A Decision to Lie

A lie is nothing more than a decision made by a mind that’s conditioned to self-serve. There’s no truth to a lie because there isn’t anything factual to back it up…

As life happens, it’s mostly interpreted by a decision to suit a Conditioned Mind lie. For me, it’s very difficult to take things serious because I understand the lies so well. There are so many decisions made to form a lie that someone has about something, but where it becomes humorous to a degree is because lies really have no value. People think they have value and will state them adamantly, but they don’t. They are given more credibility and have more effect on things the higher the position one has in society or is held in esteem, but the value of any lie should always be questioned because all they’re are a decision derived from someone’s Conditioned Mind, not from facts.

I know this was how most of the decisions were made in my life, there wasn’t much factual thought in them. And whatever the lie was about the decision made really only had value to me because my conditioning was based to self-serve; my decisions were all based on self-serving conditioning. This self-serving lie decisions took years to develop. It seemed that something occurred and it was placed in a category of like or dislike as quickly as it occurred. There wasn’t a thought process to this, there was no thinking, it was a decision that went automatically into its preconditioned assigned category.

All lies are valueless even though a person may think they have value, they don’t because there’s no factual evidence to them. When something isn’t based in truth, it’s pretty much valueless. Decisions based on lies always makes things worse because destruction is the only option when decisions are based on lies instead of facts. Because of this, things shouldn’t be taken too serious. Enjoy the humorous lies without their factual evidence and know it’s truth that sets you free because without it the self-serving truth-less mind remains in control…

Form Attachments

Attachment to form creates a prison that blocks love from being the guiding energy of daily living. And although you may be alive, to be without love is to be without life…

As attachments are formed so is a self created prison formed. How controlling this is determines the degree that your attachments have a hold on you; make no mistake, attachment is attachment regardless of what it is. Alcohol or drugs are only different than soda because of their devastating consequences; no matter what’s attached to it keeps you in prison. Something much more subtle than some substance or object is the attachment to your own mind; this is the real prison.

A substance or object can hold you in captivity, but it’s the mind that makes you attach to something. Without the mind telling you something is needed, attachment would be non existent. The subtleness of attachment is literally mind boggling. Take an alarm clock as an example, as soon as the alarm rings, if the snooze button is hit instantly the mind wants the moment to be in some other way. If this mind set isn’t altered to bring about awareness of this, it’s off to the races of being controlled by a mind that’s attached to satisfying form.

This takes on many forms: talking about others, eating habits, pouting or sulking, social status, being miserly (cheap), trying to control situations and people, judging, lust, greed, envy, self righteousness, false pride, and the list goes on, but what all these have in common is they are all external solutions of the Conditioned Mind to fix an internal problem of lack. Until something is done to allow the mind to settle, this will probably go on til the day you die. If this happens you‘ll see how most of your life was never truly experienced in the way that it could have been. This may not seem as devastating as say using alcohol or drugs, but it is because either way life is experienced from a formed attachment and is never truly lived…

False Thouights

When truth is revealed no longer do you listen to your false thoughts because you understand there’s no reason to believe anything without the facts…

Don’t believe everything you think because your thoughts tell you things that are false. Your false thoughts will tell you the past is real, yet the only place it exists is in the mind. Your false thoughts will tell you to fear, yet the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. False thoughts tell you to hold onto the belief of a self that’s a solid entity, but the form that’s being occupied needs no such attachment to exist as it’s always changing in a constant state of flux. False thoughts will tell you I think therefore I am, but thinking has nothing to do with I am. False thoughts make up a belief that everything desired on the outside is needed, but if none of those desires comes to pass, nothing happens. Even if the desires do get fulfilled, the satisfaction is fleeting at best. Then there’s the false thoughts of the so called ego, this is like the bogeyman under the bed, it’s real until one looks under the bed.

There’s the image in the mirror with a name given for identification purposes. If the name is different we think we are someone else, but that’s only a false thought because the form remains the same. There will be many false thoughts held onto that just aren’t true. Unfortunately, the more they are attached to, the more real they seem. To be free, your false thoughts will have to be exposed. This doesn’t you don’t exist, you just don’t exist in the way your false thoughts tell you. When this truth is revealed, no longer do you listen to your false thoughts because it’s understood, you shouldn’t believe everything you think because most of it is false…

Memory Anomaly

Understanding the anomaly of memory is very important if the chains of suffering are to be broken because it's the attachment to “I“ that wants to remember only what's pleasurable...

The anomaly of how we remember things and constantly use them to change the present is simply that, an anomaly. Although this happens without it being realized, when it is realized it changes the way existence is viewed. The memory of how things truly are gets distorted in a way because they are viewed through the conditioning in place; conditioning that mostly manifests in constantly seeking pleasure. Think of this, when someone dies no one gets up and says the person was mean, what's usually said borders on making the individual a saint; this is the memory anomaly in place. Until this is realized, life is spent constantly seeking making up pleasurable memories; the mind doesn't like unpleasant memories. This is part of the survival instinct engrained in us. Those who remember painful events also use them to find something pleasurable, even if to just push them away; hence this is why one reaches outside themselves for comfort.

