To describe nature on microscopic level we are using quantum physics. Quantum is minimal amount of any physical entity. To describe nature on macroscopic level we use classical physics. But, according to current scientific understanding this two are incompatible. Reason for this is simple, quantum is discrete quantity of energy and as such belongs to digital nature. On the other hand, everything we perceive around us with our senses belongs to analog nature. So, it’s understandable scientists can’t comprehend world in its totally when they observe it only from analog standpoint. To grasp simplicity of the world detach yourself from everything you think you know. Only then it will be crystal clear that world is woven from multiple layers ( dimensions ). Prior, more subtile dimensions belong to digital nature. Subsequent, more dense dimensions belong to analog nature. Together they are creating world of duality. Key features of this world are simplicity, symmetry and compatibility. When you understand energy and information are one and the same, you will see that laws of thermodynamics are describing all this layers on simple and beautiful ways.
For those who are ready to recall this understanding there are two short guide books here. First one below is who we are and second one is conversation with AI. This writings will help to remember your true self which is beyond and beneath all layers.

Who Are We?

A short guidebook through self-inquiry




Written by Zen Duras

Translation in English: Dijana Vojnovic

The human mind is a collection of beliefs, desires, concepts and expectations. It is fixed on images from the past or stories about the future. People are present here and now only when they do something from the heart. Only then we can say “I am”, and everything else in life is just a lie!
If you honestly wish to discover who you are, where you are, and what is going to change with the death of the body, this book provides the answer. I offer you an understanding of the deepest secrets of this world. As you are discovering these secrets, you will discover your true nature.

INTRODUCTION

Our history is familiar with the records of Hermes Trismegistus, Lao Tzu, Moses, Krishna, Pythagoras, Buddha, Mahavira, Jesus Christ, the prophet Muhammed, Nanak Dev. What unites them all is not the subsequently formed religion based on their teachings, but the true meaning of the ancient Greek word “philosophy.” The word “philos” means “friend”, and “sophia” means “wisdom.” The true friend of wisdom can only be the one who has grasped its secrets. Such a person becomes a Sage and transmits wisdom to his disciples. Since the world started to exist, there are Sages (Sanskrit Guru = Teacher). There has never been a moment in history when at least one Sage was not present on Earth. In Sanskrit the word “Sampradaya” means “tradition and doctrine of knowledge”, in other words “an unbroken chain of learning.” From records available today, that were once orally transmitted, we can conclude the tradition of teachers (Nath Sampradaya) originated from the ancient Sage Rishi Dattatreya. These later became known as the “tradition of the nine teachers” (Navnath Sampradaya). The true meaning of this tradition is the guidelines that offer a sincere seeker to know oneself as one truly is. The guidelines point to the final answer to the question: Who am I? Those who have come to that answer pass on the guidelines to the others. Just like my teacher had his Guru, one day when you become self-aware, you will also be someone’s Guru. It is very hard to come to self-understanding without the help of someone who has already gone through that state. In the recent history, only Sri Ramana Maharshi has come to realization without any external help. God himself was his Guru. But these events are rare. Most of us are destined at the grace of the teacher, in other words; their good will to guide us. Throughout history there were many teachers such as Mugai Nyodai Chiyono, Meera Bai, Rabi’a al-Adawiyya, Anandamayi Ma.
Whether the teachings are held to big crowds or in silent sitting, as did the ancient Master Dakshinamurthy, the Sages influence the environment by their very presence. Today’s modern times owe the clarity of teachings mostly thanks to two teachers: Sri Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. Although they are not physically present with us for some time, their wisdom is still echoing on this planet.
Some of the current teachers such as Mooji, Sadhguru, Eckhart Tolle, Mohanji, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mata Amritanandamayi, Gangaji and many others continue the Sampradaya tradition. Their teachings effect the lives of thousands of people all over the world, making their lives better and more efficient.
The process of self-inquiry is something which requires full commitment and a lot of time – some people need years, other decades. Therefore, many young people today give up halfway. I myself would have given up years ago if the trouble hadn’t followed me constantly, and regularly repeated in patterns. So, I decided to get out of this vicious circle, and the only way out was self-inquiry. If it weren’t for these difficulties that have accompanied me in my life, I would never have come to the answers to fundamental human questions. But now as I am aware of them, I can clearly see the answers have been in front of me all along. The suffering and struggle in life was completely unnecessary. Therefore, in order to reduce difficulties and time one would spend in searching for the Truth, I decided to portray it in an even simpler and more accessible form that will be easily understandable to all. The main duty of a human being is to recognize their true nature. You wonder why? You will understand when you read this book.

