Thinking Distraction

Thinking will arise, but it doesn’t have to control you. If there isn’t awareness of your thinking, it will be a distraction and you will automatically be led by it…

If there isn’t awareness of your thinking, there won’t be anyway of knowing how it distracts you and how you are led by it. Without this awareness you’ll be distracted and your life will be a distracted ride. Not that life does anything directly to anyone, but thinking does arise and it determines what kind of ride you will be on. Awareness of your arisen thinking is essential if you’re not going to be distracted by it. Thinking is a natural part of life, it will arise. To me, there’s no way of controlling the thinking that arises, but I have found that awareness of it allows for some space that can be used to determine whether or not the thinking is a distraction and leads you; remember it’s the distracted attachment to thinking that causes suffering not the thinking  itself.

The Conditioned Mind is cunning. Unless there’s some awareness of how much you’re being led by your distracted thinking, it will and this has to happen, lead you around as if you were a puppet on a string. So subtle is this that even if you think you’re doing things that are labeled as good, if this thinking isn’t watched, it will eventually control you. Remember control is control regardless of what label is applied to the thinking. This is why the Conditioned Mind is cunning because of its subtleness in using whatever it can to distract and lead you. Thinking will arise, but you don’t have to be distracted by it. If there isn’t awareness of this, your thinking will be a distraction and you will automatically be controlled by it…

Thinking Trap

When you think you need something to provide peace, you’re trapped by this thinking. Until this is understood, you’ll remain trapped in thinking that peace is outside of you…

There will never be peace in your life as long as you’re trapped in thinking 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 thinking peace is something to find. Unfortunately thinking is what makes the very thing you’re seeking elusive. Thinking is the reason one is constantly reaching for something outside, until this thinking is no more, you’ll remain trapped thinking peace is in the next thing reached for. This can’t be stressed enough as thinking trappings have to be seen if you’re to ever experience true peace.

Thinking 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 thinking traps 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 thinking 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 thinking associated with finding it needs to be discarded so you can uncover the reason why you’re trapped in thinking you’re not at peace…

Love-Serving Energy

Everyone has the responsibility to make the world a better place by being aware of the energy that’s in control of their life. Self-serving energy doesn’t benefit anyone, but love-serving energy benefits our entire human family…

Although in 1987 I stopped using certain substances as a developed solution to cope with life, many of my inner conflicts persisted because I didn’t understand the true nature of my malady. I had no knowledge whatsoever as to why I constantly reached outside myself for a solution, and why these solutions were developed. I found this reaching was caused by the need to fulfill a self created inner sense of lack; a lack I didn’t even know was there. In the book “It’s Monday Only in Your Mind” it’s explained what causes this, and why anything has to be reached for in the first place. Also described is a path that leads to the discovery of inner truth; a truth that leads to the freedom from this lack. I’ve learned as human beings we are really in conflict with ourselves and we don’t understand where these conflicts originate from.

I discovered it was my own mind, which had been conditioned to constantly self-serve that made me look for answers out there somewhere; this is the root cause of our conflicts. It’s a mind that leads one around like a puppet on a string. I have found through self investigation a practical gateway to freedom that anyone can learn. There’s a reason the world’s in the condition it’s in. We all need to pull together to become aware of this and share the love in our hearts. We are the change the world needs, but it will only occur when it’s understood that love for others has to come first. Everyone has the responsibility to make the world a better place by looking at the energy that’s in control of their life. If it’s self-serving energy, it will not benefit anyone, but if it’s love-serving energy, it will benefit our entire human family. After all, earth is the planet we all share…

Light Gateway

The Conditioned Mind is grounded in darkness, this is why most people don’t see the light gateway. The light gateway is always there, but it needs to be noticed so one can turn towards it and allow it to transform…

All light is an opening with transforming properties, that’s why when one sees the light gateway, they’re transformed. Look at a plant, it begins as a seed, it has potential, but it’s still only a seed. You can put it in soil, water it and give it all the nutrients possible, but without a source of a light gateway, the transformation from seed to plant will not occur. This transforming light gateway is the source of most of life, there are exceptions to this rule as with deep sea creatures or those in caves, but for the most part the light gateway transforms. Go into a dark room and turn on the light gateway, there’s an instant transformation of the room. The walls come alive with color, the furniture and design of the room are also intensified. Without the light gateway the room still exists, but its vibrance is hidden.

