Outward Mind Activity

Beyond the outward mind activity there’s nothing but space. This is difficult to see because life isn’t about what you think it is. In fact life is everything you think it isn’t, but it’s not seen because of trying to figure it out from out there…

Round and round the outward mind goes and where it stops nobody knows. This is a perfect example of the mind activity that’s in place for most people. One thought after another, no space, no quietness, just the noise of the world manifesting as mind activity. If you could just sit back in the space where the noise subsides, there’s a chance to truly see what Jesus and Buddha spoke of. If you think you have an idea of what life is about, I’m sorry to disappoint you but that’s just noise. There are no answers to what life is about, but the more solid you make existence, the more you’ll think you’ve figured it out. I’m not saying I know what life is about, but I do know what it isn’t about and it has nothing to do with what is seen out there. The more you’re controlled by the senses, the less life is experienced. Beyond the mind activity of the senses is the only place where life is truly experienced. You can travel all around the world and make up the story of all the beauty around you, but it’s only a story to provide outward pleasure and store it as a pleasurable memory. Beyond the outward mind activity no story is needed, no pleasure is needed, in fact nothing is needed because this is where true life exist.

Think about it, your entire life is a story until one day you no longer exist in your current form. Every storied experience is taken with you as if they never occurred. They were thought to be needed so you could make sense of your life, but really they mean absolutely nothing because they’re all created from the outward mind activity of the senses. Buddha talked about delusion, Jesus spoke of not being of this world, what do you think they were talking about? If you remain entrapped to the outward mind activity, you will remain in your suffering. Even those who think they understand this don’t because it’s not something to understand. Beyond the outward mind activity where there’s nothing but space there’s the possibility of truly seeing what life is about. Why there’s difficulty in seeing this is because life isn’t about anything you think it is. In fact it’s about everything you think it isn’t and this is because of the trying to figure it out from out there…

Being an Example

Being an example to provide direction so others can find their way is important, but when the example only shows a specific way, it loses its guiding effect…

There’s no such thing as one way to wake up from unconsciousness and it’s just about impossible to see exactly what another person experiences because no one travels the same exact road in the waking up process. I find it quite amusing the way some people project their waking up process as being the way. This is not to say this isn’t the way for that person, but that’s their experience and it’s very unlikely that two people let alone many have the same experiences. I know for me I just try to direct people to look inward so they can come to their own conclusion to finding what will provide them their peace. I seriously doubt that anyone went through exactly what I did to get to the place I’m in now, so why would I expect anyone to see things as I do.

Members of a site I once frequented always talked about there not being a self as if this is the only way one can experience peace. Many others use religion as the road to peace. I’ve found there are many roads to the so called top of mountain and none of them are wrong. I don’t know and don’t really care what direction one travels, it’s not my place to judge. I often say one of the truest statements ever made was “Paleface speaks with forked tongue” which simply means many say one thing and do the opposite. Although I understand the conditioning in place is in control, I really find it funny when someone goes against what someone says because “they put it out there so it’s fair game.” To me the bottom line is to show love and respect to everyone, even if their way is not something I’ve experienced. The only reason someone shares something is because it’s what’s in place, and it’s not up to me to judge it simply because it’s “out there”. But it is up to me to watch my own tongue and make sure it’s not forked, as this will only dim the example that others may be looking to…

Acceptance Maturity

Being with the way things are goes a long way in providing oneself with the acceptance that allows the maturity of not needing to reach for comfort in whatever form it takes on…

Seeking self satisfying comfort is a sign of immaturity. It’s the I want, what I want, when I want it mind. Self seeking is directly linked to your level of maturity. If you don’t think this is so, what’s the difference in what you use now as opposed to the comfort pacifier that was used as an infant? Only the object has changed, the same immature reaching for comfort is in effect. Stop and see the baby in place who doesn’t like what’s being written here. Your feelings may be hurt, but I don’t care if this article allows you to see the truth needed to act in a mature manner. You will know immaturity is in place by how you have to reach for comfort. This takes on many many forms and unless the mind is very settled, immaturity and reaching for comfort which go hand and hand, remains.

Acting mature will only occur when comfort seeking ceases. Judging is immature, jealousy also is. Greed, hate, and wanting life different (delusion) is immature. Relying on a program is immature, they’re used as a pacifier to provide comfort. Matter of fact anything that’s reached for is a sign of immaturity because it all falls under the guise of a comfort pacifier. Being with the way things are goes a long way in providing the acceptance that allows the maturity of not needing to reach for a comfort pacifier in whatever form it takes on…

No Adding Needed

When you’re busy making plans life happens, and if you’re not careful most of it will be missed because you’ll be busy adding something that you think is needed to enhance it as opposed to living it as it is…

The only thing that makes a person think adding something to life to enhance it is needed is their own conditioning. Until this is realized, this conditioning will keep you searching for something to add. This searching for something to add seems to be a continuous phenomenon for most, this means most are missing what life truly offers. If a person is alive life will be experienced. The question to ask yourself is this, is your life being fully lived or are you under the spell of the Conditioned Mind that makes you think something needs to be added or even taken away for that matter? If this is the default setting of your mind so much of life will be missed because you will constantly need things to be different than what they are. This is a mind agitation that keeps the searching for something to add in place which doesn’t allow any contentment with what’s actually taking place.

