Realities Delusion

A dream is no different than a memory of a past occurrence. Its no wonder there’s confusion, this is what’s in place to distinguish if life is real or if it’s all a delusion…

Today is my day off, yesterday I was working. Was I really there or was it a delusion? I have a memory  of being there, but I also remember last nights dream. Both seem just as real. I have no answers for this, it’s just one of the phenomenons of life. It amazes me that no matter what goes on in life it passes. A moment, an hour, a day, a week, a year, decades, just like that, poof, gone. One of the things I do know is to just be with what happens in each moment and to remain present so at least I will be aware of the life of I Am.

An individuals life is very fleeting, concepts and beliefs are used to try to make sense of it, but they don’t really work because the more they are held onto the more difficult an individuals existence is. It almost like the flow of life is cut off when concepts and beliefs are used. The flow of the Universe cannot be stopped. It always has been and will always be and no human concept or belief will stop this nor will the individual intellect ever figure out its beginning or end. The individual tries to figure this out by forming beliefs and concepts that are provided by a memory. A memory really has no distinction between a dream and past occurrences so no wonder this process called life causes difficulty. Theres nothing real in an individuals existence because as soon as anything happens it becomes a memory and how can anything be relied on that can’t tell the difference between a past occurrence and a dream…

What's in Place

Don’t regret anything that’s been done in the past because it’s most likely going to be repeated in the future. This has to occur because it’s what’s in place, until the time comes that it’s not…

When you do what you do, understand it’s only done because its what’s in place, no other reason. This doesn’t absolve anyone from being accountable for doing something that isn’t conducive to love, but if love isn’t in place then how may I ask do you think you are going to love? For anyone to act in a manner conducive to love, it not only has to be in place, but there has to be a willingness for it to become the habitual conditioning of life. You will only do what’s in place until what’s in place is replaced. And until what’s in place is replaced you will only do what’s you are conditioned to do; how can you not, it’s what’s in place. You can never not do what’s in place because it’s the only thing that’s there to do.

Don’t regret for a second what you’ve done in the past because it will probably be repeated at some future time. That’s all one can be expected to do. So if you want what’s in place to be more in line with love you will have to make love what’s in place. The point of this is to show that the past needs to remain in the past. Even though you’re always present for your life, if you think about it some past experience is almost always used in the present. This will most likely never change nor will the future change because regardless of all the beliefs and concepts that roll around in your head, the bottom line is you can only do what’s in place and this is because it’s the only thing that’s there; until the time comes that it isn’t…

No One to Blame

With an outward view of life there’s always justification to point a finger at someone for causing problems. When your view is turned inward you see there’s no one to blame…

For many years I needed someone to blame to justify the way I reacted to life. Although I also blamed life in reality my life was great, I just couldn’t see it. There was always this inner yearning of discontentment; it was my own mind that created this yearning by it not being understood, I just assumed the yearning was there because someone else was causing it so they were blamed accordingly. The main characteristic of the Conditioned Mind is to keep you looking outward and creating enough distractions that it becomes nearly impossible to look inward. Blaming others for what happens is one of the main tools of the Conditioned Mind to keep you imprisoned to its distractions. What’s needed to be understood about this is it’s your own mind that does this.

This is what blaming does, it reinforces Conditioned Mind Patterns that are used by the ego. This is a real dilemma until there’s awareness bestowed upon you to stop looking outward and began looking inward. When this awareness occurs, lo and behold the blaming stops because it’s seen there‘s no one to blame, especially yourself. And why there’s no one to blame when you look inward is because you see no one is truly there…

Blindfold Control

Thoughts will arise, but they don’t have to control you. If there isn’t awareness of your thoughts they will control you as if you are wearing a blindfold which will lead you to blindly be controlled by them…

If there isn’t awareness of your own thoughts, there won’t be anyway of knowing of the blindfold you have on and how much they control they you; without this awareness you’ll be blindly taken on blindfold ride. Not that life does anything directly to anyone, but thoughts arise and they determine what kind of ride you will be on. Awareness of your arisen thoughts is essential if you’re to not walk around blindfolded. Thoughts are a natural part of life, they will arise, to me there’s no way of controlling the thoughts that arise, but I have found that awareness of them allows for a split second of space that can be used to determine whether or not the thought controls you or not; remember it’s blindfolded attachment to a certain thought that causes suffering, not the thought itself.

