It’s been a little while I know….but I have been trying to strike a balance between a) the OC desire to seek ways of settling into comfort amidst the current bedlam of changes, and b) cultivating the art of mere and utter acceptance of what is happening right now without any embellishments (which seems to involve a lot of involutary twitching.) By the way, OC = obsessive compulsive, not Orange County or any text abbreviation you might think of.
I have been listening to the non dualists speak about their experiences of awakening from the dream. It’s very unworldly listening to these people speak about not existing but still being there as the background of what is happening, because it has a rather unhinging effect on the ‘I’, causing it to slip in and out of perception when you're not looking. Yes, it is terribly confusing for the OC mind that needs a rational explanation for everything. The nature of the egoic mind is to label, refer, understand and own. If it cannot do this, it becomes very agitated; note the increasing agitation of the ‘world’ as we desperately try to ‘make sense’ of the worrying events that seem to be occurring at great speed - although this is ultimately an agitation occurring in your own perception, it does not make it any easier to bear.
But the fact that these ideas about ‘reality’ are appearing in my life leads me to question why now and how do they fit into the frameless picture of everything? When I first started this so called path, I was told by certain teachers that this dawning of the new age that is being spoken of would be a recycling of a Golden Age, which has occurred many times before and continues to recur over and over again. This pure age will herald a time where people would drink nectar out of flowers and walk in the elysian fields of bliss. In accordance with this belief, many groups are attempting to bring about the manifestation of such an age by putting out the thought processes that will draw like energies and therefore create a manifestation. http://thesatyug.blogspot.com/ (paste link)
Concurrently, there is also an undeniable attraction that has recently overwhelmed my being and draws towards Adviata Vedanta or the non-dualists. By contrast to those who are focusing on repeating the cycle and bringing about the repetition of the Golden Age, Advaita is completely naked, with no frills, no references to any future or past and fully experiential right now. The experience of non duality is final with no returns and brings about a permanent end of dreaming.
The question is; will this new Golden Age that is supposedly so close on the horizon, just be a continuation of the dream, albeit a pleasant one? Or will we be functioning in an apparent world, fully awake and aware of the boundless unconditional love that animates all of existence.
And if it is a question of just repeating the cycle until we again degrade our purity and once again move into another Iron Age or age of pollution on all levels, then what would be the point of that? Would it not just be another illusion that we are buying into?
Every spiritual order has their view on how the world will end/change/evolve but it is also equally possible, if not probable, that no-one knows for sure and we may all be in for an impressive surprise. Even though some may vehemently assert that they have received their messages from the mouth of God itself, there is still no guarantee that what they have received is absolute. One has to consider that thoughts are the culprit here and since it is impossible to know the truth through your intellect – no matter how pure, perhaps the real purpose of all these stories, predictions and ideas, is to eliminate the mind by driving it hysterically insane, so that it might involuntary step to one side and allow the real obvious secret to be seen. And that is, that none of this really matters because perfection and unconditional love are not really concerned with an outcome that will give assurance to the human mind and it’s longing to be pleasantly satisfied at all costs.
That said, all of this could be a preparation for each apparent ‘one’ of us to break out of our mental prisons and witness the grand dissolution of all things from a place where there is no individual concern – or even where there is no individual present; i.e., no sense of ‘I’.
I have written of how we are possibly the manifestors of all that appears to be, and on some level, that is true. It may be that an apparent global event will spontaneously, simultaneously and synchronistically occur that will remove all blinkers at once and in so doing, bring about the sudden witnessing of all objects as they really are and not as we would like them to be. This would be an actual demonstration that nothing ‘out there’ has any inherent existence of its own and is a full projection of the collection of our owned thoughts and beliefs. This is the marvel of the dream; its complexity and its hypnotic glamour. Such potent seeing would of course instantly end all things that are based on inaccurate or invalid perception and perhaps THIS is what is meant by the end of the world because it would indeed terminate the ideas and illusions we hold about a thing called ‘the world’.
How Will the World End? According to 'A Course in Miracles':
“Can what has no beginning really end? The world will end in an illusion, as it began. Yet will its ending be an illusion of mercy. The illusion of forgiveness, complete, excluding no one, limitless in gentleness, will cover it, hiding all evil, concealing all sin and ending guilt forever. So ends the world that guilt had made, for now it has no purpose and is gone.”
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles/Manual_for_Teachers/How_Will_the_World_End%3F
If you find this too wordy and evasive to grasp, consider the words of Richard Bach:
“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
So I'll leave you with this parting thought: If there is no ‘you’, can there really be a ‘world’? When a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, the caterpillar is no more, and neither is the world of its perception.
Until next time...
Sunday 29 August 2010
Thursday 12 August 2010
WTF is going on: Grand Reunion
WTF is going on: Grand Reunion: "This week’s blog is a pure channelled message about the return to our true lineage. I cannot give you its source because I honestly do not k..."
Grand Reunion
This week’s blog is a pure channelled message about the return to our true lineage. I cannot give you its source because I honestly do not know where it came from. I understand that it will not be everyones 'cup of tea' and some of you may find these words difficult if not impossible to relate to, whereas others may dismiss it as utter poppycock. I trust that some will resonate with the frequency behind the words. It is also possible that I will read it in a week and think 'Eh! What was that???'...Still, I'm only a messenger and needs must relate what is transmitted to me lest I neglect my purpose...So here is what was given to me to be passed on. I hope it twangs some inner strings.
Many, many aeons ago, at the perceived beginning of all things, seeds of light were issued forth from the grand vortex of light and began a very long journey through layers and levels of creation where none - in that particular formation - have ever ventured before. They were dispatched to other solar systems in this galaxy and beyond where they claimed various forms both in gross and subtle matter and lived out life spans in accordance to the frequency they chose to incarnate into.
