An eternal question: Why do bad things happen to good people?
The perception of "deserve" is illusory. The dichotomy of good and bad is illusory. Everything physical goes in cycles, whether it be up-down waves, on-off switching, positive-negative force, etc. The universe we live in moves in perfect balance, no matter what we think, no matter what we do or do not do.
It follows that the eastern interpretation of Karma is not accurate:
"Most people think that what you do will have an effect on your future life, even after death; what you do will come back to you, etc. It is not true. Doing something, bad or good, to or for someone will not create the good and bad in your future life. It is balanced; it just happens no matter what you do. The balance makes everyone’s life fair, just, equal and perfect, but it is not influenced by any actions you take, good or bad. You are never a victim of anyone. Everything that happens is always life creating balance. Your only choice is to see it for what it is, or not see it."
- from The Present at www.truthcontest.com
It also follows that the morality of western religion and the "requirements" to get to heaven are inaccurate and misinterpreted, because recognizing the balance strips away free will and destiny at the same time, leaving only the present moment. You are not your mind - you are not in the past and/or future. The bio-electric activity in your brain is not you. It is physical, so those neurons firing in patterns is life creating balance. To know the balance is to know that there is no "you" that has control over life. You are the receiver of it all, of life.
Having no free will, no control, is frightening to the mind, because it is beyond the mind. What the balance means is confusing and even terrifying, because it renders obsolete the morality that keeps society functioning, the morality that keeps the beast within us suppressed and tamed. This morality is based on flaky concepts and feelings like compassion and empathy, and on false religious beliefs. Law enforcement is different, because it directly opposes the beast. If the balance of life just happens on its own and is not influenced by any actions you take, what is stopping people from reverting back to our instinctual nature to satisfy animal pleasures? What is stopping people from raping and torturing others? What motivates people to help others? In truth, what you do to other people does not affect them, no matter what you do. Everything that happens is always life creating balance.
If this sounds crazy, check it out for yourself. Once it really hits you and becomes obvious, it will make you very uncomfortable.
This is dangerous stuff. If there is no such thing as "deserve," no control over life, no consequences to behavior, a fear is instilled as thoughts manifest of people tearing each other apart in a frenzy. Why is this fear so strong? It is because the beast is within you too. We have evolved with these instincts all throughout evolution, and we have not overcome them. They are tamed by an illusory morality that makes civilization and society possible.
Mankind is like an island in the sea of animal life. Life became self-aware in the last 20,000 years when we became indirectly aware of our environment and connected to the collective unconscious on the level of the modern mind. Since then, the rational mind has become more capable and more aware, more apt to receive inspirations like language, music, art, religion, logic, science, etc. Relatively speaking, the mind of man has catalyzed all leaps in progress and discovery to get us to where we are today in a very short time period compared to 700 million years of evolution. Despite the achievements of the human race, the beast within has not been overcome, and it operates from its hiding place. Our modern minds have searched for truth, distorted our direct awareness of life, and hidden the instinctual mind that roars within us and runs this world. The major problem right now is that people have stopped searching for truth and are lost in myths and/or caught up in the mind games and pleasures of this world. We must go all the way and use our rational minds to seek and learn the fundamental truth of life, which is now being revealed and spread with the internet. For the first time in history, we can and must, as a species, connect to the collective unconscious on the level of universal truth. Without the truth, we are nothing more than smart animals. The truth is very scary to the mind, but it is essential that we face it. To seek the truth, face the truth, and use it to overcome the deceptive mind of this world and the instinctual mind is the next step in evolution, and we must do it consciously in these bodies.
The current morality that keeps the beast suppressed would not hold up if the basic necessities of survival were unavailable to the masses. Extreme thirst and hunger would release the beast, and in tandem with our imaginative, fantasizing minds, things could get uglier than ever before very fast. The truth brings forth a new morality, a real, unshakable morality. This morality is to be the foundation of our global society if the human race is to overcome the beast within and survive. It is incredibly important that the morality that the truth creates is there to instantly replace the current, false morality when we become aware of the balance and what it means. Thus, it must be presented and clarified.
“It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses.” - Tennessee Williams
Knowledge of the balance does not remove responsibility for behavior. Now you are responsible for seeing the truth of the balance and living in the center of the extremes. Knowledge of the balance does not negate the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself. You cannot hurt or help anyone. Literally, everything you do is for yourself. When you know the truth, you know that hurting or helping others is hurting or helping yourself. What goes around comes around. In a universe that moves in perfect balance, giving is receiving. There is noone judging you except for yourself.
So, back to the question posed at the beginning of this post. Why do bad things happen to good people? Since the question has been torn apart at the very seams, it will be reworded: Why does the perception of bad things happening to good people even exist?