Life is never personal, it just continues on regardless of what happens. Humanity has become its own worse enemy and mostly because of always needing to add to life instead being content with what’s there. Add whatever you think you need and except for a few brief moments contentment will be fleeting at best. Sit and visualize having all the riches of the world and being the most intelligent person to have ever lived and see what this really changes in your life. It will only be a matter of time before you will need to add something regardless of what one has or what’s going on. If there isn’t some level of contentment with the way things are, you’ll constantly need life to be different and the search for adding what you think will make it better will make discontentment and adding something the norm…

Consumed in Self

If you seek what you think is needed to awaken you’ll probably remain asleep. All urging comes from the Universe, but this will not be known if you’re consumed in a self that thinks it knows what’s best…

We are a product of the Universe, we are not a product of ourselves. We did not call for our creation, nor do we call for the time when it will end. Existence is a product of the Universe and the energy transformed to awaken is from the Universe. This is why you can’t really do anything to transform yourself, but you can do the necessary practice to allow your heart to open so the Universe can use you. But this is not of your doing, the practice is from the urging of the Universe. You will want to practice because the Universe is calling. The reason some practice and some don’t is because for some the noise in the head is to loud to hear the still small voice within. Even though it may seem the urging is from the outside, it can only be heard from within.

Through the Conditioned Mind we become consumed in a very self-centered energy, but understand this is also an urging from the Universe, it’s just not one that produces love. Energy always is, it’s just a matter of listening to the urging and hearing where it directs you. We seek because the Universe calls us, we see because the veil of a Conditioned Mind is removed and our energy is then guided by what the heart seeks. Spirituality is not magical for a selected few who think they‘re special, it’s available to anyone who makes it a practice to listen to their inner urging. The Universe always calls, but are you hearing the true message or are you consumed in making up your own message to fulfill yourself? It takes much quietness to hear the Universe’s urging, the alternative is to listen and follow yourself. Now that’s scary and it because most urgings are consumed in a self-centered self for your own benefit…

Natural Kindness

Everyone begins life with loving kindness in their heart, but because of the Conditioned Mind it gets pushed so far down that a story of loving kindness has to be made up instead of being aware of it naturally…

Why the Conditioned Mind is such a nemesis to your own well being is because most conditioning is based in self centeredness; this affects every aspect of your life. Multiple this by billions of conditioned people and it’s no wonder the world is as it is. Granted this is my experience, but this is what has been revealed to me as being the block to my own innate loving kindness and without this innate loving kindness for myself there was never any room to for others. This didn’t make loving kindness non existent in my life, but it did make me unaware of it.

Loving kindness isn’t something that can be manufactured, it either is or it isn’t. It doesn’t pick and choose, it can’t, love just loves, unconditionally. The thing with love is most think it’s a wishy washy state of mind, but it’s not really anything, it’s just love. An applied label doesn’t enhance it, only the awareness of it allows its natural state to be. Love affects everything as does the lack of it, when there’s awareness of this the heart opens and one loves unconditionally because that’s how love naturally rolls…

Settled Mind Seeing

Truth is only seen when the mind is settled. The thought of truth is a created distraction and it blocks one from seeing beyond the story of truth conjured up in the head…

If you want to know what truth is, a quiet mind will have to be the base of where life is lived from. Anything else is just a distraction that keeps the mind from settling; thus it keeps you from truth. There is never a story attached to truth. How can there be when the story is but a distraction. Life truly isn’t about anything in particular, the Conditioned Mind will make it about something, with a settled mind this will be seen. A settled mind is the only way it will be seen because it’s the only way the created distractions will not block it. So you see what is seen and if it’s thought to be truth it probably isn’t because only when the mind is settled beyond thought will you see the truth that sets you free…

Made Up Truth

In the present moment made up versions of truth cease to exist because there’s no need to create them. And without a made up truth, there’s no deciphering what‘s actually true…

Your stories aren’t necessarily true, they’re true in the sense that it’s your version of your story, but deciphering if the content of that story is true is difficult. This is so because you‘re the creator of your stories and they’re believed wholeheartedly. This is what directs your energy and how your life is lived. The thing to also investigate is how many stories there are. There’s the parents story, the childhood one, the teen and young adult story. There’s the boy meets girl story, the get married story. The work story, family story, and on and on. There are so many stories and only one you. So which story is true? If you say all of them you should be able to sense why it’s so difficult to see the truth. There’s truth in there somewhere, but that’s probably the only story not written yet. When that one is written all the others will fall away.

