True Nature of Reality

What is reality as described my the mystics/masters mostly from the East?

They allude to the one energy that exists that is what everything is part of. The Brahman, Tao, Truth,

The interesting comment is that this energy is

• -       never born never dies (eternal)
• -       every where, every time, every when
• -       Alpha and Omega exists simultaneously
• -       is conscious of itself (has awareness)
• -       is wholesome in all forms
• -       Contains all (what we call Good, Bad and Ugly)
• -       is blissful – sat cit ananda, which is same as Satyam,                 Shivam and Sundaram
• -       All forms are manifest and a function of intensity of                    energy.
• -       Subtle energy is high, gross energy is low.
• -       Never depletes, just changes its form
• -       Exists in the waking, dreaming and deep sleep stage.                 Finally Turiya. (Mandukya Upanishad)

http://www.swamikrishnananda.org/mand/Mandukya_Upanishad.pdf

So then an obvious question is why do I feel miserable? The obvious reply is that the mind confuses, it creates the illusion, the maya. It distorts reality. It creates a duality in viewing things. It creates the ying and yang, the good and the bad, the small and the large. 

The mind exists in the brain, which is split. It is dualistic. It is a fact that some parts of the brain is dominant when responding to a few things and other parts are more dominant to other things. As you see even more distinctions, you experience greater degree of separateness: the self from what is out there.

At its core, meditation allows the integration of the two sides of the brain. The alpha waves are at its highest (the amplitude is higher, the frequency is lower). When you are in flow, unmindful of all else, the learning is best, making connections happen best, you are most relaxed, responses of fight and flight reduces. In short, you get smarter.  This leads to Theta wave cycle, then the delta waves.

Remembering ‘In the world, but not of it’ and ‘Emerging of the world but not to it’. These two notions support the view that all is created in the mind, you are making this up, and that you can make something up else. The fact is that we get attached to what we make up – attachment or identification (Gurdjieff). Attraction and repulsion to these thoughts occur. Having expectations rather than acceptance creates the whirlpool. Anxiety comes from the resistance.   Creating new neuro pathways, new connections is the process of personal growth. This is the re socialization and re culturalisation process that deepens the maturation process.

Then you are in touch with the gap. Vigyan (science) Bhairav (ancient hindu God) Tantra (path) explains a 5000 year old 112 meditation techniques that Shiva explains to Parvati to explain the true nature of reality.

read also for more details
http://tripurashakti.com/kshipta/

”Patanjali has put all levels of the mind into five categories: kshipta, vikshipta, mudha, ekagra, and nirodhah. 

Kshipta is a completely distracted mind. Vikshipta applies to those who have no control over their mind. They do not have a concentrated mind, but if they make effort, they can learn. Sometimes they understand and sometimes they do not understand because of their lack of attention. Their minds are not yet properly trained, but they are capable of being trained and accepted. That mind which remains in a state of stupor is called mudha. Ekagra refers to those who have a concentrated mind and can concentrate well. Nirodhah described those whose is completely under their control. They have trained their mind perfectly and can use it as they wish.”