After numerous cycles and adjustments to form and visits to other solar systems where they again lived out life spans in accordance with those frequencies; they came to Earth.
By this time, the original seeds of light had grown in personal will and had accumulated many layers of memory that gave them the illusion that they were now seperate entities from the original light vortex. They believed that they descended from certain lineages and as seperate entities had undergone certain individual and collective experiences. All of these beliefs caused rigidities to occur in their mental continuum, which were then held onto as part of self identity; just as an individual grasps at certain thoughts believing these thoughts 'belong' to him/her/it. Thus exacerbating ideas and resulting experiences of separation.
By and by after the accumulation of many of these ideas and beliefs, which began to cause more and more confusion, the original seeds, now clothed in form, began a process of seeking the truth that would dispel their bewilderment (there is always a state of bewilderment that accompanies beliefs in separation, albeit below the surface). They became attracted to Earth so that they could be provided with an opportunity to escape the illusion of separation and were given incarnation there in accord with the sum of their thoughts and actions.
This special planet of Earth was given form by the One as an expression of beauty, love and giving, embodied in a stunning green/blue gem like sphere suspended in the perfect blackness. It demonstrates qualities of abundance, nurturing and unconditional giving. It embodies a spirit known as Prakriti or Nature – a special being that is in the service of the One but can be transcended through mastery of the mind and the recovery of the pathways that lead to the true lineage of God in human. Earth is also a flawless demonstration of changing conditions and therefore provides a perfect backdrop of circumstnces that can be utilised to dispel illusion, if correctly used! Many planets in our solar system and also the central star - our sun, is in service to the mother Earth because of her agreement to provide these doorways and portals of escape for those who are trapped in illusion.
Although Earth appears to be solid and real, it is a hologaphic image projected onto our flat universe. Earth provides many gateways that are not offered by any other solar systems. It has always been a planet that many have desired to conquer and rule because of its outstanding beauty and natural resource, but has been granted special protection due to its service to the One and this is why souls are queuing up to be here now - because we are nearing the time of Disclosure, or Revelation; a grand event where all beings would like to be present. As we shift into high gear, we are about to be given an opportunity for the convergence of all into One.
This means that all the lifetimes we thought we have lived will be revealed as only One. All the characters, personalities and different visual forms we played out will be revealed only as One and all sources of life and existence will be pin pointed into only One. Time is about to collapse and fold in onto itself as we hurtle toward the withdrawal of all apparent creation and the revelation of our original lineage.
This need not manifest as physical destruction but is rather like the Father/Mother coming to collect her children and bring them back to the bosom of origin. Many people have these theories of how the world will end but no-one knows for sure; it is a mystery that will spontaneously be revealed at the appointed time and not before. This time can be at any moment. When all the apparent separate moments bleed into one, you will be Home and the drama will be over. The definition of drama is time and location based and has nothing to do with events.
The mystery of cause, effect synchronicity and time, and the culmination of these ideas present many faces at every moment and conjour ideas about the future: So the whole world asks 'what will happen to me?' It may be that you will not be able to take your apparent body to this re-union as it may be too gross in frequency to pass through the non-carnal eye of the needle. It may be that you will be gifted with the secret of resurrection and transmogrify your flesh into a subtle illuminated form that will be able to shift in dimensions, from low to higher, and remain intact. It may be that you will totally drop the body and be provided with a new form that will continue life in another dimension. It may also be that it has already finished and all that remains is the residual memory that is playing itself out, soon to be revealed for what it is, as the knowledge and awareness of your true location is spontaneously disclosed.
Many people envision the changes as dramatic and perhaps traumatic, but this is very dependent upon the thoughts you hold about your apparent present reality. For example, if you believe that you will die, it is likely that you will undergo much mental suffering as a result of that belief and manifest a death sequence that will culminate in your so-called termination; thus fulfilling your own creative impulses. The curse of death has been with us for countless millennia and is a difficult pattern to shift because of the habitual release of the death hormone whose reaction is embedded deep in our DNA but not as deep as the seed that marks our true lineage. Hoever, this knee jerk reaction of 'death stress' again comes from the belief that we are alone and separate and thus is the root cause of all delusion.
We have brainwashed ourselves into believing that we are individual entities that come from different places and different cultures etc. and although this is true on one level – a more surface level, in the heart of all things there is only one lineage – the lineage of light from whence all came forth. This light was processed and facilitated into reflections of various holograms, images, sounds and so forth – but all of these manifestations are illusions projected forth by the One, allowing us to make adjustments in accordance with our experiences and beliefs, thus creating the APPEARANCE of varying phenomena.
Over the aeons, we have become caught up in the illusions that we have projected and have thus entrapped ourselves in a never ending cycle of perpetuation of falsehood and belief in these ideas. Now is the eve of withdrawal back into the black hole of light from whence our original spark or seed emerged. The grand source is about to inhale at the end of a cycle of apparent separation bringing about a state that we have no reference point for. This void is the strand of God’s mind that is within yours and lies waiting to be revealed to your consciousness at the appointed time. But even this is only the breath of the One and not the One itself which cannot be perceived. We will touch base with its magnificence and possibly retain the memory of the event as a living entity within us, using it to create something more spectacular than we have ever imagined.
Just as we were once able to communicate with nature; now we will have an in-road to the WHOLE of creation whereby there will be a GRAND link up with ALL sentient beings for those who are willing to OPEN their circuits to this event.
Apparently there will soon be an equal number of humans on this planet as there are circuits in the brain. According to some spiritual scriptures, ascension will not occur until all souls are present on the earth plane. That is, all souls that have been part of the repeating cycle which the Buddhists know as Samsara.
