Coming to Wholeness Workshop Notes “Enlightenment is intimacy with the 10,000 things.” This process invites a direct experiencing of that.
The Merging/Integrating: There are three primary ways that the integrating in this process can be experienced. Yo can feel into it for the easiest way for you in any given moment. It is useful to be aware of the options so that you can c an invite integration in the way that feels most natural.
1) I merges with “Awareness/Consciousness”: can be experienced as: *The ‘I’ opens/relaxes into Awareness/Consciousness *Awareness flows into flows into the the I (consciousness loses itself as anything other than the I and it’s as if it flows into that area, and is fully all of consciousness in/as that area (the I). *Awareness attends to the to the I (senses it, etc.) There is a sensing of the I, and a s the sensing becomes absorbed, it is the same as what is being sensed. There is a collapsing of the distinction between what is being sensed and the sensing. One could call this “surrender Rumi writes poetry describing this. *There is a noticing of how Awareness is already present in/through the I. And it is the same awareness that is everywhere.
I ! Awareness/Consciousness Awareness ! I Awareness = I
2) Awareness/Consciousness Merges with the Feeling or Thought Sensation: *“Awareness can relax in/as the Sensation also.” also.” *Awareness flows into the area of the sensation (“Notice what happens when you allow (your) entire consciousness to flow into this area of the sensation, fully filling it.” So it is like fully associating in/as THIS.) Sign up to vote on this title *The sensation can open and relax as Awareness. It can melt/dissolve into Awareness. Useful Not useful *“It may feel more like the Awareness already in the area of the sensation wakes up to itself.” *Awareness attends to the sensation. This attending is not from any particular location, i