Base of Stillness

The energy that unites and draws humanity together is the base of stillness. When you’re in this space others are attracted to it as it’s the one place where there’s unity simply because of the base of stillness…

It’s very important to have a base of stillness so people know there’s a place they can turn to. Everyone needs a place where they know they can go for relief from the unconscious world. It does matter what this base is, if you go to a place that’s used as distractions it may feel like relief, but it won’t be. If you get lost in something mundane, the day will go by because that’s life, but if you’re spending the same day in the base of stillness, you’ll exude peace and people will be drawn to you.

Don’t be concerned with what others think, just have stillness as your base and let no one take that away. Exuding stillness in a world that is mostly based in noise will allow others to also be in stillness which is needed for any transformation to occur. The stillness that draws someone to you is the stillness that becomes part of humanity. Life is an open experience so if you’re not learning from it you most likely have your mind made up what it’s about. When you truly see these made up stories aren’t needed, they fall away. This falling away allows life to be based in stillness. When you’re in this space others will be attracted to it as it’s the one place where there’s unity simply because of the base of stillness…

Present Moment Anchor

The mind is usually everywhere but the present moment, the body is an anchor to use in a sitting practice because there’s no way it can’t be in the present moment…

The importance of developing a sitting practice is in how this develops discipline which allows the mind to settle enough so one is in the present more often than not. The breath is used for this because it anchors you in the body which is always in the present. You never take a past or future breath, you can only take a breath in the present, this is why the breath is used. It’s the same reason chants are used. When Om is used, you don’t Om in the past or the future, you Om right now. When this is done it anchors you in the body which is always in the Now. The mind for most is constantly in the past or future. There are times when it’s present, but this is fleeting and mostly occurs because of happenstance. The body is a great anchor to use in a sitting practice because there’s no way it can’t be present. This doesn’t prevent anything from happening, but what it does do is it allows for one’s awareness to be with what’s happening instead of having resisting energy trying to use something to push it away. This resisting energy is at the core of how addictions manifest.

Besides a sitting practice, I often use the tool of simply looking down at my feet since wherever my feet are there I am; this also anchors me in the present. This is also why one uses a mindfulness practice, such as walking meditation. When you’re mindful of each step, you’re anchored in the body which as stated before, is always in the present moment. Life is magical in relation to form, but there’s nothing magical in being present for what’s actually happening as long as one is aware that it’s not happening to you, it’s just what’s happening, you just happen to be present to observe it…

A Realistic View

Because of the way the mind becomes conditioned its default state is mostly agitated. A realistic view of the mind is if you’re at peace right now with the world exactly as it is without having to save it…

Do whatever it is you think you need to do to get the desired results you think are needed, but see what’s guiding you. If you’re to get a realistic view as to what’s really going on in your life, there will have to be a deep awareness of why you are going in the direction you’re going. There are reasons why a person constantly struggles with being at peace and as subtle as this can be, it’s not something most people consciously think about. Because of the way the mind becomes conditioned, its normal state is mostly agitated. From the time a person starts their day the agitations begins. The alarm clocks rings and the snooze button is hit and although it’s not thought about that you’re not at peace, the bottom line is you’re not.

Constantly having to do something is caused by the mind being agitated which keeps you from the awareness of the agitation. Save the world if that’s the direction you think you need to go in, just understand maybe the world doesn’t need you to save it. If you’re not truly at peace in the moment without having to do anything, that’s what really needs to be looked at. Nothing else matters regardless of what you’re doing because it’s only a made up story that keeps the mind in an agitated state. Many people are so busy trying to save the world that they don’t see the forest from the trees. Until the beauty of the moment is seen and you can just be with that, peace will not be had because you will be too busy trying to save a world that just may not need saving. To me a realistic view of a settled the mind is if you’re at peace right now with the world exactly as it is without having an agitated need to save it…

Form Attachment

It’s strictly from form attachment that one wants things different which in turn causes you to create your own suffering…

If you really want to know what the basic flaw seems to be that keeps one creating their own suffering, it’s attaching to form to a fault. It’s not that we don’t exist or that we’ll be able to transcend our human form, it’s more so to find a way to embrace it and not attach to it. It will always be attaching to form in some way that causes suffering. It doesn’t have to be attached to, but it will take discipline so the mind settles to see this. It’s always form that wants things different and it’s always attaching to the story of form that causes suffering. This is true regardless of the circumstances.