Like a giant turning key, when all facets are in perfect measure and placement, certain portals will open momentarily for energies to pass through various points, inviting you into eternity where time and space are colapsed. This once in your life-time occurrence will facilitate escape from the repeating projection of illusory reality and allow a shattering of the reflection of consciousness into billions of chards which will fly home like migrating stars to be re-united
with the One
Many, many aeons ago, at the perceived beginning of all things, seeds of light were issued forth from the grand vortex of light and began a very long journey through layers and levels of creation where none - in that particular formation - have ever ventured before. They were dispatched to other solar systems in this galaxy and beyond where they claimed various forms both in gross and subtle matter and lived out life spans in accordance to the frequency they chose to incarnate into.
After numerous cycles and adjustments to form and visits to other solar systems where they again lived out life spans in accordance with those frequencies; they came to Earth.
By this time, the original seeds of light had grown in personal will and had accumulated many layers of memory that gave them the illusion that they were now seperate entities from the original light vortex. They believed that they descended from certain lineages and as seperate entities had undergone certain individual and collective experiences. All of these beliefs caused rigidities to occur in their mental continuum, which were then held onto as part of self identity; just as an individual grasps at certain thoughts believing these thoughts 'belong' to him/her/it. Thus exacerbating ideas and resulting experiences of separation.
By and by after the accumulation of many of these ideas and beliefs, which began to cause more and more confusion, the original seeds, now clothed in form, began a process of seeking the truth that would dispel their bewilderment (there is always a state of bewilderment that accompanies beliefs in separation, albeit below the surface). They became attracted to Earth so that they could be provided with an opportunity to escape the illusion of separation and were given incarnation there in accord with the sum of their thoughts and actions.
This special planet of Earth was given form by the One as an expression of beauty, love and giving, embodied in a stunning green/blue gem like sphere suspended in the perfect blackness. It demonstrates qualities of abundance, nurturing and unconditional giving. It embodies a spirit known as Prakriti or Nature – a special being that is in the service of the One but can be transcended through mastery of the mind and the recovery of the pathways that lead to the true lineage of God in human. Earth is also a flawless demonstration of changing conditions and therefore provides a perfect backdrop of circumstnces that can be utilised to dispel illusion, if correctly used! Many planets in our solar system and also the central star - our sun, is in service to the mother Earth because of her agreement to provide these doorways and portals of escape for those who are trapped in illusion.
Although Earth appears to be solid and real, it is a hologaphic image projected onto our flat universe. Earth provides many gateways that are not offered by any other solar systems. It has always been a planet that many have desired to conquer and rule because of its outstanding beauty and natural resource, but has been granted special protection due to its service to the One and this is why souls are queuing up to be here now - because we are nearing the time of Disclosure, or Revelation; a grand event where all beings would like to be present. As we shift into high gear, we are about to be given an opportunity for the convergence of all into One.
This means that all the lifetimes we thought we have lived will be revealed as only One. All the characters, personalities and different visual forms we played out will be revealed only as One and all sources of life and existence will be pin pointed into only One. Time is about to collapse and fold in onto itself as we hurtle toward the withdrawal of all apparent creation and the revelation of our original lineage.
This need not manifest as physical destruction but is rather like the Father/Mother coming to collect her children and bring them back to the bosom of origin. Many people have these theories of how the world will end but no-one knows for sure; it is a mystery that will spontaneously be revealed at the appointed time and not before. This time can be at any moment. When all the apparent separate moments bleed into one, you will be Home and the drama will be over. The definition of drama is time and location based and has nothing to do with events.
The mystery of cause, effect synchronicity and time, and the culmination of these ideas present many faces at every moment and conjour ideas about the future: So the whole world asks 'what will happen to me?' It may be that you will not be able to take your apparent body to this re-union as it may be too gross in frequency to pass through the non-carnal eye of the needle. It may be that you will be gifted with the secret of resurrection and transmogrify your flesh into a subtle illuminated form that will be able to shift in dimensions, from low to higher, and remain intact. It may be that you will totally drop the body and be provided with a new form that will continue life in another dimension. It may also be that it has already finished and all that remains is the residual memory that is playing itself out, soon to be revealed for what it is, as the knowledge and awareness of your true location is spontaneously disclosed.
Many people envision the changes as dramatic and perhaps traumatic, but this is very dependent upon the thoughts you hold about your apparent present reality. For example, if you believe that you will die, it is likely that you will undergo much mental suffering as a result of that belief and manifest a death sequence that will culminate in your so-called termination; thus fulfilling your own creative impulses. The curse of death has been with us for countless millennia and is a difficult pattern to shift because of the habitual release of the death hormone whose reaction is embedded deep in our DNA but not as deep as the seed that marks our true lineage. Hoever, this knee jerk reaction of 'death stress' again comes from the belief that we are alone and separate and thus is the root cause of all delusion.
We have brainwashed ourselves into believing that we are individual entities that come from different places and different cultures etc. and although this is true on one level – a more surface level, in the heart of all things there is only one lineage – the lineage of light from whence all came forth. This light was processed and facilitated into reflections of various holograms, images, sounds and so forth – but all of these manifestations are illusions projected forth by the One, allowing us to make adjustments in accordance with our experiences and beliefs, thus creating the APPEARANCE of varying phenomena.
Over the aeons, we have become caught up in the illusions that we have projected and have thus entrapped ourselves in a never ending cycle of perpetuation of falsehood and belief in these ideas. Now is the eve of withdrawal back into the black hole of light from whence our original spark or seed emerged. The grand source is about to inhale at the end of a cycle of apparent separation bringing about a state that we have no reference point for. This void is the strand of God’s mind that is within yours and lies waiting to be revealed to your consciousness at the appointed time. But even this is only the breath of the One and not the One itself which cannot be perceived. We will touch base with its magnificence and possibly retain the memory of the event as a living entity within us, using it to create something more spectacular than we have ever imagined.
