Worldly Trappings

The ways to be drawn in by the world are endless, but understand the draw comes from your own mind and even though your conditioning provides the 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 making much of an effort to work out. 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 the outside world, which makes looking inward difficult. There are so many things in place that prevent looking inward from happening, and if it doesn’t happen you’ll remain in bondage to the worlds trappings. Trapping 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 the world is very enticing, if it wasn’t the percentage of conscious and unconscious beings would be reversed. But it’s not this way because the draw of the world is in control. This draw is only real to a degree. There’s no denying it’s there, but it’s in control because there’s a fictitious belief that it’s needed. We alone are the creators of this and if one doesn’t become familiar with their own mind, the worlds draw will continue its control, sadly there’s really no way around this…

Inward Oasis

Life doesn’t make life a struggle. A distorted view of trying to find peace outside yourself is what creates a struggle. When an inward view is primary, one will realize the world is their oasis…

Everyone has the ability to awaken to their higher self, but it’s contingent on the amount of noise that one is attached to. Obviously the more noise, the less chance one has to become aware there is a higher self. This is just my understanding of a higher self: when a person understands the impermanence of all material objects including life itself it allows another dimension to become the view of life. It isn’t a special or magical view, it’s a clear view that isn’t blocked by Conditioned Mind distractions.

Most of us because of our conditioning have developed the view of the material world. It’s not right or wrong, it’s just the way it is; if you are content with this so be it. But what if you’re not content, what then? The only place I have found is to go inward. There isn’t anything out there that will give answers. The higher self is the discovery of your true self; an inner projection of love. When it‘s said that we were created in the image of God, visualize yourself as an image of love. Spreading love wherever you go. Loving whoever you contact with an understanding wherever you stand is an oasis and love is the nature of the land. This view can be for anyone not just a select few. So our entire planet is an oasis and it should be treated as such, but that will only occur when one looks inward…

Worldly Sanctuary

When you find your peace within, you realize you are on sacred ground. As this is realized the world becomes your sanctuary because it’s where you live…

Our higher self is the stillness beneath the noise, this isn’t noticed until there is stillness that allows for this. If you’re not still, there will only be noise, the higher self will never come into being. This is not to say there has to be complete stillness. This may or may not ever occur, but there has to be enough stillness to allow the higher self to emerge. Stillness is in everyone, but the noise of the world makes it inaccessible. It’s why the noise of the world is the noise of world because so many are in the grip of it and have it as their primary view of life.

As long as people which is what makes up the world, view life in this way, one will never evolve to their higher self, hence nor will the world. If there is ever to be peace individually and worldly we must evolve to the level where stillness is the primary way life is viewed. When our peace emerges it becomes a projection to a world that is a holy sanctuary. It’s the world we live in so if it isn’t our sanctuary then we don’t have one. After all, is this not what our struggle with oneself is? We are looking for a sanctuary that is already there, but we are looking for it from a view that doesn’t allow it to be seen. Find the tools that allow for the primary view to be of stillness and you will find what you have always been looking for. And when you find this, you will realize you are on sacred ground because it’s the sanctuary of the world you live in…

Conditioned Past

Because of the conditioning in place the past is held onto which forms an identity that may show where you have been, but it doesn’t have to dictate where you are going…

Conditioning only shows where one has been, but it doesn’t have to dictate where you are going. We all have a past and there’s plenty of things that have happened that will leave some kind of trace energy pattern. But when you awaken to how this energy holds you in bondage to it, for the millisecond that this is seen it’s as though it’s a lifetime. This is because in that millisecond, one’s entire existence becomes different. This is why it’s so important to understand the conditioning that has taken place over the years because without this understanding it will be impossible to change the conditioning that’s creating your bondage. “The only way one’s life will ever change is when the conditioning that makes it so changes”

The Conditioned Mind creates entire identities and attaches to the form that exist as the body. This is influenced mostly by things from outside oneself. Without this created identity the body still exist, just not in the way the Conditioned Mind creates it. This is the difference in being free or being held in captivity to the conditioning of the past. And although the conditioning is there and should be used for reflective purposes, it will control life as if you were a puppet on a string. Until the Conditioned Mind is understood for what it truly is, its trace energy patterns will create attachment to the past that creates a false identity. This conditioning will show where you have been, but it doesn’t have to dictate where you are going…

Focused Energy

Focused energy determines how you live. If that energy is constantly focused towards yourself, you will be selfish. If you possess the whole world, but aren’t free from self, you’ll remain stuck in a self created prison.

