C.C,

By Paul Élie

Maybe you are already in Cosmic Consciousness ?

Or at least you possess a good percentage of it ?

 

It could be you have it inbred at birth or from spiritual practices like meditation and Yoga.

 

Or you are curious to know a little more about that subject.

 

This book is for you.
Here is why: « So when we are meditating and growing in CC, growing in these things, we must intellectually understand also what is going on. Otherwise, something is happening and we may be afraid of that good. » None-involvement levels of fulfillment / Maharishi /
"You need a master to tell you : « that is that, that's it » if not, one could go on seeking for ever." / Maharishi /
 
Here you have the fruit of 5 years of research about that subject and now nearly 50 years of daily practice of Transcendental Meditation, all done in the hope to reach Cosmic Consciousness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Élie
• Release date: Jun 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223692812

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Maharishi

...about the :

c. c.

Cosmic ! Consciousness !

Turiyatit chetana ! ..." to  witness »...!

« Yogastah Kuru Karmani »

Established in Yog, in « Being », perform action

Translated as in the commentary of Bhagavad-Gita by Maharishi : Bhagavad  Gita 2’48 ¹

THE EXPERIENCE OF « BEING » referred to, here, is a state of pure silence, where all the senses, mind, ego, and intellect are distilled to their essence, in an experience of pure stillness or nothingness. ( = Transcendence ! and here is the ultimate paradox : « Being » / to Transcend, and at the same time to perform actions)

« Unbounded Awareness as a Permanent Reality »

Pearson Craig, The Supreme Awakening, MUM Press, 2016 ², p 179 beginning chap. on CC

A compilation of statements of Maharishi and what I had retain of them :

... based on my 49 years of Transcendental Meditation (T.M.)  !

Paul Élie

Introduction

Few words here to explain what have motivated me to proceed with that research on the CC.

During my TM Initiation in 1974, instantaneously, spontaneously I got into a huge Transcendence !

A memorable experience that marked me, and has transformed my life !

Soon after, I followed the course: Science of the Creative Intelligence ³.

Here is, hence, that a part of my mission was established:

To reach Cosmic Consciousness !

I was 19 years old.

ACCORDING TO MAHARISHI, the surest way, the only advice he was giving was to:

Do your Transcendental Meditation twice a day, daily

ADVICE I HAD FOLLOWED to the letter and with great pleasure !

Nothing else would provide me with that much JOY ! and satisfaction then to daily going into Transcendence during my meditations.

Cosmic Consciousness became my obsession, a passion all along my life.

(CC is according to Maharishi is the fifth state of consciousness out of seven: 1- Waking, 2- Deep Sleep, 3- Dreaming, 4- Transcendence, 5- CC, 6- God consciousness, 7- Unity consciousness) ⁴

To reach that fifth state of consciousness, has always been a level where I think it is possible for me to reach.

In 2018, at 62 years old, after 44 years of regular practice of TM, I had the impression of not having reached that goal yet.

Then, I throw myself into an intensification of the whole process.

Among them the Initiations to Advances techniques leading to the Siddhis.

Clearly then people identify me to be a: Seeker.

In retrospect, I realise now, that around the beginning of the 1980; I was, maybe, without knowing it, in CC !!!!

(At that era Maharishi, claimed that a person practicing daily TM, with once or twice a year some sessions of retreats in his Academy, a meditator could reach CC in 5 years. This has created a controversy. But I was not aware of that before.)

This realization, that I was, maybe already in CC, came to me recently. Since I practice in a more intense way meditation, and in studying the teaching of Maharishi on CC, and the teaching of others Rishis.

This little collection here, is a compilation of all the references to the CC upon which I had the chance to come across.

At first, this compilation was only for myself, hence sometimes the reference of the citations not being precise. You will find in the bibliography at the end, that I tried to produce it as complete as possible.

MAYBE, YOU ARE YOURSELF in CC, without knowing it ?

It is possible ! 

