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If we are to unite as a society we must start looking at the facts and stop living in a world dedicated to satisfying a self-serving agenda…

The whys behind any action will need to be recognized before they can be changed. If you don’t know why you have stress in your life, or why any other self-serving behavior is done, you will never have the possibility of changing it. Self-serving behavior has a snowball effect to it. It just grows and grows and causes devastation in its path. Hopefully you won’t wait until you are on your death bed to become aware of the self-serving behavior in place and stop the snowball from getting too much momentum and power. The more momentum your self-serving behavior has, the harder it will be to change the behavior. In most cases the behavior is so deeply ingrained that it has become a constant controlling mind pattern. Nothing short of a miracle will dislodge it. You will need the willingness to do the necessary practice to allow this dislodgment. Behavior will not change on its own. If nothing changes, nothing changes.

When you have awareness of this it will be up to you whether you are willing to accept the results of living a self-serving life or not. When you aren’t feeling well mentally, understand it‘s not life’s fault, it’s the result of a decision. Results are a part of life, but whether they are negative or loving will be determined by what you are practicing. If what you are practicing is based in self-serving energy, what is produced will be self-serving results. When that’s the energy life is lived by it will be very difficult to feel well mentally. Practice love-serving behaviors and your results will be of love, and don’t be surprised when you feel well most of, if not all of the time…

Associated Results

When the energy of life is based to self-serve you reap those associated results. You cannot be but what you are, but love energy also produces associated results…

Each of us has our own inner journey to discover the things in ourselves that will make life beneficial to ourselves and others. We all use different things for this and there is no one way to accomplish this; though some ways are more beneficial than others. Obviously when something is done and it brings harm to another person there will be harsher associated results than if the action was based in love; even if you don’t get caught. I’m not one to say God is always watching so God knows, I don’t truly know that. But I do know I cannot hide from myself, and that is the one I have to answer to. I can lie to you, I can even lie to me, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be associated results.

Understanding ourselves is our journey. When we do things that are of a self-serving nature, we along with others pay a price for that. Even if we don’t see the associated result for our self-serving actions, they are there. So many diseases have been linked to these self-serving actions, they just aren’t labeled in that way. Some who suffer from diabetes, cancer, depression, stress, anxiety, just to name a few can be linked to self-serving behavior in some way. This is not a belief, this is a medical fact. When one is of love suffering is at a minimum. It’s very important to develop awareness of this so there’s the possibility of going beyond the self-serving associated results…

Connected Space

Space is all that’s needed for the Universe to connect with the love of your heart. Space is how the energy of love will make you and the entire world different…

If it was possible have some space before every response the world would be so different. Sit with this space and envision it. Conditioned responses lead to most of the problems with people and with life itself. Life and people do their thing and most people respond instantly. The responses can be much more conducive to harmony if there’s some space between the responses and the reactions. It may not always be this way and it isn’t this way all the time, but it’s becoming more and more the way many people react because of this space when something happens; not always, but more than before.

Space happens because of the discipline developed by sitting. What this does is it stops the Conditioned Mind Patterns from its automatic response based in the self serving mind; space allows for the possibility of those patterns to be broken. When this occurs it opens the heart to the truth that sets you free. Self serving reactions will not fall away on their own, it will take much sitting to develop the necessary discipline for space to occur. All it takes is space for not only your existence to become different, but also the entire world. When responses to life are from space, they arise from the energy of love and slowly but surely the world responds with love. This has to occur, it’s the law of love and all it takes is a little space…

I Self Hold

To not be pulled in by something is to not attach to your I Self; therein lies your freedom. The question is how can you become non attached in a world that excels in attachment to I Self…

The world pays people billions of dollars to pull you in and keep you attached to your I Self; it’s called advertisement. They study peoples psychic and know exactly how most people attach to their I Self. I have come to understand this through the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jesus, and many others. The understanding is to see the attachment to the I Self as suffering. Today through the grace of awareness of this there’s a choice for me not to attach to my I Self and hence not suffer. This is what has been revealed to me, but maybe this isn’t for you.

