A Brief History of

From the Big Bang to Infinite Possibilities

How did it all begin?

Big Bang or Big OM?

The Absolute (Pure Consciousness)

Pure SilenceInfinite Possibilities

The Original Desire

The Absolute wanted to have an experience

As there was nothing else, the Absolute (Pure Consciousness) had to experience itself

The Absolute experienced Itself by moving within Itself

Friction

Sound

The Absolute is Silent so the first sound had to be forced out of the field of Pure Consciousness,

becoming conditioned consciousnessOM

OMOM

OMOM

OM is the original Primordial Sound emerging from the unmanifest silence and

diversifying into creation as we know it

“In the beginning was the Word” (the sound of OM)“The Word became flesh” (manifest creation)

“The One became many”- Gospel of John

The Vedic Scriptures The non-dual OM emerged from the Supreme Unmanifest Absolute becoming the three letters A U M.

From these came the gross physical (Bhur) and subtle /causal (Bhuvah) , celestial (Suvar) universes.

From them emerged the great Gayatri Mantra.

From the Gayatri Mantra emerged knowledge of the transcendental nature of the Cosmic Being (Purusha).

From this emerged the entire meaning of the Vedas.

From the Vedas, Brahma created the manifest Universe.

The Universe is a projection of Consciousness an Evolutionfrom Universal Consciousness to Individual Consciousness to Ego, Intellect and Mind, senses to the Physical Body

Meditation is an Involution, a return journey from the gross world to subtler and subtler levels until we arrive back Hometo Infinite Possibilities

All sickness is Home SicknessInfinite Possibilities is your Home

The good newsIn our essence, we’re all already Enlightened, perfect in every way, all desires spontaneously fulfilled

The bad newsWe’ve forgotten it!

Vedic concept of evolution

The Four Yugas - periods of time:

Sat, Treta, Dwapara, Kali

Sat YugaGolden age, lightness, siddhis (yogic powers), purity, no disease, no limitations, no desire (everything was perfect), unity, Infinite Possibilities

• Lifespan 100,000 years, 1,728,000 years long

• Most people enlightened

• Vedic lifestyles

Gradual distractions, loss of purity, beginning of ignorance

Treta YugaStart of moral decay, wars, oceans and deserts are formed, agriculture, mining, separation

• Lifespan 10,000 years,1,296,000 years long• Emergence of personal God, deities, religions

• Time of Lord Rama

• Teachings of the Upanishads

UpanishadsScience of the mindLearning by direct experience and faith in teachers

Beginning of meditation practices to understand the inner world rather than outerValue of a qualified, experienced teacher

“When all desires are concentrated into one desire –the desire for Self Realization - the spiritual journey begins”

The Six Enemies of the Soul• Lust for sensory pleasure, uncontrolled passions• Anger• Greed• Delusion and infatuation• Pride• Jealousy

Life’s Values (Purusharthas)• Kama - joyous relationships• Artha - being secure in material things• Dharma - an ethical value of life• Moksha – liberation

Liberation comes when Kama and Artha are used to support Dharma. When they are out of harmony, suffering results.

The Journey of the SoulKarma and Reincarnation

The Karmic burden• Contracted for this life• Created during this life• Left behind in the karmic sack

Everything that happens to us is the result of our past thoughts, actions and desires

Choose consciously Look for the opportunity

The only reason you are here is Karma

The Universe is your karmic projectionThe Soul’s evolutionary journey is to wash (release) its Karma

Your present situation is not your final destination

Dwapara YugaEgo, trickery, fraud, disease, disharmony, conflict

• Lifespan 1,000 years, 864,000 years long• Time of Lord Krishna • Bhagavad Gita (Song of God) - a spiritual map or

guide book.

Sadhana - Spritual Practicesbecame available to everyone.

Krishna’s instructions:Work without expectation of reward; have no ego; practice non-violence; live simply; do service to your teachers and others; practice inner and outer purity; control your senses; contemplate your faults; practice silence.

The Four Paths of YogaBhakti - love, devotion

Karma - selfless serviceGyana - knowledge and self-reflection

Raja - techniques, the Eight Limbs

Kali Yuga - Current Time PeriodDarkness, ignorance, lies, materialism, chaos, destruction, pollution, focus on the physical, separation

• “God’s nightmare” • Lifespan 50 - 100 years, 432,000 years long • Time of Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, Shankara

The three knots (blockages) of the spiritual heart:Kama - excessive sensory desires

Karma - cause and effect, past actionsAvidya - ignorance, anger, lust, greed

But, Some Good NewsTime is an illusion

Einstein - “the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion”

Bhagavad Gita -There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we cease to

exist. The wise are not deluded by these changes

True Reality is ultimately TIMELESS.

If Time doesn’t existSat Yuga must still be here right now

It’s all a matter of awarenessor what we put our attention on

Fear contracts = Kali YugaLove expands = Sat Yuga

Meditation reconnects us with our essenceThe field of Infinite Possibilities

Pure Love

Different Types of Meditation:

• Prayer / contemplation• Concentration • Guided• Active - walking, eating• Breath/Mindfulness• Mantra• Sutra

Sutra Meditation

• Planting the seed of desire at the level of Infinite Organizing Power

• Sutra means to re-connect• The whole Universe is an interconnected

web• When the web becomes broken or

tangled, the quality of life suffers• Sutras act to repair the breaks

MahavakyasGreat statements of Truth from the Vedas

The Infinite Possibilities/SynchroDestiny Sutras

Enlivening Spiritual awakening

Transforming from the local, false, ego centered identity to non-local all knowingness

The Infinite Possibilities Sutras

Aham Brahmasmi – I am the UniverseSat Chit Ananda – Love/Truth, Knowingness, Bliss

Sankalpa – The Seed of IntentTat Tvam Asi – Thou art That

Moksha – Freedom, LiberationShiva-Shakti – Balancing all OppositesRitm – Cosmic Order, Divine Law, Truth