Controlling Beliefs

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

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

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

Sheepish Mind Lies

A sheepish mind can’t understand truth regardless of the belief system in place. Beliefs hinder the understanding of truth because they’re just a sheepish mind response that blocks truth…

If your sheepish mind lies are in control and running your life, it doesn’t matter much what’s going on, it’s going to be difficult to understand truth. It’s such a sheepish world and what makes it so is people haven’t a clue that the truth is inward. What the sheepish mind actually is and how it’s created is by not being aware the truth is already in you. With a mind that’s conditioned to reinforce lies you have to constantly lie, hence the sheepish mind. This is how the lies of a Conditioned Mind are formed and how they block awareness. It’s lies created because if you knew the truth was within, the need to lie would be non existent and so would the sheepish mind.

Everyone has the ability to consciously be aware of the sheepish mind lies, but it’s just not something that happens on its owns. It’s a beautiful thing when your life is in your hands; it’s totally up to each individual what is done with it. Even little lies equate to little usefulness so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to become more aware of the sheepish mind lies. As you’re more aware of being present, the sheepish mind lies untangle and you’re left with truth. If you’re waiting for anything else, it most likely won’t happen as the sheepish mind lies will remain in control…

Outer Translation

If you can develop some awareness of inner stillness, the outer translations will have less control as your mind agitations subside. Without these agitations you’ll never have a need to translate anything from the outer…

If you’re always seeing life from the eyes of outer translations, life will be judged accordingly and what’s going on beneath the outer will not be noticed. Although with an outer minded translations, life still goes on, but it’s very limited almost to the point of being delusional; I say this because of forty nine years of experience which caused my life to be a constant struggle. The constant struggle was self created and controlled by my outer translations, although this wasn’t understood at the time. An outer translation happens when there’s constant needing which is caused by the mind agitations that aren’t seen. This is why someone will reach for anything without giving it much thought regardless if it’s beneficial or not. In that moment, the Conditioned Mind deems it beneficial, but this is a big fat lie.

Outer translations will only be noticed when the Conditioned Mind stops its incessant busyness. One will have to be able to just be for the busyness to subside; you will not see the essence of the forest from the trees if the mind is busy being focused on the outer translation of the trees. This outer translation is strictly mind based. The reason it’s not conducive to one’s well-being is it’s unstable as there are so many things outer to translate; one right after another. This is why the big fat lie is in the forefront of most lives and stillness takes a back seat. If you can develop some awareness of inner stillness, less and less the outer translations will be in control because the mind agitations will subside. It will be at this point that you can say “No” to the need to reach outside for something; this may be the first time in your life that this has happened…

Government Box

What is considered the box by government entraps most people to the corruption the government enforces. Unless you can go beyond this, there will be acceptance of the government corruption of the box…

Stepping outside of the government corrupted box as far as thinking goes is a must if one is to go beyond the trap of this corrupted box. You may ask why would a person want to go beyond the government box, here’s why. The so called box is based in form and to be attached to form causes suffering. It’s as simple as that, the government pushes attachment to the senses (form). Life when attached to form still occurs, it just isn’t experienced as fully as it can be. There will still be experiences simply because you’re alive, but they will be dictated by the corrupt government and there’ll be much suffering associated with them. The government box entraps you to the corruption the government enforces. Unless you can see this to go beyond it, there will be acceptance of the government corruption. It’s an easy trap to get caught in because the government uses delusion to distract you.

This also plays right into the reward system of attaching to form. Who does anything that doesn’t have the reward of pleasure associated with it? This can be applied to just about anybody and anything. When was the last time you purposely did something that you knew was going to be unpleasant with no reward attached to it? This is pivotal in understanding the process of the Conditioned Mind and the way the government manipulates people. Until you can not attach to what arises, without judging it or associating it with pleasure, the corrupt government will be what dictates the life you’re living, and it will be their corrupt idea of what they consider to be the government box…

Grateful Heart

Be grateful that you’re alive, not only for today, but for each and everyday because a grateful heart is the greatest gift of life…

Being grateful for life occurs naturally as does love when there’s an understanding of what’s needed to live from the heart. Although love is natural, it’s not automatic so cultivating love is when life results in a grateful heart.

Being grateful naturally arises from a loving heart. It isn’t produced by attaching to anything from the materiel realm. If being grateful was from the material realm it would coincide with one’s possessions. That would make a person of wealth more grateful than one who didn’t have any. The true measure of a wealthy life has nothing to do with possessions, true wealth arises from a grateful heart, that’s the measure of wealth. You can only be grateful when there’s contentment with life as it is, not with the way you wish it was or how it’s wanted or expected.