Here’s an example of form attachment that pulls one into suffering. I ordered a pair of shoes online, when they were delivered I tried them on and they didn’t fit. By my first reaction you would have thought I was going to have to go shoeless, but that wasn’t the case. I attached to them not fitting and didn’t accept the fact that the shoes simply didn’t fit; this is what form attachment does. When I saw how childish wanting things different was, it fell away and I was able to simply send the shoes back. You can substitute the shoes with anything and you’ll get the same childish results of suffering. This is all because to be human is to desire, but it’s strictly from form that one attaches to wanting things different, this causes form attachment which is what creates your own suffering…

Approved Nonsense

You can only do what your own mind approves of. Until you wake up to see the nonsense behind what’s approved, it will remain and your mind approved nonsense will be the driving force of your existence…

Everything reached for is a coping mechanism of nonsense that your own mind has approved of. And although approving different things will produce different outcomes, the core of all of this approved nonsense is the same; it arises from your own mind. This is what causes one to constantly seek approval which isn’t real. The Conditioned Mind makes you believe it is and the ensuing behavior manifest to fill this approved nonsense. The Conditioned Mind says, Hey, you need to reach for something, what is reached for depends on the conditioning in place; sit and ponder this for awhile.

Until this is understood and the diabolical Conditioned Mind is seen for what it truly is, suffering will remain because you will always approve nonsense to fulfill the arisen mind agitation. There’s nothing inherently wrong with satisfaction, but when it’s the driving force of existence, it will keep the mind in a constant state of approving nonsense; this cannot be seen by a mind that’s locked in this state. Only within a quiet mind state will there be awareness of this. The reason why anything is reached for is because there’s approved nonsense by the mind for the present moment to be different; this is the lie of the Conditioned Mind. You can only do what your own mind approves of and unless you wake up to see this, your conditioning will remain in place and approved mind nonsense will be the driving force of your existence…

Message of Love

If you want the world to change, learn how to change yourself. But understand it’s not going to happen by believing in something, it will happen when your heart opens to connect with Universal Love…

Humanity has been unconscious for thousands of years. Look at the Bible which portrays what was going on in the region at that time. To me the story of Jesus is meant to bring humanity a message of love. No doubt it is Spirit led, but to those of that region who were lost not only to Roman rule, but also to the doctrine of the Old Testament, they didn’t care. Jesus pointed directly to the father and said, only through him (his love) could one see the love of the father in their heart and thus be able to love their neighbor. Love is magical in its ability to transform, but it’s not magical for a select few to experience. The teachings of Jesus are second to none when it comes to a direct path from the freedom of the bondage of self. The message from Jesus wasn’t about Jesus, it was about finding the love in your heart through his love so you could connect with Universal Love. You can call that God if it makes you feel better, but to me it’s simply love and doesn’t need a label.

Regardless if you believe in the story of Jesus or not, love is his message. Humanity is no different today than it was over 2,000 years ago. All that has happened is there are different beliefs being held onto; everyone still thinks theirs is right. The Pharisees were scared Jesus was going to make their profits less, they were of the world and that’s why they did what they did. What Jesus taught wasn’t of the world so they just wanted to get rid of him. I don’t hold onto beliefs so I don’t get into the story of what happened to Jesus as being true or not. All I know is the message of love left behind has the ability to transform and it doesn’t take a belief to have this occur. Love is what humanity is missing. We are lost and have missed the mark. If you want the world to change learn how to change yourself. Just understand it will only happen when your heart opens and connects with the love that the story of Jesus portrayed…

Worldly Influences

The ways to be drawn in by influences are endless, but understand the draw comes from your own mind and even though your conditioning provides the worldly triggers, you alone attach to them…

If you’re practicing to live a spiritual life but you don’t know your own mind, it’s like going to the gym, but not working out in a beneficial way; your results will be non existent. If you don’t notice your attachments, the whole point of any practice is missed. This is because of the draw of worldly influences makes looking inward difficult. There are so many influences that prevent looking inward from happening, but if it doesn’t happen you’ll remain in bondage to worldly influences. Influences are all they are because when there’s even the slightest of an opening to allow what’s within to be seen, your expansion begins.

The draw of worldly influences are very enticing. If they weren’t, the percentage of conscious and unconscious beings would be reversed, but it’s not this way because the draw of worldly influences are in control. This draw is only real to a degree. There’s no denying they’re there, but they’re in control because there’s a fictitious belief they are needed. We alone are the creators of this, and if one doesn’t become familiar with their own mind, the worldly influences will continue their control. Sadly there’s really no way around this…

Familiar Behavior

The familiar behavior of a Conditioned Mind can be devastating if it’s not understood. The familiar behavior manifests in many ways. When the mind quiets it falls away; that’s when life truly begins…

The reason why it’s so difficult to change is because the mind defaults to familiar behavior; to the point of its own suffering. The conditioning must be changed if the familiar behavior is to be changed. If this isn’t identified the behavior repeats over and over, that is until the necessary practice is cultivated to stop this. If nothing changes nothing changes. If the conditioning is changed the familiar behavior becomes different. You don’t change the behavior because it’s a by product of the conditioning. When there’s quietness instead of conditioning there won’t be any familiar behavior associated with the conditioning.

