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Thoughts Shared With a Young Explorer

I have been having an ongoing discussion with a young explorer this last week. I thought I would share his questions along with my thoughts on them. He reminds me of a time in my life when I was looking for three-dimensional answers to questions that exceed the boundaries of the finite illusion we live in. I think you might enjoy our deep and penetrating discussion (by the way our young searcher is a member of the LDS church but has been in his own search for spiritual insight and truth):

Searcher: So I read your bio on Amazon, (you can view the information he refers to here http://tinyurl.com/ycqeszt) and from what I can glean from what little I’ve seen on your blog, and the bio and the description of the book etc… is that you are speaking of spiritual sensitivity…

But before I get into that, may I say that I certainly have empathy for your past experiences involving mental illness. I was diagnosed with OCD six years ago after having a near mental breakdown (on my mission no less).

That said, I can emphasize that struggling against this chemical imbalance in my mind, and being raised by faithful believing parents, my mind was quick and arduous and thorough in exploring many avenues of thought and searching deep channels of spirituality.

I think you have tapped (and I would guess that you can relate) into something that was once far more common for mankind to search out. Today in our world of science and physical evidence people quickly discard or ignore searching the soul and our obvious connection with the eternal.

I surmise that this is what you have implied by saying that Jesus Christ, and Joseph Smith were tapping into what you have inferred is a very similar vein, not to mention many other spiritual greats throughout the ages.

I also recognize the thrill that considering the divine and embracing our deep nature gives of which you have referred to…

It is really interesting to ponder all of it really, because men throughout the ages and even in the world today (especially in the less “scientifically advanced” nations) still dig deep into these spiritual realms, and often sink tap roots deep into their eternal roots looking for peace and strength.

I myself have felt the impression that I am an eternal being in a temporal existence. It is that feeling simply of knowing that one exists and has always existed.

These things to me, remind me of the heady excitement that one can have considering the possibilities of eternity, and (for latter-day saints) thinking, I’m a child of the God of the universe, and coming to an epiphany of realizing you are far more than your mortal mind recognizes or can remember.

It is similar to the thrill I get even contemplating the vast expanse of the physical universe that is observable and the myriad worlds and countless wonders that surely would defy our previous imaginations.

It strikes me that your description of coming to a realization of letting things in the past go and living in the now really seems to resemble embracing the attitude of faith and self forgiveness and hope…hope to move on and build up and to rise from the ashes of the past, good bad or indifferent.

My question to you is, do you deny the physical world as an “illusion” or simply treat it as another layer of reality?

My Response: You are very articulate and if you haven’t already considered it you may want to look into writing. I sense you are a “deep” individual which makes the connection, for me, to you, very easy. I enjoy reading your words very much.

 
I explain here to our young searcher how having come to my own awakening I wrote a book titled On Being God – Beyond Your Life’s Purpose and similarities I discovered to other modern and ancient spiritual icons…
 
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the book is the “knowing” (as I call it) that came to me that is so consistent with so much of almost all “mystical” philosophies the world over. All of them look at the inner divinity and timelessness of our existence. Even Joseph Smith (Mormon Prophet) spoke of man as “becoming gods.” In any case the stark awakening I underwent continues to be revealing to me in the sense that I had never read or researched any of these other belief systems and all of a sudden I am getting downloaded with essentially everything that has been understood by a few over thousands of years of human history.
 
I continue to be amazed at the similarities between what I wrote as brand new material and what has been known by great spiritual icons throughout time. The book also directly answers the question you asked to much greater detail than I will share here. I highly recommend it to you and would love your comments after reading it. In fact, I would consider it an honor. Here is the link to amazon where you can find it;  http://tinyurl.com/ycqeszt. If you haven’t already you can check out my website as well; http://www.spiritual-intuition.com . Something I have on the site you might enjoy and I would love to have you participate in is the ability for those who come to the site to respond to the various pages and information by adding their own thoughts on the subjects they are interested in. If the comments you share are appropriate for the site I will actually create a page on the site that is credited to you and which others can comment. You should take a look and like I said I would love to here some of your thoughts on the site.
 