So how would a person know which one of their stories were true? My experience has been I know which one is true because it isn’t created. You see, truth arises, it’s not created. It’s basically what’s there in the present moment. This is the value of using the body as an anchor for present moment living. The body doesn’t create stories, only the mind does, so when the body is used to be present no story is needed. This is beautiful in its simplicity. Grasp this and most stories will cease to be made up because the need to create them won’t arise. And without made up stories of versions of truth there’s no need to decipher what’s actually true…

Pertinent Tools

Are the tools you have in place truly pertinent to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings. The key word here is all, not just the one’s deemed pertinent…

For many years I did things that were considered pertinent to my well being, but after forty nine years of this I found myself at such a low point that I wasn’t sure if I was going to rise up. There was no I think I can chants, no positive thinking, no meditation, no loving myself. There was much confusion and despair, and the insanity that my own developed tools brought me to this place. Now I know not many get to this place of total despair so it’s difficult to understand how low I was, but I will say this, I am fortunate beyond words and I will tell you why. When I was twenty eight years old there were ten of us still hanging in a bar, all of us using alcohol as a pertinent tool. Out of those ten individuals eight of them are now dead. What’s tragic about this is the tools that each of them deemed pertinent to live their life were the cause of their deaths. Think about how insane this is and how often this is repeated today; insanity to say the least.

When I look back at what I thought were pertinent tools to live by, I see nothing but this insanity. Although not intentional my own mind caused all my suffering. Now you may not think this applies to you, but every negative thought one ever has comes from within yourself. It may have been put there by some outer influence, but it was attached to by you and you saw it as pertinent to give it energy to manifest. I’m not a big negative/positive person, my experience has been more in line with quietness as the most pertinent tool to live by, but it wasn’t always this way. To me the question to ask yourself if you can muster the courage to do so is are you willing to truly face yourself to see if the tools you have in place are truly pertinent to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings. The key word here is all, not just the one’s that are thought to be pertinent…

Perfection of Love

Imperfections are a part of being human, there’s only perfection in love. When you live from the perfection of love, you’re aligned with the Universe and all that is done touches others…

Regardless of the stories that are made up, most of what is done in life doesn’t really matter; when one dies, the stories go to the grave with them. But there are things that will be left behind and their significance will be determined by the love that comes from one’s heart. This isn’t something that can be turned on and off, true love is natural and always genuine. It comes from the heart and whenever something is done from this love it’s perfect because it changes people; maybe not all people, but that’s because of their conditioning. If something is done out of love and someone has issue with it, the issue isn’t with what was done.

One day all of what has been done in this life will come to pass. What is said and done matters little except for the things done from the perfection of love. Although what one says and does may not always be agreed with, as long as what’s done is from the perfection of love it will be perfect. To be imperfect is a part of being human, but love is Universal so when we live from the perfection of love, we are aligned with the Universe and all that is done is perfect. And in when what is done is from the perfection of love it touches others regardless if it’s agreed with or not…

The Gem Within

A person doesn’t wake up because something from the outside shakes them, it occurs because the gem within is uncovered; everyone has this gem in their possession…

When a person has an inward shift, they wake up from a state of being asleep and unaware of what truth is. When this occurs at first what has happened isn’t truly realized. In my own case I knew something happened because my view of life became different, but I didn’t know what it meant. I did know for the first time in my life I was going to be okay. I likened this shift as though I was broke (which I was spiritually) but I had a gem in my pocket that I wasn’t aware of. I didn’t wake up because something from the outside shook me, I woke up because I uncovered the gem within that I already possessed. I didn’t know the value of this at first, as a matter of fact I didn’t even know I had this gem in my possession. Even when some do become slightly aware of it, it very easily could be mistaken for something else; for me it was mistaken for many many years. As I look back throughout my life, I had an inkling this gem existed, but it was dismissed. Because of this I kept looking for what I already possessed.

Nothing is fulfilling from the outside that the inside doesn’t already have in its possession. But because of the conditioning in place there isn’t awareness of this. Obviously we’re not talking material possessions, I’m strictly talking about the gem of love that we all possess. This is worth more than anything in the world and it‘s also the thing that’s most readily available to everyone. It’s just that the conditioning in place keeps you looking for your gem out there when all along you already have it in your possession…

Abundance of Life

An abundant life is restricted by a mind that’s conditioned to self serve. The mind creates these limits by keeping you under the spell that the self serving mind is needed for abundance…

The self serving mind is conditioned to be this way. It can’t get beyond itself so truth is hidden from its view. This blocks out the ability to see the abundance that life provides so instead of being in the presence of what is, what isn’t, wasn’t, and will never be is the minds defaulted view. Learn to be with what’s actually occurring and the default setting of the mind becomes one of abundance because the blocks to seeing this cease to exist. When this occurs the self serving mind isn’t in control and you’re free to live without self serving restriction; restriction created by your own mind.

