Addictive Reaching

Don’t let addictive reaching keep you in an unconscious state. All addictive reaching (attachment) has consequences regardless of what’s addictively reached for…

If you’re always addictively reaching for something it’s because you don’t think what you have is enough; if you don’t think you have enough, there will always be something to addictively reach for. Addictive reaching isn’t something that’s inherently a bad thing, why one reaches addictively is where issues arise; this is because one thinks something is missing. What is addictively reached for only matters to the degree in how the thing affects your life. The addiction to drink alcohol in access has consequences much different than the addiction to go to a program to stop using it. But the addictions core is the same and that’s what needs to be examined. Don’t let the different consequences of addictive reaching lull you into unconsciousness because all reaching leads to bondage in one form or another, and as stated this includes all addictions.

You might say that’s not true, an addiction to better yourself is a good thing, but that would mean you need things to be different to accept yourself. Accepting life exactly in the present is the only place the peace of not needing to addictively have things different is experienced. I’m not saying don’t better yourself, but if it’s at the expense of your peace of mind, where’s the benefit. I say go for the gold, just understand even if it’s attained you will find it’s not providing the benefits you thought it would; shortly afterwards more gold will be addictively reached for. Investigate this and see how addictions arise from desire, and desire causes bondage (attachment) which causes suffering. Break free from the addictive reaching of desiring things different and you will inevitably stop suffering…

Love Portal

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

Love has a portal with transforming properties, that’s why when one sees the love portal, they’re transformed. Look at a baby, it begins innocent, it has love potential, but it’s still only an infant. You can nurture it, but without a source of a love portal, the transformation from infant to a loving human being will not occur. This transforming love portal is the source of most of life, there are exceptions to this rule as with deep mental issues, but for the most part the love portal transforms. Go into a room full of hate and turn on the love portal, there’s an instant transformation of the room. The room comes alive, the energy in the room intensifies. Without the love portal the room still exists, but its vibrance is hidden.

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

Humility of Silence

What unites and draws humanity together is the humility of silence. Because of the humility of this space others are attracted to it. It’s the one place where there’s unity simply because there’s humility of silence…

It’s very important to be grounded in the humility of silence so people know there’s a place to turn to. Many people search for answers in my post and they’re expected to find them. I don’t mind this because of what has been revealed to me; I’m grateful for this humility. Everyone needs a place where they know they can go for humility from the unconscious world. It does matter where you go for this. If you go to a place that’s used as a distraction it may feel like humility, but it won’t be. If you get lost in something menial, the day will go by simply because time waits for no one, but if you’re spending the same day in the state of awareness you will become grounded in the humility of silence and people will turn to you.

Don’t be concerned with what others think about you, just be grounded in what you know as silenced humility and let no one take that away. Be grounded in the humility of silence in a world that’s mostly based in noise and this will allow others to also be grounded which is needed for humility to occur. The unity that draws you to someone is the silenced humility that becomes a part of humanity. Life is an open experience and if you’re not learning from it, you most likely have your mind made up already what you think it’s about. When you truly see these made up stories aren’t needed they fall away; this falling away allows silenced humility to arise. When you’re in this space others are attracted to it. It’s the one place where there’s unity of all humanity and it’s simply because there’s humility of silence…

Non-beneficial View

If you can develop some awareness of inner stillness, your non-beneficial view will have less control as your mind agitations subside; without these agitations you will understand truth intuitively…

If you’re always seeing life from a non-beneficial view, what is seen will be accepted accordingly and what’s truly going on will not be noticed. Although with a non-beneficial view life still goes on, but it’s very limited to the point of being delusional; I say this because it’s how I lived for forty nine years and it caused my life to be a constant struggle. The constant struggle was controlled by a non-beneficial view, although this wasn’t understood at the time. A non-beneficial view is one where there‘s constant reaching, the reaching is caused by the mind agitations that aren’t seen. This is why someone will reach for something without giving it much thought regardless if it’s beneficial or not. In that moment the non-beneficial conditioning declares it beneficial, but this is a big fat lie.