This is immensely valuable in the understanding of familiar behavior. If quietness isn’t brought into your life, the familiar noise in the head will continue. You have been conditioned to behave in familiar ways, whether those ways are beneficial to yourself, others, the planet, and the Universe as a whole, depends on the base of your conditioning. The base is what determines the results of your decisions and how they affect the entire Universe. You may not think acting in a self-serving way affects the Universe, but it does. Energy is energy, never created or destroyed, simply transformed.

No act is isolated from itself, whether based in love, greed, hate, or delusion; it affects the whole. The real issue is getting to know how your familiar conditioning makes decisions for you. Change happens when this is realized; that’s when different behavior arises. Your own mind will fight you on this, it makes you think the unknown is not good, but it’s only a story because everything that is known today was once unknown. So learn to quiet the squirrel cage mind so the familiar behavior isn’t the automatic way to go. You’ll be amazed with the way life changes when you start to do things differently and act in ways that are conducive to love. It’s truly that simple, but because the Conditioned Mind likes to revert to familiar behavior, change is not easy…

Heart Center

Your center of being is in your heart, and what’s in your heart is determined by how opportunities are used to either fulfill self-serving desires or being an instrument of goodness that comes from the heart…

When a heart center presents itself to help a person to possibly reduce some of the suffering the Conditioned Mind produces, there’s an obligation to be a benefit to that person. Tread lightly though as the person can only take advantage of the opportunity if their heart is to awaken within them. If nothing happens nothing is lost, but what if something clicks and their view of their heart changes; their gain is the worlds gain.

Understand this, you cannot give away what you don’t have, so get it and give it so the world becomes a better place. As long as people are kept in the dark of a self-serving center, darkness rules, but when there’s awareness of the heart center you become a light. There is no greater reward than to be an instrument for goodness, a light in a world that has the shades pulled down. Those shades are what keeps people centered in ignorance (darkness). To watch a person change right before your eyes is amazing, but this will only happen if your center of being is of the heart…

Aware of Awareness

What leads to a peaceful life begins and ends in the present moment. You can have awareness you’re thinking about something in the past or future, but you can never actually be there…

When a practice that allows awareness is in place, it’s to allow the present moment to be experienced. Being aware of what’s actually happening as opposed to being pulled around by it or pushing it away and applying a label to what’s happening, is what will dictate the amount of peace there is in your life. Life is magical in its essence, but there’s nothing magical in one becoming aware of awareness. All roads that lead to a peaceful life begin and end in the present moment and an awareness practice will assist in this. 

Take a step and simply be aware of it, now take another, this is also an anchor as is the breath to the present. One cannot be aware of something in the past or future because it doesn’t exist. You can be aware that you’re thinking about something in the past or future, but you can never actually be there. Every step or breath can only be taken as it is happening. The more you become aware of this, the more anchored you become of being in the present moment as opposed to grasping for straws in the story of what’s going on between your ears. Be aware of reading this and just observe what arises. Just be with it, no pulling or pushing, just be aware of what’s happening. It’s in this space of awareness that you will find peace and this is because in this space peace is the only thing that’s there…

Energy Within

You can’t be different from your energy within because it comes from you so there’s no where for you or it to go. Love and you will be love because that’s the energy within…

Simply put, the energy within is the energy you will live by; you can’t be different from what is in you. This is a Universal Law that has to occur. It’s no different than pressing down on the gas pedal in your car, the car will go faster; it has to there’s no way around it. If the energy within is of hate, that will be your energy whether you want it to be or not. It will take you over, it’s how energy works. You can’t really show hate to someone and love another. That’s not happening, it can’t because as stated before the more you press down on the gas pedal, the faster the car will go. If you truly want a loving heart, learning to love all beings is a necessity. This simple but profound law isn’t really understood by many people; all one needs to do is look around. The energy within is your own energy so it becomes your responding action.

Nothing from the outside causes any emotion to arise. You may think it does, but that’s only because you don’t understand your own mind and how energy works. It’s really unfortunate because it’s not understood how any energy except love causes your own suffering. Although unloving energy may affect all of humanity to a degree, the effect it has on you is where most of the harm is. You can’t run away from your own energy because it comes from within you so there’s no where for you to hide. This is why acting in unloving ways constantly repeats itself because you can only be the energy that’s within Until there’s awareness of this, unloving action will be the focal point of your energy. Love and you will be love or not and that’s the energy you will be because you can’t be different than what is within…

2026 Present Moment

Life happens in between the plans that are made. Plans can be planned, but the results are not always in our control. A resolution to live in the present moment is a true resolution for life…

It is the start of a new year, but it isn’t time for resolutions or big expectations because that’s just the way the mind sets itself up to fail. Don’t say last year was a tough year, unless you want to carry that burden around with you. That’s up to you, but it won’t change anything. Life can only be lived in the present moment. It doesn’t mean there can’t be plans, but the actions can only be applied in the present moment regardless of what the future holds or what happened in the past.

