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How is it that Masters Awakening, IN the Timeless Eternal NOW with no attachment to the physical realm, like music ?

Awakening, they do not just attune the mind to Timeless Truth/Reality, their Whole BEing is Attuned. That is, every cell and fiber of the body/mind/Consciousness IS Infinite Eternal Timeless Truth/Reality so their Sensitivity IS Infinite Eternal Timeless Truth/Reality. Not only Aware of/as What-IS but Aware of/as What has been and What will be. They Know where they have been, they Know where they are going, and they Know where they ARE. A Totality. This Infinite Eternal Timeless Sensitivity is the Awareness of every sound and every sight all at once. Not sensed by the mind or even by the senses but rather Sensed by/as their Whole BEing. Awakening is Infinitely Eternally Timelessly Naturally Rhythmic -- a True Nature Dance. Is it really any wonder that they would be lulled by music ? Is it really any wonder that they would even sing and jump around -- Walking the Dance of/as their BEing ? Is it really any wonder that they, though lost for words most times, offer an answer even before we ask the question ?

Clinging to this concept of trust, as any other *concept*, can not be fashioned into the Moment for there are no concepts IN the Moment of What-IS. The Moment IS What-IS AS it IS without our projecting any preconceived concept into/onto it. The Moment is not for us to fashion but rather BE. That is, we can expect nothing IN the Moment for there is nothing to expect because before we Directly Experience the Moment we do not know what the Moment IS or will BE. That is, we can not even trust the Moment to BE. We can only Directly Experience whatever IS the Moment. You see, there is an expectation that something will BE with this concept of trust therefore can not BE IN the Moment. For IN the Moment, there is only YOU and What-IS.

Silence nor Silent Mind is a "notion", as there is no "theory" of Awakening. IN the Silence we Hear, IN the Void we See, IN Awakening we ARE -- THAT simply IS What-IS, and not a mere "notion". There is no real "theory" of True Meditation either, for regardless of what method one uses to meditate the result should be the same. The result being the Silencing of the chatter of arising thoughts. The mind is the mind, and is actually doing nothing more than doing what the mind does -- generate thoughts. It is the mind being the mind -- a wonderful appendage to the body and a wonderful tool in our Awakening. Problem is that there are times when we would rather that it did not generate thoughts, such as when trying to meditate. Which is not really a problem for the mind because it is just doing what it is supposed to be doing, which is generating thoughts. So the problem is our's and not our mind's. Because you see, when thoughts arise we think. That is, we dwell on or consider or weigh or otherwise give some energy to the thoughts. THAT is the problem. For the seeming *secret* to Silencing the mind of thought chatter (monkey mind, as some call it) is NOT to dwell on or consider or weigh or otherwise contribute any energy to the thoughts as they arise. Which is quite difficult at first because we are conditioned or programmed to *think* every instant of our waking life.

So, during meditation, as thoughts arise, acknowledge that indeed a thought did arise but DO NOT concentrate on the thought. Let the thoughts come and go without you paying any attention to them at all. It may take a little time, but eventually they get tired of arising and not getting any attention. The old saying "ignore them and they will go away", is quite True about thoughts. If a hungry animal comes around and you feed it, it will keep coming around. If a hungry animal comes around and you ignore it, it will go elsewhere. Arising thoughts are very much the same as hungry animals in this regard.

THEN, once the Meditative State of Mind is well established during the meditation session, start practicing this thought-less state of mind in everything you do. Which will not prevent you from thinking, but it does prevent you from thinking BEFORE you have Truly Experienced whatever it is that you are doing. You see, the Key is to embrace and experience each Moment anew without projecting any of our conditioned ideas and images and meanings into/onto that Direct Experience that Moment. To do that, you have to have a Silent mind. THEN, once you have enjoyed the Moment AS it IS, and gleaned what Insights the Moment has to offer, THEN you can think about how best to function IN the Moment.

THAT is True Meditation. The meditation *practice* is as the term implies: Practice. Practice for the Real Thing. For True Meditation is Lived, is a Way of Life, and not just sitting on a cushion and closing our eyes and drifting off to never-never land. Or just an escape from the hustle and madness of everyday life. The first step, of course, is to find a meditation practice that suits you and practice it. There are a number of such practices at Light Mission. Establishing eventually, hopefully, a Silent State of Mind during the practice. Then start working to establish that same state of mind at will at any time and anywhere. Eventually, Living your whole Life of thinking and behaving as a True Meditative State of BEing. Everything you do or think will be much Clearer.

