Full Realisation

Full realisation

Most of my argument above was based around development of neural pathways in the brain to improve connections to the inner brain and enhance understanding of the previously subconscious inner being. I will now repeat the table I used above and discuss the superconscious term in more depth.

Consciousness	Neocortex	Wakeful state, awareness
Subconscious	Limbic brain	Below our normal state of awareness
Superconscious	Reptilian brain	Awareness of "everything"

The great Hindu Sages of the past, men and women who demonstrated abilities considerably greater than you and me (and most other people you know) spoke of a further superconscious state beyond the subconscious. Recent sages such as Paramahansa Yogandanda spoke a great deal about this and associated the connection with "everything" with the medulla oblongata, a vital structure in one of the oldest parts of the "reptilian" brain. I can't write about the superconscious state with any authority but the argument above follows. We have little awareness of what goes on in the subconscious brain. Our "awareness" is providing connectivity for the thinking neocortex (where our ego and sense of self exist) to see what is going on in the inner brain. This is quite the opposite direction from the normal flow of consciousness, which according to the learned Sages, enters from medulla and flows through and out hence resulting in us looking out by default.

In my model, as we develop the ability to look back and become aware of the workings of the subconscious we develop to the state of self-realisation. At that point we create a bridge, a neural conection, through the subconscious to the superconscious. As the number of neural connections to the reptilian brain increases the person may fully enter the superconscious or God-realised state.

To the vast majority of people this notion is pure fiction. I could point out that since they don't have the necessary level of self-awareness they cannot be aware of what they are not aware of. This is an unsatisfactory circular argument. They could respond by saying that those people with superconscious awareness actually have demonstrable brain damage, and are hallucinating! All I can do is return to the model above with the number of neural pathways. You awareness is your reality, and you are only aware of that which you are aware. If something is below your level of conscious awareness, you are are not aware of it and it is not part of your reality.

Is full realisation a good thing? There are very few individuals on the planet at this time who can speak of full realisation with any authority. All indications are that the Masters who have achieved this state (eg Ramana Maharshi) whilst possessing great qualities of compassion, peacefulness, love and insight, were not great contributing members of society! They spent most of their time meditating. In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna only drove the chariot - Arjuna had to do the fighting on the battlefield! It seems an unreasonable expectation to believe that spending half an hour a day meditating and 10 hours a day at work and several more hours interacting socially with family and friends that you will suddenly enter a fully realised state and be happy and peaceful for ever after. It doesn't work like that. Reading the lives of these masters shows that they went through a steady process of withdrawing from the world as their attention was progressively directed inwards. Following my model above, if the neural pathways are redirected to observe the inner brain, you aren't going to be great at interacting with the external environment any more. In short, you are either going to spend your conscious energy looking outwards and functioning as a social member of society, or you are going to withdraw inwards and move from a state of activity to a state of awareness of the whole of society. To have a functioning society we need the majority of people to be outward focussing. The person turning inwards to self-realisation and full realisation is, in a way, opting out!

However, discussion on superconscious states are premature. Perhaps when we have all achieved enlightenment then we can sensibly debate this next great step. All I can do is confirm that it is possible to increase ones own self-awareness and that this is not a bad thing. There is, however, great confusion and misunderstanding of this topic and it is to this subject that these web pages are dedicated. The framework I have presented here ties in with the teachings of Eastern and Western societies, is not complex, and is in line with current scientific understanding. You to confirm the validity of my claims in your own life without too much effort, and without paying me or anyone else a cent. You don't need to join a secret society or pledging yourself to any religious institution. You don't really need to "do" anything, yet in other ways the "un-doing" will be the most difficult thing you ever do.