Mindful of Yourself

The road that leads to a peaceful life begins and ends with you. You can be mindful that you’re thinking about something else, but the only place you’ll ever be free is being present with yourself…

When a practice of mindfulness is in place, it’s to allow the present moment to be experienced; this is the place to be with yourself. Being mindful of what’s actually happening as opposed to being pulled around by it, determines the amount of peace that’s in your life by allowing you to be mindful of yourself. Life is magical in its essence, but there’s nothing magical in being mindful of yourself. All roads that lead to a peaceful life begin and end in the present moment and a mindfulness practice will assist in keeping you aware of yourself.

Watch a thought and be mindful of it, now watch another, this is a tool as is the breath to be used to keep you in touch with yourself. One cannot be mindful of anything in the past or future. You can be mindful that you’re thinking about something in the past or future, but you can never actually be there. Every watched thought or breath can only be taken as it is happening. The more you become mindful of this, the more focused you become in the body and being in the present moment as opposed to grasping for the story of something else. Be mindful of this article only pertaining to you and then be mindful of what arises. Just be with it by being mindful of what’s happening. It’s in the space of mindfulness that you will find peace with yourself because in this space there’s no concern for anything else…

 

Directed Action

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

Although many things that one does are deemed spiritual in nature, and on the surface are actually for the greater good, if they’re an action done by the human side it doesn’t allow a direction that’s truly spiritual. A doing direction 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 the direction is to just be you’ll be fulfilled constantly and you won’t have to do a thing for this to occur.

This is very difficult to see because of the way the Conditioned Mind has been developed; it goes back eons. A true spiritual direction is based in being, our human side is based in doing. When we‘re doing the direction is from the senses which are human. With a being direction, our spiritual nature is our guide; when directed by being it’s the love of creation that’s emitted in our daily actions. All the accomplishing and doing in one’s life time will not produce 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 a minute you can be directed by two masters…

Holding On Lie

Holding on to anything is a prison, but the thing being held is only the sentence. The prison is the lie the Conditioned Mind creates that tells you holding on is needed to make life complete…

The reality of life is impermanence and because of this when there’s holding on, there has to be suffering. The suffering is directly related to what one holds onto and how tight the holding is. Impermanence is a natural phenomenon of life and since the nature of it can’t really be changed, the only way for the suffering not to occur is to learn how not to hold onto things. You can still enjoy all that life has to offer, but if true liberation is to be experienced, what’s held onto will have to fall away. I say fall away because many hold onto not clinging, and thus stay anchored in their suffering. Letting go isn’t really a doing, it’s why many remain trapped to the bondage of self. If true liberation is to be experienced, there will have to be awareness of the Conditioned Mind hold that’s in control. Few have this willingness because the conditioning in place doesn’t allow it, hence the need to hold onto things constantly rears its ugly head; thus causing suffering.

There’s holding on because the conditioning in place is based in a lie. When this lie is let go of that’s when truth is revealed. It’s not a truth that can be explained. The moment it’s explained there’s holding on because it becomes an idea, concept, or belief. This is why in stillness truth is revealed. All I know today (it’s not much) has been revealed to me. To truly stop holding onto the lie, it has to be seen that all holding on is a lie. If this isn’t seen, holding on continues along with its associated suffering. This moment needs no idea, concept, or belief to be. If you can see this, holding on is naturally lessened because right now exists free of the lie that something is needed to make life complete…

Present Possibilities

The possibilities in life are plentiful when there’s no past label applied to what’s in front of you. The Universe provides the possibilities when the mind is present and you’re not living in the past…

Being present is humanity’s greatest asset because without being present, nothing arises or at least nothing that’s beneficial. The present leads to possibilities never experienced before, but when the mind is in the past so are the doors to possibilities. Whatever arise in life is to be seen as it is with an openness only if it’s not labeled. In this way life can be experienced anew as the Universe opens up more and more possibilities. Even if it’s some past behavior, without judgment it allows for the mind to remain present and the possibility to go beyond the past label to experience something new.

