“Evolved souls or lost souls?”
Thu 01/26/12 22:49 - 1 notesMany people with schizophrenia have been the great creative geniuses of their time. Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Mendel are a few thought to have been schizophrenic. It has been theorized that these people have a highly developed consciousness and heightened sensitivity to vibrations or astral energies. Most modern societies have little regard for those sensitive enough to be in contact with more subtle energies or dimensions, particularly if their behaviour is ‘different’. Human worth is usually measured by achievements, wealth and intellect. There are strong societal pressures to conform, support the status quo and not ‘rock the boat’.
If it is true that a person with schizophrenia is able to access an advanced consciousness, is there anything to distinguish them from the truly evolved beings in the yogic traditions? Both are able to experience detachment from their bodies, both can have visions of mandalas and yantras and enter a blissful state. The difference is that the person with schizophrenia can change in a moment to a state of dullness and depression. Their actions are actually reactions and the ability to witness and integrate is not present. A person truly in the disembodied state, or videha mukti, has worked out his karmas and transcended his desires. This is the final state before death and merging with the cosmic consciousness. A person with schizophrenia may indeed have an advanced mind, but also has to cope with much confusion and conflict.
(excerpted from Yogamag.net)
