Friday, January
25, 2008
QueQui QuintanaRoo
Newspaper
Positive Mind
Consciousness: The
way out of pain
Create no more pain
in the present
Nobody’s life is
entirely free of
pain and sorrow.
Isn’t it a question
of learning to live
with them rather
than trying to avoid
them?
The greater part of
human pain is
unnecessary. It is
self-created as long
as the unobserved
mind runs your life.
The pain that you
create now is always
some form of
non-acceptance, some
form of unconscious
resistance to what
is. On the level of
thought, the
resistance is some
form of judgment. On
the emotional level,
it is some form of
negativity. The
intensity of the
pain depends on the
degree of resistance
to the present
moment, and this in
turn depends on how
strongly you are
identified with your
mind. The mind
always seeks to deny
the Now and to
escape from it. In
other words, the
more you are
identified with your
mind, the more you
suffer. Or you may
put it like this:
the more you are
able to honor and
accept the Now, the
more you are free of
pain, of
suffering—and free
of the egoic mind.
Why does the mind
habitually deny or
resist the Now?
Because it cannot
function and remain
in control without
time, which is past
and future, so it
perceives the
timeless Now as
threatening. Time
and mind are in fact
inseparable.
Imagine the Earth
devoid of human
life, inhabited only
by plants and
animals. Would it
still have a past
and a future? Could
we still speak of
time in any
meaningful way? The
question “What time
is it?” or “What’s
the date today?” –
if anybody were
there to ask it –
would be quite
meaningless. The oak
tree or the eagle
would be bemused by
such a question.
“What time?” they
would ask. “Well, of
course, it’s now.
The time is now.
What else is there?”
Yes, we need the
mind as well as time
to function in this
world, but there
comes a point where
they take over our
lives, and this is
where dysfunction,
pain, and sorrow set
in.
The mind, to ensure
that it remains in
control, seeks
continuously to
cover up the present
moment with past and
future, and so, as
the vitality and
infinite creative
potential of Being,
which is inseparable
from the Now,
becomes covered up
by time, your true
nature becomes
obscured by the
mind. An
increasingly heavy
burden of time has
been accumulating in
the human mind also
holds a vast amount
of residual pain
from the past.
If you no longer
want to create pain
for yourself and
others, if you no
longer want to add
to the residue of
past pain that still
lives on in you,
then don’t create
any more time, or at
least no more than
is necessary to deal
with the practical
aspects of your
life. How to stop
creating time?
Realize deeply that
the present moment
is all you ever
have. Make the Now
the primary focus of
your life. Whereas
before you dwelt in
time and paid brief
visits to the Now,
have your dwelling
place in the Now and
pay brief visits to
past and future when
required to deal
with the practical
aspects of your life
situation. Always
say “yes” to the
present moment. What
could be more
futile, more insane,
than to create inner
resistance to
something that
already is? What
could be more insane
than to oppose life
itself, which is now
and always now?
Surrender to what
is. Say “yes” to
life – and see how
life suddenly starts
working for you
rather than against
you.
The present moment
is sometimes
unacceptable,
unpleasant, or
awful.
It is as it is.
Observe how the mind
labels it and how
this labeling
process, this
continuous sitting
in judgment, creates
pain and
unhappiness. By
watching the
mechanics of the
mind, you step out
of its resistance
patters, and you can
then allow the
present moment to
be.. This will give
you a taste of the
state of inner
freedom from
external conditions,
the state of true
inner peace. Then
see what happens,
and take action if
necessary or
possible.
Accept – then act.
Whatever the present
moment contains,
accept it as it you
had chosen it.
Always work with it,
not against it. Make
it your friend and
ally, not your
enemy. This will
miraculously
transform your whole
life. Eckhart Tolle
To come to know that
nothing is good,
nothing is bad, is a
turning point; it is
a conversion. You
start looking in;
the outside reality
loses meaning. The
social reality is a
fiction, a beautiful
drama; you can
participate in it,
but then you don't
take it seriously.
It is just a role to
be played; play it
as beautifully, as
efficiently, as
possible. But don't
take it seriously;
it has nothing of
the ultimate in it.
Osho
The beauty of
this process
Diksha/Oneness
Blessing is a
transfer of Divine
energy which helps
us to disidentify
from conflict and
suffering, taking us
to states of inner
peace, joy,
happiness and
Oneness
Diksha energy is
universal & useful
in all spiritual
traditions.
It enhances our
ability to connect
from the Heart with
the Divine & with
all of the people
that we love.
Many report that
after receiving
Diksha = Oneness
Blessing they
experience healing
on all levels, as
well as powerful and
ongoing spiritual
awakening. Most
people are seeking
harmony and joy. We
have discovered that
it is possible for
everybody to live in
that state of inner
freedom, even
permanently.
Oneness Blessing
initiates a process
of awakening the
Divine Presence
within you; taking
you towards Oneness,
and enabling you to
see the reality of
what you are in
every moment. Also
healing your body,
your relationships,
and recognizing the
divinity in the
experience of the
present moment….
Conscious awakening
is the ability to
see reality as it
is, without the
layers of
interference and
interpretation
imposed by the mind.
It is a simple
neurobiological
event, and can
happen
instantaneously.
Conscious awakening
is peeling off the
layers of
interpretation from
any given event. To
the enlightened
person, life becomes
very ordinary. You
walk, and you are
walking. You eat,
and you are eating.
Enlightenment is not
about having
extraordinary
experiences so much
as recognizing that
each ordinary moment
is extraordinary in
itself.
Before, there were a
thousand
interpretations in
the mind for
everything you
experienced. Now,
there is only the
experience.
In this Divine state
you consciously
experience your
divine self and
become one with God.
This can be
experienced as a
great explosion of
love or joy, which
is much more
profound than any
worldly pleasure.
When someone reaches
this state of being,
this connection with
God, the Divine, the
Absolute, they will
surely have achieved
the ultimate that
being on this earth
can offer.
You, your freedom
and your liberation
is what is most
important to me.
Experiences
These are some
experiences from the
Mexican Armed Forces
who have received
Diksha/Oneness
Blessing:
Dear Alexis, I really enjoyed everything in the session as I deeply relaxed. I believe that to truly be well, it is first necessary to be conscious of what you have in your mind. This co-existence is necessary in a human being, in order to be in harmony with others, and especially to be at peace within yourself, your inner being.
During the meditation I saw a purple light at the beginning, and later a white brilliant light, and after some minutes I could see another purple light. When I opened my eyes I felt deeply relaxed and much lighter but when I saw the white light, I felt that it wasn’t from here. I feel much better now and would like to continue feeling this well being as it’s thanks to you and this gift that you have.
