Don't remember exactly - either 107 or 109 years, or maybe older.
I visited her when she was 105.
She sat on her bed in the living room gently singing to herself.
At one stage she beckoned me over and said: "I know you will understand -
I am not going, until I find out what I came for."
Last Sunday I asked my mother, 99, if she thinks about dying.
She said: "I just don't want to be any trouble."
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Just in case you thought otherwise, I am not certain, about anything.
As I am actually writing something it all seems very obvious, but then, not
so sure. Was that firm enough/too firm? So I go through it again - and
again, and again - tuning. Once it is sent it is gone.
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I have often wondered how people see Paul.
Each in their own way I suppose.
And still....
I have asked people I know well, but it never seems to be clear.
That is one of the things I like about IMLtalk - the possibility of hearing
how people connect/do not connect with what is shared.
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I am really not sure about anything.
Everything seems to be true on one level, and not on another.
Everything just seems to be 'relevant' to the level at which it is shared.
And endless levels.
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One way to check is... expanded or contracted
with Roger Green www.academyhealingnutrition.com /
In one of our past newsletters we started the topic of seasonal colds and flu and investigated the issue of the Swine Flu “pandemic”. There have been people and critics on both sides of this health concern, suggesting everything from a necessity for extreme measures to the whole issue being a mere hype. Fortunately, we do not have to sit back and listen to the news about swine flu feeling helpless and anxious. It’s important to educate ourselves so that we are better prepared for this season’s challenges, both physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
The Center of Disease Control (CDC) and other government health organizations recommend that we wash the hands often and get a flu shot to protect ourselves from the H1N1 virus. Whereas hygiene plays an important role in keeping viruses at bay, recent research shows that flu shots do not prevent the flu, and in many cases do more harm than good. The traditional medical advice ignores mentioning the safe, natural ways to boost the immune system. In this article we will look at what comprises a healthy immune system and how diet, lifestyle and herbal remedies can help us stay healthy in the middle of the storm.
What is the immune system?
The immune system is an amazingly intricate and complex system that keeps us healthy and protects us against all sorts of invaders including viruses, bacteria, parasites and toxins. Much of it is supported by the lymphatic system, which is in charge of cleansing and purifying the body’s fluids.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine a strong immune system is characterized by a firm and well-regulated Wei Qi, or Defensive energy, which circulates on the surface of the body and is governed by the Lungs. Defense Qi prevents pathogens from entering the body by regulating the opening and closing of the skin’s pores. If lungs are weak, pores don’t close in time, allowing pathogens to penetrate. Lung weakness can result in lowered resistance, which in turn can lead to increased susceptibility to colds and flu.
The lungs are the only internal organ that has a direct contact with the outer environment through breathing, making it vulnerable to viruses and external pathogens. Factors that weaken the lungs include smoking, lack of physical activity, overworking, prolonged grief and sadness, emotional stress, and extreme climatic conditions such as heat, cold, dampness, dryness and wind.
Autumn is the season associated with the Lungs and Large Intestine in Chinese Medicine, and it is a good time to support these organs with appropriate foods and lifestyle choices.
Spleen is another organ that plays an integral part in supporting the work of the lungs. It is responsible for blood formation, especially red blood cells, and produces plasma cells, which make anti-bodies, tying the spleen to the immune system and to protection against various diseases. In TCM this organ is associated with element Earth and sweet flavor. A little sweetness tonifies the spleen, but excess of sweet food over-stimulates and weakens it. Refined white sugar reduces the production of white blood cells and can significantly impair your immune function making you susceptible to flu infection. Too much dairy, white flour products, cold, raw foods and fruit juices can injure this important organ, leading to accumulation of mucus, which gets deposited in the lungs.
As we move into Autumn and Winter, and into the colder and damper weather, the body tends to condense wastes and cleanse any excess mucus and congestion from our tissues in order to make them less stagnant and improve circulation. This allows us to be more in harmony with the externalclimate and season. In natural medicine, we call this process cleansing, but it often looks and acts like a cold or flu.
What can we do to strengthen the immune system and prevent the flu?
Much of prevention involves common sense personal care and positive lifestyle habits. Vital and energized bodies don't get sick as easily as stressed, toxic, and tired bodies. In the prevention of most illnesses, it's important to eat a wholesome and balanced diet, get regular exercise and propersleep, and learn to deal healthfully with daily challenges. Herbal and homeopathic remedies have been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years to support immune system functioning, acting as natural immunity tonics to keep us healthy.
These simple strategies will safeguard you against the colds and flu and increase your natural immunity.
1. Make sure your vitamin D levels are sufficient. There has been a lot of research on the effects of Vitamin D on the immune system, linking its deficiency to lowered defense mechanisms against the seasonal colds and flu. Sunshine is the ultimate source of Vitamin D, but during winter months we do not have regular exposure to the sun, therefore, it is important to supplement with natural vitamin D3 in the form of colicalciferol (5,000IU daily) or cod liver oil. Vitamins A and D in cod liver oil offer strong protection against infection of all types, as well as against environmental toxins.
2. Get at least 8 hours of sleep so that your body is rested and capable of fighting any possible external invaders. Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you're tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder for it to fight the flu.
3. Be physically active: oxygenation of the blood is one of the best ways to stay healthy in body and mind. Exercise increases circulation and blood flow throughout the body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it spreads.
4. Manage your stress. Being overly stressed puts a strain on your entire system leaving you susceptible to external invaders. Find time to relax amidst the hectic pace. Using lavender or Rescue Remedy to calm your mind will help your immune system stay strong.
5. Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids so that your body can properly process toxins and function optimally.
6. Washing your hands frequently, especially after you sneeze, cough, or blow your nose, in warm or hot water and soap will get rid of a lot of bacteria and virus potential. Be mindful that viruses can be passed on from surfaces like doorknobs, pens or phones. Step up the cleaning duties at work and at home during flu season, make sure that everyone is on the same “hygienic” page.
7. Diet.
Avoid excess sugar, alcohol, processed foods and chemicals in your diet, as these wreck havoc on the immune function.
-Eat garlic regularly. It works like a broad-spectrum antibiotic against bacteria, virus, and protozoa in the body, and unlike antibiotics, no resistance can be built up so it is absolutely safe to use. To get the most out of garlic, it should be eaten raw, or added to the meals at the end of cooking.
-Take a high quality probiotic or consume fermented foods and beverages like sauerkraut, miso and kombucha daily. Eighty five percent of your immune system is located in your digestive system, so enhancing your gut health with probiotics is a very effective method to ward off cold and flu viruses.
