' The Stillness and The Silence '...

Student reads from PB: “The knowledge that no two human beings are alike refers to their bodies and minds. But this leaves out the part of their nature which is spiritual, which is found and experienced in deep meditation. In that, the deepest part of their conscious being, the personal self vanishes; only consciousness-in-itself, thought-free, world-free, remains. This is the source of the ‘I’ feeling, and it is exactly alike in the experience of all other human beings. This is the part which never dies, ‘where God and man may mingle.’” (22.3.380)

S: The undivided mind?

AD: Yes, or the stillness, that quietness in you. That would be the spiritual part. Pure consciousness, if you want to call it that.

S: [What does he mean] when he says “deep meditation”?

AD: I would assume he means by that the silence that you get to...

S: The stillness. How would you relate that to the idea of the undivided mind, or the cosmic circuit?

AD: Well, that would be the next step, because the stillness in itself is not enough. It leads you to the spiritual part of yourself, or to the undivided mind.




-- Anthony Damiani and students 7/11/84