Two To One
Awakening IS about Freedom,
the Freedom to BE Free. Freedom from all the defiling entanglements and
Causes of our Suffering. But for every entanglement or defilement you mentioned
there is a Cause for that defilement, the foundation for these defilements.
For we can not be Free from Suffering or ignorance or the flesh or thought
or self or anything else until we root out the Cause of this Suffering.
That Cause, that foundation, is none other than the Grand Trickster the
conditioned mind. When we let him go we will be Free, for it is he who
keeps us in chains and bondage to him. One more thing: once we are Free,
Really Free, we will not want to "come back" to the Slavery of
the Grand Trickster. For as you said, there is nothing Real other than
the "Here and NOW" !
It is the Mirror of Truth
that I hold up in front of you. If the reflection is to painful, you can
turn away and avoid the pain. But when we avoid the pain, we miss the Dance
-- the Cosmic Dance of Awakening.
There are no "what
ifs", there is only What-IS. There are no speculations nor rationalizations,
there is only What-IS. We choose nothing for there are no choices, as Karma
chooses nothing. The short of it is that Karma merely arranges events and
situations (including re-birth) suitable for our Growth. Karma sets up
the potential or inclination of what is Needed based on established Growth
of the last incarnation. Quite mechanical and non-judgmental. Karma is
not an entity in itself, but rather an Operation of Cause and Effect. And
in the state that we are in before re-birth, we are not capable of making
choices and judgments -- fully aware of where we have been and where we
are and where we are going, but incapable of anything but going with the
flow of the Wheel of Karma/Reincarnation. So, speculate and rationalize
not, for you are only spinning your wheels -- study and Understand.
Do not try to fix that
which is not broken. Do not apply beliefs to understand that which requires
no beliefs to understand, for beliefs only get in the way of our understanding.
Embrace these offerings AS the ARE, projecting nothing into/onto them.
You will glean more Insights if you do this.
Awakening is the melding
of Ying and Yang as a Balance of One. When all aspects are in Balance there
is but One, both ying and yang as well as neither ying and yang. Sleeping,
we juggle the two. Awakening, we meld the two to One for there can BE only
One.
"Believe" not,
for belief is the Veil of True Understanding. Either you Know or you do
not Know, but there is no room for belief in Awakening. There is no "higher
level", for you ARE all levels, your beliefs Veil that Understanding.
You must let go of conditioned notions and Open to What-IS. A couple more
words to look up in the site search engine: *What-IS* and *Conditioning*.
Pointing out that this
sort of thinking in regards to Desire is like climbing the stairs of a
20 story skyscraper, getting on the roof, walking over to edge of the roof,
jumping off the roof to the awaiting pavement below, and complaining because
we did not survive the impact when we hit the pavement. What I am saying
is that if you do not climb to the roof of the skyscraper (do not generate
Desires), do not jump off the roof (do not give energy to Desires), there
will be no impact to deal with. We give birth to Illusions and give them
credence by letting them control and manipulate us (either through suppression
or enacting them), then complain because they are Illusions that damage
or hurt us. If you are going to stand out in the rain, do not gripe when
you get wet.
Come in out of the rain
! That is, stop generating Desires. That is, when you see a perfectly designed
automobile for example, appreciate it's perfection and even compliment
the designer, and let it go at that. The same would apply to anything in
the physical manifested realm, appreciate it's beauty and let it go at
that. It is not permanent so why dwell on possessing it. Besides, you could
only use it for the time that it is around or the time that you are around
-- which may be a pleasant experience, but not worth grasping after it
or clinging to it. You can not take it with you.
Giving life at all to
it damages you. Generating it in the first place damages you. YOU are the
mother who gives birth to Desire, so YOU have to take the Birth Control
to stop giving birth to Desire. It is not a matter of suppressing or repressing
or avoiding or submitting or subduing, but rather in not mothering them
in the first place. And why we mother such a monster ? -- is that we are
conditioned to do so. YOU are the mother and the Grand Trickster is the
father.
IS is IS as NOW is NOW
as the Moment is the Moment. There never has been and there never will
be a Moment quite like this very instant present Moment. Each Moment is
anew each Moment form Moment to Moment. So indeed it would behoove us to
embrace each Moment AS it IS at the Moment, a new and refreshing Direct
Experience. This Moment was indeed built upon the past, as this Moment
will be the foundation for the future. But neither the past nor the future
is Real for neither IS this very Moment. When we do not cling to the past
or the future we can Dwell IN/AS and enjoy the present Moment. For in essence,
this Moment IS What-IS Reality and Truth -- for neither Reality nor Truth
can be Realized in any other Moment but this very instant present Moment.
