ego as nothingness

      I was  just thinking about the digital world of 1's and 0's that seem to be able to become just about everything through the magic of our computers.  I then realized that digital technology is really about only one digit, the one.  There really is no zero;  it is merely empty space, the absence of one;  nothingness that we give the name zero to.  The idea of zero is analogous to the the story of ego.  It too seemsto be a co-creator of reality but does not really exist except as a concept;  ego is just another word for nothingness.

 Reality is the expression of the One, there is nothing else.  We are all one.  One is all there is.

     

bondage

     When we accept the ego's notion of who we are, we have accepted the seeds of suffering.  When we believe we are a body and are separate from the rest of the universe, we must be in fear; of death, loneliness, failure and loss.  This fear, and the fruitless attempts to relieve it (as suggested by ego) is known as bondage.  As we begin to notice that the ego's voice in our head is not to be trusted, we withdraw our identification with it and begin to look elsewhere for the truth of our being.  This is the beginning of sanity.

no inherent meaning

      Since the world has no meaning in itself, it is only our interpretations that gives it meaning.   If our interpretations are positive and forgiving, then life will be experienced as joyful and rich.  If they are negative, life will be full of conflict and loss.  Thankfully,  we can always choose again when we realise that it is only our negative thoughts that are showing us a painful reality.

Home

        In the ego’s view, happiness will be sometime in the future when certain conditions are met (when the work is done, there is enough money, when the war is over, etc.)   The secret the ego cannot know is that the feeling we imagine having in the future, when the conditions are met, exists already, right now.  It's only because we have been looking for our treasure outside ourselves, where it is not, that we cannot find it.  The ego’s motto is “seek but do not find" but we no longer have to  listen to "the lies of the serpent." We can remember that it is right now, that what we are seeking can be found, never in the future as the ego insists it must be.  Let us celebrate the Awareness that we are already Home, that in fact Home is what we Are.

power of choice

It’s a dream
A dream we create by
extension of our minds.
Our mind is an object that we can observe, and
As we watch the “world” our thoughts create,
We are seeing nothing, an illusion.
We can choose between happy and unhappy dreams,
And that is the extent of our choice in this world.

rapid changes

We can see it everywhere.  Rapid, transformative change, on our planet, in our technology, world political structure, and the economy, to name just a few.  In conjunction with these external changes there are powerful internal changes that may sometimes seem overwhelming.  Our basic sense of self is changing and with it are many of the beliefs we've created to make the world seem to make sense.  We may feel out of control and desperate to try and find peace, but the old ways of coping no longer seem to work.  What we need is a transformation of consciousness, an entirely new way of perceiving and thinking about the world that is not based on differences but on the recognition of oneness.

 The opportunity for this inner transformation is here and now; being supported by both our inner longing and the momentum of the entire universe.  This is the time of Great Change. Now is when we have been waiting for all of our lives and where we have always been.

It's all good

      Everything that happens (and doesn't happen) is for our own good;  to teach the lessons needed to be free; lessons required to accept a new understanding of who we really are.   These lessons can at first seems to  be a threat, like the light that comes to gently awaken us from a dream seems to be a threat to the dreamer.

        The truth is that the light (where we are stuck or being challenged in our life) is our ally, even if our egos don't recognise the gift.  The purpose of everything is to wake up the dreamer so that the dream of death, loneliness and loss may finally come to an end.

therapy

       In my old life as a gestalt therapist, I continually asked my clients "what are you aware of?"  The answer was usually something like "I'm aware of my sore back," or "I'm aware of my sadness," or "I'm aware of  thinking about my mother,"  Often the content of the session would follow from what the client said, so for example we might explore the sore back, the sadness or the relationship with mother.   What we did not focus on, was the awareness itself.    The  client was learning to focus on everything he was not.  And that's what we focus on when we tell the story that we call our life, everything that we are not. 
        It is only when we realise that we are subject and not object, that we are conscious awareness Itself,  that we discover that we have no problems.  Awareness can have no problems since it's  nature is complete emptiness and it is in this that an entire universe seems to arise.

the search

The eye can see everything but itself.

The “I” can see everything but itself.

The subject can never see itself.

The subject (I) can only see what is other than itself.

Therefore, searching and trying to find what we are, is impossible.

We are what is doing the looking.

glass half full or half empty

      For those of us who may need a reminder today:  There can be no such thing as a mistake; nothing that should have turned out differently and nothing to be ashamed or afraid of.  (except according to ego's story).  Everyting that has happened "should' have happended. 

