Love is Content – The Surrendered State

One of the first things we need to understand about form and content is that they are both part of dualistic thinking of the human brain and do not exist in the oneness of spirit/love/god mindedness. While we are born into our small self, we appear to have a separate mind from everyone else and it is validated through the myriad of different ways in which the body sees itself as separate from each other. Even the westernized culture we live in which is full of competition, industrialization and capitalism supports the separation viewpoint.

sufferingislifeIt is within the dualistic mindset where we have a choice between two possible “contents” or thoughts: the thought of separation, or our surrender into the memory of oneness/sameness. Our brain then has only one activity: the power to choose between these two thoughts. Once the mind chooses one of these two thoughts, the thought takes form. The form may be a specific behavior, a “thought”, or a judgment that expresses the original thought. All thinking produces a form at one level or another.  When the choice of content is for oneness/peace/joy/happiness it represents the reminder of love in the mind… our surrender into love, whatever is done or not done in form will be a reflection of that love. The content through love’s expression is communicated in some form because it has been chosen by our mind.

If the content of the mind is the choice for separation, it will be governed by the small self or the ego. This is where fear of the past which was historically demonstrated by the outside world becomes the replacement for the interior world of our surrender to love. Therefore, no matter how sweet and loving a form may appear to be, our decision to separate expresses the ego’s denial of our innate joy and happiness in choice of our disagreement with life.

 

Which one will you choose?

 

As Within, So Without – As Above, So Below

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A powerhouse in a way of being in relationship with self, other and the universe is in the constant mirrored reflection of each others greatness and recognition that each others’ inner core and our soul is pure love…. what we see in others are the same things that exist in us. All of the good and all of the bad. All of the light and all of the dark.

The things we can see are the same things that exist within us. There is no reality except the one contained inside. This is why many people live in delusion. They take images outside as sole reality, never realizing that they are linked to internal causes. -Hermann Hesse

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Once we realize the innate nature of abundant, unconditional, undefended love that has no conditions we get to experience timeless times in placeless places. Where the minds measure of time wants to make sense of days going by and feeling like it was only a brief encounter.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake – “Auguries of Innocence”

 

Every natural form is latent within us: originates in the soul whose essence is eternity, whose essence we cannot know but often intimates itself to us as the innate power to love and create. -Hermann Hesse

Implementing Peace

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loveinactionWe have a tendency to think that our suffering comes from the situations in the outside world and from others, and I’ve learned that is not the right way of thinking. Our inner critic that we all have can wager brutally negative thoughts and inflict violence upon ourselves. We take this violence out on ourselves by choosing foods, drinking, working and use drugs as mindless consuming in an attempt to not face into with the negative feelings we are experiencing. When we do this, we are not loving ourselves.

In an attempt to cultivate peace/joy and non-violent actions in our lives the Buddha said we cannot only talk about it, we must put it into action and into practice. By putting these training’s into practice we become aware of the negative self talk we have in our thoughts towards ourselves, the violence towards others and in our words and in our actions. By becoming more aware of our thoughts we become motivated to relieve our and others suffering and to cultivate peace.

One of my zen teachers said, modern day is paved by our intentions, our deepest desires and motivates us to live the way we do. Do we desire to relieve suffering of others and encourage peace or are we living in such a way that leads to a headstrong way of being for our own sensual pleasure, fame, wealth or power? Having this opportunity to take a sabbatical and travel is a gift I have been given by the outside world and from myself. This is an opportunity for me to continue to look at cultivating compassion in order to relieve suffering in others and in myself.

handsGenerosity…

As I have become aware of suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression… I vow to cultivate loving kindness and learn ways to work for the well-being of people, animals and plants. I vow to practice generosity by sharing my time, energy, and material resources with those who are in real need. I will not steal and not possess anything that belong to others. I will respect the property of others, and I will prevent others from profiting from human suffering or the suffering of other species on earth.

Reverence for Life…

As I have become more aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, especially in livestock agriculture… I vow to cultivate compassion and learn ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, or in my way of life. We all have the capacity to see the suffering of animals that are used for food. The way we create food has a violence to it as it destroys the earth, creates pollution, contaminates water, destroys forests that are cleared for agriculture, where the trees are the lungs of the world providing us the air we breathe. I will be looking at the way I consume so that I can do my part to stop the suffering that we cause ourselves as a result. (Insert Smithfield Drone video here).

