Operative Wisdom

Knock, Knock, Knock

The more that we participate and immerse ourselves in the Illusions and Fantasies of the Sleeping world at large, the less we are Awakening. Sleeping, we are conditioned to *take a side* for whatever side is taken is due to our concept of importance of whatever we *take a side* about. So regardless of which side you take, taking a side shows your attachment to the concepts of the conditioned Sleeping world at large. Awakening, clinging to anything is quite foreign to us. Awakening, we Observe the Sleeping world and it's busyness as something that we are obviously *in* but not *of*. It has been said that "we must be in the world, but not of the world".

I do not speak of not deciding but rather that there is no decision to make. "As a man thinketh, so is he". If our focus on *good or bad* or *right or wrong* or *this or that*, our focus can not be on Awakening. I am simply saying to let the Sleeping world play their *tug of war* games and concentrate on Reality. As long as we harbor the concept of Dualism, there will always be a *tug of war*. For it is simply a *sign of our times*. It is a sign of humanity's arrogance in thinking that he has the sovereignty to destroy life. It is a sign of humanity's arrogance in thinking that he has the sovereignty to initiate conflict with those he disagrees with. It is a sign of humanity's fear, and greed, and lust, and concept of supremacy, and all of the vile concepts that are part and parcel of Sleep. Awakening, we would simply enjoy What-IS rather than what the Grand Trickster contrives it into.

Within humanity's law or not, any extreme is an excess. And you can not have a debate without debaters, as you can not have an excess without extremes. Sleeping, everything is debatable for everything has a dual aspect. Awakening, there is only What-IS without our conditioned ideas and images and meanings into/onto it. Awakening, we favor Awakening. The folly of the Sleeping world at large is good humor, but little else. We can not Save the world, it must Save itself. We can Point in the direction of Awakening, but if it gets mesmerized by our finger it will simply remain Sleeping.

The crux of the problem is "to intellectualize and consider the other possibilities". You cling to the dualistic notion that you are separate from that which you experience, that thought is some arbitrator between you and that which you experience and therefore miss the experience. As in meditation, as thoughts arise, watch them come and let them go on their merry way without contributing any energy to them. The purpose of meditation is to Silence the active mind of thought so that we can dwell in *absorption* or *reception* rather that *projection*, then we are to transfer that meditative state of mind to every aspect of our lives making our lives *receptive* rather than *projective*. In this way we can experience our lives AS it IS and not as we are conditioned to think it should be. Life will reveal it's Wonders to us IF we are in a mode to Receive it, yet will reveal nothing to us IF we Project our foolish notions into/onto it reflecting our foolish notions back to us.

We can not do away with thought any more than we could do away with the brain, for thought is simply being thought and the brain is simply being the brain doing what thought does and doing what the brain does. It is when we let thought interfere with the experience of the Moment by projecting that thought into/onto that Moment that is the problem. The Moment is not ours, it IS all by itself and needs no help from us. Let it BE itself and project no conditioned notions into/onto it. Absorb, Receive, not Project.

The *absorption* of which I speak is to be absorbed in the Totality of Life and the Totality of the Moment from Moment to Moment AND be *receptive* to it. Call upon thought to help you in the experience, but do not let thought control and manipulate the experience. You control and manipulate thought, and not the other way around.

Some stomp away, never to return, for a look into the Mirror of Truth can be very Painful. And though the offerings here are Loving and Caring and Sharing, the Sword of Truth can cut very deep into one's conditioned notions therefore may be to painful to bare. The Truth and Reality of What-IS is not always a tap on the shoulder with a gentle hand, but more often is a whack on the head with a 2x4. We can run away from the Pain, but we will miss the Dance -- the Cosmic Dance of Awakening.

The ego/personality/perspective is nothing more than our conditioned ideas and images and meanings controlling and manipulating our thing and behavior. Illusion, as it were, to rationalize our Blindness in such matters as Awakening. So we do not really destroy the ego, but rather Realize that it is a conditioned notion and stop clinging to it as a viable modus operandi. Ego/personality/perspective is but a contrivance of our own conditioned notions projected into/onto What-IS, therefore avoiding What-IS Truth and Reality. So ego is not destroyed but rather Realized not to be.

All is Life, even seeming death. As all is Death, even seeming Life. Sleeping, there is no living for all is death. Awakening, there is no death for all is Life. So it would seem that the matter would depend on whether we are Sleeping or Awakening, would it not ?