- Include these foods high in Vitamin C, fiber, antioxidants and minerals in your diet: blueberries, goji berries, amla, broccoli, spinach, green leafy vegetables, ginger, scallions, turmeric, wild salmon, herring, brown rice, beans, almonds, pumpkin, seaweed, kelp, green tea and shiitaki mushrooms. Shiitake mushrooms are amazing for the immune system and are available at most supermarkets.
-Consider taking maitaki or reishi mushroom extracts a couple times daily between meals.
- Bone broth plays a double role of supporting the immune system and helping the body to detoxify.
Here is a recipe of an immune boosting soup that incorporates many of the powerful anti-viral, strengthening and cleansing foods. It’s a good soup to eat regularly during falls change to winter:
Super Immune Soup
8 cups of water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, diced
1 bulb garlic (yes, the whole bulb), minced
One 1 1⁄2 inch piece of fresh ginger root, grated
1 1⁄2 cups vegetable stock (or chicken broth)
1 small bunch of kale
5 pieces sliced dried Astragalus Root
2 cups fresh, sliced shiitake mushrooms
1 large reishi mushroom
Miso paste (1/2 to 1 tablespoon mixed directly into your plate)
1. Bring water to boil in a large pot.
2. Heat olive oil, sauté garlic, onions, and ginger until soft and aromatic. Add contents of skillet to water. Add broth, shiitake, astragalus, and reishi. Simmer covered for two hours.
3. Remove from heat, allow to sit for two more hours.
4. Remove astragalus and reishi mushroom. Reheat.
5. Add thinly sliced kale and simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
6. Add cayenne powder if desired (just enough to bring out a light sweat).
At this point, I usually add a bit of miso. Miso offers a nutritious balance of natural carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, and protein of the highest quality, containing all of the essential amino acids.
Unpasteurized miso is a "living food" containing natural digestive enzymes, Lactobacillus, and other microorganisms which aid in the digestion of all foods, and which have been shown to ward off and destroy harmful microorganisms, thereby creating a healthy digestive system (Source: www.southrivermiso.com). Look for it in the refrigerated section of the store. South River Miso is one of, if not the best quality miso you will find. It’s a little pricey, but so worth it.
Astagalus (Huang qi), as well as the mushrooms, are available at Asian groceries, but you can also buy astragalus from internet suppliers like Mountain Rose Herbs, which is a high quality, reputable herb company. I throw a few pieces in practically every soup and tea I make. It is the main herb you think about for “herbal immune system nourishment.” Astragalus builds up the body's vitality, prevents and hastens infections. This is a commonly used herb in Chinese medicine and is part of many immune-supporting formulas as sliced herb for boiling, in extracts, or in capsules.
Ginger possesses potent inhibitory action against various pathogenic microorganisms. It also possesses anti-influenza, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-yeast activity. Ginger assists in digestion and helps clear the lungs of mucus.
You can make variations of this soup, or ommit the reishi if you cannot find it.
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Herbs and herbal formulas
There are several effective Chinese patent formulas that have been successfully used over hundreds of years for the prevention against flu. One of the most popular herbal formulas is Jade Windscreen with Astragalus (Yu Ping Feng San). Astragalus is the best herb for building Defensive Qi. Other useful herbs for prevention and tonification include Codonopsis, Schizandra, American ginseng, Eleuthero, Echinacea and elderberries.
If you start coming down with a flu, stop taking these herbs and try another Chinese formula called Yin Chiao. Planetary Formulas has a version of this popular herbal combination with Echinacea, which has been used successfully in the beginning stages of colds, flu and fevers.
Another useful remedy from Planetary Formulas is Echinacea-Goldenseal with Olive Leaf.
Wildcrafted Oregano is a phenomenal wildcrafted oil with many health benefits, including its ability to fight viral infections and candida. It's extremely useful as a first aid product, too, and can help your body heal more quickly.
Ayurveda, India's traditional 'science of life,' has the remedy for swine flu in the form of the basil leaves commonly known as Tulsi (or Holy Basil). Tulsi is well known in India for its remarkable healing properties, but the anti-flu property of Tulsi has been discovered by medical experts across the world quite recently. Tulsi improves the body's overall defense mechanism, including its ability to fight viral diseases. Apart from acting as a preventive medicine, Tulsi can also help a patient recover faster (Source: Yahoo News August 12, 2009).
Most of the supplements, herbs and formulas are available from various internet suppliers or from your local health food shop .
by Phil Teertha Mistlberger
Philip: What we’re in consideration of here is what is sometimes called the "Third Eye", or the one Eye. There is a rather obscure saying in the Bible where Christ says, “If thine eye be single then thy whole body be filled with light”. It’s very interesting that in the East the "single eye" is commonly referred to as the Third Eye. And really what the single or Third Eye symbolizes is the single "I" -- the one "I", the Greater "I" of our ultimate identity. The one “Eye” is not just a representation of a physical or psychic or spiritual eye or a vision or a scene of light, but also of the one “I” -- the “I am”. So what we're truly doing in satsang and in the whole non-dual approach to enlightenment involves a constant reminder of, not just that as Ramana said, "the great I-dentity is who you really are", but also that when we look into the eyes of another person, the “I” that is looking back at us through their two physical eyes is ulimately the exact same “I” that is looking through our eyes at that person. This intensifies in a moment of conscious relating, which is actually the essence of true Tantra. All the layers of so-called spiritual initiations or spiritual realizations working on the subtle levels of mind end up in the final realization that the “I” that is looking at you through the two eyes of the other, is the exact same “I” that is looking through your eyes at them. From the other to you and back to them. This is not just poetry, this is not just metaphor; this is literal, actual truth.
There is another phrase in the Bible that actually touches on that. It is “in the twinkling of an eye, it can happen.” Papaji (the great Indian Advaitin master) used to say that this can happen “in a quarter of a second.” Just devote a quarter of a second to the realization of who you actually are, what the self actually is, and in that moment there can be a realization that there is only one “I”, literally. That quarter of a second realization can happen with your partner, for example, or in any sort of relating with anyone in the moment; but this can be a particulary useful thing to remember to practice with your primary partner. Consider for just one second, one moment in time, really truly devote all your awareness to that, all your intention to realizing that the “I” that is looking through your eyes is ultimately the same “I” that is looking back at you through their eyes. This is the One “I”, the source of consciousness behind the thick layers of egoic personality and character. It's the same thing as the Third Eye, the One Eye of spiritual vision that sees directly into the non-dual nature of God and Ultimate Reality.
We first consider this on an intellectual level; and then we enter into the existential, the actual experience. We leap into the actual experience. It’s a jump from mind and time into the eternity of now where the One “I” exists, where the One “I” is the fundamental reality, the unqualified reality, the only reality.