Just as we were once able to communicate with nature; now we will have an in-road to the WHOLE of creation whereby there will be a GRAND link up with ALL sentient beings for those who are willing to OPEN their circuits to this event.
Apparently there will soon be an equal number of humans on this planet as there are circuits in the brain. According to some spiritual scriptures, ascension will not occur until all souls are present on the earth plane. That is, all souls that have been part of the repeating cycle which the Buddhists know as Samsara.
Like a giant turning key, when all facets are in perfect measure and placement, certain portals will open momentarily for energies to pass through various points, inviting you into eternity where time and space are colapsed. This once in your life-time occurrence will facilitate escape from the repeating projection of illusory reality and allow a shattering of the reflection of consciousness into billions of chards which will fly home like migrating stars to be re-united
with the One
Friday 6 August 2010
The End of Dreaming
Having just watched the film ‘Inception’ which was, to say the least, a masterpiece which I will enthusiastically be added to my top 10 films of awakening, I was deeply moved and inspired to write a few words about the nature of reality.
Reality is not what you think it is, in fact most of us are in a state of ignorance as to the true nature of objects and of ourselves. What we think of as ‘reality’ couldn’t be further from the truth. In truth, we actually do not know what anything is, or what it is for. We have settled with believing in the labels and collective descriptions that we share with others who collude to propagate the same ‘reality’ as we do. And this is how we live and have lived since we became flesh upon this earthly plane!
In order to understand that we are asleep, we need a few reference points. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso says: “Just as all the fear, danger, and suffering we experience in a nightmare comes from not realizing that we are only dreaming, so all the fear and suffering we experience during our life comes from not seeing the real nature of our world and our experience. The world does not exist separately from the mind. Our conviction that things exist “out there”, independent of our mind, is the source of all our fear." http://www.dealingwithfear.org/root-of-fear.htm/
Before ‘awakening’ to Truth, one generally goes through a process of undoing or dismantlement where the things one believes in, which have been the basis of their stability, start to dissolve. Some spiritual teachers call this process ‘melting’ and it can be distressing and scary as well as thrilling and ecstatic – a little bit like riding a roller coaster with the most unpredictable driver you can imagine!
As we are stripped of our ideas about ‘reality’, the dream, i.e., the pretend ‘reality’ that we have been playing out so far, begins to reveal itself through a series of synchronistic clues. If the desire to awaken is conscious and willing on your part, these synchronicities will appear thick and fast. You may have noticed them. This is because, having expressed a desire to escape from the maze of illusion, you will now be provided with pointers and guidance to help you get out. Pay attention and you will begin to see them everywhere and in everything.
In the light of the immense swiftness of the current changes, everything has hastened to breakneck speed and the time delay between stimulation and response is closing fast. There is no longer available a leisurely amount of time in which to ponder your decisions and brace for your changes; it is as if the porthole through which we have been viewing ‘reality’ has become pin-point, forcing our focus into supreme intensity- definitely not for the faint hearted as will be revealed.
Welcome to the crash course in 'swim or sink'- also not for the faint heart: We will have to learn to surf the waves pretty damn quick, without giving our energy over to trying to make plans and worrying about outcomes – there simply isn’t enough stability for you to get your claws into anything substantial and try to control it. Once you have been assimilated by the enormous wave current that is driving us Home, you just have to let go and hope for the best. It’s an act of faith over fear; one is buoyant and the other… well we've all been down that road and know where it ends!
HOWEVER, the great consoling if not redeeming factor in amongst all this mayhem of frequencies and seemingly clashing vibrations is…
WE ARE DOING IT TO OURSELVES
I am doing it to myself, and have been for as long as I have been aware that 'I' exist. I have separated myself from my own connected truth to One and bought into my own fantasy about life, existence and everything else that I think is ‘out there’ and now, it has to be undone. But here’s the rub, don’t be the victim of your own dream projection; don’t allow your phantoms and fears to usurp you from your sovereign throne and dictate your reality, or it will end in tears. If you find this difficult to grasp, let me remind you of an old Zen story…
Once upon a time there was a baby lion that fell into a herd of sheep and became part of their flock. When he grew up, he behaved like a sheep, even to the point of eating grass until one day an old lion captured him and took him to a pond, where he showed him his own reflection.
Many of us are like this lion - the image we have of ourselves does not come from our own direct experience but from the opinions of others. A "personality" that has been imposed from external society replaces the individuality that could have flourished from within. We become just another sheep in the herd, unable to move freely and unconscious of our own true identity. http://www.osho.com/magazine/tarot/TarotCardNew.cfm?All=Yes&Nr=16
We are kept in this state through the enforcement of fear, to further quote Osho; “Society cannot tolerate individuality, because individuality will not follow like a sheep. Society wants slaves, not people who are absolutely dedicated to freedom. Society wants slaves because all the vested interests want obedience … “
The tool of fear has been used for centuries to keep us in check until we ourselves have perpetuated it and inflicted ourselves with this debilitating disease of delusion. But what if you found out that you held the key to your freedom all along? What if, you realised that you were both the prisoner and the guardian of the gates? What would you do if you suddenly understood that you could have the peace of mind and happiness that you have always longed for: That there is no-one holding you back but your own beliefs and ideas about yourself? What would you do? How do you envision your freedom as a state of mind?
The world is full of discontented people who have been duped into thinking they can fill their inner void with something material, but I promise you, it can NEVER be filled by anything of the sort; no perfect job, relationship or lottery win will EVER fill that hole because it is a wound of the spirit and can only be healed by the spirit. We must understand this quickly and change our course so that we may sail into the oceans of bliss and away from the seas of purgatory. You have suffered enough. Now, shift the focus away from the causes of the rotation of this fruitless repetition of history.
