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DANCING LIGHTLY
“And
heavy is the tread of the living, but the dead returning lightly dance.”
(Edward Thomas)
“The
desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.
Not to be born is the best for man.
The second best is a formal order.
The dance's pattern; dance while you can.
Dance, dance, for the figure is easy.
The tune is catching and will not stop.
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters.
Dance, dance, dance till you drop.”
W.H. Auden
THE LIGHT AWAITS ALL
If the light is not received, then there can be no lightness, much less a relative existence marked by an incredible lightness of being. Earlier it was noted that the light is always there, though blocked on occasion by the clouds.
The clouds that block the masses from seeing the light - and, therefore, from knowing the lightness - include personality-driven fears and desires; emotional intoxication and / or feeling-intoxication that triggers motion (i.e., actions and reactions and over-reactions);
distortion and mis-perceiving; a sense of entitlement that is rooted in ego-states and egotism which eventually bring about the feelings of anger and depression that come when one does not have what is thought to be deserved;
anxiety and desperation and even panic that is
generated by perceived needs that are not being met; and a host of other
relative-existence-bonds that bind.
Yet the light and the lightness await all:
Maharaj: “If the seeker is earnest, the light can be given. The light is for
all and always there, but the seekers are few, and among those few, those who
are ready are very rare.”
How to find that light and lightness. “Surely,” many believe, “finding takes
motion / action.” For a time, yes, but the action to be taken is not of the
type that most take.
It is true that Maharaj did say, “There is an action required,” but he referred
not to an action taken by an act-er or a do-er. Understanding the composite
unity (which is nothing more than elements, air, and conscious-energy) makes
clear that there cannot be in that mix any do-er at all that could be capable
of taking action. So?
So,
it is harmony that must be in action. The will of the authenticity and “Pure
Witnessing” which see and understand the Oneness - is the only source of
harmony during the manifestation of consciousness. For most, harmony has to do
with a sense of congruity that happens when various parts synchronize one with
another to produce what seems to be a singular whole.
A sense of incongruity will be generated when “selves and the Self” are
forgotten and when a variety of not-selves drive whatever actions are taken;
furthermore, among the realized where there is no belief that there are separate parts that can come together as one, the already-existing harmony - which like the light, always is - need but be recognized.
This “not-two”
version of harmony is that which is Real, that which is the unity beyond the
perceived, unreal multiplicity.
Yet note: just as seekers must find all that they are not before they can know what
they truly are, so all of the sources of disharmony must be seen and understood
if the non-dual state of harmony - and therefore lightness - is to prevail. And
what will disrupt one from seeing and understanding?
Always, the not-self . . .
the not-selves. Always, the emotion-driven motions, movements, actions,
reactions, and over-reactions that happen on the planet are driven by
personality / personalities, all of which are false, all of which are as much a
false illusion as a mirage in the desert during the heat of the day. Imagine
what an existence will always be like when driven by so many illusions.
Driven by such an assortment of illusory influencers and motivators, there can
only be a prevailing sense of disharmony.
That is always the state of the not-self or not-selves, abiding in the fiction-filled “mind” and driven by the chatter of the thousand monkeys therein.
Those “monkeys” are the screeching voices of each ego-state that has its own agenda and which is affected in multiple ways by things relative.
Consider what happened with “Dave” who came for a retreat
and was given the assignment to list every false role he had played over the
last decade.
After some struggling, he arrived at a total of 87. He was shown how each of
those had cares and concerns that numbered no less than seven in every case,
concerns ranging from the financial impact that some ego-states took to be real
to sexual or personal “relationship” problems that other false identities took
to be real. A quick calculation (87 x 7) showed him how throughout any given
day, he could easily hear over 600 voices within.
He then understood the
pointer offered here which explained to him why, even while driving down the
highway alone, he was in group therapy.
How could any harmony possibly manifest in such an existence where scores of
not-selves are all inserting a multiplicity of cares and concerns into the mix?
How, when living under the auspices of the ever-in-motion consciousness, could
any sense of harmony and peace possibly manifest? What is required for a sense
of harmony and peace to be enjoyed is abidance as the original nature:
Maharaj: “Awareness, being lucid harmony (sattva) in action, dissolves dullness
and quietens the restlessness of the mind and gently, but steadily changes its
very substance. This change need not be spectacular; it may be hardly
noticeable; yet it is a deep and fundamental shift from darkness to light, from
inadvertence to awareness.”
Why hear the blowing of the still? Why stop rather than go? Why be quiet rather
than shift into chatter overdrive?
Maharaj: “If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find that it is
permeated with a light and a love you have never known; and yet you recognise
it at once as your own nature. Once you have passed through this experience,
you will never be the same . . . again; the unruly mind may break its peace and
obliterate its vision. but [the peace] is bound to return, provided the effort
is sustained until the day when all bonds are broken, delusions and attachments
end and life becomes supremely concentrated in the present.”
When the inner resource - the inner guru - is tapped into, then the
mis-perceptions about things that are “outer” will be seen to be distortions
and illusions, not even slightly real, not even slightly threatening, not ever
slightly harmful. In touch with authenticity, one cannot be in touch with the
outer not-selves that mistake delusions for truth and attachments as potential
sources of freedom.
On occasion, an external guide is required to blow the still and point to the
Real:
Maharaj: “Either you live with somebody who knows the Truth and submit yourself
entirely to his guiding and moulding influence, or you seek the inner guide and
follow the inner light wherever it takes you.”
To be continued.
Please
enter into the silence of contemplation.
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THE EXPLANATION
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
