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 situaton?”
“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 understanding, 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 hapen?”
“The student may become increasingly aware of her own vibrating energy.”
“Very good, but where does the concept of reverse transcendence fit 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 the student would be replaced by an even higher 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 gows 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 pespective of your limited mind, yes.”
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Simple Seekers 