Crisis That Expanded My Consciousness

Aug 11, 2017, 3 comments, 14 smiles [Below were some seed reflections I offered at our local Awakin Circle last Wednesday. Thank you, Anuj, for capturing the share.] I really enjoyed reading this passage by Sam Harris. In the beginning, he talks about the space between the thoughts -- what he calls consciousness. It reminded me of a quote by a famous French musician, maybe 100 or 150 years ago, who said that the music lies in the space between the notes and not really in the notes. The space between the incessant thoughts that we experience is a very crucial space to help us evolve in our consciousness. Great spiritual masters have also guided us to the depths of that great silence in between the thoughts. The author then draws parallel between science and mind exploration. I am a researcher in nanotechnology and I study the infinitesimally small matter. In looking back at my science heroes, I would ... Read Full Story