The Conditioned Mind is diabolical and unless there’s some awareness of how blindfolded controlling your thoughts actually are, they will and this has to happen, control you as if you were a puppet on a string. So subtle is this that even if you are doing things that are labeled as loving, if these thoughts aren’t watched they will eventually control you; remember control is control regardless of what label is applied to the thought. This is why the Conditioned Mind is diabolical because of its subtleness in keeping you blindfolded so it can be in control. Thoughts will arise, but they don’t have to control you. If there isn’t awareness of this, your thoughts you will be blindfolded attached to them which will allow them to blindly be in control…

Truth Allows Clarity

Clarity of “I” attachment is based in truth, and truth is based in stillness. A noise based mind produces lies which is the nature of noise; only in truth can there be clarity…

You will not learn to live by truth if you’re not using tools that allow truth. Many have gone before us and left us tools of truth, but what do we do with them, we look for loopholes so we can do what we want and ignore their teachings. There are so many tools that point us to truth’s clarity, but they’re ignored because of “I”. So many have left us teachings of truth, but we don’t see the clarity of their messages because we judge the messages and the messenger with our own Conditioned Mind. We hear our own message and interpret it as truth so we can satisfy our I Self.

What we think truth is isn’t truth; it’s perception. There’s my perceived truth and your perceived truth, but neither of them provides the clarity that allows truth. Only the stillness beyond all thought allows truth, but you will never understand it or see it until you are quiet enough to know it’s right in front of you and has nothing to do with what you think. That’s the thing about truth, it’s always there and it’s always right in front of you, but because of the “I” generated noise it’s perception you’re most likely seeing as truth is something that only a very settled mind will clearly see…

Christmas Present

Our greatest gift is the gift of life, even though the Conditioned Mind wants to make it about something else, it’s simply the greatest gift because one day it will not be so…

Enjoy the splendor of this day, not because it’s Christmas, but because you are alive today to simply experience it. The true gift of Christmas or whatever holiday is celebrated is being alive; one day this will not be so. Obviously if this is being read today isn’t that day so enjoy whatever today has to offer in all its splendor, not because of the material possessions, but simply because you are alive. If being alive isn’t enough there’s nothing that will make it so. Since today is the day you’re given make it the masterpiece you so deserve, and more importantly keep your inner light lit on this day and everyday hereafter so you can be a light to the world. Remember the greatest gift you will ever receive is the gift of life, and it’s simply because one day it will not be so. Enjoy your gift, Merry Christmas…

Reaching Restrictions

Whatever it is that you reach for it becomes your restricting energy. If you don’t stop reaching so there’s some space created that’s needed for you to love, you will be the one who suffers the most…

The so called choice to reach for things is the gateway to suffering, but there really isn’t a choice here because of the way the Conditioned Mind controls. Your suffering is inevitable because of the conditioned reaching in place. If this is to change you will have to create space so the reaching is replaced by first stillness and than love; there’s no way around this. Reach for whatever the flavor of the day, week, month, or year is, just understand there will always be something to reach for which will cause you to suffer. Today it’s politics, tomorrow it’s a co worker, the job, traffic, weather, relatives, and so on. This will never change until there’s space for love. If you reach for one individual and bemoan them, you don’t truly have the space for love in your heart; strong language, but true…

Unconditional love can only be without one iota of reaching; this is a truth the Conditioned Mind doesn’t allow most to see. I can say I have love for all humanity, what I don’t love is humanity’s conditioning, but I do understand it and I choose not to reach to conditioned nonsense. To reach for things is to suffer regardless of who or what you are reaching for because it becomes your restricting energy. Until this is understood you become the very thing that you show disdain towards. This is a Universal Law; you cannot be separate from the energy that comes from you because it is you. Stop reaching and create space in your heart for love, if you don’t you are the one who will suffer the most by remaining with the restricting energy of what you are reaching for…

A Realistic Gauge

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

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

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

Mind Chatter

A chattering mind won’t quiet on its own regardless of what your belief system is. Beliefs hinder the quieting because they’re just a response to mind chatter that blocks your inner presence…

If your mind chatter is in control and running your life, it doesn’t matter much what’s going on, it’s going to be difficult to be in a place of peace. It’s such a chattering world and what makes it so is most people are looking for an answer outward when the answer is within. What the chatter actually is and how it’s created is by not being aware that you already have your answers. With a mind that’s conditioned to want answers you have to constantly look for them, hence the mind chatter. This is how the chatter of a Conditioned Mind is formed and how it blocks awareness to your inner presence. It’s chatter created because if you knew you had your answers the need to look for them would be non existent and so would the mind chatter.

