Sleeping Is Fodder
Indeed, it takes Openly
and Honestly Observing ourselves, our habits and our needs. For the responses
are secondary to what Insights such Observations reveal to us. Though the
responses resulting from such Observations are vital to "the True
Inner need to Learn and Understand and Unfold further Awakening".
The first step is answering those questions Openly and Honestly to ourselves,
then offering the resulting Insights to others. Get rid of what you *know*
and embrace the Moment with your total BEing without projecting conditioned
dizzying notions into/onto the experience. Experience What-IS, whatever
it IS, AS it IS -- let the experience tell you it's story instead of you
already having a story to apply to it.
How can one speak of
a Realization ? We can say that we Realize this or that, but we can not
verbalize the experience of any given Realization. Others can only point
to the Path, but we ourselves must Walk the Way. We can describe a rainbow,
but we are speechless in describing the awe in the experience of Realizing
the wonder of that rainbow. Many have come along and told us precisely
what awakening is and to do some practice and we will also be awakened.
And many *believe*. And as many are deluded. In our early Quest we all
want to know what to expect when we finally cross the threshold and Wake-Up.
But alas, these are but words as well. Dualistic words at that. When we
can experience the very instant present Moment without projecting any notions
into/onto that experience of that Moment, we ARE Awakening AS that experience
OF that Moment. And after experiencing the very instant present Moment
without projecting any notions into/onto that experience of that Moment,
and ARE Awakening AS that experience OF that Moment and move on to the
next Moment not missing an instant from Moment to Moment we will Realize
that All IS and All IS-NOT. When there is no distinction between ourselves
and what we Observe, when the Observer becomes the Observed, we are Awakening.
Even this is not describing Awakening, but merely what we are doing AS
Awakening. And even *doing* is misleading because actually we are simply
experiencing a Pure unconditioned Moment. It is that which can not be spoken
that IS Awakening. Not a secret, but can only be Experienced or Realized
instead of being spoken of. The *bottom line* is, however, the more conditioning
that we discard the more we Realize and the more we experience What-IS
and the more we Awaken.
And at that unconditioned
level of Realization we are all One. In fact, in the confusion and questioning
of whether we are Awakening or not is most likely where we will Realize
such an Experience as Awakening. And do not hit that snooze button.
It is always refreshing
to see people leave *the flock*, for such flocks always lead away from
Truth and Reality and one's own Awakening. We are controlled and manipulated
by such *flocks* to be as *one of the flock*, which means that we are not
ourselves but rather the automatons that *the flock* programs. Turkeys
and chickens *flock*, Eagles Sore Alone. We will never find True God in
some flock or in what some flock would have us *believe*, but rather by
Dwelling Within and discarding the various conditioned notions that *the
flock* bombards us with continually. Within is where we Realize God, and
not in the outward antics of some *flock*. As a child we do childish things,
but as we Awaken we Realize that we outGrow the Dreams of the Sleeping
flocks.
As long as we are mesmerized
by the conditioning of *the flock* we will only see the world through the
rose-colored glasses of the flock. It is when we see the hypocrisy of flocks,
that we Realize What-IS (Reality). It is a long and arduous Journey Within,
but we will never set foot on the Path until we take that first step. It
is usually an uncertain step, but one that we must take if we are to Awaken
from the delusions of conditioned thinking and behavior. In the flock there
are so many Shadows that we try to function within, but alas when we take
that first step into the Light of our own Awakening there are no Shadows
of dark thinking or behavior. There is only the Freedom to BE who and what
we ARE and not a product of some flock.
Dualistic vocabulary
is no obstacle to Truth. At the surface of conversing of Direct Experiences
of Truth the language will seem dualistic because we set up comparisons
in explaining such experiences (the limitations of language). Though there
would not be comparisons by the one explaining the experience, the comparison
is drawn by the listener or reader. So it is not the vocabulary that is
the obstacle but rather dualism itself. Just because a particular religion
calls one a Saint, first, what makes this person a Saint, and second, what
makes this person an adherent of that particular religion ? Most so called
Christian Saints were Gnostic Alchemists, who took much of there vocabulary
from the dominant overlord of the era and local for their own safety but
who's Realizations have very little in common with the religion who calls
them Saints. Sure, right, the dualistic mind opposes duality as the conditioned
mind opposes conditioning.
