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A Conclusion of the Mind

The mind tells you that everything is a process consisting of a start, finish and thus, conclusion during the life you live. The internet dictionary also defines this word as follows. The end or finish of an event or process. But what about how you actually live life during this process? Your presence is an ongoing occurrence, let’s call this the beingness of presence. Therefore, this state of presence is now. This should be obvious. Otherwise, you would not experience being here. Nevertheless, the mind seeks reasons for something and conclusions to everything.

Thus, thoughts and emotions distract your sense of being. The mind assesses. And, either unconscious or conscious interactions with the mind determine how you observe the beingness of your presence in life. Yes, there will still be various, often countless, details within the manifestation of the life you live. But please understand that your self-observation, mind and these details establish your presence of being. Therefore, my question to you. How do you choose to be?

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But the mind wants conclusions and will insist on analyzing life by any means and at any cost. The price you pay is a lack of conscious awareness and this can even cause physical discomforts and mental suffering. The brain formulates thoughts in attempts to justify how the mind thinks, especially to reach a conclusion. But life is not something to conclude so that living is over and done. Living should be the conscious and absolute experience of presence, here and now. Please consider what I have just written. The mind’s behavior and the brain’s processing abilities always conjure assumptions, beliefs, illusions, untruth and stories into your existence. However, aware consciousness during the manifestation of presence prevents the mind from distracting or confusing you with these insignificant details.

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Bliss Is Possible… Here and Now

Do this and, with practice, you will know and live in conscious enlightenment. Equally, you will know bliss and live in harmony with yourself and the world around you.

– Be you, completely, without limitation!
– Be happy when joy blossoms within you.
– Be sad when the experience justifies the expression.
– Be sick when the body is ill.
– Be poor.
– Be rich.
– Be fully alive, change what you can and accept the rest.
– Be dead through the acceptance that yes, someday, and in some way, you will die.
– Be…period! Don’t think, speculate or expect what to be.
– Just be. And, let everything flow. That is enough…
– In other words, be the presence within the moment, regardless of the details.

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All details within the moment transpire, come rain or shine, regardless of your thoughts, emotions, contemplation, expectancy and attachments. Therefore, know that whatever you think or feel does not truly alter the actual beingness of your presence. Continue reading →

Spirituality, Religion, and Science! Oh My!

Lions, tigers and bears! Oh my! Do you remember this scene from The Wizard of Oz in 1939? Do you recall Dorothy, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow shaking with fear as they encountered the Cowardly Lion? The depiction of this confrontation with a lion offers us insight as a signpost on the path of conscious awakening. However, let’s substitute lions, tigers and bears with spirituality, religion and science.

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Conditional reactions fill our life and this often causes confusion, distractions and misinterpretations. Furthermore, the thoughts and words we use initiate, nurture and intensify such behavior. Hence, we look at everything through the mind’s tainted reflections. Thus, most people are oblivious to the conscious presence of their being. Therefore, please do not misconstrue the above title. This article and the words are merely portals to the essence of your being. What is Spirituality? This is our inquiry. The expression of spirituality, in itself, is just a word or action. But the pure essence of your being is simply the conscious acknowledgement of your presence in the flow of life. Continue reading →

The Yellow Brick Road Is a Journey of Illusions

Most people know the story of The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy begins an incredible journey to find her way back home. This path in her life was on yellow brick road of enchantment. Doesn’t this sound familiar? The journey symbolizes a personal and collective conditioning that insists everyone has a path to follow. We have probably all said or heard the following sentences. I need to find my path in life. When speaking about others we say. They still have not found their path in life.

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Furthermore, it is also typical to speak with our children about finding their way in life. Thus, we dictate to our children. Here is an example. You are still lost. You have not yet found your path in life. But, the ramifications of this statement often have a profound and damaging effect on our children. Nevertheless, parents constantly evaluate and criticize their children and the very behavior that they taught them. Continue reading →

Social Development and How You Live

Modern social structure development began around 10,000 years ago. Thus, more people were sharing ideas, assumptions and beliefs on a day to day basis. This era possibly increased aspects of our conditioned behavior in reference to the mind dominating our life experience. Searching, assuming and labeling details in our existence dominate our evolution. Additionally, more verbal and written interaction overwhelms our natural conscious awareness of life and our state of presence.

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And, one primary factor remains constant throughout our personal and social development. We do not acknowledge or accept the essence of living and being. Equally, conformity often results as a by-product of social and personal developmental factors. Still, we innately know that we are here and now. We feel the beingness of our person. Yet, the mind causes interference and we attach our sense of being to these thoughts and feelings. Thus, we mistakenly accept the mind’s misapprehensions to be our true self. Thus, thoughts and feelings about living life consume our conscious presence of being and living. Continue reading →

A Controversial Look into How You Live

Firstly, I wish to apologize to anyone that has read my second book Simplicity of Life. There is bad editing such as text flow and grammar mistakes within the book. I am perhaps naïve. I realize that it is years since the publication. But, the editor told me that the editing and grammar were fine. I accepted the editor’s assuring statement as correct. But, the bad editing and lack of sentence flow are the result of my oversight and my trusting nature. I only recently took a critical look at the book’s text flow and grammar. Thus, I made many text changes and grammar corrections within the chapters. I feel that the revised text offers you an easier to read inquiry into controversial topics. Therefore, I wish to offer you this revised version of the book, as a free downloadable PDF document.

