{"product_id":"2940154479803","title":"Cosmic Shanti","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rhythm and an essence of this work is the one of insight, a perspective of human truth.\u003cbr\u003eThis understanding and awareness is expressed through artistic, creative, energetic form.\u003cbr\u003eThrough our intuition and allowance we are invited to share in this inspirational experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUNDERCURRENT OF LIFE STREAM\u003cbr\u003eIn Buddhist psychology the process of the changing mind is\u003cbr\u003emanifested in two levels or streams. The subconscious stream\u003cbr\u003e‘Bhavanga Citta’ and the Conscious stream ‘Vithi citta’\u003cbr\u003eEach one merges into the other. The subconscious stream\u003cbr\u003eIs the hidden repository of all the impressions and memories\u003cbr\u003eof thoughts that pass through the conscious mind; All\u003cbr\u003eexperiences and tendencies are stored up there, but they\u003cbr\u003eexert an influence over the conscious mind without it being\u003cbr\u003eaware of the source of this influence. These two streams of\u003cbr\u003emind being conditioned by each other. The state of the active\u003cbr\u003econscious mind and awareness is generally present during\u003cbr\u003ethe day when one is awake. It is conscious of all impacts and\u003cbr\u003eimpressions continually received from outside, through the five\u003cbr\u003esenses or of sensations received from within by way of ideas\u003cbr\u003eor thoughts or recollections of former thoughts. When this\u003cbr\u003econscious stream which is constantly receiving sensation\u003cbr\u003efrom within or without subsides into inactivity, as for instance\u003cbr\u003eduring sleep, the other stream the subconscious (Bhavanga\u003cbr\u003eCitta) manifests ~ flowing like an undisturbed stream so long\u003cbr\u003eas the conscious stream does not arise to disturb it through the\u003cbr\u003esense channels. When awake every time an arisen thought of\u003cbr\u003ethe conscious mind subsides and before the next thought can\u003cbr\u003earise within that infinitesimally minute fraction of time, the\u003cbr\u003esubconscious stream intervenes. Then when the next thought\u003cbr\u003eof the conscious mind level arises the subconscious stream\u003cbr\u003esubsides into inactivity. Since innumerable thoughts arise\u003cbr\u003eand fall one after another during the day, so then are there\u003cbr\u003einnumerable momentary interruptions to the flow of the\u003cbr\u003esubconscious stream during the day. The subconscious is\u003cbr\u003ereferred to as a state of subliminal activity viz. an activity\u003cbr\u003ethat takes place below the threshold of the conscious mind,\u003cbr\u003ean activity of which therefore there is no awareness on the\u003cbr\u003econscious mind. The conscious stream holds only one thought\u003cbr\u003eor idea at a time whereas the subconscious stream holds\u003cbr\u003eall the impressions of all the thoughts ideas and experiences\u003cbr\u003ethat enter and leave the conscious mind. This subconscious\u003cbr\u003elife stream allows us to have a memory, conditioning our\u003cbr\u003ethinking \u0026amp; action. The Bhavanga is the ‘bhava’(existence)\u003cbr\u003e‘anga’ (factor).‘Bhavanga Citta’ is the indispensable factor\u003cbr\u003eor basis of existence. The factor of life by means of which\u003cbr\u003ethe flow of existence or being is maintained without a break.\u003cbr\u003eThe continuing basis or undercurrent of life, the stream of\u003cbr\u003eexistence keeping life going. This stream of being is an\u003cbr\u003eindispensable condition of individual life. It is comparable\u003cbr\u003eto the current of a river when it flows calmly on, unhindered\u003cbr\u003eby any obstacle, and when that current is opposed by any\u003cbr\u003ethought from the world within or perturbed by tributary\u003cbr\u003estreams of the senses from the world without then thoughts\u003cbr\u003ein the conscious mind stream arise. There is a juxtaposition\u003cbr\u003eof momentary states of consciousness subliminal and supra ~\u003cbr\u003esubliminal throughout a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e‘Rebirth Explained’ by V. Gunaratna. Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka. 1980\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sunny Jetsun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114336764144,"sku":"2940154479803","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154479803_p0.jpg?v=1764068661","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154479803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}