The answer: The masses are not yet consciously aware of the balance. Our physical environment is always a manifestation of the balance, so to not be aware of the balance is to live in ignorance of what pervades our very existence and experience.
With the growth of global communication technology, we are able to see what is happening around the globe, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that humans do not live in harmony with the balance. Thus, it follows that we do not live in harmony with each other, the planet we all share, and life itself.
The gap between the very rich and very poor continues to grow, and the middle class continues to dwindle. People who live on much more than they need, who chase pleasure and blow money on expensive things that they don't need, represent one of the extremes. People who cannot afford to clothe themselves, who struggle to live without clean water and go to bed starving each night, represent the other extreme. Poverty leads to religious fanatics, violence, and other animal behavior to get the basic necessities of life or some fulfillment. Without awareness of the balance, these extremes persist. It is hard for people living in these extremes to see the truth, because the wealthy are caught up in the money/pleasure game, and the poor are struggling to survive. Unless the rich and well-to-do see the balance and give/share what they don't need, this vicious greed-poverty cycle will persist, and it will destroy our environment and the human race.
We see that our world is blind to the balance by observing how people behave, how they lead their lives. It doesn't matter what people talk about, say they are into, or think they know. All that matters is what they do, how they live, because it shows where they are at, what level of the collective unconscious they are connected to. At present, nowhere near the majority of people aspire to simplify their lives, live modestly, and show their moderation to all men, and this is because nowhere near the majority of people are consciously aware of the balance. The rich chase pleasure and put on a show to get others to envy them and deceive themselves and others into thinking they have a fulfilling life. This is an illusion. The poor and even middle class aspire to get rich, to have more things, to be as fulfilled as the wealthy, famous, and well-to-do appear to be. This is a delusion. The mind is deceiving everyone with appearances, while the instinctual mind runs this world with greed and pleasure from its hiding place.
As alluded to throughout this post and others, there is no other way to move beyond these false perceptions than to see the truth and live in it. On an individual level, we must seek the truth and do what it dictates for ourselves. If enough people just save themselves, our world will reflect that change. A critical mass must become consciously aware of the truth and aim to live in the center of the extremes so that the veil of deception and ignorance will be lifted from this world. The way is to find, define, and spread the truth while moving towards simplicity. Are you on path?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
No Other Way
The only way to true, eternal life is by way of truth.
There is no other way.
The mind blocks and distorts the pure, present, direct life experience by essentially editing your life by converting what you receive through your senses into thoughts, words, feelings and emotions - mind perceptions. The mind is more open to life (out of the way) when you experience new, pleasurable and exciting things, but then it closes you more to life more permanently if you do not know the truth, because it attaches that newness, pleasure and excitement to the past and future, and you want more than what is present. The many faces of the mind fool people into thinking there is something better, something more - but abundant life is here now. Everything people are motivated to do is to get fulfillment, to fill the emptiness, but the things the mind does just make it impossible to be completely fulfilled. These faces of the mind make themselves easily recognized when you observe intellectual pursuit of unnecessary knowledge and information, religious belief, chasing wealth and power, ritual, pleasure seeking, other distractions and everything else the mind leads people in circles with.
To surpass the biggest illusion is to realize that you are not your mind. Then, you must realize what that means. It means that there is no "you" that has control over life. The essence of what you are is eternal, for pure awareness/consciousness is always present. It always has been and always will be, because the universe does not waste anything, including consciousness, it just changes form. When a body can no longer function and harbor consciousness, it dissolves and manifests again, "moves" to the next body, the next world, based on the level of awareness attained in the last body. This is evolution, and we have been through the entire evolutionary process here on earth to get to where we are now. Could it be any other way?
Just as you (consciousness) receive life, you receive what the mind creates. "Your mind" is bio-electric and chemical activity in your brain, neurons firing and communicating, manifesting perceptions of the environment. We receive input directly from life and sensory systems in our bodies undergo complex transduction mechanisms to sense life, to see, hear, feel, smell and taste the present, to be conscious and aware. These mechanisms move in balance, and a signal is sent to the brain almost instantaneously, which activates balanced on/off firing of neurons which start chain reactions of neuron firing and chemical release. Familiar pathways of firing form as the neuronal network is molded by experience, and the mind perceptions form, interpreting life and forming memories. As the mind perceptions get stronger, the direct experience of life gets weaker, and experience is filtered through the mind.
Realize how intense it is to be in your body right now. There are countless processes happening in your body at any given time. The heart beats, blood is pumped, cells are reproduced, hormones are distributed, life is transduced into sensory signals which fire neuronal cascades into thoughts, emotions, feelings, mind perceptions... You are not in control of any of it, it just happens and balances on its own. There is no escaping this temporary body the consciousness (you) is focused in, no escaping the balancing force, no escaping the order of the universe.