Attachment to the I Self is the base of all suffering, so non attachment is freedom. If this is discounted before it’s investigated that’s on the individual, but understand your attachment to your I Self is your suffering; you alone causes this. You can hold on as tight as you want, but don’t blame anyone for your troubles because they all come from within yourself and it’s you alone who does this. The conditioned I Self determines what you will attach to and how much suffering it will cause you. Hold on tight and you will suffer mightily or let go and be free, this is the choice that each individual has. No one can do or say anything that really changes this, it all comes from within you. So you choose how much you will suffer or how free you will be; it’s totally up to you, determined by how tight you hold onto your I Self…

Conditioning Investigated

Although your conditioning may be in place and it may be true that you don’t know what you don’t know, if this isn’t investigated what you don’t know will be the only thing you know…

When a snake sheds its skin it’s because it is growing. If the conditioned skin doesn’t fall away, growth will not occur. It’s the same with us, just substitute the skin of the snake with our thoughts. Life is a natural process of learning and growing, but the base of growth is dependent on the new that’s replacing the conditioning. For years I drove an old car in constant need of repair just to keep it up and running. This is how many live their life, constantly making adjustments and repairs just to keep it running; not many truly live. It wasn’t until I purchased a new car that it was realized just how broken down the old one was. This goes with the saying “You don’t know what you don’t know” this is also what happened to me when I finally let go of the conditioned thoughts I had in place, I started realizing just how out of sorts my thinking was. This began the process of investigating my conditioning.

Although learning is a natural process of life, learning to grow spiritually is not. It does seem to take some effort even if it’s only the willingness to investigate and head in a different direction. There are many intellects in the world who don’t have a clue as to what it means to live in the space of spiritual growth; they never investigate their conditioning. The mind loves the familiar and will always try to convince you it’s better to stay in that space instead of going in the space of the unknown. So it may be true that you don’t know what you don’t know, but if this isn’t investigated what you don’t know will be the only thing you know. And because nothing new is being allowed in, your conditioning will remain in place and new growth will not occur…

Trapped Mind

A trapped mind won’t quiet (set itself free) on its own regardless of what‘s used. Trying to free a trapped mind actually hinders the quieting because it’s just a mind response that keeps it trapped…

When a trapped mind is in control it runs your life. It doesn’t matter much what’s going on, it’s going to be difficult to get out of the trap. It’s such a trapped world and what makes it so is most people are looking for mind answers when the answer is within the heart. What a trapped mind actually is and how it’s created is by not being aware that your answers are not of the mind. With a mind that’s conditioned to want answers you constantly use the same mind to look for them, hence the trapped mind. This is how the Conditioned Mind trap is set and how it blocks awareness to your heart. It’s a trap created because if you knew your heart had your answers, the need to look for them would be non existent and so would the trapped mind.

Everyone has the ability to consciously be aware of the trapped mind, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its owns. It’s a beautiful thing that getting out of the trap is in your hands and that it’s totally up to each individual how much freedom there is in your life. A little quiet equates to a little freedom so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to become more aware of the trapped mind. As you become more aware of being trapped, the mind quiets and you’re left with heart presence. If you’re waiting for anything else, you’ll be waiting a very long time and it will not happen while your own mind keeps you trapped…

Circling Thoughts

Nothing from the outside truly controls you regardless of what it is. It’s the circling thoughts attaching to what happens that causes them to control you…

Staying with the flow of what arises in our daily life has immense value in the process of waking up from the sleep of unawareness. What happens if awareness isn’t expanded upon is circling thoughts arise and control you; they become the master and you the slave. Circling thoughts are what causes one to react to life in the way that they do. Nothing from the outside truly controls you either real or made up. It’s the circling thoughts attaching to what happens that causes one to behave in a certain manner. When one awakens, the attachment to circling thoughts lessens and their control lessens.

This is how it is with circling thoughts, fear becomes crippling when it becomes circling and it takes you over. It’s doesn’t mean things won’t scare you, but it’s doesn’t have to be given the energy that turns it into fear. This applies to any circling thought you become attached to. The associated thought becomes circling and there’s no telling what behavior will arise. I guarantee you it’s not going to be a behavior that has love flowing as its base. Thoughts will arise, it’s the way the brain seems to be wired, but our energy doesn’t have to give them more power than they’re worth. We can cry our tears or be fearful of the future. We can dislike that things aren’t going the way we think they should be. The bottom line is it’s only when the thoughts are circling that they’re given the energy to stop the flow of truly living life and cause not only your own suffering, but the suffering of all beings…

Fabricated Problems

Because of the way the mind becomes conditioned, fabricated problems are created so the mind has something to do. And because of these fabrications, problems are constantly created…

The issue with having to constantly solve created problems to arrange life to be a certain way is it’s all fabricated. Even if one makes up a story that life is exactly how it is wanted, the mind begins fabricating a new problem almost immediately. Life is continuous, it’s broken up into segments (fabricated problems) by a mind that’s constantly stirring. 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 fabricate stories, it’s because the mind has been trained to create problems, so in essence it’s only doing what it’s been trained to do.

