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| Past and Future is continually Co-arising and Co-created in the Spacious Now Moment |
Journey from Perception (part) to Knowledge
(Whole)
From Ego to Essence
Seek2know Planetary Vision
Mandala for a Mindfully Creative
Society
"With the insight into our profound interrelatedness
you know that actions undertaken with pure intent have repercussions throughout the web of life, beyond what you can measure
or discern." - Choegyal Rinpoche
I. Promote the spirit of open minded
free inquiry in all areas of human endeavors including alternative-integrative-holistic non-dual quantum approaches to Self-knowledge, medicine, healing, science, technology, architecture, environment, space, performing arts,
psychology, religion, forms of organization, education, work, recreation, life and living...
II. Pursue true freedom in all human knowledge, thought and actions with responsibility
and realize the highest human ideals, aspirations and potentials in ways that honor and serve all life in the planet.
III. Co-Create a vibrant network of community among all forward thinking,
positive and constructive initiatives that are taking shape at local, regional and global level; such organic and spontaneous
initiatives will create a new vision and ultimately a grand human experience for all to participate in by receiving and giving
freely!
(c)copyright seek2know.net 2/1/2001
"Vision without Action is a Daydream, Action without Vision
is a Nightmare." - Japanese Proverb
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Note: I now realize that the above planetary vision (for an enlightened civilization made
of mindfully engaged communities and social networks) which came from within following inner guidance more than seven years
ago and towards which I have devoted countless hours, energy and focused attention have three parts like three refuge
vows of Buddhists. 10/30/2007
We often do not realize how fragmented,
overspecialized, confusing and self-limiting knowledge has become! Pursuit of Universal Knowledge and Truth must remain free from all categorical
boundaries and belief systems; it must be evolutionary, expansive, pragmatic and able to fulfill the true needs of the world at present time. The
word 'science' itself is simply the Latin word 'scientia' for knowledge. Forms of science historically developed out of philosophy
or more specifically Natural Philosophy . Current notions of science and scientists date only to the 19th century! The word 'Christos' also means knowledge (Ramtha).
The word 'Buddha' means the "Awakened one who knows." The word 'Buddh' in Sanskrit means 'to know.' The word Gnosis
derives from Greek and connotes "knowledge" or the "act of knowing". The word 'Shaman' literally means "one who knows." [see pali word 'samana']
The word
"Catholic" in Latin, derived from Greek means "Universal". Buddha and Jesus did not teach people to 'worship' them, but to
'become' them, as exemplified by their own life example.
Now to know, means to have a direct personal experience of the Ultimate unconditioned
and non-dual Primordial Reality (Tathata, Rigpa, Brahman, Buddha-mind, Supermind, Marifa), a union of seeing and knowing beyond all dualities and doubt, and a direct comprehension of Nature of Reality and
the Nature of (transcendental divine) Self (Observer in Quantum Physics). The three vehicles of knowing/knowledge are the primordial lineage led by inner knowing, intuition, innate intelligence and inspiration, transmission lineage led by innovation, and organizational
lineage led by institution. The primordial lineage which emphasises each individual's innate divine potential (Christ and
Buddha nature) to self-awaken without the help of external authority is the most ancient one. Mystical traditions within all
world religions highly regard such direct experience as an important source of transcendental knowledge, understanding, and
wisdom (see Mysticism and Vedanta, Translation Vs. Transformation by K.Wilbur). The original meaning of the word 'mystery' is comprehension of a spiritual truth not attainable through linear logical mind through direct,
intuitive-divine revealation.
There is a great need for knowledge
to become wholesome or holistic, because life is an indivisible whole! The seemingly unbridgeable gap between science and
spirituality (which is the essence of all religions), art and technology, education and work, and life and occupation in general
exist because Knowledge is not whole. In our conventional learning we mostly experience the heavy burden of knowledge (through
continual reinforcement of past assumptions, facts and beliefs) and not the freedom and ecstasy of discovering something new and unknown! In Hinduism and Buddhism there are different spiritual paths (Yogas and Yanas) for persons of different temperaments. The term 'yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit word
'yuj', meaning union of individual and universal consciousness.
