Thoughts From A Mystic

No. The path of 'no-self' is no secret. It's part of what it means to be human; in fact it IS the path that leads to true humanity. Jesus was correct is stating there is 'only one way', but people don't want to hear that message. It's the 'addicts curse', meaning- no addict wants to be without his/her drug(s); therefore has no 'eyes or ears' for the truth. Anyone who practices 'attraction' will find they are still stuck in their mental world-view, or 'Samsara' in Buddhist terms. As long as what they want (take note of the taint of desire) comes to them, they will remain stuck in that mental world-view. What one thinks is not WHAT IS; and suffering comes from being disconnected from WHAT IS. Buddhism gets immediately to the solution- 'Life is suffering and there is a cure' (The 4 Noble Truths.) That cure is RELEASE from the limiting mental world-view. "The law of attraction" doesn't care if you are an ...

'There is nothing required of me to do; and nothing to be done that I haven't already accomplished.' This line from the Bagavad Gita speaks about the 'perfection' of what is. The way things are is the way they've always been and always will be...the only difference is how we see, or recognize what is. It's popular of people to think in terms of 'Teleology'- The word "teleology" is derived from the Greek word telos, meaning end or purpose. Teleology is the supposition that there is purpose or directive principle in the works and processes of nature (or in a person's suppositions about their life or their culture's path.) Getting back to the original quote, we discover that Reality continues in it's plasicity; always flowing from this form to that. There's no 'End', just an endless process. Everything that can be done, already has been done; and will be again, and again...and again! Here, from Jewish tradition- Ecc...

People often think they're awake when they are up and about, perhaps thinking about this or that. What people normally consider consciousness is actually 'daydreaming'; biased involvement with thoughts about what might be, and less about what IS. They rarely become conscious, in the truist sense; which is the great gift of being human. 'Self-concious' people rarely experience 'what's going on'. 'What is' is always flavored by self; distorted by desires. This false consciousness fails in its awareness of 'others'; and finds itself tripping over speculation and inaccurate predictions. Jesus spoke of 'normal conciousness' as; "The blind leading the blind." How elegantly and succinctly stated! What humans COULD realize is 'awareness of awareness'. This is Consciousness in it's purest form. This might be the best explanation, or reason (if you are determined to find one) of why man exists- to become AWARE...

Each of us creates our own problems- what Buddhists call 'suffering'. Our problems arise from our sense of alienation from the universe, or more broadly reality. Western thought supports the concept of self, which has been used as a means of control over individuals and society as a whole. Each person's self-concept is fluid; having no long term stability. You are not 'self', but 'awareness'. Descartes was close, when he stated; "I think, therefore I am." Substituting 'feel' for 'think' would be equally accurate. But both are still secondary to what 'I' is. "I'm aware, therefore I am." would be more accurate (but concepts and words fail to give us an exact understanding.) Existing as awareness, without letting it be stained from thoughts or feelings, which come from desires and biases, is the path taught by Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity- "The goal of the Buddhist contemplative is to develop f...

Suffering comes from separateness and alienation, with the resulting futile attempts to correct one's alienated state. Buddhism says you are already Buddha- there's no need to struggle to 'better' yourself or to 'become' Buddha. Reality is not the problem. There's no need to improve things as they are. Reality is hidden from most people, because they're preoccupied with their own perspectives. It's not hidden purposefully, as if by some evil power. The good news is that YOU HAVE EYES TO SEE, and once you learn to use them you will be able to see clearly. Learning to see, or being conscious, is challenging. Culture (I don't like to use the phrase 'the World', because Truth is infused in all creation) doesn't support consciousness; which leads to freedom from all cultures (human created systems.) The journey is one of 'waking up' (realizing 'Buddha', or 'Christ living in me') and coming to see reality apa...

1) All that we are is the result of what we have thought. __It is "founded on our thoughts. It is made up of our thoughts. __If one speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows one, __as a vehicle follows the tow-truck that pulls it. 2) All that we are is the result of what we have thought. __It is founded on our thoughts. It is made up of our thoughts. __If one speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows one, __like a shadow that never leaves. 3) "She abused me, he beat me, she defeated me, he robbed me": __In those who harbor such thoughts, anger will never cease. 4) "She abused me, he beat me, she defeated me, he robbed me": __In those who do not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. 5) For never does hatred cease by hatred at any time. __Hatred ceases by love. This is an eternal law. 6) Everyone in the world does not know __that we must all come to end here, __but those who do know, __their quarrels cease at once. It's not enough to ha...

"All know the Way, but few actually walk it." Bodhidharma If anyone tells you someone (not you) will save you if you believe in that person sincerely enough; or that someone will make you right with God, don't believe them. There is only one person who can, and must do that work, and it is YOU! Jesus, Buddha and other 'great' religious teachers show us a path to follow. They can't make you follow it; and without following the path you won't reap the rewards of that path. It's important to believe in them; but that belief is not one of slavish acceptance, but of seeing the value of the teaching and putting it into practice. Doing the work is very important! No matter how sincere you are, restricting your spiritual walk to statements of commitment, no matter how sincere (the Way is not that of proper incantations), without following the path (works), you'll never reach the 'goal'. Look at this parable from Jesus (Matt 21:28-32 ) But w...