When one wakes up to experience this hidden vibrance, it’s the lights gateway that transforms just as it is with a plant or a room. You can be in the dark your entire life, but once there’s a light gateway, the darkness is gone. It may return somewhat because of one’s conditioning, but it will never be as dark as it once was. It can’t because there will always be some light. This light gateway reveals truth, (one’s internal energy of love) and it’s impossible to completely turn it off. As stated before it will turn off only because of one’s darkness conditioning, but this light gateway is always on beneath the conditioning because light is the source of our existence and the true essence (love) of who we are. The Conditioned Mind is grounded in darkness and the world is the way it is because not enough people see the light gateway. The light gateway is always there, it just needs to be noticed so one can turn towards it and allow it to transform…

Heart Energy

Heart energy is always waiting to be aligned with it. When it’s understood this energy is the stillness beneath all your stories, you can stop and align with it and thus align with life itself…

We’re not always aligned with the heart energy the Universe provides for us; this is our misfortune. It’s not that we can’t always be aligned with it, but we have to do the things that allow it to be aligned with. Our alignment is in relation to how much we hold onto a self that tries to control life; this control is thought based. Although certain aspects of life need to be controlled, it’s the parts that are beyond our control which we insist on controlling; this blocks out awareness to heart energy.

There’s a part of us that’s the self who is controlled by the senses. This is the human aspect (thought based) of who we are. There’s a self that‘s beyond the senses, that’s beyond anything physical, beyond any thought process, this is the self of no mind. This self can’t be conceptualized, it’s energy beyond form; this is heart energy in its purest state. It’s only our thought process that needs to make things solid so it can have something to grasp and make sense of, this is the energy of what a thought is. Beyond thought is pure Universal Energy, it’s who we are before our existence in this form begins and when conditions no longer allow this form to exist and it ends.

Thoughts are energy, but this energy isn’t pure because it has attachment added to it, it’s based in the senses. To go beyond these sense thoughts, you must go beyond their attachment. This will be when you’re in alignment with heart energy. It can be called many things, but words are not needed to understand this. Actually words will hamper the availability to heart energy because words themselves are a form of thought. When you learn to just be and not attach to anything to make up the story of who you are (a thought) that’s when you’ll understand who you truly are; thoughtless, formless, pure energy, this is the state of no mind that leads to aligning with heart energy…

Changing Thoughts

Thoughts that aren’t aware of themselves can’t change themselves. It’s through the quietness of the heart that one can change the thoughts that hold the mind captive…

A do it yourself self help mentality to a better life is like having directions to one place, but a trip to another place is planned. The directions have purpose, but their usefulness is limited. To me, self help methods and programs produce these same useless results. We are constantly trying to arrange life thinking we can change ourselves by trying to fill an inner void with all kinds of things from the outside, and regardless of the fix the void never gets filled. This is not some theory I made up, it‘s factual because this is exactly what happened to me. Look around and you’ll see how the world is full of people doing this same exact thing; if you are truly honest with yourself you’re probably doing it too.

Think of this, the mind that creates the need for self help is the same mind that’s going to be used to change it; this isn’t feasible. If this mind didn’t create a problem to begin with, the need for self help wouldn’t be required. It’s like rotating a flat tire, putting the flat side on top, and expecting the flat to be repaired. Something that’s broke cannot be used to change itself. It would take a miracle for this to happen; if you want to rely on miracles so be it.