We do not step into the same stream twice. That is, no Age nor Cycle will be repeated -- though indeed the influences of any given Age or Cycle are very much similar. I will liken this to the Earth as it spins about it's axis as well as spins about a greater axis the Sun and this system spinning about yet another greater axis. And as we spin within these various axis we move ever nearer toward the greater axis. It is not like a wheel ever turning, but rather like a spiral of a sea shell -- an Evolution and Involution Progression toward a greater axis and Source. Physical form manifested from Consciousness and will Evolve/Involve yet again to Consciousness -- this is the Manvantara or Life Cycle of all Manifested form. From ashes to ashes and from dust to dust -- from Consciousness we came and to Consciousness we return. Within this Manvantara Life Cycle of some 200 million years there are lesser Cycles or Yugas of some 200 thousand years and within each Yuga there are Ages of 20 thousand years and within these are Cycles of 2 thousand years and within these are Ages of 2 hundred years, and so on. The Wheel only turns once, though there are many lesser wheels turning within the greater Wheel. The Vedas articulate these Ages and Cycles and Yugas assigning varying years to each, as this offering is but a *rule of thumb* or Pointer to hopefully a better understanding of the Cosmic Cyclic Nature of things (and not, per se, accurate in years).

We are indeed embarking on the Aquarian Age though it's influence has been felt for some hundred years or so, mixed with the fading Piscean influence. And bare in mind that within this Aquarian Age (as was within the Piscean Age) there are still lesser Astrological influences such as the Geminian influence currently upon us. So not one, but several Astrological influences are felt by humanity at any given time. Also, this Age of Aquarius is within the present Kali Yuga -- the Darkest of Dark Ages. That is, we have been in and proceeding on schedule in the Dark Age of Kali though positive influences such as Aquarian openness are but hope within a dismal future.

So I would say that humanity has wasted enough time with his conditioned Illusions and really should endeavor to start Awakening. For there will come a time when he will not have that option. That is why there has been so many Truly Awakening Wise Teachers offering their Help to a floundering humanity. But for the most part for naught, because for every True Sage of the Wisdom there are hundreds of "false prophets". It is the way of conditioned humanity. Some are Awakening and will glean their Salvation, though they are few in numbers. It is no wonder that the True Wise Sages have receded and dwell privately with a select few. They tried. Though not beaten, their successes are counted on one hand. Open your eyes and look around, and you will see the depravity in the actions and sadness in the faces of humanity. You will see a degenerating shell of humanity's inherent Divinity (unbeknownst to him). This is a time of Reckoning for humanity and if he does not see the *handwriting on the wall* and turn himself Within, he will be left without the possibility of starting to Awaken in this Life Cycle. The possibilities and chances are decreasing as he Slumbers. he will AGAIN be but another statistic in the Rip-Van-Winkle story.

The only Power resulting from Awakening is the Power over ourself. For as it is, the Grand Trickster our conditioned mind has the Power to control and manipulate our thinking and behavior. Awakening, we take that Power back so that our thinking and behavior is no longer controlled by our conditioned ideas and images and meanings and notions of all sorts. Awakening is about Freedom. Freedom from our conditioned notions. Freedom to BE our true unconditioned Divine Self.

The *Fountain Of Power*, most sought by most. That is why so many are duped by the multitude of *Miracle Inner Power* schemes available to them. No, the Inner Power of Awakening will not get you what you seek Dear Friend. The Power that I speak of will only get you Peace and Tranquility and a place to dump conditioned notions of the worth of possessions and material acquisitions. The Power of Awakening is the Power over ourselves rather than the power over the physical realm.

"What Path is this to walk" ? Kali Yuga -- it will get much worse before it gets any better Dear Friend. The influences of Darkness steadily grow stronger as we proceed further into this Dark Age. Again, a sign of our times that we must be Mindful of. And not Blind ourselves to the very atrocities of abuse that goes on right in our own neighborhoods. Our sight is quite selective, in that we only see the monsters elsewhere but we blind ourselves to the monsters in our own cities and neighborhoods and even perhaps in our own families and households. It is time to Wake-Up, for it is not getting any better.

