Inward Awareness

It’s the outer view of satisfying “I” that keeps you from the inner awareness of your own innate beauty. This awareness will only occur when your view comes from looking inward…

Although no one is more special than another in this existence, there are some who do see things quite differently. What makes this happen for some and not others is some are more inclined to not attach to a outer view. This allows for much more inner awareness than if you are in the grip of a mind based view. I have lived two existences, one in the outer direction where there was much self created suffering, and the other which is a inner view in the direction of awareness. The differences in the two views is one creates suffering and is done in ignorance. The other is lived in awareness of the ignorance. Today my view is as it is because the outer distractions don’t control me as they once did. There’s awareness of the world, but I’m not controlled by it.

There’s awareness that occurs as the outer view is let go of. This space allows wisdom and insights. This space is directly linked to the letting go of “I”. It’s “I” that attaches and it’s the cause of all suffering. Ever so slowing when one begins to look inward the outer distractions of “I” fall away. To me this is what was revealed to the great mystic’s; they were considered special, but all they did was look inward. This looking inward is available to all, but you will have to overcome the outer view of “I” to not be distracted from it. It is the outer view that keeps you from the inner awareness of seeing your own innate beauty and it will only be seen when you begin to look inward…

Space of Trust

There’s existence through made up stories or there’s the bigger picture beyond the stories where one is guided and free of the stories because there’s space that radiates trust…

When the mind is settled the space of trust opens up instead of reliance on your own limited stories. There’s a deep trust that radiates when the mine is settled and it’s in this settling that you see the existence of life itself. So when one is in the space of a settled mind the everlasting trust of the Universe is there to quiet the mind agitations which are the cause of all your stories.

A mind that’s settled allows for the space to live from a trusting heart of love. This connects you with the goodness of all of life, your own internal goodness, and the goodness of all beings. The connection is already within, but it’s not known what it will take to be aware of it. The only reason there isn’t awareness of the space of trust is because there are conditioned mind agitations blocking the trust that arises from the space of our heart; theses blocks allow for all kinds of made up nonsense (stories).

When it’s learned to develop discipline so the mind settles, our agitations slowly subside; what naturally remains is the space of trust in the Universe. This trust is in the space beyond the noise of a Conditioned Mind, beyond your made up stories. In this space there’s trust because with a settled mind it’s known who you truly are. So trust in the Universe with all your heart and allow the mind to settle so you’re not relying on your own made up stories. In the space of trust life is lived in the most beneficial of ways; as the trusting beautiful being of love that you truly are…

No Shortcuts

Hold on to all your beliefs. March, protest, whine, judge and slander in the name of righteousness, just know this energy is unloving and it makes waking up that much more difficult…

There are no shortcuts in waking up from the sleep of unconsciousness. You cannot think your way to consciousness, but for some reason you can think your way to misery; all one needs to do is look around and see this truth. It will take what it takes for ever how long that is to wake up. For many that may be a lifetime. My experience of the shift of my view that took place was and is a happening not a doing. It’s the transformation of energy from an “I” view to one of quietness. I may do certain things now that puts me in alignment with this quietness energy, but the transformation remains a happening not a doing. To me this goes for Buddha, Jesus, and anyone else who has ever awakened, it’s something that’s bestowed upon a person, it’s not something that is chosen.

Many get stuck because an awakening is thought to be a doing and because of this most people remain stuck in “I” which is form. Until it’s understood “form is emptiness, emptiness is form, “l” remains in control as it keeps trying to do. This is not what I think, this is what’s going on right now in my life and has been for the last thirteen years; there was total unconsciousness of this for forty nine years. Hold on to all your beliefs, do what you think needs to be done. Judge in the name of righteousness, just know this energy is unloving and makes waking up that much more difficult…

Mindful of Your End

The road that leads to a peaceful life begins and ends in your end. You can be mindful that you’re thinking about what someone else is doing, but the only place you’ll ever be free is in your own end…

When a practice of mindfulness is in place it’s to allow the present moment to be experienced, this is the place of your end. Being mindful of what’s actually happening as opposed to being pulled around by it determines the amount of peace there is in your life by allowing you to mind your end. Life is magical in its essence, but there’s nothing magical in minding your end. All roads that lead to a peaceful life begin and end in the present moment and a mindfulness practice will assist in keeping you in your end.

