Living In The Supermind:
How to Achieve Success, Supernormal Capacities
and the Divinity of Love

Doubt, clinging to tradition, and fixation to common beliefs
of the day conceal the Superworld within us.

There is a realm surrounding us which contains all the love, power, knowledge,
wisdom and supernormal experience we would ever want. It is entered by
cultivating the Supermind.

There is a new psychology for acquiring this entry. It rests upon an appreciation of Thought, high thought, and the cultivation of the personality toward reaching for the high realms of the Divine . . . the Divine within us as well as that which surrounds us.

The Superworld surrounds us and is within us. It is in all places, at all times. It has been concealed from us by doubt, by clinging to tradition and by fixation to the common beliefs of the day. There is, however, a way to appreciate the higher mind that we carry, the more sensitive perception that is ours, but we must first turn to it. Ultimately we will win vision, love and abundant supernormal experience.

Like the air that we breathe, we are unaware of the surrounding world of the spirit and its ability to empower love and vision, and to produce miracles. We are unaware for we have not turned our attention to it. Not realizing it, we do not use it. Not using it, we are deprived of the love and the unity of experience which will bring to fruition our heart's desire, and society's heart's desire for a better world.

I longed to have the experiences that I had learned about in the Eastern psychologies. They spoke of the miracles of the mind and of the universal brotherhood of man/woman available to us, of the ability to transport ourselves in a moment, to see distantly, to create beyond the known laws of Nature. All of these things seemed much beyond my reach. I had heard of the miraculous experiences of others, of their beliefs in immortality, reincarnation and wondered if they were truly available to people like me. Others had meditated and visualized lights; why hadn't I? And then - one day I realized that the spiritual world was present and was mine.

It is at hand for all of us, present at all times. But it is not to be viewed with the ordinary senses of perception. The spiritual world is that world we visit in dreams, in imagination, in high thoughts. The more we realize this, the more we set aside the almost impregnable shield of doubt which has stood between us and the Superworld of Spirit. Unfortunately, this shield of doubt is much acclaimed by our society in its fealty to Western science.

One day I found it was possible to melt the shield which had prevented me from entering the Superworld of Thought and Spirit. It came to me in a meditation - as follows:

I had meditated and meditated, and said to myself, "Why can't I see lights as others do?" And then I realized, I am seeing lights. When I lead my patients down a golden staircase with a beam of white light surrounding them, I see the beam of light. When I lead them toward that brilliant, beneficent white light at the end of a long hallway, I see that white light toward which I guide them. But, I don't see it with the retina! I see it with another kind of perception, a perception of the soul, a perception that resides in the thought world. And it is a true perception - as is so boldly stated in the dreams that we dream and the vivid imaginations that give rise to our fantasies. This is another world, the Superworld to which we find entry beyond our five material senses. We must learn to access it. In the Superworld we are all one; we are beyond time; we are immortal; we are joined all together. We are love, and we are a part of God. We are all of these things, but how shall we find it? How shall we prove it? How shall we acquire the Supermind which leads us to it?

The Supermind is acquired as we learn to achieve an inner peace. Easier said than done. But possible, and progressively rewarding. What are the tools for getting us there? They are meditation; suspension of doubt sufficiently to explore new experiences; tolerance and detachment.

So much has been said and written about meditation. The principles are simple, but they require patience and practice and the development of psychological muscle. They are: First, to quiet the body so that there will be fewer intrusions from it; Second, to quiet the emotions. This requires tolerance, often of unpleasant emotions such as boredom or restlessness or desire or excitement; Third, to quiet the mind. This means to let thoughts come but drift away. It is attention that gives thoughts life and force. The more we let them come and go without resistance or attention, the more they fade.

Doubt is such an enemy. It keeps us from exploring new ideas, even new inspirations. The idea is to let come what may, and not to pre-judge it. I had so much doubted the worth of the ideas which had come to me. They were an expression of my own self-doubt reinforced by a desire to be accepted by my colleagues. But I decided that I would dictate them and transcribe them, and in review at a later time I came to value them. Often they were inspired insights into the workings of the Spirit World, the Superworld. As validation, I found similar insights in the writings of some of the great Eastern Masters such as Aurobindo and Yogananda and Ramakrishna. Why not? It is not I or even they who are the great ones, but the Source, that fountain of knowledge, inspiration and works of service, that is. Those noble men had learned through the selfless path of service to the Divine, and therefore to fellow beings. They had entered the high realms whereafter inspired insights and messages descended upon them. But this is possible for all of us - including you and me.