I am afraid that we have no choice in the matter, for all will BE as it IS regardless of our feeble notions *thinking* to the contrary. But "supposed to be" is a judgement via our conditioned notions therefore rendering our judgement invalid. For each Moment, from Moment to Moment, is anew and therefore IS What-IS and nothing more or nothing less. Anew and fresh each Moment, clinging not to some past, is the first Moment of the rest of our lives and should not be burdened by what we are conditioned to *think* is "supposed to be". Embrace each Moment AS it IS, without projecting our own conditioned notions into/onto it.

NOW is the only time that we can Recognize/Realize anything, for NOW is our only connection to Truth and Reality. The past is Illusion for it no longer is, as the future is Illusion for it is not yet. So Reality can only be Realized in the very instant present Moment NOW. It does not take time, it takes Waking-Up from our Illusions that we contrive via the Grand Trickster the conditioned mind.

We are conditioned to think and behave in ways that will further he who is doing the conditioning, whether it be simply in the products we buy or the seeming choices that we make or the promotion of some religion or organization. In products that we buy or in choices like *to hunt or not to hunt*, our emotions and seeming morality are appealed to and are quite straightforward. But organizations promote and generate a fear about something that is not quite so tangible, such as the concepts of Heaven and Hell. All organizations say that they have the *ticket* to Heaven and you must *buy* the ticket from that particular organization or *burn* in Hell. Your *choice*, the gold streets of Heaven or the fires of Hell. The tickets of other organizations are worthless when one tries to use them. We are conditioned to *believe* the Need, and that a particular organization has the *real* ticket, and fear that if we do not get this ticket that we will be tormented for eternity. Conditioned from outside of us and we must go outside of us to get the ticket. Organizations thrive hundreds and even thousands of years due to this conditioning. *They* want your money, *they* want your allegiance, *they* want your servitude. Is there a better reason "why" ?

Stupid and ignorant on the part of those who remain Sleeping, and deceptive and trickery on the part of those doing the conditioning. And since the conditioned are also doing the conditioning, we are stupid AND ignorant AND deceptive AND tricky. Is this not a good reason to Wake-Up ?

Simply put: *Way back when* (who knows when), someone realized that he could benefit by *convincing* another, by hook or crook, by deceit and cleverness, that the other would be enriched some day in some way by being of benefit to him, he could benefit by another's efforts. No doubt he tried many a convincing methods until he struck upon one that worked, and so he used it everywhere and on everyone. Others realized these convincing methods and so they too used them on those less mentally endowed than they. They realized also that these same convincing methods were being used on them, but figured that it was simply the price that had to be paid if they were going to use these methods on others. It became and is a way of life for the Sleeping. It is now to the point that we do not realize that we are being conditioned nor that we are doing any conditioning -- but rather the way of life.

We originally contrived these *convincing methods* within (and still do), but implement them outside of us. So we are convinced from without by others, which originates from within them, as we convince others from within us to without to them. Look at the new-born, and re-ask this question. The new born is a most Wonderful Guru as an example of Awakening -- almost totally innocent of the conditioning that they start facing.

Yes, we can easily practice our Mindfulness in everyday experiences, but the real test comes when there are social events that beckon one's attention. The memories, the tradition, the pressured social involvement, the desire to be part of it. But alas, those bridges are burned, those chains have been cut, those attachments have been let go of. One can fool others by circumming to the pressures and participate, but one can not fool oneself. It is to late. Once you Open that Door to your own Awakening, you can never close that Door completely. To try to hide it, to put a bushel over your Light, will not only cause conflict in your life but also drive you to near madness. Once we Truly catch a glimpse of our Awakening, it will plague us relentlessly until we Embrace it.

But it is not a separation from What-IS, for Awakening IS the Recognition of and the Realization of What-IS. And what is done NOW is indeed the Seeds of the future. The past is not Real but we Know that it Seeded the Present, as the future is not Real though we Know that the Present will Seed the future. We Know where we have been and we Know where we are going, but the Attention is IN the Moment. So your preparations for some future event is not removing you from the action of preparation, for you are preparing NOW. Sleeping, we cling to the future event and do what we need to do in the preparation of that future event so our attention is on the future event and not on the Present (making many mistakes in the present). Awakening, we focus our Attention IN the Moment on Present actions that will bring about some future event, clinging not to the fruits of our Labors but rather concentrating on the Labors. The Real Joy is in the Doing and not in some supposed future gratification. So I would offer, PREPARE -- but prepare with only preparation in mind.