Nobody reaches for anything for any reason except to provide comfort, in this comfort seeking there’s so much unconscious suffering. Desiring pleasure and suffering go hand in hand, until this is understood desiring pleasure will continue to cause unconscious suffering. Understanding the anomaly of memory is very important in breaking the chains of bondage because it's the attachment to “I“ that makes one only remember what's pleasurable. Even to the points of its own destruction “I” seeks pleasure, just look in any rehab or detox. Every drug or drink of alcohol taken had the lure of pleasure associated with it or it wouldn't have be taken. Understanding this isn't limited to just those things, this goes for anything that's reached for. The mind defaults to what's familiar and it uses pleasure as its lure. Until this is realized you will continue to use memory to desire pleasure, even to the point of your own destruction…

Directed by Principles

 Just as there are physical principles that direct the universe, there are spiritual principles that direct our lives; make no mistake, there are consequences for not following them...

We are our own judge, we’re not condemned by others as much as we condemn ourselves. By not following certain principles, the price paid is in not being in harmony with life. When we aren't doing things that cultivate love most likely we’re cultivating selfishness; this is a consequence. Selfish is selfish as love is love, there is very little middle ground. This is why when a person is unconscious, there’s much discord and very little harmony because the nature of unconsciousness is selfishness.

When loving principles are followed the flow of life happens without resistance. When the base of life is love life is free flowing; non restricted. Our relation to love is seen through our relationship with life manifesting as the base of our behavior. This is reflected in our relationships with others and the decisions we make. Our life is measured by the principles or lack of what is followed, and our behavior reflects this. If the behavior is self seeking, there aren't many universal or spiritual principles being followed. If the behavior is to love, we’re in harmony with life and with others. This is reflected in the energy that’s given out in the daily choices that are made because universal and spiritual principles are being followed. Do what you may in life, but do not blame anyone for what happens to you and what is happening in the world because it’s each individuals choice what principles are being followed...

Your Own Guidance

We're all products of someone’s guidance so no belief, idea, concept, or view can truly be called your own. These are all derived from some outer guidance so someone else's life is mostly lived…

The view that’s developed over the course of time makes life what it is, but this isn't to say one view is right and another is wrong or that one is better than the other. I'm just stating a fact that we’re mostly a product of someone’s guidance and what view we have in place is only there because of that guidance in our life. Not one single moment that's in the past can be changed so there's no reason to ever give that view a second thought. Giving it a second thought is just a waste of our limited precious time, and unfortunately that's the base of the guidance most people have. The past will always be the past and nothing will ever change it, but we don't have to be guided by it.

There comes a time in every life when you know the only place to find what you've been looking for is within yourself. When there’s awareness of this, what's usually revealed is what's been sought has always been there. This is the inner view that needs to be cultivated if you’re to ever be free of the guidance that was put in place by others. There’s so much that molds and shapes our entire existence and until there’s awareness of this, the view in place will be someone else's. Truly look at this, mom, dad, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, friends, tv, radio, and so on, everyone of them had some guidance on our current view; no belief, idea, concept and view can truly be called your own.

The importance of awareness is it allows the breaking free of this conditioned guidance. How you do this is by sitting and allowing a settled mind to become your guidance. This won't happen overnight, but with perseverance the guidance of others will slowly lose its grip and the guidance of the heart (love) will become your new direction. This just so happens to be who you truly are without the guidance of anyone else, and this is the view where you can begin to truly live your own life…

Inner Voice

If you seek what you think is needed to wake up, you’ll probably remain asleep. An awakening is from the Universe, but this will not be known if you’re listening to head noise instead of your inner voice…

We are all a product of the Universe, we are not a product of ourselves. We didn’t call for our creation nor do we call for the time when it ends. Our existence is a product of the Universe and the energy transformed to awaken is from the Universe. This is why we can’t really do anything to transform ourselves. We can only do the necessary practice that allows the heart to open so the Universe can do its thing. This is not our doing, this is a calling from the Universe; we practice because we’re listening to our inner voice from Universe. The reason some practice and some don’t is because the noise in the head doesn’t allow you to listen to the inner voice within. Even though it seems an awakening is from the outside, it can only be heard from the inner voice within.

Through our Conditioned Mind we become trapped in a very self-centered direction. This is also from the Universe, but it doesn’t produce love. Energy always is, it’s just a matter of listening so you can go where you’re directed. We seek because the Universe nudges us, but we’ll only hear when the veil of a Conditioned Mind is removed and our energy is guided by the heart. Spirituality is not magical for a select few who think they‘re special, it’s available to anyone who listens to the inner voice within. The Universe is always calling, but are you listening? If you think you’re listening, are you hearing the true message or are you making up your own message to fulfill some self-centered desire? It takes much quietness to hear the Universe’s call, but the alternative is to listen and follow a made up call which is scary. Why may you ask is it scary? Because people are trapped in fulfilling self-centered desires that prevent listening to their inner voice call…