Of course, the unspeakable miracle is that this One “I” has as its capacity the ability to express through endless forms of the bodymind; endless apparent personalities in space and time. I say “apparent” because the personality actually exists at the level of the dream that is generated by the mind when it is ignorant of Reality. As in any dream, the dream when you’re dreaming it is real; as you move out of it there is the realization that it's only a dream. So in tracing back who it is that we think we are in our dreaming state — the self image, or personality — it’s seen that it’s in the self image where all suffering occurs. The self image always defines itself (the ego) as something limited. “I’m not good enough.. there’s someone better than me… I’m not worthy of love.. I’m not worthy of enlightenment.. I’m not worthy of knowing God.. I’m better than you…I’m less than you…I have something you don’t have…you have something I don’t have…” and so on. The self image always functions and exists within comparison, and therein suffering lies. This is what the personality is.
Once we have played enough in the realm of personality, there gradually dawns this slow realization that we are becoming tired with it, even if at first we don’t understand this inner fatigue, and may even mistake it for depression. But at this point you’re literally losing your interest in false personality; losing your fascination with the games of personality, losing interest with defining yourself as a separate entity. And losing interest with endlessly validating that...with confirming the self image, with "proving" something about yourself. In relationship invariably there is this undercurrent of effort, this attempt to prove that we’re lovable to those whom we do the dance of relationship with; whether they’re primary partner, friends, family, etc. And it is within the limited self image that the conditions of suffering are generated. So the waking up process is nothing other than, as Ramana said, going back the way you came, returning back to that which is creating the self image in the first place. The original core thought or the original separation from the source, from the One “I”.
So if thine “eye-I” be single, thy whole body be filled with light: what that refers to is that if there is a one-pointed focus on the source from which the self image is generated and has found its birth, this in turn leads to freedom and light. Just on the other side of the core wound of the ego is the awareness of that which is observing the whole thing, which is the One “I”. At that point the whole body becomes full of light; what that means is that the body is understood to be nothing but a field of energy that is in itself consciousness. So the awakening doesn’t occur just in the head; it is actually throughout the whole body. At which point the individual self image, the ego-wave in the ocean of infinite Being realizes its inherent existence as the entire ocean, or as pure consciousness. And this is a wave that is infinitely still at the same time. This is awakening.
But in that realization, in that twinkling of an eye, even if it’s just a glimpse, there is a realization of fundamental sanity and safety and okayness, because all the insanity of the personality is a function of separation and isolation, loneliness at a very deep level. Not just a casual loneliness but a deep profound loneliness of being cut off from the source, adrift in the universe; an iceberg adrift in the ocean. It’s a mortally terrifying state of existence and it gives rise to all suffering. Trying to improve the iceberg, trying to work on the iceberg, trying to melt it a bit or maybe freeze it a little harder, change its texture, turning it into a popsicle, putting some flavor on it… all the things that we might do with the iceberg are ultimately fruitless. It’s like any effort on fixing the mind, changing the personality, polishing the personality, scrubbing it up, improving it, is essentially fruitless. It’s like dusting; dust always accumulates again...it goes up and falls down again.
So, we’re not involved actually in improving the personality, we’re not involved in changing the mind; this is a pointless task. What we’re involved in is seeing into the illusory nature of the iceberg and realizing that the iceberg is nothing but a modification of the entire ocean. The ego is a collection of thoughts; thoughts are nothing but a modification of consciousness. So we are deconstructing; going back to the source. We are seeing what is on the other side of the iceberg, seeing what is on the other side of the original thought: I am a somebody, I am a separate person. Just on the other side of that is the pure awareness that is the one I, the One Identity as Ramana called it; the one universal Self. A realization like this happens in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye when you actually “get it” profoundly, that the “I” that is looking into you is the same “I” that is looking back at you through the eyes of another person. To the ego this is absolutely abhorrent because there may be some people that you want to be joined with, intimate with, but not everyone. This is because the ego is always in comparison, it is always ranking, assessing. Who makes your list of favorite personalities and who’s on the black list. And where you rank yourself; what sort of a personality you think you have; your own self image. Who you think you really are is never who you really are. Because who you really are cannot be thought of; it can only be directly known.
Questioner: What is the Source? I find I have a hard time attuning to it.
Philip: The Source is nothing other than the present moment. It is not always easy to sense the internal Source, because it’s awfully intangible, and we’re used to focusing on things outside of us all of the time. Reality is a very physical, material thing, especially for Westerners. So to say, “find your true self inside”….most people when they close their eyes, they just see a big blankness. There is not a lot of sensitivity there, for most people. What you can do is simply externalize that a little bit and you’ll see that the external correlate of your true Self or the Source is just this present moment. It’s a wonderful benchmark because the one thing you know for sure about this moment is that it exists. Here it is. The only thing that happens is that in our identification with thinking and when we identify with the personality and when we get lost and entangled in the mind, is that it puts a film over reality, a film of dust and it makes it into something very mundane, very ordinary. So it becomes, “well, what are you talking about, what’s so special about this moment? It’s just this moment; what’s the big deal? What’s all the fuss about? Leave me alone, let me read a book about enlightenment.” But the actual truth is that this moment is absolutely sacred and is absolutely miraculous. This moment is stunningly, unbelievably, impossibly miraculous.
Sometimes we are aware of that when we take drugs; if you have ever taken mind altering drugs, psychotropics or what have you. Normally any kind of a peak experience in life is thought to be created by something outside of us. It’s the drug; it’s the romantic relationship; it’s the wine; it’s the sex; it’s the food; it’s going to another country where I change my reference points; but in truth, none of that is doing it. All that is happening is that the mind is being tricked into being quiet for a moment. So the mind falls silent for a moment and suddenly the immensity of this moment is revealed in all its grandeur, in its simplicity and purity. Now that moment is one and the same as the source supposedly “inside” of you because, you see, this inside/outside business is really an illusion, a convention of the mind. If you go inside yourself you’re just going to find your innards. Your physical innards all the way down to cells and atoms and molecules and sub-atomic particles.
Questioner: My sense of the present moment is not really a thing; even the things I’m seeing seem to persist because of memory.
Philip: The labeling is in the memory; that is correct. So when there is a mental categorization like “chair” for example, we call this a chair…but just to experience it with openly, without mental categorizing, with just open consciousness, it’s seen that it’s not really a chair. It’s just this something. Now it’s the same experience that you see when you look in the eyes of a very young infant, a young child in the pre-verbal stage, before they are conceptualizing. They always have that kind of open-eyed wonder. Well that’s the same thing as bare consciousness. The only difference is that you have a self sentient mind after the ego is developed and then transcended afterwards. The mind still functions; we don’t become an enlightened cauliflower; that’s not what we’re engaged in. So you maintain the faculties of the mind, but you also at the same time are able to recapture that primal innocence that we had in our preverbal stage as an infant, as a young child. The wonder, the vividness of reality.
