Revenge Harms Everyone

Even when you’re wronged and are justified in getting revenge it causes you more harm then it does to the other person because revenge keeps you in the grip to an aversion that isn't based in love…

Revenge as in an eye for an eye doesn't really work because it doesn't take away the hurt. You may tell yourself it makes you feel better and you may even believe it does, and to the Conditioned Mind you will say justice is served, but it doesn't truly change any of the facts of what happened. The mind always looks for some form of comfort and it uses revenge as one of these forms.

We say things like we hope people get what they give out in life and if they hurt others they should get what they deserve, but it doesn't take away the pain of those who are hurt. That's the irony of an eye for an eye, it doesn't really make a person feel better. To me the reason why Jesus taught to turn the other cheek was not so much for the benefit of the person who is causing the harm, but for our own heart to remain in the presence of love. The mind wants an eye for an eye because it's part of its conditioning, but for the heart to remain of love the other cheek has to be turned.

The ego will tell you to man up and attack back, seek revenge, but the heart knows if you want to remain at peace and in the presence of love, the other cheek will also have to be exposed. This is difficult as is most behavior based in love because of the conventional methods that are in place, but the alternative is to remain controlled by a mind anchored in greed, hate, and delusion; it's a choice that will decide the direction of your life and its level of peace. So the more you try to get even with someone, regardless of why, the more you’ll will be dragged down into a place that makes love a place just about impossible to live from.And if life isn't lived from a place of love it's not truly being lived, regardless of how much revenge is justified…

The Reason Why

Nothing is done or held onto without a reason why and if the reason why isn't understood, you will unconsciously be controlled by what is done as if you were a puppet on a string…

When some feeling or emotion arises there a reason for it. Learn to see the reason why the emotions arise and the feelings that go along with it. Whatever arises has a reason why it does, and the sensation of it needs to be understood if your aren’t going to be blindly drawn in and controlled by it. Nothing is held onto without a reason why and if that isn't understood, you will unconsciously succumb to it as if you were a puppet on a string. Why people don't see how this holds them in captivity is because many of the things that are being held onto are used to make your identity and also the holding is done because your conditioning tells you what you are holding onto is needed. When the reason behind what arises is understood or at least noticed, there arises an awareness of what you are thinking. When this occurs there's the possibility it will fall away and in the process your made up stories fall away.

As stated before, why it's so difficult to see this is because what's being held onto is thought to be bringing you a pleasure of some kind, and it may be in some way, but it's not true pleasure because no object has the capability of providing true pleasure; one is easily deluded by this. Regardless of reason as to why you to think you need something to feel good (pleasure) the object becomes your prison regardless of what's used. So if the reason why something arises and is held onto isn't understood, you might as well just give in to your puppeteer because when your conditioning says it's time to do something you will have to do it because the conditioning in place isn’t understood…

Non Belief Liberation

So many people worry about getting to heaven and because of this life just passes them by. A belief isn't needed to see this, but it will take a very settled mind not to make it into one…

We believe in everything we have in place because we ourselves have decided (even though it was probably done unconsciously) that our beliefs will make life better. There's no other reason to form a belief except for the purpose it will provide pleasure in some way. Look into this very carefully to see how this manifest in your life. God, money, material possessions, love, programs, spirituality, social status, enlightenment, and so on, are all formed to provide a fictitious pleasure based in a belief. If this isn't questioned, the belief will continue its control even though it will not truly provide the pleasure that it's being created for. It can't because the nature of any belief is bondage and bondage to anything is suffering, even if it's not seen as so.

Many call a belief faith, to me they're basically used in the same. I haven't found one iota of usefulness in having faith or believing in something that would truly benefit my life. I live in the space of now and since there isn't anything that needs to be different, a belief wouldn’t be beneficial. This is true liberation to be in the space of not making up stories. It doesn't take any effort or a story to be liberated. The reason why so many don't become liberated is they try to create it by forming a belief about it; if I do this or that, liberation will follow. Too many people worry about getting to heaven and because of this life passes you by while you are here on earth. It doesn't take a belief to see this, but it will take a mind that's settled not to make it into a belief...