       The proverbial glass you see is NOT either half full or half empty.  The glass is always full, of something, visible or invisible.  We are the glass.

no mistakes

        We are upset when we look at the world through a lens that judges that “what is” should be different. This judgement is a distortion. “What is,” is not a mistake. “God does not play dice with the universe.” We are perfect just the way we are and are interrelated with everything and everyone else. For anything to be different than it is would mean that everything would have to change. There ultimately is no “you” or “me” or “mine.” There is just one consciousness manifesting as everything. We are that consciousness.

transformation

A powerful wave, a tsunami of energetic conscioiusness, is bringing new meaning and understanding to our lives.  It's happening now and its happening to everyone.  It's what we have all been waiting for.

why we can never experience who we really are

 It is essential to understand  that we humans are wired to be able to perceive only that which changes.  What does not change, like the movement of our planet through space, is not perceptible.    Consciousness (our true nature) since it is always present and never changes, can never be an object of perception.   What we are is pure subjectivity.  Any description or experience claiming to refer to our essential nature must be false, since our essential nature is ineffable, undefinable and without attributes of any kind. 

Who changes?

Then, I was closed, unconscious, asleep.
Now, I am awake, overflowing,present.
But there is no "I" to be closed or awake.
All is just what is arising.
There is nobody really here.

levels of consciousness

       We can use the seating arrangement in a large theatre as a metaphor for the levels of consciousness.  The lowest seats, the ones closest to the drama on stage, represent the lowest level of consciousness.  These seats are so close to the drama, that they feel virtually connected to it.  They can only see what is directly in front of them.  They have no awareness of all the other seats above and behind them and do not realize that for every seat there is another point of view.

       The seats at the top can be seen to have a higher consciousness because they can see the existence of all the different points of view and are most likely to be aware that they are actually in a theatre and that what they are watching is just a play.

    Where are you sitting for the play called your life?

EMPTINESS

      What I am is absolute awareness, the background upon which all experience and form is perceived.  I am not available to the senses or to the mind.  I am the Emptiness from which All arises.  Total Absence is what I am: "Absence of the presence of presence; absence of the presence of absence."

dream wave

I had a dream.  A huge wave was coming towards Nelson.  When it hit, it carried everyone to the top of the raging water, and then the people seemed to split into two separate groups.  One group swam down from the waves heights and tried to return to their homes, possessions, etc.  They were never seen again.
  The other group surrendered to the overwhelming force of water, and decided not to resist.  They went with the current, and discovered that not only was it safe, but it was fun.  They all started to surf on the wave in joyous abandon.  And for as far as the eye could see, happiness reigned.

Which way are you choosing?

A new age

A New Age is being born.     An aspect of ourselves that we have been unable to see until now is coming into focus as a new consciousness.  Our bodies and our minds are being refitted to house this new higher frequency of being.  We can prepare our minds for this birth,  just as we would prepare our body for a beautiful labour.  Some guidelines are to:

1.       Resign as your own teacher.  Let go of all things you have ever learned,

2.      Relax into a state of openness,  let yourself  become comfortable with not knowing,

3.      Realize that you are Awareness and not any of the objects, sensations, experiences or thoughts that awareness brings to light. You are the light in which everything occurs, you are not the objects seen in that light.

4.      Practice seeing the perfection in all things.    Everything that occurs has the potential to remind us of our true nature.

5.      Practice forgiveness of everything and everyone, especially yourself.  Give up the belief in guilt.
6.    Let go of attachments to things, people, and ideas.  You are whole and complete right now.

the ego habit

Ego is just a habit of thought with no real identity.  Since habits recur, vigilance is required to recognize when they are repeating. The symptoms of the ego habit can be of any content, but they are related in how they feel.  When ego is present a person feels up (proud, superior, special, etc.) or down (guilty, afraid, inadequate, etc).  Both extremes are temptations to return to the old ego habits of mind, the “wish to make illusions real,” the wish to be “me.”

Freedom

Fear not.  The journey is no longer in your hands.  The wisdom of the universe guides you now.  You are remembering that you are free, that you are in fact freedom itself, having no limitations of any kind.  Your job now is simply to enjoy the gift of awareness/consciousness and teach others by your example that they are free too.

Nobody

I see through these eyes
but they are not mine.
I seem contained in this form,
Yet I am formless.
People speak to the form and think
they speak to me,
But they are speaking to noone.
These thoughts and feelings arise and end,
yet they are not mine.
I seem to live and die,
but I am beyond space and time.

there is no "Jerry"

There is no “Jerry”
There is just this moment
The eternal moment.
It is called now.
Jerry is just a story
Made up so as best to fit the “facts.”
There is no separate person.
There is just a succession of mental/verbal/
emotional/spiritual events/responses/behaviors/etc.,
Joined together by memory.
There is no Jerry.
There is merely absolute universal consciousness
expressing itself as the object called “Jerry.”

There is no Jerry.
These insights and wisdom come from
A universal knowing that is not personal or private.
They belong to everyone.
There is no Jerry.
He is just a habit of mind,
A habit that when adopted by everyone,
is responsible for all the world’s apparent suffering and death.
Let us celebrate this habit’s end,
Let us celebrate the end of all Jerrys.
Without ego the world can finally be seen clearly,
As a place to learn that we are not separate and alone.
A place to happily discover that we have been mistaken about our true Identity.