Newness doesn’t always have to be an aha moment, it can be a simple act of simply not judging what’s in front of you and just experiencing that and moving on. Once it’s labeled, the mind closes and so do all the possibilities along with it. To experience all the possibilities that life offers is to not allow the past to be a part of what is being done right now. If it is, obviously it remains as something old not something new, but even though it may be from a past habitual mind pattern that’s in place, it’s only old because it’s labeled as so. Without this label, the mind remains present and so do the possibilities provided by the Universe which are plentiful…

 

Unbiased Mind State

When a person awakens, an unbiased mind state is provided which allows a clear view of your actions. With this unbiased mind state you become aware if the your actions are truly beneficial…

Having an unbiased mind state allows for the ability to decipher the immediate effects of your actions and your current view. A unbiased mind state doesn’t allow a delusional mind state to arise. In seeing delusion for what it is and its controlling characteristics, you just may be able to pause for a millisecond. If this isn’t seen, these characteristics will continue their delusional mind control.

Observe the mind states of delusion and its polar opposites, generosity, love, and wisdom. These are the biased and unbiased mind states most people fluctuate between. With an unbiased mind state you see how your actions and the associated consequences are linked. What happens first is you can decipher the mind state associated with the action, and second it’s seen if the associated action is beneficial. It’s very easy to see rage and its association with the mind state of hate. It doesn’t take much intelligence to see how this action isn’t beneficial to anyone. Without awareness of this, one remains entrapped to the mind state of hate and hence the associated actions. Intelligence has no bearing on this whatsoever.

It also works this way with the action of giving. Giving with no attached expectation is an action associated with the mind state of generosity. You can definitely see how this action benefits everyone; to me this is what an awakening is. One isn’t rendered white as snow because of becoming awake. No one among us can cast the first stone, but by the mind settling your view becomes unbiased and you become aware of your actions, and the associated mind state of those actions. It can then be seen that your unbiased actions are truly a benefit not only to yourself, but to all beings…

Unstable Emotions

Nothing from the outside truly controls you regardless of what it is either real or made up. It’s the unstable emotions attaching to what happens that causes one to be controlled…

Staying with the flow of what arises in our daily life has immense value in the process of waking up from the sleep of unstable emotions. What happens if awareness of this isn’t expanded upon is the arisen emotions become unstable and they control you; they become the master and you the slave. The unstable emotions is what causes one to react to life in the way that they do. Nothing from the outside truly controls you either real or made up. It’s the unstable emotions attaching to what happens that causes one to behave in a certain manner. When one awakens, the attachment to unstable emotions lessens and their control lessens.

This is how it is with all emotions, fear becomes crippling when it becomes unstable and it takes you over. It’s doesn’t mean things won’t scare you, but it’s doesn’t have to be given the energy that turns it into fear. This applies to any emotion you become attached to. The associated emotion becomes unstable and there’s no telling what behavior will arise. I guarantee you it’s not going to be a behavior that has love flowing as its base. Emotions will arise, it’s the way the brain seems to be wired, but our energy doesn’t have to give them more power than they’re worth. We can cry our tears or be fearful of the future. We can dislike that things aren’t going the way we think they should be, but the bottom line is it’s only when the emotions are unstable that they’re given the energy to stop the flow of truly living life and cause not only your own suffering, but the suffering of all beings…

A Lying Reality

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

The way the base of your thoughts are formulated determines if you see what actually occurs in life or if life becomes a lying reality of fictitious 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 lying reality of what’s occurring. The more unaware you are of this, the more you make up a fictitious story (a lying 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 lying reality is in control; when this happens a persons entire reality is a lie. Thoughts are the base of all lies because without the belief of something (thought) it’s impossible for a lying reality to exist. All lies start with a thought that it‘s real, but the lying 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 lying reality life created by the Conditioned Mind. There’s living your given life (what is) or there’s a lying reality. Life can be a lying 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 lying reality, why it’s created needs to be revealed. If this doesn’t occur the lie remains which in turn makes life a lying reality…