Written by Mathew Naismith
We most often perceive an inner and outer
self, the inner self being our truer being and the outer self being our
projected being. The truer being or self pertains to the self that is not
influenced by external environments, where the outer self is primarily of and
created by our external environment. For example, our five senses are primarily
of our outer self thus giving us a projected image of our outer environment.
Our inner self at no time is influenced by our five senses thus giving us a
projected image of our inner environment. Of course if you are totally reliant
on the five senses, nothing beyond the five senses can be comprehended
therefore exist, this is quite understandable.
When we talk about the inner self, this is
still projecting an inner environment as opposed to an outer environment
through the five senses. Only through the five senses can the existence of an
inner and outer environment or self exist, this is because in out, back forth,
up down, are all based on our five senses. Our five senses were created by our
physical environment and our physical environment is completely determined to
what is in out, back forth, up down, in other words time based realities or
existences. We, through our five senses, have projected an existence of day and
night on a revolving planet going around the sun. We are completely conditioned
to a reality of days and nights therefore time. Is not the projection of day
and night the same as the inner and outer self? The projection being, one is
inner so the other is outer. This is still based primarily of the conditioning
of the five senses.
As in night and day, we are still
projecting an image of an inner and outer self which is still primarily based
on time therefore our five senses. The inner self exist only because the outer
self exists as in day only exists because night exists. These are simply
projections governed by our physical environment, no more. Isn't the perception
of an inner self reliant on the existence of an outer self, in other words the
inner self owes it's existence to the perception of an outer self, as in day
and night. Within this, we are still primarily reliant on a physical existence
and time to give us a projected image of an inner self. Now imagine going
beyond this projection.
I have inserted a small article bellow
where Sadhguru mentions the inner self. In my own words, the atman, the eternal
self, refers to the real self beyond ego; this is what is
known as the inner self, a self in the
absence of ego. This egoless self is projected to being inner only because
the present environment we are experiencing is ego. The ego is projected as
being of the outer self and the self in the absence of ego is projected as
being the inner self. What makes an inner and outer state in the absence of
ego? Ego completely relies on time to exist, in other words motion like in
out, back forth, up down, starting and ending points. In a state in the absence of ego, inner and
outer selves simply don't exist, only in existences based on time and motion
can inner and outer selves exist. What we project to be our eternal self is not
governed by time because in this state there is no starting or ending points,
it's simply an eternal state of being. Instead of stating an eternal state of
being, we most often state inner self, how else is the ego self going to relate
to the eternal self otherwise? This is exactly like nothing beyond the
five senses can be comprehended therefore exist, this is unless we use what the five senses comprehends, in
out, back forth, up down, starting and ending points.
Once you comprehend the inner self, the
eternal self, let go of this projection of the inner self. In reality though,
once you truly comprehend the eternal self, there is no ego in control to stay
attached to the projection of the inner self as opposed to the outer self.
I truly hope this is comprehensible as I am
aware where this kind of awareness can lead.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/article/a-perception-beyond-the-physical
Extract: People are always asking me, “Sadhguru,
you are talking about so many subjects. Where do you get the time to read?” I
say, “I don’t read.” What is there in front of me, I perceive it as it is and
that is it. There is no need to carry the burden of knowledge on your head if
your perception is keen enough. So perception can be raised to various levels
through certain inner instruments. “Is it very difficult? Can I rise beyond my
senses? Do I have to withdraw to a Himalayan cave to do this?”
