Hey what's up everybody, my name is jonas
and welcome back to my youtube channel.
Here on this channel I love discussing
some of life's greatest mysteries and
you know it's funny that of all of
life's many mysteries, quite possibly the
greatest one of them all is not out
there somewhere in some remote corner of
the universe, but in here, within each one
of us, in the very core of our being.
The mystery of consciousness. it is what we
are and yet at the same time it's a complete mystery.
Every experience of the
universe out there in reality happens in here
within consciousness like there's
no experience of life possible without consciousness.
and yet at the same time
our most advanced science has no idea
how to begin to make sense of the nature
of consciousness.
We can investigate this mystery for ourselves, we can pause and become aware of awareness.
Like, here in this area between the ears, there's like
this opening this clearing this window
in the universe through which all of
life passes. When we really begin
exploring this this inner world this
mystery of the self to me that is the
path of spiritual awakening it's not
some new-age philosophy or some
religious dogma or belief system or
anything like that for me spiritual
awakening from this perspective is
universal to all people it's, it's a
fundamental aspect of being a human
being because we all share this mystery of consciousness.
Now why is this important? well if there is one thread
that ties together all spiritual and
religious teachings from all around the
world from all throughout time, it's the
idea that this self discovery, this self-knowledge
is the key to finding
true peace in this human lifetime.
Like that deeper sense of contentment and
fulfillment can't be found anywhere in the
external material world it comes when we
get in touch with being. When we discover
who we are on the deepest level beyond
the ego identity that lives in the mind.
Buddhism for example teaches that
that true peace and liberation does not
come from doing and accomplishing or
achieving or acquiring or realizing our goals
in the external world that's all
the realm of samsara. the way of Nirvana
of true liberation, comes through being
through getting in touch with the Buddha nature
which is within each one of us
that transcendent spark of life the pure
essence the soul or the spirit. It was
really through my use of psychedelics in
combination with meditation that I
realized that there is something here to
what I am to what we are that is beyond
this human lifetime that does not die
with the death of the physical body I
realized that ultimately all is one we
have all emerged from the same infinite
source we're all like waves on the same
ocean of life and if you look beneath
the surface the wave is just as infinite
and vast as the entire ocean itself and
in the same sense the true essence of
what we are is the same as the essence
of the universe of life itself and I do
believe that someday in the near future
science is going to have to grapple with
this realization that there is such a
thing as a soul or a spirit or some-
whatever you want to call it, it is the
essence that lives on beyond this human lifetime.
but you don't have to take my
word for it, all of the science is
moving in this direction with each new
discovery in the field of quantum physics
we're discovering more and more
that consciousness is non-local meaning
it exists beyond time and space. and if
you look at the research into near-death experiences,
mysticism, shamanism,
remote-viewing, reincarnation,
psychedelics and much much more, all of
which I discuss in other videos on this channel,
I believe that there is more and
more empirical scientific evidence that
is building up that is revealing beyond
a shadow of a doubt that there is
something here
that does not die with the death of the body.
that we are ultimately transcendent
beings who are having a temporary human lifetime.
And from that perspective it
becomes very clear that this human
identity like the identity of Jonas, "I am
Jonas"- it's not the deepest truth of who
and what we are. There is an essence that
is beyond that because there's an
essence that beyond this human lifetime.
And that recognition, that awareness, that
is step one on the path of spiritual
awakening step two is to integrate that
awareness into our everyday human life,
our human existence, which can be very
challenging and very difficult. But at
the same time it's incredibly simple
because it always comes back to now. To
this present moment. To pausing and
noticing where we are and noticing
ourselves and you might also notice that
the more you go into that pause just
being relaxing into presence resting in presence
that is so key, resting in
presence, then you you can maybe begin to
notice that there is a peace there is a
stillness inherent in that silence in that presence.
That is the path of joy
from within that Buddhism and all of the
world's spiritual and religious
teachings are guiding us towards.
Just through the simple act of becoming
conscious of this moment coming into
alignment with this moment taking a deep
conscious breath and being aware of
awareness that is setting the stage for
peace and joy and love and liberation to
flow into our lives not just for our
sake and our benefit, but for the sake
and benefit of everyone around us and
all of infinite existence
peace