Being free from the prison of self requires focusing your energy away from self serving thoughts. When the mind gets focused on these thoughts there’s a freedom that allows the mind needs to become unstuck. What makes it get stuck is energy that’s mostly focused on satisfying self in some way. Focusing on the sensation of mind, body, and mental formations helps to alleviate the bondage of self. This is a direct path to how one becomes free from suffering. You can only be free when the focus is on what allows freedom, but it’s tricky because to master this takes constant vigilance. It will be your directed focus that determines the extent of freedom and that will be the determining factor how your life is lived.

Freedom from suffering is not pain free, it’s learning to be with the pain that arises. You cannot hide from what’s happening, you can only focus on something that anchors you in the Now. To no longer have your focus on self is where the path of liberation leads to. How this is done is by simply not focusing on self and focusing on what will set you free. The self is there and it has been given a name. It has so many other different labels attached to it, but it’s a prison because of the mere fact of attachment. Freedom occurs when there’s an understanding of the lies of self, not in creating concepts or beliefs. Where your energy is focused determines how you live. If that energy is constantly focused towards self, you will be selfish. If you possess the whole world, but aren’t liberated from self, you’ll remain stuck in your self created prison…

Excluding Now

The tool of excluding Now to cope with life is why life is seemingly full of problems, but what arises doesn’t cause the problems, it’s excluding Now that does it…

Nothing needs to be dismissed for one to be free. Freedom can not be found by excluding anything. Excluding something would be likened to getting rid of something, but truly getting rid of something will only happen when it’s dealt. If it’s not it will never go away. When it’s dealt with it won’t have to be excluded because it will naturally fall away. This is how one has to approach each moment if freedom is to be experienced. The way we develop the tool of excluding Now to cope with life as it arises is why there’s problems, whatever it is that arises doesn’t truly cause a problem. Granted it may be something that really hurts and has no benefit whatsoever, like the death of a loved one. But if it’s not dealt with in a way that it’s not excluded or a made up story is used, the energy of the situation will get stored and remain hidden until it’s time to rise up again. This is why the same thoughts are repeated over and over automatically; they have to repeat because of their trace energy in place.

Awareness that this is happening can allow you to be with what arises and not exclude it. The only reason something is excluded is because it’s not wanted. But you see this excluding is the same energy as grasping, it’s just used differently. Excluding Now is attachment to not wanting it and grasping is attachment to wanting it, different action but the same attachment. This is very subtle to see and it will only be noticed when you’re with the moment as it arises. So regardless if life is labeled good or bad, it’s all the same attachment, and the only the thing the applied label does is determine if one reaches for something or excludes it…

Closed Minded View

There’s not much life in something that’s closed, this is what happens when one’s free flowing energy is cut off by a closed minded view; the closing causes one to suffer…

A closed view is what causes one to get locked into only seeing things from the side of suffering. It matters little what that closed view is, as it’s the rigidness of being in a closed mode that doesn’t allow free flowing energy. The is what happens when a story is created and it becomes the closed view of what life is about in any particular moment. This becomes deeply ingrained as one becomes 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. But you can have compassion, passion, and genuine love for something without attaching to it and being closed minded.

To me being closed minded is the normal 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 closed view cannot see it. Nor can one pull themselves out of it until the closed view is seen as the cause of their suffering. The closed view doesn’t allow the openness needed to be free from attachment and since attachment is the root of suffering, suffering is inevitable. The tighter the grip of something the more one becomes closed minded and the less free flowing energy there is in one’s life. There’s not much life in something that’s closed, this is what happens when one’s free flowing energy is cut off by a closed minded view; the closing causes one to suffer…