Being grateful won’t shield you from problems, but it will allow you to not create them. Be grateful for your given life and you will find your grateful heart. When life is lived from a grateful heart there will be harmony with yourself and with all beings. When this occurs you can’t help but to have an attitude that’s full of gratitude. Not because of what you possess, but because of the natural love that arises from your grateful heart…

Past Resentments

If past resentments are allowed to control you, resentment energy will be your master. Why this is unfortunate is because all the emotional pain of your resentments will be carried into the present…

The amount of times resentment energy (to relive) controls you and causes emotional pain is mind boggling because it’s your own mind that does this; this happens thousands of times throughout your life. This is why most people suffer endlessly because resentments from the past are constantly brought into the present. Although the body is always in the present moment, the mind is constantly somewhere else. This is the constant obstacle most people have in their life and if nothing is done to change this, it will continue until existence in this form ends. This isn’t a philosophy or something I made up, you need only look at these resentments for yourself to see this truth. If you don’t you will most likely remain stuck in the past resentments of your thoughts without a way out.

As a species we seem to hold onto resentments and make them an obstacle that doesn’t allow us to live life to the fullest. This is because looking at ourselves in an investigative way is not something that many people are willing to do. It’s so much easier to point the finger at someone else, but unfortunately when you point your finger at someone there are three pointing back at you; check this to see its truth. You can ignore this and keep the story that everything will work out, or you can take control of your life, at least to some extent and stop attaching to the past resentments that cause your own suffering. After all the same thoughts constantly arise, if they’re not attached to eventually they’ll stop and so will the repeated past resentments and the emotional suffering they cause…

Different Thinking

If the world is ever going to be different, the thinking in place will have to be different. This will only happen when it’s seen the current thought process isn’t providing loving results…

Thinking develops certain results, and it will do just that whether you want it to or not; results have to happen because of how it’s developed. Our mind programmed this way and unless the programming is different, the original thinking will remain. It’s imperative to understand this so first the thinking in place can be identified and second it can be seen that it may not be serving you in the most beneficial way. Non-beneficial thinking controlled my life for many years and it was mostly of the self-serving nature. After a long period of time (forty nine years to be exact), I realized thinking wasn’t really benefitting me or anyone else for that matter. This realization is the beginning stages for the possibility of the thinking to be different. This will take some effort because of how ingrained it is, but the effort is more of about awareness than an actual exertion.

Once one becomes aware there may be a different way to think, the process of creating different thinking has begun. This is difficult because the old thinking wants to hold onto the familiar even if its results aren’t providing much of a benefit. It’s how the dog chasing its tail syndrome remains in place; even at the point of its own destruction. The way one thinks is influenced by many things, some inner, some outer. 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 be different in our world, the thinking in place will have to be different. This will only happen when it’s seen the thinking in place, although doing what it’s programmed to do, isn’t providing loving results…

Selfish Mind Lies

When truth makes a person look at themselves, all sorts of things are revealed. Most times though the selfish mind creates a lie to avoid the truth…

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

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

Formed Conclusions

Every conclusion reached limits life to whatever conclusion is being formed. Concepts and beliefs are formed conclusions that limit the awe inspiring beauty the Universe has to offer…

The Universe needs no permission to do what it does. It responds to things out of necessity, and it does so unconditionally, without forming a conclusion. It doesn’t need to form conclusions, it exist as it is, adding nothing because it needs nothing; the Universe is self sustaining. It creates, it destroys, it neither loves nor hates in the sense of emotions, but its beauty is awe inspiring and arises from a love that can’t be described. It’s pure energy and it’s from this energy that everything is created. This energy is existence in its purest state. The moment a conclusion is formed it loses its sense of purity.

Humans form all kinds of conclusions with life, but life needs no conclusions. The place of no formed conclusions, concepts, beliefs, and non-emotional attachment is the only true place of existence; in this place in the midst of the Universe is our true essence is. It’s a place that is here, there, and everywhere, with no formed conclusion. Stillness exist as life, and if a you need to form a conclusion, form it, just understand every conclusion formed is a limit. Once a conclusion is formed it creates resistance. So be in the unlimited space of what is and be with all the beauty the Universe has to offer. All the beauty of the Universe is within each and every person. It’s where everyone arises from, but it’s a formed conclusion that limits the awareness of the beauty of the Universe…

Inner Disturbances

All disturbances arise from within yourself; they’re from your internal mind chaos. Without discipline, the mind will never settle nor will the disturbance of needing to reach for something externally…

The world is in a state of chaos, but not with each other as you may think, it’s with ourselves. The lack of understanding of your own mind is the cause of all inner disturbances; most people haven’t a clue this is the cause of all internal chaos. We lash out at people, have road rage, try to change people, constantly seek to alter the way we feel because we were never taught how to just be with life as it is, and be with who we are as we are. There would never be a need to have anything or anyone different if you had the ability to just be with life. If you don’t have a certain contentment with the way things are, what makes you think that if things were different there would be contentment; you would still have disturbances that make you reach for things externally.

