Lies Exposed

Those who don’t understand their lies cannot know truth and therefore remain a slave to the lies. You needn’t have all the answers to know truth, you just need your lies exposed so you’re not enslaved by them…

Fifteen years ago I began developing a practice of quietness because I started understanding the lies of what it was to be a slave to the noise; I say “was” because in truth I am a slave no more. I know the poison of the lies of greed, hate, and delusion and have developed the discipline to not to allow them to control me to some degree. I know how living selfishly and being judgmental caused not only my suffering, but it caused suffering to those around me as well. Because this is known I use tools so I can live differently. If the lies weren’t exposed there wouldn’t be awareness of truth. 

The ultimate delusion is by the one who claims to know truth, but doesn’t even understand the lies, this is the place where the majority of people live. It isn’t arrogant to know the truth by understanding and not being controlled by the lies, but it is arrogant to claim to know truth. Many remain enslaved the to lies as it’s stated that there are different versions of truth and no one can know all truth or truth of another. It has been through my experience that I have discovered there aren’t different versions of truth, there are only versions of the lies; a lie is always a lie. When your lies are exposed, you will know truth, and another’s truth can also be known because another’s lies can be known, but this can only be known by knowing your own lies. Remember truth is not about having all the answers, it’s understanding the lies. The lies the world presents are the gateway to truth because they are the gateway of seeing the lies of greed, hate, and delusion, so it is possible to know truth, but only when the lies are exposed…

Created Problems

Through the way the mind becomes conditioned, problems are created so the mind has something to do, and because of this creating problems becomes constant…

The issue with having to constantly solve problems to arrange life to be a certain way is the problems are all created. Even if one makes up a story that life is exactly how you want it, the mind begins creating a new problem almost immediately. Life is continuous, it’s broken up into segments (created problems) by a mind that’s in a constant state of agitation. If this wasn’t true you would see life as complete and your mind wouldn’t constantly need life to be arranged to your liking. It isn’t because of anything right or wrong that makes the mind see things in this way, it’s because the mind has been trained to create problems so it’s only doing what it’s been trained to do.

The Conditioned Mind sees created problems all over the place. The shortest line in the store, politics, religion, work, diets, and on an on, all this is strictly done to create another problem; your mind tells you solving it will make life perfect. Let’s say everyday you create one new problem to solve, that would mean you create roughly 21,000 problems; this is done to constantly have life the way you think it should be. After all, nobody purposely gets in the longest line at the store, but if you did nothing would really change except for maybe not creating another problem…

No One Looking Integrity

No one looking integrity means what you do when no one is looking is the same as what you do when someone is watching, if this isn’t the level of one’s 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 nine 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 when no one is looking. 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 “no one is 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 things when no one is looking 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 no one is looking just as you do in front of others. Difficult yes, but only because “no one is looking integrity” isn’t the level of honesty that’s in place…

Noisy Mind Activity

Beneath the noisy mind activity there’s nothing but space. This is difficult to see because life isn’t about what you think it is. In fact it isn’t about anything you think it is, but it’s not seen because of trying to figure it out through noisy mind activity…

Round and round the mind goes and where it stops nobody knows. This is a perfect example of noisy mind activity that’s in place for most people. One thought after another, no space, no quietness, just the noise of thought manifesting itself. If you could just sit back in a space where the noise subsides, there’s a chance to truly see what many mystic’s spoke of. If you think you have an idea of what life is about, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but that’s just noise. There are no answers to what life is about and the more noisy the existence, the more you will think you have life figured out. I’m not saying I know what life is about, but I do know what it isn’t about and it has nothing to do with what is seen through the noisy mind. The more you’re controlled by the noise the less life is truly experienced. Below the noisy mind activity is the only place where life is truly experienced. You can travel all around the world and make up the story of all the beauty around you, but it’s only a story conjured up to provide pleasure and store it as a memory to be used later. Beneath the surface no story is needed, no pleasure is needed, in fact nothing is needed because this is where true life exist. 

