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Darkness and Light–Yin and Yang

The author describes how the ancient I Ching, the book of changes, uses the symbols of darkness and light, yin and yang, to describe awakening. Symbols of Enlightenment The sun, responsible for the light in our solar system is, simply put, a huge ball of fire. Fire creates light in the world, while the absence of fire results […]

What is the Difference between Being Asleep and Awake?

Imagine you know nothing about third or fourth states of consciousness. Only about the first and second states. Someone asks you: “What is the difference between being asleep and being awake?” How would you answer them? What’s Different about Being Awake? Truthfully, the main difference between being asleep in first state and being awake in second […]

Recognizing Our Sleep

Part of self-observation is coming to recognize sleep, first of all in ourselves. Sleep means living in our imagination and our day dreams – a subjective world. However, when we remember ourselves for a moment, we temporarily step out of sleep. “Man is a machine, everything with him happens: he cannot stop the flow of […]