Here is why:

« So when we are meditating and growing in CC, growing in these things, we must intellectually understand also what is going on. Otherwise, something is happening and we may be afraid of that good. »

None-involvement levels of fulfillment / Maharishi / You Tube (hot...) ⁵

So, it is super important to have an intellectual comprehension of the entire process of growing totally in CC.

My research here is about that.

In the absence of having near you a guru or a person already in CC, you will find here a beginning of intellectual understanding.

Hoping that it could help you realize that you are already in CC, or in an important % of CC !

"CC is established with TM and through the mind : the way we perceive the Absolute. Then comes the intellect to understand it. »

« CC ...you need a master to tell you : « that is that, that’s it » if not, one could go on seeking for ever. »

Experience and Intellectual understanding / Maharishi You Tube ⁶

Where and how to get initiated at the Transcendental Meditation:  https://www.tm.org/

(Official Website, trustee of the purity of the prodigious efficacy of the technique of Transcendental Meditation and the teaching of Maharishi.)

Definitions:

In the first place, this Seeker’s notebook is aim, at those who are already practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM).

Next, it is for those, who at birth, as a gift have received a good % of CC.

Finally for the others, who, by curiosity or intuition, feel attracted to undertake this simple approach, very simple, but at the same time of a great abstraction and very paradoxal.

Cosmic implied that we integrate the whole of life:

Material and Spiritual.

The activity and the Silence.

To be Transcend, which is a state without having thought and at the same time having thoughts.

Beyond the changing material world, there is the Absolute, Non-changing.

CC: means that we have integrated both at the same time.

The Absolute abstraction is: the Transcendental in parallel with our states of : waking, dreaming and deep sleep of the manifested world.

An ineffable notion.

That goes beyond our thoughts and the words to describe it.

A cognition.

A lived knowledge instead of an information intellectually learned.

It is like the many names of God in the Bible over 20 names are used.

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/god/what-are-all-the-names-of-god.html

Hence, in this text of my notes below, in order to facilitate comprehension, here is a list of names frequently used to describe the Transcendence or the Absolute. (Also each time I have put the first letter of that word in upper-case.)

Transcendence:

The Absolute.

Creative Intelligence.

God.

The Quantum Unified Field.

The Non-localize.

The Source.

The Source of all thoughts.

The Source of the whole manifested universe.

The Source of all the laws of Nature.

The Nature.

Silence.

Being, our Being.

Self (the big Self).

I Am / The I-Amness.

The Observer.

The Immortal.

Our Soul.

The Ineffable.

The Bliss.

Love (with a big L)

The Non-changing.

The Eternal.

The Ineffable

Inner Silence

Claude Debussy describe the transcendence as being the source of the music:

Music is the space between the notes!

What Cosmic means.

FOR A LONG TIME THE first definition coming into my mind was of the complete universe.

Cosmic : ...of, or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone

Def. at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic

This is true.

But it is not the only meaning.

Limited only to the manifested world.

Which as such would be a consciousness interesting to have.

An other definition of the Merriam-Webster (closer to the one held by Maharishi)

Cosmic: ...of, relating to, or concerned with abstract spiritual or metaphysical (see METAPHYSICAL sense 2) ideas / cosmic wisdom

": characterized by greatness especially in extent, intensity, or comprehensiveness /

a cosmic thinker / a book of cosmic significance "

But recently in my research, I have found what Maharishi was giving as a definition :

"COSMIC means all inclusive. All inclusive means inclusive of the relative value, and the Absolute value of consciousness, all inclusive, relative and Absolute both inclusive. This is the structure of Cosmic Consciousness.

(You Tube : Distinction between CC and GC by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) ⁷

Wow...!!!!

CC then take all is meaning: the relative (the manifest world) with, at the same time the Absolute (The transcendental) a total abstraction.

" WHO SAYS LAWS SAY rules of process. The cosmic laws represents the rule of process that applied to the cosmic life, the rule that governs the intentions of the cosmic existence and the evolution. . The cosmic laws represents the rule of process that applies to the cosmic Creative Intelligence, who create the universe, maintain and dissolve it.

Cosmic, this means: all inclusive, that belongs to the entire universe. This word covers everything that we find in nature, being in their state of static existence, or, in their state of dynamic life."