This is not to slight
the awesome struggle we go through to Dwell IN/AS the Moment even for an
instant, for the Grand Trickster is a more than worthy adversary. But beat
him we must, for he is the Slayer of the Real and of Truth. The Slayer
must be Slain, and we are the only ones who can do it. No one Saves us
but ourselves, no one can and no one may, others can Point to the Path,
but we ourselves must Walk the Way. Experiment: there is no past, there
is no future, we are an entity that just materialized from the aethers
-- in this strange place, strange because it is the first Moment of our
existence -- we have no memory of where we were or even if we were -- strangely
we recognize everything that we see as though we had seen it before --
we know that we are, and all we see is, but where all of this NEW experience
fits into the scheme of things is beyond our understanding -- so we embark
on a Journey, but where this Journey will lead us is again beyond our understanding
-- we embark, we Journey, we Directly Experience, we greet all that we
experience anew for to our understanding we have never experienced it before
this Moment -- nothing we experience, including ourselves, has any history,
all simply IS as it IS. Even an instant of Awakening is the beginning of
the rest of your Awakening. And each progressively instant of Awakening
sets up a pattern, unbeknownst to us because our whole existence is a new
experience, that lends us to further instants of Awakening.
So it is a matter of
Realizing that our memories and past experiences impede our Awakening as
they arise. The Key, then, is when they arise, as with thoughts in meditation,
we acknowledge that they did indeed arise, contributing no energy or attention
to them and watch them fade out of our experience. Like mental chatter
in meditation, they slowly but surely lose their impetus -- lose their
control and manipulation of us. If only for a Moment, still we experience
it and go on to experience the next Moment. We are conditioned to thrive
on familiarity, yet each successive Moment is anew. And so we shelter ourselves
from this seeming Unknown and cling to the seeming Known. Fear not, to
tread where no man has trod before. Even as adult, we must BE each Moment
as the new born babe for each Moment we are new born babes in that Moment.
Truly Observe the young Guru, for the new born babe will be a most profound
and Wise Teacher.
Such Recognition, such
acceptance of the responsibility, is of primary importance if we are tired
of dealing with Desires and seek a way out from under their control and
manipulation of our thinking and behavior. Now that that step is taken
we are in prime position to Slay that Slayer. And I gladly offer the Sword
of Truth to Help you BE the Monster-Slayer that you ARE.
A primary first step
is admitting that there is a problem and that we are the problem. But the
Key is quite simple -- STOP ! That is, stop Desiring. What is worthy of
Desiring ? A new car, new clothes, fine food, expensive furniture, money,
a beautiful or handsome person to spend time with, a mansion in Beverly
Hills, an penthouse at Buckingham Palace ? 'Things' to enjoy for as long
as we can, for sure. But Desire ? You see, Desire requires a presumption.
A presumption of some future event. That is to say that Desire is not in
the Moment, but rather in the past. For the past requires a future -- dwelling
in the past from this very Moment is a statement that this moment is the
future of the past. So as we Desire something in this present Moment, we
are placing a future event when that Desire will be satisfied. So the Key
would be dwelling in the Moment for there is no Desire when we dwell in
the Moment -- there is no past and no future so there can be no Desire.
Letting go of, or discarding our conditioned notions and dwelling in the
Moment establishes us in a state of Desirelessness. Further, letting go
of our conditioned notions establishes us in the Moment. Mathematically:
conditioned notions = in the Moment = Desirelessness. Mathematically: +
conditioned notions = in the past and in the future = Desire. And one does
not have to be a rocket scientist to calculate this math.
Whether one opts in or
opts out, either option is suffering whether it be conscious or otherwise.
Sleeping IS Suffering. Sleeping, there are options. Awakening, we do what
must be done IN/AS the Moment due to the Moment -- there is no option.
What-IS is What-IS, so our only option is What-IS. So if you like to call
it an option, we have the option of What-IS or What-IS. I prefer opting
for What-IS, yet another may prefer opting for What-IS. Whereas Sleeping,
indeed we have a multitude of options. It is called *conditioned automatonic
response*. No muss no fuss, just follow the Grand Trickster's script.
I primarily address the
unconscious suffering, for that is the suffering that is due to our conditioned
notions, that we refuse to admit or acknowledge. Conscious suffering is
when we know that we are suffering but can find no solution to our problems.
Solving our problems is all about giving up trying to solve our problems.
When we Truly Openly Honestly Observe ourselves, we Realize this to be
so. It applies to life in general, in that, when we stop grasping and stop
trying to hold onto things and simply BE, with no thoughts of past or future,
embracing the Moment that we are IN/AS, we do not need solutions because
we do not have problems. When people tell me that they have a problem that
they have to solve, I tell them "no, there is no such thing as a problem
so there is no such thing as a solution. There is only a situation that
is waiting for us to give it a direction. And you can not give it a direction
while Sleeping".
Sleeping, Sight most
Blinded, ever in Darkness, I would say that we all could use a *Ray of
Light* reflected from the *Mirror Of Truth*.