Everything in your body just happens on it's own, on autopilot, including the brain activity and mind, just as everything outside of your skin happens on it's own. Everything physical is held together in balance, moving toward balance. The universe would fall apart if it was not constantly balancing itself. Can you think of one process or thing that does not balance out eventually and is not held together in balance? It is not any different for your body and physical mechanisms transducing sensory experience. You are the receiver of the sensory input and resulting perception, the receiver of life, so everything that happens to you is life creating balance. All pleasure will be balanced by an equal amount of pain, so why seek it? There is no point in chasing the pleasures of this world.
The previous paragraphs are just a taste of what you will find in The Present, and a detailed expression of them is not the purpose of this post. The Present explains the ultimate truth in the most clear, complete and accurate way in the history of mankind. Anyone who disagrees should submit an entry to the Truth Contest. The purpose of this post is to explain that there is no other way to true life except to use the truth to overcome the mind. The first step is to read the top entry in its entirety, and then read the last section several times. Then, to live in the truth, you must take the next step and give back to the truth by spreading it or helping others who have dedicated their lives to spreading truth by financially and physically supporting them. If you help and financially support those who actively spread the truth, they will be able to do it full time, which will significantly help you (the giver) and give the human race a chance at survival. Because this universe moves in balance, you have to give to receive. Giving = Receiving is not just a moral code; it is an eternal, unchanging law of the universe we live in.
If you do not understand the truth and what it means, then keep seeking it while spreading what you do understand about it until you know it completely. What could possibly be more important than learning the truth about your own life and death?
If you think you already know, you don't, because the truth is the opposite of what you think. I am not trying to be a jerk or put you down or anything else your mind thinks - I am just being honest and trying to help. Everything on this blog is sharing exactly what I would want shared with me. Whether it is received by others or not, I am talking with myself and realizing what I understand. Even if you are a guru or religious leader or practitioner, even if you have studied under the most renowned spiritual leaders, even if you have been meditating everyday for 50 years, even if you have a PhD and a fortress of intellect, keep seeking truth. Many people think that they already know the truth, but it is a trick of the mind to get them to stop seeking in exchange for comfort in belief and mind certainty. Many people think they do not need to know the truth about life and death, about the big picture, and think they can get in the present through a guru, or through meditation and ritual. This is just a trick of the mind to get people to skip the intellectual, rational truth. There is no "act of surrender" - what you are is already surrendered, you just have to get the mind out of the way, and since you have a rational mind, you need the rational truth to overcome it. The mysteries of life and the mind itself are hidden until YOU put on the mind of truth (learn the truth in words) and use it to overcome the mind of man and the instinctual mind. No one else can do it for you.
The Sufis have a saying that "doubt is the beginning of all wisdom." Without doubt, there is no searching. Without searching, there is no discovery. Without discovery, there is perpetual blindness. Do not get too comfortable and certain in your beliefs and perceptions, no matter how popular and reassuring they are.
Reason is what we have evolved, and we must use it to evolve further. To overcome the mind, you must seek and learn the intellectual/word truth, and then give back to the truth by helping to spread the truth or by supporting those who actively spread it, even if no mind understands what you are doing. The time to just study and try to get into life is over. We must take the next step and become modern prophets and spread the truth that is being revealed. There is NO OTHER WAY. No other way to unite the human race, no other way to turn this world right side up, no other way for you to consciously live in perpetual perfection.
There is no other way.
The mind blocks and distorts the pure, present, direct life experience by essentially editing your life by converting what you receive through your senses into thoughts, words, feelings and emotions - mind perceptions. The mind is more open to life (out of the way) when you experience new, pleasurable and exciting things, but then it closes you more to life more permanently if you do not know the truth, because it attaches that newness, pleasure and excitement to the past and future, and you want more than what is present. The many faces of the mind fool people into thinking there is something better, something more - but abundant life is here now. Everything people are motivated to do is to get fulfillment, to fill the emptiness, but the things the mind does just make it impossible to be completely fulfilled. These faces of the mind make themselves easily recognized when you observe intellectual pursuit of unnecessary knowledge and information, religious belief, chasing wealth and power, ritual, pleasure seeking, other distractions and everything else the mind leads people in circles with.
To surpass the biggest illusion is to realize that you are not your mind. Then, you must realize what that means. It means that there is no "you" that has control over life. The essence of what you are is eternal, for pure awareness/consciousness is always present. It always has been and always will be, because the universe does not waste anything, including consciousness, it just changes form. When a body can no longer function and harbor consciousness, it dissolves and manifests again, "moves" to the next body, the next world, based on the level of awareness attained in the last body. This is evolution, and we have been through the entire evolutionary process here on earth to get to where we are now. Could it be any other way?