The non-beneficial view will only be noticed when you wake up and see the constant mind agitations. You will have to be able to just be for the agitations to subside; you will not see the true essence of life if the view is agitated. This non-beneficial view is strictly mind based. Hence the reason it’s not conducive to your well being is because there is so much conditioning that causes the mind to be constantly agitated. 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 non-beneficial view will be in control because the mind agitations will subside. It will be at this point that the need to reach for something will be lessened as it’s probably the first time in your life that the non-beneficial view has taken a back seat…

Limited Minded View

It’s your own mind that creates a limited minded view. If at some point your mind doesn’t settle, the limited minded view will remain intact and no new growth will be allowed…

If you only see through the limit of your conditioning, a new view will never be allowed; this doesn’t allow the mind to go beyond its limited minded view. It will take much investigation to see beyond the limited minded view because the view itself is what keeps you from growing. If this isn’t understood it won’t be seen, and if it’s not seen, there’s no way to go beyond your limit minded view. Faith, hope, and forgiveness are concepts that have been deeply embedded into the subconscious. You become conditioned by these concepts and until your own mind is understood, going beyond not only these limit minded concepts, but any concept for that matter will be virtually impossible.

There is so much being held onto without really looking if it’s truly beneficial. If you have a thought that you’re holding onto, guaranteed it’s not truly beneficial. You may wonder how I can say that since I don’t know you, but I don’t have to know you directly because I know me, and because I know me, I know you. I may not know what specific limited minded view has you in its grip, but it doesn’t matter because the nature of all conditioning is the same and that’s what needs to be understood.

You can only respond to what’s in front of you with the limited minded conditioning that’s in place. If you want to go beyond it, take a look and see if it unites or separates. Unity puts you in harmony with everything. Separation puts you in conflict with everything. These are two vastly different views, one binds and one frees. Although it may seem obvious which one does what, it will truly have to be investigated if you’re to see how exactly each of these manifest in your life. Life is always what’s in front of you, and although things may not always be as they’re wanted, until the limited minded view is let go of, new growth will not be allowed…

Misguided Mind Chatter

Misguided mind chatter won’t quiet on its own regardless of what beliefs you have. Beliefs hinder the mind quieting because they’re just a response to the misguided mind chatter that blocks truth…

If your misguided 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 see truth. It’s such a misguided world and what makes it so is most people focus on outward answers to satisfy themselves. What the misguided mind actually is and how it’s created is by not being aware that you already have your answers and there’s no need to seek them. It’s such a misguided world and what makes it so is most people are misguided looking for answers for self satisfaction; the misguided chatter is created by not being aware of this. With a mind that’s conditioned to be satisfied you have to constantly look for it, hence the misguided chatter. This is how the misguided chatter of a Conditioned Mind is formed and how it blocks awareness of truth. It’s misguided chatter created because if you knew you were already satisfied, the need to look for it would be non existent and so would the misguided mind chatter.

Everyone has the ability to consciously remove the misguided mind chatter, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its owns. It‘s beautiful that this is up to you. A little practice equates to a little truth so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to stop the misguided mind chatter. As you practice being in the moment the misguided mind quiets and you’re left with truth. If you’re waiting for anything else you’ll be waiting a very long time as your misguided mind chatter will never allow you to see the truth…

Love Energy

Love energy is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance, there isn’t a need to make love different. Selfish energy stops this flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate love…

Being aware of love at the precise moment it arises minimizes the selfish stories that are needed to make life the way you think it should be. Awareness of love stops the selfish story of the way you think something should be and allows the freedom of love, this becomes the beautiful view of the way that it is. After all, wanting things different is where all selfishness arises from. When you’re simply aware of love as it arises there isn’t a need for a selfish story so selfish energy doesn’t come into play as the love of your heart naturally becomes the beautiful operating energy of life.

Selfish energy becomes a created prison because it doesn’t allow for a natural flow of love energy; you become engulfed in the energy of selfishness. It’s the Conditioned Mind that cuts off the energy flow of love as it becomes the energy of the lower nature of self-centered nonsense. Why this energy causes issue is because it bombards love with an unnatural energy flow and doesn’t allow harmony. Love is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance, there’s no need to make it different. Selfish energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate love so what’s there is resisted to the point where the natural flow of love energy is cut off. The only thing needed for liberation is awareness aware of awareness, there’s no selfish energy here, there’s just the energy of love which is what’s actually here…

Unguarded Actions

It’s important to notice your actions because even if what you do comes from a labeled place of love, this label produces the bondage of unguarded actions which have complete control…

If you can’t watch your own actions to decipher if they’re truly beneficial, hold on because you’ll be taken on the roller coaster ride of life. Not that life does anything directly to you, but unguarded actions arise and they determines what kind of ride you’ll be on. Noticing your unguarded actions is essential if you’re not to be controlled by them. 

Thoughts that cause you to act are a natural part of life, they will occur. As far as I know there’s no way of controlling the first thought that arises, but I have found that noticing it allows for a split second of hesitation that can be used to decipher whether or not your actions are beneficial; remember attachment causes suffering, no matter how it’s labeled.