SIGNAL DECODING

We often repeat the words of ancient prophets: God is great, but we are far from understanding the magnitude of this greatness. Scientific development can help us in this regard if we approach it correctly, with an open heart and mind. To begin with, understand this greatness has no size, space, energy, information, communication…it is pure consciousness. This does not mean that everything mentioned is not contained within it, but rather there is no need for it. In God (the Absolute), everything that has ever existed and will ever exist is contained. This also includes technology. What we call modern technology today has existed since the first moment of the world. From today's technological standpoint, you can see that copying an endless sea of data and storing it is only possible with the help of hologram and quantum holographic data storage. This world is a reflection of the Absolute and is within it but does not touch it in any way. The Absolute is perfection and as such, it has no need for anything, including the world. Therefore, the world is only possible in the form of a hologram. The Greek word “holography” (holos = complete + grafos = to draw) explains the process of complete mapping of the Absolute. If we observe this reflection from the position of pure Consciousness - the Absolute, we do not notice anything, i.e., the hologram does not exist. If we look at it from the position of the hologram, then we notice the whole world. This means that the hologram (the whole world) is in superposition, i.e., it is and is not at the same time. The superposition of the reflection actually results in the whole world. This process happened automatically at once, but it can be described step by step. The hologram exists (is) and does not exist (is not). If we mark "is" with the number 1 and "is not" with the number 0, we get the basis of the binary system, actually the basis of the world of duality, which we describe through a binary sequence. If we look at the binary system, we see that the number three is expressed as 11 (is, is), the number seven as 111, which may lead us to the question of whether we can describe the world using only "is." Or we could have marked the numbers with "is not" 000... and in that case, we wouldn't need "is." The answer is simple: in order to have a space between 1 and 1, there must be 0; otherwise, everything would be in the mass of 1, and it could not be expressed or separated into 111.... The world we experience is of discrete nature, meaning it has a clear gap between two values. This gap allows for duality (exists - does not exist, is - is not). We indicate these opposites with 1 and 0, and they are the fundamental information on which we build further information. Digital signal is used to transmit information in binary form. The signal is information that passes through a specific medium (in our case, a hologram). The digital signal is intermittent, meaning it has clear gaps between values. When we talk about energy, it is a transition from a higher voltage state to a lower one, which is almost equal to zero. Energy and information are actually one and the same, a consequence of the creation of reflection (hologram), or space. From the moment of the creation of space, there is energy. It is actually the tension (charge) of Consciousness that has arisen as a result of expression itself within itself. When Consciousness is in its primary form, then we talk about zero Kelvin, or Absolute Zero. When Consciousness is in the form of information, then we talk about energy. You cannot multiply energy, nor can you destroy it, you can only change it from one form to another. As a result of the automatic transformation of energy (information), we have a change in the signal from digital to analog. This material-mental world is actually a huge amount of raw energy in analog form, which is sorted into audio, visual, electromagnetic... etc. signals. Thanks to the analog signal, we have the experience of the flow of time, that is, the continuous flow of events. The analog signal is a continuous wave whose information comes in a permanent continuous sequence. The physical world that we perceive with our senses is in constant motion. Everything flows in accordance with the law of entropy and moves from its beginning to its end. This one-way blind alley is a result of the flow of time. Every beginning has its end. The physical world has been going through cycles of creation and destruction over the eons. The process of evolution could have lasted millions of years, or it could have lasted billions of years. From the standpoint of digital information, this means nothing more than a combination of a binary sequence. Digital signal is converted to analog using a converter (Yantra). Compared to digital signals, analog signals are distorted. The world we experience is only a pale copy of perfection. Even as such, it appears perfect to us from our current position. So perfect that we spend our lives convinced of its reality. This happens due to the senses (sensors) with which we perceive the environment. However, humans are much more complex than the physical environment they perceive. We receive a signal and at the same time project an image around us. In fact, we can say that we are a mini version of the original reflection. This is true for all other beings around us as well, but not everyone is at the same level of development to notice it. A strong processor (the brain) is needed to gain insight into the world around them. Therefore, plants and animals do not have this ability, but humans do. Why then do not all people notice the illusion they are in? From childhood, with physical and mental development, an automatic defense mechanism called ego develops. Although useful in many life situations, it limits us in using the full potential of the processor. And only maximum processor performance can achieve the signal decoding. From a human perspective, decoding means expanding consciousness. This happens as soon as the ego is removed. Such a state can be temporary, or it can be permanent. Forcibly removing the ego through chemical processes (psychedelic drugs) is not recommended because it leads to permanent damage not only to the processor but to all other parts of the body as well. It is much better to use psycho-physical exercises to distract attention from external objects and focus on the inner state. The best and most direct method is the process of self-inquiry. Once freed from the ego, even if only briefly, you will feel peace, clarity, inner silence, fullness, spaciousness. It’s as if you’ve been released from a small prison cell into freedom. In reality, nothing has happened, you only have replaced the distorted analogue signal for the more natural and original digital signal. You will notice the change in the form of an inexplicable inner excitement of simply existing, which will reflect on all aspects of your life, and you will radiate that joy from within and without. This joy of existence is called I Am. However, no matter how long the joy lasts (whether for a moment or for decades), at some point the ego will return in the form of fear of non-existence, disappearance, death… To transcend existence (I am), and non-existence (I am not), take one step back and reside in pure eternal Consciousness, because truly we are all the Absolute and always will be.

THE ABSOLUTE

The term Universe is considered to be the totality of all the particles and energies contained in space and time. Modern science says the Universe is the sum of everything that exists: space, time, energy, matter, planets, stars, galaxies, and intergalactic space. The generally accepted “Big Bang” theory suggests the expansion of the Universe began before the finite time, when the entire Universe was compressed into a very small space. Since then, this space has been continuously expanding to infinity. All the above is not disputable but imposes a logical question “What is the Universe expanding in!?”. The conclusion is obvious: there must be an out of space (non spatial) base, the foundation within the space and everything in it can expand.
Even the very mention of something out of space (non spatial) comes into conflict with the human mind, which is used to placing everything within its understandable frameworks. That which is out of space human mind is perceiving as a space outside of space. This is wrong. The basis or foundation simply goes beyond the need for spatial. Simply put, the basis is neither material (your body and the world around it), nor mental (your mind with thoughts and emotions). When you remove these two (understand what they are) – only the basis, the foundation remains, and that is Consciousness. In order to prevent people to be misled by creating a wrong idea of what consciousness is, Sages use the expressions Absolute or God. You have to understand the true nature (Consciousness) is nameless, because it is before the first word. In order to bring the true all-encompassing consciousness closer to the reasoning mind, the expression Absolute seems to be the most appropriate. Unconditioned love, complete happiness, unreasonable joy, is only a fragment of the fullness of Absolute. All these states put together can be best described in the expression – complete ecstasy. In ecstasy there is no desire, it is the totality of everything that can be, there is no time - it is beyond time, there is no space - it is beyond space. Within such perfection the world as we know it should not have been, nor could have been created. However, it occurred as the result of a single expression of Consciousness within itself. Although the expression lasted only for a moment, it triggered a chain of events that to people seems it lasts for an eternity. The world as we know it was not created as an intentional action, but as a spontaneous reaction. The power of Consciousness is so enormous that its current expression creates the whole world.
I will try to explain how the creation of the world happened: When the totality of everything (Consciousness) expressed within itself, at this moment a reflection took place. Just as the reflection of a sky on the lake is not real, the reflection of consciousness within itself is not real. Since the space does not exist, Consciousness cannot be divided within itself. The reflection of consciousness within itself in an instant created the illusion that looks like an extracted copy. This illusory copy of consciousness contains everything as the original, but is the opposite, just like a reflection in a mirror. For easier understanding, let’s assume the Consciousness, in other words, the totality of everything can be expressed by the number 0 (zero). Since it is the opposite, the reflection of the totality was indicated as a division in two extremes (+1) and (-1). When these two extremes connect, they cancel each other, and we get nothing (+1-1=0). But, as (+1) and (-1) get cancelled, the moment will pass. From this position, one moment in timelessness feels like an eternity to us. This moment created a chain reaction from which the world we live in emerged – the world of duality.