Open Mind Teacher

Many things in life can be a teacher if you have an open mind willing to allow it, but if there's constant noise in the space between your ears, nothing will be seen as it truly is…

Nature can teach you much if you're not all caught up in what's going on between your ears. The other day I was watching a duck family sitting in my pool. They were all perfectly still, their heads tucked away. None of them were struggling with trying to be still, there was no teacher duck leading a guided meditation, no chants, or mantras being recited. No duck had on headphones listening to meditative music or positive affirmations, they were all just sitting there in the quietness of the moment. I actually went outside to observe this further to allow my present moment awareness to be a part of theirs. I was experiencing the peace of their stillness and it was a serenity beyond words; the peace that passes all understanding. This peace only happens when there's stillness to allow it, this is what the awareness of this blessed moment gave to me.

There was so much peace in this moment, nothing of the material world has ever blessed me like this, and I've had some beautiful things happen to me. I can see why this peace was being experienced, it's because of using the body more and more to be anchored in the present moment; this allows the mind to be much more settled. I've had ducks in my pool before, but it never had the affect on me as it did yesterday. Many things in life can be a teachers if the mind is open enough to allow it, but if there's constant noise in the space between your ears, nature or nothing else for that matter will be seen as it truly is, nor will the lessons that are being laid out before you…

Repetitive Actions

The repetitiveness of a Conditioned Mind can be devastating if its not understood. The repetitive actions manifest in many ways, but when the mind is quiet many fall by the wayside; that’s when life truly begins…

The reason why it’s so difficult to change is because the mind defaults to repetitive actions; even to the point of its own destruction. The conditioning must be changed if the repetitive behavior is to be changed. If this isn’t identified the behavior is repeated over and over, that is until the necessary practice is cultivated to initiate change. If nothing changes nothing changes. If the conditioning is changed the repetitive behavior becomes non existent. You don’t change the behavior because it’s a by product of the conditioning. When there’s quietness instead of conditioning there won’t be any repetitive behavior associated with the conditioning.

This is immensely valuable in the understanding of a repetitive mind. If quietness isn’t brought into your life the noise in the head will continue to run the show. It really is that simple. You have been conditioned to act in repetitive ways, whether those ways are beneficial to yourself, others, the planet, and the Universe as a whole, depends on what the base of those ways are. Their base is what determines the results of our decisions and how they affect the entire Universe. You may not think you acting in a self serving way affects the Universe, but how can it not. Energy is energy, never created or destroyed, simply transformed.

No act is isolated from itself, whether based in love or greed, hate, and delusion; it affects the whole. But the real issue is getting to know how the repetitiveness of your mind makes your decisions for you. Change come when this is realized and then different behavior can be selected. Your own mind will fight you on this, it makes you think the unknown is not good, but it is only a story because everything that is known today was once unknown at some point. So learn to quiet the squirrel cage mind so the repetitiveness isn’t the automatic way to go. You’ll be amazed with the way life changes because when you start to do things differently and act in ways that are conducive to love the repetitive ways lessen. Its truly that simple, but because the repetitive mind likes to revert to what it knows change is not easy…

Present Moment Energy

Present Moment energy is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what it is. Past and future energy stops the flow because it’s based in manipulating the present…

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

Past and future energy becomes a created prison because it doesn’t allow for a natural flow of life’s energy; you become a prisoner to the energy of the past and future. It’s the Conditioned Mind that cuts off the energy flow of the present as it becomes the energy of the lower nature of self centeredness. Why this past and future energy causes issue is because it bombards the present moment with an unnatural energy flow that doesn’t allow harmony. The present moment naturally free flows because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what’s there. Past and future energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate the present moment so what’s there is resisted to the point where the natural flow is cut off. The only thing needed for liberation is awareness aware of awareness, there’s no past or future energy here, there’s just the energy of the present moment…

