Chapters of Life

The difference between learning from each chapter of life or being stuck where life is the same old same old is breaking free from the lie of “I” and not remaining its prisoner…

It seems as though life happens in chapters, at least this has been my experience. One will have to go through these different chapters if you’re not to get stuck in a particular one. Not everyone goes beyond the chapter that’s in place, some remain stuck for years, even a lifetime. Although the chapters themselves happen naturally, learning and going to the next chapter does not; the quality of life will be determined by what is learned in a previous and current chapter. Life is something that happens on its own, but there‘s a certain responsibility one has in making it of the highest quality. A simple example of this would be when you were at the chapter of your life when it was time to read. If you didn’t take responsibility to learn this, to say that life would be difficult today would be an understatement. So at this chapter of your life you did what was necessary to make it a higher quality.

As I’ve aged over the years I’ve reflected on how there were many chapters in my life. Not all provided the highest quality of living because of the things I did which didn’t allow it. The chapters of life will come, but what’s being learned is where maturity comes from. To me the most important lesson was learning to recognize the lie of “I” because that’s what I found was the biggest hurdle to living the highest quality of life possible. It’s not that I’m now all about helping others, but what I learned was life isn’t all about me and what I think. Therein lies the difference between learning from each chapter, and being able to live life to its highest quality or being stuck in a chapter where life is the same old same old…

Category Limits

Every decision made to categorize something limits it to whatever category is being applied. Concepts and beliefs are categories that limit what the Universe has to offer…

The Universe needs no permission to do what it does. It responds to things out of necessity, and it does so unconditionally, without deciding what category to apply. It exists as it is, adding nothing because it needs nothing; the Universe is self sustaining. It creates, it destroys, it neither loves nor hates in the sense of emotions, what it is can’t really be categorized. It’s pure energy and it’s from this energy that everything is created. This energy is existence in its purest state. The moment there’s a decision to categorize this, it loses its sense of purity.

Humans decide to apply all kinds of categories to life, but life needs no category. The place of non-categorized attachments is the only true place of existence; it’s in this place, in the midst of the Universe that our true essence is. It’s a place that is here, there, and everywhere, but not categorized as such. Stillness exists as life. If it’s decided a category is needed, apply it, just understand it’s a decision that limits. Once this decision is made it creates resistance, so make a decision to be in the unlimited space of what the Universe puts in front of you. The Universe is within each and every person. It’s where everything arises from, but it’s a decided category that limits the awareness of what the Universe has to offer…

Being a Benefit

When you don’t have the constant need for pleasure, the mind settles and the Universe works with whatever talent is in you for its betterment; you become its benefit…

Remove the things that cause you to suffer, they are greed, hate, and delusion and it’s because of their essence that there’s suffering. Addicted to the need for pleasure is of a lower vibration. The core of this belief is the more there’s a need for pleasure, the happier you will be. Satisfying these pleasures are not an issue until they produce craving, that‘s when problems arise. Remove this mask and what you will be left goes beyond anything you can imagine.

The bondage of seeking pleasure is not only sought by just about everyone, it has been in place for eons. Forget about getting beyond it, it’s no small feat just becoming aware of this. When there is awareness of this and you’re able to go beyond the pleasure seeking, the results are miraculous. There’s no telling what may arise and what may be experienced when pleasure seeking takes a back seat. Your creative energy will go in a direction not previously known, this is because the pleasure seeking that’s been in place has been blocking it from arising.

When there’s not the constant need for pleasure, the mind settles and the Universe works with whatever talent is in you for its betterment. There may be a musician, a painter, a gardener or botanist, or even a writer inside you, who knows a book may even come out of it. I guarantee you this, whatever it is that comes from your creative energy, it will be based in love which will make you a benefit to humanity because that’s just the way the Universe rolls…

Stuck in Ignorance

It’s strictly from ignorance that one attaches to wanting things different which in turn causes you to get stuck in creating your own suffering…

If you really want to know what the basic flaw seems to be that keeps one stuck in their own suffering, it’s attaching to ignorance to a fault. It’s not that we know everything or that we’ll be able to transcend our ignorance, it’s more so to find a way to see it for what it is and not get stuck in it. It will always be succumbing to ignorance in some way that causes suffering. It doesn’t have to be attached to, but it will take discipline so the mind settles to see this. It’s always ignorance that wants things different and it’s always attaching to the story of want that causes suffering. This is true regardless of the circumstances.