Everyone has the ability to consciously remove the mind chatter, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its owns. Isn’t it beautiful that your peace is in your hands, that it’s totally up to each individual how much peace is brought into your life. A little practice equates to a little peace so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to stop the mind chatter. As you practice being in the moment the mind chatter quiets and you’re left with an inner presence. If you are waiting for anything else you’ll be waiting a very long time and it will probably not happen while you are alive in this form…

Changing Your Habits

The only way to change your conditioned habits is to have something in place that will allow them to be changed. This is where quietness comes in because without it there won’t be awareness something needs changing…

Listening to the radio is not my favorite way to past time, but the other night I caught the last part of a song. When the song was over I began looking for another song. Twenty seconds on one station, ten seconds on another, five on another, than another and another, you get the picture. It’s amazing how we stay fixated on something, in this case the radio when it comes to the mind. We’re so reluctant to change the conditioning even though we’re going round and round in circles. Actually what’s on the radio (the fixation) are old songs, yet we listen the same song (thought) over an over. Even though there are many songs being played, we get stuck on looking for ones we like.

Think of something you get fixated on and see how hard it is to change your mind when it gets you in its grip. Unless there’s total awareness of this changing your habits will be just about impossible. The only way to change a habit is to have something in place that will allow it to be changed. This is where quietness comes in because without it there won’t be awareness a habit needs changing. It may be a repeated thought disguised with many different labels, but it’s still a habit. Watch the subtleness of this and in time you’ll see the mind for what it is and how it likes to default to what’s familiar. The issue is you can get so comfortable with this that it’s not realized the habit needs to be changed; this realization will only occur if you have something in place that’s worth changing to…

Connected Energy

There has always been energy, out of it the human race began, and although we don’t look and talk the same, we’re all from the same energy; this makes our differences only on the surface…

The value of the mind settling is priceless because it allows awareness of what’s truly going on in life. Here’s a story about a pumpkin patch where everyday the pumpkins fight with each other. The gardener would keep the peace as best he could, but to no avail the moment he left the fighting would commence. One day the fighting was really out of control and the gardener suggested sitting to the pumpkins. Although the pumpkins were reluctant, they did it. The fighting finally subsided as the pumpkins settled down and became quiet.

As this quietness took hold one of the pumpkins noticed there was something on top of his head. As this was investigated it was noticed that it went to the pumpkin that it was just fighting with. As these two discussed this and investigated this further, it was discovered that all the pumpkins in this patch were connected. It was also understood that this meant they were all from the same energy. The awareness of this which arose from the quietness of sitting, showed their bond. No longer did the pumpkins fight, matter of fact they become one of the best producing pumpkin patches of their time.

Substitute the pumpkins with people and it isn’t much different. Without something in place that allows the mind to settle most of the drama that occurs in life wouldn’t happen. The only way anything new is allowed into your life is if the old isn’t taking up all of your minds space. Space is needed to see what’s truly going on and if there isn’t any nothing new will be seen and the old will continue to run the show. Our connection as humans isn’t seen because of all the noise going on and unfortunately it will continue until people notice as the pumpkins did, that we’re all connected and created from the same energy…

Monsters Inside Your Head

Monsters don’t live under the bed, they live inside your head, but until the mind settles so you can look inside your head, you’re always going to think monsters live under the bed…

Monsters don’t live under the bed, they live inside your head. My entire life was made up of the monsters in my head that my mind created through the way I was conditioned. The mind is nothing but energy, but the content of the way it’s conditioned determines whether monsters are created. Sometimes angels are created, but they are still made up. Kind of like whistling in the dark to keep away the boogie man or in this case the monsters. As long as the need to whistle is there the monsters will not go away.

The monsters that live in the head are as fake as the ones that live under the bed; all you have to do is look under the bed to expose this lie. The conditioning tells you not to look so the lie along with the monsters remain in place. This can be changed for angels and you would think it would be better to have them living under the bed, and although Angels have a better reputation than monsters, they too are a created lie.

This is where the simplicity of life steps in if you can just understand nothing lives under the bed, no monsters, no angels, nothing and there is also nothing in your head except the story of what your conditioning creates. This is what takes the simplicity out of life and makes it difficult, and why this creates difficulty is because life is lived as a story of what’s in your head instead of the simple fact that nothing lives under the bed…

Reactor or Responder

When “I” is in control you react to life with the protective tools that have been developed so you don’t get hurt. But know this, the tools developed for protection are the same ones that cause you harm…

To live life by principles based in spirituality doesn’t mean you just let things happen. It’s really the opposite, you become more aware of what’s going on in life so you have more control of it and responds to it from a place of love instead of reacting to it from who knows where. Without awareness, life controls how things affect you and the more you want things different, the more you’ll react to life instead of responding to it.

