Revenge Harms Everyone

Even when you’re wronged and are justified in getting revenge it causes you more harm then it does to the other person because revenge keeps you in the grip to an aversion that isn't based in love…

Revenge as in an eye for an eye doesn't really work because it doesn't take away the hurt. You may tell yourself it makes you feel better and you may even believe it does, and to the Conditioned Mind you will say justice is served, but it doesn't truly change any of the facts of what happened. The mind always looks for some form of comfort and it uses revenge as one of these forms.

We say things like we hope people get what they give out in life and if they hurt others they should get what they deserve, but it doesn't take away the pain of those who are hurt. That's the irony of an eye for an eye, it doesn't really make a person feel better. To me the reason why Jesus taught to turn the other cheek was not so much for the benefit of the person who is causing the harm, but for our own heart to remain in the presence of love. The mind wants an eye for an eye because it's part of its conditioning, but for the heart to remain of love the other cheek has to be turned.

The ego will tell you to man up and attack back, seek revenge, but the heart knows if you want to remain at peace and in the presence of love, the other cheek will also have to be exposed. This is difficult as is most behavior based in love because of the conventional methods that are in place, but the alternative is to remain controlled by a mind anchored in greed, hate, and delusion; it's a choice that will decide the direction of your life and its level of peace. So the more you try to get even with someone, regardless of why, the more you’ll will be dragged down into a place that makes love a place just about impossible to live from.And if life isn't lived from a place of love it's not truly being lived, regardless of how much revenge is justified…

The Reason Why

Nothing is done or held onto without a reason why and if the reason why isn't understood, you will unconsciously be controlled by what is done as if you were a puppet on a string…

When some feeling or emotion arises there a reason for it. Learn to see the reason why the emotions arise and the feelings that go along with it. Whatever arises has a reason why it does, and the sensation of it needs to be understood if your aren’t going to be blindly drawn in and controlled by it. Nothing is held onto without a reason why and if that isn't understood, you will unconsciously succumb to it as if you were a puppet on a string. Why people don't see how this holds them in captivity is because many of the things that are being held onto are used to make your identity and also the holding is done because your conditioning tells you what you are holding onto is needed. When the reason behind what arises is understood or at least noticed, there arises an awareness of what you are thinking. When this occurs there's the possibility it will fall away and in the process your made up stories fall away.

As stated before, why it's so difficult to see this is because what's being held onto is thought to be bringing you a pleasure of some kind, and it may be in some way, but it's not true pleasure because no object has the capability of providing true pleasure; one is easily deluded by this. Regardless of reason as to why you to think you need something to feel good (pleasure) the object becomes your prison regardless of what's used. So if the reason why something arises and is held onto isn't understood, you might as well just give in to your puppeteer because when your conditioning says it's time to do something you will have to do it because the conditioning in place isn’t understood…

Non Belief Liberation

So many people worry about getting to heaven and because of this life just passes them by. A belief isn't needed to see this, but it will take a very settled mind not to make it into one…

We believe in everything we have in place because we ourselves have decided (even though it was probably done unconsciously) that our beliefs will make life better. There's no other reason to form a belief except for the purpose it will provide pleasure in some way. Look into this very carefully to see how this manifest in your life. God, money, material possessions, love, programs, spirituality, social status, enlightenment, and so on, are all formed to provide a fictitious pleasure based in a belief. If this isn't questioned, the belief will continue its control even though it will not truly provide the pleasure that it's being created for. It can't because the nature of any belief is bondage and bondage to anything is suffering, even if it's not seen as so.

Many call a belief faith, to me they're basically used in the same. I haven't found one iota of usefulness in having faith or believing in something that would truly benefit my life. I live in the space of now and since there isn't anything that needs to be different, a belief wouldn’t be beneficial. This is true liberation to be in the space of not making up stories. It doesn't take any effort or a story to be liberated. The reason why so many don't become liberated is they try to create it by forming a belief about it; if I do this or that, liberation will follow. Too many people worry about getting to heaven and because of this life passes you by while you are here on earth. It doesn't take a belief to see this, but it will take a mind that's settled not to make it into a belief...

Open Mind Teacher

Many things in life can be a teacher if you have an open mind willing to allow it, but if there's constant noise in the space between your ears, nothing will be seen as it truly is…

Nature can teach you much if you're not all caught up in what's going on between your ears. The other day I was watching a duck family sitting in my pool. They were all perfectly still, their heads tucked away. None of them were struggling with trying to be still, there was no teacher duck leading a guided meditation, no chants, or mantras being recited. No duck had on headphones listening to meditative music or positive affirmations, they were all just sitting there in the quietness of the moment. I actually went outside to observe this further to allow my present moment awareness to be a part of theirs. I was experiencing the peace of their stillness and it was a serenity beyond words; the peace that passes all understanding. This peace only happens when there's stillness to allow it, this is what the awareness of this blessed moment gave to me.