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Yes, the reading material is difficult due to the nature of the topics. However, I feel strongly that we all desire harmony and bliss on the path of life. Nevertheless, reading about such controversial topics unleash conditional mind behavior patterns that developed over thousands upon thousands of years. We innately know the truth at the depth of our being. However, all structures of our development have taught us to question, deny and fear something that is actually fundamental. Ultimately, the nature of our beingness has nothing to do with the mind. Equally, the essence of our being (isness) is simplistic when we go beyond mind interference and restrictions. Therefore, the next step on the path of life is hopefully our awakening to a conscious evolution. Continue reading →

Intelligence Within the Act of Being

Life: What is it? And, where do we find love? These are questions that we always ask. But, our object illusions are primarily responsible for integrating falsehood into our existence. The delusions we have placed on our existence engulf all factors of our experiences. It is not your purpose to define life or love. Instead, simply experience your beingness through awareness to consciousness. In other words, wake up! There is an intelligence within you that innately knows the truth of your being without needing to search.

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What is this intelligence? Firstly, I ask that you don’t put energy and effort into labeling what I have written. Secondly, this mysterious something within and surrounding you is not supernatural and not a god. Therefore, simply observe the depth of the inner universe as a space that resonates with common sense. However, please do not minimize the depth and magnitude of this inner dimension. And, we should not define the act of this observation from a standpoint of our worldly activities. The common sense within you is of universal proportion and brilliance. And, your true essence flows from a pool of unconditional beingness that is indifferent to mind details and interactions. Continue reading →

Spilled Milk Causes Confusion

Have you every spilled milk or experience some other mishap? This happens to everyone and usually many times every day. Nevertheless, is any experience really that serious? We can reassuringly answer this question with a no. But, everyone reacts differently. The unconscious or conscious understanding of life influences a person’s behavior patterns. Thus, I am not suggesting that you will not or should not react seriously to any encounter. After all, our experiences are relatively serious but not absolutely. However, I ask that you consciously respond, instead of unconsciously reacting when something happens.

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Therefore, our conversation relates to the practice of conscious awareness during daily activities. Firstly, it is accurate to write that people take the details of most experiences too seriously. It would also be beneficial to accept the actuality of any given situation that the mind labels as serious. Spilled milk is a useful example for our discussion. Let’s consciously observe the aftermath of a glass of milk that spills. Let’s keep it simple. You pour milk. The glass tips and the milk flows unto the kitchen counter and floor. Let’s freeze this image. Ask yourself. What happens when milk spills? Please focus on the obvious answer because the easiest answer is the most likely answer 😊.

Yes, that’s right. The milk spills. Nothing more and nothing less. Any ifs, buts or whys will not change the fact that the milk has spilled. Furthermore, you cannot alter what has happened by unconsciously listening to mind feedback. (thoughts, feelings or beliefs) Continue reading →

Self-observation and Consciousness

Many people understand consciousness and spirituality as an expression of the self. And, instantly, the mind confuses this as a reference to the person, such as the human self or self-consciousness. Therefore, the mind restricts access to our innate knowledge of a true, universal self. Thus, ego and conditioned behavior block out the flow of universal life oneness. The mind insists that there is only the self from a human being standpoint. However, consciousness and self are ultimately an act of self-observation without mind interaction.

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Therefore, do you wish to take a closer look at the self beyond yourself? If yes, this is easier than you might think. Look at everything surrounding you now. Where you are and what you are doing is of no importance because these are merely mind details. What do you see when you look around? What you are observing is yourself. You as a presence of being (self) are essentially in everything. Thus, this self-observation is not a reference to yourself the human form, the mental, emotional, and physical you. Instead, this refers to the self, the one that is universal. Ultimately both are one and the same as a singular state of being. But, let’s take one conscious step after the other. Let’s briefly reflect on both, the human and universal self as in inquiry into consciously living. Continue reading →

Completely Complete Here and Now

You come from one; completely.
It has always been the one.
You are simply here to live.
Do you feel it? Be it! You are alive.
You are the one that shines like the sun.
It is you that creates the moon and stars.

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You are here, now. Do you feel it?
There is nothing less or more than one being.
Therefore, too be or not to be is not the question.
It is you that creates being.
It is you that are one; completely.

Will you live, love and have some fun?
Being is simply to be, completely.
You often want to ask how and why.
But, the gift of being is not a question.

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