Thought
For Food

Rebirth

Upon the brink of its full moon.

The Fourth of Twelve will call to Lune,

Being a humble Fourth before the Queen.

Beseeching entrance on the Scene,

And lo, the Queen of Lune smiles bright.

Upon the Ram to give him Light,

And as the Ram Paws at the earth.

He pushes forth to gain new birth,

But not the passing of the old.

A force of restoration for the bold,

And lo, the Utopian vision and aspiration

Evokes the Spirit of Resurrection,

Now we can feel the Will-to-Good

Which underlies the spirit of Brotherhood,

As well as feel the Will-to-Live.

And offer humanity what we have to give,

And lo, the Ram's full moon shows worth.

In the symbol of the Eastern Spiritual Rebirth.

Yes, both Karma and Reincarnation are so. But they are not a *belief*, rather a Fact of What-IS. One does not have to believe in Karma or Reincarnation for it to be so. As one does not have to believe that the planet Earth is round for it to be so. When one treats such Laws as a belief, they have miss the point. Neither Karma nor Reincarnation can be objectified and turned into something to believe in. When they are, the believer has missed the point that Karma and Reincarnation are simply aspects of manifested form, a polarization if you will, of situations and reoccurring situations of What-IS.

Indeed, the evolution of manifested form is but a series of mutations by the organism to adapt to it's environment. And indeed, the involution of manifested form is but a series of refinements of the awareness of an organism of it's environment. But those who *believe* that this ever unfolding evolution/involution of manifested form is without direction or intent, that it is all a matter of happenstance, they do not Realize What-IS. Likewise, those who *believe* that manifested form was placed on this globe as a Divine Creation for some Divine Purpose beyond themselves, also do not Realize What-IS. For What-IS is that the unfolding of manifested form (evolution) in it's given environment (the planet Earth) experiences it's environment initiating an involution that directs the unfolding or evolving manifested form. At this point, a branch of this Tree of Life has evolved as humanity. At this point, this branch has involved to a conscious state. At this point, this branch is very conditioned to the ways of control and manipulation -- each element (person) trying to control and manipulate the other. Some are Realizing that these conditioned notions are not part of the *original* natural state of an unfolding evolution/involution of manifested form. That is, not a natural aspect of humanity. Hence the Causes of humanity's Suffering. It is not natural for humanity to Suffer, that he brings on himself. It is natural for humanity to BE, which he is conditioned to avoid.

A *belief* is one following another's word (perhaps just another belief) rather than finding out for oneself. For we can not Realize anything as Fact until we let go of beliefs. Beliefs bind or attach us to whatever belief we cling to. Since there is no need for us to cling to anything, likewise there is no need of a belief. We can learn and study and gather information of all sorts as well as lean heavily on meditation, and all are but tools we use to Free ourselves of the conditioned need to believe anything until we have Realized it ourselves. A gracious woman, H.P. Blavatsky, offered that a Key is to "learn a little then meditate much on what is learned to see what survives the scrutiny of the meditation". She was a very Self-Realized Awakening person however -- meaning that she had let go of her conditioned notions. Which is another Key to Realizing that what she offered is quite so. For if one is still operating under conditioned notions, under beliefs, their meditation will also be distorted by those conditioned notions. I would only add to H.P.B's offering that what does not survive a Pure unconditioned meditation, we should merely set aside for the time being for further Observation. Not believing in even that which survives our Pure meditation, but rather Observing them as a tool to aid us in Freeing ourselves from our conditioned notions.

We must hold all notions and all beliefs up to the Mirror of Truth. If the reflection is vile control and manipulation in any way, it must be discarded. If it's reflection is Pure without any conditioned notions or beliefs, we can accept it as a working compadre. For even Pure unconditioned Truth can not be held on to, but rather Directly Experienced. So even Truth and Reality and What-IS is but to Directly Experienced rather than *believe* in. Though conditioned notions or beliefs are totally mental, they work in close conjunction with emotions, which may make the conditioned notions or beliefs *appear* as though they were of the heart. There is but Compassion at the Heart, for even emotions thrive solely by the conditioned mind. Do not underestimate the power of the Grand Trickster.

