Dharma
The Quantum Intelligence
By Kosi
The primary purpose of the life and teaching of Ramana Maharshi was to breathe new life into the ancient teachings of sanatana dharma—the eternal natural way. The meaning of sanatana is eternity or the presence of an invisible intelligence that was here in the past, is here now, and will always be here, but is rarely noticed or understood simply because it has no form and is invisible to your eyes. The essence of this eternity is an invisible quantum intelligence or network of universal laws or intelligent design that define the unseen nature of the universe. If sanatana is this eternity then what exactly does dharma mean? And what does it have to do with liberation from the great wheel of suffering—samsara? What is the dharma of Ramana Maharshi? Dharma is a word that does not easily translate into the English language, but once you grasp its multi-faceted meaning it opens a new dimension of understanding about the nature of liberation.
Often the word dharma is associated with the teachings of the Buddha. The great wheel of dharma was famously set in eternal motion during the very first satsang the Buddha gave in Varanasi India. During this immortal satsang he described the natural laws associated with life and the middle way that guides you to the indescribable peace of enlightenment. This radical shift in awareness gave birth to the primary teaching of the Buddha—the four noble truths and the great dharma of the Buddha—the eightfold path or middle way that leads you to the ultimate goal of Buddhism—nirvāṇa or peace, love, and joy that surpasses all understanding. The eightfold path of enlightenment is the law and the way but is also the result of enlightenment—a paradox. But how is Ramana’s sanatana dharma different from the Buddha? What is the complete understanding of his teaching that coincides with sanatana dharma?
The four noble truths represent the four primary laws of nature or the entropic quality of human existence: 1) Life is suffering, 2) Birth, desire, attachment, death, and disease is the nature of suffering, 3) A way out of suffering exists, and 4) The eightfold path is the dharma or middle way that guides you out of suffering. This is the sanatana dharma of the Buddha. But the word dharma actually predates the Buddha by more than a thousand years. It is intrinsic power is contained in the ancient scriptural text of the Rig Veda. This particular word more than any other provides the essential context for the nature of enlightenment or liberation from the ancient and terrifying wheel of samsara—the great wandering through lifetimes upon lifetimes of suffering.
The word dharma fundamentally means essence. If the essence is absent whatever is described by this essence is rendered irrelevant or non-existent. For example, the dharma of water is wet and without the essence of wet it would no longer be water. The essence of fire is hot and without the essence of hot then no fire exists. The essence of your life is consciousness without consciousness you have no life. The dharma of enlightenment is emptiness—or as the Buddha so perfectly describes in his famous heart sutra; form is emptiness and emptiness is form—without emptiness, there is no form and all form is empty—not as a dead blank nothing, but rather the vast alive unseen eternal presence. This primary nature of dharma and yet it is only one aspect of this ancient word.
The other aspect of dharma is natural law or intelligence. The natural law is intertwined with essence like your DNA is intertwined with your genetic code—you can’t have the law without essence and you can’t have essence without the law—they are completely inseparable and represent two very different aspects of the natural world. The dharma of the Buddha was focused on the law, which naturally unveils the essence of his middle way; right understanding (view), right action, right concentration, right thought, right mindfulness, right speech, and right livelihood.
The word right is the law and absolute truth is the essence. This means without the essence of absolute truth the law of right would not exist, which simply means that absolute truth is absolute or the same or constant regardless of perspective or experience. The nature of this teaching is like a string on a sitar or guitar if the strings are too loose it makes no sound and if the strings are too tight they will break—if tuned to the right tension in the middle it makes sound or vibration. It is not one extreme or another—it is the middle way—this is the nature of the Buddha’s teaching.
The other aspect of dharma is nature or natural essence. The body does not exist without the genetic code that defines the nature of bodily existence. The nature of enlightenment is pure joy or bliss beyond all ideas of bliss—nirvāṇa. The law of a tree is the seed, the essence of a tree is life, and the nature of a tree is growth. The essence of a human being is consciousness, the law of consciousness is existence, and the nature of consciousness is bliss. Fundamentally, the three-fold meaning of dharma is law, essence, and nature.