As long as one takes
oneself for a personal entity, as long as there is identification with
thoughts and feelings Grace is NOT experienced, from Within or an outside
(dualistic) source. Because God nor any-thing else can *give* Grace. Grace
is not given, nor is it received. Grace is a State of BEing and can not
be Recognize ourselves, but rather is only Recognized by others as our
State of BEing. AS our Awakening from the dualistic conditioned thinking
and behavior do we Unfold a State of Grace. It is our automatonic programming
that we so dearly adhere to that keeps us in a state of Fall from Grace.
One can Realize nothing
while still Sleeping, for everything is quite a Dream. And so in this conditioned
lucid dream we dream that we have this god who bestows upon us this dream
we calls grace.
Our existence depends
on many physiological elements, but not God. For alas, YOU are everything,
YOU ARE, YOU ARE THAT, YOU are ALL, as only YOU are between non-duality
and duality. It is AS the Awakening that we Realize God. It is AS the Awakening
that we Unfold Grace. The Awakening form the conditioned notions that there
is anything apart form us is the Realization of What-IS AS the very instant
present Moment. Which leaves no room for Gods and duality of any sort.
The Moment leaves room for Directly Experiencing What-IS, and not much
else.
May I offer, that religions
are similar to labor unions in that at one time they did serve a very vital
service for those who needed it but has become more of a hinderance to
one's progress (has outlived it's usefulness). For *assumptions*, religion
oriented or not, is but a Veil to our Inner Awakening. Many Routes lead
one to Truth, but Truth is neither in/on any Route nor of a Route of it's
own -- it simply IS, with no projected images or ideas or meanings projected
into/onto it. And can not be found at organization, for it can only BE
Realize Within.
The very crux of the
Veil that organized religion establishes -- *beliefs*. Only by way of Directly
Experiencing What-IS, can one Realize Truth or Reality of any sort. We
need guidance it is True, but the guidance that we need is out from under
the control and manipulation that the conditioned programmed "code"
that most of society and all organizations bombard us with. We are but
automatons or slaves of our own demented conditioned perception.
A relationship much like
the relationship of Reincarnation and Karma. One without the other can
be misleading and definitely incomplete. And as interlaced. The short of
it is: As we physically *evolve* our *operant* or *potential* of Awakening
increases. Evolve (evolute) = exterior and involve (involute) = interior.
Physical evolution will advance us to an *increased potential* to Awaken,
but that does not mean that we do. To Awaken we must work on Observing
and then discarding anything that Veils or Hides that Awakening. For with
the refinement of evolution our potential of delusion increases as well.
Humanity *is* and has been for some time *Ready* to Awaken but continues
to Snooze. His arrogant Dreams of being Awake is but a delusion that we
contrive to establish some control over our lives. But alas, it is but
a Dream.
Discard this notion of
dualism, it draws a line of demarcation that is *thought* to be gone beyond.
As long as there is a wall, there will always be two sides of that wall.
If there is no wall, how can there be sides ? We are all on the same side,
the only side that there IS. Did Siddhartha lock himself in his castle
and try to Enlighten those on the other side of the walls of that castle
? Did Jesus sit in the Synagog and try to Save others on the other side
of the wall of the Synagog ? We are all on the same side, because the wall
of two sides is a construct of the conditioned mind. The Grand Trickster
builds wall to keep harm on the other side of the wall, which also imprisons
us to *our* particular side of that wall. Awakening is discarding the wall,
then we do not have to be concerned about which side we are on because
there are no sides to be on.
GO nowhere. For no matter
where you go, there you are. Simply Openly and Honestly Observe the arising
thoughts and emotions in any given experience and discard those that hinder
your Awakening. Observing them in this way will reveal it's vulnerable
point so that it can be discarded. This can be viewed as "going deeper",
but in actuality it is simply a matter of continued Unfolding of Awakening.
