THE OUTER GOD – Fragmented conscience and fear

Fragmented consciousness is anchored in the belief that the world is as we see it and as we think it; a world of disparate objects, differences and separateness. I see myself as separate from you; I perceive beings and things as independent parts of a gigantic puzzle, impossible to assemble due to a non-existent relationship between the parts. In this motley world only “I” and “mine” are real; others are images without consistency.

The perception of data and its interpretation by our mind is biased by our individualistic western culture. I learn that I am an individual and I am trained to prevail over other pieces of the puzzle which I see as impossible to assemble. This vision generates mistrust. One can not live in a universe of fragments fighting each other to survive. Distrust produces fear.

A person that exists under the coordinates of this fragmented vision suffers from solitude and fear. Fortunately, this is not the real vision; it is only a fantasy of the senses and a product of a mind trained to believe in the illusion of a fragmented universe.

A unified consciousness is the antidote against fear produced by a fragmented consciousness. The expression ‘unified consciousness’ embraces the inner world of the individual as well as everything else existing in the external world to which it relates. For the internal realm of an individual, unified consciousness is the harmonious coherence of thoughts, intentions, feelings, words and actions.

The external meaning of unified consciousness corresponds to living in the understanding of interconnection and interdependence of all beings. When the concept of interconnection is understood and accepted, it produces profound changes in the perception of reality. Reality is no longer identified as fragmented data but as dynamic unity of reciprocal relations. This new understanding produces a transformed way of thinking, seeing, feeling, speaking and acting.

Both realms, internal and external, reinforce each other because they are bonded by an indivisible unit. The fragmented vision of the external world corresponds to a fragmented vision in the inner world. Likewise, a unified vision of the external world corresponds to a unified dynamic in the internal world. A unified vision extinguishes the illusory separation between inner and outer world; the boundary between in and out is erased and duality yield its place to a unified reality. The struggle of the individual to prevail and to consume is transformed by the perception of being one with life. This understanding of unity produces a responsible, trusting and congruent commitment with life that is conducive to the alignment of thought, intention, feeling, word and action. In other words, a consciousness of interconnection and interdependence.

Various stories and metaphors from ancient literature explain interconnectedness; the unity that links everything that exists. The Indra Network is one of them. Others, allude to fragmentation such as the story of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from the Book of Genesis.

Quantum physics has translated the ancient mystical knowledge of interconnection into a scientific language that is understandable and acceptable to those who do not trust the wisdom that comes from the depth of the silence of souls. Today, theories about the unified field, entanglement of particles, and the interconnection of everything are widely accepted by educated people and no one is anathematized for it.

The Indra Network or Indra Pearls metaphor described in the Puranas and in the Avatamsaka Sutra is an infinite network of fine silk ropes that hold dew drops; each dewdrop reflecting all the other drops held in the net and in turn is reflected by the myriad of drops.

On the other hand, the metaphor of the Tree of Life —Tree of Good— as opposed to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, illustrates among other things the unified consciousness in contrast to fragmented consciousness. Adam and Eve, human prototypes, lived wrapped around in the knowledge of interconnectedness with a non-dual vision until they ate from the fruit of duality produced by the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The consequences of eating the fruit of fragmentation were immediate: shame, deceit, fear, irresponsibility in front of the own acts (the snake being the only one who admitted its responsibility). In the same way that Adam and Eve fear and hide, so hides in fear and distrust the person who lives in fragmented consciousness. The inner and outer voice Adam and Eve heard everywhere before eating from the tree of duality, became an accusing external voice from a fearsome and outside god.

When the adverse repercussions caused by a dual fragmented vision are understood in contrast to the consequences of living with a non-dual interconnected vision, there is a tendency to opt for latter which allows us to live without hurting ourselves or hurting other beings; considering as such every creature and not only humans. To access this state of consciousness it is necessary to discover who am I, and who are you. Our vision of life is then transformed when we discover that we are eternal, no limited by time or space, attired with dresses made of sub-particles originated in distant areas of the universe; eternal beings with the appearance of temporary ones.

The non-dual conscience is the conscience of love. Love is synonym for conscious integration or unification. Absence of love is synonym for fragmentation. To live in the integration of love produces physical and mental health. Living in a state of absence of love and disconnection produces unbalances which generate disturbances in every dimension of existence. When we choose to live in unified consciousness we are choosing to heal ourselves, to heal our environment and to heal all visible and invisible creation to which we belong. We are responsible for our lives and for everything we generate in this planet and in the multiverses.

Love is a fruit of unified consciousness, while fear originates from a fragmented dualist consciousness. Dualist consciousness produces mistrust. Mistrust is due to a feeling of fragmentation which generates judgments considering the external as potentially harmful. Instead, harm is not really coming from outside us but from inside our fragmented and fragmenting consciousness. When the individual tergiversates reality and positions itself as a fragment, foreign to other fragments perceived through its dualist vision, fear becomes the axis of its thoughts, intentions, feelings, words and actions and its existence is a permanent struggle to prevail.

False dualist ego whose understanding of reality revolves around division (this or that, you or I, mine or yours), feeds itself on comparison, judgment and prejudice generated by insecurity and fear. This false vision is cultivated by the dominant powers that keep humanity subjected to the adoration of idols. The same false ego is the idol demanding more rituals and more sacrifices and is an expert in creating division to increase fear, false sense of danger, the need to contend and to compare until it is identified and overthrown.

Body and spirit form a unit just like you and I are a unit. When we decide to structure our lives by this integrating vision, fear from others disappear. Others are not longer considered a danger to be afraid of or useful objects to satisfy our appetites. There are only two ways to live: in fear/fragmentation or in love/integration.

The dualist vision generated by the five senses and the mind is indispensable to function in the physical world in which we must distinguish this from that, up and down, hot and cold, I and others. But just like dualist discernment is needed to survive in the dimensions in which we physically exist, it is not needed to build our more profound reality in which there is no up and down or hot and cold and in which this is that (Tat Tvam Asi) and I am you.

Those who awaken from the nightmare of duality understand that spirit and matter are two sides of the same coin: essence and manifestation, form and void. The enlightened person is not deceived by theologies of the outer-god, that god created to oppose fear produced by fragmentation. To be awake is to live in the unifying conscience of love no matter the consequences.

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Aída Reboredo Arroyo

Es autora de libros y artículos; cofundadora del primer centro de estudios de la mujer en México. Es Psicóloga Clínica con estudios de maestría y doctorado realizados en Francia y Brasil. Fue profesora universitaria en diversas instituciones académicas de la Ciudad de México y de Veracruz, así como cofundadora de las Agencias Especializadas en Delitos Sexuales.