Now what happens is that normally in these peak experiences the ego convinces you that the reason you’re having this peak experience is because of something outside of you. You met the right person, it’s your vacation, somebody did something nice to you, someone left you an inheritance, or smiled at you, and so forth. It could be the tiniest thing or the most spectacular thing. But it always ends up with the ego-self saying “now the reason you’re feeling this way is because of something that’s outside of you that happened to you”. In reality all that’s going on is that the mind is being tricked into being quiet. The mind is being stopped forcefully. And in that stopping the mind experiencess a moment of desirelessness. Whenever there is no desire, there is peace, happiness.
Questioner: I had an experience years ago, it was very very brief; it wouldn’t be right even to call it an experience. It was only an experience after the fact but when it was happening it was like there was nothing there…like I was not there. No body sensations, no mental activity; it was absolutely gone, and when I came out of it, it was very profound. I was crying, I was laughing, but it just didn’t seem to mesh with everyday experience.
Philip: Yes, you weren’t ready to integrate it or sustain it, at the time. And that’s absolutely okay, because it often happens that way. Awakening is often heralded by mini-awakenings. In Zen they call them satoris. They don’t last, they’re not meant to last, because your personality system is adjusting to the possibility that there is a greater reality. Eventually, if you persist in the sincerity of your seeking, your personality is going to relinquish its hold on you; it’s going to let go. It’s going to give up the game.
Questioner: Being here, with you, does that facilitate that happening?
Philip: If It is in accordance with your intention, but how and when it happens, is an absolute mystery. It’s a function of Grace. It’s not in the hands of the separate identity that you think you are or that you think I am. It’s not in the hands of Jeff. There actually isn’t any Jeff; Jeff is just an idea in space and time. There is this enormous reality, the One Will, God’s Will, that is just hovering in the background of Jeff. Very gently and patiently waiting to come, in soft steps, to make its entry. But it can happen in a moment, for example when you’re looking at me, when we’re right here. In satsang especially the vibration is a little higher because our intention for two hours is set on the highest truth. So when you’re looking at me, or any satsang teacher, you can use that as an opportunity to have a glimpse of your own true self. Your true self doesn’t lie in this body-personality sitting here that you know as me; it lies in the purity of this present moment, and this momentary communion between you and I, two apparently separate identities. In one glimpse there is the possibility of recognizing the essential greater “I” that we both reflect back to each other. Again, not poetically, not metaphorically, but literally, actually.
An analogy I often use that is very helpful to understand this is of white light passing through a prism. It refracts into a rainbow of colors. If you think of the prism as the body, the universe, and the white light as being consciousness, the one “I”, then the colours that come out on the other side of the prism are all the separate bodies of apparently disctinct entities. An infinite number of colors, in this case. So you and I are distinct, unique expressions of the one primal “I”. But here we are; we’re both white light at the core.
Questioner: How do you know that? Is that from experience?
Philip: Well, that’s a great question, that’s the perennial question. There’s two ways of knowing. There is knowing through mind, and then there is knowing through direct experience. How do you know when you love something, or someone?
Questioner: It is a feeling.
Philip: Yes, that’s the best way to describe it; a feeling of love. But you know it’s a purely subjective experience; it’s not intellectual, you just know it inwardly. Now as you’ve probably had at this point in your life experiences of joining intimately with someone, even for just one second in time. Where you are so close to that person and there is such a harmony between you and that person, even if you’ve only known it brief moments in your life, that there is no distinction at that point in time between you and them; there is just this. That is love. That is the One “I”. What the mystics have always said for thousands of years, the ones who represent these teachings, is that this experience is available every moment. And available within the entire field of reality.
Questioner: Can you talk about your awakening experiences?
Philip: I can tell you what happened to this bodymind about a year ago. I had been a very voracious seeker for over twenty-five years; I had been all the way around the planet, had studied with many teachers, had many intense experiences of processing my personality, or what I thought to be my personality. And had very many dramatic awakenings, satoris, glimpses, etc.; had sat with a great many teachers. Seven years prior to this event of last year I had lived in a very intense fashion where I had been running a community, a very big spiritual community with many people and plenty of responsibilities. I was working as a transpersonal therapist, in which I would at many times be very open to see my true condition and at other times be caught up in my mind. I had taken roughly a year off and was in retreat mode due to a number of circumstances. One day I was sitting on a park bench at a duck pond in a suburb of Vancouver. I had been reading a book on Ramana Maharshi on a nightly basis. I put the book aside for a while and went to do a meditation on this bench, and what happened was that while going within (as I had done the previous twenty-five years, using every possible technique there was), for the first time there was a complete cessation of doing. There was no doing, no efforting; it was pure non-doing and I found myself sitting there wondering, so to speak, what this non-doing was. I noticed that in the non-doing there was a deep, profound relaxation and merging with the moment. And then there was a sense of light on the inside; a sense of radiance on the inside. Not a scintillating , brilliant light, just a very vivid, clear light. And as I opened my eyes I realized that I had returned to a place that I had known in some ancient, timeless space. It felt like childhood again but it really wasn’t; it was much more than that. And it had to do with complete non-doing, complete cessation of effort. That was the key. And then there was the thought, “well, this is probably a peak experience”, as the mind later on, continued to generate thoughts and struggled to make sense of the experience.
You see, with entering into the realization of yourself as consciousness, the mind doesn’t stop. That’s one of the myths about awakening. The mind doesn’t suddenly stop; the personality isn’t suddenly obliterated; it actually has its own function in the world, because it has too look after the body. And it has its own kind of mechanical history. So, residues continue to be there. There are contractions in personality that happen from time to time. But what has happened since that day is that there is a constant ongoing recognition that I am not the personality, I am not the mind. And so there has been this sense of both emptiness and fullness at the same time, as well as a loss of attachment. What I would describe as a 99% loss of attachment. A 1% residue is sort of there at times, as a kind of a mind-static that appears from time to time, more related to the body. But overall there has been a real impersonal loss of attachment.
Now, from what I have been taught, from what I understand and from what I am experiencing within myself, there is a period after that initial glimpse into seeing your true nature when it stabilizes, there is a period of integration after that. Satyam Nadeen calls it “the deliverance”, which he said continues for seven years after that, Papaji said seven or eight years as well, and that is bearing out as being my experience as well. There is a period of disentanglement that happens, once you see that your iceberg, the iceberg of who you thought you were is fractured into pieces. You see it very clearly, you recognize it; you’re not a unified chunk; the ego is just a collection of thoughts. There is a period of time of those other iceberg chunks moving away and melting back into the ocean; and there is a recognition that you’re disentangling, and integrating your understanding at the same time.
