Contemplation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QKBLdYY60

is it an ego activities contemplation

and ego activity no i don't think so it

is activity of the intellect you already

know what is the egoic activity it is

the one that creates the identity it

says i after every event that happens it

classifies the event as

me mine are not mine never forget the

not mine that is also ego not me that is

also egoic activity

and once this

uh division has happened into me and not

me

it appears as a thought so sometimes we

confuse the uh intellect with the ego

and the ego with intellect actually the

ego is a part of the intellect but it is

it is not as evolved as the intellect so

we have divided this one layer into two

we say that the lower intelligence is

egoic in nature and the higher

intelligence is not egoic in nature the

higher intelligence can actually disable

the ego it can see its activity and it

can

command it and actions can be stopped

you already know all these things and

one of the activity of the higher

intellect is transcending the survival

and thinking that knowing that which is

hardly useful for survival that is what

we call as contemplation

so egoic activity is something different

it is mostly about the survival it is

trying to survive and so it generates

these thoughts that are helpful in

survival but most of the time these

thoughts are no use for

gaining knowledge actually they are a

hindrance to your knowledge so

contemplation is totally opposite of

egoic activity you can say last step in

the illusion not at all not at all i

think it is an illusion itself

contemplation

is happening in the illusion what is

this illusion saying that i am the

illusion this is very strange this is

happening there is an ability in us that

we can cut the illusion using the

illusion there is an ability in us we

can cut the mental activity that is

producing the illusion using the mind

itself it is very strong this intellect

is very strong it can cut through the

illusion it never gains anything

actually it never gains any knowledge of

what is not the illusion because there

is nothing to know there it simply

sheds the ignorance the ignorance is in

form of blind beliefs assumptions

indoctrination and who knows what

it is something which sees through the

illusion but it does not know the

reality remember this contemplation can

only cause the assumptions or beliefs to

disappear when checked thoroughly this

called rationality these

unfounded beliefs can be dropped that is

all contemplation is doing it is not

ending the illusion it may look like

that oh it has finally

cut through the illusion but you know

the illusion continues you see so i

probably i don't understand what you

mean by the last step in the illusion

by the do you mean that there is no

illusion after this but that is not true

the whole thing is happening in the

illusion

is it like watching the empty experience

are doing nothing while the life unfolds

no the contemplation can be of many

times if you simply be the experiencer

like when he says watching the

experiencer it is impossible isn't it

who is there to watch the experience so

slight

impurity in the language but no problem

i got a point like being the experiencer

only knowing that i am the experiencer

which means awareness and letting

everything happen no it is not like this

contemplation is reflecting upon what is

happening it is not simply sitting when

you contemplate the events that are

happening in your life it is very it is

an activity the mind is active the

intellect is active here and sometimes

in the contemplation you can forget the

experiences it is possible

so i think

your past

training is coming in between here in

some of the

traditions contemplation means awareness

contemplate on your true nature what are

you going to contemplate there you

simply remain aware i am this witness

that's all i am this experiencer that's

all

so

it may mean that in that context

but on the path of knowledge

contemplation is active thinking using

the intellect using the intellect for

something more than survival it is not

inactivity like other paths we don't put

the mind to rest

in case of path of knowledge we use it

are there rules stepping stones or traps

in contemplation yes there are rules

yes it

must be done under the guidance of a

teacher otherwise it is simply thinking

and you you know what is thinking it is

just a

tangled stream of thoughts here and

there it's just running here and there

random chaos

of thoughts that is thinking it's not

contemplation

there is an article on my blog which is

called the art of introspection and

there is a podcast episode also the art

of introspection

so i use the same word you know for

contemplation introspection is means the

same thing introspection is more

interesting because

it is looking within introspection so i

sometimes use these two words but they

mean the same thing that

juggling in the mind thoughts about

nature of reality nature of the

experience nature of the existence all

the philosophical matters trying to find

the truth of it trying to compare your

thoughts with your experience and so on

so everybody is most welcome to read

that thing the art of introspection

and it also gives you a hint of the guru

field while contemplating while

introspecting you can connect to the

greater memory and from there you get

the hints you get a little bit of push

from there from the guru field you will

be given a new thought you will be told

that look this thought is not correct

and sometimes you will see that it is

beyond the ability of this particular

intellect which you call my intellect so

there is a metaphysical angle also which

i have mentioned which nobody else

mentions

so it is much more than thinking now it

is seeing

direct seeing and then

utilizing your means of knowledge to

gain the knowledge and then remain

established in the knowledge

so yes

there are these rules and you should not

forget the three steps of the path of

knowledge listening then contemplating

thinking and then abiding you can you

can actually

insert one more step there which was not

there in traditional

traditional path of knowledge which is

writing

i have introduced this step because of

the modern

limitations on the mind it is distracted

isn't distracted mind and you don't have

three or four years to train it you want

the results now so we have used this

shortcut of writing so sometimes i

mention it that

now there are four steps listening

writing thinking and

abiding the thinking is simply

verification what is there what was said

is it right is it wrong is it accurate

is it faulty is it logical not logical

and then beautiful thoughts will emerge

in your mind realizations will happen

and you will get hints inspirations

automatically this is the whole process

these are the stepping stones

if you contemplate without listening to

the guru you know what happens it is

like totally monkey mind you know

there's not nobody who is guiding the

thoughts so the newcomers you can see in

their questions and in their discussion

just chaos of thoughts nothing makes

sense so i hold the hand of the mind and

guide it how to think all my discussion

is like this only holding the hand of

the intellect look this is how we think

i'm showing it

so nothing to worry because i started

like this only i had no idea how to

think simply copied the teachers how did

how do they think how do they find

faults how do they detect what is

illogical you need to

see these things you need to copy these

things from the masters

so

these are the stepping stones

is the object of contemplation

irrelevant since the goal of bliss can

be found in any form

yes the

whatever you're thinking about is not

going to give you bliss the bliss is

already there that is what you need to

know you need to realize that bliss is

the background of contemplation it is

not obtained by contemplation

what happens is the contemplation kills

the unwanted thoughts

by replying to these queries that are

happening in the mind why is this so

what is that who is this and all these

questions are there and when the

knowledge is there these questions can

be answered and they do not arise and

then you find the peace oh everything is

settled now it will look like as if the

mind is not working now it will look

like that peace now peaceful which is

which can be like a thought that

finally i know everything it's not about

knowing everything it is

just silencing all the questions all the

doubts all the confusion is gone so now

the peace can be found sometimes that is

misunderstood as bliss but no

the bliss was always there even while

the contemplation or the thoughts are

going on so yes that is right and it is

irrelevant what are you thinking about

the as soon as the questions are dropped

there is bliss