A self serving conditioned mind restricts. To restrict is to put a limit on something or to control something. This is what a Conditioned Mind does. Even though it seems like there’s a choice to do what is done, when anything is done that is based to self serve it’s restricted. This is
because no one not even if
the one doing exactly as wanted benefits because not only is one out of alignment with the Universe, one is out of alignment with themselves. When you go beyond this conditioning, you go beyond your own mind created restrictions and you naturally see the abundance of life. To be without restrictions is to be aligned with the Universe and to be aligned with the Universe is to be aligned with the abundance of life…

Impact of Words

Words have a lot of impact on the way you perceive yourself. The words that are chosen can reinforce the lies of the Conditioned Mind if there isn’t awareness of them…

The energy in one’s life would be so much different if the word have was substituted with the word want. Think about it, how we speak has much more influence on our life than most people are aware of. Just try this little exercise and see how different a sentence is when want is substituted for have. I have to get up for work, or I want to get up for work. I have to go food shopping or I want to go food shopping. One more, I have to shovel the snow once it stops or I want to shovel the snow once it stops. The same action is being done, but its meaning is so different when want is substituted for have. The burden of having to do something is lifted when one wants to do something.

My speech is something I’m pretty cognizant of and it’s one of the reason I often say “When you start a sentence with “I“ stop because not much good is going to come out of it. This is one of the reasons I don’t attend 12 Step meetings any longer because at many of them you have to introduce yourself by stating I am this or that. To me this energy of stating I am a __________ keeps people in the energy of the problem, not in the energy of the solution.

Words have a lot of impact on the way one perceives themselves and they will unconsciously reinforce the lies of the Conditioned Mind if there isn’t awareness of what words are used. Energy always is and where it’s directed is what your life becomes. Here’s one more example, I want to help others. This is a lot different than saying I have to help others, although helping others is always a good thing. When you want to help others as opposed to having to do it, it truly comes from a heart of love. Using the most beneficial words takes practice, developing awareness of the controlling energy of your life also takes practice. So watch what is said and how it is said and maybe instead of having to do things, you just may want to do them. Not because your I wants to, but because it’s the loving direction of the energy in place…

Fleeing From Yourself

It’s a great relief to accept yourself as you are because the only real misery is wanting you to be different. When it’s realized you have been fleeing from yourself, there is peace…

When one awakens, the great secrets of the Universe aren’t revealed, although in some ways they are, what really happens when one awakens is you stop fleeing from yourself. That’s the main attribute of waking up from the sleep of unconsciousness. It’s not knowing what life is all about, it’s more so not being concerned with what life is all about. The fleeing, searching, reaching, need to do, ceases and it’s realized what you have been fleeing from is yourself. It’s a great relief to accept yourself as you are because the only real misery is wanting you to be in some other way. When this is seen needing subsides; the need to be right, and also the need for things to be different, especially yourself. This doesn’t mean you don’t move forward to be the change that’s needed in the world, but it’s done so in a way that it doesn’t cause the very suffering that one is trying to change.

When you stop fleeing, you stop chasing. this occurs naturally. I fled from myself for forty nine years and it nearly cost me my physical existence. I didn’t have a mental existence because of how the Conditioned Mind controlled me. Basically this was my awakening, to see that I was always fleeing from myself. It was revealed to me that I could stop fleeing and I was going to be okay. This is a beautiful space to be in. It’s the space where peace passes all understanding. It’s not a magical place for a select few, it’s a place where everyone’s heart dwells, one just has to stop fleeing to experience it. The possibilities when one stops fleeing are endless, there are no blocks here so creativity arises. No one knows what might arise. I can tell you this, when you stop fleeing from yourself life is lived in the peaceful state of accepting yourself as you are, and it’s simply because fleeing is no longer needed…

Impermanence

Life is dynamic, it’s made into a burden because of thinking it’s always going to be the way that it is. This makes life delusional because what’s happening is impermanent…

Making something that’s occurring in the moment as if it’s always going to be this way is why life is made into gets a burden. But they’re not truly burdens, they take on the energy of form as if what’s occurring right now is always going to be this way. Once the energy of it’s always going to be this way is seen, the tool of impermanence can be applied. When you’re struggling with something, the greatest understanding you can have is that it’s your own mind that creates every obstacle to your inner peace. If impermanence isn’t understood, inner peace will never be had.

