting at the centre of their forehead. They act through their bodies. They are also eternal, loveful, peaceful, blissful, and powerful.
In the awareness of the souls in the bodies(dehiabhimani awareness), there are unlimited/unbound feelings. There is freedom. I see the souls separate from the bodies. I see their journey of changes in their self awareness from soul consciousness to body consciousness.
I see their purity in self awareness changing to impurity. Purity in self awareness is soul consciousness and impurity in self awareness is body consciousness.
All souls were pure in the awareness of the self at the beginning of their journey on the earth. I don’t see their impure awareness and actions in the present time. Souls go through the cycles of soul conscious awareness and body conscious awareness. In the first half of a cycle I am soul conscious being in the body. In the second half of the cycle, I am body conscious. I forget that I am a soul and think to be the body.
In the body consciousness, there are stress, strain, anxiety, fear, and negative feelings. Also, there are sickness and sorrows because of it.
In body consciousness, I say “I have Parkinson’s disease”. In this awareness, I associate the disease with the self, and take sorrow from the symptoms.
In soul consciousness, I say “My body has Parkinson’s disease”. I disassociate the self with the disease and its symptoms. In this awareness, I am always victorious over physical symptoms.
Body consciousness (Deh abhiman) and soul consciousness (Dehi abhiman) are two ways to see things. Soul consciousness helps relieving fears, tensions, anxieties, sorrow and suffering.
Deh(body) abhiman: Body consciousness
In the present times, we are naturally in body consciousness (Deh abhiman). Because of it, thoughts such as these arise: I am an Indian, I am a Hindu, I am a scientist, I am a male, I am a brother, I am a son, I am a rich man, I am sick, I am suffering from pain, I am hurt, etc. All these thoughts are based on association with the body.
Negative thoughts are also due to body consciousness. Some examples of negative thoughts are:
I envy my neighbour for his expensive car I feel jealous for my friend’s success.I feel good for my friend’s failures I am not talented. I am not good for anything.
Thoughts of anxiety, anger, frustration, hatred, lust, tension, fear, stress, and control are also due to body consciousness. Various phobias and depression are also due to body consciousness.
Getting attracted or averse to a person’s body, talents, and qualities is also due to body consciousness.
Body consciousness also works through drishti (vision), vritti (attitude), and smriti (self remembrance). How I see a person and behave depend on drishti, vritti, and smriti. In body conscious drishti, vritti, and smriti, I see myself as a bodily being, and see and recall others as bodily beings.
Because of body consciousness, I make a statements such as “I have a chronic disease” and “I suffer from it”.
The notion of death is also due to body consciousness. Death of the body is understood as the death of the self.
In criticism and judgement of others, I am also in body consciousness. Also in questions pertaining to past situations, such as why, what-if and what. Getting worried about future is also due to body consciousness.
Dehi abhiman: soul consciousness
In this awareness, I view my self as an eternal soul, a point of light/energy, sitting at the centre of the forehead as the master of the body. As a master of the body, I a soul command all the sense organs, and subtle organs: the mind, the intellect, and sanskaras. I also see the self/soul as a guest in the body. I also see the self/soul as a player of the instrument/body. I also see the self/soul as driver of the car/body.
Soul consciousness also works through drishti(vision), vritti(attitude) and smrithi(self remembrance). My drishti, vritti and smith are rooted in soul awareness. When I see others, I view my self and them as eternal souls occupying their bodies at the centre of their foreheads, and acting their eternal parts through the bodies. I dont give sorrow and also take sorrow because of the awareness of the self and others as eternal souls playing their own eternal parts/roles in eternal and cyclic drama.
In soul consciousness, I make a statement such as, my body has a disease. I a soul don’t have the disease. I don’t identify the disease and its pains/discomforts with the self. Instead I identify these with the body. So I also don’t make the statement I am suffering from the disease.
There is no notion of death of the self/soul as it is eternal. When the body dies, I the soul leave the body, and enter another body. I understand that I, a soul is eternal and go into rebirths in an eternal and cyclic drama. I have no fear of death.
A simple exercise 1:
Perform these three actions. Raise up your right hand. Hold it for 3 seconds. Raise down your right hand.