And it is not a matter of one discarding one's conditioning, but rather
*continually discarding* one's conditioning. For we are bombarded continually
with various forms of conditioning. In time this continual bombardment
will be Seen as simply humor, for the greatest defense against anything
is a thorough Understanding of it. The more we Observe it and discard it,
the more we Understand it and the more humorous it gets.
I can only offer that
when thoughts arise at the Moment of any given experience of a Moment,
it is a conditioned reaction to the experience of that Moment. If, on the
other hand, as we are experiencing the Moment we draw upon information
(thoughts) in aiding us AS the experience of the Moment, then we are responding
based on our particular state of Awakening. The difference is a reaction
based on prior programming or a response based on our Understanding. For
we can not do away with thoughts, but rather whether those thought arise
as a reaction or whether we think as a response. For you see, Dwelling
AS the Moment requires no thoughts to arise -- it is reacting or responding
that will establish a requirement of thoughts.
IF we Realize that we
are automatons programmed to follow the ebb and flow of our conditioned
notions (the contents of our mind, which include memories and emotions),
then and only then can we Openly and Honestly stand before the Mirror of
Truth. This is not to say that we will remain standing there, because the
reflection may be to scary so we may turn away. If we do not recognize
the despicable controlled and manipulated puppets that we are, we are resigned
to *follow* or remain controlled and manipulated by our conditioned perception.
Now, if we get disenchanted with that which we follow (that which controls
and manipulates our perception), we simply start following something else.
In following a different set of conditioned notions, we are still following
conditioned notions. The Key is to get away from conditioned notions, therefore
get away from following.
Of course they all Understand
about the influences of a conditioned perception -- unless they lived there
lives in isolation they would have to go through and discard or overcome
these influences themselves. What I indicate is that what they do not Realize
before coming to the West is the extent and depth and completeness and
strength (to say nothing of the continual bombardment) of our conditioning.
This is what they are overwhelmed by. Most do not give up their Mission,
they do not give up on us as lost causes, Bless them, but their Work tends
to take more the shape of gathering followers than Unfolding Awakening.
But the roots of our conditionings fill our whole being and so are the
very platform of our lives. And to extricate these roots, to transmute
this lead to Gold, is a battle not second even to the battle Arjuna faced
in the Gita. It is a battle no less that Blake's battle of Heaven and Hell.
This is not a minor struggle that we face, but rather such the awesome
struggle that 99.99% do not even attempt. Though they follow the beat of
a different drummer, they are still following someone else's music.
If our "self dialog"
is conducted within the auspices of conditionings would not our realizations
reflect those conditioned notions ? It is difficult to mix two apples together
and come up with an orange. A conditioned arrogance that impedes our Awakening
greatly. I would only add that we can prostrate ourselves before a Teaching
and/or a Teacher constantly all of our lives and still not even start Awakening
IF there remains our conditioned perception of ideas and images and meanings.
"As a man thinketh, so is he". May I offer, that when we Realize
Truth, though it may be at first a surface level of Understanding, it will
still be leading toward that Truth. On the other hand if we realize what
we are conditioned to *think* is truth, at any level of understanding,
will have no resemblance of Truth.
*Is there Life without
it being Lived ?* "Scientifically" or "empirically"
all manifestation that exists is living. But this is only partially True
in that all manifestation is living BECAUSE it *evolves* and *involves*
in it's existence. So if no Life, then no existence. Beyond this, yes,
Life must be Experienced AS IT IS for What-IT-IS each and every Moment
from Moment to Moment. Then we can say that WE are indeed Living Life,
as do all other Kingdoms in the manifested realms both seen and unseen.
May I offer, that Life
limits nothing for Life IS Life. It is humanity who places limits on just
about anything in the conditioned desire to *judge* and *choose*. For again,
Life does no *choosing*, but rather simply does Life as it IS. If we would
take such a cue and simply Live Life as it IS rather than judging and choosing
we might Realize the Truth of Life. If we have green to experience then
indeed we should be experiencing green instead of perhaps the red we are
conditioned to *want* to experience. But AS Awakening, we experience All
that is to experience as it IS and What-It-IS, whether it be green or red
or green and red or green/red.