Just as you (consciousness) receive life, you receive what the mind creates. "Your mind" is bio-electric and chemical activity in your brain, neurons firing and communicating, manifesting perceptions of the environment. We receive input directly from life and sensory systems in our bodies undergo complex transduction mechanisms to sense life, to see, hear, feel, smell and taste the present, to be conscious and aware. These mechanisms move in balance, and a signal is sent to the brain almost instantaneously, which activates balanced on/off firing of neurons which start chain reactions of neuron firing and chemical release. Familiar pathways of firing form as the neuronal network is molded by experience, and the mind perceptions form, interpreting life and forming memories. As the mind perceptions get stronger, the direct experience of life gets weaker, and experience is filtered through the mind.
Realize how intense it is to be in your body right now. There are countless processes happening in your body at any given time. The heart beats, blood is pumped, cells are reproduced, hormones are distributed, life is transduced into sensory signals which fire neuronal cascades into thoughts, emotions, feelings, mind perceptions... You are not in control of any of it, it just happens and balances on its own. There is no escaping this temporary body the consciousness (you) is focused in, no escaping the balancing force, no escaping the order of the universe.
Everything in your body just happens on it's own, on autopilot, including the brain activity and mind, just as everything outside of your skin happens on it's own. Everything physical is held together in balance, moving toward balance. The universe would fall apart if it was not constantly balancing itself. Can you think of one process or thing that does not balance out eventually and is not held together in balance? It is not any different for your body and physical mechanisms transducing sensory experience. You are the receiver of the sensory input and resulting perception, the receiver of life, so everything that happens to you is life creating balance. All pleasure will be balanced by an equal amount of pain, so why seek it? There is no point in chasing the pleasures of this world.
The previous paragraphs are just a taste of what you will find in The Present, and a detailed expression of them is not the purpose of this post. The Present explains the ultimate truth in the most clear, complete and accurate way in the history of mankind. Anyone who disagrees should submit an entry to the Truth Contest. The purpose of this post is to explain that there is no other way to true life except to use the truth to overcome the mind. The first step is to read the top entry in its entirety, and then read the last section several times. Then, to live in the truth, you must take the next step and give back to the truth by spreading it or helping others who have dedicated their lives to spreading truth by financially and physically supporting them. If you help and financially support those who actively spread the truth, they will be able to do it full time, which will significantly help you (the giver) and give the human race a chance at survival. Because this universe moves in balance, you have to give to receive. Giving = Receiving is not just a moral code; it is an eternal, unchanging law of the universe we live in.
If you do not understand the truth and what it means, then keep seeking it while spreading what you do understand about it until you know it completely. What could possibly be more important than learning the truth about your own life and death?
If you think you already know, you don't, because the truth is the opposite of what you think. I am not trying to be a jerk or put you down or anything else your mind thinks - I am just being honest and trying to help. Everything on this blog is sharing exactly what I would want shared with me. Whether it is received by others or not, I am talking with myself and realizing what I understand. Even if you are a guru or religious leader or practitioner, even if you have studied under the most renowned spiritual leaders, even if you have been meditating everyday for 50 years, even if you have a PhD and a fortress of intellect, keep seeking truth. Many people think that they already know the truth, but it is a trick of the mind to get them to stop seeking in exchange for comfort in belief and mind certainty. Many people think they do not need to know the truth about life and death, about the big picture, and think they can get in the present through a guru, or through meditation and ritual. This is just a trick of the mind to get people to skip the intellectual, rational truth. There is no "act of surrender" - what you are is already surrendered, you just have to get the mind out of the way, and since you have a rational mind, you need the rational truth to overcome it. The mysteries of life and the mind itself are hidden until YOU put on the mind of truth (learn the truth in words) and use it to overcome the mind of man and the instinctual mind. No one else can do it for you.
The Sufis have a saying that "doubt is the beginning of all wisdom." Without doubt, there is no searching. Without searching, there is no discovery. Without discovery, there is perpetual blindness. Do not get too comfortable and certain in your beliefs and perceptions, no matter how popular and reassuring they are.
Reason is what we have evolved, and we must use it to evolve further. To overcome the mind, you must seek and learn the intellectual/word truth, and then give back to the truth by helping to spread the truth or by supporting those who actively spread it, even if no mind understands what you are doing. The time to just study and try to get into life is over. We must take the next step and become modern prophets and spread the truth that is being revealed. There is NO OTHER WAY. No other way to unite the human race, no other way to turn this world right side up, no other way for you to consciously live in perpetual perfection.
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