Thought
For Food
Just A Prototype
As you know, for example,
when you see a friend, automatically thoughts or questions arise about
this person or why you may be seeing this person. Automatically from memory
or from suspicion or even fear. This is due to the fact that you are connected
or attached to this person or something about this person in some way.
IN/AS the Moment you are nothing more than an Observer or Witness as it
is called. No thoughts or memory or suspicion or fear or even pleasure,
just all there IS (you the other person and whatever else) IN/AS that Moment.
Unattached or connected in any way because you ARE that Moment and it's
contents. Though normal greeting behavior may be construed as social conditioning,
and by taking part in such ceremonial greeting behavior it could be construed
that you are socially conditioned, unattached to such greeting behavior
and taking your pat in it due to simple respect for the one you are greeting
(life respecting life) is not conditioning but rather polite respect. IN/AS
the Moment, not habitual but rather drawing upon thought or memory or learning
so that your actions would be complimentary. That such preliminaries are
out of the way, still IN/AS the Moment, not projecting any thoughts or
memories into the greeting, an unattached Observer, due to what the other
person says or does or whatever is happening that Moment you call forth
information/experience/Understanding/Awareness/learning as tools for you
to appropriately function IN/AS that situation/Moment. The Key here is
instead of a rote reaction due to attachment or due to conditioning, the
response is due to an unattached Observation. One an automatic reaction
to an equal action and the other a natural response of Understanding what
must be done by you IN/AS that Moment. One a conditioned preconceived reaction
and the other an Awareness OF/AS the contents of that Moment. It is all
in what comes first, the thoughts or the Observation -- do we automatically
react or do we Observe then do what must be done due to our Awakening.
Not these words per se,
but rather this story, the intended lesson, presented in a multitude of
ways. Indeed a single story out of the blue with no prior Understanding
and/or Awareness of any kind, one would most likely not be Enlightened
by it. Yet, do not slight the story for it very well could be the *straw
that broke the camel's back* (so to speak). That is, after practicing and/or
studying for many years and still not start Awakening, a story just like
this one could trigger the Key Insight that would reveal the stumbling
block to Awakening. Then there are the shorter versions of when a Master
slapped a student across the face and the student *Attained*. Or when Siddhartha
stood up in front of a group of people to give a Dharma talk, he held up
a rose (which was his Dharma talk) and a few of the listeners *Attained*.
Do not underestimate the Power of a Revelation. Do not mistake the frog
nor the jump for the frog jumping.
Two handles, though those
handles have little to do with who bears those handles (the Tao that can
be spoken is not the Tao) we must be able to Recognize particularities
(elements of multiplicity) though Realize that the particularities are
not that which the particularities Point to. "Here" and "now"
are just as much a handle. Language is inherently dualistic, just as soon
as the word is uttered there is a separation between the word and the utterance
of it. And when a word is uttered, recognizing it as a word, the word had
an origin. And if heard, the word had a destination. Now there are three
element to this duality, the word the origin and the destination -- and
the e-mail message. The given is, duality being but an Illusion, that duality
is used for Communication between the various particularities (multiplicities)
that actually IS the Unity AS What-IS. That is, the True Tao is it's Realization
or BEing Tao and all else is but a Dance of particularities to Point *toward*
BEing Tao.
Many questions ARE the
answers. For it is in questioning every arising thought that bids for our
Attention that we Realize that these automatic arising thoughts (reactions)
are the very crux of the dilemma of questions. Questions beg answers. When
no arising thoughts, no questions, no answers -- Nothingness. Not even
depth.
Not all is what it seems.