Another thought to be aware of is doing something and asking yourself why it was done? Understand the thought that told you to do it is the same thought that’s now questioning it; this is the thought that self help relies on. There’s no wonder humans are in the state we’re in. Humans have created the way the world is and the same humans are trying to change it, and get this, with the same thoughts that made the world the way it is. Thoughts that aren’t aware of themselves can’t change themselves. It’s through the quietness of the heart that one can change the thoughts that hold the mind captive; something to think about…

Beneficial Tools

Are the tools you have in place truly beneficial to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings? The key word here is all, not just a select few…

For many years I did things that I considered beneficial for my wellbeing. 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 was my own mind that developed these tools and deemed them beneficial. 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 eight men. All of us were using alcohol and drugs as beneficial tools, seven of those individuals are dead. What’s tragic about this is the tools that each of them accepted as beneficial for their wellbeing 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 today at what I thought were beneficial tools for my wellbeing, 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 beneficial to give it the energy to manifest. I’m not a big on negative/positive, my experience is more in line with quietness as a beneficial tool. There’s a question you should ask yourself if you can muster the courage to do so. Are you willing to truly face yourself to see if the tools you have in place are beneficial to allow you to love yourself unconditionally and thus love all beings? If not, a new set of tools are needed…

Internal Light

The internal light is the true essence of all beings. The only reason there’s darkness is because the light is looked for externally. When there’s awareness of your internal light, it instantly replaces darkness…

There needs to be awareness of the internal light of the heart so the dark places of the mind dissipate. The internal light is always there just waiting to replace darkness, it never leaves. When you live from the mind, the thought realm is allowed to take over and it becomes very difficult to have awareness of the internal light. This internal light is what turns away the darkness of an unconscious state; this unconscious state is the world of external answers. As long as answers are sought externally, darkness will remain. Darkness creates a world that’s mind based, this is what blocks awareness of internal light. It doesn’t allow for the pure essence of life to be recognized. It holds onto the belief that life is to be managed so it can be a certain way, but even if the way occurs, darkness remains because it’s mind based.

The internal light on the other hand is of the heart. When seen, it replaces the darkness without effort; as when entering a room and the light is turned on the darkness is no more. That’s all that’s needed, the light needs to be noticed. The internal light always replaces darkness, unless one’s bulb is burnt out; our path is to make sure the internal light is always noticed regardless of the surrounding darkness. As your light remains lit, more people will see it and be drawn to you. When this occurs it will draw others to you as the internal light expands. My hope is maybe one day there won’t be any darkness to replace because everyone will see their internal light…

A Created Identity

Creating an identity is all part of the Conditioned Mind with life setting the stage for it to be played out. In silence you’re still on stage, but a created identity isn’t needed…

Most of the things that are reached for throughout life are used because of a created identity. It’s as if you’re on stage and your identity is being created from unknowing conditioning; taking on whatever the assigned identity you think is needed at the time. Each person studies their lines and creates their identity in whatever way their conditioning has been developed; there are many roles used in creating an identity. This created identity is associated with the things reached for to make your part in the play more pleasurable; not many want to be in a play where everyone sits around in silence. It would seem there is needed drama for life to be more pleasurable; this is the created identity of the Conditioned Mind.

Only in silence can life be lived to the fullest. Without a created identity you’re still present on the stage of life, but you’re not controlled by the rehearsed conditioning. It’s this conditioning that creates a need for an identity. In silence with the stage already set, an identity doesn’t have to be attached to nor do you need to create one in the puppet show of a conditioned life…

Irrelevant Cravings

The Conditioned Mind creates a view based in fulfilling irrelevant cravings. It’s difficult to break free of this because irrelevant cravings are reinforced daily. A mind aware of this is aware of awareness…

To me, life struggles have nothing to do with life, it’s a view based in irrelevant cravings that cause struggles; this is because this view is controlled by the Conditioned Mind. When irrelevant cravings are fulfilled and things are going your way there’s not much of a struggle; life is considered good. When things are going the way that you want, what causes your struggles are pushed aside. When this is done it makes the base of life centered in irrelevant cravings as you get pulled around by the Conditioned Mind like a puppet on a string.

