Mature Foundation

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

Seeking self satisfaction is a sign of immaturity. It’s the I want, what I want, when I want it syndrome. Self seeking is directly linked to your level of maturity. If you don’t think this is so, see how there’s no difference in what you use now to provide comfort as opposed to what was used as an infant. Only the object has changed, the same reaching is in effect. Stop and see the baby in place who doesn’t like what’s being written here. So your feelings may be hurt, who cares if this article allows you to see the truth needed to act in a mature manner. And how you will know immaturity is in place is by how you have to reach for things. This reaching takes on many many forms. Unless the mind is very settled, immaturity and reaching which go hand and hand will remain.

Being mature will only occur when seeking self satisfying comfort ceases. Judging is immature, jealousy also is. Greed, hate, and wanting life different (delusion) is immature. Relying on a program is immature, it’s all reaching for something to provide comfort. Anything that’s reached for is a sign of immaturity because it all falls under the guise to provide comfort. One is mature when nothing in life needs to be different or reached for. Acceptance of the way things are goes a long way in providing yourself and humanity with the stability and maturity of not needing to reach for comfort in whatever form it takes on…

Naturally Aware

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

Why the Conditioned Mind is such a nemesis to one’s well being is because most conditioning is based in self centeredness; this affects every aspect of one’s life. Multiple this by billions of conditioned people and it’s no wonder the world is as it is. Granted this is one person’s experience (mine) but this is what has been revealed to me as being the block to my own innate love. Without this innate love for myself there isn’t room to love others. This didn’t make love non existent in my life, but it did make me unaware of it.

To me everyone has love in their heart, but it gets pushed so far down that one has to make up a story of love instead of being in touch with it naturally. When this occurs love becomes a doing when it’s naturally something that just is. Love isn’t something that can be manufactured, it either is or it isn’t. Love doesn’t pick and choose, it can’t, love just loves; unconditionally. The thing with love is most think it’s a wishy washy state of mind, but it’s not really anything, it’s just love. An applied label doesn’t enhance it, only the awareness of it allows its natural state to be. Love affects everything as does the lack of it. When there’s awareness of this, the heart opens and loves unconditionally because that’s how love rolls naturally…

One View Limit

No view is wrong, but if you only have one it limits your view of life and in the process it doesn’t allow any other results except those from that one view…

Having different views is what makes life different, but it doesn’t make what happens in life different. It only makes the view of what happens different. If you’re locked into a certain view this only allows one view of the way things are. To me the more that view is based in the intellect the harder it will be for there to be a shift to see things from another view. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with the intellect, it just doesn’t allow for much openness. When one sees things from only one view it limits their entire life to that one view. Most times this view isn’t even your own, it’s formed from someone else’s opinion, teaching, book, video, or discussion.

To be fixated on one view keeps you entrapped to the results of only that view; think about how limiting this is. No possibility of other views. Always going down the same path. Never allowing anything new. This is so limiting, but with only seeing things through one view how limiting this is will not be seen. Sitting and developing discipline so the grip of the mind lessens can assist in possibly altering a one view mind set. Bit there has to an inkling there’s another way to see things. It’s not that your way is wrong, it’s just that having only one view has limits and in the process it doesn’t allow any other results except those from the one view…

A Life Based in Love

You don’t have to hope to do the right thing when the base of your life is love. The right thing occurs naturally and without effort because it’s already there…

Here is an example of how life plays out when the base is of love or if it’s self-serving. If you’re on the phone with a customer service rep (we all know how this is a true test of patience) and you’re not getting the results you want, whatever you have as a base will determine how you handle not getting your desired result. I have come to understand what makes this difficult is when the base is self-serving, especially when it involves something I am paying money for. When I don’t get what I‘m paying for, without awareness my mind can erupt like an active volcano. When it’s of love I’m able to see all the nonsense generated by a Conditioned Mind that feels slighted simply because things aren’t going my minds way and it’s not in control. It’s not because I know the difference between right and wrong and I want to do what’s right. There’s no decision to do what’s right, it occurs naturally and without effort when the base of life is of love.

