Having tacitly approached Consciousness through the framework of Esoteric Christianity in 'Conscious Love', Smoley now sets his sights on this now popularly burgeoning Science through the lense of an Indian Myth. Shiva and Parvati, Lord of the Worlds and His Consort respectively, have their apparent eternal lovemaking interrupted by a trixter figure who introduces the two to the game of parcheesi. As the two begin to play the game, Shiva very soon recognizes although He can win maybe a couple of games in a row, He is the Big Loser when matched with Parvati. Shiva, you see, taken subjectively, represents pure Consciousness, the state that exists in the premoments of waking when one is All with the World and there is no duality to speak of. Parvati, again taken subjectively, on the other hand quickly entices Shiva into duality and all out multiplicity and soon has Him believing He is what He thinks and feels. Besides all this, there is the mode in which Shiva and Parvati interract, this being causality, and more satisfying to me, synchronicity, or as Smoley presents it, 'constant conjunction'. Though Smoley reduces perhaps what could be a very complex subject, Consciousnes, to these three aspects, Pure Consciousness, entrapment in the 'World', and the mode by which this interplay takes place, there is no shortage of interesting and even expansive elaborations to be made. Feel constantly caught up in Life? Ever feel trapped like you can't escape? Let Smoley give you a few pointers on finding a way to step back and even transcend your daily thinking that just may keep causing you conundrums. Very good read and highly recommended!
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