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  • June 28, 2025 at 8:08 am #446863
    Steve
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    I’ve written 10 books, each in parallel to each of the 10 worlds. For whatever reason, my mind has revolved around these 10 worlds since 2007 or so. It’s my passion. In that time, a hidden truth has emerged from both contemplation and meditation. Here’s the simple truth of my discovery.

    If you open both hands looking at the top of your hands, you see 10 finger (obviously).

    From left to right, you have pinky (HELL), ring finger (Desire), middle (Animal), index (Anger / Negative Emotion from Ignorance), thumb (Human).

    From right hand, you have thumb (Heaven), index (Learning), middle (Realization), ring (Service / Bodhisattva), Pinky (Buddha).

    If you picture this, then align the principles of enlightenment to each matched hand under the Koan, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” As all things are in uniform relation to all things, an obvious truth about Namaste and Prayer hands emerges:

    Human:Heaven – Human reaches to Heaven in meditation. Breath-work is cleansing (watch the breath)anything in or out such as Food, Emotions, Thoughts and so on. Breath is not simply air, but anything in and out using mental action (Karman in Sanskrit). Samsara represents the first six worlds from left hand to right thumb reaching up beyond the material world. The path is three: Meditation (empty out), Contemplation (breath in), Service (breath out).

    Ignorance (Anger):Learning – Learning dispels all negative emotions by developing Right View.

    Animal:Realization – Realization comes from learning / contemplation where a person realizes they are more than the temporary illusion of mortality and animal nature, desire.

    Desire:Bodhisattva – The marriage ring brings two people into unity / love, representing the union (yoga) of individuals for the generative principle of new life. The right ring finger represents this union with all living and suffering beings. Consummation with all living beings is the marriage of the mind and realization that there is no separation (answer to all Koans). From this, we nearly have one hand clapping (two made one).

    Hell:Buddha     – Finally, when completion comes, love and compassion in unity (full yoga) brings both hands together in prayer and joins the lower deficiency of suffering (fire) and Nirvana (snuffing out the flame) into one unity consciousness. The aim of reality is the meaning of life–to bring life meaning.

    This is the meaning of both one hand clapping and the ten worlds. Your hands testify of this truth easily seen.

    This is my first post here on the forum. Thank you for allowing me to share.

    June 28, 2025 at 9:30 am #447165
    anita
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    Dear Steve:

    Thank you for sharing this—it’s beautiful how you’ve connected the ten worlds with the body and breath in such a grounded, visual way. I especially liked how the joining of both hands becomes a symbol of unity—suffering and awakening held together, not apart. That line about “the aim of reality is the meaning of life—to bring life meaning” really stayed with me.

    I’d love to hear more sometime about how this framework has shaped your daily life.

    Warmly, Anita

    June 28, 2025 at 4:12 pm #447167
    Alessa
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    Hi Steve

    Welcome! I’m glad to see you created a thread of your own. Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed reading what you have to say about the 10 realms. ❤️

    I hadn’t thought of linking the realms to a mudra. Interesting.

    I’m a simple and practical person. I enjoy koans, but I don’t think I’m the target audience. My answer is just silence. 😊

    I tend to think of the realms in the sense of reincarnation. I do just take things at face value though.

    Thinking of the realms and mudra in the way that you explained it is a nice idea. On one hand the causes of suffering, the other is the path to freedom from it.

    One hand washes the other. And the mudra forming a whole. For what is one hand without the other? Surely, we would not be living?

    I hope to hear from you again soon! ❤️

    June 28, 2025 at 6:07 pm #447169
    Steve
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    Thank you. Glad to be in a safe space (not Reddit). The koans all resolve to one answer, and if you know the answer, then you realize why they connect to Hinduism, Tao, Buddhism and all other traditions based on Sanskrit / Pali. They seem paradoxical as case law, but the only law is the one found in the opening chapter of the Dhammapada and the essence of that law by view from inner nature. I wouldn’t want to spoil it for anyone here unless you want the two word answer. Profound once you know.

