We can get our self out of the Way

 Trying to master thought is still thought—

ego playing both villain and savor in its own illusion.

Emily Snow

 

Everything is energy. A thought forming from the depth of our subconscious is an energy event, just as an expressed emotion is as we face life. We cannot outguess thoughts, just as we cannot control emotions without repressing them in the depth of our subconscious. This is because we are thought and emotion as they materialize, but we can be aware of these energy movements.

 

Once ego understands itself as a set of programs that lives to derive pleasure and to avoid pain, these energy movements can be tracked. In being, “life as is” moves, and these energies move through body and mind as a mere medium in the energy exchange. We can be aware of our own energy interference when the personal story creates blockages in this exchange and watch them dissolve after the realization.

 

Put simply, we can get our self out of the Way.

 

 

Living in a world of Oneness

 We have two different ways to face life. One, with the claim that the world is our oyster and we work hard to claim the pearls we feel we deserve. Two, with the knowledge that body, mind and world are one.

 

As long as we believe that body, mind and world are separate, and that is is our job to make the best of our separate existence, the world will mirror back to us what we believe. Some will seem to have a good life; some will appear to have a bad life, and we will probably find ourselves somewhere in between these two outcomes.

 

What happens once we understand that body, mind and world are one and approach life accordingly? This is the world of being. Simply put, there is no one around to claim any pearls, but the abundance of “life as is” presents itself naturally. Living in a world of Oneness, everything will be taken care of.

 

Finish the identification game

 You have been told what this state is all about. No thinking, they say. No identification with the story in your head even if one appears. Let the bubble blow hot air and see it deflate into nothingness as you don’t give any energy to it. Maybe the bubble gets your attention. It would be only logical given that something in the depth of your subconscious has triggered it, so there likely is something that is supposed to get your attention. But then, how long does it take before you notice the personal energy train and jump off?

 

As I awake this morning I played this game. Nothing really got my attention.

I figured being

 

equanimous

content

 

and feeling

 

loving

alive

 

is a hallmark of That.

 

Mindfulness is the ability to see which story we give our energy to and let develop a life of our own creation. The question becomes, when do we feel invested and discontent. When do we look for a loving environment and being alive? Let’s find out who exactly is out of equilibrium and withdraw the personal energy from it. Action maybe required to get us back to being, but when the interference has been spotted, being is just one step away.

 

Being and learning

 There is no growth in being.

Being is in the absence of self.

 

There is no one around to grow.

 

Yet, learning is a fact in spiritual living.

 

We miss a step; we learn and we let go.

 

There is no learning in being, but there is

 

learning to spot the next invite into being.

 

Realization is a falling into

 It’s a toggling back and forth.

Who is it who is falling and

 

who toggles back and forth?

 

For the “me” it’s a falling and

 

dissolving in the see of love.

 

If a “me” still returns, let him.

 

The next plunge is coming up.

Burn in the present moment

 Caroline Knapp wrote two incredible books about alcoholism and anorexia. She struggled with both and died way too young from cancer. I remember one moment in particular when she described eating a yogurt—her only meal for the morning. She carefully spooned her measured portions and enjoyed that control she had over her appetites and looked down on the other “peasants” in the cafeteria as they munched on their food.

 

Everything is mental. We can even enjoy the power of starving ourselves. Just imagine what kind of problem this is for us spiritual folks as we sort through our desires, aversions and tendencies. How easy it is to get trapped in the accomplishment to be “spiritual.” There is only only solution. We have to burn in the present moment—the good, the bad, the pure and the tainted. Become aware when the “I am special” feeling pops up.

Feeling the knot, not being bound by it

 Some feel the knot when they know the must speak up.

 

Some feel the knot in the stomach when they feel uncomfortable.

 

Some feel the knot in the heart when they need to give but they can’t.

 

I am not any different than the others. I am human just like everyone else. I have just found an exciting secret of life—the knot is our gateway. Step up to the plate and don’t let fear, embarrassment or greed strike “you” out. To the contrary, lose the self in the heat of the moment and connect with a power that is always at our disposal. The knot is the key to where magic happens.