THE WORLD OF DUALITY

The most important fact to understand is that nothing can exist in this world without its opposite. Wise writers of ancient civilizations pointed to the importance of this understanding. If something existed without its opposite, there would be no way of recognizing it, because it is necessary to have an experience of both qualities in order to recognize each one. It is impossible to imagine a day, unless we met with a night; up exists only relative to down; hot compared to cold; hard compared to soft…etc.
Duality is not only physical, but also mental in nature. Joy is the opposite of sorrow; love is the opposite of hate; courage is the opposite of fear…etc.
Since ancient Greece, science has been studying matter, but it was not until the early twentieth century scientists discovered antimatter. In 1928, Paul Dirac wrote an equation in which he describes the existence of an antielectron. This was tested and confirmed, and the term positron was established (because, unlike electrons, it has a positive electric charge). Dirac’s equations apply equally to all particles; thus quarks (which build protons) on the opposite side have antiquarks (which build antiprotons), and antiprotons and antielectrons (positrons) build antiatoms. Antiatoms build antimatter. In 1995, this was proven in the CERN’s particle accelerator, where scientists were able to obtain antihydrogen. Since then, many experiments have been conducted and generated more questions than answers.
Matter and antimatter cannot coexist. When they find themselves together, they annihilate (cancel) each other with the release of great energy. This means with the reverse process, matter and antimatter can be formed from pure energy. So, we come to realize how this material world was created out of pure energy. The discovery of antimatter created an insurmountable obstacle to scientists, rather than a celebration. The problem facing scientists was that the universe at the time of creation should have immediately collapsed, because an equal amount of matter and antimatter created had to be automatically annihilated (canceled), and so this material world would be impossible. Therefore, scientists, in the absence of a broader vision, came up with a theory to hide their misunderstanding. They called it "the theory of asymmetry", which states that all matter and antimatter was annihilated during the time of creation, but in this case a small portion of matter survived and makes up the Universe today. They claim that for every billion particles of antimatter, a billion and one particle of matter is formed. In other words, scientists say that to the existence of the Universe in this form we can thank a random disharmony.
Duality is a term used to denote something is composed of two elements. In the case of the Universe, it is matter and antimatter. Of course, both elements must be present in perfectly equal proportions. It can’t be different just because scientists haven’t discovered antimatter in space.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, physicist Albert Einstein introduced the concept of four-dimensional space – space-time continuum, which his colleague Hermann Minkowski pointed out. Since then, everyone has been repeating like parrots: we live in a three-dimensional world, but there is also a fourth dimension – time. Without even wondering about what it actually means.
When we start to look for lower dimensions from a three-dimensional position in the Universe, they are easy to detect. Try to imagine the first dimension as a dense point where all matter is condensed to its maximum. This mass is so dense that even light cannot escape from it. There is nothing denser than this. Such a point of monstrous gravity scientists call black holes – where no star, planet, cloud of gas, or any substance can escape. These points of the first dimension are so strong that all matter drawn by their gravity flattens out and rotates around them in the shape of a disk. This disk around the black hole is the second dimension. Black holes are an integral part of every galaxy. Through their cycles, they maintain the balance of galaxies and the entire part of the three-dimensional Universe.
It is impossible to determine the fourth dimension from a three-dimensional position using our physical senses. Our physical senses function only on a three-dimensional level, so we can’t use them to determine the existence of any other higher dimension. Wondering how to become aware of the fourth dimension? Just by bringing time in connection with the fourth dimension leads you to that. All you need to do is ask yourself: What is time?
Physics tells us the time is an interval between two events. So, based on the events in nature which properly occur determines the time. But, regardless of the event, we do not notice the time, only a change of events. We cannot perceive time with the physical senses, because the time exists only as a feeling. Thus, from dawn to dusk, some might feel the day has flown by, and some that it has lasted for an eternity. If you are conditioned by work, family obligations, and personal desires, twelve hours will fly by in no time, and if you are not burdened with duties, it will last indefinitely. Someone who had a car accident knows how long can just one second last, while under normal circumstances one second is insignificant. Time is subjective in nature; it is just a feeling. And if time as a feeling belongs to the fourth dimension, can it be that all feelings belong to this dimension? In that case, could it be the thoughts are also a part of the fourth dimension? Does this mean our entire mental world belongs to this dimension?
One of the most incomprehensible things for me as a child was the question of where do thoughts and feelings come from? I believed the older people knew the answer to this question, but the more years passed, the more I realized no one knows anything. Everyone keeps repeating: Thoughts and feelings come from the head, but only a few dare to ask: How can this be possible? It can only be possible in one way: the body belongs to the physical (material) dimension, and the mind belongs to the mental (antimaterial) dimension. Together they form a four-dimensional Universe.
When you look up at the night sky, the Universe looks like a vast expanse with billions of stars and planets. If we could see with our eyes the mental (antimaterial) part of the Universe, we would see an endless space through which fluid clouds pass. But we can’t see it in such a way, because although the mental and physical Universe are both at the same time and in the same space in which we are now present, our physical senses do not allow us to perceive anything but the material. If you could break free from the shackles of the material, you would see the power of the mental part of the Universe. It contains thoughts, emotions, and their almost endless combinations. There are contained all the ideas anyone has ever had and will have. All the human, earth and history of the Universe, all that has ever been and will be is already contained in the form of information (energy) in the mental (antimaterial) part of the Universe.
However, there is a part of life when the physical senses are shut down, and you have the opportunity to understand the full potential of the mental Universe.