Awakening is not about exchanging one belief system for another, or converting from one to another, it is about seeing the control and manipulation in belief systems and no longer leaning on them as a crutch or false sense of security. It is about telling yourself that you do not have to believe in anything because you are going to find out for yourself. This is not to say that you oppose beliefs (though it would seem), for opposing beliefs is as much a belief as beliefs. It is about beliefs being non-existent. It is about letting them go. It is about non-recognition, rather than opposition. It is about letting go of anything that controls and manipulates your thinking and behavior. A belief is a belief is a belief, by any other name is still a belief.

Indeed, in questioning our own beliefs we question the whole conditioned concept of beliefs. Though such questioning may seem attacks to those entrenched in beliefs, such questioning is but a Mirror of Truth for those who are willing to Openly and Honestly look into that Mirror of Truth. Such a reflection is painful to most and so they *react*. Those who are also in the process of Unfolding their Awakening see such a reflection as useful information as a tool if nothing else. For it is in the questioning that we Realize answers, as answers are actually quite useless. It is the questioning that is the answer.

Rebirth, though commonly interchanged with Reincarnation, is actually our Crucifixion of our conditioned perception on the Cross of physical/non-physical Awakening and Rebirth in a solely vertical Path of Awakening (to use one of Christendom's allegories). It is Waking-Up from the Slumber of physical realm perception and Awakening to What-IS Truth and Reality. Reincarnation on the other hand is simply the transmigration from one physical form to another. A long time ago a Priestly cast used the *fear* that people would return as animals if they did not follow the dictates of the ruling cast. That is how the *concept* of returning as an animal got started. The fact of the matter is that evolution/involution can not go backward. We can not digress. We either continue to Unfold or remain stagnant, but never can go back to some seeming lower life form if we are bad. Though, admittedly, I have encounter many a humans who think and behave more like rocks or flowers.

An Up-welling, and Up-surging, a Reckoning, of the Force of Awakening beseeching Recognition. Let if Flow, and let it Flow Naturally. Just sit back and Enjoy. The pain is like the pain of removing a splinter, and once the splinter is out there is such the Relief. The pain of removing conditioned notions is likewise much Relief.

You must Directly Observe the Grand Trickster at work. This is important, for we must Openly and Honestly Observe ourselves in order to know ourselves. That is, Observe our reactions and responses, our every thought and action. This is Self-Awareness. This is to "know thyself".

As you Unfold your Awakening the same material will hold a deeper aspect of meaning for you. Much material is written that way -- the novice will glean initial understanding of the material, the more advanced student will Realize yet deeper Understanding from the same material, and the advance student will BE the same material. Yes, those fleeting Moment when we have a lapse in our conditioned thinking, makes us realize that we are missing something. It comes and goes -- where did it go -- it whizzed by before we had a chance to seize it, COME BACK ! So we lost the opportunity to Dwell in that Moment for we tried to *grasp* it, *hold onto* it. May I offer that you let those fleeting Moments float by the same as you let thoughts float by in meditation. As those fleeting Moments float past simply sigh a comfort and let it drift on. For when we let go of each Moment, yet a fresh and new Moment washes over us. And again there is a sigh of comfort, from Moment to Moment. Do not miss the Moment, by chasing after a past one. That is the Key to maintaining the Moment: to let it go, and embrace the next Moment with as much comfort as the last one.

There is no completion, nor goal, nor accomplished end. The Journey IS the Goal. For there is only the Path, and the Journey, and Unfolding Awakening. There is no Awakened, there is only Awake. You have no Truth, so you can not say "MY Truth". Truth can not be found, nor gained, nor given, nor received, nor held, nor let go of. Truth IS. *Our truth* is but our conditioned perception. We will never find that which we seek, for it can not be found. We can Realize Truth IN What-IS, and nothing more. Truth can not be our Truth, as the Moment can not be our Moment. The Truth will BE the Truth regardless who Realizes it, as the Moment will BE the Moment regardless of who is IN it.