*Belief* would establish a wall between us and our Awakening. Offerings of Truth and Reality, offerings of Wisdom, are but Pointers so that we can Directly Experience Truth and Reality and Wisdom ourselves. That is, Pointers so that we can BE Truth and Reality and Wisdom. True Friends should be able to be Open and Honest in any exchange of words for clarity and/or simply articulation. True Warriors of the same Cause of Awakening can not *offend* each other, but could only offer Compassion and Empathy in Aiding a fellow Warrior. Reacting to one another, neither can Help either themselves or the other.

Awakening, we *respond* to What-IS IN the very present instant Moment, Moment to Moment rather than *react* to what we *think* something *could be*. Never consider that you do not Recognize the Path of Awakening, but rather Walk it and offer your own Wisdom rather than offering someone else's. Others will Recognize your Wisdom by what you say and how you say it. The Gathering of the Awakening is to enjoin Forces so as to act as a Beacon Search Light rather than just an individual incandescent bulb of Light. Not by *following*, but rather by *adding* their Essence to it. Hence, The Gathering of many Awakening so there will BE but One Force.

Ah, indeed, the Savior is Knocking at the Door. And since we have no peephole in the Door, who can this seeming intruder be entreating entrance at our Door ? Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'. Could it be a Thief in the Night, a beggar, or chancellor of the realm, or Savior -- we Fear the worst. Then, vexed by curiosity, for the Knocking never ceases, we fling Open wide the Door not knowing what to expect. And indeed, we come face to face with our Savior. Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'. And the urge is to slam the Door in his face. But he puts his foot between the Door and the frame so the Door will not close completely........ and smiles. So you reluctantly Open the Door, look deeply into your eyes and say "WAKE UP". That is correct, your Savior is YOU. And your Salvation is in Waking-Up. Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'.

But there are not escape routes. And the bombardment of conditioning is continuous and constant -- an ever increasing battle to Save oneself from it. That relentless Hunger, that relentless Thirst, for Awakening will be satisfied when we embrace our miserable retched selves and Walk out into the Light. We are conditioned to hide or Veil this hunger, this thirst, but there is not escape for it..... for is we whom we Seek. And you are not *out there* but rather *in here*.

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To observe is not necessarily to understand, as discernment is not necessarily judgement. Dictionaries are compiled based on common usage and not necessarily True Meaning. We can observe the connectivity of two electrons propelled through space in opposite directions, but that is not to say that this connectivity is understood. As one can Understand the intricate working of the whole of the Cosmos, yet never observe it. So may I offer: observe and understand are not equatable words. And, "the mind or senses" have nothing to do with understanding. Tools perhaps, to gather information to aid our understanding, but is not relative to understanding. For it is not the mind or the senses that understand, it is you that understand -- as the Real You is way beyond the physical realm of mind and senses. So True Discernment is not a matter of mental or sense activity, but rather of True Understanding. When one Truly Understands that which is observed, one can then Truly Discern that which is What-IS and that which ISNOT -- not good or bad, but rather What-IS and What-ISNOT. Sleeping, we tend to lean toward that which ISNOT. Awakening, we tend to lean toward that which IS.

True observation is also a Recognition. The Recognition of that which IS and that which ISNOT. Sleeping, we will react to that which IS and respond to that which ISNOT. Awakening, we will respond to that which IS, Seeing through the Illusion of that which ISNOT. For that which ISNOT is not worthy of our Attention.

Again, it not a matter of judgement but rather a matter of Recognition. We may Recognize that one is in a state of denial when they do not. For they will not want to admit to themselves that they are. Denial is a many faceted dimension of our conditioned notions, that leads most times to abuse and oppression and even to violence. The Sleeping judge, whereas the Awakening extend Compassion.

Only the Sleeping judge, as they have no clue as to What-IS is. They have their belief systems and value systems and pit something against another, resulting in judgement based on What-ISNOT. For What-ISNOT is what they understand best. For it could be both one's denial of What-IS and one's conditioned perception of value. For if we can not Recognize What-IS, any observation would be a judgement based solely on one's conditioned ideas and images and meanings and values. "As a man thinketh, so is he".

"To sin by silence makes cowards of men". That is, if we can Help yet deny that person our Help, we will "reap what we sew".

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