Questioner: And being in the seeker mode…does that continue through that period?
Philip: That’s one thing that has disappeared. And that’s a good question; because that’s another essential part of the awakening process; is that there is a direct, absolute realization that there is no one who attains enlightenment. The whole idea is a fallacy. What it really is, is just shifting from that iceberg to the realization of yourself as the ocean. It’s the realization that your natural state, who you really are, is absolutely okay; has always been absolutely okay; and is absolutely at home, now. As A Course in Miracles says it, “You are at Home in God, dreaming of exile.” Dreaming of exile is the state of identification with the mind. The dreaming of exile is the part that gets broken. The at Home in God part, just stays there. Because it always was the case. So this is not an attainment; there is no attainment. It’s just rather a realization of that which has always been the case.
It’s the same thing like when you want to understand what was before the Big Bang, when astronomy talks about the Big Bang that occurred 15 billion years ago, or the Creation Event, as religions describe it. What happened before God created the world? What was going on before the Big Bang? It’s not something that can ever be known via thought. You can’t know it by thought; what you can know and recognize is that time is a creation of the mind. So within time there exists the ego and its apparent stages of initiation on the spiritual path. At a certain point in time there is a shifting away from this progressive awakening into the sudden realization, “Ah! It’s just this. This is just the case”. So at that point what you’re doing is that you’re shifting from time into eternity. You’re seeing time is the dream; eternity being the reality. So the answer to the question “What was God doing before creating the Universe? What was before the Big Bang?” is, there was no creation; there was no beginning to the universe. It’s just the dream world of time; progressive stages that occur only in the mind. Beginning, middle, end. The brain is conditioned to perceive reality that way.
So the shifting into awakening is the shifting into the immensity of eternity, of what Ekhart Tolle calls “the power of the now.” It’s just this; it’s not in time. What I’m talking about here is really nothing special; you’ve all known it in peak experiences before, in epiphanies. Moments of profound love and sharing with somebody, even if it’s just that split second in time; you’ve had that experience of the portal to eternity opening. Have you ever had that feeling when you’ve really been joined with someone and you think for a moment, how could I ever live without this person? You’ve all had that experience at least once in your life, right? We all have. To consider, how could I live without that person? It seems like an absolute impossibility. That’s the mind’s way of seeing — through the filters of the mind and the distortions of ego dependent-love — into the portal of eternity. It’s the ego’s version of enlightenment. Because the truth is, you can never live without your true nature; you can never live without God. It is an absolute impossibility. It’s only a trick of the mind; it’s the “dream of exile”. The mind can’t accept that; the ego (the part of the mind that believes you are a separate entity) can’t accept that because it tells you that you’re no good; you’re unworthy. That’s what the Christians called original sin. They’ve altered it a bit, but the original idea is valid. It’s the core wound; self-rejection, believing that you’re not worthy of knowing who you truly are.
That’s what the ego identity is based on. So the only way it can understand that opening of the veil, that seeing into the portal of eternity, is by turning it into a special relationship, a primary relationship. Which is why romantic love affairs get so glorified in society. And if it’s not the love affair with one person, it’s the love affair with vocation, with status, with having the “perfect life”, having “it all”. Even being “enlightened”. These are all the ego’s ways of reducing what can never be known with the mind into something objective and recognizable.
Questioner: How can you have that one relationship with yourself? How can you have that one relationship, without it being outside yourself?
Philip: The realization of your true nature is actually not a relationship. Because a relationship needs two entities. It would need some hypothetical “you” being in relationship with this other thing that is yourself.
Questioner: Why do all these relationships end up in dependency…why do they all do that?
Philip: There could be many answers for that, but on one level, one of the answers is going to be that it’s the mind’s way of interpreting the portal of eternity that I was talking about. The reality of eternity. God is an existential reality. You can call it God, you can call it anything you want; the Buddha-mind or the Life Force or whatever. This here is an absolute existential reality, whatever this is. But the mind can’t grasp it; the mind sees it in terms of separation because the mind is just a photocopy machine; it’s just taking photos all the time. It’s not Reality. So when you come back from vacation, you want to remember your vacation, you look at your photo album. It’s a substitute for what you experienced in that moment. An attempt to recapture it again; that’s what the mind is doing. So the mind generates many things, like religion, for example, as an attempt to capture that which it knows is there but it can’t directly experience. And so it does this by externalizing and putting it outside of you. “God” … it’s up there in the sky. And the mind can get crazy about this; which is what goes on in the Middle East; that’s the biggest example of that sort of insanity when the truth is externalized and reduced to a photocopy of Reality. It becomes that this is the only truth — an external object. We have the true external God, you do not. This pear over here is the truth; that apple is the anti-pear.
Questioner: So there’s nothing you can do?
Philip: A really good question, because it addresses the ultimate paradox of this whole thing. One of the misuses of the Wu-Wei, which means “doing nothing” in the teachings of Chinese Taoism — is to use it as a license for laziness. “I don’t need to meditate, I don’t need to do anything, I don’t need to read books, I don’t need to sit with other teachers, because I’m already the Truth and I’ll just forget about it and go back to sleep again.” So while it is true, as the ultimate principle, that there is nothing you can do to create your enlightenment, it is not true that you should do nothing. That’s the paradox. So you have to DO, as Buddha said, when he was on his deathbed and his disciples were around him and all upset. The great master was dying, and they asked him, “what should we do?” And he answered them in a very simple fashion: he said, “work at your salvation with diligence, and be a light unto yourself”. In other words, do your best. And then as Christ once said, “when the hour will come, nobody knows but the Father”. So you do your best and then you trust to Grace.
same 'category.' In fact, there is a vast variation in levels of awakened
consciousness.
(It could be said that we go through the 'levels' - in order to 'understand'
others who have not yet realised these other levels - so we can share more
effectively - through our own actual experience. Empathy. There is no such
thing as an accident.)
At sometime, more mature people let go of the toys that were so precious to
them when they were younger. And some people do not mature, and still hold
on to those toys and other shallow and unessential subjects. No worries.
Most people are so conditioned, and insulated, they do not even realise that
there is anything more than what they have been told, so are not open to
hear, let alone experience anything outside of the 'normal' experience.
It is my experience that we are all born with 'curiosity.' It is stronger in
some than others. In some it is heavily trampled in childhood and never
awakens strong enough for the person to look at themselves, others, and life
in a curios way.
In others the curiosity is strong, but is resisted - in order to stay
'normal.'
