THE POWER OF NOW

 

                WHEREVER YOU ARE . 

                            BE THERE TOTALLY

                            CAN YOU GIVE SOME MORE EXAMPLE OF ORDINARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS?

                   SEE IF YOU CAN CATCH, YOURSELF COMPLAINING, IN EITHER SPEECH OR THOUGHT, ABOUT A SITUATION YOU FIND YOURSELF IN, WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO OR SAY, YOUR SURROUNDINGS, YOUR LIFE SITUATION, EVEN THE WEATHER. TO COMPLAIN IS ALWAYS NON ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS, IT INVARIABLY CARRIES AS UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVE CHARGE. WHEN YOU COMPLAIN, YOU MAKE YOURSELF INTO A VICTIM. WHEN YOU SPEAK OUT, YOU ARE IN YOUR POWER. SO CHANGE THE SITUATION BY TAKING ACTION OR BY SPEAKING OUT IF NECESSARY OR POSSIBLE, LEAVE THE SITUATION OR ACCEPT IT. ALL ELSE IS MADNESS.

                ORDINARY UNCONCSIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS LINKED IN SOME WAY WITH DENIAL OF THE NOW. THE NOW, OF COURSE, ALSO IMPLIES THE HERE. ARE YOU RESISTING YOUR HERE AND NOW? SOME PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS RATHER BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEIR "HERE" IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH. THROUGH SELF-OBSERVATION, FIND OUT IF THAT IS THE CASE IN YOUR LIFE. WHEREVER YOU ARE BE THERE TOTALLY, IF YOU FIND YOUR HERE AND NOW INTOLERABLE AND IT MAKES YOU UNHAPPY, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS, REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION, CHANGE IT, OR ACCEPT IT TOTALLY. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE, YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, AND YOU MUST CHOOSE NOW. THEN ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. NO EXCUSES, NO NEGATIVITY, NO PSYCHIC POLLUTION. KEEP YOUR INNER SPACE CLEAR.

                IF YOU TAKE ANY ACTION - LEAVING OR CHANGING YOUR SITUATION DROP THE NEGATIVITY FIRST, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, ACTION ARISING OUT OF INSIGHT INTO WHAT IS REQUIRED IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ACTION ARISING OUT OF NEGATIVITY.

                ANY ACTION IS OFTEN BETTER THAN NO ACTION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN STUCK IN AN UNHAPPY SITUATION FOR A LONG TIME, IF IT IS A MISTAKE, AT LEAST YOU LEARN SOMETHING, IN WHICH CASE ITS NO LONGER A MISTAKE, IF YOU REMAIN STUCK, YOU LEARN NOTHING, IS FEAR PREVENTING YOU FROM TAKING ACTION? ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEAR,WATCH IT, TAKE YOUR ATTENTION INTO IT, BE FULLY PRESENT WITH IT. DOING SO CUTS THE LINK BETWEEN THE FEAR AND YOUR THINKING, DON'T LET THE FEAR UP INTO YOUR MIND. USE THE POWER OF THE NOW. FEAR CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINT IT.

                IF THERE IS TRULY NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO CHANGE YOUR HERE AND NOW, AND YOU CAN'T REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION, THEN ACCEPT YOUR HERE AND NOW TOTALLY BY DROPPING ALL INNER RESISTANCE. THE FALSE, UNHAPPY SELF THAT LOVES FEELING MISERABLE, RESENTFUL, OR SORRY FOR ITSELF CAN THEN NO LONGER SURVIVE. THIS IS CALLED SURRENDER. SURRENDER IS NOT WEAKNESS. THERE IS GREAT STRENGTH IN IT. ONLY A SURRENDER PERSON HAS SPIRITUAL POWER. THROUGH SURRENDER, YOU WILL BE FREE INTERNALLY OF THE SITUATION. YOU MAY THEN FIND THAT THE SITUATION CHANGES WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON YOUR PART. IN ANY CASE, YOU ARE FREE.

                OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU "SHOULD" BE DOING BUT ARE NOT DOING IT? GET UP AND DO IT NOW. ALTERNATIVELY, COMPLETELY ACCEPT YOUR INACTIVITY, LAZINESS, OR PASSIVITY AT THIS MOMENT. IF THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. GO INTO IF FULLY, ENJOY IT.  BE AS LAZY OR INACTIVE AS YOU CAN. IF YOU GO INTO IT FFULLY AND CONSCIOUSLY, YOU WILL SOON COME OUT OF IT. OR MAYBE YOU WON'T EITHER WAY, THERE IS NO INNER CONFLICT, NO RESISTANCE, NO NEGATIVITY.

                  ARE YOU STRESSED? ARE YOU SO BUSY GETTING TO THE FUTURE THAT THE PRESENT IS REDUCED TO A MEANS OF GETTING THERE? STRESS IS CAUSED BY BEING "HERE" BUT WANTING TO BE "THERE", OR BEING IN THE PRESENT BUT WANTING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. IT'S A SPLIT THAT TEARS YOU APART INSIDE. TO CREATE AND LIVE WITH SUCH AN INNER SPLIT IS INSANE. THE FACT THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS INSANE. IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN MOVE FAST, WORK FAST, OR EVEN RUN, WITHOUT PROJECTING YOURSELF INTO THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT RESISTING THE PRESENT. AS YOU MOVE, WORK, RUN - DO IT TOTALLY. ENJOY THE FLOW OF ENERGY, THE HIGH ENERGY OF THAT MOMENT. NOW YOU ARE NO LONGER STRESSED, NO LONGER SPLITTING YOURSELF IN TWO. JUST MOVING, RUNNING, WORKING - AND ENJOYING IT. OR YOU CAN DROP THE WHOLE THING AND SIT ON A PARK BENCH. BUT WHEN YOU DO, WATCH YOUR MIND. IT MAY SAY, "YOU SHOULD BE WORKING. YOU ARE WASTING TIM". OBSERVE THE MIND. SMILE AT IT.

