Self Emergence

Self Emergence is the opposite to immersion. We progressively emerge back to a higher knowing of self and of our sense of quality. Everything seems clear and we are amazed we can get caught in the state of immersion. Emergence at its highest point hands off to transcendence and all things higher and beyond the command of our conscious/mind self. We can however, bring ourselves to that threshold with the application of specific methods and with practice we become more versed. For example we recognize that the lower feelings are false in effect and that we really don’t want to spend any time there. We realize the truth.
Emergence is analogous to Maslow’s hierarchy except this is an experiential ascendance not a level of needs over time. We do however arise to some of his language like more joyfulness, a heightened sense of self-worth and openness to the wonder of higher levels of existence. We feel part of a bigger picture and that we are part of this also. There is greater sense of meaning and purpose. Our feelings towards others is heightened and life in general.
This is not just having good feelings and bad feelings in some binary sense. The higher feelings are emerging to truth, beauty and higher self that is free of the body self. Immersion is the opposite, there is a descent in to physical feelings and other identifications like I am my dirty house, and I am my faults and so on. Emergence is to a free state of self, not body attached and not identified with anything or attached to anything. It is truly transcendent.

If we employ Eckhart Tolle’s concept of presence this is quite informative. For example just keep looking at this page. Can you become aware of yourself looking at the page. This should be an experience like, “oh yes here I am looking out of my eyes at this page, here I am”. If you are having trouble you are probably thinking or visualizing. Isnt that perfect. You cant be in your mind & in the free self at the same time. In the free self/presence it is like a crysal clear state of observing and awareness. This is a brief state of Self Emergence. Staying there is a bit more work!

When I created these concepts I was staggered that I had never seen this before. It is so obvious when you see it. When you are in those states whether high or low they seem to happen on their own. When you see the process and use the PEP procedure especially you can see that you can be causal and bring yourself out of the bad feelings and realize that you don’t want to be there and to want instead to continue evolving in emergence.