Unconsciously Controlled

Thoughts arise, but they don’t have to unconsciously control you. If there isn’t awareness of this your thoughts will unconsciously be attached to which will make you sheepishly follow them…

If there isn’t awareness of your own thoughts, there won’t be anyway of knowing how much you unconsciously follow them. Without this awareness you’ll unconsciously be a follower (fearful) instead of a leader (truthful). Life doesn’t do anything directly to anyone, but thoughts arise and they determine what your life will be like. Awareness of your arisen thoughts is essential if you’re to not be unconsciously controlled by them. Thoughts are a natural part of life, they will arise. Theres no way of controlling the thoughts that arise. I have found that awareness of them allows for a split second of space that can be used to determine whether or not you become a follower or a leader; it’s the attachment to a thought that determines which you become, not the thought itself.

The Conditioned Mind is devious and unless there’s some awareness of how controlling it is, it will control you as if you were a sheep in a herd. So subtle is this that even if you are doing things that are seen as good, if these thoughts aren’t watched they will eventually control you; being controlled is being a follower regardless of what label is applied to the thought. This is why the Conditioned Mind is devious because of its subtleness in using whatever it can to keep you unconsciously controlled. Thoughts will arise, but they don’t have to control you. If there isn’t awareness of this, your thoughts will unconsciously be attached to which will make you sheepishly follow them…

Clinging Restricts

Whatever it is that you cling to becomes your restricting energy. If you don’t stop clinging so there’s some space created that’s needed for you to love, you’ll suffer the most…

The so called choice to cling to things is the gateway to suffering, but there really isn’t a choice here because of the way the Conditioned Mind is in control. Your suffering is inevitable because of the conditioned clinging that’s in place. If this is to change you will have to create space so the clinging is replaced by first stillness and second by love; there’s no way around this. Clinging to whatever the flavor of the day, week, month, or year is, just understand there will always be something to cling to which will cause you to suffer. Today it’s politics, tomorrow it’s a co worker, the job, traffic, weather, relatives, and so on. This will never change until there’s space for love. If you cling to one individual and bemoan them you don’t truly have the space for love in your heart. This is strong language, but it’s true.

Unconditional love can only be without one iota of clinging. This is a truth the Conditioned Mind doesn’t allow most to see. I can say I have love for all humanity, what I don’t love is humanity’s conditioning, but I do understand it and I choose not to cling to conditioned nonsense. To cling to things is to suffer regardless of who or what you are holding on to because it becomes your restricting energy. Until this is understood you become the very thing that you show discontent towards. This is a Universal Law; you cannot be separate from the energy that comes from you because it is you. Stop clinging and create space in your heart for love, if you don’t you’re the one who will suffer the most by remaining with the restricting energy of what you are clinging to…

Blocked Abundance

Blocks to an abundant life are created by a mind that’s conditioned to be selfish. The mind creates these blocks by keeping you under the spell that the selfish mind is needed for abundance…

The closed mind is one that‘s conditioned to be this way; it can’t get over its own created blocks so truth is hidden from its view. This blocks the ability to see the abundance that’s available so instead of being in the presence of what is, what isn’t is the minds defaulted view. Learn to be with what’s actually occurring and the default setting of the mind becomes one of abundance because the created blocks cease to exist. When this occurs the selfish mind isn’t in control and you’re free to live without blocks; the blocks which are created by your own mind.

Only a Conditioned Mind creates blocks. To create blocks is to put a limit on something or to control something, this is what a Conditioned Mind does. Even though it seems like we choose to do what we do, when anything is done that is based in selfishness, it limits because no one not even the one doing exactly as wanted benefits. This is because not only is one out of alignment with the Universe, but one is out of alignment with themselves. When you go beyond this conditioning, you go beyond your mind created blocks as abundance is naturally seen. To be without blocks is to be aligned with the Universe and to be aligned with the Universe is to be aligned with yourself; without the block of needing anything different than what it is…

A Lied Reality

To expose your created lies, why they’re being created needs to be revealed. If this innerstanding doesn’t occur the lies will remain which in turn makes your reality a lie…

The way the base of your thoughts are formulated determines if you see what actually occurs in life or if life becomes a lied reality of formulated thoughts. Because of the lack of clarity of truth in most lives, this creates two realities occurring at the same time. One is what’s actually occurring and the other is a lied reality of what’s occurring. The more unaware you are of this, the more you make up a story (a lied reality) of life instead of living a life of what’s actually occurring.

