When dreams end...love begins...

Q:I would like your insight on several issues I am working to understand. I understand "duality" and separateness, but how do I truly know when I've become One with the Universe, and it's not this Ego making me think I am?

A:What is the "illusion"? - Planets, stars, earth, people, people, plants animals etc. - basically anything that you can perceive, and hold any sort of "judgment" on...

On the path you have chosen to walk - to obtain oneness with the "illusion" first, is a necessary "step" toward true awakening...or enlightenment

Q:I want to reach the ultimate Spiritual Enlightenment and move beyond this illusion, so need to learn what I must do to get there, i.e., meditation.

A: You have chosen your path...

Patience is wrote on the stones beneath what you call feet...

Lets patience be your friend...

In this moment of now - breath in patience, allow it to fill your lungs - breath out patients - for what you seek is not found in the future...but only in this eternal moment of now...

right here - right now...

If you ignore this moment, you will have walked past your destination...as we have so many moments passed...as we identify with future thoughts as being who we are...

We are not future...we are not past...

Learning to let go of "future" and "past" is part of the answer you seek...

But wait you say "If I let go of future and past what else is there?"

There is now...

For this very moment your eyes read these words you are love...

in this moment you are peace...

in this moment you are safe...

in this moment you are eternal...

You mentioned"meditation"

Let me take away all the mystery that surrounds this word...

When you attempt to quiet your mind you are identifying with it as being you and you are trying to quiet you...now do you understand why it does not work?

For all of you reading this I ask you this...

Would you ever turn on every light in your home, turn on you oven set it for two hours, turn on the washer and dryer, turn on the stereo and set it to ten, turn on your TV, your computer, monitor, set the microwave for two hours, and turn on every other appliance in you home, and then leave to go out to eat?

"No, I would not do that" you say

Then why do you do it in your mind?

Why do you let your mind run ninety miles an hour all day long?

Why are all the appliances (thoughts) in your mind turned on all the time?

The answer is simple...

No one ever showed you where the shut off switch is...

Watch and patiently wait for your next thought to come,

just watch and wait,

and wait,

and watch for that next thought to come.

Just observe your mind,

just watch it,

and keep watching it...

What happens?

"Well I must be doing something wrong because nothings happening"

No, you must be doing everything right...is the correct answer

"Are you saying I just found the shut off switch?"

That is exactly what I am saying

You just learned the proper way to meditate or complete shut off the mind.

You must observe it...

The you that is observing it is your spirit - aka "the real you"

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The following is your first steps in your path to love...

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1. Take all your attention to a past event for around ten seconds

2. Shift all you attention to an imagined future event for around ten seconds

3. Now bring 100% of your attention to this very moment of now

4. Watch your mind now, just watch and observe it. Continue to wait for thought to come as you watch for them patiently.

In this very moment of now notice all of your senses

what does it smell like?

What sounds do you hear now?

Where are your hands?

What are they touching?

What does the floor feel like beneath your feet?

Breath deeply, feel the breath, notice how it feels,

Now see all the color and textures around you.

What do they look like when you really notice each and every detail about them?

Notice a person place or object.

Imagine your energy filling that object till you imagine being that object in this moment. Then add the feeling of feeling being an other object.

an other, each time still feeling what it feels like to feel the first object and now all the new ones.

Now do this with ever object that you can see till your feeling being them all at one time. Now take any space between them and feel being that space too.

Continue to do this as you now merge all these feelings into one, and extend this feeling outward, feeling this sharing of energy, include the earth, as well as all the stars, planets, galaxies and anything else that you can perceive.

Experience this "now" as all that was once perceived as separate is now experienced as one.

This is the very first step toward enlightenment...not enlightenment itself

5. The next step is to experience that you are the author of all that can be perceived

6. But wait if it can be perceived you have taken a step backward

7. When nothing is separate from you there is nothing to be perceived or judged

8. Walk deeper into this moment of now, it is eternal, plunge into extending your love into this moment...feel you extending in all direction as all perception is gone.

9. Just be...

there is no ten,

for there never was a separation from God,

it was just a bad dream...

Awaken...and love...for it is all that you are...

question about hating God....christianity

Q: I have a friend who has been through very , very rough emotional times in his life. Starting with abuse at an early age...sexual abuse, that went on for a period from age 3-12. He comes from a Christian home and this terrible act went on in his house by someone who was not related to the family. Although, having a Christian background and Christian parents, because of the tremendous amount of pressure put on him from the Christian sect. He has come to despise Christianity and all it stands for.

He was enrolled as a member of an organization called

(I have removed the name of this organization as this is a public post, and without concrete proof, “slander” could be charged)

Which basically brainwashed him into believing that if he didn’t behave as the "perfect little Christian boy" he should be…that he was going to hell. His parents basically reinforced that belief in him.

Did that make a close loving, uplifting relationship with God?

Did that make a relationship with God based on a true sharing of your friends most treasured thoughts, feelings and expressions occur?

Of course it didn’t.

It did just the opposite, it cause fear, anxiety and pain to occur and more importantly a perceived division between God and your friend. In reality there is no division, but in “ego” this division resembles the “great wall” of China.

Have you ever heard the expression “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”?

More accurately put “the road to the (illusion of separation from pure unconditional love “God”) is paved with good intentions

The church thought two things:

1w - if we make children fear God they will do the right thing and not sin…

2 - - they will keep coming back church if they “have to”

The first of these was the good intentions was totally incorrect, yet still continues today.

Many churches do not realize that you can never truly love that which you are taught to fear.

