Form Attachment

It’s strictly from form attachment that one wants things different which in turn causes you to create your own suffering…

If you really want to know what the basic flaw seems to be that keeps one creating their own suffering, it’s attaching to form to a fault. It’s not that we don’t exist or that we’ll be able to transcend our human form, it’s more so to find a way to embrace it and not attach to it. It will always be attaching to form 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 form that wants things different and it’s always attaching to the story of form that causes suffering. This is true regardless of the circumstances.

Here’s an example of form attachment that pulls one into suffering. I ordered a pair of shoes online, 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 shoeless, but that wasn’t the case. I attached to them not fitting and didn’t accept the fact that the shoes simply didn’t fit; this is what form attachment does. When I saw how childish wanting things different was, it fell away and I was able to simply send the shoes back. You can substitute the shoes with anything and you’ll get the same childish results of suffering. This is all because to be human is to desire, but it’s strictly from form that one attaches to wanting things different, this causes form attachment which is what creates your own suffering…

Approved Nonsense

You can only do what your own mind approves of. Until you wake up to see the nonsense behind what’s approved, it will remain and your mind approved nonsense will be the driving force of your existence…

Everything reached for is a coping mechanism of nonsense that your own mind has approved of. And although approving different things will produce different outcomes, the core of all of this approved nonsense is the same; it arises from your own mind. This is what causes one to constantly seek approval which isn’t real. The Conditioned Mind makes you believe it is and the ensuing behavior manifest to fill this approved nonsense. The Conditioned Mind says, Hey, you need to reach for something, what is reached for depends on the conditioning in place; sit and ponder this for awhile.

Until this is understood and the diabolical Conditioned Mind is seen for what it truly is, suffering will remain because you will always approve nonsense to fulfill the arisen mind agitation. There’s nothing inherently wrong with satisfaction, but when it’s the driving force of existence, it will keep the mind in a constant state of approving nonsense; this cannot be seen by a mind that’s locked in this state. Only within a quiet mind state will there be awareness of this. The reason why anything is reached for is because there’s approved nonsense by the mind for the present moment to be different; this is the lie of the Conditioned Mind. You can only do what your own mind approves of and unless you wake up to see this, your conditioning will remain in place and approved mind nonsense will be the driving force of your existence…

Message of Love

If you want the world 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…

Humanity has been unconscious for thousands of years. Look at the Bible which portrays what was going on in the region at that time. To me the story of Jesus is 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 freedom 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. 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 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. We are lost and have missed the mark. If you want 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 the story of Jesus portrayed…

Worldly Influences

The ways to be drawn in by influences are endless, but understand the draw comes from your own mind and even though your conditioning provides the worldly triggers, you alone attach to them…

If you’re practicing to live a spiritual life but you don’t know your own mind, it’s like going to the gym, but not working out in a beneficial way; your results will be non existent. If you don’t notice your attachments, the whole point of any practice is missed. This is because of the draw of worldly influences makes looking inward difficult. There are so many influences that prevent looking inward from happening, but if it doesn’t happen you’ll remain in bondage to worldly influences. Influences are all they are because when there’s even the slightest of an opening to allow what’s within to be seen, your expansion begins.

The draw of worldly influences are very enticing. If they weren’t, the percentage of conscious and unconscious beings would be reversed, but it’s not this way because the draw of worldly influences are in control. This draw is only real to a degree. There’s no denying they’re there, but they’re in control because there’s a fictitious belief they are needed. We alone are the creators of this, and if one doesn’t become familiar with their own mind, the worldly influences will continue their control. Sadly there’s really no way around this…

Familiar Behavior

The familiar behavior of a Conditioned Mind can be devastating if it’s not understood. The familiar behavior manifests in many ways. When the mind quiets it falls away; that’s when life truly begins…

The reason why it’s so difficult to change is because the mind defaults to familiar behavior; to the point of its own suffering. The conditioning must be changed if the familiar behavior is to be changed. If this isn’t identified the behavior repeats over and over, that is until the necessary practice is cultivated to stop this. If nothing changes nothing changes. If the conditioning is changed the familiar behavior becomes different. You don’t change the behavior because it’s a by product of the conditioning. When there’s quietness instead of conditioning there won’t be any familiar behavior associated with the conditioning.

This is immensely valuable in the understanding of familiar behavior. If quietness isn’t brought into your life, the familiar noise in the head will continue. You have been conditioned to behave in familiar ways, whether those ways are beneficial to yourself, others, the planet, and the Universe as a whole, depends on the base of your conditioning. The base is what determines the results of your decisions and how they affect the entire Universe. You may not think acting in a self-serving way affects the Universe, but it does. Energy is energy, never created or destroyed, simply transformed.

No act is isolated from itself, whether based in love, greed, hate, or delusion; it affects the whole. The real issue is getting to know how your familiar conditioning makes decisions for you. Change happens when this is realized; that’s when different behavior arises. Your own mind will fight you on this, it makes you think the unknown is not good, but it’s only a story because everything that is known today was once unknown. So learn to quiet the squirrel cage mind so the familiar behavior isn’t the automatic way to go. You’ll be amazed with the way life changes when you start to do things differently and act in ways that are conducive to love. It’s truly that simple, but because the Conditioned Mind likes to revert to familiar behavior, change is not easy…

Heart Center

Your center of being is in your heart, and what’s in your heart is determined by how opportunities are used to either fulfill self-serving desires or being an instrument of goodness that comes from the heart…

When a heart center presents itself to help a person to possibly reduce some of the suffering the Conditioned Mind produces, there’s an obligation to be a benefit to that person. Tread lightly though as the person can only take advantage of the opportunity if their heart is to awaken within them. If nothing happens nothing is lost, but what if something clicks and their view of their heart changes; their gain is the worlds gain.

Understand this, you cannot give away what you don’t have, so get it and give it so the world becomes a better place. As long as people are kept in the dark of a self-serving center, darkness rules, but when there’s awareness of the heart center you become a light. There is no greater reward than to be an instrument for goodness, a light in a world that has the shades pulled down. Those shades are what keeps people centered in ignorance (darkness). To watch a person change right before your eyes is amazing, but this will only happen if your center of being is of the heart…

Aware of Awareness

What leads to a peaceful life begins and ends in the present moment. You can have awareness you’re thinking about something in the past or future, but you can never actually be there…

When a practice that allows awareness is in place, it’s to allow the present moment to be experienced. Being aware of what’s actually happening as opposed to being pulled around by it or pushing it away and applying a label to what’s happening, is what will dictate the amount of peace there is in your life. Life is magical in its essence, but there’s nothing magical in one becoming aware of awareness. All roads that lead to a peaceful life begin and end in the present moment and an awareness practice will assist in this. 

Take a step and simply be aware of it, now take another, this is also an anchor as is the breath to the present. One cannot be aware of something in the past or future because it doesn’t exist. You can be aware that you’re thinking about something in the past or future, but you can never actually be there. Every step or breath can only be taken as it is happening. The more you become aware of this, the more anchored you become of being in the present moment as opposed to grasping for straws in the story of what’s going on between your ears. Be aware of reading this and just observe what arises. Just be with it, no pulling or pushing, just be aware of what’s happening. It’s in this space of awareness that you will find peace and this is because in this space peace is the only thing that’s there…