If this is how you’re living, it makes for a very unproductive existence because a lied reality is being lived; when this happens a persons entire existence is a lie. Thoughts are the base of all lies because without the belief of something (thought) it’s impossible for a lied reality to exist. All lies start with a thought that it‘s real, but the lied reality isn’t what’s actually occurring so two realities are happening at the same time, one is created (the lie) and one just is. The one you live your life by determines if life is based in what’s actually occurring or if you’re living a lied reality life created by the Conditioned Mind. There’s living your given life (what is) or there’s a lied reality. Life can be a lied reality created by your thoughts or it can be the reality of what is. There are always two realities to choose from, but to expose the lied reality why it’s created needs to be revealed. If this doesn’t occur the lie remains which in turn makes your life a lied reality…

Guiding Energy

Directing energy to provide guidance so others can find their way is important, but when the energy is only directed for one specific path, it loses its effectiveness…

There’s no such thing as one way to wake up from the sleep of willful ignorance. It’s just about impossible to see exactly what energy another person experiences because no one goes down the same exact road in the waking up process. I find it quite amusing the way some people project their waking up process as being the only way. This is not to say this isn’t the way it is for that person, but that’s their experience and it’s very unlikely that two people let alone many travel the same road to waking up. I know for me I just point people to look inward so the can come to their own conclusion to finding what will provide them their peace. I seriously doubt that anyone went through exactly what I did to get to the place I’m in now, so why would I expect anyone to see things as I do.

I’ve found there are as many roads to peace as there people looking for it; none of them are wrong. I don’t know and don’t really care what road one travels, it’s not my place to judge. Although I understand the conditioning in place is in control, I really find it funny when someone goes against what someone else says just because it’s different from what they are saying. To me the bottom line is to respect everyone, even if their way is not something I’ve experienced. The only reason someone shares something is because it’s what’s in place. It’s not for me to judge it just because it’s different than what I’ve come to learn. It’s up to me to watch my own tongue and make sure my own house is in order, as this will be the energy that others may be guided by…

Truth Isn't Made Up

Truth isn’t something made up so life fits nicely into a mind story of the way you think life should be. Truth is always in place and doesn’t need to be made up to make it so…

Although awakening is a process of becoming aware of what blocks the heart from truth; it only opens and expands each day by developing daily mindfulness . For me because of this, no longer does the world revolve around my “I” it more so revolves around all of humanity. Each day I bring a vision of how I can be a benefit to others, writing and posting daily articles is what arises; this has been done everyday for the past eight plus years. There’s a mindfulness of this in my day to day existence and although there‘s still some selfishness present because the Conditioned Mind is relentless, the process is a continuation into the expansion of truth; with this expansion of truth comes the expansion of love into my day to day life and the life of others.

This expansion doesn’t take thought, it takes a settled mind. The subtitle of my book: You Are Not Your Thoughts was chosen for this reason. All made up stories of truth are only attached thoughts. When this is understood “I” is understood and it’s the beginning of the end of a life based on lies. This will bring you to the realm of the unknown (truth). This realm is not something that can be brought about by thought; thought blocks truth. Stillness is where the realm of the Spirit and truth manifest. It’s where one connects to all of life and feels the warmth of the Sunlight of the Spirit. It’s our home, our place of the peace; it’s the truth of existence. This needs no story to be, you only need to stop thinking to allow this truth to arise…

Determined Results

You will always be led by the things you seek. Whether those things are based in the material world or the spiritual world determines the results of your actions...

Although many things that are done are deemed spiritual and on the surface they may actually be for the greater good, if they're an action from the human side their results don’t allow for true spiritual guidance. The human side makes for a misguided sense of well-being which has to constantly be fed to remain fulfilled. Your spiritual well-being needs no such feeding. When you can just be and not have the need to do, you’ll be fulfilled constantly and you won't have to do anything for this to occur.

This is very difficult to innerstand because of the way the Conditioned Mind has been developed; it goes back eons. True spirituality produces results based in being, the human side produces results based in doing. When there’s doing actions result from the senses which are human. When there’s being actions result in spiritual nature; when guided by being it’s the love of creation that produces love results in our daily actions. All the accomplishing and doing in one's life time will not result in the sense of well-being you get from simply being. It may produce money and material success and if that’s your goal that’s fine, but don't think for an instant you can serve two masters…

Distracted Distractions

You cannot see anything other than the way you see it. This doesn’t mean you have to remain this way, but if you’re unaware of the way you see things, there will be very little room for anything else…

As situations occur daily in life, the reactions will be determined by the distractions in place. There’s nothing wrong in the reactions themselves, we can only live our life with the distraction that are developed. You can take a situation with ten people involved in it and you will probably see ten different ways of reacting to the situation. The more unaware you are of your inner spiritual nature, the less love there will be at the core of your reactions. This is just the way it is. It can’t be any other way. Your reactions can’t be based in love if you’re distracted of the love that’s in your heart. The love is always there, but since there’s not awareness of it, it’s impossible for it to manifest.