Life wears no Mask, it
is humanity who wears Blinders and Blindfolds with it's conditioned notions
and therefore can not See or Live Life.
"Other side"
? There is only INside -- humanity's *final frontier*. For All IS right
where you ARE. Discarding the conditioned notion of *other* we can Realize
that which IS Within. This applies to the seen as well as the unseen Helpers
of humanity.
It is not about finding
*distractions*, it is about the intention of Seeking. For as long as we
*look* we will never *find*. It is when we stop *looking* and simply experience
What-IS AS the Moment that we are experiencing whatever it IS, with no
projected notions into/onto that experience, that we Realize Truth and
Reality with no labels or images or ideas or meanings. THIS is True Seeking
in that we are not Seeking, we are simply experiencing right NOW and Unfolding
as a result of it. There is where we must start -- recognize and discard.
There was and there will
be, yet only IS. That which IS always was and always will be, though IS
not. What-IS AS it IS, IS AS it was and IS AS it will BE.
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The "love"
of things is not Love, but rather our attachment to them. When we Love,
we simply Love, with no particular *thing* in mind. Another Illusion of
the conditioned mind, of the Grand Trickster. The Direct Experience of
that which you mention is not Illusion, but rather the Direct Experience
of that which is mentioned. The Illusion is that we cling to those memories
as though they were still experienced. Each Moment is anew from Moment
to Moment, thus each Direct Experience is anew each Moment that those Direct
Experiences are Directly Experienced. Memories Bind us to the past and
distract our Attention from the Present Moment. The past is not Real for
it has come and gone. Yet though we Realize that we Directly Experienced
it is the Wonder of True Life. But we forego the opportunity to Directly
Experience the Present Moment by Dwelling in memories. They were not Illusions
when they were Directly Experienced, but they are Illusions as memories.
True Life is to be Truly Lived each and every Moment from Moment to Moment,
THAT is Life and Living, all else is but Illusion of memories. The picture
is not the Experience, as the memory is not the Experience. The Illusion
is that they are one in the same.
Manifested form IS manifested
form, and is not an Illusion but rather quite Real. The Illusion is that
it is permanent and is of some importance other than Directly Experiencing
it, and that *it is all there is*. The Illusion is that we hold on to it
and cling to it as some anchor so we will not float away. And anchor us,
it does. It anchors our attention to it, and therefore prevents us from
Truly enjoying the Wonder of it. We must Directly Experience all of manifested
form to it fullest each and every Moment as though it will not be there
to Directly Experience in the next Moment. And Openly and Honestly Experience
it as though it has no power over us, for it's impermanence is not worthy
of our clinging to it. We must jump into the Fire to Live, for to dwell
only in memory is merely to survive.
True, death is but an
illusion for manifested form is but a *day in the Life*. We are but Visitors
in this particular stage of evolving manifested form -- this is it's impermanence.
Real as it might be, it is not all that there IS. And in the evolution
and involution of manifested form, it's impermanence is in it inherent
disposition to entropy. Manifested form springs forth, entropys, and returns
to it's Natural element. This is the Nature of manifested form. And in
it's various stages of evolution, all manifested form will return to spring
forth again and again and again to further it's evolution/involution. The
more we Directly Experience in any given *return*, the fewer times we will
have to *return*. We Evolve to Involve, and so as we progress as manifested
form we also progress as unmanifested form -- a Return to the Source. We
keep evolving, but if we do not Directly Experience each opportunity in
this evolution (incarnation) we *have to keep returning until we get it
right*.
Indeed judgment is our
destruction, so do not judge yourself any more than you want others to
judge you.
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When we let go the conditioned
notions we Realize That Stillness is our natural state all else to Paralyse,
It is much like our state of BEing before we're curled With conditioned
notions by the well meaning world. -- Yogajyotii
Focus not on any given
*thing* but rather a Totality Undirected Open Honest Aware Attention to
Reality, Whatever What-IS happens to BE the anew Present Is what our mind
and our whole BEing must BE Lent. -- Yogajyotii
Looking with no intention
to see Listening not to hear When the mind is Still it is the opposite
of what's dear, Not fixed but rather like a dry sponge tossed in water
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