It seems at times that we have two opposing forces operating in our lives. On one hand,
we are taught that all that is, is of The One and everything in our reality is in an
intrinsic state of Balance. We are asked to believe that all the good and bad we see and
experience in the world is just a part of this movie of reality, that everyone will
someday ‘evolve’ into an awareness of the unlimited, creative spirit entity that
we all are.
On the other side of the coin are the apparent, sometimes very real atrocities taking
place around us. And from a scientific perspective, our earth is being destroyed by our
very presence here.
If, as the Masters say, Balance Is, how and where do we realize it in our lives? Do we
sequester ourselves against all the ‘negative’ in the world and live in relative
peace, or do we become involved in our reality and make an effort to correct the apparent
‘wrong’ we perceive? What is the true meaning of being ‘in the world but
not of it?’
From a holographic perspective, there is only one Mind. This is The One, and in truth,
we are in and of The One. But while we are here in this reality, we seem to be thinking or
perceiving with two separate minds. For our purpose here, we will call them mind and Mind.
In order to interact with out reality and to take an active part in it, we think and
perceive with mind. While utilizing mind, we are limiting ourselves to our paradigm and
our learned valued of good and bad, right and wrong. Along with our paradigm and the
activities of mind, we experience the emotional feelings of good and bad, right and wrong.
These feelings run the gamut from what we call negative feelings of dislike, repulsion and
even hate on one end to what we call positive feelings of acceptance, pleasure and love on
the other.
When we sit or meditate, we often experience the presence of Mind. During those times,
our feelings of right and wrong seem to fall away and we experience the total Love and
acceptance of The One. We return with a feeling of peace that we wish would last and last.
But that feeling or awareness of the Love and peace of The One diminishes as we return
once again to our interaction with the movie of reality.
What is happening here? In order to understand, gain Balance and learn to dance, we
must first understand some basic facts concerning the structure and nature of our ongoing
reality. We are not speaking of the physical world and out flesh and blood existence, but
our interaction with and relationship to it. We are talking about the reality we perceive
and experience.
First of all, reality is experience based. Every physical experience, from the
perinatal experience when we enter physical reality to transition when we leave, we are
gathering information from the five physical senses, organizing this information in mind
and developing a paradigm. This paradigm gives us the impression that things in our
reality should look and work a specific way. And although our paradigm may be similar to
the paradigms of those close to us, each and every paradigm is individual in nature. We
are all slightly different in our beliefs and expectations as well as our emotional
feelings. And as we know, some are very different.
Secondly, the mind is directly responsible for our emotions. Our emotional feelings of
love and hate, good and bad are generated by our paradigm. And although there are some
basic, built in tendencies, some of which are gender related, we do develop emotional
reactions to our reality based on the experiences we have as we grow and develop in it.
Again, we are all different. Some are slightly different, others are very different, and
some may even be beyond our comprehension.
Now, most of us here now have gone through a number of experienced based realities
prior to this one, so we do arrive with built in tendencies. These tendencies impel us to
choose an experience that is in some way consistent with previous experiences. So our
ongoing reality this time is in some way connected to past experiences. But we do have an
opportunity with each and every reality to develop anew. As always, we have the freedom of
choice that is intrinsic in all creative Spirit.
In experience based reality, all our emotional feelings are subjective. Our strongest
feeling of good is based on experience. Our deepest sense of bad is based on experience.
And we are all a little, sometimes a lot different in our feelings.
Finally, in order to have an experience based reality; we must be able to perceive and
believe the illusion of duality. Without the illusion of duality, there is no comparison
between good and bad or right and wrong and therefor, no emotions of like or dislike, love
or hate.
So the essence of our reality is the result of ongoing experience. This experience
produces emotional feelings that result in a sense of our place in the physical world. In
order to have a sense of place; we must be able to compare our beliefs, expectations and
emotions to the beliefs, expectations and emotions of others. The result is not the
physical world we live in but rather, out reaction to it. This is our ongoing reality.
Now we must look at some basic facts that exist in Spirit. Beginning from a scientific
perspective, we can safely say that the foundation of all physical reality is energy. And
we know, again from a scientific perspective that energy can neither be created nor
destroyed. Energy can, however, change state. Energy has the potential to
‘become’ anything in our physical reality. Without discussing where energy
‘came from,’ lets just assume that energy has always been and that from this
energy came the physical world. There are a number of scientific explanations for the
process of physical ‘becoming,’ but they are all based on the assumption that
energy always existed.
From a Spiritual perspective we can say that Mind is the foundation of all experience
or awareness. And we know, again from a Spiritual perspective that Mind always existed. So
we can safely say that Mind can neither be created nor destroyed. Mind can, however,
change state. Mind has the potential to ‘become’ any awareness in any reality.
Without discussing where Mind ‘came from,’ lets just assume that Mind has always
been and that from Mind comes awareness and experience. There are a number of religious
explanations for the process of Mind ‘becoming,’ but they are all based on the
assumption that Mind always existed.