The Conditioned Mind fabricates problems all the time. Here are some examples, traffic, politics, religion, work, diets, and on an on, all this is strictly done to fabricate another problem; your mind tells you solving it will make life perfect. Let’s say everyday one new problem is fabricated to solve, for me that would mean roughly 23,000 fabricated problems; this is done constantly because the Conditioned Mind needs something to do. After all nobody purposely fabricates a problem just to solve it, or do they…

Attachments View

Attachment is what makes everything permanent. Only when the mind is at ease will one see how attachment causes suffering, and only when this is seen will suffering fall away…

Holding onto a view even in the face of evidence that it’s false is the most binding of all attachments. Basically attachment views occur in a certain order. Believing what is seen, the mental reaction to what is seen, and holding onto what is seen even though evidence proves otherwise. The first two are the ones that occur mostly, and most people learn from these to a large degree, but the third one is where attachment becomes deeply embedded in the subconscious. It grabs hold of you and makes you do all kinds of things. There are many ways that attachments manifest, just look at all the things that are reached for. The attachment here is that things will bring satisfaction, but as soon as it’s attached to it’s gone so the next attachment is needed; this is attachment at its finest.

To me this is how attachments view begins. You think someone is following you, that’s the beginning; it starts with a thought. Now the mind takes over and the mental reaction occurs and the nonsense begins. If the person thought to be following you passes you that attachment will simply fall way. But if you’re in the grip of it, you will think the person passing you is just part of the plan. The attachment will always have to run its course before subsiding. No matter what it is in life, it will pass away, that’s a fact. Attachment makes everything permanent so it can remain in place. Only when the mind is at ease will one see how attachments cause suffering, and only when this is seen will the suffering fall away…

Space of Loneliness

When the mind settles the need to reach for something lessens. In the process the space of loneliness disappears and it’s simply because an “I” story of loneliness isn’t being created…

The space of loneliness appears to get wider as one ages. It doesn’t really, but what happens is there are just less distractions so “I” takes more of a hold. The natural process of life seems to be to stay busy trying to figure things out and regardless of what exactly the figuring out manifest as it certainly creates lots of distractions. There are periods between the busyness where a person has some idle time and probably feels the space of loneliness. It doesn’t usually last very long because the busyness of trying to figure out life returns. This busyness last most of one’s life, but there does come a time that the natural process of being busy lessens. At this stage many people experience a loneliness that hasn’t been noticed before and it will either be addressed by looking inward or ignored by getting busy again trying to figure out how to fill the loneliness.

Eventually the busyness will end for whatever reason, unfortunately for most people without the busyness the space of loneliness rears its ugly head. Many elderly people struggle to fill this space, but it’s difficult because there just isn’t a lot going on. Kids are grown, retirement, house paid off, more time behind you than what’s left, and the list goes on. I was this way for many years using distraction after distraction. There were very brief periods of not needing to reach, but these periods were far a few in between. That is until twelve years ago when I hit an emotional bottom. I began sitting and looking inward which allowed me to see the distractions of my “I” needing to attach to a story. As I sat my mind settled and thus the “I” needing to reach for something lessened. In the process the space of loneliness disappeared and it was simply because an “I” story of a loneliness wasn’t being created…

Formed Dependency

Dependency on form creates a prison to a self that blocks love from being the guiding energy of daily living. And although one may be alive, to be without love is to be without life…

As dependencies are formed, a self created prison is formed. How controlling these are determines the degree that your dependencies have a hold on you; make no mistake, dependency is dependency, regardless of what is used. Alcohol or drugs are only different than soda because of their devastating consequences. Bondage is bondage and no matter what’s used it keeps you in prison. I’d like to address something much more subtle than some substance or object and that is the bondage to your own mind. This is the real prison.

A substance or object can hold you in captivity, but it’s the mind that puts you in the place of needing something. Without the mind telling you something is needed, dependency on anything would be non existent. The subtleness of this dependency is literally mind boggling. Take an alarm clock as an example, as soon as the alarm rings, if the snooze button is hit, instantly the mind is making one want the moment to be in some other way. And if this mind set isn’t altered to bring about awareness of this, it’s off to the races of being controlled by a mind that’s been conditioned to satisfy a made up self.

This takes on many forms: 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, but what all these have in common is they are all external solutions of the Conditioned Mind to fix an internal problem of lack. Until something is done to allow the mind to settle, this will probably go on to the day that one is near death. If this happens you will see how most of your life was never truly experienced in the way that it could have been. This may not seem as devastating as say using alcohol or drugs, but it is because either way life is experienced from a formed dependency and is never truly lived…

Life Events

The difference between learning from each event of life and living it to its highest quality or being stuck in an event where life is the same old same old is breaking free from the lie of “I” or remaining its prisoner…

Life can be seen as individual events, at least this has been my experience and one will have to go through these different events if you’re not to get stuck in the one that’s in place. Not everyone goes beyond the events that are in place, some remain stuck for years, even a life time. Although the events themselves happen naturally, learning and going to the next one does not; the quality of life will be determined by what is learned in a previous and current event. Life is something that happens on its own, but there is a certain responsibility one has in making it of the highest quality. A simple example of this would be when you were in the part of your life when it was time to read, if you didn’t take responsibility to learn this, to say that life would be difficult today would be an understatement; at this stage of your life, you did what was necessary to make it of a higher quality.