THE WORLD OF DREAMS

Have you ever wondered what happens to you one-third of the day? A third of your life?
Most of you don’t analyze the time of your sleeping, but take it for granted.
You don’t know if you will wake up in the morning, still you are so happy to go to bed and can’t wait to fall asleep. If you didn’t have any hard dreams, you wake up fresh and ready to start a new day. This cycle repeats throughout life, without ever wondering what is happening and where you are during sleep. People take sleep superficially, and exactly in the understanding of this process lies the path to self-understanding. Ancient people knew the importance of dreams and passed their studies on to new generations. Today, this ancient discipline has survived only in some places in Nepal and Northern parts of India, and it is called the Tibetan Dream Yoga.
Man is a being who experiences three states: the first is the waking state in which he uses the material body; the second is the dream state in which he uses the mental body (mind); and the third is the state of deep sleep in which he uses the causal body. All three bodies, or states are interconnected and used simultaneously. As the waking state has its own physical laws in daily actions, so the state of dreams and deep sleep have their own natural laws.
No one can say their dreams do not occur during sleep. In the same way, no one can say they do not remember at least one dream throughout their lifetime. The characteristic of everyone is that these dreams seem strange and unrelated. Situations, objects, time and space we dream about can suddenly completely change. Nothing seems stable. You can be in one city, and halfway down the street you suddenly find yourself in another city. In the middle of a sunny day, just after a few steps at once night appears. If you think I am talking nonsense, then you obviously haven’t paid enough attention to dreams and are superficially going through them. During dreams, all your attention is focused on the story unfolding, which is completely insignificant compared to the details that appear during that story.
Pay attention to your body, to the objects you see, to the sky and the ground you are moving on, to the people you meet. To understand reality, details are paramount. Many people have experienced walking in their sleep and suddenly lose the ground under their feet and begin to fall into the depths. Just before they hit the ground, they suddenly wake up in fear, drenched in sweat. There are also those who during the fall understand and say to themselves: “well this is just a dream”, and as soon as they conclude it, they immediately wake up. Small number of people have come to this conclusion so many times, that they developed the ability to control dreams, and this ability is called lucid dreaming.
Lucid or conscious dreaming means the sleeper knows he is dreaming and uses this knowledge to turn the dream into something pleasant instead of nightmares. During lucid dreaming the sleeper can fly, instantly change different cities, continents, and visit different planets. He can do anything he imagines. Lucid dreaming has existed as a scientific discipline for many decades. But, regardless of science, it would be good for everyone to pay at least a little attention to dreams. They clearly show the magnitude of the mind’s creative power. Also, they are pointing to the fears you carry within you on a daily basis.
In a dream world where you own a flexible body and where the natural laws are such that you can be anything and anywhere, you find yourself back in the cities and facilities from your daily activities, surrounded by familiar faces, dealing with the problems that have arisen during your daily activities. Most of you go to work in your dreams. All your problems from the world of wakefulness are present in dreams. Even more, events and inconveniences you think were deeply repressed during wakefulness come to the surface. Problems and unpleasant things in life are the result of fears. Such a stressful life you also carried in the dream world.
Surely you have noticed how some people scream in their sleep, some quarrel, some fall off the bed, some fight, and in the most extreme cases, some start walking in their sleep. The mind of people who are under daily stress remains more connected to the physical body during dreams than usual, so it actively uses both the physical and mental body at the same time. Hiding fears is the biggest obstacle on the path to self-understanding.
If you were dreaming of some family member during the night, and asked them in the morning if they were dreaming the same dream, the answer will be no. Although your dream was so realistic you were almost certain you went through the dream adventure together, the other person did not dream the same, but something completely different. Every dream represents a personal mental projection. The number of dreams in the world is equal to the number of people. When you start analyzing wakefulness more seriously, you will realize it is no different from a dream state, because even while you are awake, everyone is enclosed in the personal mental projection – a personal mind.