All things are impermanent even if they’re made permanent by your mind. This goes for everything, including life itself so no matter what it is, one day it will not be so, here is one of my favorite examples of this. If you visit a doctor because you’re not feeling well and are told you have a year to live, do you want to die 365 times or once? A mind that is settled can see the truth of this and hence the freedom and value of only dying once. Or not and die everyday until the time comes when conditions that support living in this form are no longer met. We are only visitors here regardless of what happens in life. How tight you hold onto something is a created burden because everything is temporary and impermanent…

Weighted Opinions

Weighted opinions keeps you attached to a world where there's very little freedom because there's no room for truth. If you want freedom the weight of opinions will need to be let go of...

The more opinions there are about something, the more you’re weighed down by that opinion. It’s difficult to experience the openness of something if you’ve already decided how it is. To remain open one needs to be opinion free. This is essential if there is be alignment with the Universe and be free from the things that weigh you down. The weight of the things that hold you are your opinions and they need to be let go of if there is to be freedom; this hold is very subtle. Even the opinion on whether you like this post or not is a weight and a weight will keep you stuck in the same place. This post can resonate with you without an opinion, but opinions seem to make the world go round. That doesn't mean it’s a good thing, but that's just my opinion, lol.

I lived an existence that was very opinionated for most of my life and this caused much conflict with people who weren't of the same opinion; wars are started over mere differences of opinions. If you're really honest with yourself you'll see that every disagreement you ever had with someone was caused by a difference of an opinion about something. I'm not saying you shouldn't stand up for what is known to be right, but truly knowing about something or having an opinion about it is totally different.

There's a place of no opinion, but if it's not understood you’ll never lose the weight of opinions and will remain stuck in an existence that's very opinionated. When this is the place lived from there's very little freedom. When you can just be with life as it unfolds and not label it as this or that, you'll be on the verge of truly experiencing a life, opinionated weight free. And without a weight grabbing hold of everything and forming an opinion, there will be freedom to be with life as it is, without the need of an opinion that just weighs you down…

Cutting Your Strings

Quietness is what happens when the tools that allow quietness are used. Once the strings of noise are cut, quietness naturally arises because it’s what’s there...

If you think you have strings that need to be cut there are tools that have been revealed to me to assist in doing this. I know I don't have the only tools and by the way they actually aren't mine. I borrow them from people who came before me, but I share them in my articles with the compassion from my heart. So if you do have strings know this, they can be cut. This is my aspiration, nothing more. It’s not something that I strive to do, because striving to be or do something leads to suffering. 

Quietness is what the tools allow once the strings are cut. Noise is suffering. I sit a lot in quietness and this sharpens my tools more and more, but this also causes heartache when it’s observed that people suffer needlessly. What I know is this; I can only change myself, but I can share the tools I use that allow me to change. Some of the tools I use are sitting, sensation of touch, guided meditations, bowl mediations, the breath, walking, etc, basically I use whatever allows present moment awareness. Whether you want to use them or not is up to you, but if you don't use mine find your own. Please make sure the tools that you use makes your behavior a benefit to all beings. And keep sharpening your tools so you can keep on expanding and bring more love into a world that can definitely use it…

Intuitive Knowing

You will intuitively know truth when your path is one that benefits all beings. You will know you're developing beneficial tools when you notice you care more for others than you do for yourself…

Although to know is very important, the issue lies in how it becomes known. I do not profess to understand spirituality. I don't know God. I have never seen or been answered by God, not directly anyway. I don’t know how the Universe functions nor is it a concern of mine. What I have found is the very simple tool of sitting that allows me to live intuitively in the present moment more and more. And when I live intuitively in the present moment the nonsense of my Conditioned Mind is not running my life and making the past and future look like a better place to be… 

Everyone will either live life intuitively or be controlled by their conditioning. Through self investigation I have found answers to some of life's eluding questions, but it’s not my quest to save the world. I concentrate on changing me and that's how my immediate world changes. The song Amazing Grace, says “I once was lost, but now I'm found. Was blind, but now I see". And what it is that I see are Conditioned Mind Patterns that controlled my life like I was a puppet on a string. What I have found is the tool of sitting that allows my Conditioned Mind to be seen and to intuitively cut those strings…

A Past Reality

For many, the past has way too much control over what is done in the present. Until this is identified and the past is let go of, it will continue its control as if you were a puppet on a string.

Understanding that living life as it is as opposed to living it the way you think it should be is the difference in being at peace or being controlled by the conditioned past. When you’re with what is, you’re with true reality, not a mind made reality. When there isn't the reality of what is, there's the delusional state of what isn't, which makes for very little if any peace in your life. 

Reality is what's occurring right now so that means if you're reading this post, that's reality. There's nothing else going on beyond what's happening right now. There may be something going on between your ears, but that's the created delusional state of what isn't and making it into what is; the bottom line is it's not the reality of what’s occurring right now. The mind has been conditioned to think it has to create a life that's better than the one that’s occurring right now. This is what keeps you from truly living life.

