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IS YOUR RELATIVE EXISTENCE HAPPENING AS IF YOU ARE DANCING LIGHTLY OR AS IF YOU ARE DOING A STIFF, BOOT-STOMPING, GESTAPO-STYLE MARCH?
Today:
More On Heaviness vs. Lightness
Those in the heaviness of the darkness need the light if a sense of lightness is to come, but those in darkness obviously cannot see the light.
It is the darkness
which renders one blind, and it is blindness which perpetuates the blind
acceptance of falsehoods as truth, even in the absence of any investigation at
all.
The blindness has multiple fathers: body identification only; being driven by
the insane concepts taught by all cultures and stored in “minds”; the fear and
desire agendas that come with all personalities;
the
emotional intoxication which results when fears and desires are triggered and
inspire persons to shift into reckless and risky motion . . . into going and
doing and zooming about blindly, abandoning the temporary harmony that was
being enjoyed in favor of chaos and disharmony instead.
And time and again, persons driven into motion by all of the above are
surprised that once again they have rammed full-speed into a wall . . .or even
run off the edge of a cliff.
Blindness. Emotion. Motion. Action. Reaction.
Overreaction. And then, misery and suffering. And all of that is rooted in
mis-perceiving:
Maharaj: “The cause of suffering is in the identification of the perceiver with
the perceived. Out of it desire is born and with desire, blind action . . . . ”
Non-dualist Louise Sterling of Cape Town, S. A. explained what it can be like
if the light shines forth and allows clear seeing to happen before all of those
fathers mentioned earlier are allowed to breed more darkness . . . more
blindness . . . more blind motion:
Louise: “I was feeling love for someone which changed dramatically to fear. ‘I’
slipped through the crack and realised instantly that love and fear are the
same emotion. I laughed madly, felt wild and free, abandoned my work and hauled
off to do some gardening (first time in years) while chuckling in delight.”
Yes, “love” - which refers to that which in not Real Love - will never be far
removed from fear. Both are rooted in emotion. Both generate blind motion. As
for “slipped through the crack,” spot on.
When ego surfaces and is driven by desire or fear and egotism - all of which are self -supporting - there is only a slight and temporary opening back to Reality.
One
can fall through the crack of distortion, or one can slip though the crack and
back into the stability of awareness. “Whoo! Another close call!” And another
bit of self- generated misery avoided.
As in the first Matrix movie, with
its greater focus on non-duality than in the subsequent films in the series,
Morpheus becomes convinced that Neo is “The One” who can crack open the Matrix
and bring his people to both physical and psychological freedom.
As in this typically-mindful existence (where both physical and psychological
freedom are clearly absent), this becomes the case:
when
the gravitational pull of ego-states and egotism begin to exert their drag,
there is usually only a very small crack and a very narrow window of
opportunity to abandon nonsense and return to one’s senses, to turn away from
the false, and to move back to Reality. When such blindness comes, it seldom
goes on its own; thus, this from earlier:
Maharaj: “Either you live with somebody that knows the truth and submit
yourself entirely to guiding and moulding influence, or you seek the inner
guide and follow the inner light wherever it takes you.”
The problem with the latter? When the personal is mistaken for the Real, realization
cannot come. Separation from the Reality (of understanding THAT) and from the reality
(of understanding what the relative involves and does not involve) will
foster blindness to the Real and to the real; that will then block access to
the inner guide; thereafter, the not-Real will be mistaken in the darkness for
the Real.
In such circumstance, the rope might be perceived as a snake, a bit of
blindness with little consequence. But what if the snake is perceived to be a
rope . . . believed to be a rescue rope that is being tossed to one about to
drown? What if in the darkness of the storm, the snake is grasped when it is
mistaken for a rope that can provide a way out?
The additional relative problem with blindness is that it never ends on its
own. On its own, it will only flourish; persons will fall through the crack
into the darkness.
Maharaj: “The personal comes and goes, the universal is always with you. The
entire creation is your universal body. You are so blinded by what is personal
that you do not see the universal.
“This
blindness will not end by itself - it must be undone skillfully and
deliberately. When all illusions are understood and abandoned, you reach the
error-free and perfect state in which all distinctions between the personal and
the universal are no more.”
And when all distinctions between the personal and the universal are no more,
then only can one understand what is pointed to here with the term “not-two
harmony.”
Recall: “This ‘not-two’ version of harmony is that which is Real,
that which is the unity beyond the perceived, unreal multiplicity.”
In non-duality, the not-two version of harmony is pointed to with non-duality’s
not-two summative statement of I AM THAT; I AM.
Only when such harmony
manifests can there be light, lightness, freedom, and peace. Discontentment
ends. Restlessness end. Irritability ends.
Maharaj: “Pure sattva (harmony) is perfect freedom from . . . restlessness.”
You will come to know that it is already there, available as soon as You see
everything which blocks the continuous recognition and manifestation of harmony
- not mistaking fool’s gold for gold; not mistaking the harder way for the
easier way; and not working tirelessly for what can only be enjoyed
effortlessly.
Maharaj: “What is the use of truth, goodness, harmony, beauty? They are their
own goal. They manifest spontaneously and effortlessly, when things are left to
themselves, are not interfered with, not shunned or wanted or conceptualised,
but just experienced in full awareness. Such awareness itself is sattva. It
does not make use of things and people - it fulfils them.”
From the platform of the kind of witnessing which comes when observing happens
via the pure, universal consciousness while also abiding in awareness, then the
I AM THAT is seen clearly and the I AM is seen clearly. Only via non-duality
can the supposed “inner” and “outer” - the Am-ness and the THAT-ness - be seen
to be “One.”
Maharaj: “Harmony between ‘the inner’ and ‘the outer’ is happiness; on the
other hand, self-identification with the outer causes suffering.”
And that leads to the reason that it is the Nisarga Yoga which is offered here,
distinguishing between
(1) abidance as one’s original nature and living naturally throughout the relative vs.
(2) living under the insane influence of
one’s relative perceptions and mis-perceptions; not overlaying Reality on the
relative; and not abiding in harmony rather than in disharmony.
Maharaj: “Nisarga yoga, the Natural yoga: it is the art of living in peace and
harmony, in friendliness and love.”
Again, Louise explained exactly what is at play here: “The true identity is the
background of awareness in which both states of happiness and unhappiness
happen.”
From that true identity, the happiness of harmony can be enjoyed - up close -
and the unhappiness of disharmony can be merely witnessed - and not closely at
all.
Witnessing everything from a longer distance always puts everything in proper perspective. The personal is always small and up close. The Real is infinitely large and limitless.
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.