Sexual Responsibility…

As I have become aware of suffering caused by sexual misconduct, especially what we see in the media in our current culture, I vow to cultivate responsibility and learn ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society. I am committed to not engage in sexual relations without love and a long-term commitment. To preserve the happiness of others, and myself, I am determined to respect my commitments and the commitments of others. I will do everything in my power to protect children from sexual abuse and to protect couples and families from being broken by sexual misconduct.

Deep Listening and Loving Speech…

I am aware of the suffering caused by the inability to listen to others and unmindful speech. I vow to cultivate deep listening and loving speech in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering. Knowing our words can create happiness or suffering, I vow to learn to speak truthfully with words that inspire self-confidence, joy, and hope. I am determined not to gossip and spread news that I do not know to be factual, and not to criticize or condemn things of which I am not sure. I will refrain from using words that can cause separation or antagonism, or that can cause the family or the community to break. I will make all efforts to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, no matter how small.

Mindful Consumption…

I vow to cultivate good physical and mental health for myself, my family, and my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming. Vowing to ingest only items that preserve peace, well-being, and joy in my body, in my consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of my family and society. I understand that a proper diet is crucial for self-transformation and for the transformation of society. I am determined not to use alcohol or any other intoxicant, or to ingest food or other items that contain toxins, such as certain TV programs, magazines, books, films, and conversations. I am aware that to damage my body or my consciousness with these poisons is to betray my ancestors, my parents, my society, and future generations. I will work to transform violence, fear, anger, and confusion in myself and in society by practicing mindful eating for myself and for society.

As I travel to parts of the world that are highly populated and impoverished I intend to cultivate these training’s in my way of being… not just “be”, as in myself… but with others because we need each other. We cannot do it all alone. We need other people, animals and our lovely planet. I want to protect myself from being consumed by my negative thoughts and by also protecting the lives of others and of animals and plants and the living soil. I vow to apply simple manifestations of compassion, loving well and empathy from these training’s as basic tenets of inter-being… with myself and the rest of the world… as love in action!

How We Choose To See Others Is How We See Ourselves

Reveal Others GreatnessWe are the universe’s creations and so is every person that we look upon regardless of the past history or preconceived images we might hold in our minds towards another. Humans are born with split minds… an egoic mind and spirit mind. Because of that, we get to make a decision to side with our separate self/egoic mind… to see others as their past and project onto them our own historic pain OR with our spirit mind in unity, to see each other in our wholeness and strengths. The way we decide to see each other will establish our own identity and we will believe it. Choose the better for someone else and that becomes the choice that we make for ourselves… over and over again.

Why would we choose separation and make comparisons or put space between each other, versus union and seeing us all as the same? Because of some false illusions we have about ourselves that holds others away from us. Beyond all these illusions we see lies our own liberation from the past. Let us not get stuck in any comparisons because love does not make any. Comparisons happen when we perceive a lack seen in someone else and keeping clear in our sight any and all lacks we can possibly perceive. We either give each other life or we give each other death; we are each others great protector or we become the judge; we offer each other safety and security or blame and accusation.

Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation. Only in choosing peace and love can we look upon each other in complete forgiveness, leaving nothing excluded from that forgiveness and nothing kept hidden from each other. And from there, what mistake can there be anywhere that you could not overlook? Any one mistake that you continue to see keeps you both separated, out of loves reach and from seeing each other as perfect true selves together in a holy union.

waynedyerLet’s make a choice to unite through unconditional and undefended love, otherwise known as universal love or god’s love, where our vision has the power to see people in their complete  wholeness. It’s a form where we both can choose to firmly hold the vision through the lens of god’s eyes while we look at each other in complete perfection. Communication instead of separation becomes one of the main priorities, which cannot be done through our bodies alone but, in our choice of “seeing”. Choosing to create for each other a perfect shelter where our true selves can be continually reborn in safety and in peace. Only in this joint union and welcoming the effects of love can healing be found.

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