The more this occurs the more suffering there is in your life. Sometimes it’s very subtle, but it’s there. As a matter of fact even if you’re not aware of being controlled by your irrelevant cravings, they still produce suffering. The suffering doesn’t occur because you don’t get your way, it occurs just by being in a state where the irrelevant cravings of the Conditioned Mind are in control.

The less the irrelevant cravings (which is just wanting what you want, when you want it) are the base of your view, the less you struggle with yourself and with life. This is simply because irrelevant cravings aren’t in control. When you’re unaware of this, the Conditioned Mind creates chaos by irrelevant cravings; there’s immense suffering in this. Practice being in a space of no mind, with no mind there is no irrelevant cravings. When you don’t have irrelevant cravings you don’t want, and when you don’t want you don’t entertain energy that causes suffering; a free mind is energy free of irrelevant cravings…

Circular Energy

The present moment is naturally free flowing when there’s no resistance trying to make it different than what it is. Circular energy of the Conditioned Mind stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate what is…

Being mindful of what’s actually happening at the precise moment it arises minimizes the circular energy of the Conditioned Mind that’s used as a distraction to make life the way you think it should be. Mindfulness stops this circular energy by allowing the freedom of the way it is, this becomes the beautiful accepted view of the way it should be. After all, wanting the present moment different is where all the Conditioned Mind distractions arise from. When you’re simply mindful of what arises as it arises, there isn’t a need for a story so your selfish nature doesn’t come into play. As this occurs the love of the heart naturally becomes the default operating energy of life.

Our selfishness become a created prison because it doesn’t allow for the natural flow of life’s energy; we become embedded in the circular energy of the Conditioned Mind. It’s the Conditioned Mind that cuts off the energy flow as it becomes the circular energy of a lower vibration. Why this circular energy causes issue is because it bombards the present moment with an unnatural energy flow which doesn’t allow harmony. The present moment is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance of needing anything different than what’s there. Circular energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate what’s there’s so what’s there is resisted to the point where the natural flow of present moment energy is cut off. The only thing needed for liberation is the awareness of being aware. There’s no circular energy of the Conditioned Mind here, there’s just the present moment energy of what’s actually there…

Inner Vision Control

When you’re not being controlled by outside things therein lies your freedom, but it isn’t freedom because life is the way that it’s wanted, there’s freedom because your inner vision is with life as it is…

The inner vision that controls your life makes life what it is, but it doesn’t truly make life what it is, it makes YOUR life what it is. Until the inner vision in place puts you in harmony with life there won’t be any, and hence your life will be out of sorts because it’s the way you’re making it. It’s actually a beautiful thing when you become aware of this because it puts your life in your hands; there’s nothing more a person could want. When you’re not being controlled by outside things therein lies your freedom, but it isn’t freedom because life is the way that it’s wanted, there’s freedom because your inner vision is with life as it is.

What happens with the mind that has an inner vision not based in love is it gets hijacked by its own conditioning as you’re held hostage by your own mind. I know this sounds crazy, but this is exactly what happens, and it’s all because of the inner vision based to self serve. When the inner vision in place is controlled by a me, me, me mind, chaos is the norm or so it seems, but it’s only because of the chaotic inner vision. When the inner vision transforms to love the craziness subsides. When you sit and see what the base of your vision is, you just may be able to change it. It will take some time though because of the conditioning in place, but the alternative is to remain as you are being controlled by an inner vision that holds you hostage…

Conditioned Energy Blocks

As long as there’s conditioning in place there will be energy blocks in your life. These energy blocks are produced through the eyes of the Conditioned Mind and don’t reveal what’s truly going on…

Often how things appear to the Conditioned Mind are energy blocks that don’t allow you to see what’s actually occurring. If you truly want to see what’s going on, going beyond your conditioned energy blocks will have to happen. If two people are looking at the same thing there’s usually two different perspectives of what’s seen, and then there’s what’s beyond the energy blocks of the formed perspective, this is the truth. It’s the old adage, there’s two sides to every story and there’s the truth. To see what’s beyond the conditioned energy blocks you only need to stop labeling what is seen. Stopping the labeling process allows the energy block to open to a point where space opens up. It’s imperative for this to happen if the conditioned energy blocks that have been formed over the years are to lessen their grip.