Fear makes your run, love allows you to share…

I have actually hear people say with pride “I am a good God fearing Christian”

Jesus said “Love thy neighbor as thy self”

Forgive thy enemies…

So for us to place blame on the church or the other organization serves no useful purpose. It gets us no where.

Many people have said to me “I need to find a church that teaches this unconditional love that you talk about. I want to go to that Church!”

I say “Don’t change churches!”

Q: “What do you mean don’t change churches, mine makes me feel like shit. I feel as though I am just a number, judged as guilty by our priest, pastor, minister or other.”

A: Quit looking to find a church that teaches what you want.

Obviously the one you go to is close enough for you to go to it.

You probably already have friends there.

So ask you friends if they would want services really focused on the teachings of Jesus. If so then have a meeting with the Priest, minister, pastor or person leading the service.

Tell them what the members of the church want. “Don’t you think they would be happier speaking of the true teaching of Jesus and how to apply them in modern day life – than judging, condemning you into believing you are worthless sinner by having you repeat it over and over each and every week?”

How can they complain if it is based on the true teachings of the leader of their church (Jesus Christ)

We have stepped very far from those teachings…

The time has come to remember them…

To embrace Christ's teachings…

To express them though a wonderful sharing with your neighbor – this is love…

Be the sharing…Be the caring…Be who you truly are…

These teachings bring;

Peace…

Togetherness…

Tenderness…

Understanding…

Sharing…

Love…

There is everything "right" with these teachings.

So quit judging your priest, pastor, minister's - and start assisting them to more in a positive direction of the true teachings of Jesus...

Jesus was not called “The price of peace” by accident.

He doesn’t want healing for what happened to him all those years( he is now 27). He wants nothing to do with Christianity at all. My question for you is....is there anyway I can help him with this?? For him to realize that God and Christ want to help him deal with all the hurt and pain that those people caused him in his life?

Now your question is “how do you help your friend?”

First off you cannot help someone to understand a positive definition of God when though out life they learned God is judgmental, wrathful, not understanding, punishing and damning.

If you want him to know God is unconditional love then you need to show him your unconditional love and acceptance. Teach by example.

Stop trying to change your friend and just love him completely as he is right now. Let him be showered with the feeling of acceptance.

Continue to do this till it is familiar to him.

And then continue to do it with him the rest of your life.

As the old saying goes:

Be the change in the world you want to see…

He will want to know more about this when it feels right to him.

The word “God” is the most misused, misunderstood word there is…

Use a word that is more acceptable to him. Maybe “universe”

It does not matter what you call God, it is still just God (with a nickname :-)

Take the fear away by using terms that he has no preconceived negative thoughts or beliefs about and show him you accept him just the way he is…

Really show him that you are willing not to judge him in any way, by totally loving him just as he is right now…

Share your time with him…

Teach him love by positive example - without lectures…

You will both grow…

You will both blossom…

I am a Christian. I wish he wasn’t so angry and bitter and hateful against God.

He is really angry and hateful of those who he perceives have hurt him, Gods just a bigger target to blame. He has his identity rooted in Anger. His name is not Anger… Slowly start to show him how he is identifying with his thoughts as being who he is.

I just want him to see that God DOES LOVE HIM and care about him and is waiting for him to reach out to Him for healing and release from all the emotional pain he is experiencing.

He will release this pain only when he sheds his identity with his emotions. Again, show him a positive way by your example that you can love and accept him just the way that he is.

Any thoughts on this topic would be welcomed. I just don’t know what to do.

Signed,

concerned Christian friend

I love you my friend…

Acting or Healing?

Acting or Healing?

This new post is a result of reading a "myspace page" blog post from a wonderful woman who was describing her intense depression. She was deeply identified with these thoughts as being her. The follow is the path out of who you’re not.

Please ask me questions, answers to them are why I am here.

Acting or Healing?

Acting - We are all actors and actresses...

When many of the my friends on this myspace page do it, it is for a living, and it is done for TV, Movies or Music Videos - that we all love to watch...

When we do it in life, often it is not nearly so pleasant...

We play the "temporary" emotional actors, and actresses. We are playing a "emotional role" in the play we call "life" - not only do we not get paid for this role it, it is where all of our pain comes from...

Our acting roles change, sometimes many times, throughout just one day.

We will wear many different "emotional outfits or costumes" as we act out these emotional roles we call "us"...

We play these daily acting roles of Depression, Sadness, Loneliness (even when we are with people, we play the role of loneliness) Anger, Hate, Violence, and many more...

We play these roles and call them us...

Let me say that again...

We play these roles and we call them us...



Are you having a light bulb moment yet?


Why do we do this?

Because we believe our thoughts "at the moment", are who we are...

"Who we really are goes" unconscious as we act out these "emotion roles" and we call them us, we interact with others and wonder why they just don't seem to get us. Which us? Which acting role where you playing and calling yourself?

Are you really anger?

Should you go to the social security administration and get your name changed from "Tom" to "anger"?


Are you starting to see how silly these "thoughts" are that we call us?

Here is the simple truth..

"When you believe your thoughts and identify with them as really being who you are, you will suffer, when you question them and dis-identify with them you no longer suffer..."


Will you continue to play this role in which you should get academy acting award for, or will you question it and ask -

Who would I be without this thought?

How would I feel without this thought?

The “me” that is watching “these negative thoughts” is not that thought - as I can observe it...

Who is this me that is that is watching this negative thought?

Healing happens...

Peace happens...

Love happens...

You happen...

You are that peace and love, that stillness that is observing the emotion...

Just be you...

More to come...

I love you...