As I’ve grown up over the years, I’ve noticed there were many events in my life, but not all provided the highest quality of living because of the things I did which didn’t allow it. The events of life will happen, but what’s learned is where maturity comes from. To me the biggest lesson was learning to expose the lie of “I” because that’s what I found was the biggest hurdle in living the highest quality of life possible. It’s not that I’m now all about helping others, but life isn’t all about me or what I think. Therein lies the difference between learning from each event, moving forward, and being able to live life to its highest quality or being stuck in an event where life is the same old same old…

One Breath Awareness

One breath awareness is all that’s needed for the Universe to connect with the love of your heart. This awareness is how the energy of love will make you and the entire world different…

If it was possible to have awareness of taking one breath before every response, the world would be so different. Sit with this breath awareness and envision it. I know my conditioned responses led to most of the problems I had with people and with life itself. Life and people did their thing and I responded accordingly. Today the responses are much more conducive to harmony because there’s usually breath awareness between my responses and my reactions. It wasn’t always this way and it isn’t this way all the time now, but because of sitting breath awareness is becoming more and more the way of many of my reactions. But like I said not always, but more often than not.

One breath awareness happens because of the discipline developed by sitting. What this does is it stops the Conditioned Mind from automatic responses based on a self-serving mind; breath awareness allows for the possibility of those patterns to be broken. When this occurs it opens the heart to the truth that sets you free. Self-serving reactions will not fall away on their own, it will take much sitting to develop the necessary discipline for breath awareness to occur. All it takes is awareness of one breath for not only your existence to become different, but also the entire world. When responses to life are from this breath awareness they arise from the energy of love and slowly but surely, the world responds with love. This has to occur, it’s the law of love and all it takes is awareness of one breath…

Illusionary Tools

The way of the world is to use the tool of suffering to cope with suffering. This is an illusionary tool that keeps one suffering by attaching to the suffering that causes more suffering…

When one wakes up and sees the illusionary tools in place to cope with situations, it’s freeing, but only to the extent that the illusion is seen. This basically means going against the conventional way that life is viewed from. Although waking up doesn’t make a person special, it does make one seem odd or peculiar because they aren’t in line with the illusionary tools most use to respond to life situations.

It’s only the illusion of attachment that causes one to suffer with any situation. The illusionary tools of the world is to cope with suffering by suffering; it’s believed suffering must cause more suffering. Although the one who wakes up from the sleep of these illusionary tools may be looked upon by others as being peculiar, odd and not caring, the alternative is to attach to the illusionary tools of humanity that suffering has to cause more suffering. Insanity to say the least…

Grasping Thoughts

Attach to the thoughts that arise and your thoughts will control you. To be stuck in the conditioned grasp of your thoughts is to be blind in a world where everything is seen as form…

Be in the world not of your thoughts. Understanding what it means to be controlled by conditioned thoughts is the only way you will ever break free from their conditioned grasp. What is the conditioned grasp? Think about this, is there anything in your life you have done that gnaws at your very being, something you regret either having done or having not done? A deep regret that stays with you and you can’t seem to let go of. Why do you think this is? The thing isn’t happening now, but yet there it is like it happened yesterday. This conditioned grasping takes on many forms, but the common link is although we use different stories to make up our life, we grasp at them for “I” identification purposes. No matter what it is that our Conditioned Mind uses, it’s the same prison for everyone. We get locked into conditioned grasping which actually chokes the life out of us. Not physically, but by keeping us mentally locked in the prison of our thoughts which doesn’t allow us the freedom to experience how life truly is. It’s a prison that tells us our head knows better than our heart.

