by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
We will begin our exploration by understanding that pain is an essential bodily function that is important for our health and survival. Without pain, we would not notice when we touch something hot that burns our skin, cut or crush a limb, bite our lips or tongue,...
by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
We will first explore that “still mind” is a paradox, because the mind can never be still. Like a river, it needs the flow of time to exist. As a consequence, it also can’t understand how to make itself still. You will then learn why we can only point to stillness as...
by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
We will explore why meditation, mindfulness, yoga or other practices that strengthen the witness–the self, subject, or consciousness that is aware of the thinking mind–is the prerequisite for living in the now, and what the differences between these...
by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
Eckhart Tolle says “you are not your mind”. But who are we if we are not our thoughts and sense of self? If all the layers of mind or ego (the “I”) drop away, like in deep dreamless sleep, then we cease to exist. So this seems to be an unanswerable question, at least...
by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
Spiritual state-stages tend to unfold in a certain order that are likened to the three broad states of waking (in which we are aware of physical objects), dreaming (in which we are identified with non-physical objects in our mind), and dreamless sleep (in which we...
by Martin Ucik | Apr 30, 2020 | IM Modules
Simply put, it is creating a new Ego identity out of spiritual experiences. Many spiritual seekers, practitioners, healers, and even teachers fall into this trap. They incessantly talk about their transpersonal experiences, self-perceived realizations, spiritual...