So if you’re aware of this and you truly get it, you will only want to do things that make your base of love. Now mind you just because there’s awareness of this doesn’t mean your base will be of love. It probably will not be until the necessary practice of quietness is brought into your life to allow love to be your base more often than not. The more quietness there is, the more awareness you will have when you aren’t quiet. The more you notice when you aren’t quiet, the more you will develop discipline to bring in quietness. In essence quietness is the base of a life based in love…

Energy Builds on Itself

The time you’re alive in this form will be occupied by some type of energy. What the base of that energy is determines how your life unfolds and what the building blocks of that life will be…

This is very important to see, but then again its not so important to see because this isn’t to be made into a story of how to live. The energy one lives by either comes from the heart or the head. Either you see this or you don’t; most don’t. When this is seen, living from the heart naturally becomes the way you live. Energy builds on itself regardless of what it is. To me this a basic understanding of the Law of Attraction. I’m not saying this is the way it is, it’s just the understanding that’s been revealed to me. When my energy is based in stillness what becomes my life’s building blocks are all derived from this stillness. This isn’t a doing of mine, it’s a transformation occurring from stillness itself.

What’s unfortunate about this is the opposite is also true, at least this has been my experience. For years my energy was based in noise and although I mostly got what I wanted, it wasn’t what I was looking for. This noise based energy built on itself and it doesn’t take a genius to see why my life prior to waking up was the way it was. My building blocks of noise manifested in the only way it could. What energy is in place will be what’s manifested, there’s no way around this; you can only be what the base of your energy is.

Sit with this and investigate what the base of your energy is and see how it builds on itself. Life doesn’t make it what it is, the energy of your base makes life what it is. To a large degree we are all creators of our own reality and that reality will be what the base of your energy is. The life you build is up to you as you alone are the creator of your reality, for the most part…

Two Energies

Higher energy has to be understood so the bondage of self is truly let go of and your higher self can reach its true potential to be an instrument of love instead of an instrument to satisfy selfish lower energy…

The are two energies to just about everything in life and although many times only the one is seen, in order to go beyond the small self energy the other energy which is if love has to be noticed. This is just about the only way you will be able to go beyond the limited view of self serving energy. If your human existence is viewed only from the human side, the spiritual won't come into play and life will seem very dull. But when you start looking at life from the energy of love which doesn't require human attachment, another view opens to the true beauty of what life has to offer. This beauty manifest in different ways for people, but what it has in common is it comes from the energy of a higher self. We exist in the form of energy and one energy is selfish, the all about me view. This is a lower energy that doesn't allow one to reach their true potential. The other energy or view is the energy of stillness which manifest as love, this is a higher energy which allows the beauty of life to manifest and thus our true potential is maximized.

Learning to understand these two energies will assist in truly letting go of the blocks that keep the lower selfish energy in place. The higher energy is always there to tap into, but if there isn't alignment it cannot manifest. This isn't to deny our human side because it's the form we are in, but attaching to it and making it an end to a means is where the expansion of consciousness ceases. The tighter the grip of the human side the less the higher energy is manifested. This is a Universal Law that has to be understood so the bondage of self is truly let go of. When this occurs one's higher self reaches its true potential as you are an instrument of love instead of an instrument to satisfy selfish lower energy…

Hamster Wheel Path

As long as there is seeking there will always be seeking and one will remain on the hamster wheel path exerting all kinds of energy, but not really getting anywhere…

What keeps a person stuck on the hamster wheel path of seeking is trying to manufacture peace, love, kindness, mindfulness, spirituality, and so on, instead of aligning yourself with the present moment which allows these attributes to arise naturally. This is what keeps the hamster wheel energy in place. The energy of this seeking is circular (like a dog chasing its tail) so it’s never going to produce anything that’s going to get you off the hamster wheel. You may bounce to a seemingly different energy because it’s given a different label, but as long as one thinks they have to do something to manufacture a certain desired result, hamster wheel energy will continue regardless of what it’s called and so you will remain on this circular path.

This seeking of desired results makes a person use an an array of things, from sweets, drugs, alcohol, gambling, tv, success, sex, programs, another book, retreat, a path, meditation, and many other things. What these all have in common is they keep you ingrained in the hamster wheel energy of seeking which is attached to by the Conditioned Mind. A true transformation of the spirit cannot be manufactured. Repeat: A true transformation of the spirit cannot be manufactured. This is because seeking energy is the exact energy that blocks the alignment which allows energy to transform. Only when you get off the hamster wheel can a transformation or shift occur. As long as there is seeking there will always be seeking and you will remain on the hamster wheel path exerting all kinds of energy, but not really getting anywhere…

Unconsciously Controlled

Without recognition of the unconsciousness that’s formed, you’re blindly controlled by it. It tells you to jump and the only thing you can do is jump; the level of unconsciousness determines if you ask how high…

If you want to understand your mind you will need to sit down and observe it. Whatever you think and ponder upon, that is what becomes the inclination of your mind and hence this is what becomes your unconscious actions. If there is no sitting, there’s very little chance for the mind to settle so it can be observed. As unconsciousness is formed it becomes so deeply imbedded in the subconscious that there’s very little observation of your mind activated actions. These unconscious actions are different for everyone, but they are common at their root. They all arise in some way from the desire to seek pleasure. It matters little what’s used to fulfill this pleasure seeking desire and because there’s very little awareness of this it’s in control. There needs to be an understanding that your actions become automatic and are conditioned by how you think. This is what determines whether your actions are wholesome (loving) or unwholesome (selfish). Simply put, loving actions should be cultivated so they become automatic.

