Reference: Postulate Mechanics

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The Misconception

A misconception is an erroneous idea, or a mistaken notion, such as, “the sun goes around the earth.” The deeper and broader is a misconception, the wider is its influence in the society. It appears natural because everybody appears to think that way. 

2600 years ago, Buddha discovered, “The Absolute Truth is that there is nothing absolute in the world, that everything is relative, conditioned and impermanent, and that there is no unchanging, everlasting, absolute substance like Self, Soul, or Ātman within or without.” Yet, the majority of the people in the world still believe that, even though their body will die, their soul will live forever.

Misconceptions form the subtlest layer that underlies the layers of misjudgments and engrams. As an individual becomes aware of his misconceptions and resolves them, it becomes easier for him to recognize his misjudgments and resolve them too. As he keeps on doing so, one day he may come face to face with his birth engram and discharge it. Other engrams, if they exist, may then follow.

The process of Subject Clearing examines the concepts in any subject starting from the broadest and most fundamental concepts. When this process is applied to the subject of existence the problem of beingness starts to resolve rapidly.

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Misconception

In general, people do not realize the importance of resolving their misconceptions no matter how innocent they might appear. Many misconception are buried in the definitions that are provided to us through dictionaries.

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More Misconceptions

You may discover more misconceptions on your own, if you contemplate on each sentence of the above definition with mindfulness. Please see:

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness

Then, you may end up improving upon this definition too.

Good luck!

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

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The Engram

An engram is a condensed sensation that is difficult to assimilate naturally in the mental matrix. Therefore, a person is not aware of its content, or even its presence. The engram is generated during birth, or during a traumatic experience. The unassimilated engram influences the body and mind adversely, causing aberrations and much discomfort. 

Birth is an excellent example of an engram. Everyone has it, and it generally is the cause of the auto-immune disease in the body. When a person becomes aware of his birth engram and assimilates it, the auto-immune disease disappears. The damage already caused by the auto-immune disease, however, may take a long time to repair itself.

Engrams, when spotted and examined closely, start to unravel for the first time like a literal recording of some past incident. This is different from a memory, which is known to exist, and is often recalled. 

The ‘past life memories’ are engrams that are startling when unravelled for the first time because their time characteristics do not fit with the present. Later they are recalled like any memory, to make sense out of them. Such engrams are said to be carried forward on the genetic line. They seem to continue from one generation to the next until they are finally assimilated.

The engrams underlying ‘past life memories’ were known in Buddha’s time as  ’samskara’. They were said to determine the deep-seated tendencies of a person that he could not control. These ’samskara’ depended on a person’s past ‘karma.’

The number of engrams existing in an individual are few. They are obvious and come up first during subject clearing. As one continues to address introversions and misconceptions, the remaining engrams will naturally come up if they exist.

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Misconception

A past life engram does not necessarily imply that the individual has lived before. The engram may have come into existence in the life of an ancestor. Besides, there is no single engram, the discovery and assimilation of which will handle the whole case of the individual.

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More Misconceptions

You may discover more misconceptions on your own, if you contemplate on each sentence of the above definition with mindfulness. Please see:

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness

Then, you may end up improving upon this definition too.

Good luck!

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

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The Religion

The religion was the first effort of the thinking mind to explain the world it experienced. It was beset by unknowns, so it postulated. The earliest postulate was Unknowable-Knowable.

The ancient Vedas considered the knowable universe to emerge from the Unknowable (see The Creation Hymn of Rig Veda). The knowable that was sensed became the substance (thought, energy and matter), and the agency that sensed it became the Self.

But the later Book of Genesis symbolized the Unknowable as “God” and presented it as “The Creator.” This was the establishment of an identity. Henceforth, the Universe was seen as created. Man saw himself as a created object. He was the body, which was born and which died. He only lived once.

Man’s original impulse, which was to know, now reduced to believing in the symbol “God,” that was explained to him. His own purpose got modified, and became “to survive.” 

The religion thus became preoccupied with life and death. Its goal became to realize the eternal Self.

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Misconception

It is often forgotten that beyond the struggles of life and death there lies a deep quest to know.

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More Misconceptions

You may discover more misconceptions on your own, if you contemplate on each sentence of the above definition with mindfulness. Please see:

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness

Then, you may end up improving upon this definition too.

Good luck!

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