Watch a thought and be mindful of it, now watch another, this is a tool as is the breath to be used to keep you in your own end. One cannot be mindful of being in someone’s else’s end in the past or future. You can be mindful that you’re thinking about someone’s end in the past or future, but you can never actually be there. Every watched thought or breath can only be taken as it is happening. The more you become mindful of this, the more focused you become in the body and being in the present moment (your end) as opposed to grasping for the story of someone else’s end. Be mindful of this article only pertaining to you and then be mindful of what arises. Just be with it by being mindful of what’s happening. It’s in the space of mindfulness that you will find the peace of your end and this is because the only thing that’s there is how anyone else is conditioned is not in your end…

Conscious Space

Not justifying everything you do creates the space needed to go beyond the unconscious view that’s in place. This allows enough consciousness to change the way things are looked at…

When it’s said one is conscious it can be described as being aware of all the different mental factors that arise in each moment; this allows knowing why you see things as you do. It doesn’t prevent what arises or what happens, but it can lessen the reactions and some of the consequences associated with an unconscious view; but only if there’s awareness and there’s no attachment. No view inherently causes problems for anyone, alcohol never poured itself down someone’s throat. To reach for it it has to be viewed as beneficial. Same for drugs or gambling, neither causes anyone to abuse them, it’s the individual alone who views them as beneficial. Granted most of this self harming reaching is done unconsciously, but I do what I do today to try and shed light on this. I know a thing or two about this unconscious view because it was mine for forty nine years.

So many things unconsciously controlled me and as long as I was unaware of this, they view continued its onslaught of control. How this unconscious view gets deeply ingrained is by justifying everything you do. From pointing out the faults of others, to being nasty to people, and so many other justified behaviors, all they do is keep the unconscious view in place. Conscious that this is being done is the first step in breaking the chains of unconsciousness view. Stop looking out there for answers, stop blaming and talking about others, in other words stop justifying everything you do and this just may create the space needed to allow you to go beyond the way you look at things. After all, if the way you unconsciously view things doesn’t change, the onslaught of being controlled by an unconscious view will remain…

Moment of Now

The moment of Now with life simply occurs because one is alive. As a matter of fact, it even occurs when one isn’t alive, there just isn’t awareness the moment of Now is happening…

Because of the way one is conditioned, each moment of Now with life is put into a category of pleasant or unpleasant; there are also times it seems the moment of Now is neither. The only reason anyone has an issue with life is because it’s desirable to have each moment of Now pleasant; this is impossible because life isn’t designed this way. Not that life does anything to anyone, but things do happen that can be considered downright nasty. Case in point, the on going recent worldwide events. There can be attachment that the process going on is unpleasant, but it wouldn’t change what’s happening. It would only change the degree of suffering; the suffering would be a direct result of attaching to wanting it different. This doesn’t mean one likes what’s happening, but you can be in a state of mind of being with the unpleasant and not attach the label to it…

Life just rolls along, it stops for nothing. The moment of Now is one continuous motion. It may seem like individual things happen, but that’s only because of the way we have been conditioned to use time and break life up. The unpleasant is constantly pushed away to try and make room for the pleasant as if when one decides it’s pleasant, it makes life perfect. But for there not to be suffering, life has to be deemed as perfect with what’s happening right now because that’s what’s there. The Conditioned Mind wants life pleasant all the time and until one can be with the unpleasant the same as the pleasant there will be self created suffering. This is because of always trying to arrange the moment of Now the way you think it should be (pleasant) and not be with what’s actually happening…

Holding On Restricts

Whatever it is that you hold on to it becomes your restricting energy. If you don’t stop holding on so there’s some space created that’s needed for you to love, you’ll suffer the most…

The so called choice to hold on to things is the gateway to suffering, but there really isn’t a choice here because of the way the Conditioned Mind is in control. Your suffering is inevitable because of the conditioned holding on that’s in place. If this is to change you will have to create space so the holding on is replaced by first stillness and second by love; there’s no way around this. Hold on to whatever the flavor of the day, week, month, or year is, just understand there will always be something to cling to 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 hold on to one individual and bemoan them you don’t truly have the space for love in your heart. This is strong language, but it’s true.