Truth of Lies

It's really very simple to understand the mind, it can be broken down into two mind states, truth or lies and everyone who is alive will be guided by one or the other…

There's a lot of stuff (thinking) that goes on between the ears that determines what mind state you will be guided by and when it’s broken down you will be guided by either truth or lies. To me everything that happens is the result of something previous; the result of living in a state of truth or lies are vastly different. This isn't to apply a label that one is right and one is wrong, but if investigated it can be seen how truth produces results aligned with love, kindness, peace, harmony, joy, and lies align you with results of anger, greed, hate, unhappiness, discontent and do on. I had a mind of lies for many years and this resulted in much suffering in the form of feeling isolated and alone most of the time. As a result of this, I used many different things to try and not feel this way, but to no avail because not matter what, the lying mind state would always return.

Thirteen years ago I began understanding the different results of these two mind states and started developing certain things that put me more in line with truth. A mind of lies is selfish in nature and produces selfish results; desirable results if you're based in the material world. A mind of truth has no selfishness to it and the results are accordingly. This doesn't mean the lying conditioning is gone for good, but it has lessened to a large degree and hence there is literally no more suffering in me. If the difference of these two mind states aren't seen it seems the lies control more; it's because of the influences of the material world that make this so. Even though by being alive you are part of the world, when you finally wake up what's seen is you don't have to allow the mind state of lying to control you…

Everything is Temporary

When impermanence is understood, the craving for fulfillment is replaced with the satisfaction that whatever happens next doesn't matter much because one day what's next will prove how impermanent life really is…

Nobody knows the future, but what does the future matter if the present isn't being lived to the fullest. No one really know what’s going to happen next, but we all know death at least in this form will one day happen next, its just not known when that is. This is just a factual part of life regardless of any belief, one day this body will cease to support life as it is known today. We can make up a place that we are going to go to when we die (spiritually) but the body is going to become void of life and it will either be cremated or decay 6 feet underground. If this one truth can be understood than nothing else would truly matter because the impermanence of all things would be seen. And once this is seen life takes on an entirely different dynamic.

No longer is there something needed for fulfillment when this dynamic occurs because it’s realized life is already fulfilled. How can it not be with the understanding that all you need you already have and all that you have has no lasting substance to it. If everything is impermanent, everything is temporary, so nothing will bring fulfillment to life except an understanding that life's already fulfilled. Everything is a temporary fix that's why things are constantly reached for. If there wasn't a craving to be fulfilled there wouldn't be a need to reach for a temporary fix. That's why the understanding of impermanence has so much value to it because when it occurs the craving for fulfillment will be replaced with the satisfaction that whatever happens next doesn't matter much because one day what's next will prove just how impermanent life really is…

Waiting Higher Self

There’s a higher self that’s always there waiting in the space of stillness. When we understand the stillness beneath all our stories, we align ourselves and connect with this waiting higher self…

We’re not always aligned with our higher self and this is unfortunate. It’s not that we can’t always be aligned, but we have to do the things that will allow it. Our alignment is in relation to how much we try and control life; this is thought based. Certain aspects of our life need to be controlled, but the parts that are beyond our control, why do we insist on controlling them also?

There is the part of us that is the form self; the one controlled by the senses. This is the human aspect (thought based) of who we are, but there’s a self that is beyond form, this is beyond the thought process. It’s the self of the Universe, but not in the conceptual way. It’s the energy beyond form, it’s our thought process that needs to make it solid so it can have something to grasp and make sense of; this is what thought does. Our mind is beyond thought, it’s pure Universal Energy. It is who we are before our existence in this form begins and it is who we are when conditions no longer allow this form to exist and it ends.