Never, never, never, hesitate for one second to listen to what your heart tells you. Your heart will never lead you astray; integrity comes from the heart. Never give into the world's pressures, it only offers rewards of emptiness. Most people aren’t satisfied because they grasp at what their thoughts tell them. They put all their eggs in one basket, the basket of grasping, but no matter how full it gets, it’s always empty. We know a lot intellectually, but we know very little when it comes to living from the heart. Until this is understood, we'll be controlled by our conditioned thoughts and will remain a prisoner to our conditioned grasping…

Distraught Mind Lies

Truth will make a person look at themselves; all sorts of things are revealed when this happens. Most times though the distraught mind creates a lie to avoid the truth…

It’s unfortunate, but most people live a life consumed by a lie more so than one of truth. They believe they’re living by truth, but upon further investigation this fallacy can be seen. On the outside the lie seems so much better and this is what keeps a person locked into it, but this is only because of one’s conditioning that makes it seem better. The truth will make you look at yourself; all sorts of things occur when this happens. Without this understanding the truth will be avoided as if it was a plague. Becoming aware of the lies so truth can be revealed is essential in understanding yourself. Try to settle down the distraught mind and watch how little stillness there is. Just try to be with whatever is there, that’s where stillness is. When the mind isn’t looking for anything, stillness arises.

Only a distraught mind needs to create a lie. Only when the lie is seen will the mind settle. This doesn’t mean you don’t make changes, but when changes aren’t necessary the mind is settled. This is why positive versus negative isn’t shared because if there’s negativity and you want positivity, it’s no different than if you are positive and you don’t want anything negative. A distraught mind is a mind that needs things to be its way whether it’s positive or negative; this is the distraught lie. The truth is nothing needs to be different; the distraught mind will settle when life is accepted as it is…

Trapped by Beliefs

When there’s a belief you need something to provide peace, you’re trapped by this thought. Until this is understood, you’ll remain trapped in the belief that peace is outside of you…

There will never be peace in your life as long as you’re trapped by the belief that peace is outside of you. Peace is something that’s already within everyone, but because of the way our minds are conditioned, we get trapped by the thought that peace is something to find. Unfortunately beliefs are what makes the very thing you’re seeking elusive. Beliefs are the reason one is constantly reaching for something outside and until these beliefs are no more, you’ll remain trapped by the thought that peace is in the next thing reached for. This can’t be stressed enough as these trappings have to be seen if you’re to ever experience true peace.

The thought of being at peace isn’t peace. What has to happen if peace is to ever be experienced is there has to be an understanding of how beliefs trap you. The reason why peace is elusive is because of the inability to be aware of this. When the need to reach for something arises becoming trapped by belief begins; this is a conditioned cycle that’s very difficult to break. Peace isn’t something that can be manufactured so it’s in doing less that peace arises. Many get trapped in trying to find peace, but since it’s already within, the belief associated with finding it needs to be discarded so you can uncover the reason why you’re trapped in the belief you’re not at peace…

Internal Conflicts

Life is continuous until one day it’s not. It becomes an internal conflict because of the attachment to self. Without this attachment, the beauty of life unfolds as the internal conflicts 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 conflicts. As long as there’s existence in this form every moment of every day is a life occurrence. It becomes an internal conflict 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, there just wouldn’t be an internal conflict . It would just be a continuous occurrence without a self attaching to it and giving it the transforming energy it needs to be conflicted.

This self seems to cause so many issues, but it’s the attachment to it that’s the real cause of internal conflicts. Life occurs regardless of the self, but what attachment does is it makes it internally conflicted 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 conflicts don’t happen, life just occurs. I’m not insinuating a self exist or not, all I’m saying is the attachment to self is the root of all internal conflicts and if you want to be free of these conflicts you’ll have to be free of the attachment to self…

Ball and Chain Lies

Whatever one thinks is needed to be happy is a ball and chain. It’s not right or wrong, but the key is to understand if what’s being used is truly providing what you think it is…

The view that I have of life today is not the view I always had. I try to provide a direction and knowledge, but it should be noted I didn’t always see things as they’re seen now. I’m fortunate to have experienced two totally different ways of viewing life; it’s where my insights arise from and the reason why I share as I do. Having lived in a ball and chain of lies for so many years has actually become my greatest asset. What I write about is always from a lesson I learned. It’s never about being smarter or knowing more than anyone else. What’s seen is simply what’s there and it’s what’s shared. When I talk about quietness or stillness it’s because I lived a ball and chain life. When there’s talk of attachment, it’s because attachment was my ball and chain; it doesn’t matter what’s attached to.

Everyone who is alive experiences life, it’s what’s done with the experience that determines the ball and chain effect. An example is if you think you need material possessions to be happy; that will be your ball and chain. It’s not right or wrong, but the key is to understand if material possessions truly provide what you think they do. Deep down inside having material possessions don’t change you; substitute material possessions with anything. For me I went through a life of much suffering as the ball and chain of my Conditioned Mind made me always look for happiness; today I see this for the lie that it is. When I write something it’s because I can see the self serving ball and chain prison I was stuck in. Today I have been provided with a view of liberation. I’m very direct in my approach because I’ve been where most people are and I can see the ball and chain lies that far too many remain attached to…

Blindness Revealed

A quiet mind gains insight by allowing one’s blindness to be revealed. This inner space of quietness is where all truth awaits to be revealed, but only when quietness is the focus…

A true understanding of life cannot be revealed by doing. There are many highly intelligent people who never understand life. This doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with intelligence, but you become what you focus on. For me, insights came from the revelation that the cause of why I struggled so much with life was because I was focused on a non-beneficial view (selfish). Now the focus isn’t so much on a made up beneficial view, but more so on not being focused on the view that caused my struggles. This is what a quiet mind affords a person, it has nothing to do with intelligence. Choose any view that’s wanted, but understand the view in place is what you focus on and it’s what will manifest as life; blindness is the struggle.