If there isn’t any sitting to allow the mind to settle, an understanding of it will be difficult and so observing the unconscious conditioned patterns will not be recognized. Without recognition of this you’ll be blindly controlled by them. They say jump and the only thing you can do is jump. And depending on the level of unconsciousness, you may even ask how high. This is why things are done that aren’t in our best interest without hesitation. Without the ability to observe the thoughts that arise one is like a puppet on a string. Sitting allows the mind to settle so there can be an observation of this and one by one the strings can be cut. If nothing is in place to allow this settling, the Conditioned Mind puppeteer will continue its unconscious control without hesitation and do things that aren’t in your best interest or what’s best for others…

Always on the Beach

Look down at your feet. Regardless of where they’re planted this is your beach. If it isn’t it’s because the need to reach is in place and it’s blocking you from finding the beach you’re already on…

When all of a sudden you’re not at peace, what is it that takes you from it? The Corona beer commercial that tells you to “find you beach” always reminds me if I’m not at peace it’s because I left my beach. For years I was constantly searching for my beach and expect for brief moments, my beach eluded me for most of my life. Why this was so was because my beach was always contingent on something that was outside of myself and whatever its form, it was always a beach based in what I thought I needed to provide comfort. There’s no need to list what these beaches are because there are so many; they are the things reached for. These beaches come in many many forms and unless you truly takes a step back to see this, the reaching will always be there. But finding your beach will never happen.

The lies of the Conditioned Mind will dictate what you will reach for as your beach. Until the conditioning to reach is changed your beach will continue to be sought and never be found. The only way this will change is by going inward to discover why there’s a need to reach and once this is revealed, therein lies your beach. Your beach isn’t from the thought realm though, it comes from the still small voice within that tells you it doesn’t matter where you are or what’s happening, all you have to do is look down at your feet and regardless of where they’re planted this is your beach. If you need something else it’s because the need to reach is still in place and it’s blocking you from finding the beach that you’re already on…

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Programmed Reactions

Most reactions that occur in life are programmed and put in place by your own conditioning. If your life isn’t being lived to its fullest potential of love, it’s your own programming that’s blocking 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 programmed ideas are brought into play. So much of what the mind holds is from programming and it’s put in storage to be used at particular times; this is how most lives are lived. It’s as though we already have in place the way things are going to be handled; programmed reactions are formed in this way.

Advertisement is a billion dollar industry because of this. Politicians have people write speeches using certain words which they know are going to sway people in certain ways. Supermarkets know exactly where to place products. It’s all based on putting things in a certain place so programmed reactions are triggered .

This goes on constantly because the Conditioned Mind makes it so. If you had no previous programming none of the above methods would work, but this is not the case. One of the keys to not living a programmed life is to a develop some way to be anchored in the present moment as much as you can because the more present you are the more you’ll be with what life has to offer. When this occurs there’s peace because the programmed ideas that have been put in place by the Conditioned Mind are no longer making it appear that things are different than what they are…

Ray of Light

When you’re aware that all opinions are a made up story, love takes their place. This love is a ray of light and is always there, but it’s not experienced because of the conditioned opinions that block it…

Without opinions everyone would view life through the eyes of love which by the way is the ray of light of peace; because of opinions this ray of light isn’t seen. The view of opinions are made up by the energy of unconsciousness, this makes everything that happens in life seen through the conditioning of your opinions; through this view what is true is missed. This makes life about nothing real except for the opinions that’s are formed by the Conditioned Mind.

