{"id":170,"date":"2026-06-16T03:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2026-06-16T03:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:09:39","slug":"the-self-realization-mantra-is-a-circle-not-a-ladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/the-self-realization-mantra-is-a-circle-not-a-ladder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Self Realization Mantra Is a Circle, Not a Ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png 512w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most spiritual teachings present awakening as a ladder you climb. The Self Realization Mantra doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We begin in <strong>Amness<\/strong> \u2014 the sourceless source of all that is. From Amness arises <strong>Noself<\/strong> \u2014 the original state of unawareness we are born into. From there, the <strong>Iself<\/strong> emerges, expands into <strong>Allself<\/strong>, awakens as <strong>Godself<\/strong>, and then returns to <strong>Noself<\/strong> \u2014 this time with full awareness. From this awakened Noself, we finally rest again in <strong>Amness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how my own awakenings unfolded. Your awakenings may happen in a different order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most spiritual teachings present awakening as a ladder you climb. The Self Realization Mantra doesn\u2019t work that way. We begin in Amness \u2014 the sourceless source of all that is. From Amness arises Noself \u2014 the original state of unawareness we are born into. From there, the Iself emerges, expands into Allself, awakens as Godself, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}