Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00239)

Many call it the "Witness state" which is also a good description. I 
call it being in the third eye focus. But different names for the 
same experience.

Netemara

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-- In theos-talk@y..., "Steve Stubbs" <stevestubbs@y...> wrote:
> --- In theos-talk@y..., <dalval14@e...> wrote:
> > Nov 11 2002
> > 
> > Dear Friends:
> > 
> > AVALOKITESHWARA in the THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY is as follows:
> 
> Thanks for the quote. The phrase "on-looker" is strngly 
reminiscent 
> of the way Purusha (Person_ is described in the Upanishads, Purusha 
> in this context being a Sanskrit designation for the Higher Self. 
> This "on-looking" is an experience many yogis have from time to 
time 
> in which they experience themselves as having a dual consciousness, 
> one mortal and the other completely detached and unaffected by 
> worldly events. I had this experience at the age of 38 when very 
> ill. In addition to a feverish and elirious "me" therewas suddenly 
> another which was completely lucid and altogether unconcerned about 
> what appeared to be my impending demise. This other "me" told the 
> mortal "me" that it had been around for millions and millions of 
> years before I was born and would be around for millions and 
millions 
> of years after I died. My apparently impending death did not 
concern 
> it in the slightest, since it was "on-looking" but completely 
> detached from worldly affairs. I had obligations to fulfill in 
this 
> world and pointed that fact out, whereupon my fever broke and I 
> returned to normal health, albeit utterly drained of strength. All 
> of us have an "on-looker" within us, but this dual consciousness 
> phenomenon tends to appear during health crises. If I remember 
> correctly, Neff quoted an incident in her book in which Blavatsky 
> reported a similar (but not identical) experience as have numerous 
> others. There is also a description in THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE 
> BLAVATSKY LODGE which as I recall unfortunately tends to give the 
> erroneous impression that this "on-looker" looks upon the world 
with 
> considerable anxiety but is unable to overrule the mortal self, 
> although responsible for its karma. To think that it has any 
anxiety 
> at all would be a misinterpretation of the text.