There’s external reaching because you want to alter how you feel. My mind was always disturbed, and because there wasn’t an understanding of the Conditioned Mind, my disturbances weren’t understood. It didn’t matter what happened, by not having the ability to just be, the mind becomes disturbed and chaos arises. Nothing causes a disturbance unless it’s allowed. If something bothers you and it can be changed by all means change it, but it needs to be looked at why there’s a disturbance to begin with. Even if the thing is changed, without an understanding of your own mind, you will just move onto the next thing which will just cause you to become disturbed once again…

Obstructed Mind

An obstructed mind can’t free itself with the same programming that causes the obstructions. The same programming is a hinderance because it’s just another obstructed response that blocks freedom…

If an obstructed mind controls your life, it doesn’t matter much what’s going on, it’s going to be difficult to be free. It’s such an obstructive world and what makes it so is most people are looking for outward fixes when the answers are inward. What the obstructed mind actually is and how it’s created is by not being aware that you already have your answers. With an obstructed mind that’s conditioned to want answers, you have to constantly look for them, hence the obstructions. This is how the obstructions of a Conditioned Mind are formed and how they block awareness. It’s an obstruction created because if you knew you had your answers, the need to look for them would be non existent, and so would the obstructions.

Everyone has the ability to develop awareness of the obstructed mind, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its owns. It’s a beautiful thing that your life is your hands and it’s totally up to each individual what is done with it. A little awareness of the obstructed mind equates to a little freedom. It’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to become more aware of the obstructed mind. As you become more aware of being present, the obstructed mind untangles and opens; what’s left is freedom. If you’re waiting for anything else, it won’t happen while you’re alive in this form as the obstructed mind will remain in control…

Habitual Fixations

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

A plant will lose its flowers because it’s growing. If the current flower doesn’t fall away, growth will not occur. It’s the same with us, just substitute the flower with our habitual fixations. Life is a natural process of learning and growing, but the base of growth is dependent on seeing the new that’s replacing the habitual fixations. For years I drove an old car and was constantly repairing it to just keep it running. This is the way many people live their life. Constantly making adjustments and repairs just to keep it running; not truly living. It wasn’t until I purchased a new car that it was realized just how broken down the old one was. This goes with the saying “You don’t know what you don’t know” this is also what happened to me when I finally let go of the habitual fixations in place. I started realizing just how out of sorts my thinking was; I began the process of changing the habitual fixations.

Although learning is a natural process of life, learning to grow spiritually is not automatic. It does seem to take some effort even if it’s only the willingness to go in a different direction. There are many intellects in the world who don’t have a clue as to what it means to grow spiritually; they never seem to let go of their habitual fixations. The Conditioned Mind loves the habitual and will always try to convince you it’s better to stay with its current fixations instead of going into the unknown. It may be true that you don’t know what you don’t know, but if this isn’t investigated, the only thing you will ever know is your habitual fixations (the old). And because nothing new is being allowed in, your habitual fixations will remain in place and new growth will not be allowed to occur…

Beneficial Direction

Our answers are always within, one just needs to make sure you’re heading in a beneficial direction that puts you in harmony with life…

Looking back to when my view of life became different, I can see a beneficial direction was revealed to me to begin the study of my own mind. There weren’t any goals to achieve or some great state of mind to make my life about anything in particular. All I wanted was a direction which provided benefits that eluded me for most of my life: looking inward is still my direction today. Understand this, just because one is on a so called spiritual path, it doesn’t mean the direction your heading is beneficial. I went in a direction for years that I was told was beneficial and it turned out not to be; this direction actually kept me in bondage. I won’t go into details, but what I do today is truly beneficial, and how I know this is because I’m at peace and don’t have a real desire for anything different. I have passion in my heart to share experiences with others, but not an aching because I need this moment to be different. I’m not looking for anything, that’s how I know the direction is beneficial.

You may be reading all the books, quoting all the right people, and putting all your energy into a direction, but the question is can you stop it all and still be at peace? If not your direction is only being used as a distraction. I was distracted for forty nine years so I know what I’m talking about. If you’re not at peace, your direction doesn’t benefit you or anyone else. All things are pointers, the non-beneficial direction is in thinking the pointers are the answers. The answers are always within, one just needs to make sure you’re heading in a beneficial direction that puts you in harmony with life…

Circling Emotions

Nothing from the outside truly controls you regardless of what it is, either real or made up. It’s the circling emotions attaching to what happens that causes you to be controlled…

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

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

Applied Labels

Each moment only provides the setting for it to be labeled. When it’s said you feel a certain way, it’s strictly your own judgement of that moment that labels it; the moment itself doesn’t label…

Through the senses life is labeled, and those labels are constantly applied. Everything is judged, even an empty cup on the counter is a judgment. Not a harmful one, but a judgment just the same. When it’s learned not to judge and apply the conditioned label, there’s awareness of the distractions that keep you from going beyond labeled living. With this new awareness the mind finally settles enough to notice the deeper view. This is the initial awareness, but it will require much more discipline to go deeper. The deeper you go the more the material world will be let go of which is the sensory world because it will not be needed. And the more the material world is let go of the more understanding there is of the deeper view and the freer you’ll be.

The senses are directly linked to the bondage of self as is the labeled view. So if you really want to understand life from the spiritual realm, you will have to get very quiet and become aware of how subtle the bondage to the delusional self really is. Conditioning is the only reason life is viewed the way it is by so many people as the quietness that’s necessary for the mind to settle isn’t practiced. This isn’t something that’s right or wrong, it’s just limiting. Without the discipline to understand the difference between label living and the deeper view, there will be no difference and the label view will be the only view that will be seen. Again not right or wrong, but it is limiting and what’s limited is your view…