Focus on quietness and insights will be revealed, but only when your blindness is revealed; this is how life ceases to be a struggle. Use whatever gateway that works to get quiet and focus on that. The mind will settle more and more into a state of quietness that allows insights to be revealed. Becoming truly insightful isn’t for a select few, it’s available to anyone. It takes an understanding that quietness has nothing to do with intellect, that it’s something which occurs as a result of your focus on the inner space within. You can only become quiet when that’s the focus, not to the point where it’s a doing, but to the point where it’s what’s there because that’s the focus. To me, insight is revealed when blindness is revealed which will occur when quietness is the focus…

Settle Mind Awareness

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

If you want to be aware of 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 makes you unaware of truth. There is never a story attached to truth; how can there be when any story is a distraction. Life truly isn’t about anything in particular, but the Conditioned Mind will always make it about something; with a settled mind there will be awareness of this. Having a settled mind is the only way this will be seen because it’s the only way the created distractions will not block the view of awareness. So without awareness what is seen 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 be aware of the truth that sets you free…

Unexamined View

There's not much life in something that has no flow. This is exactly what happens when one has an unexamined view, free flowing energy is cut off which unfortunately causes suffering…

An unexamined view is what causes a person to get locked into only seeing things from one side. It matters little what it is, as it's the rigidness of being unexamined that doesn't allow one’s energy to be free flowing. This is what happens when a story is created and it becomes the unexamined view of what life is about in any particular moment. The unexamined view becomes deeply ingrained as one becomes more and more emotionally tied into whatever it is that's being focused on. It's very difficult to not attach to something that’s made up by the mind that has a story of it being dear to your heart. Such as children, spouse, parents, relatives, friends and so on. You can have compassion, passion, and genuine love for something without attaching to it.

To me this unexamined view is the normal view of most people and it's why many suffer unnecessarily. I've noticed this occurring in so many lives and I can see the suffering it causes. Unfortunately those in the midst of this unexamined view can’t see it, nor can they pull themselves out of it until it’s seen as the cause of their suffering. The unexamined view doesn't allow the openness needed to be free from attachment, and since attachment is the root of suffering, suffering is inevitable. The tighter the grip the more there’s living with an unexamined view and the less free flowing energy there is in one's life. There's not much life in something that has no flow and this is exactly what happens when one's free flowing energy is cut off as the unexamined view controls life and inevitably causes suffering...

Never Enough

While you’re busy making plans life happens, and if you're not careful most of it will be missed because you'll be too busy convincing yourself you don’t have enough…

The only thing that makes a person think something more is needed to enhance life is their own conditioning; until this is realized this conditioning will keep you in the state of never having enough. This never having enough is continuous for most so this means most are missing what life truly offers. If a person is alive life will be experienced, but ask yourself is your life being fully lived or are you under the spell of your own Conditioned Mind that makes you think you never have enough. Never having enough is the default setting of most mind; unfortunately so much of life will be missed because of this. This is a mind agitation that keeps never having enough in place which doesn't allow any contentment with what's actually taking place.

Grab more of whatever you think you need, but except for a few brief moments your contentment will be fleeting. Sit and visualize having all the riches of the world and see how this really changes your life. It will only be a matter of time before you will need something more. This is because regardless of what one has or what's going on, if there isn't some level of contentment with the way things are, you will constantly convince yourself you don’t have enough and the need for more will be your norm...

Lies Create Liars

A life created by lies won’t ever be changed with the same lies. It's not that truth has to be known to change this, but the lies have to be revealed if they’re to lose control...

It’s very difficult to explain truth because so many have different perspectives of it. Instead of trying to prove what truth is just explore what a lie is. A lie is something that has no real facts at its base. Most perspectives aren’t factual, they‘re created to suit some sort of belief. When I’m asked if I believe in God, I answer that I believe in facts which is based on experience; I only share what has been experienced. I don’t see the benefit of creating a story about something to suit a mind made lie. Fact, 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 a factual life so it’s of maximum benefit to myself and to all beings. Truth will be known when your lies are known.