Now for the answer to your question:
“My question to you is, do you deny the physical world as an “illusion” or simply treat it as another layer of reality?”
 
One of the main themes in my book is that “we live in an illusion.” The illusion is the result of conditioning we undergo from the very beginning of our lives. We are literally taught what to be aware of by family, schools, churches, realities, etc., and in so doing we lose what we came to earth with, which is the awareness of gods. We are infinite beings (infinite in some form or another) and this earth life is a very finite reality. What has happened is that in our finite “human-ness” we try to put boundaries around our infinite selves. We have to stop doing that in order to begin to see how incredible we are in an “infinite sense.” Very, very hard to do because of the conditioning we undergo from birth. 
 
In essence we if we could see the world through unconditioned eyes (eyes that say this is what you should see) it would blow your mind and in such a moment you would comprehend the world in ways indescribable using our limited languages. I can’t describe to you what it is but I can assure you, you can have this kind of awakening in your life. You’ll know it when you see it.
 
Thanks, again. Have a great day!
I will share more tomorrow.
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The Well–Being of Being Well

Well-being is the physical, mental and spiritual health of an individual.  These three aspects combine to make up life as we know it.

We typically consider well-being to be a harmonic balance between the physical health and strength of our bodies, coupled with the mental nature of our character and ego and the spiritual essence of our nature.  It is true that all of these things in harmony create a certain kind of life, but it does not address those with physical disabilities, unsound minds and poor mental health, or the spiritually bereft.  Yet all of these aspects of the human condition exist on a wide scale in every civilization.

What then is well-being to the physically handicapped, the mentally ill or the spiritually bereft?

It is easy to speak of for those who do not have diminished capacity in any of the areas mentioned above but for them, they are not likely to have a theory or concept of well-being and certainly not in the area of their own diminished capacity.  Perhaps one of the greatest mysteries of our existence is that a so-called benevolent God allows such conditions to exist in the world.

What is the value to humankind that people suffer in such ways?  To quote from the book of “On Being God – Beyond Your Life’s Purpose,” we are told, “We are the good that we love, the evil we hate, the darkness we fear, the light that gives hope.  We are all things, people, places we imagine or cannot imagine.  We are all thoughts and forms and are endowed with power to create the good we cherish or the evil we despise in this existence.  We are the beauty that loves and the ugliness that hates.  We are the then, the now, and the yet to be simultaneously in a never-ending, timeless sea of infinite life.”

What this means is that our very existence, regardless of our condition – be it physical, mental or spiritual, is well being.  We are not shaped by definition.  How can we be?   Those who are incapable of creating a definition of their place in life are equally apart of life!

We, who are supposedly “well”, are not better than those who are not.  It is our insatiable need to define states (mental activity) that create the division between those we say “have” and those we say “have not”!

To quote again from “On Being God – Beyond Your Life’s Purpose,” “Everything in existence is equal.”  There is no difference between any human and the soil they stand on, the objects they observe or the things they believe.

Life is Well-Being!  Whatever your state or capacity, do not be a judge of life, simply, Be Life!

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How Real is Your Illusion??

Take this simple test of awareness to determine how comprehensive and strong your illusion of life really is.

If everything as you now know it was washed away completely and you could reconstruct your life any way you chose, either completely or partially, what would your new life look like? Answer the questions below honestly and thoughtfully.

How would you be living?  Would you change anything about your current living conditions?

What kind of work would you be doing?  What would your career path look like, what employment positions would you hold and how would your salary be different from what it is,etc?  What would you like your credentials to be as far as accomplishments, affiliations, colleges or universities, grades and other forms of recognition and status?

What would government look like, both nationally and locally, in your newly constructed reality?

How would you change or alter the schools, both for you or any children you have?  What would your educational background look like?