I'm not sure why this is, but I do know it has to do with the influences beyond your control. To me what matters is to develop a disciplined method of sitting which allows you to break free of the control of these influences. Control is control so the more you continue to be controlled by the past, the less reality there will be. Unless you live with the reality of what's occurring right now and learn how to identify the past influences, it will be impossible to ever be free because you’ll remain under the spell of the conditioned past…

Precise Intent

When your intent is aligned with Universal Love, there’s love for all beings. Not because it’s wanted, but because this is the way love rolls when your intent is aligned with Universal Love…

Having precise intent is worth more than all the books combined on what it means to be spiritual, and why this is so is because your precise intent is yours and the content of any book is someone else’s. Someone else’s idea of you will never be you, no matter if their way is copied exactly, this is why many remain in the struggle because they’re trying to be someone else’s idea of who they should be. You can use books, methods, and whatnot as a tool, but the deep intent of why you do what you do will need to be reflected upon to see if the results of your efforts are aligned with love. Not a story of love, but the love that arises not from effort, but from your inner alignment. This is where effort is meaningless if it’s not aligned with Universal Love. Only precise intent will do this.

There are as many books as there are people practicing, but everyone who reads a book and practices doesn’t necessarily wake up. This is because the intent isn’t of the necessary energy to allows the alignment to a loving heart. Precise intent needs to be seen if there’s to be harmony with all beings. This doesn’t mean a person won’t harm you or animals and insects won’t bite you, but it’s less likely you will put yourself in that type of situations with having the intent of a loving heart. In the space of stillness one learns to see their precise intent and in the process have that intent aligned with Universal Love. When this occurs you will love all beings, not because you want to, but because this is the way love rolls when your precise intent is aligned with Universal Love…

Unobstructed View

When one is awake it provides an unobstructed view of your actions and the associated mind state. With this unobstructed view you become aware if the affect of your actions are truly beneficial…

Having an unobstructed view is being able to decipher the immediate affect of your actions and the current mind state. An unobstructed view doesn’t mean greed, hate, and delusional won’t be one of the mind states that arise, it’s seeing the affects of these for what they are and their controlling characteristic. If this isn’t seen these characteristics will continue their control as if you were a puppet on a string.

Some mind states to observe would be greed, hate and delusion and their polar opposites, generosity, love, and wisdom. These are the mind states most people fluctuate between. But with an unobstructed view you see how your actions and the associated mind states are linked. What happens first is one can decipher what mind state is associated with one’s action, and second it’s seen if the action is beneficial. It’s very easy to see anger and its association with the mind state of hate. It doesn’t take much intelligence to see how this action isn’t beneficial to anyone. Without awareness of this one remains entrapped to the mind state of hate and hence the associated actions. Intelligence has no bearing on this whatsoever.

It also works this way with the action of giving. Giving with no attached expectations is an action associated with the mind state of generosity. You can definitely see how this action benefits everyone; to me this is what an awakening is. One isn’t rendered white as snow because of becoming awake. No one among us can cast the first stone. But by the mind settling, your view becomes unobstructed and you become aware of your actions and the associated mind state of those actions. It can then be seen if how you’re acting is truly a benefit not only to yourself, but to all beings…

Untrue Thoughts

When truth is revealed no longer do you listen to your thoughts because it’s understood you shouldn’t believe everything you think because it just may not be true…

Don’t believe everything you think because your thoughts tell you things that just aren’t true. Your thoughts will tell you the past is real yet the only place the past exist is in the mind. Your thoughts will tell you to fear, yet the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. Thoughts will tell you to hold onto the belief of a self that’s a solid entity, but the form that’s being occupied needs no such attachment to exist as it’s always changing in a constant state of flux. Your thoughts will tell you I think therefore I am, but thinking has nothing to do with I am. Thoughts will make up beliefs that everything desired on the outside is needed, but if none of those desires comes to pass, nothing happens. Even if they do get fulfilled, the satisfaction is fleeting at best. Then there’s the thoughts of the so called ego, this is like the bogeyman under the bed, it exist until one looks under the bed. There’s also no need to get rid of the thought because it never existed, except the thought of it.

There’s the image in the mirror who you think is the name given for identification purposes. If the name is different we think we are someone else, but that’s only a thought because the form remains the same. There will be many thoughts held onto that just aren’t true. Unfortunately the more they are attached to, the truer they seem. To truly be free, your thoughts will have to be exposed. This doesn’t mean you find out you don’t exist, you find out you just don’t exist in the way you thought you did. When this truth is revealed no longer do you listen to your thoughts because it’s understood, you shouldn’t believe everything you think because most of it just isn’t true…

One Truth

Truth isn’t something that’s created to make life fit nicely into a made up story of the way you think life should be. Truth is already in place and it doesn’t need your story to make it so…

Although awakening is a process of becoming aware of what blocks the heart from truth, to me it only opens and expands each day by developing daily mindfulness. Because of this mindfulness, no longer does the world revolve around my “I” it more so revolves around the “I” of others. Each day there’s a vision of how I can be a benefit to others by writing and posting a daily article. This has been done everyday for the past seven plus years. There is awareness into my day to day existence and although there are some mishaps because the conditioned mind is relentless, the process is a continuation into the expansion of truth. With this expansion of truth comes the expansion of love into my day to day life and the life of others. 