The biggest lie in place is material things will satisfy you, this is reinforced everyday. It’s a lie which is at the core of our entire misaligned society. It creates all kinds of issues as a society. Religious sects all claim to have the truth, no facts, just their truth. Politicians pretend to fix problems based in lies with the same lies. The entire entertainment and sports industry are based in lies that create the false impression of the haves and have nots which creates separation in our society not unity; there’s never truth when there’s separation. There’s also the lie of social and career status. Lie after lie after lie, and what happens to a society when this is its base, we become a society of liars. Not because we want to and not because truth can’t be known, it’s simply because the lies in place are in control…

Inner Disturbances

The inner disturbances that keep you from your peace have nothing to do with life, they’re a creation of your own mind and that’s what makes you believe you are not at peace…

There are practical ways to minimize the inner disturbances that cause you to sabotage your own existence, but it has to be understood that the same mind creating the disturbances cannot quiet them. You will have to find out why your own mind makes you think the disturbances are needed to cope with life; a life that is controlled by the conditioning to create these disturbances. Your own mind creates every disturbance you have by choosing to attach to thoughts that allow them to arise; this unconscious conditioning is why one gets disturbed. The Conditioned Mind develops disturbances as you do things that are destructive to your own well being. Why this disturbed mind set is developed I’m not sure, but I do know it can be described only as insane because you do this to yourself.

I know it was my own mind that created disturbances which arose from within myself. Because of the shift that occurred some years ago, there is now awareness so the disturbances don’t have to be created anymore. I sit for the purpose to develop discipline which allows the mind to settle. If there isn’t discipline, your conditioning won’t be understood nor will why disturbances arise, so you will be led around like a puppet on a string. Life does nothing to you, it’s your own mind that does it all. Why one lives in a disturbed place as opposed to a place of peace will never change until the conditioning that makes it so is changed. All I ever wanted was to be at peace, but I wasn’t aware it was my own mind that created disturbances which made me believe I wasn’t at peace…

Subconscious Reactions

Most reactions that occur in life are subconscious as they’re put in place by your own conditioning. So if your life isn’t lived to its fullest potential it’s your own subconscious reactions that block it from being so…

Although things appear to be a certain way it’s not always as it seems. It’s difficult to see beyond your own mind when subconscious conditioning is brought into play. The conditioned mind subconsciously holds reaction energy in storage so it can be used when deemed necessary; this blocks life from truly being lived. We already have in place the way things are going to be handled, subconscious reactions are formed in this way.

The advertising industry is worth billions of dollars because of this. Politicians have people write speeches using certain words they know are going to sway people subconsciously. Supermarkets know exactly where to place products. It’s all based on putting things in a certain place so your subconscious sees them as attractive.

This goes on and on and it’s because the Conditioned Mind determines it. If you had no previous conditioning none of the above methods would work. But this is not the case so one of the keys to not reacting subconsciously is to develop some way to be in the present moment. The more you’re in the present moment the more you’re with what life has to offer. When this occurs there’s a peace that passes all understanding because the subconscious reactions in place no longer need things different than what they are…

"What Is" Teachings

Allowing what happens to be as it is and not needing it changed to be a certain way, allows “What is” to teach you the lessons you need to learn…

It order to not get caught up in making what happens about anything in particular, it’s very important to remain in the present moment. If the so called spiritual path is about anything I would say this is it because the present moment is the only place of true existence. I have learned so many valuable lessons throughout my life, but regardless I’m always led to the same lesson; non attachment to “What is” is the only way there will ever be peace, and it can only be done when one’s state of being is anchored in the present moment. This is not a belief or concept, this is the experienced lesson life revealed to me. I don’t really understand all the other teachings, they seem to be about some created answer instead of one that simply is. Any teaching that is created to be about something is just a concept or belief. A true answer simply is, it’s never created.

When you’re present, you’re with the true reality of “What is”. If there’s non attachment to this reality it will be impossible to lose your center of being; therefore you would never ever suffer. Look deeply at how “What is“ is attached to. Even if there’s some conditioned behavior that’s not changed, if it’s not attached to you‘ll remain at peace. Non attachment/non judgement of “What is” is the only true state of being where one is at peace. Even trying to change the world for its betterment is a form of attachment. Allow what happens to be as it is and “What is” not people will teach you the lessons you need to learn…

Mind Substance

If you don’t take responsibility for the substance of your mind, there are plenty of influences that will do it for you. Whatever is thought about frequently becomes the substance of your mind…

Our minds are more like water than something solid. What happens is sometimes it gets frozen and becomes solid. Also water takes the shape of whatever container it’s in and that’s exactly what happens to an unconscious mind; in this case the container is whatever one attaches to. The key when it comes to the mind is to make sure it’s in a container that’s based in love. Water is influenced by many things, tides, wind, weather, and so on, the mind is also influenced by many things. When there’s awareness of this the mind is somewhat less influenced; it’s totally influenced when there isn’t awareness. The Conditioned Mind will say jump and you will jump, and depending on the conditioning you may even ask how high. If you don’t take responsibility for the substance of your mind there are plenty of influences that will do it for you.