We may have a ‘favorite name’ for Mind. We may call it Universal Mind, Cosmic
Consciousness, Divine Spirit, Allah or God. It would be safe to say that the name we are
comfortable with is directly related to our past experience.
And we may have a favorite Teacher that helped us get comfortable with that favorite
name. We may call our teacher Buddha, Mohammed or Jesus. It would be safe to say that the
Teacher we are comfortable with is directly related to our past experience.
All of the authentic Masters or Teachers have a few things in common. One commonality
is that they have all stated, in one way or another that Spirit or God is Love, God is
Light and that God is eternal. It is not surprising to me to learn that light is the
highest vibration of physical energy known in our physical reality. Nor is it surprising
to learn that a basic assumption among scientists is that energy is eternal. It is quite
possible that the scientists and the philosophers have been describing the same
‘source’ from a different perspective.
Another commonality among authentic Masters is the teaching that Spirit is the source
of all creation. Now, that is easy for us to accept if we look only at the physical
portion of our reality. But it becomes a bit more difficult when we accept the fact that
it includes every experience, including all of our individual assumptions of good and bad,
right and wrong. Well………………
‘Religious’ teachers have adapted the teachings of the Masters to fit their
individual experiences and passed these teachings along to us, where they fit, in our
experiences.
My experience is that if I am not defending my life or the life and well being of
another, I should not take the life of another. If I do take the life of another in self
defense, it results in no reward. I have a feeling that this is ‘right.’ It fits
my paradigm.
But if I were writing this from another paradigm, I would say that if I were killed in
battle against another for the simple reason that they have not accepted my god as their
god, I will be rewarded with a seat in heaven next to the master. I would be justified to
seek out such a battle and willingly fight to the death. And, I would have a feeling that
this is ‘right.’ It fits my paradigm.
Or from another perspective, I would believe that I should not take the life of another
under any conditions. I would believe that it is better to willingly die at the hands of
another than to take the life of another. For me, this would ‘feel’ right. It
would fit my paradigm.
We are looking at the same ‘source’ in Spirit through a different paradigm.
The result is a different set of beliefs and expectations and an entirely different
emotional response to very similar scenes in this movie of reality. The result is a
different set of value judgments resulting from individual experience for each and every
one of us.
The Masters teach that in Spirit there is no judgment. God is Love. God is All. The
Love of God is unconditional and accepts all reality, totally.
The essence of Spirit is unconditional Love and total acceptance of all. Spirit is the
source. In Mind, I am one with Spirit.
The essence of Spirit is unconditional Love. What does this Love feel like? It
‘feels’ like nothing in this physical world. Our strongest, greatest feeling of
emotional love cannot compare to the Love of Spirit. In Mind, my Love is Spirit.
The greatest challenge we face in getting on the Ball of Life is to resolve this
conflict between emotional love and Spirit Love. Spirit Love is without judgment. I can
say that my strongest feeling of what is right at this moment is consistent with my belief
in Spirit, but in doing so, I must accept the fact that Spirit fully and unconditionally
accepts, in Love, the exact opposite of what my feelings are telling me. In this reality,
Spirit Love is not without emotion, but Spirit Love is free from the judgment of emotion.
The awareness of Spirit Love is in Mind.
We can touch Mind and the Love of Spirit during meditation, worship and fellowship. We
must learn to bring the Love of Spirit into every scene, including the emotional scenes in
our ongoing movie of reality. The Love of Spirit embraces all. We must learn to embrace
all with the unconditional Love of Spirit. We can learn to do this by accepting:
Our perception of reality is experience based, but Spirit is the source of all reality.
Our emotional reactions to reality are created and justified by our paradigm, but Love
of Spirit is without exception.
Reality has a beginning and an end. We are Spirit. We are forever. You are Spirit. You
are forever.
In all my reality, I understand that my emotional feelings are subjective and my
attention remains on Spirit Love. Our differences in belief and expectation do not matter
to Spirit, therefore, they do not matter to Mind.
God is Light. God is Love. I am Light. I am Love.
Spirit Light contains no duality. Spirit Light embraces all. Darkness is not an energy
unto itself. Darkness is the absence of Light.
The judgment of experience based reality contains judgment and therefore, a form of
darkness due to the absence of the full Light of Spirit.
Turn on the Light.
In doing so, we get On the Ball of Life. We live in Love and without judgment. Great
place to be, but the ball is moving. Unless we sequester ourselves against this movie of
reality, we will surly be tossed from the awareness of Balance. Should we hang in there
and ‘do nothing’?
No! Movement is a fact of Spirit. But, let’s practice holding every thing and
everyone in total Love and acceptance for a while and then learns to take little steps.
Walk in Peace
HELP UPGRADE THE PARADIGM OF CONSENSUS REALITY
PASS THIS TEACHING ALONG
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