Page 51 of Science of life and Art of living first edition (French version) ⁸

It could also be related a little bit I believe, to this concept:

Prescience: foreknowledge of events:

a: divine omniscience

b: human anticipation of the course of events : FORESIGHT.

Also, it could also be related a little bit I believe, to this concept:

Mysticism is a notoriously vague term. In his Vocabulaire de la Philosophie, Lalande defines mysticism as a :

"belief in the possibility of an intimate and direct union of the human Spirit with

the fundamental principle of Being, a union which constitutes at once a mode of existence and a mode of knowledge different from and superior to normal existence and knowledge."

Lalande, A., "Vocabulaire de la Philosophie", Paris, Librairie Pelix Alcan, 1928. P 496

(Even though Maharishi didn’t want to use this term Mysticism, because of its often negative connotation, he would rather explain the whole thing in a rational and scientific way.)

Also, it could be related a little bit I believe, to this concept:

Supraconscient: in deep concentration our mind becomes in tune with the infinite and register the Cosmic Intelligence, and receives its messages, you become so full of its Cosmic energy that you will be flooded by divine Power. To be connected with the Supraconsciousness. It is the most desired state. This is when we realize the advantage of being connected with the Supraconsciousness. It registers the Cosmic vibrations. It is often referred to the wireless station, the messages recorded coming from the universal mind. Few know and reach that state, they think that concentration is limited to one subject, but this deeper concentration that brings us in harmony with the infinite, is that which produces and maintains health. When you have once come into contact with your Supraconsciuosness you become the controller of your human thoughts. That which comes to you is higher than human thoughts, it is often spoken of as Cosmic Consciousness. Once it is experienced it is never forgotten. Naturally it requires a good deal of training to reach this state, but when you do, it becomes easier each time you do, and in the course of time you can become possessed by this Power which was unknown to you before, you are able to direct the infinite power while in that deeper state of concentration.

Dumont, Theron Q.  Power of concentration / Lesson 12 or 13

By: Theron Q. Dumont (1862-1932) ³⁷a and ³⁷b

Though he wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime, Theron Q Dumont is largely a forgotten entity today. In fact, Theron Q Dumont is not even his real name. It is a pen-name adopted by William Walker Atkinson, an American polymath, who began his career as a grocer's assistant in nineteenth century Baltimore, studied law and went on to amass fame and fortune as a successful legal luminary. However, disaster struck when he suffered a nervous breakdown due to over strain and he lost everything that he had earned. He made an incredible comeback as a religious leader and follower of the New Thought philosophy.

William Atkinson wrote under several pseudonyms like Yogi Ramacharaka, Thomas Sheldon, Magus Incognito, Swami Panchadasi and many others. Theron Q. Dumont was one such pen name that he used, to create the persona of a French writer who talks about the powers of the mind, memory enhancement, the will and using the power of personal magnetism to achieve one's ends. It was presumed that he adopted these pseudonyms to protect his legal career.

The Power of Concentration was first published in Chicago in 1918. As a pioneering self help book, it deals with developing the faculty of deep concentration to achieve your personal and professional goals. Bending the entire power of your mind and focusing it on the thing you want to achieve apparently creates cosmic energies that will manifest the goal. For many modern day readers, this may sound extremely familiar. Current theories of coaching, mentoring and the plethora of How To... books that crowd bookstore shelves all contain ideas like this. The power of visualization, self-dialog, self-awareness, elimination of negative thoughts etc. are all presented in The Power of Concentration.

The book also contains practical exercises for honing your powers of concentration, observation and keeping your focus sharp and keen. There are also excellent suggestions regarding diet and nutrition, exercise and physical fitness and their effect on the mind. However, the latter half of the book could be disappointing to some readers as it meanders through topics like cosmic rays, divine wisdom, etc which tend to delve into less than believable territory.

However, as a self help manual, The Power of Concentration does indeed provide valuable tips on cultivating the now lost art of concentration. For today's generation which is subject to an infinite number of distractions and is prey to notoriously short attention spans, The Power