You can make this a place of perfection by allowing your mind to align with the forces of light, love and the truth of your own sovereignty. This is not some hippy nonsense – that is also another form of brainwashing: ‘run down the ‘hippy dippy’ nonsense in the name of harsh ‘reality’; don’t believe in anything other than the material things that pervade to the senses.’ Have you ever asked yourself WHY so many dismiss the non-material? It has always been so, mysticism vs. science. Actually the church took over the realms of the mysterious and murdered anyone who came up with any ideas that questioned their own warped view in a futile attempt to retain control and for what? Yes, you guessed correctly yet again; money and power – the same old story which has kept us bound to suffering like twins joined at the hip.
Our addiction to misery is remarkable and heartbreaking because we are capable of so much more…
The root of all of this is our fear of the finite and ultimate annihilation, and beneath that, a terrible guilt that we have deserted the very thing that sustains us, and instead of honouring life, are the only species who in utter shamelessness, strikes down the living in the name of war and other atrocities.
It will end when we want it to. We must understand that our thoughts are in the driving seat of this nightmarish dream.
And here comes the moment of truth. It is visible on the horizon and getting closer with every breath. .. I see you … But here’s the thing, you no longer have to follow suit and perpetuate any more of this self fulfilling nonsense. Have the courage to think differently and break the cycle of action and reaction.
How will the world end? However we want it to and it needn’t be an ending but a beginning. Do not buy into apocalyptic thoughts and fears or they will manifest from the power of your unconscious thoughts. This is YOUR dream; it belongs to no-one else. Start to become creative within your dream rather than helplessly allowing your thoughts to run riot and project more suffering into the dream. No-one is controlling you - you have merely allowed yourself to be led to BELIEVE that you are restrained and limited.
But the time for liberation is NOW! You must break free from the cycle of fear and reaction. This is absolutely necessary if you want to experience REAL happiness and REAL peace – the kind that does not depend on external factors which are always unstable and changing; the kind that will be with you until the end of all time and beyond. Do not waste yourself trying to tame a hurricane, just learn to stand in the eye of the storm and be at peace.
The time when the meaning of ‘reality’ will be revealed to us is close at hand.
I had a dream of awakening
And woke up to find the Truth
May your inner wisdom arise like a silent storm
And lead you through the open gates
to FREEDOM
Reality is not what you think it is, in fact most of us are in a state of ignorance as to the true nature of objects and of ourselves. What we think of as ‘reality’ couldn’t be further from the truth. In truth, we actually do not know what anything is, or what it is for. We have settled with believing in the labels and collective descriptions that we share with others who collude to propagate the same ‘reality’ as we do. And this is how we live and have lived since we became flesh upon this earthly plane!
In order to understand that we are asleep, we need a few reference points. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso says: “Just as all the fear, danger, and suffering we experience in a nightmare comes from not realizing that we are only dreaming, so all the fear and suffering we experience during our life comes from not seeing the real nature of our world and our experience. The world does not exist separately from the mind. Our conviction that things exist “out there”, independent of our mind, is the source of all our fear." http://www.dealingwithfear.org/root-of-fear.htm/
Before ‘awakening’ to Truth, one generally goes through a process of undoing or dismantlement where the things one believes in, which have been the basis of their stability, start to dissolve. Some spiritual teachers call this process ‘melting’ and it can be distressing and scary as well as thrilling and ecstatic – a little bit like riding a roller coaster with the most unpredictable driver you can imagine!
As we are stripped of our ideas about ‘reality’, the dream, i.e., the pretend ‘reality’ that we have been playing out so far, begins to reveal itself through a series of synchronistic clues. If the desire to awaken is conscious and willing on your part, these synchronicities will appear thick and fast. You may have noticed them. This is because, having expressed a desire to escape from the maze of illusion, you will now be provided with pointers and guidance to help you get out. Pay attention and you will begin to see them everywhere and in everything.
In the light of the immense swiftness of the current changes, everything has hastened to breakneck speed and the time delay between stimulation and response is closing fast. There is no longer available a leisurely amount of time in which to ponder your decisions and brace for your changes; it is as if the porthole through which we have been viewing ‘reality’ has become pin-point, forcing our focus into supreme intensity- definitely not for the faint hearted as will be revealed.
Welcome to the crash course in 'swim or sink'- also not for the faint heart: We will have to learn to surf the waves pretty damn quick, without giving our energy over to trying to make plans and worrying about outcomes – there simply isn’t enough stability for you to get your claws into anything substantial and try to control it. Once you have been assimilated by the enormous wave current that is driving us Home, you just have to let go and hope for the best. It’s an act of faith over fear; one is buoyant and the other… well we've all been down that road and know where it ends!
HOWEVER, the great consoling if not redeeming factor in amongst all this mayhem of frequencies and seemingly clashing vibrations is…
WE ARE DOING IT TO OURSELVES
I am doing it to myself, and have been for as long as I have been aware that 'I' exist. I have separated myself from my own connected truth to One and bought into my own fantasy about life, existence and everything else that I think is ‘out there’ and now, it has to be undone. But here’s the rub, don’t be the victim of your own dream projection; don’t allow your phantoms and fears to usurp you from your sovereign throne and dictate your reality, or it will end in tears. If you find this difficult to grasp, let me remind you of an old Zen story…
Once upon a time there was a baby lion that fell into a herd of sheep and became part of their flock. When he grew up, he behaved like a sheep, even to the point of eating grass until one day an old lion captured him and took him to a pond, where he showed him his own reflection.
