> > > I think there is a distinction to be made here, between > > > making some sort of value judgment about one state of > > > consciousness vs. another, and recognizing the valid > > > attributes of each state of consciousness, and that > > > enjoyment grows with the attainment of each successive > > > state. > > > > Their view would be that ALL states of consciousness > > offer exactly the same possibility for "enjoyment." > > If a person finds one state of consciousness more > > "enjoyable" than another, that implies a limitation > > on his or her part, not an inherent attribute of > > the state of consciousness itself. > > Fascinating topic-- What I am talking about in terms of enjoyment, > and success, is the growth we experience from one state of > consciousness to another, and the enjoyment we subsequently > gain due to the greater number of possibilities available to > us in the higher state of consciousness. It is not our striving > from one state to the next that leads to our enjoyment, but just > the natural process of progression from one state to the next. > > As an example, I will use my own experience of God, or the > embodiment of Divine energy: My first experience of God was > as a vague feeling and something to dedicate my life to. My > second experience was of a personal God, experiencing God as > a Being with a distinct form and personality, but still as a > separate being from myself. My third experience is experiencing > God as me.
Can't comment on that. I'm a Buddhist who doesn't even believe that God exists. :-) > This progression of states of consciousness has occurred because > of my dissatisfaction with the previous state of consciousness > (or Someone's dissatisfaction anyway...;-)). That is my entire point. If you are dissatisfied with *any* state of consciousness, it's because *you* are dissatisfied, not because the state of consciousness is less satisfying than any other. > In other words, there were things I wanted to achieve for myself > that were unobtainable at the lesser state of consciousness... I would say instead that you *assumed* they were not available to you. Therefore they weren't. Later some- thing happened, which you attribute to a shift in your state of consciousness, and you dropped that limiting assumption and they were available to you. But they were available all along, in every state of consciousness you have ever "worn" in this life. > ...so I watched myself evolve to the next state. The next state > was then more enjoyable because I was able to accomplish more > for myself. And this is a good thing? Some have it that the purpose of spiritual evolution is to accomplish things for others. :-) As you say, it's a fascinating subject, but I don't think I have anything more to say about it.