And just a few have the realisation that - that is what life is about.
Life is not just about surviving and staying safe, it is about living this
curiosity - and living. LIVING.
There is change happening - on may levels.
Sensitivity is part of that change.
To many it seems that music is getting louder and more aggressive, and the
movies, TV shows and games more violent. They are. And, as you are reading
this it means you are getting more sensitive as well.
People who are still holding the old, in any form, will feel more and more disturbed by the information being
shared. We all 'gravitate' to what we need for 'our next step.' Then our
limited free will has the choice to say yes or no. The same opportunity will
keep repeating itself until stop holding and allow the change. Trouble is,
the longer we leave it the more unpleasant the situation becomes.
Change is happening.The less we hold the more smooth is the transition.
Nothing more exciting than the unexpected.
Have fun with the changes...
There is a 'state' of inner/outer fulfilment/contentment/peace/....
It is not describable by, or to, a 'mind.'
The Tao; The Hidden Harmony; It; The Peace that Passeth All Understanding;
The Kingdom of God; Time No More; Not this, Not That; Nirvana/Moksha;
As a Little child.
Under certain circumstances, like the Satori group, and also other
situations, quite a few people enter into this state for a brief period.
Sometimes as long as three weeks, but not so many live permanently in this
realization.
When in the state everything else seems irrelevant, superficial.
When dropping back and being 'normal' it is a shock - and the state starts
to seem like a dream - although it is never forgotten, and always desired.
The state is most likely realized in a moment of complete acceptance/being
with. No conflict or desire of any sort.
Some people then make this state a goal - which becomes a desire, and thus
creates a barrier to entering into the state again.
(Technicality: We are in the state all the time. It is: The Only State.
That is one of the reasons it has been called: Realization.)
If we were born into a Sufi family where the parents live in this state we
would most likely live in the state ourselves and consider it normal.
(Trouble with that scenario is, people who are in that state are almost
certain not to have children.)
One of the things that is in the way of us living in The State, is sex.
Sex, as we know it is a very basic level. And on this basic level it is all
anything is about - reproduction and expansion of the species.
All species - including the bacteria and the viruses we fight.
Until we are really old, sex keeps us restless - unless we are sexually
unfulfilled, as most people are - then it keeps us restless right up until
death!
One of the reasons we are sexually unfulfilled, and thus not living in deep
peace, is our religions. Religions, in this way, can be seen as a curse.
In many other ways as well.
Religion creates an artificial barrier to our sexual unfolding - so we get
frustrated, and at one level we remain guilty for the rest of our lives.
Sex is there in our consciousness all of the time.
Some times more to the front, and sometimes less so.
So with all this going on we are expecting to be at peace with ourselves?
No way. On some level sex influences everything we do, and everything we
think. That is why advertisers use it so much, and religions condemn it.
In relationships it is always an issue. Our natural state is to share.
Religion orders/threatens us not to.
So we have elevated sex into a 'special' bracket. That is our way of
attempting to bypass the guilt built into us from our youth.
Sex is not special. It is just our natural instincts wanting to do their
job. It is not special. What we feel are just chemicals - stimulating the
pleasure centre in our brain - so we keep doing it - and doing it - and
doing it.
And, although rare (especially in men) there is another aspect possible.
It is very rare for two people to meet in honesty - we are always presenting
the behavioural patters we have developed in our childhood - to get
approval, and thus keep out of trouble. So, except in an emergency, most
people are not real - to themselves even, let alone another person.
But in an intimate physical contact there is another possibility - to show
ourselves, and meet the other person in honesty - without our shields.
That body/machine/robot you are living in has built-in programs.
You were born with many of the programs, and more have been added through
programming/conditioning. If you didn't have these built-in programs then
in certain circumstances you would forget to breath, or digest.
Unless you are very aware, unconditionally, in each moment, these programs
will run you and your life. If you are not fully aware, you are a robot.
We only have the physical body in order to experience this physical
dimension. To let the physical run your life is silly.
So, on some level, sex is always there.
With awareness it can be fun.
Without awareness you are a slave - to your basic instincts.
With awareness this dimension is a great adventure.
Without awareness of who you really are this dimension can be very
uncomfortable. Very. And with awareness, discomfort can be fun as well.
Are you not more alive in an emergency? Don't you learn more through what
you call mistakes? Life is for living; experiencing.
Of course there is a lot more to this subject.
Happy adventures...
Sending love...
There is a 'state' of inner/outer fulfilment/contentment/peace/....
It is not describable by, or to, a 'mind.'
The Tao; The Hidden Harmony; It; The Peace that Passeth All Understanding;
The Kingdom of God; Time No More; Not this, Not That; Nirvana/Moksha;
As a Little child.
Under certain circumstances, like the Satori group, and also other
situations, quite a few people enter into this state for a brief period.
Sometimes as long as three weeks, but not so many live permanently in this
realization.
When in the state everything else seems irrelevant, superficial.
When dropping back and being 'normal' it is a shock - and the state starts
to seem like a dream - although it is never forgotten, and always desired.
The state is most likely realized in a moment of complete acceptance/being
with. No conflict or desire of any sort.
Some people then make this state a goal - which becomes a desire, and thus
creates a barrier to entering into the state again.
(Technicality: We are in the state all the time. It is: The Only State.
That is one of the reasons it has been called: Realization.)
If we were born into a Sufi family where the parents live in this state we
would most likely live in the state ourselves and consider it normal.
(Trouble with that scenario is, people who are in that state are almost
certain not to have children.)
One of the things that is in the way of us living in The State, is sex.
Sex, as we know it is a very basic level. And on this basic level it is all
anything is about - reproduction and expansion of the species.
All species - including the bacteria and the viruses we fight.
Until we are really old, sex keeps us restless - unless we are sexually
unfulfilled, as most people are - then it keeps us restless right up until
death!
One of the reasons we are sexually unfulfilled, and thus not living in deep
peace, is our religions. Religions, in this way, can be seen as a curse.
In many other ways as well.
Religion creates an artificial barrier to our sexual unfolding - so we get
frustrated, and at one level we remain guilty for the rest of our lives.
Sex is there in our consciousness all of the time.
Some times more to the front, and sometimes less so.
So with all this going on we are expecting to be at peace with ourselves?
No way. On some level sex influences everything we do, and everything we
think. That is why advertisers use it so much, and religions condemn it.
In relationships it is always an issue. Our natural state is to share.
Religion orders/threatens us not to.
So we have elevated sex into a 'special' bracket. That is our way of
attempting to bypass the guilt built into us from our youth.
