Here or no here;
Cutting off the ten thousand things and leaving just one.
Commentary: What do I mean by this? If you've ever read about Buddhist scripture, I'm sure you've come across the concept of ending the cycle of rebirth. This mantra deals with just that. If you prefer less suffering or not being reborn in the moment, in other words, ending the cycle of rebirth; go into your higher nature (it's basically just your mindful integrous nature). Like the mantra says; cut off the ten thousand things and leave just one... your nature (your nature, as in what's looking).
What's holy is mundane; what's mundane is holy. Just your experience here and now, this moment, this is your enlightenment. How so?... you may ask. What about...? you may wonder. Leave all buts and if's aside and go deep into your nature.
Someone uttering "go as deep into your higher state as possible" left me with the assumption that that meant just being completely and utterly normal; and ended the cycle of rebirth for me; right on the spot. That's how I came up with this mantra. Just being normal means enlightenment. Normal with just a bit extra mindfulness (that's what does it for me anyway).
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Unconditional Love
Unconditional love. It’s not a love anyway kind of thing. It’s loving people even though they may embody traits that don’t exactly follow the norm.
The norm that “normal people” embody. How truthful is it, how integrous is it, how loving is it out in the real world. How many people can claim that they’re truly humble with themselves (which is how it starts; being humble with yourself) and expand that to others (which is when it gets selfless). We all make mistakes; we can all relate to that. Some more socially acceptable; some not as much so; but humbleness is all inclusive and non attached (in a spiritual forgiving kind of sense).
People change. In fact, the only constant is change. Holding something against someone, even after they’ve made efforts to change and grow is just plain old pair of wet/sweaty socks kind of stinky (yes, I know. I'm lame)
Or even not changing. You can make a lot of change, spiritually, by going into what doesn’t change, that being your eternal spirit or even the eternal canvas\consciousness behind all things;connecting all things together. Everything is not one but not two; the Buddha said.
All things and people; being one; what if we all worked together at solving problems; making no enemies; not separating yourself from an individual or even the whole as a collective. No separation; what kind of world would that be. No separation from problems even. Starting with unconditional acceptance of what’s in yours or others lives. Yours or our life situations. It’s like Enlightenment, which has and always will be here in the now. There’s no other place to find it, but here in this moment. Always striving for excellence, humbleness, acceptance, unconditional love, wisdom and mindfulness here in this moment.
How to change without changing you may ask. Actionless action I’d say. It involves action without attachment to the results of the action. Just being so whole in your action that it creates no more striving or longing against what’s in this moment. Yes… I know, by writing this I’m going against actionless action. I’ll say it now; you’re complete. I’m complete. There we go; now that that’s over with; now I can say what I want and not go against actionless action… mouah haha.
And so… actionless action……… KWATZZZ!!! Blah, that’s as well as I’ll ever explain it.
… expecting more eh (or maybe not). Hmm… expectance… hmm… KKKKKWatz…!
The norm that “normal people” embody. How truthful is it, how integrous is it, how loving is it out in the real world. How many people can claim that they’re truly humble with themselves (which is how it starts; being humble with yourself) and expand that to others (which is when it gets selfless). We all make mistakes; we can all relate to that. Some more socially acceptable; some not as much so; but humbleness is all inclusive and non attached (in a spiritual forgiving kind of sense).
People change. In fact, the only constant is change. Holding something against someone, even after they’ve made efforts to change and grow is just plain old pair of wet/sweaty socks kind of stinky (yes, I know. I'm lame)
Or even not changing. You can make a lot of change, spiritually, by going into what doesn’t change, that being your eternal spirit or even the eternal canvas\consciousness behind all things;connecting all things together. Everything is not one but not two; the Buddha said.
All things and people; being one; what if we all worked together at solving problems; making no enemies; not separating yourself from an individual or even the whole as a collective. No separation; what kind of world would that be. No separation from problems even. Starting with unconditional acceptance of what’s in yours or others lives. Yours or our life situations. It’s like Enlightenment, which has and always will be here in the now. There’s no other place to find it, but here in this moment. Always striving for excellence, humbleness, acceptance, unconditional love, wisdom and mindfulness here in this moment.
How to change without changing you may ask. Actionless action I’d say. It involves action without attachment to the results of the action. Just being so whole in your action that it creates no more striving or longing against what’s in this moment. Yes… I know, by writing this I’m going against actionless action. I’ll say it now; you’re complete. I’m complete. There we go; now that that’s over with; now I can say what I want and not go against actionless action… mouah haha.
And so… actionless action……… KWATZZZ!!! Blah, that’s as well as I’ll ever explain it.
… expecting more eh (or maybe not). Hmm… expectance… hmm… KKKKKWatz…!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
What is
What is... you could take away the is, and just remain with what. So what's what... This here is what. Your experience in the moment is what. Enlightenment is never this far off goal where you'll be all blissful and know all these secret mystical realizations about life; that's what. Enlightenment is what is here and now. What what? ... simply... this what.
I prefer the question" What am I?" rather than "who am I?". What am I; it gets to the bare bones of the matter. Keep asking yourself this question and you'll realize that inside is outside; outside is inside. You may even feel that there's a background of consciousness behind everything that has, was and ever existed; like a canvas onto which the world is painted. I've felt this to the point of feeling that a chair in front of me, was as much me as I am me. I could literally feel the chair through this connection of underlying consciousness. Like the Buddha said; everything is not two but not necessarily one.
Meditate on the sound OM long enough, and you might feel this connection; it's the sound all of the universe reverberates at. With OM you realize that you're not just the one looking at an object, but that object is looking back at you. Trippy realization, kinda quantum physicsy, but way cool if you're after spiritual truths about the world.
I prefer the question" What am I?" rather than "who am I?". What am I; it gets to the bare bones of the matter. Keep asking yourself this question and you'll realize that inside is outside; outside is inside. You may even feel that there's a background of consciousness behind everything that has, was and ever existed; like a canvas onto which the world is painted. I've felt this to the point of feeling that a chair in front of me, was as much me as I am me. I could literally feel the chair through this connection of underlying consciousness. Like the Buddha said; everything is not two but not necessarily one.
Meditate on the sound OM long enough, and you might feel this connection; it's the sound all of the universe reverberates at. With OM you realize that you're not just the one looking at an object, but that object is looking back at you. Trippy realization, kinda quantum physicsy, but way cool if you're after spiritual truths about the world.
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