Operative Wisdom

Watch The Game

We are conditioned to wear all sorts of masks not only to present ourselves to others but also to ourselves. We *believe* the fantasies that we establish about ourselves and so we become those fantasies. And in most cases we will fight to the death that it is not a fantasy. Siddhartha did indicate that we would have a very hard time getting rid of the Causes of our Suffering.

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.

The mind needs nothing and can be blamed for nothing. The mind is simply the mind being the mind doing what the mind does. The mind is simply the platform, the operating system of this body/mind complex. It run programs, whatever that program might be. Now, if you do not want the mind to run the programs then move the programs that you do not want the mind to run to the trash bin. Simple as that -- no programs, no run. Yet, easier said than done. However, yes you can let go of the programs and leave the mind sitting there idol. Purring away just ready to activate, yet with no programs to run the monitor screen is quite formless. Yet one would want to install a auto-run virus (conditioning) scanner so that all input is Mindfully checked to keep intruding thoughts from being run. And of course, set the mind not to auto-run but rather to run on command. So once we let go of those dearly beloved programs that have given us so much joy, and an auto-run Mindfulness, establishes an Awesome Clarity of What-IS and What-ISNOT.

Once we let go, there is no beyond but rather only What-IS. That which precedes and that which is beyond is not as Real/True as that which IS right NOW. If there is no one to get in, how could there be anyone to get out ? Though, to Realize "No one letting go; No letting go; No doer; No attachment to any form; Truth of emptiness; The Nameless" there is a certain effort involved in deleting our conditioned programs.

Once we See a little glimmer of Light we are naturally drawn toward the Light. The closer to the Light we get the more Brilliant the Light IS, and therefore the Clearer we can See. As the Radiance of the Light increases as we get closer to the Light our Clarity of Inner Vision increases also and so we can See through much Illusion and masks both of others as well as our own.

"As Above, So Below". When there is no distinction between the elements of the Cosmos there is but One Cosmos, as when there is no distinction between the elements of manifested form there is but One Manifestation, as when there is no distinction between the elements of Life there is but One Life, as when there is no distinction between the elements of humanity there is but One humanity -- when there is no *you* and *me* there is *us*. When there is no distinction between our True Nature and our everyday Life we are One with/in/of What-IS. Jesus said "when the two becomes one you will understand all things" -- that when we make ourself One True Nature *again* from the Two we have established with our conditioned dualistic notions we will BE Awakening.

Indeed, all Routes lead to One Path and on that Path there are no Gates of admission or to stand in our Way -- we simply Walk the Way of the Path. So the Gate is Gateless as the Path is Pathless. The Route, though, is not the Path so when we are not on the Path there are many Gates that stand in our way that demand we be admitted. Those Gates are our Conditioned notions and institutions and belief systems. Walking the Walkless Walk of the Wayless Way upon the Pathless Path we ARE Awakening, which is neither Mystical or Divine nor Physical. We simply ARE as all else IS.

Since Siddhartha nor Jesus nor Muhammad nor any Wise Sage gave us a clue, they obviously did not know either "Awakened" or "Enlightened" there must be no such thing as *Awakened* or *Enlightened* but rather a continuing Unfolding Awakening or Enlightening.

As we root out one conditioned notion we can more Clearly See others. And once on a roll they all start toppling when we go after them with a certain vengeance. "I'M COMING AFTER YOU.......... AND HELL'S COMING WITH ME". It seems to be a never ending battle, but alas, when we get the upper hand and dispense with our conditioned notions we Realize that we are left with Nothing. Nothing left to lose. Freedom. To BE. An awesome Oneness pervades one's whole BEing and one Empathizes with and has Compassion for whatever IS What-IS, for one IS What-IS. No more separation between oneself and any other diverse form in this manifested or unmanifested realm for we ARE this manifested and unmanifested realm. A totality of BEing One with/as whatever IS, seen or unseen. When we ARE our True Nature we Realize that our True Nature is the True Nature of all that IS. Then we Observe the Observer as the Observed -- we ARE that which we Observe. Our interaction with everyday life takes on a certain flow, a certain continuum of everything and everyone. We no longer see the outer facade but rather the True Nature AS it IS.

Then one has to be Mindful that the Trickster does not slip something over on you. In so doing, this state of BEing just goes on and on. But it is not a lala land state, it is a countenance that interacts with daily life whether you be a homemaker or factory laborer or an office desk jockey. It is not about going off to a cave and dwelling in the ozone, it is about emanating this state of BEing into every aspect of your life and embracing whatever life is for you IN/AS this state of BEing.

