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Grab The Golden Ring Whether emotions are talked about from psychology or from Awakening, it boils down to the fact that once we let go of the desire/thought/ego we also stop generating emotional responses/reactions. Emotional responses/reactions can be indicators for therapy in the cognitive area and I might add stand in the way of our Dwelling IN/AS the Moment. The science of psychology generally deals with *corrective* measures where Awakening deals with *subduing* measures. We do not become *emotionless* per se, but rather Transmute or Transfigure emotional responses/reactions to Compassion/Empathy/Love by Waking-Up. We do stop generating emotional responses/reactions for we do not evaluate or judge, we simply express or emanate Compassion/Empathy/Love IN/AS our Awakening. It is the fact that we are not on our guard against conditioned notions that we are brainwashed and programmed to do most anything that the conditioned ideas and images and meanings dictate we do. Before we Realize that we are conditioned programmed automatons controlled and manipulated by the whims of the puppeteer who pulls our strings, we are conditioned to *believe* that the puppeteer will only pull the string that make us do what is *good for us*. No Fear -- play on Grand Trickster Puppeteer conditioned mind. But then....... we get a glimpse of the Grand Trickster Puppeteer and Realize that it is the Puppeteer's show and not our's. Then we become obsessed with finding the knife (Way to the Path of Awakening) and cutting the strings, and ever stand vigilant and Mindful that no more string get Attached. Fear ? No, it is actually Mindfulness. Mindful to BE ourself and not the controlled and manipulated automatonic robot puppets we have become. Language is indeed many times a stumbling blocks to communication, for even if the words used are in a dictionary there are still always the *personal* connotations of any given word used or read. So the *intent* of the author may not be what the reader receives. An added problem with truly understanding a given writing is if the words or terms used are not even in a dictionary. Also not found in a dictionary is the added meaning or significance of a word that starts with a capitalized letter in a part of a sentence where it should not be capitalized. All of this always requires further explanations if one is interested -- which I never mind doing, if one is interested. But actually, the true worth of my initial offerings was the *reactions* that they received. For it is in observing our reactions and thoughts and why we reacted is of vital importance when taking stock of ourself. That is, who or what is controlling and manipulating our thinking and behavior so we will react in the first place. If we would like to be other than the programmed conditioned automatonic robots we have become, we have to Openly and Honestly Observe ourself. Yes, distractions are major stumbling blocks and must be dealt with from the start, whether it be in meditation or simply reading -- we must stay IN/AS the Moment from Moment to Moment To use such words is a necessity in communicating, in talking and writing, which does not indicate dualism. It is not in the words that we use that we are dualistic, it is in our thinking and behavior. NonDualism, like Awakening, is a state of BEing. When we think and act and perceive everything in relation to something else our whole BEing is conditioned as everything is dual. Spiritual Awakening, Inner Awakening, Awakening, Self-Realization, Enlightenment, all boil down to *Wake-Up* from the delusions of our self made reality and self made truth. It is in the Recognition that we are products of our society, products of the world in which we live and play, programmed conditioned controlled manipulated automatons and Realizing that we have to do something about that condition. THAT is the first step in what some call "Spiritual Awakening". What follows will be our decent through the Cantos of Hell, for it is an almost insurmountable *battle* to let go of our cherished programmed conditioned ideas and images and meanings that control and manipulate our very thinking and behavior and Veil our Awakening. With each self observation of our reactions and thoughts and habitual behavior, and a look at the reasons why such reactions and thoughts and habitual behavior, we see the Veils that shroud our Awakening and prevent it's Unfolding. With each conditioned notion that we let go of we glean an *Aha*. With each Aha gleaned we Realize who and what we ARE and that we are Awakening from the DreamLand of the Grand Trickster the conditioned mind. This is not a belief or experience, but rather the Realization of What-IS and What-ISNOT. Truly Understanding the difference, and doing what must be done to let go of What-ISNOT, is what some call "Spiritual Awakening". Beliefs are not founded on Pure unconditioned Direct Experience, and experiences are not of the present Moment but rather some past Moment. Awakening takes place in the Pure unconditioned Direct Experience of the very instant present Moment NOW, and nowhere else. It most assuredly matters, for Awakening and dualism are on *two* different routes -- one going in One direction and the other in the opposite direction. It, the barer of the ego, reacts.... due to pain or fear.... or simple dislike...... all of which is conditioned. We definitely need a delusion/illusion in order to Observe it in ourself, so indeed such an experience is in our repertoire. The Self-Observation of it would be Real, but the perception is based on those delusions/illusions so the perception IS the delusion/illusion for it is conditioned. Indeed delusion/illusion is nonsense, but a deluded