Variables Affecting Consciousness

Yoga, Tantra, and the Vedic experience, which we engage uniquely in our Yogic Mystery School, is about heightened consciousness, which, in turn, is related to several factors or variables.
 
From everything we have discovered through human psychology and the Age of Enlightenment in the West, our psychological health and emotional well-being are crucial factors influencing our everyday consciousness. And suppose there is a state of consciousness that is more evolved, significant, higher, and more profound than our everyday consciousness. In that case, that state cannot be entirely disconnected from our self-awareness born of our physical and psychological development. In other words, there has to be some connection, a living connection, not an arbitrary mental assumption, between all types of consciousness.  Since John Welwood's seminal discovery of spiritually bypassing, we now know that someone deeply engaged in spiritual practices could avoid addressing their emotional issues under the guise of spiritual reasoning. This understanding empowers us to address our emotional well-being in our daily spiritual journey, not delay or avoid it in pursuit of enlightenment.  

What we call "Supraconsciousness" and "Supraconscious Living" is a method of avoiding spiritual bypassing while tapping into a depth state of consciousness that, for want of better language, we might also call the enlightened state. It is a new way of approaching, thinking, and living enlightenment. However, as we all know, the word "enlightenment" is problematic because of how often its description seems to be removed from everyday reality. The core of Supraconsciousness is that while, on the one hand, it is a state that is beyond the mind, that is, not arrived at by "thinking about it," it is, on the other, connected to everyday self-awareness. And, if it feels like it isn't connected, then that is precisely what we must learn to do in order to create Supraconscious Living in our lives. Without that connection, we would have Supraconsciousness, another word for enlightenment that is far removed from our everyday reality.

Supraconsciousness, therefore, is supported by variables. Just as psychological and emotional well-being should be addressed, developed, and connected to higher states of consciousness, our physical health is another variable. We know that physical conditions can influence our emotional well-being. For instance, we do have emotional conditions that result from chronic health conditions. Even a common cold can have an emotional effect. Does not every cause have an effect? Isn't this the law of karma? In other words, if our everyday self-consciousness is related to several variables, is it not Supraconsciousness, and will any particularly heightened state of consciousness, such as enlightenment, also be affected by variables? And might not there exist a string of interconnected variables that function in a way that changes in one affect changes in the other?
 
Like me, you have had "peak experiences," the type of experiences that stand outside the range of everyday human experience. Do you not continue to have areas in your life that continue to hold you back from your deepest fulfillment? Do you not deal with resistance and apathy to spiritual practice regularly?
 
Asha and I have been exploring consciousness for the three-and-a-half decades of our marriage. We've done it professionally, from co-teaching live retreats to creating online programs. We have also studied the process with many luminaries in the field of consciousness. However, our most profound insights have developed within our daily lives, and we want to share these insights and methods with those who have a genuine interest in consciousness beyond that norm.

To engage in such a process, we need to chart our path to discern what is consequential in spiritual practice and what isn't. Essentially, it's not just about knowing spiritual practices yielding results. Every spiritual practice does produce some result. The real essence lies in the consequentiality of our spiritual practice in our daily lives, in the regular effect it has on our consciousness. There's no point in dwelling on past spiritual peak experiences if our everyday consciousness is not fulfilling. Supraconsciousness and Supraconscoius Living are what we are discerning as a way to live a consequential life, and we want to share it with those who feel called to do the same.

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