Check whether you had awareness of the self as a soul, and the soul giving the three commands to the hand. If you did not have the awareness, you were in body consciousness.
Repeat the above exercise in soul consciousness.
I a soul am sitting at the centre of the forehead. From there, I a soul give a command to the right hand to raise up. I have the awareness of the soul controlling the hand while it’s moving up. Next, I a soul give a command to the hand to hold up for 3 seconds. I have awareness of being a soul and it controlling the hand. Next, I a soul give a command to the right hand to raise down. I have the awareness of the soul controlling the hand while it’s moving down.
Simple exercise-2:
Watch the flower shown below.
Watch the flower in soul conscious awareness. I a soul sitting at the centre of the forehead is seeing through the eyes. I am aware of my being as a tiny point being and watching through the eyes.
Exercise 3:
Recall a person whom you hate. His image is visualised. And let your feelings emerge.
While seeing the person, get into soul consciousness. You see your self as a soul, a point being in the forehead, and also see the person as a soul a point being in the forehead of the person. Both souls are loving, and peaceful souls. Stay in this awareness.
Other applications
Soul conscious awareness can be also used to observe PD symptoms. For instance when tremors in your hand are there, you visualise your self to be a soul, a point of energy, different from the body. Just focus on the soul conscious awareness. Let your concentration intensify on the soul. Check the tremors reducing or stopping.
Whatever we do in usual way in body consciousness , the corresponding can be done in soul consciousness. You will find the difference in feelings and quality of the mind.
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We are all souls. Each soul is an infinitesimal point source of non-material energy, which is responsible for consciousness phenomenon. Mind, intellect, and sanskaras (memories, talents, and personality traits) are all aspects of consciousness.
The father of all souls is the supreme soul. It is also a soul. It has a special role in human world. It does not take birth like the other souls. It is also called God, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Alllah, etc.
We souls take rebirths. Because of rebirths, and actions performed through body, a soul’s awareness about itself gradually changes from soul conscious personality to body conscious one. Presently humanity is in extreme body conscious personality.
Soul conscious personality has no fear of death, no tension, no anxiety, no depression, no stress and no negative feeling. It has all positive qualities. All negative qualities and feelings pertain to body conscious personality.
The supreme soul always remains in soul consciousness. His role in human history is to teach spiritual knowledge(gyan) to transform body conscious personality to soul conscious one.
When we treat the self as a soul and remember the supreme soul as invisible friend, we get freed from the effects of body consciousness. We also receive His energy which is useful for our healing.
His direct role started in 1936 by para-kaya-pravesh(entering different body) and lasts till 2036, for 100 years. For more details, I recommend exploring His introduction to Rajayoga meditation course at a service centre of Brahma Kumaris world spiritual organisation.
Tremors could be due to psychosomatic reasons. Feeling safe from detaching from the body helps temporarily reducing the tremors.
The technique to detach the self from the body is by understanding and believing that I, the self, am a different entity from the body. I am a soul different from the body. I am a peaceful soul. I am separate from the body.
I use visualisation of the soul as a tiny point of light standing next to stars in the far away sky. I focus on being a tiny point of light. I am like a star in the sky. I stand far away from the body on the earth.
When I succeed concentrating on the tiny point, I reach an awareness of being the point. At that moment, you will find the tremors reducing or stopping. This takes place on its own. Your focus is on being a point.
The current situation in the world is full of uncertainties due to degraded financial, and political institutions; religions, wars, conflicts, economic problems, health problems, climate crisis, etc.
Scientific history of mankind is based on archeology, genetics, linguistics, etc. It is also based on a belief on evolution of human beings from apes, and a belief on linear view of time. It is soul less, and God-less. It believes that human nature is constantly vicious because of its evolution. It does not provide wisdom to face the current situation.
A spiritual perspective from Raja yoga is a great help to face the current situaton with equanimity.
The spiritual perspective holds the belief that matter(inlcuding biological life), souls, and God are eternal and their interactions are also eternal and cyclic. These interactions identically repeat every 5000 years.
What is the history of human souls and their relation to human history?