Many of us are like this lion - the image we have of ourselves does not come from our own direct experience but from the opinions of others. A "personality" that has been imposed from external society replaces the individuality that could have flourished from within. We become just another sheep in the herd, unable to move freely and unconscious of our own true identity. http://www.osho.com/magazine/tarot/TarotCardNew.cfm?All=Yes&Nr=16
We are kept in this state through the enforcement of fear, to further quote Osho; “Society cannot tolerate individuality, because individuality will not follow like a sheep. Society wants slaves, not people who are absolutely dedicated to freedom. Society wants slaves because all the vested interests want obedience … “
The tool of fear has been used for centuries to keep us in check until we ourselves have perpetuated it and inflicted ourselves with this debilitating disease of delusion. But what if you found out that you held the key to your freedom all along? What if, you realised that you were both the prisoner and the guardian of the gates? What would you do if you suddenly understood that you could have the peace of mind and happiness that you have always longed for: That there is no-one holding you back but your own beliefs and ideas about yourself? What would you do? How do you envision your freedom as a state of mind?
The world is full of discontented people who have been duped into thinking they can fill their inner void with something material, but I promise you, it can NEVER be filled by anything of the sort; no perfect job, relationship or lottery win will EVER fill that hole because it is a wound of the spirit and can only be healed by the spirit. We must understand this quickly and change our course so that we may sail into the oceans of bliss and away from the seas of purgatory. You have suffered enough. Now, shift the focus away from the causes of the rotation of this fruitless repetition of history.
You can make this a place of perfection by allowing your mind to align with the forces of light, love and the truth of your own sovereignty. This is not some hippy nonsense – that is also another form of brainwashing: ‘run down the ‘hippy dippy’ nonsense in the name of harsh ‘reality’; don’t believe in anything other than the material things that pervade to the senses.’ Have you ever asked yourself WHY so many dismiss the non-material? It has always been so, mysticism vs. science. Actually the church took over the realms of the mysterious and murdered anyone who came up with any ideas that questioned their own warped view in a futile attempt to retain control and for what? Yes, you guessed correctly yet again; money and power – the same old story which has kept us bound to suffering like twins joined at the hip.
Our addiction to misery is remarkable and heartbreaking because we are capable of so much more…
The root of all of this is our fear of the finite and ultimate annihilation, and beneath that, a terrible guilt that we have deserted the very thing that sustains us, and instead of honouring life, are the only species who in utter shamelessness, strikes down the living in the name of war and other atrocities.
It will end when we want it to. We must understand that our thoughts are in the driving seat of this nightmarish dream.
And here comes the moment of truth. It is visible on the horizon and getting closer with every breath. .. I see you … But here’s the thing, you no longer have to follow suit and perpetuate any more of this self fulfilling nonsense. Have the courage to think differently and break the cycle of action and reaction.
How will the world end? However we want it to and it needn’t be an ending but a beginning. Do not buy into apocalyptic thoughts and fears or they will manifest from the power of your unconscious thoughts. This is YOUR dream; it belongs to no-one else. Start to become creative within your dream rather than helplessly allowing your thoughts to run riot and project more suffering into the dream. No-one is controlling you - you have merely allowed yourself to be led to BELIEVE that you are restrained and limited.
But the time for liberation is NOW! You must break free from the cycle of fear and reaction. This is absolutely necessary if you want to experience REAL happiness and REAL peace – the kind that does not depend on external factors which are always unstable and changing; the kind that will be with you until the end of all time and beyond. Do not waste yourself trying to tame a hurricane, just learn to stand in the eye of the storm and be at peace.
The time when the meaning of ‘reality’ will be revealed to us is close at hand.
I had a dream of awakening
And woke up to find the Truth
May your inner wisdom arise like a silent storm
And lead you through the open gates
to FREEDOM
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Lift up your Hearts…and Hold on to your Hats (The roller coaster is heading for a BIG dip)
Is it just another ordinary week for you where everything is routine, commonplace and run of the mill, or can you feel the sheer emblazoned potency of that impending cardinal grand cross which is growing in intensity every second and is set to reach full climax on Saturday 7th August 2010?
To quote one astrologer regarding this weekend’s Grand Cross:
“…there is likely to be high tension, deep upset and plenty of conflict, possibly resulting in major political, social and religious change, even to the collapse of old institutions and the loud, difficult birth of new ones.”
http://www.hermes3.net/2010.htm
There is a huge amount of planetary activity, where the celestial bodies are doing things they haven’t done for millennia and according to astrologers this activity is going to amplify all the way to 21/12/12. Since the eclipses of June 26th 2010, the energy has been increasing. It is as if forces are supplying one more big push to help us utilise our choices. This energy easily has the ability to knock you off your centre of balance and needs to be made use of in an intelligent and thoughtful way.
What does this mean for us? Well, it feels as if the troops are lining up for the final face off and this time it’s inescapable. Yes my friends, our thought waves have accumulated in the ethers and, as the majority of them are too heavy to ascend off into the angelic realms, they have been dumped back into our plane by their own sheer density and are beginning to physically manifest into a drama that will make all other dramas look like a tea party with fairy cakes. The veil of ignorance is about to be lifted and we will soon discover that it has been US all along; we are responsible for the way things are because the magnetic attraction of our thoughts and previous actions have made it so; WE have created the causes of our own apparent destiny. Yes, we have done it to ourselves and now, we have to clean it up – or else!
But does that mean that suffering, doom and gloom is our only inevitable destiny? Although world events smack of an impending collapse of everything that we believe has kept our lives together up until now, our fate have not yet been sealed; the warriors are still marching out and haven’t all chosen their sides yet. Here at the eleventh hour, there is still time to decide upon your stance. But this is a very different kind of battle to the ones documented in the books of history we seem to base our future navigations on. THIS is a battle of FREQUENCY.
It has certain dependent factors, for example, in Buddhist texts, karma or potential for re-action is not activated until an action is complete. So if you are in the process of stealing, say, your action will not be complete until you consider the object to be yours. We can use this same example for all our actions. The particularity of this time however, is the very factor of TIME – also an illusion but a very convincing one!