In this vein, the Wise can do no other than utter Wise words. They have
no choice in the matter, for Realizing Truth/Reality is the Realization
of What-IS and What-ISNOT, as Realizing Truth/Reality is the Realization
of the difference between the two. Wisdom being bound by it's very True
Nature to BE What-IS there can be no What-ISNOT. That we still conditioned
programmed controlled manipulated automatons see Wisdom as mere riddles
should be a clue to us that it is time to Wake-Up. Indeed, in the Wisdom
offered the Wise Realize the simplicity that IS and so their offerings
tend to be likewise. Being creatures of conditioned habits we tend to complicate
that which is simple so simplicity is quite the riddle. Then too, there
are those Wise who expound at great length trying to get us to understand,
which is actually more of a confusion though thought of as a riddle. There
indeed seems to be only extremes in Wise offerings, some being so simple
we have a hard time understanding them and others being so involved that
our mind gets tied up in knots. I prefer the *Middle Path* or *Middle Way*,
in that Wisdom should be offered in such a way that the listener is more
addressed than the speaker. That is, offer the Wisdom in a useful form
to the listener. It takes a little longer that way, to get the Point across,
but at least it is not riddle or confusion.
A simple matter of basic
Evolution. And indeed the ability of this biological organism/mechanism
to conceptualize is again a simple matter of Evolution/Involution. That
is, a progression of/in Totality AS it always has been and IS. I would
add the learned behavioral and survival skills beyond basic instinctual
that are also a form of conditioning. All most needed for our Present interaction
IN/AS the Moment from Moment to Moment. All most natural and quite IS our
True Nature. Fools try to change it or even try to delete parts of it,
yet our True Nature is all we can actually BE. All of this conditioning
is quite relative to our Awakening and is no Veil to our Recognition/BEing
that True Nature.
However, there is yet
other forms of conditioning that indeed do Veil our Recognition of and
BEing our True Nature. THAT is the conditioning that I am always speaking
ill of. THAT is the conditioning that many a Wise Sage of yore and of Present
have also spoken ill of. THAT conditioning is based on the conceptualized
need to control and manipulate. Conceptualization is not really a shortcoming,
but rather the resultant concepts can very well be. In this concept of
control and manipulation we contrive ways to *train* or *program* others
such that they will do as we expect they should. Many a means from Pavlov
to Skinner, from rote overt reward systems to subliminal induction, all
to elicit a desired response to a given stimulus. The human element in
this Grand Play / Divine Dance of manifested form is not a robot, but rather
a quite spontaneous creative result of an Unfolding Evolution/Involution.
So it is the *baggage* or *added* conditioning that is the Veil to our
Awakening, not the natural conditioning/programming of biological Evolution/Involution.
It is the baggage that we must let go of, the added conditioned notions
and beliefs that we must let go of, the Causes of our Suffering that we
must let go of.
We must be as newborns,
we must shed the influences, we must only take with us what is needed,
we must empty the mind, "There is only one Master, and it is neither
male nor female. It shines within you as your own Self."(Poonjaji).
And to BE our "own Self", to "be as little children",
to "avoid influences", to Silence and Empty the mind we must
let go of the conditioned notions that Veil the Recognition/BEing our True
Nature IN/AS the very Present Moment. And this conditioning that Veils
our Awakening does not just fade off into the sunset one day, as it is
the most Painful and arduous undertaking to let go of. Arjuna's Battles
were Illusions ? Yes they were, but he went through Hell and back (much
Pain and Struggle) to let go of those Illusions. Showing that we would
give up most anything for some cause whether it be noble or folly, yet
will refuse to the death to give up a single minor shard of the Causes
(added conditioned notions) of our Suffering. It is the conditioned notions
and beliefs that are the Mother of our Illusory perception.
True, the Key is not
to be subject to the past. IN/AS the Moment there is no past, a state of
BEing that and each and every Moment from Moment to Moment. Likewise, there
can be no conditioned modus operandi IN/AS the Moment from Moment to Moment.
The conditioning referred to here being the Veils that prevent our Awakening
(as spoken of earlier). For those Veils, that conditioning, chains us to
the past thereby preventing us from BEing the Moment or Present. The unconditioned
IS when unconditioned, yet when conditioned the unconditioned must be attained
or we are left with the chains and the past and not the Moment.