Here’s an example of the charade of ignorance that pulls one into suffering. I ordered a pair of pants on line, when they were delivered I tried them on and they didn’t fit. By my first reaction you would have thought I was going to have to go without pants, but that wasn’t the case. I attached to wanting them to fit and didn’t accept the fact that the pants simply didn’t fit. This is what attaching to ignorance does and when I saw how childish this was, it fell away and I was able to simply send the pants back. You can substitute the pants with anything and you’ll get the same childish results of suffering. This is all because to be ignorant is to want things your way. It’s strictly from ignorance that one attaches to wanting things different which in turn causes you to get stuck in creating your own suffering…

Spiritual Energy

Spiritual energy is enough because in this energy there’s oneness with life, and since Spiritual energy is love you are love. Nothing needs to be added to be enough because you already are all that you can become…

A benefit that you’ll acquire by understanding what the practice of quieting the squirrel cage mind does is, instead of striving to become, you’ll be guided by the Creative Intelligence of the Universe (Spiritual energy) and be in harmony with life. You‘ll realize you are complete just as you are and nothing added can make you more complete. This is priceless because when this is experienced there’s understanding the difference between being and doing, and you will stop doing for the sole purpose of being. Right now, even though it may not be known, you are already all that you can be.

At the base of this understanding is Spiritual energy because that is who you are, nothing more can be added that would make you be something more. Even if you found the cure for cancer, it wouldn’t be enough unless it was derived from Universal Love, but it wouldn’t be the cure that would be enough, it would be the love behind finding the cure. Love is enough, only the self-serving mind needs something more in the form of an object, but it’s not really needed it’s only the ego that makes life into a belief something is needed. A belief isn’t real, it’s only a story made up by a self-serving mind that needs to become something. There aren’t any facts to a belief, but what is factual is Love; a belief or a story isn’t. This is when the striving to become ceases and love is enough, it’s because you realize love is who you are. Spiritual energy is enough because in this energy there’s oneness with life, and since Spiritual energy is love you are love. Nothing needs to be added to be enough because you already are all that you can become…

Insights Uncovered

A quiet mind gains insight by allowing one’s unconsciousness to be uncovered. This inner space of quietness is where all truth awaits to be uncovered, but only when quietness is the focus…

A true understanding of life cannot be uncovered by doing. There are many highly intelligent people who never understand life. This doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with intelligence, but you become what you focus on. For me, insights came when the cause of why I struggled so much with life was uncovered; the struggle was because I was focused on a non-beneficial view (selfish). Now the focus isn’t so much on a made up beneficial view, but more so on not being focused on the view that caused my struggles. This is what a quiet mind affords a person, it has nothing to do with intelligence. Choose any view that’s wanted, but understand the view in place is what you focus on and it’s what will manifest as life; unconsciousness is the struggle.

Focus on quietness and insights will be uncovered, but only when there’s awareness of unconsciousness; this is how life ceases to be a struggle. Use whatever tools that work to get quiet and focus on that. The mind will settle more and more into a state of quietness that allows insights to be uncovered. Becoming truly insightful isn’t for a select few, it’s available to anyone. It takes an understanding that quietness has nothing to do with intellect, that it’s something which occurs as a result of your focus on the inner space within. You can only become quiet when that’s the focus, not to the point where it’s a doing, but to the point where it’s what’s there because that’s the focus. To me, insights are uncovered when unconsciousness is uncovered which occurs when quietness is the focus…