This expansion doesn’t take thought, it takes a settled mind; You Are Not Your Thoughts was chosen for this reason. All created stories of truth are only attached thoughts. When this is understood “I” is understood and it‘s the beginning of the end of the life of lies. This is what brought me to the realm of the unknown (truth), and this realm is not something that’s brought about by thought. Thought blocks truth. Stillness is where the realm of the Spirit and our true nature manifest. It’s where one connects to all of life and feels the warmth and truth of the Sunlight of the Spirit. It’s our home, our place of the peace that passes all understanding, it’s the truth of existence. This needs no story to be, you only need to stop thinking to allow truth to arise…

Spirit Unity

There’s a unity that comes from a sacred place, it’s not a place that’s associated with any human activity, it’s a place which simply unites us all to the spirit of our hearts…

In my experience the spirit of my heart cannot expand on its own, it needs others. Deepening a connection with others deepens the spirit of the heart which is what unites us. If unity to each other were to happen there would be no more greed, hate, or war because we would fall over each other’s spirit; it’s in this space for each other that the magnificence of life is experienced. A majestic sunset, a cool summer breeze, the magnificence of the ocean, a starlit night, loving oneself and others is a unity that connects humanity, these are experiences from the sacred place within.

I don’t profess to know what life is about, but I do understand how a connection to others is sacred. When this is experienced it leaves one speechless. For me because of all of you I have been speechless many times in the last fifteen years. I’m using the word spirit to describe this, but to feel this unity words cannot truly explain it. I watch in awe as I explain what I went through to someone and see a sparkle of unity in their eyes, to me this is our spirits connecting. There’s unity comes from such a sacred place, it’s not something that any human activity can make happen. When there’s a spirit connection with others that’s when there will be unity; with ourselves and with all humanity…

Falsehoods

Issues based in falsehoods can’t be fixed with the same falsehoods. It’s not that truth has to be known to change this, but the falsehoods will have to become known if they’re to cease being in control…

It’s very difficult to explain truth because there’s so many different definitions of it. Instead of trying to prove what truth is, let’s explore what are falsehoods. Falsehoods are something that has no real facts as its base. Perceptions aren’t factual, they are usually made up by the perceiver to suit some sort of belief. People ask me if I believe in God, I answer that I believe in what I know which is based in the facts of what I’ve experienced. That’s why I share only what has been experienced. I don’t see the benefit of making up a story about something to suit a mind made need. In my case I know love is more beneficial than hate, patience more beneficial than being impatient, kindness is better than being mean, so I learn what the blocks are to living my (factual) life so it’s of maximum benefit to myself and to all beings. Truth will be known when the falsehoods are understood.

The biggest falsehood in place is that things will satisfy you, this is reinforced everyday. It’s a falsehood which is at the core of our entire misaligned society. It creates all our issues as a society. Religious sects all claim to have the truth, no facts, just their truth. Politicians try to fix problems based in corruption with corrupt solutions. The entire entertainment and sports industry are based in falsehoods that create the impression of the haves and have nots, which creates separation in our society not unity. There’s also the falsehood of social and career status. Falsehood after falsehood after falsehood, and what happens to a society when this is its base, we become a society of falsehoods. Not because we want to, and not because we can’t know the truth, but simple because we don’t understand the falsehoods in place…

Now Energy

Now energy is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what it is. Future energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate Now…

Being aware of Now at the precise moment it happens minimizes the future stories that make life the way you think it should be. Awareness stops the future story of the way you think something should be and allows the freedom of the way it is; this becomes the beautiful view of the way it should be. After all wanting Now different is where all future discontentment arises from. When you’re simply aware of Now as it arises there isn’t a need for a future story and selfish energy doesn’t come into play as the love of your heart naturally becomes the beautiful operating energy of life.

Future energy becomes a created prison because it doesn’t allow for a natural flow of life’s energy; you become engulfed in the energy of the future. It’s the Conditioned Mind that cuts off the energy flow of Now as it becomes the energy of the lower nature of self centered nonsense. Why this future energy causes issue is because it bombards Now with an unnatural energy flow and doesn’t allow harmony. Now naturally free flows because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what’s there. Future energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate Now so what’s there is resisted to the point where the natural flow of Now energy is cut off. The only thing needed for liberation is awareness aware of awareness, there’s no future energy here, there’s just the energy of what actually is right Now…

Limited Opportunities

Going through life without an understanding of how the mind works makes existence much more difficult because it limits your opportunities. Limiting your opportunities, limits your choices…

We discover the cause of all suffering when we are truly able to see our thinking for what it is and understand how it creates feelings and emotions that aren’t real. They feel real because of what our association is to them, but their reality is only relative to our thinking and the association to our identity. When this is discovered and we disassociate with this kind of thinking, we become more aligned with the Creative Intelligence of the Universe which to me is love; love is what gives us so many more opportunities in life.