PERSONAL MIND

You have understood the physical (material) reality and mental (antimaterial) reality are in separate dimensions and together they form the Universe as we know it. It is logical to ask yourself how the body and mind are connected, given that they inhabit different dimensions? The answer is simple: just as a computer is connected to the Internet, the body is connected to the mind in the same way. To connect to the Internet, the computer is connected via a wireless router, to get connected to the mind the body is connected via DNA, which acts as a fractal antenna.
Fractal antennas are an integral part of modern mobile phones. Thanks to the research of Dr. Martin Blank and Dr. Reeb Goodman, it is known that one of the functions of DNA is to work as fractal antennas.
When the DNA receives an emotion (a feeling) or a thought as information, it is passing it to the brain, which processes the information and sends command to the body to perform a specific action. For example, sadness will bring tears, and the characteristic spasms of the face. Our body is constantly exposed to various thoughts and emotions that flow through us like a river and give us the idea we are always thinking about something. Scientists monitored the brain activity of people who were dreaming and came to the conclusion the mind of a person who is awake is just as active as the mind of the person who dreams. The experience of dreaming is not something innate only to humans. In science today, it is widely known that animals dream, too. They also have unlimited possibilities during dreams. The conditions are the same for both humans and animals, but the animal’s intellect is not at such a level it would reasonably conclude it is boundless in dreams. Therefore, the dog is dreaming of “dog dreams” and can not dream of flying in the sky like a bird. Animals use a limited number of feelings and thoughts, and their combinations. The higher this number is, the more intellectually advanced they are (such as chimpanzees, orangutans, dolphins), but compared to humans, who can use an almost infinite number of combinations, all animal species are intellectually limited. The difference between humans and animals is not in the access to information (all information from the mental world is equally available to both), but in the ability to process this data. In the material world, the human brain is an ideal processor capable to process all possible combinations. The brain of animals is outdated processor and just as the old tablet model can only use the basic functions on the Internet, most applications from the network remain inaccessible due to the inability for updates.
Plants do not have a processor (brain) and are not able to use thoughts but have the possibility to use the main emotions such as joy and sadness. All living organisms are connected to both the physical and the mental world, but only humans have the ability to truly understand the world they live in. With each stimulus from the environment registered through the senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch), a series of emotions and thoughts appear automatically in you. For the same event, they will be at least a shade different for everyone. Just because you have responded in a unique way does not mean you have created special thoughts and emotions, but that you have selected a series of universal elements from the mental world and assembled them in your own way. It is like the kids in the room full of Lego blocks. From the same blocks, each child will create something different. Equally, we turn to elements of thought and emotion from the mental world and combine them into something unique and individually peculiar. Therefore, it is not surprising everyone is convinced the thoughts and feelings are their product.
What influences our unique choice of thoughts and emotions we call the personal mind. This mind is made up of two parts. One part is natural and is called identity, and the other part is unnatural and is called ego. The qualities our physical body will have depends on the DNA, the genetic code. It records all the advantages and disadvantages of the physical body. Just like a physical code, there is also a mental code that already contains the mental traits we will utilize. This mental code is called the mental or subtle body. Together with the DNA it makes identity.
Identity makes every person in the world unique and special. Even identical twins differ thanks to the identity. One more mental part makes the individual, and this part is created as an unavoidable by-product during the development of each child. His name is ego.