Created Lack

There’s never a lack that isn’t created so there’s never a true need to reach outside yourself for anything. Until this is seen you will continue the suffering of lack…

Every time someone reaches for something designed for a specific issue, it’s because they believe there’s lacking in them. Same when a person goes to see a therapist, or they reach for another self help book, program, or if any other type of outside help is sought; this is because of the applied label of lack. When this is done all you’re doing is reinforcing the attachment to that label and hence you’re keeping yourself attached that there’s lack; there’s lack only because you have labeled it. Read this very carefully because why this label is being applied will be the difference in being complete or remaining entrapped to lack. Some of the things mentioned above do have value if they’re used at certain times in the one’s life. If they’re being held onto as an end to a means, they lose their value as the needing morphs into lack and hence suffering.

Not many will see exactly what I’m talking about here, but I’m writing it because it’s what I experienced after many years of trying to fill lack with things from the outside. I have found the very things that I was using to fill what I thought was lack is what kept me reaching; regardless of what was being used. Why I thought there was lack is what I needed to find out because it didn’t truly exist; since it didn’t truly exist why was it there. To me if something from the outside is needed to live life, something isn’t right. If I can’t just be with myself without thinking there’s lack, I have to ask myself why this is so. There‘s never a lack that isn’t created so there’s never a true need to reach outside yourself for anything. Until this is seen you will continue to think you lack and thus create your own suffering…

Hamster Wheel Energy

As long as there is seeking there will always be seeking and you’ll remain on the hamster wheel path, exerting all kinds of energy, but not really getting anywhere…

What keeps a person stuck on the hamster wheel path of seeking is trying to manufacture peace, love, kindness, mindfulness, spirituality, and so on instead of aligning yourself with the present moment which allows these attributes to arise naturally. This is what keeps the hamster wheel energy in place. The energy of seeking is circular (like a hamster wheel) so it’s never going to produce anything that’s going to free you from the hamster wheel energy. You may bounce to a seemingly different energy because it’s given a different label, but as long as you think you have to do something to manufacture a certain desired result, hamster wheel energy will continue regardless of what it’s called, and so you will remain on the path to no where.

This hamster wheel energy of seeking makes a person use an array of things, from sweets, drugs, alcohol, gambling, tv, success, sex, programs, another book, retreats, a path, meditation, and many other things. What these all have in common is they keep you attached to the hamster wheel energy of seeking which is a byproduct of the Conditioned Mind. A true transformation of the spirit cannot be manufactured because seeking energy is the exact energy that blocks the alignment which allows energy to transform. Only when you detach from the hamster wheel can a transformation or shift occur. As long as there is seeking there will always be seeking and you will remain on the hamster wheel path, exerting all kinds of energy, but not really getting anywhere…

The Love of Jesus

The love of Jesus is the love of our own heart, but if the human self is attached to and becomes the default setting of life, it will be impossible to understand the love of your own heart…

When life begins, there aren’t any blocks developed to our heart of love. Slowly though as we age we develop these blocks to our heart of love by forming the attachment to a human self. It’s not to deny our humanness, but non attachment is key to truly experiencing a heart of love. The more thought that is applied to our humanness, the less in touch we are with our true essence to love. This is the love that Jesus spoke of and what he taught. The love of existence that through him would bring us to God, or the term he used “Father.”

You may ask, why do we need Jesus, why not go directly to God? Because through Jesus we are taught how to have a heart that is pure in love. Very few people have a heart that is pure because of the way that our self is attached to and developed. Without a genuine heart of love it’s virtually impossible to go to God directly, to me this is what Jesus taught. Without getting wrapped up in the religious aspect look at this take from a practical level. Jesus has a heart that is pure love, he is divine in nature as we all are, but as it is told, his attachment to a human self was never developed and his heart remained in a state of purity. He mediated, prayed, and ceaselessly submitted to God. His entire being, every waking moment of his existence was for the soul purpose to love. So there was no attachment with a self to block the purity of his heart. Love isn’t a belief in something, it’s our birthright, it’s the true essence of existence without the nonsense that the Conditioned Mind makes up.