Energy blocks are misunderstood and how this is known is because of the behavior that’s in place. I look to my own reactions to know this and in the process I can see it in others; this isn’t a judgement, it’s factual. Know your own conditioned energy blocks and you’ll know the conditioning of others. This is because we are all of the same energy, just not the same conditioning. When your energy blocks are seen for what they are, their energy begins to transform in a direction that reveals truth. As long as there‘s unawareness of this, the energy blocks remain as the operating energy of life. Conditioned energy arises as blocks and takes on many forms, but the bottom line is it’s the energy blocks in place that don’t allow one to see what’s truly going on…

Approved Distractions

You will be distracted by what your mind approves of. Until you wake up to see this, the distractions of what’s approved will remain in place and it will be the driving force of your existence…

Everything reached for is a coping mechanism approved by the distraction of your own mind. Although approving different things will produce different outcomes, the core of all of the mind approved distractions are the same; it arises from your conditioned mind. This is what causes one to constantly seek approved distractions which aren’t real. The Conditioned Mind makes you believe they are, and the ensuing behavior manifest to fill these approved distractions. The Conditioned Mind says, Hey, you need to reach for something, what is reached for depends on the conditioning in place; sit and ponder this.

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

Desires Fulfilled

You will either serve desires that fulfill creation or you’ll serve desires that fulfill yourself; in the process you will reap from the one that is sown…

You will either serve desires that fulfill the human side or serve the ones that fulfill love which are of the spirit side. You can’t intentionally flip flop like an on and off switch, it’s one or the other; to fulfill love can’t be your intention only sometimes. You’ll serve the desires to fulfill creation or you’ll serve the desires to fulfill yourself, just understand you will reap from the one that is sown. When what’s sown fulfills the desire from love, the energy emitted will be from this love, and so will your daily desires. This can only occur because of being not doing. Unlike doing, when being is the base of life love will always be fulfilled. The question is, how can we bring the love of creation into the daily actions of life when there’s so much conditioning geared towards fulfilling your human side?

It’s never the thing on the outside that causes your desires, it’s always from the conditioning within. Even when this is known it still doesn’t automatically lead to fulfilling love desired actions. The dilemma is this, fulfilling human desires get in the way of our spiritual nature. There’s too much emphasis on fulfilling desires of the world, not enough practice is done to quiet the mind that allows the love of creation to be the desires fulfilled. Sit often and you just may learn to fulfill the desire to love instead of fulfilling the desire of your human side…

Created Inadequacy

There’s never an inadequacy that isn’t created so there’s never a true need to reach outside yourself for anything. Until this is seen you will continue the suffering of a created inadequacy…

Every time someone reaches for something designed for a specific issue, it’s because they believe there’s inadequacy in them. Same when a person goes to see a therapist, or they reach for another self help book, program, or if any other type of outside help is sought; this is because of the applied label of inadequacy. When this is done all you’re doing is reinforcing the attachment to that label and hence you’re keeping yourself attached that there’s inadequacy; there’s inadequacy only because you have labeled it. Read this very carefully because why this label is being applied will be the difference in being complete or remaining entrapped to inadequacy. Some of the things mentioned above do have value if they’re used at certain times in the one’s life. If they’re being held onto as an end to a means, they lose their value as the needing morphs into inadequacy and hence suffering.

