[See the post on 30 August 2007 for the original e-mail being addressed]
F.: Consistent peace has manifested for many, so it can happen for you. But it cannot happen unless a state of non-duality and non-attachment is reached. That requires an understanding that nothing which is thought to be “good” by you (or anyone else) is going to last. What was thought to be a “good” job can soon become the job from hell. What was thought to be a great lover/spouse can soon become the lover/spouse from hell.
Nothing in the relative is going to last, yet persons are set up to be miserable because their cultures program them with the insane belief that temporary things can last forever; thus, they attach to the temporary with an expectation that what they perceive as "good" will last for infinity. They attach to things which they think are so “good” that they hope those things will be permanent, only to soon discover that those things, almost without exception, will eventually be considered flawed.
A bridge considered to be “good” at one point actually had basic “design flaws.” Persons—just like that bridge—have basic “design flaws”; that is, they have been programmed and conditioned and domesticated and acculturated with flawed beliefs, flawed ideas, and flawed concepts which assure that they will fluctuate between being happy and being miserable. That “perfect” job is soon realized to be flawed. The flaws of a mate who appeared to be “perfect” soon become obvious. The relative existence of the non-Realized is marred by one misconception after another, so of course fluctuations and disappointment will follow.
How can anyone who is truly awake possibly think that they will be happy is they attach to something that they are convinced is “good” when the history of this planet is that nothing (whether considered “good” or “bad”) will last? Why over-celebrate one or exceedingly bemoan the other if both are temporary?
Nothing that is thought at one point to be “good” will prove to be consistently “good.” Why? Because “good” is one-half of a dualistic set, and all dualistic sets are lies. That Which You truly Are is all that has no design flaws. That “You” is perfect, stable, unlimited, boundless, and free. It is that “You” which can function from the witness mode, which can merely observe without emotional intoxication, and which can thereby function without attachment or reaction or chaos. From that stance, things thought intolerable can become quite manageable, relatively speaking.
1. But what is your own experience with discovering that something you thought was “good” was really “bad,” or vice versa? Is there something that you think you have “lost” that shall forever deprive you of happiness? In that case, ask: “Were you really happy when you had it/him/her?”
2. What do you think you must have now in order to be happy and at peace? (Over the last eighteen years, all of the following have been mentioned by seekers after they admitted their secret “hopes and desires.”) In order to be happy and truly at peace, do you think you need:
A boyfriend or husband? A girlfriend or wife? A different job? No job? “Love” from someone? More respect from the boss? A child? More children? No children? More respect from peers? Revenge? A different boss? God? Multiple gods and goddesses? Daily praise? A kinder God who will reward “good” people like you? A tougher God that will punish the “bad” people? Intervention by a god in your behalf? A break? A big break? Luck? "Good" karma? The death of a rich relative? The demise of someone you hate?
More people who think and feel and behave as you do? More people who see things your way? A defeat for someone? To be worshipped by someone? A victory for someone? Noise? Activity? More people to join you in honoring your “sacred cows”? Co-workers to change? Relatives to change? The public at large to change? Clients to change? The world to change? Weekly services? Daily meetings? A show of regret from someone who abandoned you?
Spiritual exercises? More spiritual exercises? An increase in the size of certain body parts? A decrease in the size of certain body parts? Fewer people to get in your way or interrupt your plans? Less interference from parents? More assistance from parents? A raise in pay? A helpmate? A caretaker? A provider? Someone to pay for the upscale lifestyle which you think you deserve? An apology you’ve been waiting for? Newer possessions? More possessions? Someone to “love”? Special candles? Special bells? Special attire? Humming? Chanting? Citing holy phrases in unison?
Religion? Incense? A new car? A new house? A winning lottery ticket? A better looking mate? Moses? Jesus? Mohammed? Better meditative skills? A sign from someone that he/she cares? Special music? Holy books? Something that is a larger version of something you already have? A fully-developed religious persona? A fully-developed spiritual persona? Government assistance? Charity? A chance to see some real suffering befall someone who hurt your feelings? Other?