Would you travel more?  How would you travel and where would you travel to?

What would you look like?  Would you change anything about your looks, health, fitness level, weight, ethnicity, color, etc?  What kinds of foods would you prepare for yourself and your family?  Would you eat out more?  How would you dress?

What things would you do that you don’t do now? What things would you stop doing that you are doing now?

How would you define “American dream” (if you’re an American)?  Are you now living your dream or would you alter things to achieve it?  What would be different in that dream from what you have now?

How would you define prosperity, success or failure in this new reality?

Now take a moment to ponder the things you have changed or altered.  How are they different from the way things are now?  This is important because most who answer these questions will have created for themselves bigger and better versions of what they already have.  If what you have answered are extensions of what already is or enforcement to make things better, as you see it, then the illusion you have is deeply rooted and the reality you accept is very limited in its scope or range of possibilities. Most people’s illusions, by the way, are.

It is typical to see things that are as all there is to choose from. For instance, some may have thought about a bigger house with more rooms, bigger kitchen, etc. which is nothing more than a bigger or better version of what they are already living in. This is very typical and many self-help teachers will lead us in that direction as if wanting bigger and better versions of what we already have is where we should direct our thinking and emotional energy.  It is difficult to imagine anything outside of or beyond what we know or have been conditioned to accept as all there is.

Go back and look at the questions again and try to answer them without making extensions of what already is, or without having bigger or better of what you already have.  Be very creative. Even abstract and silly. Try to imagine outside of what you know or think you know.  Are bigger and better versions of what we already have really all there is in an infinite universe of which we are the creative center? You will begin to break free of the illusion you accept the more you imagine a world and life that doesn’t look anything like what we see now.

Break free of the illusion of this reality and your awareness of the infinite expands. The more your awareness expands, the freer you become.

Good Luck!

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The Frequency of WOW!!

Children experience “wow” constantly. Everything is big and wonderful but as they are conditioned, by parents, teachers and other influential people in their lives, over and over, the “wows” become fewer and farther between. We are reminded by Jesus to be as little children not because they are so sweet and innocent (which, by the way, they are) but because they are so much more aware. Their awareness of the world is not limited to the narrow perspective we develop as, so called, conscious beings. As adults we often become annoyed at the frequent questioning of “why” little children seem to be asking constantly and about everything they see. They really are not asking “why” to understand “why” as we tend to think about it rather they are asking “why” this doesn’t seem to matter as much to you as it does to me. If you consider the things that matter as adults it becomes clear that we have lost a lot, if not all, of the sense of wonder and awareness little children have.

Where did it go? What happens to us is what we are doing to them!! Children have an incredible sense of awareness and seem to be in awe of everything that goes on. In fact, we can look back and remember very special times in our lives where some event, circumstance or activity seemed to enliven every fiber of our being and just thinking about it gives us chills. What happens to this sense of awe and wonder?

We are born into this world with a heightened awareness that, from the moment of birth, is transformed into another kind of awareness. It is the awareness all of us are conditioned to view the world as and it is not the awareness we had as children. What we had as children is conditioned out of us by those who have had it conditioned out of them.

Have you ever returned to your childhood elementary school, home or some other place that you remember so vividly as a big and wondrous place only to find it small and nowhere near as awesome as you remembered it? What happened? In essence you grew up but more dramatically your awareness of the world went from wonder and awe to “as an adult here is what is important.” Our conditioning takes us from an awareness of complete wonder and awe to a false sense of what is important in the world and in our lives.

Jesus’ admonition to be as little children was a reminder to each of us to get back to the sense of awareness, the sense of awe and amazement we all once experienced as little children and give up the conditioning that has replaced it. Imagine how fun the world would be if we didn’t put careers, education, politics, affiliations and all the other things we consider to be so important, ahead of the sheer wonder of being alive in an incredibly wondrous world that is so rich and full of fun and beauty we, like children, can’t get enough of it and it never stops being big and wonderful. Being like little children is having the awareness of wonder, awe and fascination of every aspect of life not complicated by the conditioning that most adults consider important.