Think about it, your entire life is a noisy story until one day it ends. Every experience is taken with you as if it never occurred. They were thought to be needed so you could make sense of your life, but really they mean absolutely nothing because they’re all created from noisy mind activity. Buddha talked about of delusion, Jesus spoke of being in the world not of it, to me this is what they were talking about. If you remain trapped in noisy mind activity, you will remain in your suffering. Even those who think they understand this don’t because it’s not something to understand. Beneath the noisy mind activity there’s nothing but space, this is where the possibility arises of truly seeing what life is about. Why there’s difficulty in seeing this is because life isn’t about anything that the noisy mind thinks it is. In fact it’s about everything you think it isn’t and this is because of the trying to figure it out on through noisy mind activity…

Sparkle of Light

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

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

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

Mind Potential

If you don’t take responsibility for the potential of your mind, there are plenty of influences that will do it for you. Whatever is thought about frequently becomes the potential of your mind…

Our minds are more like water than something solid. What happens is sometimes it gets frozen and becomes solid. Also water takes the shape of whatever container it’s in and that’s exactly what happens to an unconscious mind; in this case the container is whatever one attaches to. The key when it comes to the mind is to make sure it’s in a container that’s based in love. Water is influenced by many things, tides, wind, weather, and so on, the mind is also influenced by many things. When there’s awareness of this the mind is somewhat less influenced; it’s totally influenced when there isn’t awareness. The Conditioned Mind will say jump and you will jump, and depending on the conditioning you may even ask how high. If you don’t take responsibility for the potential of your mind there are plenty of influences that will do it for you.

Look at the politics here in the USA. See how individuals have influence over so many unconscious minds, and regardless of who you’re for, it’s been allowed to let them influence the potential of many minds. This now becomes the container for whoever you’re for or against and your mind will act accordingly. Even though it seems like this was a choice there really wasn’t. The question of any influence is it based in love? Whatever is thought about frequently becomes the potential of the mind; it has to because that’s how it’s conditioned. 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 establishing the potential of your mind…

Selfish Box Trap

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

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

Selfishness 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 selfishness cause suffering. Until you don’t attach to what arises, without judging it or associating it with pleasure, the selfish box will be what dictates the life you’re living. And it will be destructive based on the attachment to the selfish box…

Enticed Reaching

The most important thing to understand about enticed reaching is the less attachment there is to “I” the less you will be enticed to reach for something you think is needed for satisfaction…

Enticed reaching is so powerful because what’s reached for is actually satisfying; this is why enticed reaching is so addicting. There’s issue with this because of the impermanent nature of being satisfied. Satisfaction simply will not last, it has no staying power so something will always be needed following the attainment of whatever is reached for. Think about it, with all the things you have been enticed to reach for throughout your life regardless of what it was, it doesn’t bring the satisfaction now that it brought at that time. Most times, even if the same exact thing is physically repeated it’s usually not as satisfying as the first experience. I used so many things as I was enticed by my reaching conditioning, but it never lasted; the next enticed reaching always arose. This went on all the time, reaching for one thing after another and never staying satisfied.

I’ve come to understand this enticed reaching as the main reason people start using and become addicted to things. If needing satisfaction wasn’t sought, nothing would be reached for so there would never be an addiction. Unfortunately, enticed reaching has its way with people. It’s deeply ingrained in the subconscious and has been in place since the beginning of human form. I know this enticed reaching is what controlled me for forty nine years and it was directly associated with “I”. Without “I” no one is there to be enticed. Even with this understanding enticed reaching doesn’t just disappear, but it does subside somewhat. To me, the most important thing to understand about this is, the less attachment there is to “I” the less you will be enticed to reach because without “I” there’s no one who needs the next satisfaction…

Controlling Lies

Whatever controls you and makes you think it’s needed to be happy, it becomes your lie. It’s not right or wrong, but the key is to understand if being controlled by a lie will truly provide what you think it will…

To me, whoever is looked upon for inspiration or whatever, it should be noted that most likely they didn’t always see things as they do now. I’m fortunate to have experienced two totally different ways of viewing life. It’s where my insights arise from and the reason why I share what I do. Having been controlled by lies for so many years has actually become my greatest asset. When I write about something it’s always from a lie that’s been exposed. It’s never about being smarter or knowing more than anyone else; what’s there is simply what’s there and it’s what’s shared. When I talk about quietness or stillness it’s because I was controlled by lies which is a life full of noise. When there’s talk of attachment, it’s because attachment is the master lie.

Everyone who is alive experiences life, it’s what’s done with the experiences that determines if you’re controlled by lies. An example is if you think you need to have material things to be happy, you will be controlled by that lie. It’s not right or wrong, but the key is to understand if the lie will provide what you think it will. Deep down inside having material things doesn’t change you. 