To understand the love of your heart, study what Jesus taught. For many, the human self is conditioned to a point where prejudice is formed and the love that Jesus spoke of is blocked. It will be very difficult to truly have a heart of love if this is the case. The human conditioned self is a block to our true essence. Because of this the heart will not be pure enough to see its own love. So the moral of this story is, don’t attach to the human self so it becomes the default setting of life, and the pure love of the heart of Jesus will be the love that is of your own heart…

Loving Yourself

You can only act in ways that arise from within you. A trigger activates your Conditioned Mind and you act accordingly. Love yourself and as the mind settles what’s within you will change…

Unity with others is dependent on learning to love yourself unconditionally because if you judge yourself there’s no way you won’t judge others. In your judgements, your unity with yourself and others will be fleeting at best. Unity with humanity doesn’t start with humanity, it starts with you because if you can’t love yourself there’s no way you’ll will be able to love anyone else. You may be able to love people for a time if they’re as you want them to be, but they remaining that way will also be fleeting at best. This ability to love yourself will only occur when you know our own mind, and only in the sense of how it’s the cause of not loving yourself.

Think of this, when you act in a way that’s not in your best interest, it comes from you. You unconsciously act in a way that isn’t beneficial to your own well being; this is done all the time. These acts come from your own mind. It’s not the way that you act that causes the problem, wanting it different causes the problem, even though it being different is impossible because its already been done. So love yourself and the next time something triggers your Conditioned Mind to act in a way that’s not in your best interest, you may be able to pause and not do it, but if you do act in a way that’s not beneficial, move on. When the mind settles enough through loving yourself, what’s within you will change with the understanding you are enough just as you are because it’s what’s there. Just know there’s always room to change what’s not loving or beneficial…

Conditional Suffering

The conditional way of the world is to cope with suffering by suffering. This is the conditioned delusion in place that keeps one suffering by attaching to the conditioning that causes suffering…

When you wake up and see the delusion of the attached conditioning that’s in place, it’s freeing, but only to the extent that the conditioning is let go of. This basically means going against the way that most people view life, and although waking up doesn’t make a person special, it does make one seem odd or peculiar because they aren’t in line with the conditional way everyone else responds to life situations.

This writing stems from the fact that a woman I know is going through the stages of Alzheimer’s. What has arisen in me is seeing how much suffering this situation is causing all those who are involved with it. Although the suffering is optional, it’s not seen in this way because of the coping mechanisms caused by attaching to the delusional conditioning the world has in place; this is delusional thinking even though it seems in line with the world. Understanding this affords you the awareness of not being pulled into the suffering, but it’s perceived by others as though a person doesn’t care about what’s happening. It’s only the delusional conditioning of attachment that causes one to suffer with any situation. The conditional way of the world is to cope with suffering by suffering. It’s seen as suffering causes more suffering. Although the one who wakes up from the sleep of this conditional delusion may be looked upon by others as being peculiar, odd or not caring, the alternative is to attach to the conditional way that suffering has to cause more suffering. Insanity to say the least…

Need To Do Mind

A mind that needs to do is a mind that has premeditated ideas based on a sense of self, and because of this there’s no space to see what’s truly going on…

As long as the mind needs to do, it can’t be at peace; at the core of this doing is the sense of self. The sense of self may be the hardest concept to let go of because it’s interwoven with just about every thought. It has also been in place since your existence began, but it’s not the sense of self that’s controlling, it’s the attachment to it. I have a sense of self, how can I not, there’s existence, but the attachment to it has lessened significantly in the last few years. This has opened enough space to allow what’s in place today. This is not to say I don’t sometimes attach to the sense of self, but never like the first forty nine years of my life.