Thought is energy, but it isn’t pure because it has attachment to it; it’s based in form. To go beyond thought one must go beyond attachment. This is when we are in alignment with our higher self. It can be labeled our soul, life eternal, nirvana, bliss, etc, but words are not needed to understand our higher self. Actually any word will block our alignment to our higher self because the word itself is the attachment to thought. When we learn to just be and not have to attach to anything to make us who we are that’s when we’ll understand who we truly are; thoughtless, formless, pure energy; this is the pure mind, this is our higher self…

Light of Kindness

Start with one single act of kindness and let it sink deeply into your heart. As kindness slowly becomes ingrained in the subconscious, you become the light of kindness for all the world to see…

Acts of kindness emits an energy of true love as long as they’re done unconditionally from the heart. If it comes from the Conditioned Mind to get a better seat in heaven or move up on the angelic chain of command, this will block the hearts energy of light. Doing acts of kindness is a start, but the heart will have to keep on expanding and remain open for kindness to become the minds default setting of light. If the heart remains open all the time acts of kindness will happen all the time because kindness will be the only thing in place. Start with one single act of kindness and let it sink deeply into your heart, in this process as kindness slowly becomes the default setting of your mind, you become light.

One can only emit the energy that’s in place and this is the light others will see; an open heart goes a long way in deciding what others see. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and good intention don’t provide actual kindness of light. For kindness to become the light the world sees, it will have to be something that’s cultivated so it becomes instilled in your subconscious.

I can only act as it is seen and as it is seen is a result of years of subconscious conditioning. So to be a light of kindness, the conditioning that blocks it has to be changed. Once it is and it all starts with consciously doing one single act of kindness, the heart opens and kindness becomes the minds default setting and that will be the light the world will see…

Stillness Energy

When the mind is quiet there is freedom because the controlling energy of what arises has nothing to attach to so there's nothing to control. Be Still and you will naturally be free…

It's not that we have problems, it’s that our problems have us. It’s never what happens that cause our issues, it’s how what happens is allowed to draw you in and control you. What allows the control is the draw and it’s almost unpreventable because of the unawareness of its cause; the control is what can be prevented.

You might wonder how something be prevented that you are unaware of, but the key is in learning to quiet the mind. What a quiet mind will do for you is allow the drawing energy to pass through you and hence it won't get to the point where it transforms into controlling energy. After all, what arises itself doesn't control you, it can't because it has no energy, yet. When you give it energy that’s when it grabs a hold of you. Remember our default energy is stillness, that’s the energy we began life with. Only attachment to something transforms your energy to control you.

How your problems grab you can be summed up in how you allow what arises to fester and thus become the energy that controls your life. Positive, negative, to me both can be just as controlling, but quietness, the ever elusive quietness can not be controlled because there’s nothing to attach to; that’s why it is said to "Be Still". When there is nothing to attach to there is no controlling energy. Energy always is, the energy of attachment is controlling, the energy of quietness is freedom. This is why meditation is so valuable because discipline is developed to allow the energy of stillness to be the guiding energy of life. With stillness as the guide, we’re given control of the direction of energy in our life. So it isn't that we have problems, but it’s in giving what arises the energy needed so that our problems have us…



Developed Tools

You can't see what isn't revealed. When truth is revealed it puts your life in your hands because when the eyes are opened what's revealed is the responsibility you have for your given life…

You can only live life with the tools you develop. You do the best you can with them that is until they stop working. Most of the tools developed are designed to follow the way of the world because that’s where they are derived from. You cannot develop spiritual tools unless your life is anchored on living by spiritual principles. When one seeks to follow the way of the spirit it means a complete reversal of the way of the world which is most people’s direction.

When the old tools stop working, at first it’s uncomfortable because it’s unfamiliar territory, but slowly the new tools will bring on a reversal of principles which leads to peace and happiness. You think your worldly aims and ambitions that are usually strived for are developed to bring peace, but when they don't produce the results looked for you’ll seek different tools for the desired result. The world's accomplishments will never bring heart rest and happiness; this isn’t right or wrong it's just the way it is.