When the biblical texts spoke of Judgement Day, many thought it was referring to a day where punishment would be meted out to the perpetrators of wrongful acts, but during a recent meditation I was given an insight. This insight told me that Judgement Day referred to a time rather than a day where CONSEQUENCES would arise to balance transmissions of frequency without any delay. I.e., whenever you have a thought that leads to performing a corresponding action, you are sending out a level of energetic vibration. Each thought leading to an action had a corresponding level of energetic vibration. For more information on this you could consider the work of Dr David Hawkins who has founded the map of human consciousness.
During this point, the period of time between perpetrating an action and its consequence, would be greatly diminished, leaving like to attract like with incredible swiftness. The consequences or REACTIONS would accord with the parameters of the frequency that was originally sent out. So if they are Low, i.e., based on guilt, anger, fear etc., they would be in accord with other low frequencies and invariably attract the same. For example, if someone shouts at us in anger, we are more than 50% likely to react in a similar manner – like attracting like. A good instance of this is road rage, a spreading epidemic where even the most well mannered turn into prehistoric beasts, venting incredible fury at other people in separate tin boxes. Similarly, if frequency output is high, then it would be in accord with other high frequencies – e.g., an act of loving kindness will often dissolve negativity and raise a frequency to accord with itself.
And that, in brief, is how to manifest light, or not as the case may be.
What I’m saying is that in this very intense and challenging time the responsibility lies with us as to how to ACT rather than RE-ACT; it is most important to keep your antennae up and get off the bottom rungs of the ladder. Our evolution is in a precarious place, and the fate of the apparent drama hangs in the balance. To do your bit it is necessary to execute swift purification of your mind, imbibe regular positive nourishment to sustain your level of frequency and do what you can to help. REMEMBER, the way the scales fall very much depends on what you do NOW.
Here are a few ways to raise your frequency:
• Eat fresh organic produce that is filled with life force – the fresher the better
• Listen to high frequency music like classical for instance; Mozart is good
• Read authentic spiritual literature
• Spend as much time in nature as possible; mountains, trees, sea, running water – all good!
• The higher up you are the better – mountains are VERY good
• Meditate regularly and send out loving kindness to ALL beings – even the ones who swore at you when you were driving – this latter part is a great purifier of negativity
• Help where you can – random acts of unconditional kindness keep your attention off your own angst!
• Forgive your past as soon as you can and move on – ‘complain and remain in pain, praise and be raised above it’
• Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude’ instead of complaining about your lot. There are always people who are suffering more than you. Become a positive force to yourself and others
• Stay away from stressful people and situations – especially ‘vampires’ who drain your energy to make themselves feel more comfortable but take no responsibility for their own actions
• Don’t watch low grade TV – most advertisements (use mute if watching), a certain soap that finishes at 8pm, (sorry! very low frequency), voyeuristic TV shows like BB which apparently has some kind of tie with the illuminati, most news which is generally biased, and anything that creates negative reactions. TV is not real life but an image based representation of streamed items mainly used to exercise control and promote consumerism
• Limit your intake of alcohol, cigarettes and anything else that alters your clarity
• Drink plenty of filtered or bottled water
• Endeavour to keep your mind in the light by cultivating non reactivity
Generally your body’s first response is a very good gage of whether something is right for you if you learn to listen to it instead of using knee jerk reactions. Usually, if something is not beneficial for you, your body will indicate this by contracting in some way and losing strength. This is the value of kinesiology which uses the body’s simple response of ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to decide a course of action.
If you find it very difficult to control your mind, I highly recommend doing a 10 day silent retreat in Vipassana meditation which although very challenging and a bit like boot camp, is a definite fast track method in learning how to discipline your mind. Last year I crammed in 4 retreats and can absolutely vouch for their healing and terrific purifying power. http://www.dipa.dhamma.org/ Don’t go unless you mean business with your mind!
Remember, all of the above work as a whole; the more you do, the easier it gets. If you start to feel the mounting pressure of this weekend’s Grand Cross it will help to withdraw from external events if you can. Many have decided to go on meditation retreats so they can generate as much light as possible. You can join them by devoting some time to sending out courage instead of fear, love instead of anger, tolerance instead of impatience or even just visualise flooding the earth with as much light as you can imagine. No matter what your situation might be, it’s very important to cultivate a calm acceptance in the face of what appears to be scary or intolerable. DO NOT succumb to fear which may surface as things become de-stabilised.
This time is an extraordinary opportunity to shunt your development light years ahead, use it as best you can – it won’t be back in our lifetime!
The lines are open, link in and know that if we act with one vision, we can overcome any obstacle and create a stunning radiance that will blast away any and all impediments to our sovereignty. The power to achieve wholeness is and always has been OURS. Remove your focus from the finite and place it on the unlimited...
YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
May you illuminate and be a lighted lamp
To those who are lost in the darkness
To quote one astrologer regarding this weekend’s Grand Cross:
“…there is likely to be high tension, deep upset and plenty of conflict, possibly resulting in major political, social and religious change, even to the collapse of old institutions and the loud, difficult birth of new ones.”
http://www.hermes3.net/2010.htm
There is a huge amount of planetary activity, where the celestial bodies are doing things they haven’t done for millennia and according to astrologers this activity is going to amplify all the way to 21/12/12. Since the eclipses of June 26th 2010, the energy has been increasing. It is as if forces are supplying one more big push to help us utilise our choices. This energy easily has the ability to knock you off your centre of balance and needs to be made use of in an intelligent and thoughtful way.
What does this mean for us? Well, it feels as if the troops are lining up for the final face off and this time it’s inescapable. Yes my friends, our thought waves have accumulated in the ethers and, as the majority of them are too heavy to ascend off into the angelic realms, they have been dumped back into our plane by their own sheer density and are beginning to physically manifest into a drama that will make all other dramas look like a tea party with fairy cakes. The veil of ignorance is about to be lifted and we will soon discover that it has been US all along; we are responsible for the way things are because the magnetic attraction of our thoughts and previous actions have made it so; WE have created the causes of our own apparent destiny. Yes, we have done it to ourselves and now, we have to clean it up – or else!
