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The Flash of Insight

Fortunately, higher reality has a way of breaking out unexpectedly. There are moments when the all-knowing nucleus of the self defeats the mind’s narrow prejudices. We call these flashes insight, and they give us a good sense, at least in passing, of what it must be like to be enlightened.
As the Vedas put it, the enlightened mind is like the sun, compared to which all other minds are like candles. But a candle has value, because once it is lit, the darkness cannot be total.
In the flash of insight, a corner of the self is revealed for what is really there. One silently exclaims “Aha!” and a bit of truth is brought out from under wraps.
Insight is not always deep or lasting – psychiatrists spend huge amounts of time shoring up new insights and making sure that the patient does not lose hold of old ones and regress. Nor does the body always follow the mind’s lead into a healthier state. Even so, the moment of insight often manages to shift the entire self, and that is the key to its power.
At the flash of insight, psychiatry and Yoga are one – the revelation of the knower is the goal of both disciplines.
However, psychiatry is content with a flash: insight is basically a tool, not a permanent state. Psychiatry is an imperfect healer because it is wounded itself. Its reality does not include a core of magic; in fact, may therapists do their utmost to stamp out any signs of magic in the patient’s mind.
Only the most exceptional people manage to rise above the reality principle; they alone can begin to appreciate how simple the state of total insight might actually be.
Adapted from Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams, by Deepak Chopra (A Bantam Book, 1991).
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add your comment »I am grateful for this exchange because it has shown me, once again, not to get reactionary. Not to get hooked in when others with a less inclusive look on the world try to hook us in and push our buttons. It has reminded me that my path is also a practice, a muscle that must be toned to stay fit and to reach further peace.
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Ron --- Thank you. I do consider all that each one has to say.
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Uma, dear lady, I'm so glad you are finaly seeing that Dixon is an energy thief,and instead of us talking about Dr.Chopras ideas, everybody gets sidetracked tring to explain to Dixon how we belive things work. He's not interested! And then to make matters worse, too many people don't understand that initially, what you feel, is whats oozing out of Dixon, not the response you would consciously choose, and you judge yourself for feeling so repulsed by it. What he's emitting is so different from what those who honor Dr.Chopras work are used to feeling that you try to suppress your true response to it. Like accidently touching a hot object.So of course people are driven to rage, that's what he's spewing and your taking it in and holding it instead of dumping it back on him, because you think it's wrong or something to express it. He's a manipulative bully, preying on confused vulnerable people and kind hearted compassionate ones because he has nothing real himself.
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Dixon I couldn't care less about your faith one way or another but we have been in conversation for a while and you delight in being difficult ,turning it around when you don't have an answer that fits with the way you want to see yourself is NOT adequate. Admit it you are being snotty. It's a human trait and none of us are perfect. That is one of the repulsive things that proselytizers of certain faiths seem to do,Rather than intelligent honest response you turn the tables and say it back at the mind you are trying to turn around (convert).The only result is feeling disgust that one will never get that nice discussion that raises up the consciousnesses of everyone participating.Your attitude about the superiority of your religion over any one's different opinion is absolutely obnoxious.That you attend these meetings of mind and spirit only to proselytize your beliefs is evident in your comments, how you will be the first comment on an article with just something nasty to say that always shows that you have no interest in the material presented. Your enjoyment at centering the discussion around yourself and your opinions and the exaltation you feel by drawing negative attention is just sad. I can just see it " they're focusing on ME now and not paying attention to Deepak"s unholy ideas. It's so sad that you have no respect for us and mistake people's genuine kindness for a weakness you can criticize. You are acting like what my sister would call "a piece of work".
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Dixon, maybe this will help ... we ARE God as we are PART of God ... there is no separation (it is impossible to separate). Whether referred to as GOD, UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS, SPIRIT, whatever the WORDS are to describe what you're calling GOD, we are all part of that energy. Part of the "magic" is our ability to co-create our lives...but first we have to realize that potential is there. After that, the rest is easy. We are all connected, Dixon, to the same Universal Consciousness. Often (way too often) ego gets involved and tries to separate us from that ... while we are all unique and each have our own given talents to share with the world during this human experience, we exist, together, as ONE.
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UMa--- Uma --- Uma --- Who is looking down their nose at whom? It sounds like you are looking down on my faith. I am truly concerned about you folks. It is not a game with me or a hobby.
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My apologies if my last comment came across as an attack. That was not my intention. I was curious about who Dixon is, as he appears to be lost and/or confused. Some of the previous comments actually made me feel sympathy for him, if he was genuine in his words. That he has lived in this world as long as he has, he's witnessed much, I'm sure. I respect the wisdom of his years. I was, however, surprised to learn that it is his livelihood to guide and help people. Again, my apologies if I offended anyone with my previous comment.
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Ron, you healing soul of sweetness, I agree with you while understanding how it all pushed dear Ajith over the edge and you too Matt.Dixon takes too much pleasure being ignorant. No matter how educated you may be it has nothing to do with ignorance which is about ignoring what the universe is telling you.Being mulish, putting on blinders,not thinking or responding to material being presented, blindly arrogantly critical, is not a cause for pride.You shouldn't be basking in glory feeling important because you managed to put some pretty patient people into a rage. I don't want you gone, not only because you are a very useful creative irritant but over time I have come to see you as a person instead of a flat caricature of the fundamentalist, hanging on to good old ways, I care what happens to you.While you have the right to your own philosophy of divine's relationship with us, I am missing hearing what you make of all these ideas, I wish I would hear you thinking new thoughts.Too proud of being difficult and saying that you worry about the eternal future of those of us that are not interested in your god-form and your ideas about how it's proper to relate. You have allot of nerve to be looking down your nose at anyone else's spirituality. because it's as if you have your hands over your ears, your heart closed to everything anyone else is saying with a different opinion.The anger is because talking with you is like banging ones head against the wall, very frustrating.
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Must we always be on the attack; is the ego that dense that we cannot see the light. If we attack someone else that is also seeking truth and freedom; will we find true freedom? If we are using this site for inspiration to our spiritual paths; then what are we doing by arguing over semantics. We should be embracing each others opinions and differences and see if they resonate within; and if they don't, just move on. To be truly spiritual you need to be able to remove all judgement and preconceived thought and view the world through child's eyes. For there is truly no right or wrong there is just choice.
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Some sites that render a deeper understanding into the opinions of Dixon Murrah and who he is, (at the risk of further feeding his ego ... it is certainly not my intention to promote, nor discredit his beliefs or livelihood by posting the following links):
http://www.therapistlocator.net/MembersDetailUS.asp?TCode=174526
http://stress-in-the-ministry.org/restoration_ministry.html
http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=261576981

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