Sex is not special. It is just our natural instincts wanting to do their
job. It is not special. What we feel are just chemicals - stimulating the
pleasure centre in our brain - so we keep doing it - and doing it - and
doing it.
And, although rare (especially in men) there is another aspect possible.
It is very rare for two people to meet in honesty - we are always presenting
the behavioural patters we have developed in our childhood - to get
approval, and thus keep out of trouble. So, except in an emergency, most
people are not real - to themselves even, let alone another person.
But in an intimate physical contact there is another possibility - to show
ourselves, and meet the other person in honesty - without our shields.
That body/machine/robot you are living in has built-in programs.
You were born with many of the programs, and more have been added through
programming/conditioning. If you didn't have these built-in programs then
in certain circumstances you would forget to breath, or digest.
Unless you are very aware, unconditionally, in each moment, these programs
will run you and your life. If you are not fully aware, you are a robot.
We only have the physical body in order to experience this physical
dimension. To let the physical run your life is silly.
So, on some level, sex is always there.
With awareness it can be fun.
Without awareness you are a slave - to your basic instincts.
With awareness this dimension is a great adventure.
Without awareness of who you really are this dimension can be very
uncomfortable. Very. And with awareness, discomfort can be fun as well.
Are you not more alive in an emergency? Don't you learn more through what
you call mistakes? Life is for living; experiencing.
Of course there is a lot more to this subject.
Happy adventures...
Sending love...
but I just cannot see the fuss about dying.
Suicide, and voluntary death, being illegal!
Seems to highlight the ridiculousness in humans.
(And showing gruesome and violent details on the screens, yet blurring
nipples - even when under a blouse! Humans are just plain bonkers.)
I just don't get it.
We are all going to die; almost everyone dies regretting they did not live
the way they really wanted to live; most people live in almost total
compromise.
Gurus in the East used to tell their disciples to spend time with death.
Hospitals, the burning gats.
Get used to the fact you are going to die. Make friends with death.
The best way to make friends with death - so that there is no longer any
fear? Live! Unconditionally.
Our whole living matrix is stupid. Happiness, contentment, fulfilment, is
not 'normal.' Hardly anyone lives that way. Unhappiness is 'normal.'
Check out the web for info on the number of people taking drugs for
depression - the figures themselves are depressing! Let alone illegal drugs.
We are not a happy species.
And we can be - so simply. Means change though!
Yuk!
I suggest:
"Slow down to the speed of life." And live!
And don't take anything seriously - even not taking things seriously...
Billboards are getting exceedingly edgier, not to mention television advertisements in which models adorn high-end luxury cars, sending subliminal messages suggesting that the man who purchases this car will now be armed with the adequate sex appeal to attract copious leggy models. Recently I came across an advertisement doing the rounds on the internet, of a model biting hungrily into a juicy burger as mayonnaise drips down the corners of her mouth. It makes you think, who needs the hassle of a relationship when you can have a burger that apparently provides all the sexiness, without the drama?
Have we not become overburdened with such images? Everything guarantees sex appeal and lots of attention, even a dishwasher! So pervasive are these images that once too often we have noticed the poor dear on the street that donned the latest ‘sexy trend’ only to do him or herself the gravest injustice. Sexy is neither the fabric nor the tailoring, if you don’t’ have what it takes to carry it. But the persuasive advertisements will have you convinced otherwise. They will direct you to what ‘they’ think, (“they’ who have no clue of your individuality) what you should wear and how you should look. The dirty secret ‘they’ don’t tell you is how sex appeal, like many other qualities cannot be bought at the mall because it is not sewn into the fabric of the merchandise they are trying to sell you.
It is not such a rare occurrence to come across a uniquely attractive face, that does not hold up to the standard, air-brushed images splashed across magazine covers, and yet has a certain je ne sais quoi? We know it wasn’t the clothes or the shoes, it was unmistakably a deeper element ensconced within the personality, which ever so casually oozed out of every pore of that person’s being. You look carefully and see the facial features are not quite the standard idea of beauty, despite that, the whole persona is redolent with sex appeal.
When you don’t’ have to buy the hottest trends, the most expensive clothing or jewellery and get your hair and make up done by a professional each time you want to be ‘seen’, and yet, you exude an appeal that makes one hunger for just another look; that is what is sexy in the truest sense. We have all too often spotted women baring it (almost) all and looked on with dismissive amusement, while none can deny being totally taken by the vision of a confident woman who’s engaging and beautiful smile had our eyes follow her halfway across the block. There is an allure, a certain mystery that sets her apart. Baring it all will attract attention, for a definitive period of time and not always the kind one seeks, whereas floating with that inner confidence and feminine presence will always invoke lasting admiration.
Sex appeal is not a product that can be purchased over-the-counter, it is a state of mind, an inner state of being. It has nothing to do with the act of sex itself. It is not to be found in your closet, in what you wear, it is inside your head. Some women and men can look incredulously sexy hailing a cab, or stirring coffee in the kitchen or watering plants.
That is because sex appeal has more to do with self-esteem and confidence, a sense of self-assuredness than with low necklines and high skirts. Not the kind of self-assuredness that comes across as hubris, but the kind that is at peace with its strengths and its flaws.
Even in the case of men, not all men who have toiled in the gym for the buffest body will ooze it. They will however, warrant a head turn or two; but we have also seen men, who have a certain presence, an inner confidence as they walk into a room, again, that certain je ne sais quoi. That is the kind of sexy that lingers on in the mind, inviting curiosity and interest.
Confidence and self-esteem are qualities one is hard pressed to find in abundance in both genders, so when we see it, we instantly recognize it, it always makes the individual stand apart. It’s hard to put one’s finger on what it is exactly, but suffice to say people who have worked to conquer their inadequacies and made peace with themselves on several levels are the one’s who have that evanescent appeal, the one that you wish you could grasp but just as soon as you start to break it down and analyze it, it flies away.
Sex appeal comes from the confidence to not just play up one’s qualities and revel in them, but to embrace one’s imperfections too. So its not as simple as putting on a sexy outfit, because on closer look anyone will notice that there is little else beyond the outfit. It is being sexy in whatever you’re wearing or doing
We do not realise just how much our early mind training is influencing every
singe thing we do, say and think.
We are more automatic zombies than 'ourselves.'
The other is that our anger is just that - our anger.
It is never, ever, in any circumstance whatsoever, justified to be blamed on
an outside source.
I feel I am getting to the end of sharing these things - at this level.
Then, if anything is to be shared from this source, it will be up to those
of you who have realised these things for yourself to share with those who
have yet not.
The Mind:
Here is an attempted explanation that was triggered by a recent incidence:
Person A is going on an extended trip.
The financial and general situation they are leaving behind is not a stable
one - to say the least.
