A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of reverse transcendence.
“How did that idea get into your mind?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps you put it there.”
“For what purpose?”
“Perhaps to inform me of the topic of today’s lesson.”
“How would you explain reverse transcendence?”
“In traditional yoga practice, the mind of the student and that of her teacher become interconnected.”
“Where does reverse transcendence fit into such a situation?”
“As the student absorbs more and more of her teacher’s understanding …”
“Understanding? And not wisdom?”
“Are they not the same?”
“Yes. Go on.”
“Then her own wisdom, or awareness, expands as she absorbs some of his.”
“Does she transcend her own mind?”
“No. An overlap, such as in a paradigm shift, develops between the student’s mind and that of her teacher’s.”
“Duality becomes one?”
“Not totally.”
“So she absorbs his energy without losing her own?”
“Perhaps our unique energy could never be in danger of being consumed by another.”
“It could be weakened, or strengthened. Is this the result of a student attracting and absorbing her teacher’s energy?”
“Perhaps neither happens.”
“Then what does, or might, happen?”
“The student may become increasingly aware of her own vibrating energy, through a more relaxed and trusting association with his.”
“Very good. But where does the concept of reverse transcendence come in?”
“I’m still vague about it, but transcendence suggests going beyond, and if her guru’s energy is strengthening her own, then the flow of higher energy is from without to within – a reverse flow from the generally accepted view of transcendence as going beyond, or from within to without.”
“Does the teacher lose anything from this transfer of energy?”
“Is there a transfer?”
“Yes.”
“Then the higher energy that the teacher transmits to his student would be rfeplaced by an even higher infusion of energy from his source of enlightenment, as a pressure gradient system might work.”
“Is that all?”
“For now, yes. Did I do well?”
“For now, yes.”
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A simple seeker’s note to herself
Thinking back on my discussion of transcendence with Spirit, what did I learn?
“Perhaps you learned that transcendence is not possible without an infusion of higher energy into your mind.”
“Yes. But what triggers such an infusion of higher energy?”
“What triggers growth within your body?”
“My body may be designed to grow when nutrients are provided.”
“Yes, and yet it grows from within to without.”
“But it can only expand when nourished by outside forces.”
“Yes, and so it is with your mind.”
“Could you be considered as an outside force?”
“From the perspective of your limited mind, yes.”
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Simple Seekers 