Before answering to the question, we need to understand what a soul is, what God is, and where these reside.
Soul is an infinetesimal point source of energy which manifests consciousness in terms of mind, intellect, and sanskaras (personality traits). Souls belong to paramdham, the region beyond physical universe comprising planets,stars, galaxies, etc.
A human being is a soul in a human body. In other words, a soul is a guest in the body. Also like a driver in a car.
God is also a soul. It is supreme one among all souls. God is incorporeal. It/He does not take rebirth.
The interactions of souls and matter take place on the planet earth. These interactions are cyclical and understood in terms of human political/religio/geologic/demographic histories. These fit into 5000 years long eternal cycles.
The beginning of the current cycle goes back to 5000 years from now.
Political history
Political institutions in the beginning of the cycle are monarchies of double crowned kings. One crown is physical and the other is crown of the light due to purity of soul. (In Hindu culture, these are usually shown on the heads of deities). These monarchies last for first 2500 years of the cycle. There after the monarchies of single/physical crowned kings emerge as the purity of human souls is lost. Towards the end of the cycle, single crowned kings are replaced by democratically elected leaders, dictators, etc.
Religious history
In the first half of the cycle, there is no religion as we understand it today. The rulers and subjects are pure with divine and positive qualities. There are no vices active in the human personality. There is no violence, no greed, and no attachment. There is plenty of natural wealth. The firtst half is Heaven on the earth. Gradually the purity of human souls is lost by the end of the first half of the cycle. As a result, 5 vices start appearing in human personality. Sorrow in human society begins then onwards. To give the support to the suffering society, the religions as we know it today start appearing from the second half of the cycle(~500BC). By the end of the cycle, these religions degenerate and leading to religious wars and conflicts. By the end of the second half, sorrow grows to extreme extent. The end of the cycle pertains to Hell on the earth.
Geological history
Every 2500 years the earth goes through caclysmic events. One at the beginning of the cycle and the other in the middle of the cycle. At the beginning of the cycle, there is one land and one sea on the planet earth. These lasts for 2500 years. By the end of the first half of the cycle, there are cataclysmic events resulting to one land splitting into 7 continents and 4 oceans. These lasts for 2500 years till the next cataclysmic events that result into one land and one sea.
Demographic history
In the beginning of the cycle, there is one language and roughly one million people on the earth. There is a single civilisation and its home is northen India. It lasts till the end of the first half of the cycle. By then the population grows to 330 millions. Humanity’s home spreads into different continents in the cataclysmic events in the middle of the cycle. Different races and languages emerge then onwards. Towards the end of the cycle, human population grows to 8 billions. This will be reduced to roughly one million after the cataclysmic events of the beginning of the next cycle.
History of human souls and human beings
Human souls and supreme soul belong to paramdham, and stay there till their part begins in the cycle on the earth. When a human soul enters the earth to play its part from paramdham, it continues to take rebirth till the end of the cycle. A human soul may have a maximum of 84 births in the cycle. Souls that have come in the beginning of the cycle take 84 births, and souls that have come towards the end of the cycle, take one birth. Some souls stay for a brief time in paramdham while some stay for most of the cycle.
The supreme soul (God) resides in paramdham for almost the entire cycle. It/He does not come into rebirth in the cycle. He is active in the second half of the cycle to give support to human beings. He has a direct part in human history for 100 years during the confluence of old and new cycles. His part is to teach Gyan(Knowledge/wisdom) and Yog( method of connecting/remembering Him) to prepare the human souls for the next cycle.
The cyclic play is well designed and orchestrated by meta-consciousness, which is responsible for the consciousness of different kinds. Meta-consciousnes is also responsible for the intelligence behind the design of non-living, and living forms; souls, God and their interactions.
God has special role with human souls for sustaining their parts in the cycle. His role is based on different relations with Him. The relations are Father, Mother, Teacher, Guide, etc.
I occasionally experience tremors in the fingers of my right hand. When experiencing them, I practise soul consciousness. As a result, I also notice the tremors reducing and stopping.
Get into soul consciousness by visualising the self as a tiny point of light, standing far away in the sky. I am that tiny point of energy. I am a soul that eternal point of light. I am distinct from the body. The body has PD symptoms. I am a powerful soul indepenedent of the symptoms.