The purpose of Ramana was to breathe new life into the ancient teaching of (eternal) sanatana (law, nature, and essence) dharma through his own direct experience. The law of Ramana is direct experience. The essence of both his realization and teaching is silence—without silence there is no Ramana Maharshi and no teaching. Silence is the essence, direct experience is the law, and the nature of his teaching is liberation—a natural evolution of your consciousness.
The dharma of his direct experience is based in the quantum laws of physics—the invisible realm of subatomic particles or the realm of unlimited possibilities, which tends to warp our understanding of the physical world in which we live. The laws of quantum subatomic realm are the essence of everything. Basically, the depth of his realization is the radiant quantum intelligence that reveals and is the eternal natural way of liberation.
The essence of this ancient way is transcendent of time and space—it is timeless and empty or a timeless emptiness—Śūnyatā—beyond all ideas of silent empty timeless intelligence. This does not equate to a nihilistic view that it is meaningless—in fact it is quite the contrary. The universe is an ocean of intelligence with infinite meaning. This vast incomprehensible intelligence, often referred to in a religious sense as God, is within you and free of you.
The law of Ramana is direct experience, but to experience the quantum realm of Ramana Maharshi there can be no experiencer. What?!! Doesn’t this violate the law, essence, and nature of direct experience? To experience anything don’t you need an experiencer? Hmmm…..? The answer is yes and no—the sanatana dharma of Ramana Maharshi exists and at the same time does not exist the way we normally think of existence. Whoa??!! What exactly does this mean???!!!
The answer to this paradox lies in the dharma of consciousness. What is the law of consciousness? Existence. What is the essence of consciousness? Life. What is the nature of consciousness? Bliss. The dharma of liberation is existence—consciousness (life)—bliss (sat-chit-ananda).
Without life there is no existence and without existence, there is no consciousness and in pure consciousness all that exists is the nature of essence or bliss. All of this is the unseen quantum intelligence of the entire universe and beyond. It is the absolute essence of who you really are.
Holy cow! This might seem a bit too much, but hang on we are very close to the ancient eternal way of liberation—the sanatana dharma of Ramana Maharshi—the law, essence, and nature of the eternal way of liberation.
The essence of direct experience of his teaching lives in direct discovery without an experiencer or the recognition of pure consciousness as pure consciousness. The nature of consciousness is bliss. What does this mean? It simply means your ego is the way. What??!!
The ego is a paradox. It hides bliss and it’s the way to bliss. The law of ego is existence. The essence of this existence is the ‘me’ you feel inside. The ego does not exist without this very strong feeling of the ‘me’ inside of you. The feeling ‘me’ in your body lives in your heart. But what is the nature of ego?
The nature of ego is reflective consciousness, which means its nature is to reflect the five senses of your body, which creates a loop of consciousness—the consciousness of ‘me’ in your body—this is the grand illusion that hides the natural bliss of your being or pure consciousness.
The teaching Ramana Maharshi and his direct experience guide your attention through the illusion of you, or ego, to discover directly, intimately, the truth of you—vast indescribable existence, consciousness, and bliss in the core of your being.
The great revelation of sanatana dharma is your own direct discovery of the source of consciousness beyond all ideas of the experiencer who discovers—here and now in time, in space, and free of time and space was here in the past, is here now, and always will be—eternal.
The eternal way is to give your attention to the feeling ‘me’ in your heart until there is no me or heart. This liberates the experiencer as bliss without end—the gateway of liberation. This knowledge, based on direct experience, supports the direct realization of the indescribable quantum intelligence of the entire universe. But….
Understanding this is of no great consequence—you actually need to go through the illusion of you and stay aware of the quantum reality alive in your heart long enough until the ‘me’ disappears entirely—simple, but not at all easy.
Ramana basically reveals the invisible door alive in your heart through which only you can enter.
This is the eternal natural way—sanatana dharma of Ramana Maharshi.
Anyone can enter this way, but so few muster the courage.
Tat Sat
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