The tools developed are used until they don't work. Changing something won't be done if it isn't known something needs changing. Although the mind will tell one that having to develop a new set of tools is the worse possible thing that could have happened, hopefully the new tools will develop a new set of eyes that allow you to see the weary, disillusioned, and disappointed results the old tools produced. Stop using the tools that are no longer producing desired results and put trust in not the ways of the world, but in the way of the spirit and you should use these new tools as if your life depends on it because it does…

Knowing Yourself

If you don't get to know yourself, you will constantly repeat behavior that doesn't allow you to be in harmony with life and although you may be alive, to be without harmony is to be without life…

My writings aren’t a cure all, but they are a valuable tool if you have an inner urging to change things in your life. This isn't a promotion for my writings, it's a promotion for a tool that can help a person be relieved from the bondage of self. That's what our inner urging is, the urging of love to be relieved of our self absorption. Until this is understood not God nor anything else will be able to help remove the blocks to this inner urging of love. This is not Gods fault it's ours because we are the ones who have become conditioned to behave in a manner that doesn't allow for us to be in harmony with life.

Do what you may, hold on to your beliefs in whatever you think you need to believe in, but understand you do what you do because of the way you have been conditioned. It's no ones fault and until you become responsible for your own behavior your inner urgings of love will most likely never fully be realized and your freedom will be fleeting at best. Stay in the control of your conditioning and stay in the prison to the bondage of self, and it's unfortunate because not even God will be able to help you break free from those chains…

Real Solutions

The Conditioned Mind is the cause of all that we do. This isn’t the fault of any God so why is God expected to fix it? When responsibility for your behavior is taken, your own intuition takes over…

The more you understand yourself and see the Conditioned Mind at the core of any behavior malfunctions, the more real your life solutions will be. You can wait for God or some other outside entity to fix you, but which would be more practical, waiting for some magical solution which may or may not happen or taking control of your life by learning to behave in a manner that puts you in harmony with your own intuitiveness.

More and more when I share with others about my experiences it’s the Conditioned Mind that is most identified with. If freedom is something that you have an urging for why you are not free is what you need to get in touch with. Our bondage is not the fault of any God so why look to God to fix it? When this is understood and the intuition to change arises, you’ll have something real to work with. It sounds simple and the real solution is simple, but it’s difficult in the actual change because of the way the mind has evolved. It’s a problem solving machine, but the only issue with this is it’s the thing creating the problems. Understand this and you will be well on your way to a freedom never experienced before…

Nobody Looking Integrity

Nobody looking integrity means what you do when nobody’s looking is the same as what you do when someone is watching. If this isn’t the level of your integrity, it’s because there’s a lack of self honesty…

One way to the purification of the mind and heart is to develop integrity. Here’s one definition of integrity “the quality of being honest” to me this is about self honesty because when I’m truly honest with me, there’s no way I can be dishonest with anyone else. I’ve learned a lot about self honesty in the last thirteen years and it’s something that eluded me for most of my life. Honesty isn’t about what I present to the world, it’s about what is done behind closed doors. The world is easily fooled because of the conditioning in place, but what does it matter if one gains the whole world, but loses themselves.

Integrity is a huge hurdle in breaking the chains of the Conditioned Mind, without it truth cannot be revealed. If I don’t know what blocks me from the purification of the mind and heart, the blocks remain, and without establishing what I call “nobody looking integrity” one remains stuck in their old habits because there’s no room for anything new. Certain things trigger certain thoughts and if those thoughts are attached to, it’s usually because one’s integrity has been compromised. Although there’s no right or wrong in this it does make someone do something behind closed doors that they wouldn’t necessarily do if someone was watching; as always investigate this for yourself.

Only to yourself is honesty necessary because it’s only yourself that will keep you from the purification of your mind and heart. This self honestly is tied in with loving yourself; when you’re honest with yourself you’re truly loving yourself because you’re making room for the mind to expand. This allows for the integrity to do what you do when nobody’s looking just as you do in front of others. Difficult yes, but only because “nobody looking integrity” isn’t the level of honesty that’s in place…