Unconditional love can only be without one iota of holding on. 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 hold on to conditioned nonsense. To hold on to things is to suffer regardless of who or what you are holding on to because it becomes your restricting energy. Until this is understood you become the very thing that you show discontent towards. This is a Universal Law; you cannot be separate from the energy that comes from you because it is you. Stop holding on 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 holding on to…

Aversion Within

All aversion arises from within. Without discipline the mind that’s full of aversion won’t have any peace so you will look externally for it and constantly blame others…

Aversion is ego based because it comes from the Conditioned Mind. If you’re in a state of aversion with what’s written here, that arises from within you; the words don’t cause it. It doesn’t matter if you agree with this or not, just understand if there’s aversion that it comes from within you, not from what’s written. Oh how we love to blame others for our own self created aversion, but the only reason this is so is because of the lack of understanding of our own mind.

Nothing causes aversion unless it’s allowed. If you can change something by all means change it, but if it’s being changed just because you don’t like it, it needs to be looked at why there’s aversion to begin with because even if the thing is changed, you will just move on to the next thing that will cause you to become agitated and then have aversion once again. Truth is the same for all beings, but how one comes to its understanding is from within. When you sit in stillness, revealed are answers to your questions, this is when aversion with yourself and with the world will be no more…

Life Phases

The difference between learning from each phase of life or not is living it to its highest quality or being stuck where life is the same old same old. You will either break free from the lie of “I” or remain its prisoner…

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

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

Surface Noise

Surface noise won’t quiet on its own regardless of what your belief system is. Beliefs actually hinder the quieting because they’re just a response to surface noise that blocks your inner presence…

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

Everyone has the ability to consciously remove the surface noise, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its owns. Your peace is in your hands and it’s totally up to each individual how much peace is brought into their life. A little awareness equates to a little peace so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to become more aware of the surface noise. As you develop discipline to be in the present moment the surface noise quiets as you’re left with an inner presence. If you are waiting for anything else you’ll be waiting a very long time and it won’t happen as long as you’re looking on the surface…

Stuck in Place

As long as there is seeking there will always be seeking and one will remain stuck in place, exerting all kinds of energy, but not really getting anywhere…

What keeps a person stuck in place on the path of seeking is trying to manufacture peace, love, kindness, mindfulness, spirituality, and so on, instead of aligning yourself through discipline with the present moment. This is what doesn’t allows these attributes to arise naturally. This is also what keeps stuck energy in place. Stuck energy is circular (like a dog chasing its tail) so it’s never going to produce anything that’s going to get you to stop being stuck. You may think it stops because it’s given a different label, but as long as you think you have to do something to manufacture a certain desired result, stuck in place will continue regardless of what it’s called.

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

Inner Strife

Nothing that happens in life creates inner strife unless your own mind allows it. This is the insanity of a Conditioned Mind, its self destructive solutions are all from within and they take away your peace…

The bottom line for me is I’ve found a practical way to minimize the inner strife in my life that causes my own destruction. Which by the way is my own mind creating the inner strife telling me it’s needed to cope with life; a life that was controlled by a destructive mind set. My own mind created all the inner strife that went on by choosing actions I thought I wanted to do, but my choices always caused strife. I developed a mind that told me to do things that were self destructive. From relationships, to drugs, alcohol, gambling, and a slew of other things, nothing was ever chosen that was beneficial for me; my choices always seemed to cause more harm than good. How this mind set developed I’m not sure, but I do know this, it can be described as pure insanity.