Our reactions become what they are because our Conditioned Mind creates distractions to the love that’s in our heart. The more we are distracted by things, the less we are in touch with our heart. To be loveless it seems is to be heartless, but not really, to be heartless is to be distracted; love is always there. This is why the practice of quietness has so much value, because it lessens the distractions, and with less distractions we become more aware of a life that’s based in love. It’s a love that is and will always be there, but by being distracted by distractions it’s very difficult to be aware of this. These distractions are formed from thought so thought is at the core of all distractions. Don’t give the thought energy and it will not create a distraction. All distractions are mind noise, that’s why learning to be still is invaluable. The distractions will never cease on their own, discipline is needed to allow them to dissipate. Noise is what’s there so the distractions have to be there. When it’s learned to be still the distractions will quiet and the love in your heart will naturally manifest…

Open Mind View

There’s nothing beneficial when someone has a closed minded view. What happens is free flowing energy is cut off by a closed minded view which causes suffering…

A closed minded view is what causes you to get locked into only seeing things from the side of suffering. It matters little what the closed minded view is; it’s the rigidness of being unmovable that doesn’t allow free flowing energy. This is what happens when a story is created and it becomes the closed minded view of what life is about in any particular moment. This view becomes deeply embedded as you become emotionally tied into whatever it is that’s being focused on. It’s very difficult to not attach to something that is held dear to our hearts, such as our children, spouse, parents, relatives, friends and so on. You can have compassion and genuine love for something without attaching to it or being closed minded.

To me this closed minded view is the constant view of most people and it’s why many suffer unnecessarily. I’ve noticed this occurring in so many lives and I can see the suffering it’s causing. Unfortunately those in the midst of this view cannot see it, nor can one pull themselves out of it until the view is seen as the cause of their suffering. The closed minded view doesn’t allow the openness needed to be free of attachment, and since attachment is the root of suffering, suffering follows. The tighter the grip of something the more closed it becomes and the less free flowing energy there is in your life. There’s not much life in something that’s unmovable and this is exactly what happens when your free flowing energy is cut off; the closed minded view controls life and causes suffering…

A Moment's Greatness

The greatness of life is in the newness of each moment. This greatness isn’t observed by many because of the view developed by the Conditioned Mind, but this doesn’t mean the greatness isn’t there…

Our delusions come in many forms and they’re all used to reinforce the delusion of “I”. The way the mind has been conditioned makes us perceive life as if we’re on a roller coaster; you can’t get off it until you realize you are on it. Think about it, look and see how time is used and how fast it goes by. The days of the week are used like this, along with the work week. There are so many things used that keep us on the roller coaster; look and see what it is that keeps you on the roller coaster of the Conditioned Mind.

Our life becomes one task after another and we basically do the same things over and over. Our delusion is this is the way it has to be, but this isn’t so, it doesn’t have to be this way. Every moment of everyday is different unto itself. You may make it the same because of the Conditioned Mind, but it’s impossible for any moment to be duplicated. Once it’s in the past it can never be repeated.

The greatness of each moment can only be understood by a mind that is quiet enough to become aware of it. The burdened delusions are a result of conditioned thinking. To get off this roller coaster you must be free of conditioned thinking, and to be free of conditioned thinking, the greatness of each moment must be understood. Nothing done yesterday or even one second ago has anything to do with right now unless it’s made so. Enjoy the greatness of life by living each moment unto itself. Or not and carry around the burden of past moments and stay on the roller coaster; you can get off anytime you want, but that will be up to you…

Blind Ignorance

As long as there’s blindness in place there will be ignorance energy in your life. This energy arises as what’s seen through the surface eyes of a blind mind and blocks what’s truly going on…

Often how things appear to a blind mind isn’t actually how it is. If you truly want to see what’s going on, going beyond your blind ignorance will have to happen. People looking at same thing usually have different opinions of what is seen, and then there’s the truth of what’s beyond the blind ignorance of the formed opinion. There’s two sides to every story, and there’s the truth. To see what’s beyond the blind ignorance you only need to stop labeling what is seen. Stopping the labeling process allows the mind to slow to a point where truth space opens. It’s imperative for this to happen if the blind ignorance that’s been formed over the years is to lessen its grip.

Blind ignorance is so misunderstood and how this is known is because of the behavior that’s in place. I look to my own reactions to know this and in the process I can see it in others; this isn’t a judgement, it’s a fact. Know your own blind ignorance and you’ll know the blind ignorance of others. This is because we are all of the same energy, but not the same blindness. Creation is creation anyway it’s labeled. When blind ignorance is seen for what it is, its energy begins to transform in a direction that exposes truth. As long as there‘s blindness of this, ignorance remains as the operating energy of life. This energy arises as what’s seen with surface eyes and takes on many forms, but the bottom line is it’s the blind ignorance in place that’s blocks one from seeing what’s truly going on…

Thinking Trap

When you’re thinking you need something to provide peace, you’re in a thinking trap. Until this is understood you’ll remain trapped in thinking (the belief) that peace is external…

There will never be peace in life as long as you’re trapped in thinking you need to find peace. Peace is something that’s already within everyone, but because of the way our minds become programmed we get trapped in thinking that peace is something to find. Unfortunately this type of thinking is what makes the very thing you’re seeking (peace) elusive. Thinking is the reason there is constant reaching for something external, until this type of thinking is no more, you’ll remain trapped in thinking peace is external. Using drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, success, programs, therapy, self help books and so on is the proof you’re trapped. I can’t stress this enough as these thinking has to be seen if you’re to ever experience true peace.