A few things to consider with any particular practice: is the practice in universal terms, what is to be accomplished by the practice, and is the practice livable. A contemplative practice is a good practice because it is a good tool for one to orient one's thinking, to actually see things as they are. Such alignment of perspective is a necessary ingredient of Awakening. And a good trainer in simple meditation. Yet the scope of contemplation is not the cure-all for Sleep, but rather a sorting of that which is True and that which is not. And in this sorting, when the programs are still installed and running, the sorting will be influenced by the programs. First we have to un-install the programs. When Dogen was asked by a few of his disciples what profound understanding he gained by his extensive practices he said, "my nose is vertical and my eyes are horizontal". Is there more to Understand by any practice other than to "know thyself" ? All else is actually a distraction. As I, and many others have *preached*, the meditation practice is for the sole purpose of establishing the *Meditative State of Mind* or *Meditative State of BEing*, and THEN this *Meditative State of BEing* must be emanated or manifested in every aspect of our life so it is our everyday countenance in everyday living -- THAT is the Real practice. Our Real practice is our everyday Life to be lived Moment to Moment, yet the offering said "This is the end of the Path". Which is the unTrue statement I spoke of earlier. Too often, people get so involved with a given practice that they *think* that the practice IS Awakening when actually the practice IS just the beginning of Awakening.

Indeed there is the appearance of the myriad wonders of What-IS, though Realizing that appearance is cut through in order that we may embrace the seeming many that ARE basically One. Manifested form could be no other way than as it is, so it is not to "understand" intellectually but rather BE as it IS and we seeming separate aspects of that very same manifested form BE as it (including we) IS. All this IS all this. I am awed that all this IS all this and try to "understand" why this goof (me) ever tried to complicate it's simplicity to "understand" it intellectually. Not a matter of *believing* or "understanding" anything, but rather Realizing that all this IS all this and that all we have to do is BE all this.

Ah, the Dance. I would offer that there is no Dancer separate from the Dance, that the Dancer IS the Dance. And since the Dance IS all this, as the Dancer IS all this, there can be no 'I' or 'my' or 'light' or 'knowledge' but rather only BEing What-IS the Dance.

Not only eyes but also feet and hands and bodies and minds as puppets for the Grand Trickster. May I offer that WE create our own creation as a Dream in our mind via our conditioned programmed thinking. Controlled manipulated automatons conceptualizing that which is not understood so we can *think* we are of some importance to/in all this. Yet, I dare say, if one leaves this physical realm there is no ripple in the fabric of all this, as there would not be a ripple in the fabric of all this if the planet Earth and it's chattels left this physical realm, as the same for this solar system. All this is quite awesome the way it IS, why we try put *our* mark on it and call it *our's* is beyond me (conceptually speaking, of course).

"Understanding" is simply a word, that can be defined as some cognitive process or a Recognition of What-IS. Understanding can be solely an intellectual undertaking yet it can be simply the Awareness of what happens to be so. Everyone's definitions of words can be very misleading, so we have to stumble through them to glean what is between and beyond definitions of words. For you are absolutely correct that though we use the intellect as a tool along the route to Awakening, the intellect is of no use in our Awakening. Awakening/Awareness/Understanding is a wordless thoughtless motionless conditionless Recognition of what actually IS just exactly AS it IS without our interference. This takes place not in the mind but rather a Realization by the Whole of Consciousness that we ARE. The Realization that the True Nature that we ARE embracing the True Nature that What-IS IS is One True Nature. In this way nothing is Hidden for there is nothing to hide, as there is no one to hide it.

As we observe the varying actions and interactions, thoughts and ideas and images, our own as well as everyone else's, that constitute our everyday life, a certain synthesis of existence is very Clear and unencumbered. There is nothing to "figure out" because it is all right there before you. And in this Dance of the diversity in an obvious Unity before us we do what must be done as a complimentary step in this Dance. No thought, no forethought, just a coordination of Steps in this Dance we call Life. So natural, so unencumbered with conditioned notions, so Free to BE who we ARE.

Too, in our observations, our inaction is our action for when the illusory games of the Sleeping set a stage of unreality there is nothing to respond to. Understood as What-ISNOT so can not be justified by response for there is no complimentary Dance Step.

Who controls and manipulates is a most interesting question. However, there is no little devil on the shoulder nor a troll in the head. Indeed it should be of most interest to everyone, for it is the control and manipulation of our thinking and behavior that Veils our True Nature. Prevents us from Truly Walking Up. Though it is called mind control, actually the mind can control nothing because the mind is just a platform or operating system. The mind just runs the programs. The mind is simply being the mind doing what the mind does -- runs the programs. It is the program that does the controlling and manipulating. We are programmed conditioned automatons (robots), and depending on the program whether it be raw materiality or some spiritual game, it is the controller/manipulator of your thinking and behavior. So if you want to point the finger at the culprit of your Blindness and demise, point at the program and not the mind. So it would seem, to get rid of the program (silence the mind, as in meditation) it could no longer control and manipulate our thinking and behavior. Might be worth considering.