“Be as little children” was a challenge to adults not to be innocent, but to have the awareness we have all experienced as little children! The child is the parent of the adult. We all know what it was like to be a child and how incredible everything was in that world. When we go back to sensing reality in that way what we now see as important becomes less so.
The illusion we now experience as adults is just that – an illusion that only has significance because we have been conditioned to view it that way.

The things we see as important, as adults are not. The awareness we had as children is!
Change your awareness to that of a child and the “now” becomes “WOW!!”

Want to change your “frequency of WOW?” Change your awareness of now to the awareness of “how” you once were. Find your inner child and WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!

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How do you define awareness?

How clear do you think your perception of life really is? We are really two people happening all at once, e.g., the egotistically created self and the self we came to earth with that is almost always in conflict with the other. Tell me what you think controls your life. Your ego or the person you were before you got here. I’d love to hear. Please see my website at; http//.www.spiritual-intuition.com. Namaste

So how do you define awarenes? I’d love your thoughts

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Now Versus Then

Chronological time is a great deceiver in perceiving the the future relative to the past or present. As humans, living in three dimensional time and space,we have come to accept that the events of our lives occur on a continuum and that somehow we must categorize the past in such a way that it flows seamlessly into the future. In fact it might be said that the events of the past lead to the events of the future. In truth they do not. Time is a point not a line. There is no chronological time when it comes to life and living. The only place of “time” in our existence is now; this very instant. In this instant we control everything in our lives and we have power to change anything past or future. Power is in the present! Altering the past or knowing the future is nothing compared to the creative power we possess at this very moment, however, to say moment implies a time continuum that locks us in time. Perhaps the better way to express or think about time is as a sequence of chronological events.

Time in and of itself does not exist. It is nothing more than a mental construct designed to allow referencing and sequential order to the events and circumstances of our lives. In reality the point at which an event occurs is of no consequence to the actual event itself. In other words “it doesn’t matter “when” an event happened as much as that “it” happened in the first place.” The time or sequence of an event adds no value to the event in terms of it’s effect on us. It is only the point at which we experience something that it has any effect on us and at that very moment time, as we have come to think of it, has stopped. In fact, not only has it stopped it has ceased to exist at all.

Our need to find sequencing and factor time into our reality only pulls us backward or forward and away from “all” there is and all there will ever be, which is right now. If you look at the events of your life on an infinite scale where does time come into it? It can’t because on an infinite scale time is completely irrelevent.

It is the mind of man, the ego, that needs referencing of time and as a result the mind catalogs the events of our lives in such a way that we can reconstruct our history in an endless effort to find meaning, purpose and cause for everything that has occurred and to explain why we are the way we are. Time is part of our illusion. It’s trap is to tie us to the past in a way that makes us think that from the past comes the future or that without knowledge of it we are doomed to repeat it. In both cases it is part of an eloborate illusion our egocentric minds have devised to keep us from the power that exists in the present.

Now is all that matters. Now has no ties to the past and no concerns about the future. Staying as fully present and in the now as possible is the only way to know the inner self and to find our divine nature. Divinity knows not time. You are a god regardless of what has happened in the past or what might happen in the future.

The power of gods resides right here right now. Be still, feel the now and know that god is within you.

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The Assignment of Roles to God

From the beginning of recorded time humans have looked outward for a force greater than themselves. In the process of identifying or defining the Gods “out there” somewhere in “yonder heavens” these gods have taken on strangely human characteristics which, in most cases, have not only been extensions of the illusions of the time but are only unique in their size and quantity. In other words the characteristics assigned to God are just bigger and better versions of the nature of the humans who have created them. It is as if in our limited thinking or limited language we can only come up with enhancements of what we already know and what we know is what we (as humans) are.