Thinking of being at peace isn’t peace. What has to happen if you’re to ever be at peace is there has to be an understanding of why you think you’re not at peace. The reason why is because of the attachment thinking you’re not at peace. When you think you need to reach for something the trap arises. This is a programmed habit that’s very difficult to break. Peace isn’t something that can be grabbed so it’s in doing less that peace arises. Many get lost (trapped) in thinking to find peace, but since it’s something that’s already within, the thinking associated with finding it needs to be discarded so you can see it’s there. Although this isn’t easy to see, it’s imperative that thinking you’re not at peace is recognized so you can go beyond it…

Endless Reaching

When reaching for something is needed to feel better it transforms energy from stillness to noise. This doesn’t allow for the peace that passes all understanding because the reliance to feel better is on reaching for something…

To start the day in stillness is of immense value because if stillness isn’t embraced when the day begins, it will be very difficult for it to be the default setting when the reaching of daily living takes over. Sit in the morning and take periodic breaks throughout the day and one day you just may notice there is more stillness than noise. Without noise the need to reach for something doesn’t exist, but it starts in the morning because for most it’s when the noise begins.

All reaching is done for your own satisfaction, regardless of how it plays out in your head. Even if it’s to help others, if investigated deeper it’s to make you feel better; this holds true for all reaching. Twelve step programs are based on reaching to help those who are still suffering, so that means suffering is needed so you can feel better, that’s crazy. Giving away clothes that no longer fit and are worn out and aren’t wanted anymore is reaching that makes you feel better. Volunteering for a cause is reaching. I’m not sure if there’s a meaning to life, but I do know it’s not to reach for something that’s used to justify existence just so you feel better.

This is what the unconscious mind does, it creates the need to reach, all to make you believe it will make you feel better. Life isn’t about feeling better by manufacturing something. To me it’s really about nothing in particular, except maybe to learn how to be with what’s occurring now. Just being with what happens and not resisting it stops the need for the rearranging of life to make you feel better. When this occurs you will rest in the peace that passes all understanding as there won’t be a need to reach for something to make this so…

Natural Truth

Everyone begins their life with truth in their heart, but because of the Conditioned Mind it gets pushed so far down that a lie has to be made up instead of being aware of it naturally…

Why the Conditioned Mind is such an issue to one’s well being is because most conditioning is based in lies; this affects every aspect of one’s life. Multiple these lies by millions of conditioned people and it’s no wonder the world is as it is. Granted this is my experience, but the Conditioned Mind has been revealed to me as being the block to truth. Without this inner truth from within yourself it makes it difficult to understand any truth. This doesn’t make truth non existent in your life, but it does make you unaware of it.

To me everyone has truth in their heart, but it gets pushed so far down that one has to lie instead of being in touch with it naturally. When this occurs, truth becomes a story when it’s naturally something that just is. Truth isn’t something that can be manufactured, it either is or it isn’t. Truth doesn’t pick and choose, it can’t, truth is just truth; naturally. The thing with truth is most think it’s a made up state of mind, but it’s not really anything, it’s just truth. An applied label doesn’t enhance it, only the awareness of it allows its natural state to be. Truth affects everything as does the lie. When there’s awareness of this, the heart opens and truth occurs naturally because that’s how truth rolls…

Guided Awareness

There’s no suffering in the space of awareness because there’s no attachment so being aware of your “I” attachment and not holding onto it allows awareness to be what guides your life…

The struggle one has with life is strictly mind based and it’s because there’s no structure to the mind. Being led by the mind is equivalent to building a house on sand; we all know what happens when the first storm comes. Often mind based information is held onto which keeps you trapped to the mind. I know how deeply ingrained the conditioning is and I know sometimes I may come on strong, but it’s only because what‘s seen can’t be ignored.

There are basically two forces that guide the mind. One is suffering, the other is awareness (non suffering). These forces manifest in many way. The core of suffering is attachment to “I” (selfishness). This force leads as greed, envy, anger, pride, desire, doubt, restlessness, regret and so on. You can see how these will cause suffering. If this is the direction that guides your mind, you will suffer. The other force is awareness, which leads as kindness, generosity, compassion, empathy, understanding, stillness, and so on. I’m sure you can see how these don’t cause suffering. Make no mistake though you will still encounter the possibility of suffering even with being led by awareness because of how ingrained the conditioning is. But if attachment to “I” isn’t in place suffering will be at a minimum. To me the key is being aware of “I” attachment and not holding onto it. Without it what guides your life will be from awareness and there’s no suffering in this space because awareness simply has no attachment…

Repeated Thoughts

If a person is stuck in a thought based world, most likely they're being controlled by a repeated conditioned existence. This is a prison that you will only be released from by going beyond your repeated conditioned thoughts...