For me, I went through a life of much suffering, always controlled by the lie of what my Conditioned Mind made me believe was happiness; today I see this for the lie that it is. When I write something it’s because I can see the lie that controlled me; today I have been provided with a view of true liberation. I’m very direct in my approach, but I’m not insensitive to anyone else’s view, it’s just that I’ve been controlled by lies for far too long, and because of this I can see that way too many are still controlled by them…

Grateful Heart

Happy Thanksgiving, not only for today, but for each and everyday because life itself is your greatest gift because one day it will not be so…

Being grateful for life occurs naturally when there’s an understanding of how to live from a heart of love; although love is natural it’s not automatic so cultivating love results in gratitude…

Gratitude naturally arises from a loving heart, but it’s not automatic. It isn’t produced by attaching to anything from the materiel realm. If gratitude was from the material realm it would coincide with possessions and that would make a person of wealth more grateful than one who didn’t have much. The true measure of wealth has nothing to do with possessions, true wealth arises from a loving heart, that’s what measures wealth. You can only be grateful when you are content with life as it is, not with the way you wish it was or how you want or expect it to be. 

Wanting is never from our true self, it’s from the small self that thinks what’s wanted is needed to be complete. Whenever you want, it means you think life needs to be in some other way; this creates suffering. Gratitude doesn’t mean everything will be as it’s wanted, life must be accepted as it is if you are to be at peace and have a grateful heart; investigate this for yourself. Gratitude will not shield you from life problems, it will allow you to not create them. Be grateful for your life as it is and you will find your loving heart, and when life is lived from a loving 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 for life as it is, not because of what you possess, but because of the natural love that arises from your own heart…

Created Obstacles

Life happens, it’s not personal. When it’s made personal obstacles are created. When you find a center to just be, there’s nothing personal because you become sheltered from creating your own obstacles…

It may seem as though life creates obstacles so you can learn from them, but the obstacles come from within ourselves. Life doesn’t create obstacles, that’s not its nature, it just is. Things happen because of certain Universal Laws, these laws produce certain results, this is just life being life, it’s not personal. There’s a place within every person that you can go when life seems over bearing, but life isn’t ever truly over bearing, it’s just what the Conditioned Mind creates; stories of obstacles. 

Our center of being is a place, a shelter, an inner sanctuary, from the self created obstacles of life. If this place isn’t known when the Conditioned Mind creates these obstacles, you’ll be left unprotected and exposed to face your own created suffering for not finding your shelter; you are the creator of your own misery. This shelter is the true essence of being. It’s the center of Universal Love or God if you’d like.

When you can stay centered there will be shelter from creating your own suffering. This is regardless of what happens in life, that is unless it’s made personal. Life does nothing to no one, it’s each individual alone from the way they‘re conditioned that makes life seem it creates obstacles and this occurs because without a center of being everything that happens in life is put upon your shoulders and makes it something that has to be done. Just understand whatever is going on between your ears is about what you think needs to be done, it’s totally on the individual, created within one self. 

Don’t blame life for not staying centered and being left unprotected and exposed for all kinds of mischief to arise. Find your center so you are sheltered and stay there as much as possible. The more you stay there the fewer obstacles there will be in your life and the less suffering there will be…

Lure of Desire

The most important thing to understand about the lure of desire is the less one is attached to “I” the less one will be lured in because without “I” there’s no one desiring…

The lure of desire is so enticing because it actually feels good and this is why desire is so powerful. The only real issue with this is the impermanent nature of desire. It simply will not last no matter what; desire has no staying power so something else will be needed almost immediately following the attainment of the desire. Think about it, with all the desires that have been attained throughout your life regardless of what it was, it doesn’t bring the fulfillment now that it brought at that time. Most times even if the same exact desire is physically repeated it’s usually not as satisfying as the first experience. I used so many things to satisfy the lure of my desire seeking, but it was never lasting. The lure of the next needed desire always arose. This went on all the time, attaining one desire after another and never being satisfied. 

