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Bridging Duality

Our mind can only know the particular individual realities of life. To know the universal dimensions of our existence, the most profound realities of life, requires heart knowing and intuition. This is true knowing that surpasses intellect and belief. It is this knowing that expands consciousness, while intellectual knowing helps us negotiate our outer life.

The duality of inner knowing versus the outer experiences of life has been seen as a conflict for the past two thousand years. In almost all previous spiritual teachings about experiencing the universal or the divine there was always the belief and practice of disconnecting from the personality and the bodies in order to experience that reality which was believed to be totally separate from the bodies. Paradoxically, it was believed that we had to deny the self in order to experience what was in fact the greater Self.

When it comes to developing and expanding soul consciousness, the emphasis is very different. Instead of separating the spiritual from the mundane, and the inner from the outer, we need to experience these apparent opposites together as different dimensions of the same reality. Soul is the bridge between these apparent opposites and the place where they unite as one. This occurs in our bodies.

The universal exists within the particular, the spiritual within the material world. They are inseparable. In fact it is the inherent universal dimension that is the cause of every particular expression. When we go beyond the surface experience of anything with heart knowing or intuition we find its soul. This is the universal dimension found at the heart of every reality and every experience no matter how positive or negative it is. And when we find its soul we connect with our own soul. The result is a meaningful experience and a revelation of purpose.

Every experience that we have, whether it is of a universal or personal nature, always involves our brain. Even the most mystical experiences register in the brain. If the brain were not involved we could not experience it because the brain is the medium of all awareness.

Soul is experienced in parts of the brain, some of which have a direct neurological connection to the heart. Even intuition is experienced in more advanced areas of the brain.

By taking care of our brain and our bodies we have a much greater potential to experience the wholeness we all seek. And by seeking the essence, the universal dimension of every reality, we find the soul that gives meaning to every experience.

 

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