The solutions to our most pressing human needs and persistent socio-economic and political problems already
exist; we are not simply looking at those directions! The best solution is one that is most inclusive, non-dualistic and self-evident
in its simplicity and beauty. A "Great Awakening" and Renaissance in human consciousness is taking place in many fields. Now is a great time to learn and step out of the human cocoon mind . The ultimate goal of all Spiritual or Scientific quest is to bridge gaps in perception through Knowledge of the whole
unified energy field of mind-matter. Make Knowledge your teacher! See Jñāna Paramita, Jnana Yoga and Way of Buddha
What is Knowledge?
The word 'Knowledge' has a different connotation in the East and the West and in Ancient and Modern times.
The ancient meaning of the word 'Prana' is Knowledge. The Sanskrit word 'Jnana' also meant "knowledge of the true self". In the primordial sense, "Knowledge is not the things that are usually
associated with it. It is not ideas. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of belief. It is not a process of
self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable
knowing, wise perception in the present and in the future and wise understanding of the past. But despite these great achievements
of mind, knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life." - Steps to Knowledge
Buddha looked directly at skillful action in and of itself, worked
out its implications in viewing knowledge itself as a skill, rather than a body of facts and found that those
implications carried him all the way to release" [Wings to Awakening]. Buddha states in the Udaana, "There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, uncompounded;
if there were not, there would be known no escape here from the born, become, made, compounded' (i.e. there would be no ending
of stress, anguish and suffering).
The greek word 'nous' as in noetic means 'intuitive mind' or
'inner knowing'. Spiritual awareness seem to be the basis of inner knowing and multiple intelligence.
"Even if you are
in the minority of one, Truth is still the Truth" - Gandhi
"Purpose of the body (genetics) is
to serve mind, purpose of the mind is to serve knowledge, purpose of the knowledge is to serve Life." - susMita
Barua
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"If many little people,
in many little places, do many little deeds, they can change the face of the earth!" - African Proverb
Knowledge without practice
is lame; practice without knowledge is blind. Life that is continually changing and unfolding in its higher expression is
not obligated to conform to any human theory or institution; theory and practice by necessity must embrace, evolve and be
informed by Life, Here and Now. - Susmita Barua
Bhikkhus, just as the
dawn is the forerunner and first indication of the rising of the sun, so is right view the forerunner and first indication of wholesome states. For one of wholesome (samyak) view, bhikkhus, wholesome intention springs up. For
one of wholesome intention, wholesome speech springs up. For one of wholesome speech, wholesome action springs up. For one
of wholesome action, wholesome livelihood springs up. For one of wholesome livelihood, wholesome effort springs up. For one
of wholesome effort, wholesome mindfulness springs up. For one of wholesome mindfulness, complete concentration springs up.
For one of complete concentration, wholistic knowledge springs up. For one of wholistic knowledge, total deliverance springs
up. - Buddha in Anguttara Nikaya 10:121 Note the word 'samyak' has been incorrectly translated as 'right' as in the eight-fold middle Path
"Kamma, oh monks I declare is intention" - Buddha
"Bhikkhus, Ignorance,
avijja is the forerunner of the arising of demeritorious factors; lack of moral shame, ahirika, and lack of
moral dread, anottappa, are only its followers,1 . Bhikkhus, one who is ignorant and lacking in wisdom would
hold Incorrect View. In one who holds Incomplete View there would arise Incorrect Thinking, one who has Unwholesome Thinking,
would utter Unwholesome Speech; one who utter Incorrect Speech would take Unwholesome Action: one who takes
Erroneous Action would engage in Unwholesome Livelihood; one who engages in Wrong Livelihood would make Unskillful Effort;
one who makes Incomplete Effort would practise Unskillful Mindfulness: one who practises Unskillul Mindfulness would
develop Unskillful Concentration." - Avijja Sutta, Buddha's Discourse on Ignorance, Mahavagga Samyutta
Note: The word 'Wrong' in
English often has a connotation of 'sin' which has no place in Dhamma, avijja is spiritual ignorance of true Nature of Reality. In the Bible, "sin" actually renders
Hebrew and Greek words which literally mean "missing the mark," i.e., behaving inadequately or unskillfully. The sinner, then,
is like an unskillful archer who misses his aim (could this be the real meaning of Zen and the Art of Archery?). But this
comes, very close to the idea of akusala kamma or "unskilled action" in Buddhism.).
