Awakened Eyes

The awakened view of life can only be seen if that’s the view you have of the world. The world can only be seen through your own eyes, and how quiet the mind is determines if the view is awakened…

The world is awakened, but only to those who take the time to see this. You don’t have to go to a place of wonder to see this; your own back yard or just taking a walk in the park is significant. If the mind isn’t quiet, it doesn’t matter where you are, you will not see the awakening of the moment.

So much of life is missed because of the noise in the head. Take the time to smell the roses before the roses are gone. If you keep saying tomorrow, my heart goes out to you because literally tomorrow never comes; regardless of what goes on in your head it’s always today. You may dream of tomorrow, but the dream can only happen today. You can hope or wish for tomorrow to be different than today, but at some point it will become today. It’s always today and that’s where the mind needs to be if you want to be with the awakening of the Universe.

Take a step back before you miss one more second of your life. There are many distractions that’s why if the mind isn’t quiet you miss the awakened life which is always right before your very eyes. It’s up to each individual alone to see the awakening life has to offer, but if you’re too busy to slow down, life will be over before you know it. You can accomplish many things in life, but that doesn’t necessarily equate to seeing how awakened life is. It may allow you to see how awakened you think you are, but it’s the Universe that gives you the sense of awe. This will only be seen by a mind that is ready and quiet enough to see the awakening right before your eyes, if the time is taken to see it…

Valued Actions

Reaching is always the issue not the thing reached for. Not everything one thinks is healthy and valued is truly beneficial. It will take a very settled mind to see if what you think is valued truly is…

Doing what’s valued for your well being needs to be investigated to see if what you’re doing truly has value and not just a story of what you think is valued. Many people play the lottery to become rich so to become rich becomes the valued energy. Sex is often seen as valued as is the spiritual path. Drugs, alcohol, gambling, and also their counter parts (their programs) are used as valued energy, but as the results of these valued energies may be different, the prison they keep you in is the same. Working out and healthy eating habits are valued, but many attach a story to them and negate their true value. I know many people are vegans and I have no opinion either way, but no where have I ever read that Jesus or the Buddha valued this as part of their practice. All I’m saying is what I’ve found to be truly valued needs no story nor attachment for certain results.

I can only share my experience and I’ve found reaching for anything in whatever form it takes on, is not true value. The reaching is the issue, not the thing being reached for. To me in the space of just being with what arises in the present moment is truly valued. Not everything you consider healthy and valued is truly beneficial in your life. It will take a very settled mind to see the subtleness of the attachment to things that are deemed healthy and valued. I say if you‘re reaching for something, regardless of what it is, it’s has no value to your well being and this is because the reaching itself is the issue and it’s what keeps you in a mental prison…

Filtered Past

Although what occurs always happens now, when it’s seen through the filter of the past you’re not with what’s actually occurring; you can’t be present when a past filter is used to live now…

Living from a past filter isn’t something that jumps out at you, the filter is in place waiting for its opportunity. It doesn’t have to be glaring, nor does using a past filter always manifest as destructive actions, but it is destructive in the way it doesn’t allow you to be with what’s occurring right now; it takes you away from truly living life. You end up living the same life over and over, doing the same thing, getting the same results, basically it’s as if you’re in a rut which only gets deeper each time the filtered past is grabbed and brought into the present. You can’t be present for the present when the past is being used as a filter to live now. Much quietness will be needed to see the ingrained past and how it’s used.

Our filtered past energy patterns are very subtle and are deep, noticing this is the first step in one’s liberation from this energy. This energy is so controlling because it’s brought into the present and blocks the ability to live now; not many truly live in the moment of what’s actually occurring. Although what occurs now happens now, it seen through the filter of the past so one isn’t with what is actually happening now. There’s so much past energy and only when there’s awareness of this can the filtered past energy patterns even begin to be broken. Watch the mind and how it constantly filters the past to live now. How you can tell something is being filtered from the past is by the label being applied to the present moment; when it’s all said and done, the present moment needs no filtered past to be…

A Surface View

If a person is stuck in a surface based view they’ll be controlled by a surface based existence. This is a prison that one will only be released from by going beyond the surface view into the view of silence…

It’s impossible to be stuck in a surface existence that isn’t created by your own mind. What this means is regardless of what happens, it’s your minds surface thoughts that create your view; this comes from within yourself. Lots of things happen throughout the day and each time there’s a choice to attach to a surface view or not. Everyone has the ability within to cease causing the surface view, it just takes a certain amount of discipline for this to occur. What discipline does is it slows down the surface viewing process that runs continuously. This slowing down is the beginning of truth being revealed. Without it the necessary silence view that allows less surfacing will not happen.