It's impossible to be conditioned by repeated thoughts that aren’t created by your own mind. This doesn't mean without repeated thoughts things won't occur, it just means that regardless of what happens it's your mind that creates the repeated conditioning which comes from within yourself. Lots of things happen throughout the day and each time there's a choice to hold onto it or not. Everyone has the ability to cease causing their repeated conditioning, it just takes a certain amount of discipline for this to occur. What discipline does is it slows down the thought process that runs continuously. This slowing down is the beginning of truth being revealed. Without it the necessary quietness that allows less repeated conditioning will not happen.

If there's continuous repeated thoughts and no quiet, all there will be is thought and this will not allow the ability to watch the repetition unfold. If this isn't seen your mind will never slow down and there won't be any space created between your thoughts. Life will simply be thought based and the result of this creates repeated conditioning. When life slows down you’ll see how it's your own mind that takes something that happens and puts it into a conditioned category. When you see this you can break free of the hold your repetition mind has over you and you’ll be able to see that you're not the mind, you're beyond the repeated thought based conditioning...

Valued Assets

Only your valued assets can be beneficial to others. Being selfish or of love is what determines this. To have values that are based in love is to ensure an existence that’s beneficial to all beings…

When there’s a clear view of the valued assets in your life, it’s at this point that you’ll see what’s truly beneficial. If your values are based strictly for self-serving purposes, this is the cause of all the so called issues you have with life. Your valued assets direct the course of your behavior and if they’re of love you’ll behave in ways that are beneficial to all beings. If your values are self-serving being aligned with a self-serving direction will manifest in the ways you behave. It has to be this way, but if love is what’s valued in your life, you’ll have love based assets and you’ll behave in ways that are aligned with love.

You can only act in the ways that are valued, you can’t be anything else. You can never be what you aren’t, your values determine this. It’s so important to have a clear view of your values so you can see if they’re assets that align with Universal Love. This is when existence can be of maximum benefit to yourself and also the Universe. If this isn’t clearly seen this won’t be clearly known and you’ll behave in ways that aren’t clearly understood. So what‘s valued is how a person will behave and to know that your values are assets that are based in love will ensure your existence is a benefit to all; it has to be this way…

Giving Everything Space

Enlightenment doesn't make you free, Enlightenment is you giving everything its space. The more space that’s given to what arises the less chance there is of returning to some previous state of inner discontent…

Years ago as my day would begin, at some point I would become discontented and reach for something to quiet it. I would be satisfied for a little while, become discontented again, reach for something, be satisfied again. Over and over this cycle was repeated. Basically this controlled the way I lived my life. The objects mean little except for the fact that the more destructive the thing reached for is, the more it affects life in a negative way. This is going on today for millions of people. It’s why I have such a passion to get the message of what happened to me out to as many as people as possible; because it doesn't have to be this way. There aren’t many people who aren't affected by this cycle; this is the puppet on the string cycle. The origin of the discontentment needs to be understood if this cycle is to cease. Its origin is the self-serving mind which doesn’t allow space and keeps a person entrapped to the self-serving mind.

Imagine this, for forty nine years my life was spent in this cycle, but it isn't this way today. It doesn't mean the cycle doesn’t happen, but just the awareness of this fact creates space; it’s so important to remain aware of this fact. I have no idea what others have gone through in their life so it matters little if what I see is what someone else sees. The important thing is to know that it was my own mind that created the cycle that kept me discontented for far too many years, and it’s not enslaving me the way it did. I have learned many things in the last few years and one of them is to not compare my life with anyone else's. Whatever someone sees I may or may not see, but regardless what is seen is through the view the universe has given me. What I have found as a valuable understanding to keep me from returning to this previous cycle is "Enlightenment doesn't make me free. Enlightenment is me giving everything its space." The more this is lived by, the less chance there will be of returning to a previous state of discontentment…

Awareness Opportunities

The more awareness you have for life the more life cooperates with you. This doesn’t mean everything will always go your way, but what occurs is the opportunity for you to cooperate with what happens increases…

Life will occur whether there’s awareness of what’s happening or not. What awareness affords a person is the opportunity for a different reaction to what arises and thus a different outcome. It’s a given that what arises arises, there’s not much that can be done in that regard, but its effect presents different opportunities. Years ago there weren’t many opportunities for my reactions to be different. They were all based in a very limiting self-serving perspective; this was just the way I was conditioned. I wouldn’t have allowed anyone to do half the things I did to myself, but yet because I didn’t have any awareness of them, destructive reactions were normal for me. Without awareness of the conditioning in place, the opportunity for anything to be different was non existent…

Although today life is still life and what arises, arises, without the self-serving view not being as prevalent as it once was, it has opened up so many more opportunities in my life. What’s truly beautiful about this is my destructive reactions have lessened on their own. Being aware of the way you react to what happens is where opportunities to be different arise from. Without awareness you‘re limited of reaching your full potential. The more you’re in harmony with life the more life cooperates with you. This doesn’t mean everything will be perfect and go your way, but the imperfections (only because of a self-serving view) won’t limit your opportunities…

Applied Logic

When life is viewed with logic it’s seen that things are as they are mostly because of the lack of discipline that a quiet mind provides. Logic allows the mind to settle into a state that's pure, innocent, and free…

When we apply logic to life it's so much more beneficial than relying on the made up stories the defy logic. Simply stated; a man and woman performed a deed many years ago and life began. The logic here is a deed was performed that allowed energy to transform and you were the result of it. Nothing magical; a condition was satisfied that allowed birth. At the start of existence there's nothing yet developed as far as the Conditioned Mind is concerned, so we're pretty much pure, innocent and free.

