THE STUDY OF A LIVING ROOM
(Submitted in continuation of the earlier teachings)
PREFACE
This Teaching is not given for persuasion, nor is it intended to satisfy the desire for knowledge, but is transmitted as a continuation of that line of revelation which was previously begun through those who were able to maintain contact with the wider fields of consciousness, and therefore should be accepted not as a system of assertions, but as an opportunity to recognize what is already present outside of formal thinking.
Previously, a person was asked to understand the existence of the soul, its nature, its relationship with form and its path through evolution, but in the present cycle reveals not so much the nature of the soul as the way of its organization in the system, and therefore attention should be transferred from the individual to the agreed, from the personal to the field, from search to recognition.
The reader should remember that this text does not offer methods, practices in the usual sense, and does not formulate the goals to be pursued, because every goal held by the individual inevitably becomes a distortion, while this Teaching is aimed at eliminating the source of distortion itself.
CHAPTER I
AWAKENING SYNTHETIC CONSCIOUSNESS
Man, as he now perceives himself, is not a complete unit, but a process in a state of transition, and therefore any attempt to fix his nature in stable definitions will inevitably be limited, since he is a point of intersection of energies, flows and directions that significantly exceed his current awareness.
It should be realized that in the present stage of evolution attention can no longer be kept solely on individual development, since the very nature of consciousness is revealed as networked and interconnected, and therefore a person begins to function not as an isolated entity, but as a node in a wider field that requires not accumulation, but coordination.
It has been said before that thought creates form, and this remains true, but it is now necessary to understand that not all thought has a sufficient degree of orderliness to hold form without distortion, and therefore the quality of thought is determined not by quantity but by the degree of internal coherence.
CHAPTER II
THE ARCHITECTURE OF LIVELY ROOM
Mind, in its deeper understanding, cannot be reduced to a process of thinking, since thinking is only a reflection, whereas mind is radiation, and therefore it is not created through effort, but is manifested through the degree of inner order achieved in consciousness.
Mankind has long identified reason with the accumulation of knowledge, and this was a necessary stage, but at the present time it becomes possible to see that knowledge itself does not give rise to reason, but only provides material that can be organized by reason, if there is a corresponding structure.
The living Mind, which can now be said more directly, does not belong to the individual, nor to the group, nor even to the planet, but manifests itself as a harmonizing principle, which becomes available where the inner contradiction disappears, and therefore its presence is determined not by effort, but by the absence of distortion.
CHAPTER III
FIELDS AND REALITY Knots
What is perceived as an event must be understood not as an independent phenomenon, but as a local compaction of the field, which, in turn, is a continuous environment of interrelated energies, existing regardless of whether it is realized or not.
Each field, regardless of its level of manifestation, is held by three main aspects - a direction that is given by intention, a rhythm that provides stability, and a connection that includes the field in the wider whole, and therefore the violation of any of these aspects leads to decay or distortion.
Man, in this context, is not the center of what is happening, but is a potential node through which the field can either stabilize or distort, depending on the degree of its internal coherence.
CHAPTER IV
MAN AS A CONDUCTOR AND EXPERIENCE
It is necessary to recognize with utmost clarity that most of what is perceived as spiritual development is actually subtle forms of self-deception, in which the personality does not disappear, but only assumes more complex and difficult to recognize forms.
The desire to be a guide, the desire to serve, and even the feeling of belonging to higher processes can become sources of distortion if they are based on the center of personal significance that seeks to assert itself through these states.
Conduct, in its true sense, does not arise when a person seeks to conduct, but when he ceases to interfere, and therefore the main obstacle is not the lack of knowledge, but the presence of someone who wants to possess this knowledge.
CHAPTER V
FOR A POWER THAT DOES NOT BECOME
The force referred to in this context cannot be appropriated or retained because it is not a property of the subject, but is a flow that passes through those structures in which there is no internal resistance.
What is most often mistaken for power is only an intensified manifestation of desire, which, having gained access to energy, begins to act with greater intensity, but this does not lead to harmonization, but, on the contrary, increases distortion.
True power does not manifest itself through pressure or overcoming, but through precision and inevitability, and therefore its action may seem almost imperceptible, although its consequences are profound and irreversible.
CHAPTER VI
A Void That Is Not Absence
Emptiness, as it is revealed at this stage of understanding, cannot be perceived through the usual categories of absence or non-existence, since it is a state in which there is no distortion, but no presence.
Man avoids emptiness not because there is nothing in it, but because there is nothing in it that he is accustomed to consider himself, and therefore the encounter with emptiness is accompanied by a sense of loss, which is actually liberation.
CHAPTER VII
About what is left
When all forms of retention disappear, including even the subtlest attachments to understanding, experiencing, and presence, there remains that which cannot be called, since every name already presupposes separation.
This is not a state, cannot be achieved and cannot be retained, and therefore any attempt to describe it will inevitably lead away from direct recognition.
CONCLUSION
This Teaching does not complete the path, but indicates its dissolution, and therefore its significance is not to give direction, but to eliminate the need for direction.