Not many will see exactly what I’m talking about here, but I’m writing it because it’s what I experienced after many years of trying to fill inadequacies with things from the outside. I have found the very things that I was using to fill what I thought were inadequacies is what kept me reaching; regardless of what was being used. Why I thought there was inadequacy is what I needed to find out because it didn’t truly exist; since it didn’t truly exist why was it there. To me, if something from the outside is needed to live life, something isn’t right. If I can’t just be with myself without thinking there’s inadequacy, I have to ask myself why this is so. There‘s never inadequacy that isn’t created so there’s never a true need to reach outside yourself for anything. Until this is seen you will continue to think there’s inadequacy and thus create your own suffering…

Conditioning Reversed

Nothing that happens in life affects a person unless their own mind allows it. The insanity of the Conditioned Mind is its destructive solutions are from within which means one creates their own destruction…

For me, when all is said and done, regardless of what it’s called, I have found a way to minimize the conditioning that created my own destruction. It’s my own mind that tells me this conditioning is needed to cope with life; a life that was controlled by a destructive mindset. My own mind created all the destruction that went on by choosing behaviors I thought I wanted to do, but my choices always caused issues. I developed a mind that told me to do things that were destructive to my own well being. From relationships, to drugs, alcohol, gambling, and a slew of other things, nothing was ever chosen that was beneficial to my well being. I always seemed to do things that caused more harm than good. Why this mind set developed I’m not sure, but I do know this, it can only be described as created insanity.

Seventeen years ago although it wasn’t a white light experience, an inner shift occurred that revealed a way to reverse the destructive conditioning. Regardless of what it’s called or what attached label is put on it, when I have issues with something, it’s my own destructive mindset that creates it. When there’s awareness of this and there isn’t attachment to this, there aren’t created issues. I have found without issues I’m at peace, so the bottom line for me is to not create issues. All I ever wanted in my life was peace, but I didn’t know it was my own mind that created all the destruction…

Controlled Mind

Understanding the nature of a controlled mind is one of the attributes of waking up, but it’s not being controlled by the world that wakes one up, it’s the awareness of being controlled by your own mind…

What is a controlled mind that runs your life? The controlled mind manifests because there’s attachment to your thoughts. The thought that arises about something is inconsequential, it’s the attachment to the thought that forms the controlled mind. To understand the controlled mind one must be aware of its attachments, desires, confusions, and the way your mind works. Without this awareness the puppet on string pattern prevails. Certain practices turns one inward to see this. If what you’re doing doesn’t turn you inward, you’ll remain trapped to your controlled state of mind. This is why nothing from the outside truly changes a person because anything from the outside is part of the controlled mind. A controlled mind can’t fix itself and as long as it’s reaching for something on the outside, it remains trying to fix itself and thus it remains controlled. Until this truth is seen, things will stay as they are because nothing is being done to make it different.

We can only go beyond the contolled view if there’s awareness of it. What this means is one has to develop mindfulness of what they are doing as they are doing it so there‘s awareness of what’s being done. If you know what you’re doing as you’re doing it, it leaves little room for the controlled mind to arise. Mindfulness is probably the single most discipline to develop as it anchors you in the moment of what is being done. A controlled mind only occurs when one lives in the story of a past or future. These controlled mind made constructs keeps the control active. The present moment can be seen without making it a story even though it passes as quickly as it arises, but the past and future can never truly be seen without a story. Because of this lack of discipline to be present, most people live a controlled mind existence…

Naively Controlled

When you’re naively led around by the Conditioned Mind you behave in ways that aren’t beneficial. Not because it’s how you want to be, it’s because it’s naively how you have to be…

It was a lack of understanding of my conditioning that led me to remain naively controlled by it. What I was naively led by was a mind that was conditioned to self serve. The issue with this type of conditioning is it causes your own destruction because the destructiveness is naively disguised as something needed; this needing is pursued by many to their death. It was naively pursued by me in this way and I was at its mercy. It said to use drugs, alcohol, gambling, lying, cheating, stealing and so on. This is how the naively of the Conditioned Mind is developed except for some who are fortunate enough to see this at a young age.