There was so much peace in this moment, nothing of the material world has ever blessed me like this, and I've had some beautiful things happen to me. I can see why this peace was being experienced, it's because of using the body more and more to be anchored in the present moment; this allows the mind to be much more settled. I've had ducks in my pool before, but it never had the affect on me as it did yesterday. Many things in life can be a teachers if the mind is open enough to allow it, but if there's constant noise in the space between your ears, nature or nothing else for that matter will be seen as it truly is, nor will the lessons that are being laid out before you…

Repetitive Actions

The repetitiveness of a Conditioned Mind can be devastating if its not understood. The repetitive actions manifest in many ways, but when the mind is quiet many fall by the wayside; that’s when life truly begins…

The reason why it’s so difficult to change is because the mind defaults to repetitive actions; even to the point of its own destruction. The conditioning must be changed if the repetitive behavior is to be changed. If this isn’t identified the behavior is repeated over and over, that is until the necessary practice is cultivated to initiate change. If nothing changes nothing changes. If the conditioning is changed the repetitive behavior becomes non existent. 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 repetitive behavior associated with the conditioning.

This is immensely valuable in the understanding of a repetitive mind. If quietness isn’t brought into your life the noise in the head will continue to run the show. It really is that simple. You have been conditioned to act in repetitive ways, whether those ways are beneficial to yourself, others, the planet, and the Universe as a whole, depends on what the base of those ways are. Their base is what determines the results of our decisions and how they affect the entire Universe. You may not think you acting in a self serving way affects the Universe, but how can it not. Energy is energy, never created or destroyed, simply transformed.

No act is isolated from itself, whether based in love or greed, hate, and delusion; it affects the whole. But the real issue is getting to know how the repetitiveness of your mind makes your decisions for you. Change come when this is realized and then different behavior can be selected. Your own mind will fight you on this, it makes you think the unknown is not good, but it is only a story because everything that is known today was once unknown at some point. So learn to quiet the squirrel cage mind so the repetitiveness isn’t the automatic way to go. You’ll be amazed with the way life changes because when you start to do things differently and act in ways that are conducive to love the repetitive ways lessen. Its truly that simple, but because the repetitive mind likes to revert to what it knows change is not easy…

Present Moment Energy

Present Moment energy is naturally free flowing because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what it is. Past and future energy stops the flow because it’s based in manipulating the present…

Being aware of what’s present at the precise moment it happens minimizes the past and future stories that are needed to make life the way you think it should be. Awareness stops the past and future stories of the way you think something should be and allows the freedom of the way it is, this becomes the beautiful view of the way it should be. After all wanting the present moment different is where all discontentment arises from. When you’re simply aware of the present as it arises there isn’t a need for a story. Selfish energy doesn’t come into play here as the love of your heart naturally becomes the beautiful operating energy of life.

Past and future energy becomes a created prison because it doesn’t allow for a natural flow of life’s energy; you become a prisoner to the energy of the past and future. It’s the Conditioned Mind that cuts off the energy flow of the present as it becomes the energy of the lower nature of self centeredness. Why this past and future energy causes issue is because it bombards the present moment with an unnatural energy flow that doesn’t allow harmony. The present moment naturally free flows because there’s no resistance, there’s no trying to make it different than what’s there. Past and future energy stops the flow because it’s based in trying to manipulate the present moment so what’s there is resisted to the point where the natural flow is cut off. The only thing needed for liberation is awareness aware of awareness, there’s no past or future energy here, there’s just the energy of the present moment…

Truth or Lies

It's really very simple to understand the mind, it can be broken down into two mind states, truth or lies and everyone who is alive will be guided by one or the other…

There's a lot of stuff (thinking) that goes on between the ears that determines what mind state you will be guided by and when it’s broken down you will be guided by either truth or lies. To me everything that happens is the result of something previous; the result of living in a state of truth or lies are vastly different. This isn't to apply a label that one is right and one is wrong, but if investigated it can be seen how truth produces results aligned with love, kindness, peace, harmony, joy, and lies align you with results of anger, greed, hate, unhappiness, discontent and do on. I had a mind of lies for many years and this resulted in much suffering in the form of feeling isolated and alone most of the time. As a result of this, I used many different things to try and not feel this way, but to no avail because not matter what, the lying mind state would always return.

Thirteen years ago I began understanding the different results of these two mind states and started developing certain things that put me more in line with truth. A mind of lies is selfish in nature and produces selfish results; desirable results if you're based in the material world. A mind of truth has no selfishness to it and the results are accordingly. This doesn't mean the lying conditioning is gone for good, but it has lessened to a large degree and hence there is literally no more suffering in me. If the difference of these two mind states aren't seen it seems the lies control more; it's because of the influences of the material world that make this so. Even though by being alive you are part of the world, when you finally wake up what's seen is you don't have to allow the mind state of lying to control you…