Being unaware of opinions are what makes the mind attach to thoughts and those attachments are the cause of the what controls your life. What’s factually is this, life just happens, it’s not personal, it’s not about anything you think it is. It’s not about right, wrong, love, hate, good or bad, it‘s simply learning to understand your minds true nature of quietness and not being lead around by your conditioned opinions; whatever they are. When there’s awareness of this you will truly love. A love that has always been there, but it’s never experienced because of your conditioned opinions not allowing you to see your ray of light…

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Beneficial Operating System

If anything is ever going to change in our world, the operating system in place will have to change. This will only happen when it’s seen the operating system isn’t providing beneficial results…

Operating systems are used to do certain things and they will do just that, whether you want it to or not. Every operating system can only do what it’s programmed to do. Our mind becomes an operating system in the same way and unless it’s changed or at least upgraded to some degree, it will remain as originally designed. It’s imperative to understand this so first the operating system in place can be identified and second if it isn’t serving you in a beneficial way it can be changed. The operating system that ran my life for many years was a self serving one and after a long period of time (forty nine years to be exact), I realized it wasn’t really benefitting me or anyone else for that matter. This realization is the beginning stages for the possibility of your operating system to change. This will take some effort because of how ingrained it is, but this effort is more about awareness than actual exertion.

Once one becomes aware there may be another operating system so to speak to live by, the process of change has begun. This is difficult because part of the original operating system is to hold onto the familiar even if it’s not providing much benefit. It’s how the dog chasing its tail syndrome remains in place; even at the point of its own destruction. There are many tools and influences to do this, some inner, some outer; it’s just part of the operating system. This is why when a person acts in a particular way they’re more accountable than responsible for what they do. If anything is ever going to change in our world, the operating system in place will have to change. This will only happen when it’s seen the operating system although doing what it was designed to do, isn’t providing beneficial results…

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Heart Intuitiveness

Because your own mind isn’t understood there’s very little intuitive living from the heart. Thus one lives through the mind made stories which are only created because somethings missing…

If I could pin point the one thing I see as missing that provides true and undeniable freedom, it’s the inability to let go of mind made stories. Any moment that’s lived outside the realm of the present moment is a story and if you’re not careful even the present moment will be made into a story. People disagree with some of the things I write and that’s because it’s what’s in place in them as it is with what I write. But until one sees a disagreement as only a story “I” will continue to be the greatest ghost writer to ever live.

I don’t profess to know it all and I try to only write direct experiences so when it’s written it’s usually intuitively from my heart. For me what was missing for many years was the inability not to make up stories and these stories occurred for only one reason, it was what was in place. If it wasn’t the stories wouldn’t have been created. This is why self investigation is so valuable because if one doesn’t know what’s going on inside themselves, there will be no way of understanding others and that’s a huge part of the what’s missing that makes people make up their stories.

Sometimes I respond to things from my conditioning, but for the most part the moment is where I Am. And if I’m not there it’s because my conditioning that needs a story is in control. Hold on to whatever you think you need to form an identity, but this identity that’s used to fill a void is what’s creating the void because it’s based in the delusion of “I”. Until this is understood you will live a thought based existence and create mind made stories because there’s something missing which blocks out living life from the hearts intuitiveness…

Allowing Life to Teach

Allowing life to be as it is and not needing to change it allows life not people to teach you many lessons…

It order to not get caught up in making life about something it’s very important to remain in the present moment. To me if the so called spiritual path is about anything, this is it because it’s the only place that actually exist. I have learned so many valuable lessons the last fourteen years, but regardless I’m always led to the same lesson; non attachment is the only way there will ever be freedom. And it can only be done when our state of being is anchored in the present moment. This is not a belief or concept, this is the lesson life gave me. I don’t really understand all the other teachings, they seem to be about some created answer instead of one that arises. Any teaching that is created to be about something is just a concept or belief. A true answer arises, it’s never created.

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

Given Answers

Lessons in life can either be created or given. The more we attach to the daily occurrences, the more our answers are created. When we let go answers are given…

Sometimes when people talk of consciousness there is a sense of being special or different from the rest of the human family. For me a true understanding of consciousness has nothing to do with anyone else. This has just been what I have experienced. For most of my life I felt like a square peg in a round hole until the universe selected the current direction of my life; now this feeling no longer exist. And not a day goes by that I am not grateful for this.

My current direction is a blessing, but it by no means makes me special. It just makes it what occurred in my life. When I look at some of the so called awakened people who are spreading their message to others, what I sense is they are spreading their message. I know this is a judgement, but it has been said ” A smart person learns from their mistakes, a wise person learns from the mistakes of others.” I for one try and avoid taking what happened to me personal and making it about me. I try and share my experiences and convey what happened to me without the intent to change or fix anyone or to make anyone believe I have found the way. I have found a way that has been revealed to, but it’s not with the intent to teach or to be separate from others. We already have the so called have’s and have not’s in the world. My intent is to be with what is, where all truth prevails, but it isn’t my truth that prevails. Allow life to be as it is and allow life not people to be your teacher…

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