EGO

Everyone knows the word ego. In Latin it means “I”. In modern times it is associated with selfishness, arrogance, and ignorance. The ego may also seem merciful, humble, caring, but all its actions are done out of interest. In short, the ego is: the false self, the idea we have of ourselves; thought we are this body.
The true “I” comes from the heart, while the false “I” seems to come from the head, although in reality it doesn't come from anywhere. We took this phantom “I” from the mental world as an idea, a thought. This idea wrapped itself like a curtain around our being and follows us through our life. If we removed it, all the suffering, pain, and agony would disappear from our lives. Those who managed to remove this curtain are now free and are called Sages. Their consciousness is no longer condensed into one small point called the body but extends to all sides and in all dimensions.
The person who is ruled by the ego feels he is an individual isolated from everything, afraid and lonely he always seeks protection in the company of other people. A being who is free from the ego (Sage) knows he is a meed of everything and that everything is a fragment of him, so he is fearless, always happy, whether he is in the company of people or not. Because of the sense of separation from the physical, mental and all other dimensions, it seems to us “we must fight in this world for our place under the Sun”. To achieve this, we need to gather as much information as possible which we call knowledge and education. On the other hand, Sages are not burdened with either the physical or mental, because they know everything will work in their favor. When they need food or shelter, there is always a situation that benefits them, when they need words to express themselves a thought always appears for them. Such ease of living makes the Sages happy and carefree. Their state of being carefree manifests in the brain activity that is almost equal to zero. Thoughts flow through the Sages as well as through you, but they have no need to reach for any of them. Therefore, their brain is not burdened with constant information processing and giving commands to the body. Any task the Sage performs will be done without thinking, but simply by doing. His work is the result of the current (here and now) action from the heart, so there is no burden on him. An ego-driven person is burdened with: existence, concern for themselves, for others, for what he does not have but could have, for what he has and does not want, with life and death….and all this causes a constant processing of thoughts and emotions, which are manifesting in a high brain activity. The only time you are not under the influence of the ego is during deep sleep. But before the ego appeared, there was a part of your life when you were awake, and happy, carefree like the Sage.
Thoughts, emotions, ideas, desires….all of these we cannot notice with the physical senses. We can only feel the power of a thought or emotion “from within” when we accept them as our own. There is no device capable of detecting them on the physical level, because they belong to another dimension. The only thing we can detect is their impact on brain activity. The more emotions and thoughts we accept, the busier brain is, meaning it must process more data. There are several devices used to monitor brain activity, and one of the most famous is an EEG (an electroencephalogram). The functioning of this device is based on the simple fact that nerve cells in the brain constantly produce small electrical signals. This device records them in a form of waves. With the help of this and other devices (such as an MEG and fMRI), numerous studies of brain activity have been conducted. Five main types of brain waves have been identified.
Delta waves are the lowest frequencies and range from 0.5 to 4 Hz. The baby’s brain shows the presence of only the delta waves up until the second year of life. The same goes for every person who has fallen into a deep sleep.
From the second to the fifth or sixth year of a child, theta waves are present. This state of low brain activity 4 to 7 Hz adults can achieve during meditation. By the age of five to eight, alpha waves are present in children, range 8 to 12 Hz, which shows a moderate brain activity. These waves are present during relaxation in adults as well.
From the age of eight and onwards, beta waves are present, and this is an enhanced brain activity 12 to 38 Hz, in which each person spends most of their life.
There are also gamma waves, a high brain activity40 to 100 Hz, which occur occasionally, in moments of excessive brain activity.
According to the above indications of brain activity, which are characteristic for every human being, it could be said the more brain develops the more its activity increases. However, modern studies show how the human brain, which becomes active as early as in a 32nd week, develops until the age of 25. If the brain activity followed the brain development, then the increased activity would occur only upon the full brain development after the age of 25, and not already in an eight year of life. This shows us the activity is not related to the brain development, but to development of the ego.
When describing the condition of a newborn, doctors use the expression “a state of pure consciousness.” All spiritual records suggest the pure consciousness is a state of perfection. Babies remain in this state until their second year. On the EEG device, this condition manifests itself in the form of delta waves. We find ourselves in the same state every night during deep sleep, when the senses are turned off. Babies are in delta state (pure consciousness) while awake, when their senses are active.
The child’s senses are developing while in the mother’s womb. With birth, the senses of touch, smell and taste are already developed. Hearing and vision take a little longer to evolve, but after a year, these senses are developed as they are in adults. For a whole year after full development of the senses, babies will remain in a state of pure consciousness. With each new day, the baby is overwhelmed by impressions in the new material reality. Fascinated by the world of physical senses, babies pay more attention to the material world, and thus increasingly forgets about the true nature – the pure consciousness. Up until then, the baby’s consciousness encompasses the entire space while being both outside the body and in the body, but by attraction to the objects baby slowly narrows the breadth of consciousness day by day, until the consciousness becomes completely reduced to the inner limits of the body. Thus, the ego arose made by the wrong conclusion: “I am this body.” It is necessary to understand this event did not narrow the consciousness itself. Consciousness is always all-encompassing, and this can never change, but the child, believing it to be the limited body, has reduced his experience to narrowed consciousness. If we honestly wanted to, we could all return to our primal state, because in reality we are all constantly pure consciousness. But we have currently chosen to taste what it is like to be within the framework of the body. Through a play, the baby becomes somewhat familiar with the limitations of the body, with other objects, and with the limits of space and time. This entertainment for children science calls the development of spatial awareness and body-awareness.
The creation of ego is a process that animals also go through, but due to their limitations, this process seems natural. In children, this process may initially be met with resistance. Many young children talk about themselves in third person. Instead of saying “I am hungry”, the child will say “Tommy is hungry!” Some children initially deny the name given by the parents and would say “I am not Jessica!”. It will take some time for children to fully accept the idea they are the body.
This assumption determines our entire life. The body is a part of the physical world and is not too demanding. All it needs is a daily dose of energy in the form of food and water. The mental part is what creates the problem, because the newly formed ego will manipulate us through our lives.
At first, this applies to simple tasks, for example, the child cries until he gets what he wants. As the ego develops its desires, ideas, and demands become more complex. It goes from toys, clothes and shoes, motorcycle and car to apartment, house, swimming pool, villa…etc.
All these material things are actually a reflection of the mental need for status. Everyone has a need to be special in something, compared to others. Our identity allows us to do so, making each of us talented for something, but the ego is the one who has the need to emphasize this talent.
The ego is always competing with something, and for the ego life is a game in which he must win, whether it is a family, friends, co-workers, school, college, club, political party, or some government institution. The ego will always fight for status. Even if you are rejected by your family, friends, and society, the ego will still hope to restore its status, and when the last chance disappears, the ego will suddenly “change the record” and encourage an atmosphere of agony, suffering and despair. Like everything else the ego is of a dual nature and whether you will be the most powerful or the most miserable man in the world does not matter to it. All it matters is to compete, and it will run not only until the last breath of the body, but also afterwards.
With the death of the body, the ego within itself continues to spin the same film that was unfolding when the body was alive. The ego is a closed package of energy (information) within the mental world.
A person behaves throughout life according to certain patterns, due to the belief he or she is the body. These patterns are desires, ideas, hopes, beliefs. Under their influence, the person goes through various situations, or life experiences. All these experiences will be repeated over again throughout our lives, until we correctly understand the lesson from a particular situation. Once we understood the lesson, such a situation will never repeat itself and so we release a certain pattern from package. In order to let go of the whole package, to be free of the ego, we need to go across many experiences, but we spend most of our lives repeating the same mistakes, so we do not get through all the experiences necessary to remove the ego. Therefore, the only possibility to become self-aware, is for our newly formed ego, or package of information (energy) to take over some already existing packages of information that contain the experiences we need for our liberation.
During life, each person gathers a considerable amount of experiences. From some situations lessons are understood and patterns of behavior are noticed, and from some not. All situations, all our life, the ego stores in its archive in the form of a movie. When the body dies, this film continues to spin. Then we are no longer talking about the ego, but about the soul, and in fact it is one and the same, nothing more than a package of information created as result of misunderstanding. This rule applies equally to both animals and humans. People talk about past lives, but actually they are collected experiences in packages of information. Every newly formed ego will attract a certain amount of information. Our identity determines which package it will be.
If the newly formed ego does not attract any packages, it means it will contain enough information for liberation. Every ego is self-destructive, but if you are not careful, this destruction is more likely to destroy the body than the ego.
Those people who achieve liberation release not only their ego, but also those packages of information (souls) they have taken on. It is a great release of energy in the mental world. The one who is freed from the ego is called the Sage.