There are exercises for suspending doubt. For instance:

Meditating: Trust your inspirations after the mind is quieted. Refuse to give in to judgements such as "This is only mine," or "It has been said before." Or "I'll remember it later, and record it." You won't! Practice with simple things, such as letting yourself remember a telephone number without looking it up. Often you will be surprised at the strength of memory. Or listen to a friend without effort and then try to remember everything what was said in a five or ten minute period. Don't try, simply absorb. You again may be surprised at the accuracy and fullness of your memory, if you suspend doubt. My best insights into the Superworld have come in meditation, but late, and at a time when I thought I had to resign myself to a blank period. Trust. Fear of failure is a handmaiden of doubt.

Lucid Meditation and Lucid Dreaming: Lucid dreaming is an altered state in which one is both dreaming and aware that the dream is occurring. It is even possible in this frame of mind to direct the dream. This is an occasion wherein waking consciousness meets dream consciousness. The dream realm has access to high messages -- but they are often encoded, or submerged by doubt and forgetting. That state in which we linger when we have just awakened from sleep and bring back our dreams is much like lucid dreaming, and it is a state of access. I believe that as we cultivate the quiet mind, the peaceful center that comes with meditation, we are entering a zone of lucid meditation, a zone much like that of lucid dreaming. This is the time and state of mind wherein high messages pour in.

Tolerance stands opposite to that which authorities usually advise in our society. If someone is troubled, they say to "not think about it." This may give a momentary relief, but at bottom it simply adds another pressure to an already painful situation. It is hard to tolerate, to absorb and abide by unpleasant feelings, but as we do, we build psychological muscle, we learn that the feared feeling is not so bad, we find relief, in fact, that the feeling becomes less pressured - and indeed, fades as we tolerate it.

The same is true of feelings of distaste with other people or situations that we fear. If we tolerate the situation and the feeling, we climb onto a platform of detached observation which then puts us in control . . . in control of the feeling, of the situation, and of the communication with and understanding of another human being.

I remember what a new experience it was for me to say, "I don't know," or "I didn't understand." I found that I was not laughed at or thought stupid as I had expected. Furthermore, I learned what I didn't know and what I didn't understand. I remember seeing a patient who really tried my tolerance. He threw ashes, somewhat "innocently" on the floor, missing the ashtray in a most skillful way. I was afraid of my anger at the time, thinking in terms of my early training that I should always be "objective." Finally I tolerated my anger instead of trying to submerge it, and pointed out his hostility. I felt better, he accepted it, and we could take it from there to investigate its reasons. In this case, he was trying to assure himself that he wasn't afraid of me.

And again - I was learning Vipassana Meditation, that type in which you allow things to rise in the mind, and then let them go. I was on the floor, cross-legged and in pain. But I let it happen, and said to myself that it could go on forever if it had to. I meant it. And then - I broke into a beautiful velvety black silence, comfort and peace. The pain was gone. I believe that this happens, or can happen, as we tolerate our feared feelings, rather than to try to avoid them.

This is a most wonderful and most important tool to cultivate. It is not "not caring"; rather it is a standing aside and observing dispassionately. The surgeon who can cut dispassionately is detached; he is not indifferent. He cares, but he enters the plane of detachment to employ his skill in the interest of the patient. Similarly, if we cultivate the capacity to detach and observe, we will be rewarded by a greater skill in introspection and a greater capacity to observe others and one's self. Then we will gain a more powerful set of psychological muscles which can surmount ordinary passion, disappointment, grief, envy and all such lower emotions. We now continue on the road to personal and spiritual growth.

Cultivating the platform of detachment implies courage, the courage to relentlessly self-inspect, to introspect with fearless honesty. It implies strength, the strength to overcome the whims and fancies of disappointment and high excitement. It creates a platform of confidence which allows one to see other people as well as oneself objectively…and when this occurs, one emanates a force which attracts people to this quiet strength.

As this platform of detachment, peace and observation is achieved, one enters more and more into the Superworld. Now, inspired messages, even supernormal powers, gradually infiltrate the personality.

But - all of this must be in the service of humanity. This means continual service to the Divine. If, on the other hand, it is motivated by the wish to gain personal power, it will fail. If it is pursued honestly and with a willingness to do battle patiently with one's smaller self, the prize will inevitably be won. The growth of self into Self becomes a blissful, joyous and ultimately thrilling graduation into the Higher Planes.

In future issues, there will be illustrations of these points, including examples which have come through my meditative experiences.