Essential Point:
In the Unconscious state you Believe you are only the Ripple.
In the Deeply Unconscious state, you Believe you are the Wave.
In the Conscious state, you Know yourself as the entire Ocean, which is inclusive of the Ripple, but not exclusively the Ripple. At this Level of Consciousness, you Know that it is the Ocean which enables the Ripple to be able to Exist.
Overview:
The small self, or lower self, or “Ripple” is a reference to the Humanness of who you are. It is the Body, the Mind, the encompassing Personality, and the varying contents of the World that the small self attaches to. It is considered the small self because it stands in reference to the lower Physical Dimension of sense-perceived Existence, as compared to the “Big Self” which is a reference to the Transcendent Dimension that resides beyond the Physical Dimension. As the small self points to your Humanness, the Big Self points to “your” infinite and immeasurable Beingness that is interconnected to and empowers all Forms of Existence, including the small self.
The small self is the Ripple on the surface of the Ocean while the Big Self is the entire Ocean, which is inclusive of the Ripple. Ultimately, they are not Separate, for how could a Ripple on the surface of the Ocean be Separate from the Ocean? They are Inseparably One.
Yet, when you only know yourself as the small self, that is as the Ripple, you only know yourself through the Mind, which is the basis of the Ego Identity. This sense of self is quite frustrating and frightening as you must fight other Ripples for Survival, constantly swirling around on the surface and viciously blowing in whichever way the wind and current pulls you. Life is not Peaceful as the Ripple on the surface of such ever-choppy waters.
Sometimes however, your Ripple may do quite well as compared to other Ripples and succeed in becoming bigger than the other Ripples, so much so that you as the Ripple has now become a Wave – this is the point in the Human Life at which you have “arrived” – you have the private jet and mansion and every other Material item you could Dream of. You have become the temporary King or Queen of the Ripples.
But of course, no matter whether you are the smallest Ripple or the biggest Wave, all temporary Forms of the Ocean must eventually come swelling down to Dissolve and Merge with the Ocean once more. when you know yourself beyond the Ripple and beyond the Wave, which is Know yourself beyond the Ego, and you tap into the Still depths of your Being as the entirety of the Ocean, Life becomes Peaceful, Calm, and Enjoyable.
Knowing yourself to be the Ocean, no longer do you care so much about what’s happening on the surface of the Ocean and whether you are a Ripple or Wave as you know its ultimately all temporary and ultimately secondary to the foundational Ocean itself that enables both the Ripple and Wave to be. Without the Ocean, there would be no Ripple and there would be no Wave. When this is fully Realized, the Stress of the surface Life is removed, no matter how chaotic it is up there.
As such, the Essence of Awakening is to wake up from the Dream of the Ripple and Wave through Realization that you are the Underlying Ocean. And just as the Ocean is what enables the Ripple to be, it is your Beingness that enables your Humaneness to be. It is your Big Self that enables your small self. It is your Formlessness that enables your Form.
This is a Powerful Realization that serves as the fundamental Shift in Consciousness that allows you to Interpret and Perceive Reality from beyond the Mind, from beyond the Human, from beyond the Ripple.
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