Core-Self / Intellect ~ Relationship

In the advanced stages of inSelf Yoga™ it is required that the student make an in-depth study of relationship between the core-self and its adjuncts. Rattling off a mantra as some people do, does not curb the adjuncts. In fact they are expert in making a complete joke of the mantra chanting process. Visualization of higher aspects and states is a complete waste of time. The mind resumes it usually operations as soon as the person relaxes visualizing whatever his or her little heart so wishfully desires. There are so many processes which are worthless but which people practice with confidence.

The psychic material nature is the least concerned with our self-esteem. It has no respect for that. Hence our methods which are based on belief and self-assertion are ultimately denied. One must use a scientific method and be free from biases and childish concepts. Then one can investigate to see what is there in reality. Once one perceives what is there, the next step is to determine what changes one can make by this or that method.

Reality is no respecter of persons, which means that if I am in an aircraft and I jump out without some buoyance device, I will meet certain death. This is regardless of what my visualization of the end would be and regardless of what my belief is. If on the other hand I was to visualize correctly or if I had a belief which was consistent with reality, then even then my visualization or belief will neither increase nor decrease the reality. It will have absolutely no effect on anything except my pride.

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One detail about the relationship between the core-self and its adjuncts which must be studied in detail is the give-and-take between the core-self and the intellect analysis faculty. First the student needs some theoretical information about this. Then in mediation for a period of years, the student should study this within his or her mind.

Usually the intellect analysis faculty uses the core-self to supply power for memory procurement and illustration. After some sensual information nudges the intellect analysis faculty, that faculty draws power from the core-self to get more information from the source. That source may be a memory chamber or it may be a sense faculty which is in touch with an object outside the psyche.

Once the intellect analysis faculty procures the energy from the core-self to sponsor more information from a sense or from memory, the analysis faculty then hypnotizes the core-self. This action causes a continuous flow of attention from the core-self to the analysis faculty. That interest-energy is interpreted by the core-self as illustrated sensual ideas or images.

A student must study this procedure repeatedly over a period of years (not days or weeks). Then when it is understood and especially when the student has a slow motion perception of how this operates, he or she should disable the intellect analysis faculty so that during the meditation period, the intellect does not make request the attention of the self. The weakness of the self is that it is curious to know about whatever information the intellect analysis faculty presents to it. Until this weakness is overcome, the core-self will remain under the sway of sensuality either though the procurement process of the senses or through the presentation of memories.

Some teachers suggest that the self can completely ignore the intellect analysis faculty but that is not true because just as a farmer must feed his animals on a daily basis, so the self has a responsibility to keep the intellect analysis faculty in a fit condition. If the yogi fails to do this, he will find that it has a negative impact on the psyche which will be costly.

The intellect analysis faculty consumes the attention of the core-self. It must have a certain amount of that on a daily basis. The problem is that it forcibly confiscates what it feels it needs from the self. The self should instead assign a quantity of attention to the intellect, doing that in such a way so as to boosts the autonomy of the core-self.

This is done by giving the intellect analysis faculty attention during meditation but doing so as motivated by the core-self, not as prompted by the intellect. However when this is done it is likely that the intellect will be sulky and depressed. It may be unresponsive. It may play dead or disappear as if it does not exist.

This is like when a person who is used to a savory diet is forced to eat bland foods. That person might even prefer to starve to death instead of eating healthy bland meals. He might become moody, sulky and non-cooperative.

The core-self should tolerate such attitudes from its intellect for a time, until the intellect develops a positive attitude to this action of providing it with neutral attention directly from the core-self and without reference to sensual data from sense input or memories.

Procedure Summarized:

·       Sit to meditate.

·       Be sure that the intellect analysis faculty is shut down where it does not present memories or sensual data to the core-self.

·       Positively identify the location of the intellect analysis faculty. It does not have to be visible but its location must be known by the core-self. It may have the location of blankness where a certain part of the subtle head feels hollow.

·       Focus the interest-energy of the core-self into the intellect analysis faculty or into the hollow space where it is invisibly located.