If you were to be granted everything that you desire, how long do you think that would keep you happy and keep you at peace? The answer from the actual experiences of thousands of seekers (and the experiences of millions of others who have been observed) is…not long at all. Why?
1. Because the manifestation of happiness and peace does not require having more. What is required is less, that is, fewer ideas, fewer beliefs, fewer concepts, fewer things deemed “sacred,” and fewer influences that result from programming and conditioning and enculturation; and
(2) Because persons typically want what they do not have, do not want that which they do have, and tire quickly of that which they have had “for too long” (including people, places and things). To wish for one thing is the setup to wish for a thousand things. Why? Because any happiness that comes after having a wish fulfilled is short-lived. Having tired quickly of whatever came from that granted wish, something else is soon wished for to take its place. Wishing generates more wishing, and more wishing generates more disappointment when wishes are not fulfilled. All wishing must be abandoned in order to be free. What people have, they will fear losing; what they do not have, they will desire.
Voilà: there they are again…the roots of dis-ease and unhappiness: programming-based fears and desires. The stability that is sought cannot happen when abiding as "something relative" and cannot happen even when abiding as the manifested consciousness. Only in abidance as the Absolute can stability (and therefore peace) actually happen.
Cast off the bondage of all false selves and experience the perfection That You Are. You are the Absolute, beyond beingness and non-beingness, but that cannot be seen when persons stumble through a dark existence with nothing more than the small lamp of warped consciousness to illuminate the way.
Realization fires up a floodlight that is capable of shining on the entire universe; then, all is seen as it is. Once You see that You Are THAT, then freedom (and thereby happiness) can manifest. Please enter the silence of contemplation.
READINGS RELATED TO TODAY’S POST:
SEEKING “PEACE OF MIND”?
Click THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS “PEACE OF MIND” (There Is Only Peace If You’re Out of Your Mind)
WORKING ON BEING FREE OF PERSONALITY?
Click LIBERATION
READY TO TAKE THE SEVEN-STEP “JOURNEY” TO REALITY?
Click FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
F.: Consistent peace has manifested for many, so it can happen for you. But it cannot happen unless a state of non-duality and non-attachment is reached. That requires an understanding that nothing which is thought to be “good” by you (or anyone else) is going to last. What was thought to be a “good” job can soon become the job from hell. What was thought to be a great lover/spouse can soon become the lover/spouse from hell.
Nothing in the relative is going to last, yet persons are set up to be miserable because their cultures program them with the insane belief that temporary things can last forever; thus, they attach to the temporary with an expectation that what they perceive as "good" will last for infinity. They attach to things which they think are so “good” that they hope those things will be permanent, only to soon discover that those things, almost without exception, will eventually be considered flawed.
A bridge considered to be “good” at one point actually had basic “design flaws.” Persons—just like that bridge—have basic “design flaws”; that is, they have been programmed and conditioned and domesticated and acculturated with flawed beliefs, flawed ideas, and flawed concepts which assure that they will fluctuate between being happy and being miserable. That “perfect” job is soon realized to be flawed. The flaws of a mate who appeared to be “perfect” soon become obvious. The relative existence of the non-Realized is marred by one misconception after another, so of course fluctuations and disappointment will follow.
How can anyone who is truly awake possibly think that they will be happy is they attach to something that they are convinced is “good” when the history of this planet is that nothing (whether considered “good” or “bad”) will last? Why over-celebrate one or exceedingly bemoan the other if both are temporary?
Nothing that is thought at one point to be “good” will prove to be consistently “good.” Why? Because “good” is one-half of a dualistic set, and all dualistic sets are lies. That Which You truly Are is all that has no design flaws. That “You” is perfect, stable, unlimited, boundless, and free. It is that “You” which can function from the witness mode, which can merely observe without emotional intoxication, and which can thereby function without attachment or reaction or chaos. From that stance, things thought intolerable can become quite manageable, relatively speaking.