Somehow the characteristics of gods are very human characteristics only amplified because we are limited by the illusions about life we have been brought up with and have adopted in a very strong way. The greatest illusion we accept, however, is that god is so big, wondrous and vast that we, as humans, have no possibility whatsoever, of becoming anything like him. It is from this illusion that humans have adopted a “less then” attitude about themselves. We hear often in the dogmatic teachings of many religious leaders of times past and present that we are all sinners and have need of repentance and mercy that a kind and loving God can exact upon us. It is blasphemous to accept any notion that we are somehow without sin.

What a sad state we have come to accept. Our illusions of reality have crippled us into believing that not only are we not divine, as our gods are, but that in our lowly states we will never be able to escape that lowliness. In the time of Jesus, he taught that He and His Father were one and the same. In other words he professed that his nature was that of God’s and in so stating he was accused of blasphemy. In fact, it was for this reason that he was eventually crucified. Through the years we have altered Jesus’ meaning to be that He and His Father were gods but that only He and His Father are and can be gods. Sadly this has become part of the great myth of our times and a significant part of the illusion of life we accept.

Jesus really meant that He and His Father were one and the same but what is lost from His description is that he was referring to his own god and that like him we all can be one with our god just as he was with his. He was not proclaiming a god out there in the heavens that he was uniquely qualified to know and be a part of. He was proclaiming that within each of us lies the Kingdom of Heaven and that God, our god, dwells there and nowhere else. In other words, “We Are Gods!” this was the message of Jesus, Buddha and so many other great spiritual leaders of the past. God does not dwell in “yonder heavens,” rather he or she dwells within us and is uniquely ours. Jesus, Buddha and so many others taught that the greatness of any god we place “out there” really exists within each of us and that our greatest opportunity should be in finding “that place” within where he or she dwells. Look no more to the heavens above but look to the “I AM” that dwells within and there you will find god, power and all that you need in this life or any other. I cannot emphasize it strongly enough that “We are the gods we seek” and that any roles we assign to them are the result of an errant illusion we have been taught to believe from the very beginning of our lives no matter where or when we were born.

Our reason, our illusion has created a God that must have the same roles we have as humans. Such roles consist of Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Vengeful, Compassionate, Jealous, Powerful, Kind, Angry, etc., etc. The list goes on and on and if we look carefully all of these characteristics are human characteristics. Remove these human roles from God and what is left?? Nothing!! But that is how it should be. There is no god above us or below us. Our illusion has created a God that must be bigger and better than us so that we can never escape the idea that someone is above us, caring, judging and condemning us as an entity, whose role (Father, Mother, etc.) we have assigned, might deal with us. We have assigned these roles to a God who does not exist and have subjected ourselves to the judgments of that make believe God!!!!

Perhaps the most significant teaching of Jesus was to not judge others or anything. He stressed this over and over to those who listened to him. He noted that even He could not judge and that it was given to all of us to forgive our fellow man for whatever slight we felt they inflicted upon us. Jesus knew his own godliness and refused to judge anyone of anything. Gods do not judge…..EVER! Judging is part of the human condition, the illusion we accept and an act of ego hanging on to its illusion of the world and Jesus taught us to relinquish that part of us. In fact he taught us to relinquish egoic characteristics as the only way to reach the god who dwells within us. If God is non-judgmental then he cannot have a role in our lives.
Godlike power comes to us when we come to realize that outside things, events, or circumstances do not matter. Outside things are only a small part of our eternal existence and they only matter to the egoic nature we have spent a lifetime to construct. In fact, if you find yourself in any emotional state because of something that happened out there in the world it is a sure sign of egoic dominance in your life. Let go of it and like the Lilies of the field all will be taken care of. Those who have truly found God have found themselves and are no longer subjected to the voices of ego. Ego is a deceiver. Gods are not! You are god but you must find that part of you yourself. Life is an individual responsibility. Finding God belongs to you and you alone. Step outside any roles you have assigned to God and what you will find is uniquely your own inner heaven and we all know “Heaven is where god dwells.”

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