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Transformation of Consciousness of a Lay Person
MS. IRENA UPENIEKS
I choose this rather complex and obscure subject, as I felt that most people don't understand that they have a great opportunity for SelfTransformation in and through their daily living, if they so wanted. Most people think that the opposite is true. That their daily life prevents them from any real change or higher spiritual development. But spiritual transformation is possible despite material conditions.
There is a great need to understand this particular function in the human psyche: and what it is that we have to do, to achieve some degree of change in consciousness, Is this even possible for a householder - a lay person?
So we have to examine and seek answers to few of the following questions :
- What does transformation mean? What are the steps? Where to begin. How difficult is it for a householder to achieve any degree of change in consciousness? Is there any effort required? Is there a beginning to this process or is this process an automatic mechanical function?
Perhaps, we could take a moment and together observe the life of a lay person or householder, immersed in the struggles and involvements of a dailylife which involves, first of all, the struggle for survival: acquiring shelter, food and clothing. But after the basic needs have been secured then a desire seems to arise to "better oneself", often through the influence of the society around us. We start to expand energy for all kinds of body comforts, more refined food, clothing, jewelery, and furniture etc. acquir
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