The logic here is there's nothing yet developed for life not to be pure, innocent, and free. But as we grow older and influences begin to mold and condition the mind, the pure, innocent, and free state slowly gets replaced by illogical influences we're surrounded by. This is the beginning of our Conditioned Mind Patterns, and unfortunately what the base of most of these influences are is self serving. So we develop a Conditioned Mind that revolves around satisfying an illogical self that has been influenced to be this way.

The Conditioned Mind blocks this logical approach as too simplistic so it can hold onto its story. The truth is living the most beneficial way to live is inward, but this only occurs if one is quiet enough to see it. If this isn't seen the mind will use a conditioned story of why living inwardly isn't for you and your approach to life will not be seen from a logical state. This prevents you from returning to the pure, innocent, and free state and unfortunately because of this, life remains based in making decisions from a self serving mind and it will remain a struggle regardless of the outward changes are made…

Delusional Views

Fact, everything in life passes. Delusion is what makes everything permanent. Only when the mind is at ease will one see the delusions for what they are, and only when this is seen will the delusions fall away…

Holding onto a view even in the face of evidence that it’s false is the greatest of all delusions. Basically delusional views occurs in a certain order. Believing what is seen, the mental reaction to what is seen, and holding on to what is seen even though evidence proves otherwise. The first two are the ones that occur mostly, and most people learn from these to a large degree, but the third one is where delusional view becomes deeply embedded in the subconscious. It grabs hold of you and makes you do all kinds of things. There are many ways that delusion manifest, just look at all the things that are reached for. The delusion here is the thing will bring satisfaction, but as soon as it’s grabbed it’s gone so the next thing is needed. This is delusion at its finest.

To me this is how a delusional view begins. You think someone is following you, that’s the beginning; it starts with a thought. Now the mind takes over and the mental reaction occurs and the nonsense begins. If the person thought to be following you passes you, the delusion will simply fall way. But if you’re in the grip of it, you will think the person passing you is just part of the plan. The delusion will always have to run its course before subsiding. No matter what it is in life, it will pass away, that’s a fact, but delusion makes everything permanent so it can remain in place. Only when the mind is at ease will one see the delusional view for what it is and only when this is seen will the delusional view fall away…

Unwelcomed Expectations

Unwelcomed expectations are noticed when things aren’t as they are wanted, but even when things are in your favor the expectant mind still controls you because of how it clings…

Let go and be free or hold on and suffer, those are the choices. Expect things a certain way and when they aren’t in that way the next step in the process is to react to the results of the unwelcomed expectations. When there’s expectations there’s labeling and when you attach labels you cling; this is developing an unwelcomed mind. The more you label the more there’s expectations which make you cling. Even if expectations work out the way you think they’re suppose to there’s still clinging, but it’s not noticed as a problem because the situation is as it’s wanted. The unwelcomed mind clings to everything that’s labeled and it labels everything so there’s clinging to everything, but it’s not noticed because there’s mostly focus on the things welcomed.

Life is one continuous expectation, but it’s only in the disappointing unwelcomed ones that you think your mind clings; most are unaware of this moment by moment labeling process. When the mind quiets enough to understand this, the labeling process of everything as this or that lessens and so do the unwelcomed expectations. This results in a mind that is free of clinging to the effects of unwelcomed expectations; without these unwelcomed expectations it’s impossible to suffer…

The Ride of Life

Everyone alive is given the gift of life, but it‘s up to each individual to be awake for this gift so when your final destination is reached (the end of life) you can say, what a ride…

Everyone who is alive is experiencing the gift of life. There is no stagnation as life is always moving forward whether we are aware of it or not. It’s like when you take a trip that requires a plane to get to your destination, after the plane takes off it’s not even noticed you’re moving. This is how life is and before it’s realized your ride is over and you’ve reached your destination. Unfortunately during your ride if all you did was sleep you missed the entire trip; you cannot go back and repeat it because you have already reached your destination.

When you have reached your so called final destination (the end of life in this form), if you were sleeping, you’ve missed what occurred on your trip. So you can either be awake for your life or you can be asleep. But life will go on either way and once your destination is reached your ride is over. The key is to not be sleeping for the ride (most are) and only wake up when you reach your final destination. By then your ride (life) is over and the tragedy in this is you now realize you have been sleeping for most of your life; this is how far too many lives finish up. There will come a time when it‘s realized your ride is now complete, but if you were sleepwalking for most of it there’s nothing you can do to go back and redo what has been done; don’t let this be your life’s end result. Everyone alive is given the gift of life, but it‘s up to each individual to be awake for this gift so when your final destination is reached (the end of life) you can say, what a ride…

Observing Life

When life is in control you respond with whatever tools you have developed so you don’t get hurt. But the tools you develop for responding instead of observing are the ones which cause you to hurt…

The more you want things different the more you’re a responder instead of an observer. When these responses occur it’s because there isn’t enough observing of what’s happening in the moment. Normally there’s carrying some past event into the present moment and this makes you an responder instead of an observer. It’s very difficult to remain in a state of presence on a continuous bases. This is why there’s a necessity to develop discipline. Without discipline you stay as a responder to life because you haven’t developed the necessary tools to change and become an observer.

