Conscious!ness

Balance results from Mastery. Mastery results from Knowledge and Practice. You have been told the truth. Make U your own. Realize what you are. Practice the methods of the Formulas. Then, and then only, will you enter into that conscious ness of Peace, Poise and Power, which cornea to him who hath acquired Bahtier.. As we have said in the Arcane Teaching Oh, Neophyte, in the Centre of Life shale thou indeed find Poise and Power. In the Heart of the Storm shall thou find Peace. In the Centre of the Cosmos shall thou find THYSELF. He who Ends the Centre of Himself, finds the CentTe of the Cosmos, For, at the last, they ire ONE ... 

General effects Anxiety, insomnia Loss of conscious- ness Anxiety, insomnia Fatigue, dry skin perspiration... 

It is only in the virtuous ones, the flame full of consciousness appears between the two eye brows which has the appearance of fire, lightening, or a sun. It is difficult to describe the nature of this excellent flame. It endows the person with eternal bliss and makes him free of all miseries. It is observable. It is peaceful and its attributes can be appreciated by the individual. The individual should concentrate his mind on this flame and the entire universe will appear before them like eternally vibrating conscious-ness...Those individuals who have attained this state of unity which is like amrita are the truly blessed ones." (Rasahridaya Tantra 1 21-26)... 

Shame belongs to a bundle of "self-conscious emotions" embarrass ment, shame, guilt, pride, and prideful ness.25 Of these, embarrassment is caused by the mere exposure to others,26 without any evaluative components. The other four emotions, by contrast, presuppose negative or positive evaluations by oneself or others. Here, I focus on the contrast between guilt and shame, an opposition that can be described in terms of cognitive antecedents, intentional objects, or action tendencies.27 I discuss pride and pridefulness in III.4. 

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