Perhaps letting go of
toxic conditioning could be considered a "process", and if wished
to be considered a process this is fine. But I would say this seeming process
more of a *dropping* or *shedding* or *letting go*, yet there is a crawling
before a walking and a walking before a running. That is mind, in crawling,
in a condition of conditioned, there is still the Doer and there is still
that which needs Done. As a runner, in a condition of unconditioned, there
is no Doer and nothing to be Done for there is nothing to Do and no one
to Do it. In crawling we must Wake-Up, in walking we must embrace the Pain
and Struggle of letting go, in running we ARE Awakening. So you see, the
Wisdom by the Sages is a statement AFTER we ARE Awakening and not before
or during the "process". Getting the cart before the horse is
one of the reasons that so few have actually understood (without hypocrisy)
Wisdom offered by the Wise, and thus BEing that Wisdom.
All I am trying to say
is that we do not graduate from high school without going through the lower
grades. There are no GEDs in Awakening. Though indeed, many a millionaires
have been created because we are conditioned to *think* that there are
quick fixes and we can buy or test-out and get the diploma. Good luck,
because it has not worked thus far.
IN/AS the Moment, undefiled
by conditioned notions, no projections into/onto that Moment, there is
only What-IS -- no Self and no self and not even a mirror. When we ARE
that Moment, when we ARE What-IS, there is no differentiation between the
Observer and the Observed -- there is only the Moment, there is only What-IS,
there is only YOU. IN/AS that Moment there is a certain continuum of functionality
within/between/as the multiplicities that ARE that Moment. A certain Totality
of BEing which IS inclusive of whatever IS. For the ego or personal self
in opposition to the Inner Self establishes The Seeker on the Quest of
the Holy Grail, the Divine Self, the True Nature, What-IS. But once we
have gotten rid of the conditioned notions even the Seeker is let go of
for we no longer Seek but rather ARE that for which we were Seeking. In
the conditioned modus operandi there is always this duality of a Tiger
chasing it's tail. When IN/AS Awakening, the Tiger IS the tail.
"In the beginning"
(so to speak) the new born is quite non-dualistic and IN/AS the Moment,
then as the accommodating world at large graciously brainwashes the new
born duality is born (the One is made Two), so then we have to back-wash
the brain-wash and get back to BEing that non-duality IN/AS the Moment
*again* ("be as the little children"). Awakening is in the Two
BEing One.
We can not get rid of
the memories nor can we get rid of the past, both are as much the Present
as the Present. That is, we got to where we are from where we were, as
we will get to where we are going from where we are. Nor would we want
to get rid of the memories and past for that is all good resource material
and Direct Experience to draw on for Observations IN/AS the Present Moment.
Memories and past are like a volume on the shelf to be looked at or referred
to when or as needed, for neither memory or past is Real. Problem is that
due to conditioned notions, fear of the Present, memories and past is a
refuge and so we dwell there establishing it as Reality. The Present, the
Moment, Observation with no intent or motive, is most insecure because
we are living as life is happening, doing as needs be done. Living in the
past on memories we know what will happen because the movie has already
played (more secure). So BEing IN/AS the Present, BEing IN/AS the Moment,
is Pure Observation with no memories or past experiences arising UNTIL/UNLESS
they are drawn upon to skillfully function IN/AS the Moment.
Now, it is not a matter
that we do not talk about the past or memories, but rather a matter that
we can not let them arise automatically or contribute attention to them
when they do because they are not Real. When someone asks you something
that relates to past and/or memories, you draw upon them in functionality
at the Moment. It is when something triggers the past and memories to arise
and you dwell in that past and/or memories as though they were the Present
that is defiling. When someone is dwelling in the past and memories and
calls upon you to do the same, the coffee table reminiscence of the good
old days, yes, a futile waste of time and energy and attention. Life is
not to be wasted, but rather Lived AS it IS right NOW.
There is a vital difference
between our attention focussed in the past and/or memories and focussed
IN/AS the Present. That difference is the difference between Sleeping and
Awakening. Life is a Grand Adventure, for each Moment is anew and we are
the Adventurer. Seems quite stifling to always have the security blanket
of past/memories Binding us.