When these reactions occur it’s because you’re not present enough to be with what’s happening in this exact moment. Normally you’re carrying some past event into the present moment and this is what makes you a reactor instead of a responder. It’s very difficult to remain in a state of presence on a continuous bases, but this is where the necessity for discipline comes in. Without it you’ll remain as a reactor because there won’t be the development of the necessary tools to change and become a responder.

Life is always what it is, what makes it different for everyone is the developed tools to cope with what happens in the present moment. Life can be lived through the noise in the head or it can be lived in the quietness of what is occurring right now. There’s only quietness when you’re without an attached story. It’s up to each individual where life is spent, the level of quietness there is and if your life is based in a story or if it’s based in the quietness of the moment. When it’s based in quietness you respond to life instead of a reacting to it because of the need to create a story…

Controlling Your Mind

If you don’t have control over your mind your mind will control you. Your freedom is contingent on this and either there’ll be discipline to be in control, or not and your mind will be in control…

If you don’t have control over your own mind, your mind will have control over you, and it will manifest as behavior not conducive to love. This is not easy to understand because of the lack of developed discipline. If you investigate this, you’ll see not only where your stories come from, but also how they don’t add anything beneficial to your life. Yet you create them, but it’s not really you who does this, it’s the undisciplined, uncontrolled mind. You will understand this truth when you stop being controlled by your mind and stop creating unnecessary stories. By learning to control your mind, you’ll gain control over your emotional state and the way you react to situations. By being controlled by your mind you are pulled around as if you are a dog on a leash, but I think a dog actually has more freedom.

When there isn’t a created story what remains is emptiness and you are that emptiness. Not in the sense that there’s nothing there, but more so because your mind is not in control. The Conditioned Mind is diabolical and will not allow you to understand this emptiness because it will mean you are gaining control over it. It’s the last thing the Conditioned Mind wants you to do because it’s the end of the control it has over you.

To truly love, control of your own mind is needed so you can say no to things that aren’t beneficial to you and yes to the things that are. This will take much discipline, much more than most people are willing to develop. This is why the world is the way it is because not enough people are willing to do what’s necessary to gain control of their own mind. This lack of willingness doesn’t allow love to be our minds default setting. 

Without discipline, to much of what others do and outer circumstances are allowed to control your emotional state. Because of this, life leads most people on an emotional roller coaster. Far to many people are attached to their emotions to the point that there’s no control whatsoever of their own mind. So simply put, “If you don’t have control over your own mind, your mind will have control over you” and your freedom will be fleeting at best…

Unconscious Thoughts

Most thoughts become a self created prison because the thoughts are usually given so much unnecessary energy that they go beyond the point where they’re beneficial to anyone…

It’s very important to grasp exactly what a thought is and how it arises from the Conditioned Mind if there’s to be any chance of not succumbing to its tantalizing grip. Here’s what occurs when a thought arises. Let’s say it’s time to get in your car and go to work, you’ve given yourself plenty of time to get there and the weather is simple gorgeous, so now you begin the drive. As you’re driving you come to a railroad crossing and a train is coming. As you’re waiting for the train to pass it has to be at least a hundred and fifty cars long; you‘re waiting patiently as you know you have plenty of time to get to your destination. The train finally passes and you go, but now there’s traffic and it’s moving slowly; as you’re stuck in this traffic the cushion you gave yourself to get to work has dwindled, now your Conditioned Mind begins its nonsense.

It all starts by the traffic being a trigger that activates the conditioning in the form of a thought, this creates a mind agitation wanting the traffic not to be there. This is how a thought is given energy to grow. It has nothing to do with the fact that there’s traffic, but it has everything to do with the fact that’s there’s attachment to traffic, that’s how the nonsense of the Conditioned Mind works; substitute the traffic with anything. At the core of attachment is I, without I none of the nonsense would transpire, it can’t because there’s nothing to attach to. I is present in this situation so now you’re attached ; until this runs its course or the traffic subsides you’ll remain in the thoughts grip. Even after the nonsense of the Conditioned Mind subsides, the trace energy will remain because although you aren’t late for work, you don’t have the cushion you gave yourself so your thoughts are concerned with being late and this becomes your conditioned story. Until you finally get to work and tell someone this story, it will fester and you will keep telling yourself how you really hate traffic, but the reality of all this is, although traffic is what triggered you, it wouldn’t matter what it was, you really just want life to be the way that you want it and when it isn’t it opens the door for all kinds of conditioned nonsense…