DEEP SLEEP

In order for the matter (physical) and antimatter (mental) to form, a huge amount of pure energy is required, from which these two appear. This energy exists only in one place – within us. Our decision to manifest in this form released tremendous energy which created the world. With our decision we caused everything around us (hence the name of the causal body). Every night we turn off our physical senses and return to the place of decision, at least for a short time. This place is a fifth dimension, a space of peace, silence and tranquility. A self-illuminated almost infinite space in which it seems there is nothing, without any happening, but it is actually bursting with life and energy. The fifth dimension is the place of unity and equality, therefore to the mind, which sees everything separated and different, it is unreachable and unavailable.
The common feature of the physical (material) and mental (antimaterial) world is multitude of diversity and dynamics. From naturally created moving and stationary objects, to artificially created ones... Every day our senses are newly fascinated by the colorful world of movement and change in which something is constantly happening. When we are not preoccupied with objects, we are preoccupied with thoughts and feelings, out of which an even more complex and dynamic world is built. While awake or dreaming, we are aware of this multitude and dynamics. In deep sleep, we are unaware of the multitude and dynamics. This does not mean there is no consciousness, but that there is no multitude and dynamics. Static, immobility, immutability, equality, unity, all these are characteristics of the fifth dimension. In that world, we are all one – a pure energy. To understand the fifth dimension, you must understand the fourth and third dimension arouse from it. It existed before the mental and physical world, so when we are returning to this state during a deep sleep, we can not take with us the subsequently formed physical senses and mental qualities.
In science, the dream world is called the REM phase (rapid eye movement) or active sleep. The world of deep sleep is called the non-REM phase or the phase of inactive sleep. Before falling into a deep sleep, a person goes through several phases during which the physical body relaxes. This is manifested in declining brain activity. During relaxation the senses are turning off (remain in the physical world), and the mind is turning off (remains in the mental world). When delta waves are detected on the EEG device, we are in deep sleep. Delta brain waves (from 0.5 to 4 Hz) are the lowest frequencies of all waves and are associated with a lack of awake awareness. However, in babies, delta waves are read until the second year of life, even when they are awake. It is obvious the waking consciousness is not the same in adults and babies. When it comes to babies, science uses the name pure consciousness. Already in the second year of life, based on the incorrect conclusion that we are the body, we have created a spatial and body awareness. This kind of awareness is based on our position in relation to others.
Spatial and body awareness is actually a reflection of pure consciousness and exists only in our mind. Consequently, such awareness cannot go out beyond the framework of the mental world. Accepting this limited awareness as our own, it seems to us by entering the fifth dimension we are sinking into a deep sleep, because the consciousness is not present.
The truth is completely different, in the fifth-dimension consciousness is only present, and manifests in the form of pure energy. If you are wondering if this is our true state - the answer is no. The Absolute or God is above (outside) dynamics and statics, multitude and unity, diversity and equality. To be aware in fifth dimension means to be one step closer to our true state.

YANTRA

In order for digital signal to turn into analog signal, a converter is required to make it possible. The ancient people were familiar with the existence of such machine. They used the name Yantra for it, which in translation from Sanskrit literally means “machine”. The real knowledge of Yantra has disappeared long ago. Today, Hindus, Jains and Buddhists make and paint various mandalas (a circle inside the machine) and Yantras, then use them for religious purposes. Of all the modern depictions, the closes to the actual look is the Sri Yantra, but the importance of the machine remained completely unknown. Its significance has been overshadowed with myths and local folklore.
From the current modern understanding of Yantra, it is the easiest for me to describe it as a huge holographic speaker. Its size is so large that it occupies the entire sixth dimension. Only with the word “hologram” can be described how real and unreal this machine looks at the same time. The mandala (circle) - largest part of the machine is located on the central part and with its appearance, as well as function, resembles a speaker. The speaker converts an electrical signal into an audible one. Yantra transforms Consciousness into energy. Just as the created sound made of vibration expands through space in the form of waves, so does the energy. Once started the process of spreading energy in the form of waves continues almost indefinitely. The entire material and mental world are made up of these waves. What we experience as reality is actually the interference of energy waves.

I AM

Before it is converted into energy, Consciousness is present in its original form. This is a place of the seventh dimension. You’ve been there plenty of times throughout your life, but limited by your physical senses, you have not noticed it.
How many times have you been unreasonably happy? Out of nowhere you started to dance and jump with happiness. Such moments in life are short-lived, because the ego quickly intervenes, it is in its nature to seek a reason for pleasure, and not to be satisfied all by itself. You also experience joy and happiness when you do something from the heart. Work done from the heart is the highest state of every human being. Unfortunately, a small number of people do what they honestly love.
Many people think they will reach a state of true contentment and happiness through meditation. Some individuals succeed at it. Not because of daily meditation and living through renunciation, but because they have not set any goal for themselves. However, most people expect from meditation to lead them into a state of happiness and fulfillment. Therefore, they strain to achieve this state. The same thing happens to us in life. We always have some goal in front of us, and we expect to be happy and satisfied with its achievement. This happens briefly, and not because of the goal is achieved, but because of the cessation of tension. The relief is short-lived, because tomorrow we have a new goal set. That’s how we spend our entire life, wandering from one goal to another, not realizing true happiness does not come from the material, but from within the very source of the human being.
There are numerous representations in the form of images and statues of Jesus Christ and other Sages standing with open chests from which the heart shines. These are not the images of the human heart but the source of our true being – Consciousness. From this physical position it seems to us the consciousness springs from within. However, Rumi, St Thomas, and many other Sages warn us what we experience as external is actually internal, and what seems to be inside is in reality external. Believing we are this body we place consciousness within the body, and in fact it is the opposite.
Take a look at any object for a moment. This object, you as the observer, and the very act of observation itself, all occur within the Consciousness. Take for a moment the first thought that comes to your mind. You and this thought are both within the Consciousness. Everything happens inside it, and when all of the above is removed, only Consciousness remains. Everyone is self-aware. We express this in words: I am. In ancient Hebrew scriptures God is described by the words: I Am. But what you mean when you say “I am” is the consciousness limited within the framework of the body. “I am” to which the ancient people referred to, is the unlimited Consciousness within everything happens.
To be aware of this limitlessness means to abide in the seventh dimension, the source of joy and happiness.