But does that mean that suffering, doom and gloom is our only inevitable destiny? Although world events smack of an impending collapse of everything that we believe has kept our lives together up until now, our fate have not yet been sealed; the warriors are still marching out and haven’t all chosen their sides yet. Here at the eleventh hour, there is still time to decide upon your stance. But this is a very different kind of battle to the ones documented in the books of history we seem to base our future navigations on. THIS is a battle of FREQUENCY.
It has certain dependent factors, for example, in Buddhist texts, karma or potential for re-action is not activated until an action is complete. So if you are in the process of stealing, say, your action will not be complete until you consider the object to be yours. We can use this same example for all our actions. The particularity of this time however, is the very factor of TIME – also an illusion but a very convincing one!
When the biblical texts spoke of Judgement Day, many thought it was referring to a day where punishment would be meted out to the perpetrators of wrongful acts, but during a recent meditation I was given an insight. This insight told me that Judgement Day referred to a time rather than a day where CONSEQUENCES would arise to balance transmissions of frequency without any delay. I.e., whenever you have a thought that leads to performing a corresponding action, you are sending out a level of energetic vibration. Each thought leading to an action had a corresponding level of energetic vibration. For more information on this you could consider the work of Dr David Hawkins who has founded the map of human consciousness.
During this point, the period of time between perpetrating an action and its consequence, would be greatly diminished, leaving like to attract like with incredible swiftness. The consequences or REACTIONS would accord with the parameters of the frequency that was originally sent out. So if they are Low, i.e., based on guilt, anger, fear etc., they would be in accord with other low frequencies and invariably attract the same. For example, if someone shouts at us in anger, we are more than 50% likely to react in a similar manner – like attracting like. A good instance of this is road rage, a spreading epidemic where even the most well mannered turn into prehistoric beasts, venting incredible fury at other people in separate tin boxes. Similarly, if frequency output is high, then it would be in accord with other high frequencies – e.g., an act of loving kindness will often dissolve negativity and raise a frequency to accord with itself.
And that, in brief, is how to manifest light, or not as the case may be.
What I’m saying is that in this very intense and challenging time the responsibility lies with us as to how to ACT rather than RE-ACT; it is most important to keep your antennae up and get off the bottom rungs of the ladder. Our evolution is in a precarious place, and the fate of the apparent drama hangs in the balance. To do your bit it is necessary to execute swift purification of your mind, imbibe regular positive nourishment to sustain your level of frequency and do what you can to help. REMEMBER, the way the scales fall very much depends on what you do NOW.
Here are a few ways to raise your frequency:
• Eat fresh organic produce that is filled with life force – the fresher the better
• Listen to high frequency music like classical for instance; Mozart is good
• Read authentic spiritual literature
• Spend as much time in nature as possible; mountains, trees, sea, running water – all good!
• The higher up you are the better – mountains are VERY good
• Meditate regularly and send out loving kindness to ALL beings – even the ones who swore at you when you were driving – this latter part is a great purifier of negativity
• Help where you can – random acts of unconditional kindness keep your attention off your own angst!
• Forgive your past as soon as you can and move on – ‘complain and remain in pain, praise and be raised above it’
• Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude’ instead of complaining about your lot. There are always people who are suffering more than you. Become a positive force to yourself and others
• Stay away from stressful people and situations – especially ‘vampires’ who drain your energy to make themselves feel more comfortable but take no responsibility for their own actions
• Don’t watch low grade TV – most advertisements (use mute if watching), a certain soap that finishes at 8pm, (sorry! very low frequency), voyeuristic TV shows like BB which apparently has some kind of tie with the illuminati, most news which is generally biased, and anything that creates negative reactions. TV is not real life but an image based representation of streamed items mainly used to exercise control and promote consumerism
• Limit your intake of alcohol, cigarettes and anything else that alters your clarity
• Drink plenty of filtered or bottled water
• Endeavour to keep your mind in the light by cultivating non reactivity
Generally your body’s first response is a very good gage of whether something is right for you if you learn to listen to it instead of using knee jerk reactions. Usually, if something is not beneficial for you, your body will indicate this by contracting in some way and losing strength. This is the value of kinesiology which uses the body’s simple response of ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to decide a course of action.
If you find it very difficult to control your mind, I highly recommend doing a 10 day silent retreat in Vipassana meditation which although very challenging and a bit like boot camp, is a definite fast track method in learning how to discipline your mind. Last year I crammed in 4 retreats and can absolutely vouch for their healing and terrific purifying power. http://www.dipa.dhamma.org/ Don’t go unless you mean business with your mind!
Remember, all of the above work as a whole; the more you do, the easier it gets. If you start to feel the mounting pressure of this weekend’s Grand Cross it will help to withdraw from external events if you can. Many have decided to go on meditation retreats so they can generate as much light as possible. You can join them by devoting some time to sending out courage instead of fear, love instead of anger, tolerance instead of impatience or even just visualise flooding the earth with as much light as you can imagine. No matter what your situation might be, it’s very important to cultivate a calm acceptance in the face of what appears to be scary or intolerable. DO NOT succumb to fear which may surface as things become de-stabilised.
This time is an extraordinary opportunity to shunt your development light years ahead, use it as best you can – it won’t be back in our lifetime!
The lines are open, link in and know that if we act with one vision, we can overcome any obstacle and create a stunning radiance that will blast away any and all impediments to our sovereignty. The power to achieve wholeness is and always has been OURS. Remove your focus from the finite and place it on the unlimited...
YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
May you illuminate and be a lighted lamp
To those who are lost in the darkness
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