Life is always what it is, the way you respond to it when certain conditions arise is determined by conditioning. What makes life different for everyone is how we respond to cope with what happens in the present moment; each of us responds differently. This responding activates our conditioned reactions. The more we live in the past and future the more non-beneficial responses have a chance of being activated. When the present moment is observed responses don’t manifest as reactions because they aren’t activated. Responses can only be activated when they’re not observed. Life can be lived through the noise in the head or it can be lived in the quietness of observing what’s occurring right now. But there’s only quietness when you’re without attached responses. It’s up to you the level of quietness there is and whether you’re a responder or an observer…

Answers Not Needed

When you live in the quietness of the moment you’ll realize that even if the so called secrets of life were revealed it really doesn’t change much of what happens…

The secrets of life will always be. We look for answers that in truth can’t be answered. We can make up answers that fit nicely in our conditioned world, but this doesn’t make life any less of a secret. We feel better when answers are made up, but this is only a product of our Conditioned Mind; I don’t know if the secrets are ever revealed. Truthfully, I don’t think it matters because it doesn’t make a difference if we know how we evolved or if we know what happens when we die; it doesn’t prevent anything from happening. It’s more of a benefit to learn how to solve living in the moment; only with a quiet mind can this be done.

In the presence of a quiet mind it’s not that the secrets are revealed, it’s more so the need to for those secrets to be revealed fall away. In quietness there’s no secrets because there’s quietness. There are so many things in life that may never be understood, but that’s not to say you can’t know truth. Knowing truth sets you free, it doesn’t reveal the secrets. Truth doesn’t allow you to understand the secrets of life, but what it will allow is for you stop trying to constantly needing them to be revealed. Once this occurs, you realize that whether the secrets are revealed or not it doesn’t really change much…

Intuitively Aware

Everyone begins life in this form with a loving heart, but because of the Conditioned Mind it gets pushed so far down that a story has to be made up instead of intuitively being aware of it…

Why the Conditioned Mind is such a nemesis to one’s well being is because most conditioning is based in selfishness; this affects every aspect of one’s life. Multiple this by billions of selfish people and we have today’s world. This is only my experience, but this is what has been revealed to me as being the block to my own loving heart. Without awareness of this there isn’t room to love others. This didn’t make love non existent in my life, but it did make me unaware of it.

To me everyone has love in their heart at birth, but it gets pushed so far down that a story of love has to be made up instead of being in touch with it intuitively. When this occurs love becomes a doing instead of intuitively arising. Love isn’t something that can be manufactured, it’s either intuitive or it isn’t. Love doesn’t pick and choose, it can’t, love just loves; intuitively. The thing with love is most think it’s a wishy washy state of mind, but it’s not really anything, it’s just love. An applied label doesn’t enhance it, only intuitive awareness of it allows its natural state to be. Love affects everything as does the lack of it. When there’s awareness of this, the heart opens and loves because that’s how love rolls intuitively…

A Quietness View

When there’s awareness of the quietness view instead of the mind view and you don’t engage in what comes from the mind, it makes for a view of life that is much different than the view of most people…

A view from the mind is very different than a quietness view; the mind has a much different agenda than quietness. Every conflict known to mankind has been because of the mind. Even when Jesus trashed the market place, it was from the mind; the proof of this was that he didn’t like what was going on; you cannot have a conflict from quietness. Quietness aches at times and all compassion comes from the quietness, but there’s an understanding from quietness that the mind just can’t grasp. Mind seeing is strictly from the way one is conditioned. Quietness arises from the space of stillness. I can tell right away when someone comes from their mind because there’s attachment with what’s being said. Usually the sentences starts with my, I, me or it will be said, I see what you’re saying, but.

Seeing from quietness doesn’t make you smarter than anyone, all it means is you’ve been granted the ability to have a settled mind. It’s difficult to see from quietness because of all the mind based distractions in place. These distractions keeps you trapped to the reaching of a view from the mind. Reach, reach, reach, quietness needs no such reaching, it realizes its completeness as it is. When your view is from quietness you become more of an observer than a reactor, at least that’s been my experience. I’ve lived a mind based existence for many years. Even today the old conditioning tries to resurface, but because of the awareness of the different mind views, there’s no engagement with what comes from the mind. This naturally allows a view from quietness to arise; when you live from here it makes for a view of life that’s much different than the view most people see…

Synchronized Intentions

When intentions are synchronized with love, this opens the heart to loving all beings. Not because it’s forced, but because this is the way love rolls when intentions are synchronized with love…

Being synchronized with loving intentions is worth more than all the books combined on what it means to be spiritual. Why this is so is because your loving intentions are yours and the content of any book is someone else’s. Someone’s idea of you will never be you, even if their way is copied exactly. This is why many remain in the struggle because they’re trying to be someone else’s idea of who they should be. You can use books, methods, and whatnot as a tool, but the deep seated intentions of why you do what you do will need to be reflected upon to see if the results of your efforts are in sync with love. Not the story of love, but the love that arises from synchronized intentions; this is where effort is meaningless if it’s not in sync with love. Only intentions synchronized with love result in true purpose.