Humanity bares a heavy
burden, though they are unaware of it. Their folly is but wasting the very
Life Energy they ARE. It is more than merely a waist of an incarnation,
but rather the waist of the opportunity to Wake-Up. For though thousands
of years ago a lost incarnation was not the end of the world, today it
may be because of, as you said, we are getting ever more into Kali Yuga
Cycle (the Darkest of the Dark Age Cycles). For you see, thousands of years
ago our ever Awakening Potential was still quite limited and so we incarnated
rapidly into the next incarnation. But as the Potential Unfolds and our
lack of attachment to this physical realm decreases naturally due to the
Unfolding Potential, we re-incarnate much slower. That is, thousands of
years ago we stayed in the Bardo of Death a short time before re-entering
the physical realm. Whereas now a days we stay in the Bardo of Death far
longer before re-entering this realm. Which means that when we re-enter
this realm again we could be dead center in the Dark Age -- then we will
be able to do very little about our Awakening. By then those Awakening
will be *under ground* and not readily found. The Potential Unfolds whether
we start Awakening or not, that is why people have this Inner Urge to start
Awakening. Problem is that they cling to their seeming tried and true methods
which are but conditioned notions. In this way Potential is stifled, so
we are just miserable and know not why.
He is reaching out for
help, but does not take the Hand extended to him. It reminds me of the
Michele Angelo painting on the Cathedral ceiling where man lazily reaches
out to God and God strenuously returns the extended Hand of Help -- which
man never takes. He wants Help but refuses it when offered. He does not
want the Suffering but refuses to give up the Causes of his Suffering.
A theme the Wise Sages have been trying to get us to Understand since time
immemerable.
Is there such a thing
as too much Compassion ? Is there such a thing as too much Awakening ?
It is very common for those Awakening to be in tears or on the brink of
tears, in deep sadness, to see people cling to the Causes of their Suffering.
Eventually you will build a tolerance to it, for there is little that you
can do for them if they do not want your Help. We offer Help to all, but
to those who do not accept that offering we must merely continue on our
way for there are those we will be able to Help for they will accept our
offering. We can not get weighted down by those who want to stay in their
Suffering.
The Great Path has no
Gates, though thousands of roads enter it. When one passes through this
Gateless Gate he Walks freely between Heaven and Earth. For the seeming
"Temple" is YOU this very instant Moment. WE block our own Way
to this Temple with our conditioned ideas and images and meanings and notions
of all sorts. WE Veil our own Understanding of this Temple with our defiled
projections of this or that. So indeed this Temple is ever guarded by the
Grand Trickster the conditioned mind. Awakening, there are no paradoxes
as there is no confusion. We can always fool ourselves some of the time,
and we can sometimes fool ourselves all of the time, yet we can not always
fool ourselves all of the time.
"Natural tendency"
? Rather, *conditioned tendency*. If indeed desire was Natural, why would
every Wise Sage from time immemerable say that desire was a Cause of our
Suffering ? Were they perhaps in error ? Such *words* were uttered ? To
whom ? By who ? "Accept it" ? We have a choice ? We can judge
whether or not ? Band-aids are fine after the fact, but I would say that
the *preventative maintenance* of letting go of desires as they arise would
be a more efficient use of our energy.
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Relating to the fictitious
nature of words. We use words and Sleeping we relate the word with the
thing, but the word can not be the thing, the word can only be a pointer
toward the thing. The word God is not God, but rather only a Pointer to
God. For the dualistic mind can only perceive What-ISNOT.
We are not here in this
incarnation to deal with conditioned thinking. That is something that we
have to overcome before we can work on what we are here to deal with. Conditioning
is a man made product and he is the only one who can stop the vicious circle
that it has generated which prevents him from Truly Directly Experiencing
this incarnation.
You can not stop thinking.
You have a brain and you have a mind, and thinking is what that combination
does. It is that you have to learn to control the thinking. That is, when
you want the mind to be Silent without thoughts it will be Silent. But
when you need to think as to the response to the given Moment, you can
call forward the thoughts. It is about you controlling your thoughts instead
of them controlling you.
Gathering Vital Information
is important, but the next step is to BE that Vital Information. Of course
the first step in BEing that Vital Information is to let go of the conditioned
notions that stand in the way of our BEing that Vital Information. Perhaps
the stumbling block to BEing that Vital Information is that you have not
yet actually let go of the conditioned notions necessary to Walk the Walk.
But, today, this Moment, is the first day, the first Moment, of the rest
of your life -- how can it not BE Wonderful ? 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. Your Savior is not *out there*.
What is there to be afraid
of ? The ONLY Moment that is Real is the very instant present Moment that
you are in right NOW. BE who your ARE, and BE What-IS right NOW, and whatever
the next Moment offers will be TOTALLY new so there can be nothing to fear.
You are projecting into the future (which is not Real yet). That is, you
are arraigning your Suffering of the Moment to come..... while Suffering
in the Present because of memories of the Past (which are also not Real).
Dwell not in the Past and Dwell not in the Future and Dwell only IN/AS
the Present Moment -- and All will be Real and without fear.
Upon letting go of enough
conditioned notions that Veil your Awakening, you WILL Remember.
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You think he does so
well mansions on high As you hide your face when told he must die, Though
the artist did well in painting his face He is just paper stage prop and
your disgrace. -- Yogajyotii
He is the great Destroyer
a Slayer of the Real Just as he goes the world will go on his heal, It's
just a game you see the Gamester's Game Just a virtual reality that to
you is all the same. -- Yogajyotii
Let go of the Illusion
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