Beyond the Beyond

Now and again we bravely post some of Gurudeva's most profound insights and writings. Today is such a day as we share Gurudeva's description of Nirvikalpa Samadhi and actinic energy. It is short, but dense.

We partner his words with a series of microphotography images which have their own mystery and magic to accompany the bhashya.

\"The inmost center of consciousness located only after the actinic forces dissolve concepts of form and even consciousness being conscious of itself is found to be within the center of an energy-spinning force field.\" (Close up of an old vinyl record, 20X)

\"This center, intense in its existence, consciousness only on the perimeter of the inside hub of this energy field vitalizes all externalized form.\" (Chalk dust)

\"Losing consciousness into the center of this energy field catalyzes one beyond form, time, space. The spinning hub of actinic energy recreating, preserving and dissipating form quickly establishes consciousness again.\" (Wood cells and fibers)

\"However, this is then a new consciousness, the continuity of consciousness having been broken in the nirvikalpa samadhi experience.\" (Pollen grains on the nose of a honey bee)

\"Essentially, the first total conscious break in the evolution of man is the first nirvikalpa samadhi experience.\" (Surface of a tropical alocasia leaf)

\"Hence, a new evolution begins anew after each such experience.\" (Copper sitting on the surface of silicon)

\"The evolutional patterns overlap and settle down like rings of light, one layer upon another, causing intrinsic changes in the entire nature and experiential pattern of the experiencer.\" (Passion Fruit pollen grain)

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