If there’s a continuous surface view
and no silence all there will be is thought and this will not allow the ability to watch the moment unfold. If this isn’t seen, your mind will never slow down and there won’t be any space created between your surface thoughts. Life will simply be surfaced based and the result of this will create your view. 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 mind has over you, and you’ll be able to see that you’re not your surface thoughts; you just think you are…

Dangling Carrot Mind

A dangling carrot distracted mind can’t quiet itself regardless of what’s used as a distraction. A dangling carrot reinforces the distractions because it blocks out the awareness they are there…

If your distracted dangling carrot mind is in control and running your life, it doesn’t matter much what’s going on, it’s going to be difficult to be aware they’re there. It’s such a dangling carrot world because most people think their answers are outside themselves when the answers are within. What the dangling carrots actually are and how they’re created is by not being aware that they’re not needed. With a mind that’s conditioned to want dangling carrots, you have to constantly look for them, hence the mind distractions. This is how Conditioned Mind dangling carrot distractions are formed and how they block awareness of your inner presence. It’s distractions created because if you understood them, the need to look for them would be non existent and so would the dangling carrot distractions.

The ability to understand the dangling carrot mind lies in being aware they’re there, but it’s not something that’s going to happen on its own. It’s a beautiful thing the awareness of the worlds dangling carrots are in your hands and that it’s totally up to each individual how much awareness there is in your life. A little quiet equates to a little awareness so it’s up to each individual to do what’s necessary to become more aware of the dangling carrot mind distractions. As you become more aware of being in the present moment the dangling carrot distractions lessen and what remains is inner presence. If you’re waiting for anything else, you’ll be waiting a very long time as it won’t happen while your dangling carrot mind distractions are in control…

Conditioned Awareness

Without awareness of your conditioning, you’ll be blindly controlled by it. It will say jump and you will jump, and most likely you’ll ask how high…

If you want to understand your mind you will need for it to settle so you can be aware of it. Whatever you think and reflect upon is what you become aware of; hence this is what becomes your conditioned actions. If there is no settling, there’s very little chance for the mind to be aware. As conditioning is formed it becomes second nature, there’s very little awareness in this mind activated action. These conditioned actions are different for everyone, but their root is the same. All conditioning arises from seeking outside oneself. It matters little what is used to fulfill this seeking conditioning. There’s very little awareness of this so it controls you. There needs to be awareness that your actions become conditioned and you’re controlled by them. This is what determines whether your actions are wholesome (loving) or unwholesome (selfish). Simply put, loving actions should be cultivated so they become instinctual.

If there isn’t some discipline developed to allow the mind to settle, it will be difficult for there to be awareness of conditioned patterns. Without awareness of your conditioning, you’ll be blindly controlled by it. This is why things are done without hesitation that aren’t in your best interest. Without the awareness to observe your thoughts, you’re like a puppet on a string. If nothing in place allows awareness of this, the Conditioned Mind puppeteer will continue to control you as you blindly and without hesitation do things that aren’t in your best interest or the best interest of others…

Inner Battles

Life as form is continuous until one day it ends. Inner battles occur because of the attachment to self. Without this attachment the beauty of life simply unfolds and the inner battles fall away…

The real cause of any issue with what happens in life is not with what actually happens, but how there’s attachment to a self which causes inner battles with yourself. As long as there’s existence in your current form, every moment of every day is a life occurrence. It becomes an inner battle once it’s labeled and a self is attached to it. This transforming energy from an occurrence to attachment happens because of who it is that’s doing the labeling. If the self didn’t label life it would still occur, there just wouldn’t be inner battles. It would just be a continuous occurrence without a self attaching to it and giving it the transforming energy it needs for there to be a battle.

This self seems to cause so many issues, but it only does because of the attachment to it, that’s the cause of the battles with ourselves. Life occurs regardless of the self, but what attachment does is it makes inner battles by isolating it and making life personal. Life is neutral until it’s attached to, it then becomes an event that’s all about the self. Without self, inner battles don’t happen life just occurs. I’m not insinuating a self exist or not, all I’m saying is the attachment to self is at the root of all inner battles and if you want to be free of this division you will have to be free of the attachment to self…