Seek not, for it is in the seeking that you lose sight of that for which you seek. For in this desire to find, your vision is clouded as there is nothing to find and no one to find it. That for which you seek will always elude you for you will always look in places where it is not. Gathering vital information in this Quest of Awakening is important, but only as Pointers, for once Awakening even the Pointers are but illusions. So I would say that it is not a matter of "something mission" but rather that there are too many additions -- conditioned notions of this and that. The Realization of Truth is indeed Within, but before you can do that you must let go of the dualistic notion that Truth can be found our obtained and establish a Silent mind and let Truth BE. Awakening is after the seeking stops and the last word is said and we become that for which we seek. Awakening is in BEing and not in seeking or finding.

But then, can we discard our mind ? Would we want to ? Is not the mind simply the mind being the mind doing what the mind does ? Silence of mind is not discarding the mind but rather allowing the mind to be in it's natural state of Silence. For the mind is inherently Clear and Pure of defilements, as water is naturally Clear and Pure. Yet when we mix the water with impurities the water is no longer clear and is cloudy. Likewise, when we mix conditioned notions with the mind it too is cloudy and no longer Clear. To restore the water to it's natural Clear state we must purge the water of the impurities. Likewise, to restore the mind to it's natural Clear state we must purge the mind of it's conditioned notions. So Silence of mind is the discarding of conditioned notions, restoring the mind to it's natural state of Clarity and Purity. Once restored to it natural state of Clarity, like water the mind is a most Refreshing state of BEing in it's natural state of Clarity. For IN the Silence we Hear, as IN the Void we See, as IN the Awakening we ARE.

So it would seem that the colloquialism "it's all in your mind" is quite an Insight. So it would seem that all we have to do is get it out of our mind -- let it go -- discard it -- Silence it. "It" naturally being our conditioned notions.

So the listener or the reader must not only know the original Master as he knows himself but also must know the one offering the rendition or translation as he knows himself, to glean the True intent of the original Master. As it is the responsibility of the listener or reader who can not listen to or read the offerings of the original Master, to take the added steps to know both the original Master and he who offers the rendition or translation to glean the True intend of the original Master. Though admittedly, when one know the original Master as one knows himself all renditions or translations are but mere attempts yet Pointers as well.

Problem is that most are conditioned to acknowledge the rendition or translation as being the same as the original -- a sad commentary on our urge to Understand. For it is only in the Direct Experience of Understanding the intent of the original Master that we can glean the Insights intended by that original Master. To do THAT, it takes more than a rendition or translation. Though indeed, a rendition or translation is a good Pointer so their worth is not for naught. That is, if we can not sit at the feet of the original Master, sitting at the feet of a True Disciple would not be for naught -- for a True Disciple would know the Master as he knows himself.

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Ah, have you recognized yourself as an Observer. In Observing others we can see our own conditioned thinking and behavior. NOW, Observe the Observer ! For it is in the Observer Observing the Observer Observing that the Observed and the Observer can BE One in the same. And IN that Moment that the Observer IS the Observed we can Realize who we really ARE and who we have been conditioned to become. THEN, since who we ARE and what automatons we have become are so different, we can do something about rectifying the hideous creature we See in the Mirror of Truth. IF we dare.

What-IS, is that the unfolding human machine mind IS conditioned/programmed -- no "possible" about it. AND the computer machine is the very same -- no "possible" about it. The difference is that the computer machine is BEing the automaton that it IS -- on the other hand, the human machine is BEing the automaton that it IS-NOT. We patterned the computer and computer machine on ourselves -- alas, our brain-child is the spitting image of it's father. That is not at question. What is at question is whether dad will eventually Wake-Up and Recognize the difference. To date, few have. For only in this Recognition will we be able to Realize that it is in our cleverness that we are able to construct such automatons for our well being and Freedom to Awaken rather than being an extension of ourselves. They are *aids*, not *offspring* -- but the Grand Trickster has convinced us that *the son is created in the image of the father*, and we buy it hook line and sinker.

Yes, "the times they are a chang'in", and as you pointed out they are not slow in changing. An indication of urgency in that it is time we let go of our conditioned notions and beliefs and organizations that control and manipulate our thinking and behavior, because it will get progressively more difficult to do so before it gets any easier. Due to the fact that Life Cycles unfold so slowly, and we are part of that Life Cycle, it is not so apparent that we are heading into a Dark Age, Kali Yuga. Though a Dark Age has never *prevented* Awakening, as the minor Dark Cycle during the Salem days testifies, it makes Awakening more of a caution than an Open Unfoldment. We can not *Save The World*, but we can Save ourselves from the world. Most will no doubt be able to Know what the inside of a sewer is. Few, who Work on themselves, who get to know themselves, who continue to Unfold The Awakening, will Realize what Heaven or Nirvana IS.

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