PURE MIND

To describe our original nature, we use the words God or Absolute. These words best describe the overall totality. The reflection created during the expression of God within oneself has equal qualities. This reflection is the eight dimension. In order to represent God or Absolute in mathematical language, we use the number 0. To point the reflection of the totality we use the numbers +1 and -1. Thus, we show the reflection of the totality can only exist in the form of separated qualities. In our lives, we can perceive all the qualities only as separate, because that is how we experience them. For example, love is separate from hatred, joy from sadness, satisfaction from dissatisfaction, peacefulness from excitement restlessness…In addition to mental, material qualities are also separated: light from dark, cold from hot, silence from noise…Without separation the world as we know it wouldn’t be possible. This world exists only in the form of separate units of different polarity. Even the existence is possible only if there is non-existence on the opposite side.
Just as the coin has two sides, so the world we experience has two states that are constantly changing. Observing from the position of the Absolute, the eight-dimension (and all the other dimensions contained in it) flickers like a stroboscopic light. Existence and non-existence are constantly changing. This change takes less time than the Planck’s time (the lowest unit of time), thus the human senses cannot notice it. With every change of existence and non-existence, existence is different. Changes are constantly recorded in the memory of existence.
Every action we notice in the physical level; from a plane flying, cars passing, people walking, leaves falling from a tree, and our head turning in the direction of events – all we notice is how it takes place in a linear course (from the future to the past). We call this the flow of time. But this flow we perceive with the senses is not happening in reality.
To create a cartoon, artists have to draw hundreds of thousands of images. Each one of them is slightly different. When these images change rapidly one after the other, we get the impression of the time passing. In the same way we get the impression of the time passage in our world. Existence is different every time, and changes take place at a tremendous speed, and our senses notice this in the form of a series events, which are constantly going on in a world of diversity.
There is nothing wrong with being limited by the senses that do not allow us to perceive reality as it is. We chose this play and enjoyed it for a good part of our life, but sooner or later difficult moments come and then we start thinking about death as a part of the play. When we start to wonder what happens to us after death, we immediately break away from the attention given on the material and have the opportunity to perceive reality as it is. Given we have believed all our lives in the idea we are this body, the ego will not simply disappear. Only those who persists long enough get rid of the ego. By becoming free they gain access to an almost infinite field of information of which all eight dimensions are composed. This field of information they call the pure mind. Ancient records also mention the term “super mind” and “mind of all”. These people who use the pure mind to point us to our true nature we call Sages.
Unlimited access to the field of information (pure mind) is the ability of observing the world through the totality. The limited access to the field of information used by an average man is called the personal mind. This limitation is actually the inability of observing through the totality due to the blindness of the individual quality. For example, a person blinded by hatred ready to kill, has completely forgotten about love, compassion, understanding…Such as situation can never happen to a Sage, because the Sage observes the world through the full spectrum. Ordinary people paint the world with only one color, depending on the mood they are in. But once they transcend the ego, everyone will see the world as it truly is. Don’t think this realization will come quickly. This process requires a lot of time. Rare are those who have suddenly got rid of the ego. We all have to go through the process of recognizing, acknowledging, and letting go of our mistakes. How long and painful this process will be depends only on our willingness to admit mistakes. They are like an energy weight, which when released, we feel an indescribable ease and joy of living.
But even when the process of “awakening” occurs, the ego will not disappear all at once. The ego is a hurricane that has long ravaged the ocean of life, destroying everything in front of it. As soon as it reaches the “shore of consciousness”, it breaks away from the shore, and its strength decreases. But before it disappears, it is still dangerous for a while, and still threatens in the form of a storm.
Watching videos of lectures by Osho (a Sage from India), and practicing meditations techniques under the supervision of Osho’s student Leela, deep understanding suddenly awoke inside of me. I no longer had the feeling the consciousness was inside the body, instead it was outside the body. I was all around the body, and at the same time fully aware of the body and other physical objects. The joy, fun and happiness this experience brings is hard to describe. Only the word ecstasy can to some extent describe the fullness of this experience. After about ten days consciousness “returned” to the body. The return to the old state was depressing. I hoped Leela would give me an explanation for what I had experienced and give me instructions on how to go back to this “divine state.” However, she said no one can give these answers, only I can find them myself throughout life. And she was absolutely right.
Although broken from the shore of consciousness, the ego has been ravaging my life like a storm for another seven years, bringing numerous challenges. But the more demanding situation was, the more inner strength I had. This inner power has manifested itself several times in the form of Sri Ramana Maharshi, that way letting me know I am not alone, the support and guidance of the Sages is with me. After all life exams, the path led me to Mooji whose lectures in the form of Satsang I followed for two full years. During this period, experiences and understandings have deepened and I’ve shaped them into this book, which will shorten the path for every sincere seeker.

POST SCRIPTUM

The belief that they are the body is deeply woven in people. So, they even added physical attributes to God (the Absolute), in order to bring it closer to their misunderstanding. People assume God is love, joy, happiness, compassion…If this were the case, God would also have to be hatred, sadness, unhappiness, selfishness. But all these individual qualities appear only as a reflection. Within God, they are a part of an inseparable totality and do not exist as separate. Therefore, God is indescribable.
People like to associate God with the concept of eternity. For them, it represents the time that lasts infinitely. They do it because they can’t understand the timeless. Know that even the term “now” carries time frames. God is out of time, no beginning and no end.
People say God is omnipresent. This would mean there is some space and God is present in every part of that space. They do this because they can’t understand the space less. Know that even the term “here” carries spatial frames. God is non spatial, has no beginning and no end.
People see themselves as a multitude, and God as one almighty being separated from them. They do this because they cannot understand the innumerable. Truly, there is neither multitude nor one. God is ineffable.
Consequently, you come to the understanding the Absolute, or God, can be expressed in human vocabulary only through negation (not describable, not speakable, no time, no space…).
All attempts to explain God are just one of many human needs. When human beings realize they are God, then they will understand there is no point in explaining yourself to yourself. All you need to know is: You are Consciousness who has decided to experience the material world. During this process, you indulged in a physical role and forgot who you are. If you manage to remember during the life of the body, you will achieve the fullness of experience in the material world. If you don’t succeed in this, don’t worry. The body certainly dies and disintegrates in the material world, the ego continues to spin its program in the mental world, and You remain what you are – Consciousness.