I love Yogananda just as much as the next blonde Los Angeles-born theosophist, but why on earth would anyone want to banish the consciousness of the body? Even people in pain benefit from surrendering to a conscious awareness of their body, in order to heal. In the same way, increasing blood flow to an arthritic join improves mobility and ultimately reduces pain, bringing energy and awareness begets healing. Even if the process is long and arduous, as is the case with many auto-immune or degenerative diseases. But I digress.
One thing underscored by the process of giving birth, is that there is a divine consciousness that imbues everything in the physical plain of existence. Anyone who has every made love knows that the physical plain has deep riches buried within its cavernous chasms. The topography of the planet should be proof enough of the texture and depth of the earthly dimension. It reflects the spectrum of consciousness found within the physical plain from plunging deep into the ocean, to scaling the highest melting mountains. This terrain reflects our own bodies. I felt a deeper level of being in my body during birth than any wonderful love making had revealed. Lovemaking can transport us like a time machine, giving us glimpses of our other lives. It can send us out of our bodies, tumbling in outer space like mating dragonflies. It can even give us a glimpse into our animal nature. The experience of taking mushrooms comes close to my experience of natural birth, in that you can feel like part of the earth and at one with universe, tapping into the consciousness of collective wholeness.
Yogananda, dude, after opening up like the Grand Canyon and seeing that the Earth Mother and I are one and the same, why would I want to banish being related to the body? I was Pachamama. I was Gaia, opening the gateway to the otherworlds. I was a portal and my purpose was to be the bridge, be the vessel to bring life from one dimension to another. The earth vibrates at a higher consciousness always. Yogananda advocates being in the mind and controlling it. I would think there is no need to control the mind, but to loose sight of it, allowing the spirit to be in alignment with the earth plain and God consciousness simultaneously.
I agree that meditation brings proof of the existence of God. So too does making love, nursing a baby, being in nature and smiling, listening to birds chirping in a light drizzle, and taking a hot shower. Agreed that human limitations need to be banished from the mind to reach a deeper consciousness...
No comments:
Post a Comment