When we stop believing in the nonsense of thought, we learn how to allow love to be our guide. This is when we’ll be able to see our thoughts for what they truly are, disassociate from them and separate the ones that cause suffering and limit our opportunities; this is when our suffering ceases to exist. This is not some belief, it‘s something factual. I know this because it’s my direct experience. A thought cannot cause harm unless it’s given the energy needed to do so and this is what determines if the thought is held onto or not. The more it’s held onto, the more it limits our opportunities. In the awareness of this is one’s freedom. It’s your own ignorance of this that creates suffering, and the suffering is caused by going through life without an understanding of how the mind works because it limits your opportunities and with limited opportunities you have limited choices…

Mind Control

Being controlled by anything but life’s essentials creates a prison that keeps one captive. This captivity is of the mind and blocks love’s guided energy; you may be alive, but you never truly live…

A substance or object can seem like it has control over you, but it’s your mind that puts you in the place of needing to reach for something. Without the mind telling you something is needed, being controlled by anything would be non existent. The subtleness of this control is mind boggling. Take an alarm clock as an example, as soon as the alarm rings if the snooze button is hit, instantly you are controlled because the mind wants the moment to be different. This is the way being controlled by something works. If there isn’t awareness of this, it’s off to the races of being controlled by a Conditioned Mind that wants things the way that it wants them.

The mind uses many tools for control: drugs, alcohol, gambling, talking about others, eating habits, pouting or sulking, social status, being miserly (cheap), trying to control situations and people, judging, lust, greed, envy, self righteousness, false pride, and the list goes on. What these have in common is they’re the external solutions used by the Conditioned Mind to control for an internal problem of lack. Until something is done to allow the mind to settle, this lack will probably be in control until the last day of your life in this form. If this happens life will never truly be experienced in the way that it could be. Some tools that are used may not seem as devastating as others, but whatever is used it doesn’t allow love to be your guided energy. Life can’t be truly experienced when your being controlled. Only love’s guided energy allows you to truly live and it’s your own mind that controls you and holds you captive and blocks this from occurring…

Internally Divided

Life is continuous until one day it’s not. It becomes internally divided because of the attachment to self. Without this attachment, the beauty of life unfolds as the internal divisions fall away…

The real cause of any issue with what happens in life is not with what actually happens, but how we attach a self to life’s occurrence which causes internal division with ourselves. As long as there’s existence in this current form every moment of every day is a life occurrence. It becomes internally divided once it’s labeled and a self is attached to it. This transformation from an occurrence to attachment happens because of who it is that’s doing the labeling. If the self didn’t label life it would still occur, it just wouldn’t be internally divided. It would just be a continuous occurrence without a self attaching to it and giving it the transforming energy it needs to be divided.

This self seems to cause so many issues, but it’s only the attachment to it that’s the real cause of the division with ourself. Life occurs regardless of the self, but what attachment does is it makes it internally divided by isolating it and making it personal. Life is neutral until it’s attached to, then it becomes an event that’s all about the self. Without self internal division doesn’t happen, life just occurs. I’m not insinuating a self exist or not, all I’m saying is the attachment to self is at the root of all internal division and if one wants to be free of this division you will have to be free of the attachment to self…

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Mindfully Conscious

Everyone who is alive is at least semi conscious; this is basically true for all beings. Where humans differ from other species is in the ability to be truly mindful of being conscious…

A friend shared a story about a dog he has as a pet. It seemed the dog actually liked this person. He would hold the dog and it would fall asleep in his arms. It would lick his hand and take food from it. One day as the dog was eating out of a bowl, this person took the food away before the dog was finished. The dog bit and scratched his hand, so much for liking the individual. The dog knew his food was being taken away, but it ended there. There was no mindfulness of who was actually taking the food, his food was being taken away and the dog didn’t like it. This is how a lot of humans react to situations, they like people as long as they don’t take away what they like.

To go beyond this mindset there must be awareness of it. This is where we as humans differ. Other species don’t have this ability to be truly mindful. If you look around it would seem most humans don’t have this ability either. What will have to transpire at some point in your life for this to change is truly being conscious of being mindful; noticing what arises when what is liked is taken away or just naturally changes. This is key if one isn’t going to be drawn into labeling what’s changing. Suffering comes from not being mindfully conscious of being controlled by what’s liked. When there’s mindfulness of what arises, one can be conscious and mindful of it, but not attach to it thus one is free. What you like will still be taken away at times, but hopefully you won’t bite or scratch when this happens…