perception can not Observe a delusion/illusion. Only by letting go of the conditioned deluded perception can we Openly and Honestly Observe ourself and our delusions/illusions. Being such the simple matter...... what seems to be holding you back ? Awakening, we ARE ourself -- our natural undefiled unconditioned un-programmed self. To see such a state of BE-ing all we have to do is observe a new born babe. It can not fend or feed or care for itself yet so it depends on adults for that. But other than the physical necessities that it can not do for itself, it is an individual FREE of the conditioned notions that cause so much pain and suffering with us adults. But we adults can not stand this FREEDOM, so we graciously condition this little Enlightened Guru so that it will be *like us*. Francis of Assisi said, "Give me your child for the first two years of it's life and it will be mine for the rest of it's life". That is, we turn our young into the controlled manipulated automatons that we are so that we will not be alone in our pain and suffering. Misery does like company. "Out of control" ? Rather, out from under control, out from under greed, out from under graft, out from under corruption, out from under manipulation, out from under hate, out from under war, out from under killing, out from under crime, out from under all of the ills of society that we wish we did not have to deal with. And if you really look around, without hiding your head in the sand, on the news and in the newspapers and in your town or city or state or country, all of the items I mentioned are not getting better but rather getting worse by the minute. Why ? Because we refuse to Wake-Up from the delusions of our conditioned thinking. We should Learn from those little Gurus of ours rather than warp their minds to match ours. THAT, warping our young's minds to match ours, is the most heinous crime humanity has ever committed, and humanity is the victim of the crime humanity committed. Could this be Poetic Justice ? Do not equate ego with psyche, there is a vast difference. That which is connected to ego is disappointment and Suffering and Pain as well as desires of pleasure. Which is indeed a barrier to living unconditioned living, or a Veil to Awakening. Conditioning is the seat/root of ego. Where there is no conditioning there is no ego-self. Sleeping, there is a conditioned personality self or ego self. Awakening, we abandon such folly as a personality self or ego self. Though we start to be conditioned while still in the womb in minor subtle ways, basically, we embark upon any given incarnation unincumbered by the Grand Trickster the conditioned mind. That first year and part of the second year is our glimpse of a non-conditioned BEing. That glimpse is soon Veiled as the bombardment of conditioned ideas and images and meanings defile our hitherto Awakening state of BEing as we acquire our conditioned personality or ego. It is only after Realizing our fate as adults do we struggle to get back to an un-defiled state of BEing rather than the controlled and manipulated NON-BEing automatons we have become. Simply, duality is our conditioned need to separate ourself from all else. *Thinking* that we are separate independent controllers and manipulators of all else. *Thinking* that there is a superiority and inferiority in all separate elements of the manifested realm, and naturally that we are the superior. Conditioned not to accept that *All IS One, One IS All*, *As Above, So Below*. *Thinking* that there is something *other* than What-IS. So the duality is in *thinking* that there can be both a conditioned and a non-conditioned personality self or ego self. Further, we all respond to a given Moment or given Direct Experience in different ways due to the different routes we take to get to The Path. If this is observed as a personality, fine for it holds no real relevance since it is simply an observation of another. It is when we ourself take that so called personality seriously, as we are conditioned to do, placing some value or credence in it, that it is a defilement of our state of BEing. As long as we cling to our conditioned ideas and images and meanings that stand in the way of our Awakening, we are controlled and manipulated and programmed automatonic robot puppets -- worse than a pile of dung. Worse because dung makes good fertilizer, Sleeping, we are only good for being drug around by our nose. We do see the faults of others and deny that they are our own. In that respect others are mirrors for us. We can also see in others that which has stood in the way of our own Awakening that we worked though too. In that respect we get confirmation that we are on the right track. But this is all general psychology..... mainly for the Sleeping to evaluate themselves while still Sleeping. Admitting to ourself that by Sleeping we are worse than dung, and we work to let go of our brainwashing, we look in these mirrors with a clearer perception of both the world at large as well as ourself. And so the reflections of others tend not to be something not liked but rather indicators of what we should be working on to correct either in ourself or helping others to do so because we already had corrected them. Waking-Up is not an *overnight* happening, it takes time and work on your part. There is not quick fix. We do not Awaken, we continually Unfold Awakening. Aha by Aha. The old *sinner to saint* cliche is not really True when it comes to Awakening. Just keep at it, you WILL get better with practice. Then let the dead knowledge go, let the conditioned dualistic notions go. A mind that is filled with dead knowledge, conditioned notions, can not be filled with the Wonder of Awakening. So we must clear the mind, empty the chalice so it