1. But what is your own experience with discovering that something you thought was “good” was really “bad,” or vice versa? Is there something that you think you have “lost” that shall forever deprive you of happiness? In that case, ask: “Were you really happy when you had it/him/her?”
2. What do you think you must have now in order to be happy and at peace? (Over the last eighteen years, all of the following have been mentioned by seekers after they admitted their secret “hopes and desires.”) In order to be happy and truly at peace, do you think you need:
A boyfriend or husband? A girlfriend or wife? A different job? No job? “Love” from someone? More respect from the boss? A child? More children? No children? More respect from peers? Revenge? A different boss? God? Multiple gods and goddesses? Daily praise? A kinder God who will reward “good” people like you? A tougher God that will punish the “bad” people? Intervention by a god in your behalf? A break? A big break? Luck? "Good" karma? The death of a rich relative? The demise of someone you hate?
More people who think and feel and behave as you do? More people who see things your way? A defeat for someone? To be worshipped by someone? A victory for someone? Noise? Activity? More people to join you in honoring your “sacred cows”? Co-workers to change? Relatives to change? The public at large to change? Clients to change? The world to change? Weekly services? Daily meetings? A show of regret from someone who abandoned you?
Spiritual exercises? More spiritual exercises? An increase in the size of certain body parts? A decrease in the size of certain body parts? Fewer people to get in your way or interrupt your plans? Less interference from parents? More assistance from parents? A raise in pay? A helpmate? A caretaker? A provider? Someone to pay for the upscale lifestyle which you think you deserve? An apology you’ve been waiting for? Newer possessions? More possessions? Someone to “love”? Special candles? Special bells? Special attire? Humming? Chanting? Citing holy phrases in unison?
Religion? Incense? A new car? A new house? A winning lottery ticket? A better looking mate? Moses? Jesus? Mohammed? Better meditative skills? A sign from someone that he/she cares? Special music? Holy books? Something that is a larger version of something you already have? A fully-developed religious persona? A fully-developed spiritual persona? Government assistance? Charity? A chance to see some real suffering befall someone who hurt your feelings? Other?
If you were to be granted everything that you desire, how long do you think that would keep you happy and keep you at peace? The answer from the actual experiences of thousands of seekers (and the experiences of millions of others who have been observed) is…not long at all. Why?
1. Because the manifestation of happiness and peace does not require having more. What is required is less, that is, fewer ideas, fewer beliefs, fewer concepts, fewer things deemed “sacred,” and fewer influences that result from programming and conditioning and enculturation; and
(2) Because persons typically want what they do not have, do not want that which they do have, and tire quickly of that which they have had “for too long” (including people, places and things). To wish for one thing is the setup to wish for a thousand things. Why? Because any happiness that comes after having a wish fulfilled is short-lived. Having tired quickly of whatever came from that granted wish, something else is soon wished for to take its place. Wishing generates more wishing, and more wishing generates more disappointment when wishes are not fulfilled. All wishing must be abandoned in order to be free. What people have, they will fear losing; what they do not have, they will desire.
Voilà: there they are again…the roots of dis-ease and unhappiness: programming-based fears and desires. The stability that is sought cannot happen when abiding as "something relative" and cannot happen even when abiding as the manifested consciousness. Only in abidance as the Absolute can stability (and therefore peace) actually happen.
Cast off the bondage of all false selves and experience the perfection That You Are. You are the Absolute, beyond beingness and non-beingness, but that cannot be seen when persons stumble through a dark existence with nothing more than the small lamp of warped consciousness to illuminate the way.
Realization fires up a floodlight that is capable of shining on the entire universe; then, all is seen as it is. Once You see that You Are THAT, then freedom (and thereby happiness) can manifest. Please enter the silence of contemplation.
READINGS RELATED TO TODAY’S POST:
SEEKING “PEACE OF MIND”?
WORKING ON BEING FREE OF PERSONALITY?
READY TO TAKE THE SEVEN-STEP “JOURNEY” TO REALITY?