I often say the Conditioned Mind is diabolical because if there isn’t some awareness of how you’re controlled by unguarded actions, you’ll be controlled you as if you were a puppet on a string. So subtle are these unguarded actions that even if you’re doing things that are labeled as loving, if this isn’t watched, they will control you; bondage is bondage regardless of what label is applied to your actions. The Conditioned Mind is diabolical because of its subtleness in using whatever it can to remain in control of unguarded actions. This is also why it’s so important to notice your actions because even if what you do comes from a labeled place of love, the bondage this produces has complete control over you…

Beyond What You Think

Going beyond what you think is the gateway to truly being in harmony with life. Life’s energy will always be as it is, but you need to learn how to cooperate with it so your energy goes beyond what you think…

Visualize the ocean as the Universe and your thoughts as you’re swimming. You cannot swim without the ocean, but the ocean doesn’t need you to swim. It provides the place to swim, but not the swimming. You can swim forever, but it will always be a doing that’s using the ocean, and as the swimmer becomes tired, you’ll need something to hold onto or the ocean will consume you.

So what can you do to stop the constant thoughts (swimming) not as a temporarily solution, but one that will last and keep you from being consumed? You will need to learn to cooperate with the oceans energy and be in harmony with it. You can hope to find something in the ocean to keep you afloat, or you can turn over and simply float on your back. You’re still in the ocean, but now you simply align your energy with the oceans energy. You’re not fighting, grasping or hoping for something to come along to hold onto, you’re just floating on your back. Allowing yourself to be at one with the waves and thus you are using your energy to be in harmony with the oceans energy. 

Our thinking can be viewed like this, simply as energy. Life is also energy, which doesn’t need our thinking, but our thinking is from the energy of life. You can think forever, but it never becomes life, although it’s never separate from life. It’s just that the thinking energy is always grasping for something and doesn’t align with Universal energy. It’s when you become aware of your thinking through quieting the mind that you are in cooperation with the energy of the Universe and thus life. This is where you will find the stillness that allows you to be in harmony with life and stops the need to grasp for something that doesn’t assist in any way in keeping you afloat. Hence you are then aligned with the energy with the Universe, floating along in cooperation with life…

Surface Facade

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

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

If the need to reach for something because life throws you a curve ball, and you don’t investigate why the need to reach arose, you’ll probably use a surface facade distraction not to succumb to it. By doing this you’ll never be free because you’ll never get in touch with why the surface facade is in place. Investigating why a surface facade is in place may be 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 seeing it as a surface facade…

Sugar Trap

Reaching for sugar is directly linked to a craving that creates a trap. If you really want to understand your life, you’ll have to get very quiet and become aware of how subtle the sugar trap is…

Life through reaching for sugar is a trap, and this trap is constantly being set. Reaching for sugar is a labeled trap, but even labeling a glass of water is a trap; not a harmful one, but a trap just the same. When you learn not to label using sugar, you can become aware of the traps that keeps you from going beyond reaching for sugar. With this new awareness your mind finally settles enough to notice an expanded view. This is the initial awareness, but it will require much more practice to expand. The more it expands, the more you’ll have to let go of the material world which is a sugar trap. The more the sugar trap is let go of, the more you will understand the expanded view and the freer you will be.

The only reason there’s a need to reach for sugar by so many people is because the quietness that’s necessary to view it differently isn’t practiced. This isn’t inherently wrong, but it is limiting. Without the discipline to understand the difference between the sugar trap and the expanded view, there will be no difference and the sugar trap will be the only view that you will have. Not inherently wrong, but it is a trap, and what is trapped is your need to each for sugar…

Willingness to Change

People don’t change because the willingness to investigate why you do what you do isn’t given 100%: 50% willingness doesn’t get it done…

The idea of doing what puts you in alignment with love is much different than actually putting it into action. It’s not because it isn’t how you truly want to be, there’s just so much conditioning against you that without a 100% willingness, it‘s difficult to sustain a connection to love for a substantial amount of time. We all have times when it’s easier, but we also have our times when we say screw it and self-seek. Don’t be too hard on yourself, a lifetime of living one way will not change with a few sittings. The key is to remain willing on a practice that allows the self-seeking behavior to become less and less and for love to be more reflected in your actions.