Person B says they could not go on an extended trip leaving behind such an
unstable situation - so, under such circumstances, they would not go.
Here is the mind situation.
When Person A goes on their trip they are in a happy state of mind - because
they have done what it takes to make their mind happy.
If Person B could not stabilise everything, they would not be in a happy
state of mind when travelling - because they have not done everything they
need to do to make their mind happy.
Under the two situations, although very different, both would be happy
travelling if everything is the way their mind dictates.
As we all know, the unexpected happens all the time - if fact we would be
wise to expect the unexpected, at any time.
So if something unpleasant happens while both A and B are travelling, they
would both have to decide how to deal with the situation.
Now it may be said that person B is less likely to run into such trouble,
true - but it is possible for both at any time. The only difference between
the two is that person B is content with one level, and person B needs
another level.
It is just in the mind. Everything is.
I don't feel that has said it. No worries - it is said.
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The anger thing is so obvious - unless we do not want to know.
If we do have the realisation, then all our conditioning about being
justified about being angry at something outside our self is blown - and we
have to be responsible - so we cannot partake in what most humans are
addicted to: complaint.
Our anger is our anger.
Our anger has accumulated because we did not acknowledge it at the time.
Often, especially in childhood, it is not 'convenient' - spelt, trouble.
So it has built up, and as it is poisonous to our system, the body is using
any opportunity to let flow out.
What is often asked about now is:
'Does that mean I am not allowed to be angry."
That sort of question only comes from an immature person. Primitive.
It is not anyone's business but yours how you live your life. It is just
that some ways bring joy, and others bring continued unhappiness.
Of course, if you are angry, then you are angry. It is what you do, or not
do with the anger that creates your consequences.
Did you know - every time you express or suppress anger you pollute the
whole universe? But the main thing is - you pollute yourself. Consequences.
I expect there are archives with hours on this subject.
There are tentative plans to make all the old archives available to
download. The sorting into subject matter is a massive task, so it may take
some time yet. Anyone available with editing skills/experience, and lots of
time?
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We have so much of such angry energy on the planet already.
Let us have this space to share how we feel, but in a responsible way.
What you are feeling is you. We want to hear about that, but not in a
irresponsible and neurotic way.
If you feel you are not able to share in that manner, please do not share.
We are being as gentle as possible, but time is short. If we shared what it
is all really about then many, many of you would... [stop reading].
What we call 'reality' is nothing, nothing, nothing like what our supported
conditioned minds think it is. Our personal reality is created by the state
of mind that we hold on to.
We are rapidly approaching a time when, if we want to stay in this
dimension, we have to stop holding - anything and everything - the way we
think it is.
And not take it too seriously...
Thank you.
I hear that you say things like: "I am not interested in reading about
conspiracies, world events, and things like that."
I understand. And, allow me to share...
Everything that goes on on this planet effects all of us -- on every level,
in every moment. So, in some way, we are all responsible.
Not only are we effected, but we affect also.
We are constantly being effected, and we are constantly effecting.
I doubt if many of us, if any at all, have any idea if what is going on is
part of some large divine plan -- but what we do know is that some things
are pleasant, and some are not. The deceptions and the suffering are
effecting all of us, and they are not pleasant. Of course, same old thing,
the more resist then more unpleasant.
Despite how much world news seems to be available, we don't actually know
what is really happening do we. Whatever is going on, the majority of what
is going on is not much fun is it.
Reading the mainstream media reports, compared with, for instance, the site:
www.whatreallyhappened -- they could be reporting about different events
happening on different planets.
Occasionally some of the independent cable news gives in-between versions.
Then we have the sometimes very different reports from America and Europe.
And even then, the supposedly 'objective' reports from the BBC have been
found to be seriously skewed several times recently.
It seems that if something is denied, or vigorously declared, actively and
often enough, eventually it is accepted, and the heat goes off, and it gets
forgotten. Until the classified report is discovered twenty years later, but
by then nobody bothers anyway. So 'they' keep 'getting away with it.'
Of course, in one way, it does seem that knowing or not knowing doesn't make
any difference -- because there does not seem much we can do about it.
But actually that is not true. Mostly, we would like it to be true -- then
we can get on with living our lives without having the trouble of being
responsible and thus upset. Trouble is -- ignoring is complying.
By bringing these events into our active consciousness we start to process
them. When they are kept out of the active consciousness they not only eat
at our wellbeing, but they do not have the beneficial effects on the world
events that they could be having.
Beneficial effects? Yes. When this news is run through our active
consciousness, unconditionally, we generate waves of healing vibrational
frequency. If enough of us radiated enough, the situation on the planet
would change. When we want it enough....
Remember, if you get depressed by the news, the depression has to do more
with you than the outside situations. So you get a reminder to look
'inside.' Of course, "When you see the inside as the outside, and the
outside as the inside..."
Some observations:
We have no idea what is really happening in Iran. Or anywhere.
The mainstream news is united with one version of Iran, and 'the insiders'
say it is yet another American plot -- not to have a democratic leader.
Big business does not seem to like democracy -- which may be why we have so
little on the planet.
The situation seems very unclear. There are reports that the opposition
candidate only had a 14 percent support before the elections.
It has been reported, very convincingly, that the BBC did a PhotoShop job on
a photo of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledging a vast supportive crowd.
They took out his picture and captioned it: "Huge demonstrations against
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad..."
And Obama decrying the violence in the demonstrations, yet has said nothing
of the violence in Gaza, Afganistan, and Iraq -- a war he promised to stop.
And the violence in America against demonstrations. And the 'Detention
Camps' that have been constructed; and the the 'domestic army' he is
forming.
And the hypocrisy. Pro-lifers saying all life is sacred -- yet they kill the
surgeons performing the abortions. And support the Iraq war!
The about-turn of Obama seems not to be getting too much press main stream
press. Ye the has cancelled his promised actions on torture, White House
secrecy, bailouts, bonuses, and much more. Again, we do not know the real
circumstances -- maybe that is all a front so he can gently bring about his
promised changes. Maybe.
And conspiracies! Vast amounts of info on the ship Liberty; death of the
Kennedy's, and Martin Luther King; and 9/11; Israel occupation of
Palestinians land; Israel spying, and lobbying in general; and so on and so
on.
So there you have it. Some of it anyway.
Overall, does it really matter? Does anything really matter? Up to you
really. If you do open more to what is and is not going on on the planet,
then in order not to be deeply effected you either have to be very
liberated, or very cut off.
Of course lots, lots more on this subject, but, as always these emails are
just to remind you -- of what, on some level, you already know.
Then it is up to you. Always is.
As well as generally, we really, really do create our own reality.
Sending love...
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