can be filled with Awakening. It has been said that to be intelligent we must learn something new each day, yet to be Wise we must let go of something we have learned each day. Realizing this is the first step. The next step is doing something about this malady -- such as not living the hypocrisy of conditioned dualistic thinking and behavior. Sad indeed, our conditioned mindset Veils our ability to Recognize and Unfold our Awakening. We are controlled and manipulated by our conditioned ideas and images and meanings, therefore not Free to Wake-Up. To See everything AS it IS you must let go of the contents of your conditioned mind. Only when the mind is empty of preconceived notions, only when the vessel is empty of conditioned ideas and images and meanings, can we then fill ourself with our Awakening. Indeed, the world seems to be hell-bent on making sure that their Suffering is great -- to the point of perhaps extinction. And indeed, thought we may Save ourselves from that Suffering, we are effected by the Causes of *their* Suffering (such as the ills you so aptly enumerated). Yet we can only Save ourselves and *show* the world through our example the Wonders of Awakening and that they can cast aside the Causes of their Suffering. Yet bare in mind, due to massive ingrained conditioned thinking and behavior, humanity will give up anything even life itself for some cause whether it be noble or foolish, yet will refuse to give up one minor shred of the Causes of their Suffering. Sort of a Death-Wish subliminally built into conditioned thinking. So again, no one Saves us but ourself, no one can and no one may, others may Point to the Path, but we ourself must Walk the Way. So we must first save ourself, then Point to how others can Save themselves. For if we do not Save ourself by casting aside the conditioned notions that Veil our own Awakening, we are but contributors in the Suffering that we speak out against. Be it great or minor, the world's Salvation lies in each and every individual Saving themselves. Ah, indeed, when Truth is Realized, after letting go of the conditioned ideas and images and notions of all sorts that Veils Truth, without projecting anything of ourself into/onto that Realization, we no longer have to believe for then we ARE Truth. We can not *find* it, we can not *hear* it, we can not *have* or *hold* it, we can not *give* or *receive* it, we can only Directly Experience the Realization of it. 0====[::::::::::> Sword of Truth <::::::::::]====0 The "wow" is a bit difficult to explain, for the Awakening it is simply What-IS, it is simply a day in the Life, it IS Life. Nothing awesome about Awakening, for Awakening everything is awesome. For Awakening is who we ARE without artificial masks and embalming conditionings. Without pride and conceit and superiority we ARE humility, so being humble tends to be superficial. Without the conditioned notions of ego and self-importance and selfishness we ARE selfless, so being selfless is the superficiality of the Sleeping. The "how" is easier to explain, for it is a simple matter of letting go of our conditioned ideas and images and meanings. Though letting go of our conditioned ideas and images and meanings is not a simple matter. In fact, an almost insurmountable endeavor -- an endeavor that may take the rest of our particular incarnation. I would say many, both of yore and of today, though the Sleeping project their own self-esteem onto those Awakening making it difficult to imagine the lack of self-esteem. To the Awakening, self-esteem is an interesting *concept*. As Awakening is an interesting consideration to the Sleeping, Sleeping is an interesting concept to the Awakening. But Awakening is not about going off to a cave or monastery to Dwell Within, Awakening is about manifesting that Awakening into every aspect of your life. Every aspect of everyday life. The daily grind is not a *chore* but rather a means of Meditation. When you dust, only dust and do not think of anything else. When you vacuum or wash dishes or whatever, only vacuum or wash dishes or whatever without thinking of anything else. BE what you DO, whatever that doing is. Instead of a diversion from Awakening, make it a tool of Awakening. Sing and dance as you vacuum, turning the task into a Cosmic Ritual of DOing. And do it with all seeming *chores*. But alas, that body and circumstances are the very ingredients for you Awakening. Do not simply *do* your chores, BE your chores. They must be done anyway, so why not use them as a tool in your Awakening. I would only add that if your seeming awakening is not the very tasks at hand (house work, family, job, money matters, and the like), then it is not Awakening. I do not advocate "drop your life and follow me", but rather "pick up your life and follow no one but your own Awakening". All I ask is that you Listen, and try it for yourself. No one Saves us but ourself, no one can and no one may, others can Point to the Path, but we ourself must Walk the Way. Wonder not -- DO it and find out for yourself. 0====[::::::::::> Sword of Truth <::::::::::]====0 *Daily Meditations* Get out of your head just make the mind Rest Join in the Stillness all else nothing but a Pest, Just BE your Silence letting it reign AS Divine For it is your very True Nature that is the Sign. -- Yogajyotii As conditioned notions arise continue the spin Of this and that clutter a game we can not win, Seems so very real as we are always beguiled Unbeknownst to us that we've become defiled. -- Yogajyotii Grab the Golden Ring get off a merry go round Listen to the Silence and Hear Eternal Sound, Look into the Void everything's there so to See So IN/AS What-IS Awakening we can only BE. -- Yogajyotii
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