Thirteen years ago although it wasn’t a white light experience, an inner urging occurred that was tired of all the destructive behavior. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but I did know I needed to find a way to bring peace into my life. A label needn’t be applied to what happened to me. All that was needed to know is my behavior which was once totally self destructive is no longer this way. This is why labels and what others do isn’t a concern of mine. Because I know for years my own mind allowed these things to create strife within myself and because of the shift that has occurred, there’s an awareness that inner strife doesn’t have to be created anymore. The bottom line is this, when I have an issue with something it’s my own self destructive mind that creates it and this means I’m not a peace. And now because there is awareness of this, if I don’t allow my mind to do this, inner strife isn’t created and I have found without it I’m at peace. So again the bottom line is not to create inner strife. All I ever wanted in my life was peace, but I didn’t know it was my own mind that was the cause of why there wasn’t any…

Surface Dweller View

The root of all struggles are deep, they’re not just at the surface level. They’re rooted in the structure of how you think. If you don’t investigate this beyond being a surface dweller nothing will ever change…

Changing the surface dweller mind structure is like turning a ship. The intention to turn happens right away, but the turn itself is very gradual. It’s as though we know we need to start turning right away, but we don’t see below the surface. Here’s a simple suggestion if you want to get in touch with breaking free of this ingrained surface dwelling structure, and it’s not complicated. When you do something, investigate the surface dweller view. No reason to go back and look for a traumatic incident, why it’s seen only from the surface level is sufficient.

If the need to reach for something happens because life throws you a curve ball and you don’t investigate why the need to reach arose, you’ll probably use a surface distraction not to succumb to it. But by doing this you’ll never be free because you’ll never get in touch with why the surface dweller view is in place. Investigating why you’re a surface dweller is the most important thing you can do for yourself when something is done that’s not in your best interest. If you don’t, you will just substitute one thing for another and in the process remain trapped to what’s causing the need to reach. You may not like this post and you may even ignore it, but don’t be surprised when the next life curve ball comes and you find yourself reaching for something, you just won’t know why because you’re viewing it as a surface dweller…

Addicted to Self

If it wasn’t for the attachment to a self that creates bondage, addiction would be non existent because the desire of a self needing to be satisfied would never occur…

Each day most of our waking hours are spent trying to arrange the day to satisfy self. The only problem with this is most of our day is wasted trying to arrange the day to our liking. This occurs because we have been conditioned to believe there is a self that needs to be satisfied. This conditioning keeps the mind addicted to this self which creates a constant state of needing to be satisfied. And when the mind needs to be satisfied it will use whatever tools it has developed. Not so much to quiet this, but more so to distract from it. The distractions in this case manifest as Conditioned Mind Patterns that are constantly trying to arrange life by using whatever it deems necessary to satisfy this false self.

If it wasn’t for the need to satisfy self, these cravings caused by your own mind wouldn’t exist. This is the cause of the constant rearranging of life and it’s because the self needs to be satisfied. But something would exist without the addiction to this self and that would be peace. This is the peace of just being because the addiction to the self wouldn’t exist. If you don’t think this is true it’s probably because of the addiction to self. This addiction doesn’t allow your mind to settle so you can be aware of the peace that passes all understanding and go beyond the cravings brought on to satisfy self. Until this changes, nothing changes…

Thoughts Limits

Every thought used to describe something limits it to whatever thought is applied. Judgements, labels, concepts and beliefs are all thoughts that limit access to what the Universe has to offer…

The Universe needs no permission to do what it does. It only responds to things out of necessity. It does so unconditionally without thought. It exist as it is, adding nothing because nothing is needed. It is self sustaining. It creates, it destroys, but it neither loves nor hates in the sense of emotions. Its beauty is awe inspiring and arises from a space that can’t be described. It’s pure energy and it is from this energy that everything is created.

This is existence in its purest state. The moment a thought is applied to this it loses it sense of purity. Once something is thought about it creates blockage. So be in the unlimited space of what is and be with all the Universe has to offer. All the beauty of the Universe is within each and every person. It’s where everyone arose from. Only an applied thought limits the awareness of all the magnificence the Universe has to offer…