There is the biofeedback, and the mind/body complex, the doer and non-doer, nothing and all, the me-entity, conceptual existence, this and that. Ah, the *word game* -- another fine game to stay distracted so that you will not focus True Attention on the Mirror of Truth where in your Reflection you would See the defiling conditionings that are Painfully horrid. We look in the mirror each morning and whether we may be deemed handsome/beautiful or not we are acceptable to ourselves because that is what we look like. No Pain, no Suffering, for better or for worse, "that's me". But when we Truly look at our Reflection in the Mirror of Truth we See this conditioned programmed puppet creature dangling from the strings of the contents of our mind (The Program, belief system). A helpless automaton awaiting the on-button to be pushed (reaction to some situation). So it is the Grand Puppeteer The Grand Trickster our conditioned thinking that jerks us this way and that in a dance of control and manipulation. Resist influences, believe nothing, be silent, embrace the void, correct view, correct intentions, correct speech, correct actions, correct effort, correct mindfulness, nothing is permanent, all is one, there is only our true nature. If you want to be intelligent then learn something new each day, yet if you want to be Wise forget something you have learned each day. That is, Wake-Up.

Intellectually we are precisely what/who we *think* we are. And we can be the most profoundly versed in all the learning available in every discipline there is. But when we let go of the intellect and embrace the task of cleaning up the defilements (conditioned notions) we See in the Mirror of Truth, THEN a simple grain of sand will reveal the whole secret workings of All that IS. Secret because we can not see it, secret because be are Blinded by our conditionings. Reading and/or reciting Wise words and a couple of dollars may get you a cup of coffee. Letting go of your conditioned notions will get you an Aha. Gather enough Ahas and you start Waking Up. Now this is not to say that a mastery of the language is not an asset, for it is. But it will not get you a ticket to Awakening, and you can not use Visa or MasterCharge. No one Saves you but yourself, no one can and no one may, others can Point to the Path, but you yourself must Walk the Way.

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Getting back to who we Really ARE requires us to 'put all thinking out of our mind'. You can call it "clearing" or anything else, but until we let go of our conditioned ideas and images and meanings and notions of all sorts the only person who we will know is the person who we are conditioned to be. So First, forget who you *think* you are. Which will not be an easy undertaking, so do not expect to command yourself to forget. And I am not speaking of a sideline effort, but rather a 200% dedication to Freeing yourself from your conditioned notions and beliefs. For to "know thyself" you will have to Directly Experience yourself and no longer rely on what someone else tells you. Do not take my word for it, DO it yourself. Scoff at my offerings, call them drivel, but do not let it rest there -- Prove me wrong by doing it and seeing for yourself (Direct Experience). Let go of conditioned beliefs and notions (conditioned perception), Directly Experience what is left (yourself). When one Openly and Honestly Observes their conditioned beliefs and security-blanket notions and lets these defilements go and Directly Experiences themselves that they DO start to "know thyself".

Remember the experience not, for it is but an anchor that will hold you to that experience. Try to solve it not, for the solution is in the solving. Answers are worthless, it is the questions that aid our Awakening. Your experiences are to simply open your eyes so that you can establish a Clarity of Inner Vision, a Clarity of Understanding. The past establishes the present, as the present will establish the future. But neither the past or the future are Real. What is Real is this very instant Moment. It is NOW that your ARE, so it must be NOW that you must BE. We can not always remain aloof of everyday life, but we can always remain IN/AS the present Moment and embrace each Moment anew and respond to it's demands. As you have no doubt found, remaining in the Moment is most pleasant, but the Moment is anew each Moment so we can not cling to the Moment that we felt pleasant. For there is pleasantness in each Moment.

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. For 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.

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Mental prowess and intellect will surely serve you well Yet it can be the very construction of the road to Hell, The Trickster plays you so perfectly then your Identity Forgetting there is a Mask that becomes a personality. -- Yogajyotii

Waking-Up from your Dream leave this deluded Cycle Your Suffering is mental so Illusions are your debacle, It's so hard to keep up with all the Games who are you So deceive yourself but the deception is seen through. -- Yogajyotii

Walking on through life simply BEing who you must BE Because this is the Way of manifested phenomenality, Yet AS your True Nature though you are IN the world Can not be OF the world just Watch what has unfurled. -- Yogajyotii

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