Look at the politics here in the USA. See how individuals have influence over so many unconscious minds, and regardless of who you’re for, it’s been allowed to let them influence the substance of many minds. This now becomes the container for whoever you’re for or against and your mind will act accordingly. Even though it seems like this was a choice there really wasn’t. The question of any influence is it based in love? Whatever is thought about frequently becomes the substance of the mind; it has to because that’s how it’s conditioned. This article is strictly to be viewed to see how all of this limits you and to possibly allow you to see what container (attachment) is establishing the substance of your mind…

Lure of Desire

The most important thing to understand about the lure of desire is the less there’s attachment to “I” the less you will be lured in because without “I” there’s no one who needs to fulfill a desire…

The lure of desire is so enticing because it actually feels good; this is why the lure is so powerful. There’s only issue with this because of the impermanent nature of desire. It simply will not last, it has no staying power so something will always be needed almost immediately following the attainment of each desire. Think about it, with all the desires that have been fulfilled throughout your life regardless of what it was, it doesn’t bring the fulfillment now that it brought at that time. Most times even if the same exact desire is physically repeated, it’s usually not as fulfilling as the first experience. I used so many things as I was lured in by my desire seeking conditioning, but it was never lasting; the lure of the next needed desire always arose. This went on all the time, fulfilling one desire after another and never being satisfied.

I’ve come to understand this lure of desire as the main reason people start using and become addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, money, tobacco products and an array of other things. If desire wasn’t sought nothing would be reached for so there would never be an addiction. Unfortunately the lure of desire has its way with people. It’s deeply ingrained in the subconscious and has been in place since existence began. I know this lure of desire is what controlled me for forty nine years and it was directly associated with “I”. Without “I” no one is there to be lured. Even with this understanding the lure of desire doesn’t just disappear, but it does subside somewhat. To me, the most important thing to understand about this is the less attachment there is to “I” the less you will be lured in because without “I” there’s no one who needs the next desire fulfilled…

Widening Your Space

To live life to the fullest is to be aware of each moment as it is. In each moment you can at least relinquish some control of the Conditioned Mind by widening your space of what’s truly occurring…

It’s amazing how quickly the days go by. It seems like it’s the morning and before you know it it’s nighttime. All the stuff that goes on in between just seems like a blur, and one day just like that when conditions don’t support life anymore, life in this form is over. On most gravestones there’s usually the date life begins and the date life ends, in between those dates there’s a small space which is our life. Much occurs in between those dates, but it goes so fast; the small space is the sum total of what occurs.

The question is how can we widen that space? I don’t know if it’s possible, but there can be more awareness of what’s truly going on. The more awareness there is the better chance there is of living life to the fullest. Maybe we can widen our space to be more in line with something like this   (        ) instead of this ( ). To me it seems the more awareness I have of my emotional state the less life controls me and the less I think about how fast it goes by. Emotions are tied into the state of being and the state of being is tied into how quickly it seems life goes by. When emotions are stable so is one’s state of being. And with a stable state of being there’s more awareness of space. Life goes by regardless of one’s state of being, but at least it will seem to be a little wider when there’s awareness of what’s occurring as opposed to living in a state of unconsciousness. In a state of unconsciousness by the time you awaken it may be to late to widen your space because the day life ends may not be far behind…

Useful Tools

Are the tools you have in place truly useful to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings? The key word here is all, not just those you approve of…

For many years I did things that I considered useful, but after forty nine years of doing this I found myself at such a low point that 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 of this is my own mind that developed these tools and deemed them useful. Now I know not many get to this place of total despair so it’s difficult to understood how low I was, but I will say this, I’m fortunate beyond words and I will tell you why. When I was twenty eight years old I was hanging in a bar in Newark NJ with a group of guys. All of us were using alcohol and drugs as useful tools. Most of those individuals are dead. What’s tragic about this is the tools that each of them accepted as useful to live life were the cause of their death. 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 useful tools to live by, I see nothing but this insanity. I alone although not intentional, caused all my own suffering. Now you may not think this applies to you, but every self destructive 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 useful to give it the energy to manifest. I’m not a big negative/positive person, my experience has been more in line with quietness as a most useful tool, 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 useful to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings? If not you need new tools…