Fear not, for is it of worth that another understands you ? What do you gain ? Self importance ? Sense of superiority ? The Sleeping will understand nothing of what you say. Those starting to Wake-Up will get an inkling of what you say. Only those Awakening to some degree will understand you. Indeed, it is our responsibility to find some language that will convey a Pointer, but the language is not the Truth. The language is just a Pointer, for they can not Realize the Truth you speak by your mere words. You can not convey Truth, you can only Point to it. Your task then, is to find ways to get them to Look to where you Point and not understand what you say. You can not expect the Sleeping to understand words of Awakening. It matters little whether anyone understand what you say, your due is simply to say it. How they may misconstrue it is totally irrelevant, for it may be of extreme use to someone some day regardless of how the many misconstrue it. Again, it is your responsibility to use a language that is at least partially understood. Keep It Simple.

Until we let go of the last strand of conditioned thinking we can not rely on anything about us for it still is controlled and manipulated by the Grand Trickster the conditioned mind. As long as there is a single fiber of conditioned perception, our perception will be tainted. The Grand Trickster wears many masks, so can appear to you as anything you wish. Be leery of that for which you want, for you might get it. Getting it, you have missed it.

Indeed, our answers are in our questions. But we can only be tricked if we want to be tricked. Sleeping, our greatest fear is to Wake-Up so we maintain our own Dreams. Fear not isolation, for the Journey is a solitary Journey -- no one can Walk it with us or for us -- we Walk it Alone. It is something that we must get used to. When we stop monitoring ourselves, when we rest assured in our conditioned notions, when we are Sleeping, there will be no questions for we *think* we have the answers. When we Realize that there are no answers and therefore no questions, THEN can we BE IN the Moment. But as long as there are answers there must be question.

Nothing is ever "dead". Nothing can every die. Things seem to disappear in one form, but will always reappear in some other form. Nothing gained and nothing lost. So indeed, All IS Life. IN Life, there is no *death*. The so called "Enlightened" has no "perspective", but rather an Awareness of What-IS. For True Reality IS What-IS. And What-IS, IS this very present Moment, Moment to Moment.

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How does the mind Realize Freedom when the mind itself is wrought by conditioned delusions ? Can the mind Free itself from itself ? Is True Realization only an activity of the mind ? What about the rest of the form, is it not Conscious ?

"Anguish" ? "Prospect" ? "Ending" ? But if "With the mind realizing freedom of all delusions wrought by words, progress toward direct apprehension of Creation can begin", how can there be "anguish" or "prospects" or "ending" ? IN the Reality of the Moment there is no "anguish" or a "prospect" of some mythical "ending". "Anguish" is left over from not completely Awakening from emotion, and "prospects" for some future event that is not IN the Moment and therefore not Real is clinging to wishful thinking, and to think that there could ever be an "ending" to the Direct Experience IN the Moment (which happens to be the only Reality that we can Directly Experience) is but the fear of losing what we think we have.

The Grand Trickster "entertains", Awakening we Dwell IN the Moment of What-IS AS it IS. To bend to our conditioned ways would keep us from Directly Experiencing whatever that Moment IS. It is mere dualism to think that "life and awareness" are separate, for Life IS Awareness and Awareness IS Life. And how could such Awakening be "opposed" to "minerals" ? For all manifested form IS Life and Awareness ? Ask "minerals" and they will readily attest to the Fact that "minerals" are just as much Life and Awareness as any other form (human in this case). Though indeed, it is hard to distinguish many humans form rocks. But "nonlife" ? A term invented by the Grand Trickster to trick us into thinking that there is no Unity in the apparent Diversity of manifested Form. At the most subtle Observations, all manifested form is One, and therefore Life and Awareness.

But for the fish to discover water, the fish would have to "consider" itself separate from the water -- yet could there be fish without water ? When the fish Realizes that it IS water (a mere diversity of Unity), then the fish would not "consider" the duality of separation. Is the fish Aware that it is a fish ? Or is it simply BEing a fish, BEing Aware ? Likewise, is the Universe Aware that it is the Universe ? Or is it simply BEing the Universe. May I offer, that only conditioned humanity dualistically "considers" that there is a self to be Aware of. Awakening, humanity would Realize that there is only BEing Aware -- of, I might add, no particular thing including oneself.

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