    Reincarnation is correct. In the Bible, it’s “you must be born again,” and the process of incarnation (baptism) into the lower waters hanging on a cross (body). The Diamond Sutra chapter 1 has this essence tucked away in symbolism parallel to this. The Buddha puts on his robe (material body), takes up his begging bowl (amnesia mind) and heads into the material plane to rediscover his enlightened state. We are all enlightened when not in this body. In this body, it’s enlightenment (process / result). The reason for this is outlined in the rest of the Diamond Sutra. Experiences. In the Tao, it’s Tao (Way) and Ching (Semen, or life essence). The Tao shows how we originate from one unnamed source, enter into the mother through the life essence, then exit from the darkness of the womb into the ignorance of life (second darkness). Then, on return (Same as Buddhism – one thus come / thus gone) we reunite with the unnamed source with our own name (identity). Essence is individuated from the journey by experiences. Same story. FU in Tao is return.

    All of the traditions emerge from Sanskrit (great mother). In the old mystery schools, this was the lesser mystery (outer world) and the greater mystery (inner essence). My mind looks into all the colors of the rainbow through the prism. One light.

    June 28, 2025 at 7:18 pm #447168
    Steve
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    I’ve been on a quest for they deeper mysteries since I was a kid 50 years ago. Sometime in 2009, I had written one book on classroom management and suffering the normal hell of being a teacher (music). My book was formed around the words of Confucius and the superior man (The Superior Educator). I had taught for 27 years and was ready for something new. On my own, I had discovered what I called “calm and assertive,” which was part of the subtitle of my first book. I had mastered the art of motivation in my classroom, but mentally, I was done. Time for a change. Along came my second book on the topic of incarnation as baptism on a cross (body), which is the same parallel to the Diamond Sutra chapter 1.

    In 2017 I learned to meditate and started reading more and more Eastern texts. I discovered a Sanskrit encyclopedia from Shambhala publishing and notice that it contained all the missing information needed to decode the Bible story. I annotated it from cover to cover, memorizing most of the critical words. I had already been studying Hebrew in depth from the proto-cannanite. A friend of mine had joined me in the quest to unlock the secrets of enlightenment and in December of 2017, we both had that proverbial sudden realization within days of each other. By January 2018 I had written three more books totaling five. Book three was the first outline of the 10 worlds. It took my friend and me 3 years to figure out that the worlds were parallel to dimensions of Mind, Time, Space. I’ll include the outline here.

    From 2018 to this day, as many people attest, everything in life flipped from good to beyond unreal. My job, friends, town, house, cars and income all completely changed around the moments of Spiritual awakening. In 2024, we moved to this house and town (less than a year ago) and I’ve finished the 10 books, not realizing that all 10 are in perfect parallel to the worlds. They came out of me in order until seven and eight published together. In may, my tenth book (Resonance: Shadows in Love with the Sun) was finished.

    I can post a free review copy here in pdf if you want. I’m really giving them away, but maintaining them on Amz so anyone can get paperback.

    So that’s where I am today. Living my best life. 10 Worlds of Enlightenment

    June 30, 2025 at 2:30 pm #447220
    Alessa
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    Hi Steve

    Oh yeah, Reddit is a dumpster fire. 🔥 😂

    You are more than welcome here. 😄

    You are welcome to spoil the secret to koans.

    I really enjoy eastern philosophy and religion. I’ve learned about many of these things over the years. I’m not familiar with Hinduism though, I do hear the cosmology is shared with Buddhism. Since they both originated in India, it isn’t a huge surprise.

    I enjoy religion in general because I feel like it was psychology before psychology was a thing.

    I love reading Confucianism and Daoism, whilst seeing some of the Masters appear in each other’s texts. It makes me wonder if they actually met, or if they were just paying their respects by including each other in their books.

    I’m particularly fond of Daoism, but in my country there aren’t many people practicing it. Buddhism on the other hand is popular. I’ve settled into learning more about that. There really is so much to learn!

    I guess, the same as other religions. Immigration, war, people share. It’s what we do.

    It is fascinating how popular cultivation was for royalty, monks, scholars and holy men. It is nice that things are opening up more to other people. Although, to some extent a level of exclusivity still persists today.

    Keen to hear your perspective. Please feel free to share your thoughts! ❤️

    July 1, 2025 at 9:52 am #447243
    Steve
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    The answer to all koans in two words: No separation. It’s the seeking and finding of source. The one you look for is the one looking. Totally trustworthy, faithful and unconditionally love eternal. We divide reality until we realize.

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