There are as many spiritual books as there are people practicing, but everyone who reads a book and practices doesn’t necessarily wake up. This is because the intentions aren’t of the necessary energy that allows synchronization with a loving heart. Loving intentions need to be seen if there’s to be synchronization with all beings. This doesn’t mean a person won’t harm you or animals and insects won’t bite you, but it’s less likely you’ll put yourself in that type of situation with having synchronized intentions of a loving heart. In the space of stillness one learns to see their true intentions and in the process have those intentions synchronized with love. When this occurs you will love all beings, not because you’re forced, but because this is the way love rolls when your intentions are synchronized with love…

Rippled Mind

Do what you think you need to do, but any doing is actually an undoing because it keeps the mind in a rippled state. And as long as you’re making ripples like in a pond by doing, the view will never be clear…

It may be better if you did less in your life if what you are doing is making ripples in the pond; only when the ripples settle will the water be clear. So it is with the mind, when there are ripples it becomes stirred up and it’s very difficult to see what’s really happening. These ripples can be identified as what you think is needed to make you complete; you see when the pond is settled the water (mind) is clear. When the mind becomes stirred up it becomes choppy and all kinds of stories are created about what’s needed to make you complete. Reading another book may be used, another 12 step meeting, another person to help, losing another pound, more money, and on an on. So many things are used that cause ripples in the pond (mind) and the truth is none of them are truly needed because you’re complete as you will ever be right now; in the clarity of a settled mind is completeness.

Stories are created to make ripples in the so called pond and it’s because of the conditioning that’s in place. Clarity will never be as long as one thinks there is something needed to do that will make you complete. Doing only keeps the water (mind) from settling and the more one does the more rippled things are. Do whatever you think you need to do, but understand there will never be clarity until there are no ripples. Be the light, be the instrument to spread love, be whatever you want, but this doing is actually an undoing because it keeps the mind in a rippled state. And as long as ripples are created the view will never be clear…

Conditioned Blind Spots

As long as there’s conditioning in place there will be blind spots in your life. These blind spots are blocks through the eyes of the Conditioned Mind and don’t reveal what’s truly going on…

Often how things appear to the Conditioned Mind are blind spots that block what’s actually occurring. If you truly want to see what’s going on, going beyond your conditioned blind spots will have to happen. If two people are looking at the same thing there’s usually two different opinions of what’s seen. And then there’s what’s beyond the blind spot of the formed opinion, this is the truth. It’s the old adage, there’s two sides to every story and there’s the truth. To see what’s beyond the blind conditioning you only need to stop labeling what is seen. Stopping the labeling process allows the blind mind to slow to a point where space opens up. It’s imperative for this to happen if the conditions blind spots that have been formed over the years, are to lessen their grip.

Blind spots are misunderstood and how this is known is because of the blind behavior that’s in place. I look to my own blind reactions to know this and in the process I can see it in others; this isn’t a judgement, it’s factual. Know your own conditioned blind spots and you’ll know the conditioning of others. This is because we are all of the same energy, just not the same conditioning. When your blind spots are seen for what they are, their energy begins to transform in a direction that reveals truth. As long as there‘s unawareness of this, the blind spots remain as the operating energy of life. Conditioned energy arises as blind spots and takes on many forms, but the bottom line is it’s the blind spots in place that don’t reveal what’s truly going on…

Example of Kindness

Start with one single kind act and let it sink deeply into your heart. As kindness slowly becomes part of your subconscious, you become the example of kindness for all the world to see...

Doing kind acts emits an energy of that kindness as long as it's done unconditionally from the heart. If it comes from the Conditioned Mind so one can get a better seat in heaven or move up on the angelic chain of command, this will block the hearts energy of kindness. Doing kindness acts is a start, but the heart will have to keep on expanding and remain open for kindness to become the minds default setting. If the heart remains open all the time, kindness acts will happen all the time because it will be the only thing in place. Start with one single act of kindness and let it sink deeply into your heart, in the process as it slowly becomes the default setting of your mind, you become a kindness example.

You can only emit the energy that's in place and this is what others will see; an open heart goes a long way in deciding what that will be. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and good intentions don't provide acts of kindness. For kindness to become what the world sees, it will have to be something that's cultivated so it becomes ingrained in the subconscious. This starts with consciously doing one single kind act which open the heart and becomes the minds default setting that becomes the example the world sees...