Although love is natural, willingness is needed so there’s alignment with it. Sometimes it will seem like” what’s the use” but understand this is all part of the conditioning, the noise, the story, the unconsciousness, whatever you want to call it. Being constantly willing is a necessity if there’s to be change because the old behavior is so deeply ingrained to let go of control on its own. Why people don’t change is because the willingness to investigate why you do what you do isn’t given 100%. It‘s impossible to get more out of life than what you are willing to put into it. If you’re 50% willing, that’s what you’ll get and change will be minimum at best…

Conditioned Titles

When titles are held onto that are created by thinking which is noise, you can’t hear or see regardless of how much truth there is or lack of in what’s being presented…

What’s the difference if you think you believe in evolution or if you think there’s a supreme being, it’s really only a story that you make up and attach a title to. Or how about this, one day you think there’s a God and one day your mind tells you to think there’s no such thing as God; it’s the same mind creating both titles. Do what you may, but understand you make up your entire identity and attach it to a title created by your thinking Conditioned Mind. This is a powerful truth that most people will not see because there isn’t the silence necessary to see it. There are no real facts associated to any of your titles, they’re just a collection of thoughts. When there’s a lot of thinking that’s made into a story, that’s when your Conditioned Mind is able to create your title. I think I am this or that, but they’re all formed by thinking.

It’s like an addict, some use alcohol, some drugs, some gamble, use sex or even success. This is another one of those list that goes on and on, but the main thing to understand is we are all thinking addicts regardless of what’s used. It’s only being used to quiet a thinking mind agitation so you have a title for a story. You may or may not understand this, but most thinking is used for the same reason. God, no God, maybe God, alcohol, drugs, success, who cares, but you and the stories are all created to quiet a thinking mind agitation. Agree with me don’t agree with me, it’s your title, but if you can become silent, that’s when you will hear. When titles are held onto that are created by thinking which is noise, you can’t hear or see regardless of how much truth there is or lack of in what’s being presented…

 

A You and Me Story

Thinking there’s a you and me isn’t true disunity, it’s only a thought. When the thought does arise, if there isn’t attachment to it, there will be unity instead of a you and me story…

The Conditioned Mind disunites people and sees them as different, but it’s not true; the only disunity is from a story. There is no true disunity, when you can understand that the nature of all disunity is only from the way you’re conditioned, it ceases to exist. At the core of this understanding is a oneness within, and thus a oneness with everything. This includes insects, animals, fish, plants, and humans, in essence the entire Universe, but don’t miss interpret this and make it a concept or theory. It’s a fact and this can only be truly sensed when the mind is very still and only when the mind is absent of any thought of disunity.

There has to be a oneness within yourself before there can be oneness with anything else. If this doesn’t occur it’s because you’re consumed by the thought realm and the thought realm is controlled by the disunity of the Conditioned Mind. Please don’t take this lightly, it’s the reason, greed, hate, and delusion are the default setting of so many minds. If there isn’t quietness, there’s noise, and if there’s noise it’s derived from one’s conditioning. Sit with this and notice when disunity arises and what’s at its core. Let it pass without labeling it, just observe and don’t attach to it. Remember the thought of disunity isn’t true disunity, it’s only a thought. When this thought arises as it will because of your conditioning, if there isn’t attachment to it there will be unity instead of a you and me story…

 

Influenced Mind Shaping

If you’re not aware of how your mind is shaped, there are plenty of influences that will shape it for you. Whatever is thought about and attached to becomes the influence that shapes your mind…

The mind is more like fluid than something solid like a brick or wood, but what happens is sometimes the fluid get hard and becomes solid. Also fluid will take the shape of whatever container it is in and that’s exactly what happens to an influenced mind, in this case the shape becomes whatever is attached to. The key when it comes to the mind is to make sure it’s in a container that takes on the shape of love. Fluids are influenced by many things and so is the mind influenced by many things. When one is aware of this the mind is less influenced, but it’s totally influenced when one is no awareness of this. The unaware mind will say jump and one will jump, and depending on the conditioning you may even ask how high. If you’re not aware of how your mind is shaped there are plenty of influences and people that will shape it for you; whatever is blindly attached to becomes the shape of your mind…

Look at the past presidential election here in the USA, see how one individual (container) has influenced so many minds. Whether you’re for or against him, it has been allowed to let him influence the shape of your mind. He is now the container whether you are for or against him and your mind has taken shape accordingly. Even though it seems like this was a choice, it really wasn’t. The question of any influence is does it have the shape of love? Whatever is thought about frequently becomes the influence of the mind; it has to because that’s how it’s shaped. This article is strictly to be viewed to see how all of this limits you, and to possibly allow you to see what container (attachment) is influencing the shaping of your mind…