                   DOES THE PAST TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF YOUR ATTENTION? DO YOU FREQUENTLY TALK AND THINK ABOUT IT. EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY? THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED, YOUR ADVANTURES OR EXPERIENCES, OR YOUR VICTIM STORY AND THE DREADFUL THINGS THAT WERE DONE TO YOU, OR MAYBE WHAT YOU DID TO SOMEONE ELSE? ARE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSESS CREATING GUILT, PRIDE, RESENTMENT, ANGER, REGRET, OR SELF-PITY? THEN YOU ARE NOT ONLY REINFORCING A FALSE SENSE OF SELF BUT ALSO HELPING TO ACCELERATE YOUR BODY'S AGING PROCESS BY CREATING AN ACCUMULATION OF PAST IN YOUR PSYCHE. VERIFY THIS FOR YOURSELF BY OBSERVING THOSE AROUND YOU WHO HAVE A STRONG TENDENCY TO HOLD ON TO THE PAST.

                      DIE TO THE PAST EVERY MOMENT. YOU DON'T NEED IT. ONLY REFER TO IT WHEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT TO THE PRESENT. FEEL THE POWER OF THIS MOMENT AND THE FULLNESS OF BEING. FEEL YOUR PRESENCE.

                   WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS FRES ITSELF FROM ITS IDENTIFICATION WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FORMS, IT BECOMES WHAT WE MAY CALL PURE OR ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS, OR PRESENCE. THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN A FEW INDIVIDUALS, AND IT SEEMS DESTINED TO HAPPEN SOON ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. MOST HUMANS ARE STILL IN THE GRIP OF THE EGOIC MODE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR MIND AND RUN BY THEIR MIND. IF THEY DO NOT FREE THMSELVES FROM THEIR MIND IN TIME, THEY WILL BE DESTROYED BY IT. THEY WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASING CONFUSION, CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, ILLNESS, DESPAIR, MADNESS. EGOIC MIND HAS BECOME LIKE A SINKING SHIP. IF YOU DON'T GET OFF, YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH IT. THE COLLECTIVE EGOIC MIND IS THE MOST DANGEROUSLY INSANE AND DESTRUCTIVE ENTITY EVER TO INHABIT THIS PLANET. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN ON THIS PLANET IF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS REMAINS UNCHANGED ?

                    ALREADY FOR MOST HUMANS, THE ONLY RESPITE THEY FIND FROM THEIR OWN MINDS IS TO OCCASIONALLY REVERT TO A LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS BELOW THOUGHT. EVERYONE DOES THAT EVERY NIGHT DURING SLEEP. BUT THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH SEX, ALCOHOL, AND OTHER DRUGS THAT SUPPRESS EXCESSIVE MIND ACTIVITY. IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALCOHOL, TRANQUILIZERS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS, AS WELL AS THE ILLEGAL DRUGS, WHICH ARED ALL CONSUMED IN VAST QUANTITIES, THE INSANITY OF THE HUMAN MIND WOULD BECOME EVEN MORE GLARINGLY OBVIOUS THAN IT IS  ALREADY. I BELIEVE THAT, IF DEPRIVED OF THEIR DRUGS, A LARGE PART OF THE POPULATION WOULD BECOME A DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THESE DRUGS, OF COURSE, SIMPLY KEEP YOU STUCK IN DYSFUNCTION. THEIR WIDESPREAD USE ONLY DELAYS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE OLD MIND STRUCTURES AND THE EMERGENCE OF HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. WHILE INDIVIDUAL USERS MAY GER SOME RELIEF FROM THE DAILY TORTURE INFLICTED ON THEM BY THIER MINDS, THEY ARE PREVENTED FROM GENERATING ENOUGH CONSCIOUS PRESENCE TO RISE ABOVE THOUGHT AND SO FIND TRUE LIBERATION.

                 THERE IS NOTHING PERSONAL IN THIS, I AM NOT TEACHING YOU. YOU ARE CONSCIOUSNESS, AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOURSELF. THERE IS AN EASTERN SAYING, "THE TEACHER AND THE TAUGHT TOGETHER CREATE THE TEACHING". IN THE TRUTH, THEY ONLY POINT TO IT. I SPEAK FROM PRESENCE, AND AS I SPEAK, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN THAT STATE. ALTHOUGH EVERY WORD THAT I USE HAS A HISTORY, OF COURSE, AND COMES FROM THE PAST, AS ALL LANGUAGE DOES, THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK TO YOU NOW ARE CARRIES OF THE HIGH-ENERGY OF FREQUENCY OF PRESENCE, QUITE APART FROM THE MEANING THEY CONVEY AS WORDS.

                   SILENCE IS AN EVEN MORE POTENT CARRIER OF PRESENCE, SO WHEN YOU READ THIS OR LISTEN TO ME SPEAK, BE AWARE OF THE SILENCE BETWEEN AND UNDERNEATH THE WORDS. BE AWARE OF A GAPS. TO LISTEN TO THE SILENCE. WHEREVER YOU ARE, IS AN EASY AND DIRECT WAY OF BECOMING PRESENT, EVEN IF THERE IS NOICE,THERE IS ALWAYS SOME SILENCE UNDERNEATH AND IN BETWEEN THE SOUNDS. LISTENING TO THE SILENCE IMMEDIATELY CREATES STILLNESS INSIDE YOU. ONLY THE STILLNESS IN YOU CAN PERCEIVE THE SILENCE OUTSIDE. AND WHAT IS STILLNESS OTHER THAN PRESENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS FREED FROM THOUGHT FORMS? HERE IS THE LIVING REALIZATION OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.