The way I was conditioned wasn’t the fault of anyone, it was indirectly implemented by the inner and outer influences of my life which naively molded me to behave in the ways my conditioning developed and naively controlled me. You cannot behave in any other way except in the way you have been naively conditioned. Change the conditioning and change your entire existence or not and remain the same. The value of knowing my own mind is in the understanding there was no where to turn but inward. What is learned when the Conditioned Mind is understood is you no longer are naively led by it. Its control slowly dissipates as you develop discipline; the mind actually slows down. Once this slowing occurs, the possibilities are endless because there is no longer distractions that keep you naively attached to the conditioning. With this solid understanding of what you’re truly up against, you’re able to develop the discipline so your naive conditioning falls away…

Inward Intuitiveness

If you seek what you think is needed to wake up, you’ll probably remain sleep walking through life. An awakening is from the Universe, but this will not be known if you’re listening to head noise instead of your inward intuitiveness…

We are all a product of the Universe, we are not products of ourselves. We didn’t call for our creation nor do we call for the time when it ends. Our existence is a product of the Universe and the energy transformed to awaken is from the Universe. This is why we can’t really do anything to transform ourselves. We can only do the necessary practice that allows the heart to open so the Universe can do its thing. This is not our doing, this is a calling from the Universe; we practice because we’re listening to our inward intuitiveness. The reason some practice and some don’t is because the noise in the head doesn’t allow listening to inward intuitiveness. Even though it seems an awakening is from the outside, it can only be heard from inward intuitiveness.

Through our Conditioned Mind we become trapped in a self-centered direction. This may also be from the Universe, but it doesn’t produce love. Energy always is, it’s just a matter of listening so you can go where you’re directed. We seek because the Universe nudges us, but we’ll only hear when the veil of a Conditioned Mind is removed and our energy is intuitively guided by the heart. Spirituality is not magical for a select few who think they‘re special, it’s available to anyone who listens to inward intuitiveness. The Universe is always calling, but we don’t always listen. If you think you’re listening, question if you’re hearing a true message or if you’re making up your own message to fulfill some self-centered desire. It takes much quietness to intuitively hear the Universe’s call. The alternative is to listen and follow a made up call which is scary. And why it’s scary is because people are trapped in fulfilling self-centered desires that prevent listening to their inward intuitiveness…

Quietness Tools

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

If you think you have tools that need to be changed, 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 borrowed them from people who came before me; I share them in my articles with the compassion from my heart. So if you do have tools that aren’t beneficial know this, they can be changed. 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 my tools allowed once they were changed; noise is suffering. I sit a lot, this sharpened my tools more and more, but this also caused heartache when it was 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, watching the breath, walking, etc, basically I use whatever allows present moment awareness. Whether you want to use any of these 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…

Habitual Reaching

Habitual reaching is like wishing your life away as it keeps you from experiencing the present moment. What’s occurring right now is always what’s here as opposed to habitually reaching for the present moment to be different…

Many people think reaching is something that’s needed, but it’s not. It’s a habit used by the Conditioned Mind and it keeps you from not understanding what it means to be in the present moment. It’s a direct cause of suffering as it makes you reach for something that makes you live life in the future. The Conditioned Mind does this by telling you the present moment isn’t good enough and it needs to be different. It projects a lie that things would be better if they were different. Maybe on the surface they would be, but inward is where one derives the perception that makes life what it is; so it will be a life of habitual reaching or one of contentment. Even if what’s habitual reached for is attained it won’t last, but the habit will. Inward there’s a better chance to break the habit, but this is only if one is awake enough to see this.

Let’s say you’re diagnosed with some kind of illness, the only thing habitual reaching does is it makes you wish the diagnoses was different, but it doesn’t change the fact of what is occurring right now. The illness remains regardless of wanting it different or what you think is needed to reach for. If you don’t reach for needing life different and it’s accepted as it is, you will experience the peace of the present moment regardless of what’s occurring. This is because right now is the only place of true existence so it’s important to see this. Not in the habitual reaching of the future, but right now because right now doesn’t need to be different…

Holding Onto Lies

There are many lies that are held onto that keep you trapped to the lies. And if these held onto lies aren’t exposed at least to where this is realized, your life will mostly be held together by lies…