Life is one continuous journey, the mind has been conditioned to believe somewhere other than the present is a better place. But here is where life occurs no matter what you’re doing or what resolutions are made. As you wait for the results of your resolutions to make your life complete, it’s literally passing you by. Life will never be any more complete than it is right now. This is something that needs to be realized if you’re to truly live your life and not wait for it to be perfect (only in your mind). You can enjoy the life you’re given instead of thinking it needs to be in some other way. Happy Present Moment 2026 my dear friends and please, live life as it arises in the present moment because it’s the only way life can be truly experienced…

Lies Exposed

Those who don’t understand their lies cannot know truth and therefore remain a slave to the lies. You needn’t have all the answers to know truth, you just need your lies exposed so you’re not enslaved by them…

Fifteen years ago I began developing a practice of quietness because I started understanding the lies of what it was to be a slave to the noise; I say “was” because in truth I am a slave no more. I know the poison of the lies of greed, hate, and delusion and have developed the discipline to not to allow them to control me to some degree. I know how living selfishly and being judgmental caused not only my suffering, but it caused suffering to those around me as well. Because this is known I use tools so I can live differently. If the lies weren’t exposed there wouldn’t be awareness of truth. 

The ultimate delusion is by the one who claims to know truth, but doesn’t even understand the lies, this is the place where the majority of people live. It isn’t arrogant to know the truth by understanding and not being controlled by the lies, but it is arrogant to claim to know truth. Many remain enslaved the to lies as it’s stated that there are different versions of truth and no one can know all truth or truth of another. It has been through my experience that I have discovered there aren’t different versions of truth, there are only versions of the lies; a lie is always a lie. When your lies are exposed, you will know truth, and another’s truth can also be known because another’s lies can be known, but this can only be known by knowing your own lies. Remember truth is not about having all the answers, it’s understanding the lies. The lies the world presents are the gateway to truth because they are the gateway of seeing the lies of greed, hate, and delusion, so it is possible to know truth, but only when the lies are exposed…

Created Problems

Through the way the mind becomes conditioned, problems are created so the mind has something to do, and because of this creating problems becomes constant…

The issue with having to constantly solve problems to arrange life to be a certain way is the problems are all created. Even if one makes up a story that life is exactly how you want it, the mind begins creating a new problem almost immediately. Life is continuous, it’s broken up into segments (created problems) by a mind that’s in a constant state of agitation. If this wasn’t true you would see life as complete and your mind wouldn’t constantly need life to be arranged to your liking. It isn’t because of anything right or wrong that makes the mind see things in this way, it’s because the mind has been trained to create problems so it’s only doing what it’s been trained to do.

The Conditioned Mind sees created problems all over the place. The shortest line in the store, politics, religion, work, diets, and on an on, all this is strictly done to create another problem; your mind tells you solving it will make life perfect. Let’s say everyday you create one new problem to solve, that would mean you create roughly 21,000 problems; this is done to constantly have life the way you think it should be. After all, nobody purposely gets in the longest line at the store, but if you did nothing would really change except for maybe not creating another problem…

No One Looking Integrity

No one looking integrity means what you do when no one is looking is the same as what you do when someone is watching, if this isn’t the level of one’s integrity, it’s because there’s a lack of self honesty…

One way to the purification of the mind and heart is to develop integrity. Here’s one definition of integrity “the quality of being honest” to me this is about self honesty because when I’m truly honest with me, there’s no way I can be dishonest with anyone else. I’ve learned a lot about self honesty in the last nine years and it’s something that eluded me for most of my life. Honesty isn’t about what I present to the world, it’s about what is done when no one is looking. The world is easily fooled because of the conditioning in place, but what does it matter if one gains the whole world, but loses themselves.

Integrity is a huge hurdle in breaking the chains of the Conditioned Mind, without it truth cannot be revealed. If I don’t know what blocks me from the purification of the mind and heart, the blocks remain. And without establishing what I call “no one is looking integrity” one remains stuck in their old habits because there’s no room for anything new. Certain things trigger certain thoughts and if those thoughts are attached to, it’s usually because one’s integrity has been compromised. Although there’s no right or wrong in this, it does make someone do things when no one is looking that they wouldn’t necessarily do if someone was watching; as always investigate this for yourself.

Only to yourself is honesty necessary because it’s only yourself that will keep you from the purification of your mind and heart. This self honestly is tied in with loving yourself; when you’re honest with yourself, you’re truly loving yourself because you’re making room for the mind to expand. This allows for the integrity to do what you do when no one is looking just as you do in front of others. Difficult yes, but only because “no one is looking integrity” isn’t the level of honesty that’s in place…