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C o n t e m p l a
t i o n s ~
"There comes a time when one must take
a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right."
- Dr. Martin Luther King
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"Your vision will become clear only when you look into
your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung
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Every religion, culture, community, party,
profession, and organization must continually strive towards self-renewal - reforming and transforming itself from within
than without, for its own sake and the sake of common good of all! If the leaders are failing, the members must
assume that responsibility. That is perhaps the only way to preserve the integrity, essence, and character of the entity concerned.
Lack of integrity eventually leads to disintegration! - Susmita Barua
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"Truth is not mere data or information.
Truth is the full realization of a concept or paradigm of thought into experience and personal wisdom." - Ramtha
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"Science cannot solve the ultimate
mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of the mystery that we are trying to solve."
- Max Planck
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"Knowledge is meant to set us free
from all mortal fears. Everyone who yearns for and abides by knowledge with right attitude and intent is counteracting the
forces of ignorance, needless suffering, error and confusion in this world! - Susmita Barua
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"There is no matter
as such! All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious
and intelligent Mind. Mind is the matrix of all matter" - Max Planck
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"You cannot see anything that you
do not first contemplate as a reality." - Ramtha
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"Knowledge is inner knowing carried to the leading edge through gathering
of experience realized into wisdom in the outer world."- Susmita Barua
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"What we observe is not
nature, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."- Werner Heisenberg
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"The important
thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates
the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. Never lose a holy curiosity."
- A.Einstein
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"Sometime,
somewhere, you take something to be the truth. If you cling to it so much, even when the truth comes in person and knocks
on your door, you will not open it." - Buddha
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"Be ye lamps
unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the Truth as a refuge. Look not for
a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external
refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost
height." - Buddha's last message to Ananda
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"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place
for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any
evidence, to correct any errors." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, Life 10-10-1949.
"All scientific knowledge is provisional. Everything that science
"knows," even the most mundane facts and long-established theories, is subject to reexamination as new information comes in."
- Scientific American editorial, December 2002
"The World does not need another guru; the world does not need another preacher, the world
does not need another priest; the world does not need another spiritual interpretation of the Stars; what the
world needs is Truth." - Ramtha
"The current tug of war in the theory of evolution
between those neo-darwinists bent on upholding the validity of 'natural selection' and the other side bent on upholding 'intelligent
design' may reconcile, if they see 'natural selection' itself being intelligent and 'intelligent design' is quite a natural
process. Then perhaps we can deal with the underneath question of the existence of 'God'. What kind of God we are looking
here: external or internal?
If God is some entity external to us, then is it a
vengeful punishing God like a very authoritarian parent who wants obedience of its offspring, or a loving benevolent unbiased
God who places no demands or conditions on its children? What do you believe or what is your own 'image' of God? Then
the thought arises could "God' be more of an inner experience, simply a state of unified super-consciousness
or a state of conscious evolution or enlightenment attainable by all.
What drives evolution, especially evolution of intelligent
life like humans? Is it the individual or the mass or collective or both? Then who or what (observer's mind) is looking
inside (sujective mind) or outside (objective mind). Note mind is the common denominator here."
To be Contd. - Susmita Barua
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