I observe PD symptoms while in body consciousness. Whenever I sense the symptoms, I switch to soul consciousness.
In soul consciousness, I emerge the original qualities of the soul, independent of physical situation. These qualities are peace, purity, power, love, bliss, happiness, and knowledgeful.
I stabilise the self in soul consciousness by practising some of the following self affirmations.
Linear time and the World Drama Cycle represent contrasting perspectives on the nature of time and its impact on our experience of negative emotions such as anxiety, fears, tensions, and depressions.
Linear time follows the notion that time progresses in a linear fashion, flowing from the past to the future. This perspective is commonly embraced in Western cultures, where it offers a sense of control over events. However, when one’s ability to exert control diminishes or is absent, it can lead to negative feelings like anxiety, fears, tensions, or depressions.
In contrast, the World Drama Cycle views time as identically repeating events in each cycle. In each cycle, events are based on the interactions souls, God (supreme soul) and matter. When it comes to alleviating the negative emotions, the World Drama Cycle presents an alternative approach. It encourages a broader perspective, emphasizing that the present moment is not unique but has occurred countless times before. It posits that whatever has transpired in the past is good, whatever is occurring presently is good, and whatever will unfold in the future is also good. This perspective fosters patience, acceptance, and a sense of surrender to the natural rhythms of life. Practices such as Rajayoga meditation can aid individuals to internalise cyclic time.
Some individuals may find reassurance and empowerment in the structure and potential control afforded by linear time. Others might seek solace in the acceptance and surrender offered by the World Drama Cycle. Exploring both perspectives can help identify which resonates more with personal experiences and requirements when it comes to relieving negative emotions.
In the realms of Brahma Kumaris’ belief A concept of Vinash, to bring relief. A reset for the cycle of the world drama, To restore harmony and rid all trauma.
Vinash, not as destruction and despair, But as a process of renewal and repair. When chaos prevails and darkness looms, Vinash brings forth new beginnings, new blooms.
The old order fades, making way for the new, A chance to rebuild, to start life anew. The world drama’s cycle reaches its end, And Vinash paves the way for a future to transcend.
Like a phoenix rising from ashes’ embrace, Vinash heralds a dawn, a celestial grace. A golden age emerges from the veil, Where love, peace, and harmony prevail.
Through introspection, the soul is refined, Old patterns shed, wisdom enshrined. With each Vinash, a chance to awaken, To restore the soul’s purity, unshaken.
So embrace the Vinash with open hearts, Knowing it is a necessary part. For in the grand tapestry of this divine play, Vinash brings renewal, a brighter day.
Let us walk this path with strength and grace, Embracing Vinash as a sacred space. For in the cycle of world drama’s tide, Vinash is a catalyst for our souls to glide.
So let us welcome the Vinash’s call, As we rise and evolve, standing tall. For in the dance of endings and rebirth, We find our true selves, our infinite worth.
After watching a video on Red Light Therapy (RLT), I became inspired to give it a try for my Parkinson’s Disease (PD) symptoms.
Upon exploring the market, I discovered both expensive and more affordable head caps for RLT. Opting for the latter, I purchased a head cap from DGYAO, which was reviewed in this video.
For a period of three months, I religiously wore the head cap daily, engaging in a single 20-minute session. Surprisingly, I noticed no discernible difference in my PD symptoms. Consequently, I decided to take a break from wearing the cap for one month.
During this hiatus, I observed an unfortunate increase in fatigue symptoms. The intensity of my fatigue prevented me from accomplishing even the simplest tasks throughout the day.
Motivated to address this setback, I resumed wearing the head cap daily, once again engaging in a single 20-minute session. To my relief, within the first two days, the fatigue began to dissipate. Encouraged by this improvement, I continued wearing the cap regularly.
However, after some time, the fatigue symptom resurfaced, albeit in a milder form. Determined to overcome this setback, I adjusted my routine by wearing the cap in two sessions, each lasting 20 minutes. This modification led to a slight improvement in the symptom.
Parkinsons recovery on untrodden path 