I’ve come to understand the lure of desire is the main reason people reach for things. If your desires didn’t need fulfillment, nothing would be reached for so there would never be a need for anything; hence there wouldn’t be any issue. Unfortunately the lure of desire has its way with people as it’s deeply ingrained in the subconscious and has been in place before your existence began. I know being lured by desire is what was controlling me for forty nine years and it was directly associated with “I”. Without “I” no one is there to be lured. Even with this understanding, being lured by desire doesn’t just disappear, but it does subside somewhat. To me, the most important thing to understand about this is, the less one is attached to “I” the less one will be lured by desire because without “I” there’s no one who needs to fulfill the next desire…

Created Deceptions

To expose your created deceptions, why they’re being created needs to be understood. If this understanding doesn’t occur the deception remain which makes your reality deceptive…

The way the base of your thoughts are formulated determines if you see what actually occurs in life or if you create a deceptive reality of your formulated thoughts. Because of the lack of clarity of truth in most peoples lives, this creates two realities occurring at the same. One is what is actually occurring and the other is the deceptive thoughts of what’s occurring. The more unaware a person is of this the more their thoughts create a deceptive story of life instead of living a life of what’s actually occurring.

If this is how you’re living it makes for a very unproductive existence because a deceptive life is being lived; when this is done your entire existence is deceptive. It’s like a magic trick, no matter how real it seems, it’s not. To expose what makes a deception seem real and how the trick is done needs to be understood. It’s the same with our life, to expose the created deceptions, why they’re being created needs to be seen. If this doesn’t occur the deception remains as your reality.

Thoughts are the base of all deceptions because without the attachment to something, it’s impossible for the deception to exist. All deceptions start with a thought that it‘s real, but the thought isn’t what’s actually occurring so two realities are happening at the same time; one is created (the deception) and one just is. The one you live your life by determines if it’s based in what’s actually occurring or if you’re living a life of deceptions created by the Conditioned Mind. There’s living your given life (what is) or there’s life created; it can be a deceptive creation of your thoughts or it can be the reality of what is. There are always two realities to choose from; the deceptive one needs to be exposed. If this doesn’t occur the created deceptions remain as reality which makes life deceptive…

Blind Mentality

There’s so much of a blind mentality in our society today that it’s almost impossible to break its hold. The reason for this is because the thing being held onto is attached to by the blind mentality of “I”…

A blind mentality will drag you along unconsciously unless there’s some awareness that it’s happening. To me, the only thing that allows this awareness are your thoughts slowing down enough to where there’s a millisecond of space between them; in this space the pull of a blind mentality lessens. The only thing I’ve found that allows this space is being present. It’s very important to understand this because people sit for hours with other intentions and the moment they’re finished, the blind mentality returns. Understanding this is beneficial because it allows for a clear vision which keeps the mind open to honesty instead of blindness. If everything stays in the head as blind intellect, it will be difficult to break free from the energy of this. The more attachment there is to blind energy, the harder it is to pull away.

One example of this is in the Bible, the masses grew and grew as the Pharisees publicly tried Jesus. As more people were pulled into the blind mentality to crucify, the energy intensified. If you research some of the conquerors of the past, you will see exactly how the blind mentality works. As their reigns widened and their tyranny expanded, the blind mentality deepened. There’s so much of this energy in our society right now, and it’s reinforced daily. It’s so hard to break free of it because of the attached blind mentality of “I” that keeps it in place. This includes trying to help others if the blind mentality is focused on “I” instead of the intuitive love of the heart. Until “I” is addressed, few people will break free from the blind energy because the attached mentality won’t allow space between your thoughts as the energy of “I” remains in control…

Imagined Self

When the lie of an imagined identity is revealed, the truth that this imagined self doesn’t really exist is revealed. This leads you not so much to knowing who you are, but more so to the truth of knowing who you are not…

One day as I was sitting in silence, it was revealed to me that it took roughly forty nine years to develop an identity to an imagined self; along with all the tools I thought were needed to make me who I thought I was suppose to be. For the last fifteen years I have be undoing what my own mind developed as it told me it was the most beneficial way to live. This imagined self began at the time of birth when my parents named me for the purpose of society having a way to identify me. This identify was then attached to by a self that wasn’t formed yet, but it slowly was being developed into an imagined identity.

This lie was revealed to me as it may be for others at some point, but for many it will remain in place until the time of death. Death may be the time that this is revealed, but most likely you will never be aware of it. For those who do awaken to the fallacy of this imagine self, there’s a freedom that occurs which can only be known in the space of non attachment to this made up imagined self. Bondage is in the belief that you are what you imagine. Freedom is in the knowing that you are not. Again: Bondage is in the belief that you are what you imagine. Freedom is in the knowing that you are not. The more the lie of this imagined self is revealed, the more truth that the imagined self doesn’t really exist is revealed. In this truth there’s a knowing, not of who you are, but of who you are not. It’s in the revelation of this lie that sets you free because you’re no longer in the prison of this imagined self…