Taking Cosmic Steps, Not Quantum Leaps

Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 07:59pm by David Askaripour in Philosophy

cosmic flower I often speak of mind evolution and expanding one’s consciousness — both of which are of paramount importance in my life and perhaps in yours. However, I’d like to note that one needn’t bombard their mind, or overwhelm it, with any particular tool or method for such an expansion or evolution to manifest. It’s often very easy to fall into a state of mental bombardment when one adheres to the philosophy of “more is better.”

Tools such as meditation, the use of psychedelic plants, yoga, mantras, dancing, tantra, singing, et al. are all fine lubricants that will aid you on your journey, no doubt. For thousands of years such practices have been used to extricate the mind from itself and, more contemporary, checkout from the suffocating societal imperatives that are so aggressively forced down our throats.

But don’t be too quick to pack your bag with all of these tools at once. Surely, these tools will help, but if your bag is too heavy you won’t be going anywhere. Think of it like this: in a factory where shoes are being made there may be an infinite amount of tools, methods, tweaks, and adjustments that can be implemented to increase the efficiency and output of the shoes being produced; however, if the factory was to experiment with ALL of these ideas simultaneously, it would lead not only to a decrease in output, but to its utter demise.

And in the same way, don’t shoot for a quantum leap of the mind, but, instead, for cosmic steps toward the dissolution between YOU and everything else. Travel light and take only what you need at the particular moment in time.

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3 Comments

Sharat Thakur

February 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm

Very beautiful article David. In nutshell, what you are trying to say is to live a spiritual life, and to maintain a balance in the process that one follows. Definitely, Yoga and meditation are the keys to contentment, but its a gradual process which one gets to know and understood completely after a period of time.

David Askaripour

February 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Hey Sharat,

Thanks you, my friend. Yes, the balance is vital. Yoga and meditation have been some of my trusted tools on my journey and I’m glad to have found them. However, I realize that these tools, though they are powerful, aren’t necessarily the ONLY tools. I’ve been studying the effects of plants on the psyche and that, in and of itself, continues to be very enlightening.