The recovery of a forgotten knowing — that what we call 'self' was always part of a greater whole.
Awakening from the sleep of ignorance (avidya).
Learning as remembering (Meno, Phaedo).
Direct knowing of the divine spark within.
Annihilation of the self in God, then subsistence.
Recognition that Atman is Brahman.
Jung: integration with the Self (capital S).
What Buddhists call awakening, Plato called remembering, Gnostics called knowing, Sufis called annihilation, and Jung called individuation. The verbs differ; the geometry — the dissolution of the small self into a larger field — is the same.
Wherever you begin, you arrive somewhere. Pull on one of these and see where it leads — curiosity is the only compass that always works.
The true God is concealed; the apparent ruler of this world may not be the highest.
esotericThe human being mirrors the cosmos; what occurs at one scale recurs at every other.
esotericSerpent as bringer of knowledge, dweller at the base of the spine, encoder of DNA helix.
You are not the first to feel this. You will not be the last. Add what you have seen.
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