What most people who question what I write about don’t realize is, I understand how my mind works because I’ve sat and investigated why I reacted and did the things that I did. Very few truly investigate their Conditioned Mind and this leads to a mind that needs to do. This doesn’t make me better or smarter than anyone knowing this, but by having an understanding of the lies that controlled me for so many years, this does allow me to not attach to them. I would have to say therein lies the difference between having the need to do or being free to just be. This also creates the difference between the need to do limits or the unlimited expansion of just being…

Love Transforms

If you want evil to change, learn how to change yourself, but understand it’s not going to happen by believing in something. It will happen when your heart opens to connect with Universal Love…

Evil has been a part of humanity for thousands of years. Look at the Bible which portrays the evil throughout history. To me the story of Jesus was meant to bring humanity a message of love. No doubt it is Spirit led, but to those of that region who were lost, not only to Roman rule, but also to the doctrine of the Old Testament, they didn’t care. Jesus pointed directly to the father and said, only through him (his love) could one see the love of the father in their heart, and thus be able to love their neighbor. Love is magical in its ability to transform, but it’s not magical for a select few to experience. The teachings of Jesus are second to none when it comes to a direct path from the evil of the bondage of self. The message from Jesus wasn’t about Jesus, it was about finding the love in your heart through his love so you could connect with Universal Love. You can call that God if it makes you feel better, but to me it’s simply love and doesn’t need a label.

Regardless if you believe in the story of Jesus or not, love is his message. The evil of humanity is no different today than it was over 2,000 years ago. All that has happened is there are different beliefs being held onto; everyone still thinks theirs is right. The Pharisees were scared Jesus was going to make their profits less, they were of the evil of the world and that’s why they did what they did. What Jesus taught wasn’t of the world so they just wanted to get rid of him. I don’t hold onto beliefs so I don’t get into the story of what happened to Jesus as being true or not. All I know is the message of love left behind has the ability to transform and it doesn’t take a belief to have this occur. Love is what humanity is missing. So many are lost and have missed the mark. If you want the evil of the world to change, learn how to change yourself. Just understand it will only happen when your heart opens and connects with the love that Jesus taught…

Imagine If…

Imagine if…everything you have been taught is a lie…

Imagine if…all the things in place are distractions to keep you from experiencing your own innate divinity…

Imagine if…you truly let go of the way you think things should be and don’t need things different…

Imagine if…you understood how people are conditioned to do what they do instead of judging them…

Imagine if…you are the giver of light (spirit) instead of the taker of darkness (selfish desires)…

Imagine if…you realize God is real, is in your heart, and is the creator of all creation…

Imagine if…you understood the oneness of God as actually uniting humanity instead of causing separation…

Imagine if…the energy of love is the default setting of your heart and the heart of all humanity…

Imagine if…you saw everything through the eyes of innocence such as a child, where love is all that’s seen…

Imagine if…all these things were true, so for you they won’t have to be imagined because they will be true…

Imagine If…

Imagined Feelings

Feelings that aren’t based in facts are just a figment of the imagination. Stick with the facts and stay connected to life, or not and live an imagined state of existence…

There are times that it seems there’s more of a connection with life than at other times, but it isn’t life that changes, life just is. It is something in us that causes our disconnect. This is the same when we feel disconnected with people, it is always something within ourselves that causes our disconnect. Even if there’s interactions with the most notorious person alive, when you are connected to life you will have compassion for them because you will understand the prison they are in. When a disconnect does occur, compassion is non existent and the emotion turns to whatever your conditioning calls for. The more conditioning there is the more there’s a feeling of being disconnected, and what you’re disconnected from is Love. 

No matter the circumstances, we only internalize our feelings and allow them to control our emotions when we come from a place of self. The more the self is our minds default setting, the more disconnected we feel from Love. Our connection to life is related to living in the present moment and how we rightly relate ourselves with that moment. The connection is because in the present moment the mind isn’t allowed to roam around in the past or future. So by being present, you are in full cooperation with what is, which puts you in cooperation with life. When you cooperate with life you are connected to Love which connects you to life. So live now and live life, or not and live life in the imagined state of feelings…