Holding onto your lies is what gets you in trouble. Thinking the grass is greener on the other side is one of these lies and until it’s seen that this grass also has to be mowed, you will continue to hold onto the lies. If you hold onto that when certain things happen you’ll be set, you will be sadly mistaken even if those things come to pass. This is very hard to see, and as one clings to the holding onto of needing life to be a certain way, the lies are reinforced. Case in point would be something as simple and seemingly innocent as playing the lottery. Here’s how this works. There’s the lie that makes you hold onto if life is a certain way you will have it made; it’s the answer to your so called prayers. So you buy a lottery ticket just because the jackpot is a hundred million dollars. This seems innocent, but make no mistake it isn’t.

There’s nothing wrong with money in and of itself, but whatever is held onto that makes a person think life would be better if this or that happened, it puts you in the chains to “I”. Granted a hundred million dollars would make life different, but different doesn’t mean it will necessarily be better. The moment one holds onto that life needs to better, it means the present moment is wanted different. There are many lies that are held onto that keeps you trapped to the lies, and if these aren’t exposed life will mostly be lived as a lie. Money is only one lie, anything can be substituted for money. Don’t take my word on this, investigate this and see the lies you’re holding onto. Or not and remain in bondage to the lies that you’re keeping in place by holding onto them to be true…

What's There Now

Now is the space where love reduces the noise between your ears. This reduced noise comes from life itself, but it’s not a doing or it would already be so. Now opens up the true essence of life…

Now is where life truly occurs. Now is where love reduces the noise between your ears. Be with what’s in front of you no matter what it is simply because that’s what’s there. What’s there cannot be changed until it’s not there; accept life as it is. Don’t suppress it, let it flow. Any change needed will come from Now, it’s not a doing or it would already be so. Sit in quiet, see who is sitting, who wants life different. When this self is no more, that’s when life becomes different, with the difference being no longer will what goes on between your ears matter because Now reduces the noise and love takes over.

Now allows the mind to settle because it allows the noise in the head to subside. It will settle on its own when there’s alignment with Now. Don’t think about who you are, be who you are. Your “I Am“ needs nothing added to it to be. It’s your true essence; anything added is a story created. The more one lives by this created story, the less Now living there is and the less love there is to reduce the noise between your ears. When the noise is reduced you’ll be swallowed up by love without a story.

Just be with whatever life offers Now. No second thoughts of why this or that is done. Just be with it, don’t suppress it, let it flow. Sit often, don’t attach and the mind will settle, or not and it won’t. Either way life occurs, it’s just that in the Now of what’s there, love reduces the noise of what goes on between your ears…

Disguised Vacancy

The Conditioned Mind creates a lie disguised as a vacancy, this vacancy is a lack of love. Until this is realized, one will constantly need to reach for something to try and fill this disguised vacancy even though it doesn’t truly exist…

For many years I had a disguised vacancy in me that was created from a lack of love. That’s why I constantly reached for things to fill it; I have since come to understand this. This disguised vacancy isn’t a true vacancy at all, it’s emptiness; this emptiness is the essence of love. It’s where life truly happens when one is busy making other plans. By not understanding this, I spent most of my life trying to fill a disguised vacancy with whatever I could get my hands on. The list is endless as to what can be used, so each individuals have to investigate for themselves what that is. It’s ironic though because now most of my life is spent in the space that for so long was disguised as a vacancy; the truth of this has been revealed to me.

This disguised vacancy is the reason why someone reaches for anything or wants life to be different. If this was understood for what it truly is, humanity would be much different because contentment would be the way of the world. The vacancy is a disguised lie of the Conditioned Mind and it keeps one constantly needing the present moment to be different so it keeps you reaching to fill it. This will need to be understood if the reaching is to ever end. When this is understood, the disguised vacancy transforms to love because the present moment doesn’t need to be different. When the present moment doesn’t need to be different life reveals its true essence, which doesn’t ever need to be filled with anything because the disguised vacancy is seen for the lie that it truly is…