Ah, to savor in reverence
the smallest morsel of the simplest food that it (in the food chain) *joins*
with you and becomes you in the demise of the one for the generation of
the other. A most solemn relationship. Ah, being kind to the digestive
system so as not to overload it, so the whole body can partake in the very
essence of the sustenance. Ah, not only to create the congenial harmonic
appropriation of food into and throughout the system, but also add visual
and mental appreciation in this ritual of consumption. Ah, including the
above, it is a Dance this consumption. Ever present is that which is consumed,
so too should we be as ever present. When you eat, eat. When you drink,
drink. BE the Union of the consumed and the consumer. Eating or drinking
or doing anything is a Meditation. Everything we do we should do in a Meditative
State of BEing.
There is a whole science
of MacroBiotics, that tells us what to eat and when to eat it so as to
enjoin the harmony of Nature. So as to harmonize the body in tune with
the Nature that it IS. Fasting should be regular, not just due to seasons.
A simple matter of physiology. In cold weather you want to lower the body
temperature so as not to feel the cold so much, so you drink cold liquids.
In hot weather you want to raise the body temperature so you will not feel
the heat so much, so you drink hot liquids. This is keeping the system
energy in balance, Chi. Ah, the body is a most remarkable mechanism. The
Dancer in the Cosmic Dance of Life.
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There is nowhere to go,
for you are at the only Real place you can be -- right where you are. No
matter where you go, there you are. Even though we no longer have a tail,
we always seem to be chasing it. And since we no longer have one it would
seem that we would never catch it, so there is no sense in chasing it.
That for which we Seek will always elude us, for we are always looking
in the wrong places. You will not find it because it is not there, and
is nowhere to be found. For you ARE what you Seek. If you want consistent
continuous Awareness, BE it by letting go of conditioned notions.
Indeed, one can not recognize
the actors in the Grand Trickster's Play if one does not read the Grand
Trickster's script. You can not tell the players without the program. You
can not focus Awareness until you ARE Awareness. And when you ARE Awareness
you will not do any focussing, you will simply BE Awareness. For Truth
lies nowhere. Like Awareness, Truth can not be found or gained or held
or given or even identified. It simply IS and the best that you can do
is Realize/Recognize it AS it IS.
IF you really want Awareness,
IF you really want Truth, IF you really want Reality, then leave the intellect
on the desk before getting on the meditation cushion. For you will never
glean Awareness or Truth or Reality via a conditioned mind. That is, you
will never glean Awareness or Truth or Reality via the intellect. A very
useful tool in getting to the Path, but you will never do the Journey (Walk
the Walk) clinging to that tool. As you have found.
I laugh with you, because
you only *thought* you were connected and you only *thought* you were reconnected.
Think not, simply BE that which you ARE -- without projecting conditioned
notions into/onto that which is experienced. BE the experience, BE the
connection. Do not separate yourself from What-IS. IN/AS the Silence of
thoughts we Hear, IN/AS the Void of images we See, IN/AS Awakening we ARE
our True Nature of Consciousness.
The only seeming change
is solely with us. It is not a matter of conforming either everyday life
or the deeper knowingness to either of them. More a matter of synergising
the two. Neither are really compatible with the other but both quite meldable.
Nor, I might add, should there be any real choices or coordinations or
considerations of the two seemingly separate states. When we start Awakening
that Awakening is emanated in every aspect of our life, so regardless of
the job or schedule or whatever, whatever we do and wherever we go we simply
ARE our True Nature of Awakening. Instead of doing or going Sleeping, we
then do and go Awakening. If we have to make changes in the outer due to
changes of the Inner, there is something wrong with the Inner changes (figuratively
conceptually speaking).
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*Daily Meditations*
It is only a seeming
Multiplicity in the various forms For there can't be Two though contains
all norms, The very Moment IS also yesterday and tomorrow Isn't to have
or give or take or find even to borrow. -- Yogajyotii
You can't hold a Dream
or Memory why do you try Like air in your hand full but always empty and
dry, So Awakening is a state of BEing without the herd Just as the Sound
of Silence none audibly Heard. -- Yogajyotii
When conditioned phenomenality
is our one reality Though mostly a undefinable this can't actually be,
It can only exist in our mind through our projections Just a prototype
and must change with redirections. -- Yogajyotii
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