Hi everyone,
I would love to hear people's experiences of self-realisation and what it means to them!
My intention here is to have a healthy dialogue around what it means to be self-realised and how it is lived. How it plays out in the world around you.
The desire for this dialogue has come about as a result of my own self-realisation and the lack of reference points and discussion for what happens afterwards and a heartfelt desire to have a forum of support for this stabilising/integration phase.
For there seems to be 2 different types of discussion to be had:
That which points to and guides people to the discovery of who they truly are.
That which gives support for post self-realisation processes.
The internet is teeming with self-realised teachers. I am eternally grateful for this fact, for every single one of them brings guidance and light to the path, (and by the way, you are most welcome to contribute here), however there is a complete lack of discussion and support for the processes that happen afterwards, as we stabilise in this revelation of the divine reality and bring our lives into alignment with it, often in the midst of the everyday chaos of living.
And while you could say that once the true-self has been discovered, you become your own guide and no longer need any guidance from outside of yourself, which is absolutely true, I also think we can facilitate and speed up the process of bringing clarity and integration into our lives, so that we become an increasingly authentic prescence of our true nature.
So.........bring forth a piece of your wisdom from the divine space through your direct experience, but which is then accompanied by a sharing of what this looks like in your (not somebody else's) day to day living.
I am not so interested in plumes of wise words that paint a picture of how life could and should be lived, but words that convey how it is actually lived in your daily life.
So, just to get started, I'm interested in questions like these:
What is self-realisation to you?
How did self-realisation occur for you?
What does it mean in terms of your everyday life?
What does it look like?
What changes occurred as a result of this transformation?
Do your emotions/feelings still come and go?
Do you still experience fear?
Can you still look after and have a family after self-realisation has occurred?
Can you still hold a job?
Where are you in the process of aligning your personhood with the divine?
How has it affected your personal relationships?
How has it affected your relationship with your children?
How has it affected your relationship with your friends and family?
How has it affected your outlook on the world at large?
How has it affected your thought processes?
Thanks, I look forward to all of your contributions and........ see you in the next post!!