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As long as you breathe…

How can anything be over as long as there is life…?? What creates and guides your life is choices, whether you are aware of your choices or not. Why would you give up or give in if you can make choices, whether small or big choices…?? Choices must be meditated and analyzed in order for you to see your life move in the right direction.

Once you see a challenge, a tragedy, a great loss which cripples you and forces you to deviate from your path, even in smaller things happening in your life, you might feel defeated, broken, depressed, and even begin to believe that all you have done until now has been for naught. But why would you do that to yourself…?? You must look at life as the beautiful field where you come to learn, and it is why you must at some point encounter great tragedies and gargantuan problems which shall shake you violently; for you need pain and suffering to elevate yourself above it, and for that same matter to discover your bliss and create your heaven you have to learn to embrace pain and dwell in hell for a period. Who are you to be above all pain and suffering…?? You are human, are you not….??

Whatever age, whatever situation, there is purpose, there is much coming for you; however, the secret of life is not to question or seek that purpose, for this shall bring you mental insanity, frustration, self-destruction. The secret is to remain mentally on a good path but not to attach yourself to it, so when storms come–and they will come–and they deviate you, even pound you and cripple you for a while, you get back up and create yourself another good path.

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela.

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Cave of fear!

No one had ever returned from there! The townsfolk lived in terror that one day the monster would leave the cave, so they regularly left gifts and food at the mouth of the cave, and these always soon disappeared.

One day, a young man came to town, and, fearlessly, he went inside, finding his way with a torch. At first, the monster had a good, long laugh, then went quiet. Finally he arrived at a huge cavern, so as he approached it he felt that something had hit him hard on his back! This pushed him into a hole in the rock; and so, he couldn’t avoid it and fell through. “Darn it, I think the monster has swallowed me,” he said anxiously in his mind while falling. But as he fell, he heard music and voices. They got clearer… And clearer… And when he made a soft landing at the bottom, he heard, “Surprise!!”

Hardly believing it, he found himself right in the middle of a big party. The party-goers were all those people who had never returned to the town. They explained to him that this place had been the idea of an old mayor of the town: That mayor had tried to accomplish great things, but was always held back by the fears of the people around him; so the mayor had invented the story of the monster to demonstrate to people how such an attitude was so limiting. So the young man stayed there, enjoying the party and the company of all those who had dared to approach the cave...

So it goes without saying now, if you penetrate into the dark cave of your own mind and dwell meditatively and patiently there, befriend any fears living there, you will transmute fear into love, attitude of defeat into attitude of confidence and passion for your personal goals and your life in general.

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and the main source of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ~ Bertrand Russell; British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.

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Where is freedom…??

What is the true revolution which actually changes the individual…?? Why is freedom a personal revelation, an inward revolution…??

The world, each group, every individual wears a mask and puts on a show of brutality or kindness, in this way we all desire to be truly free; because whether man consciously knows it or not, freedom is true love, true happiness, and we seek it in different ways. So humanity seeks love and happiness, they seek it through what they call rebellion or revolution, which in their sheer ignorance means defending the country through wars, through more variety in foods by killing and exploiting animals, through physiological and psychological highs with drugs of various types, through sex with different people, etc. etc.

They do this over and over again, they have been doing it for thousands of years and they haven’t learned yet; for they seek freedom outwardly through activities of the ego… But can the ego really give you love, happiness, freedom…??

No. It is an illusion of the senses. Freedom is an inward trait, an inward revolution, thus it is us without an ego-centered activity. Freedom is not putting on the show. Freedom is being you, embracing your flaws, discovering your unique talents, expressing your feelings and thoughts. Freedom is meditating on yourself daily, and not allowing others to pressure you into going to war, into hating, into eating the same the masses eat, into having the same fun the rabble has. For how can anyone really be free if you try to be liked by others, follow others, and reject your true self….?? Hell, this is sheer madness!

To free the world, to allow love into the world, to bring happiness into the world, first you allow yourself to experience this by having an inner revolution; and because you are the world, your consciousness brings this energy of freedom, of truth, into the world you see–i.e., it is a connectivity, a divine and wonderful link which unites our consciousness with the collective consciousness.

“To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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The Well.

Days can be sad, cloudy, stormy, and you might even feel rejected. Lightning and thunder can come down on you and rob you of the things you love the most. The eternal night can swiftly cover your dreams in obscurity. No one really owns anything in this world. What do you think you own…??–your husband??–your wife??–your kids??–your career??–the way you look now??–the art you have created??–your knowledge??… What do you own really which cannot be taken away from you…??…

What if you were walking one day, by yourself, quietly absorbed by the beautiful trees smiling at you, rejoicing in the warm sunlight bathing your skin, the caress of the refreshing breeze gently grazing your cheeks, the smooth and short grass blades tickling your naked feet as you walk….?? What if your mind was empty right then and there…?? What if everything you knew–i.e., the relationships, the things you bought, the age you have, the anxiety finances bring, and all the rest of your past memories–was all gone at that moment, but you only know you are alive because you feel your quiet breath passing your nostrils and because you experience the divine nature around you…??

…And the rabbit hole goes even deeper… Then you grow so meditative, so blissful, so conscious of this wonderful freedom, that you bump into a well. You observe with the same meditation, the well looks magical, you have never seen anything like this before; there is a whole new world down there, where nature is as beautiful as it is where you are. Thoughts pop up into your mind to come back, but you ignore them.

So, you come down the well and discover that it is even more beautiful, the rabbit hole goes deeper and you discover many wonderful things with your divine curiosity now: Water is clean and refreshing, air is even better because is pure energy, it is always day here without any storm, your wrist watch stops and you realize there is no time here; then you discover some more, deep into it caves full of light and gold. You want to live there, you feel refreshed, like new; but you have to face the night above, you have to go back to work, to your relationships which are not so good right now. But you know you can comeback to the well. And so you go up, and is night, and you can see the fantastic world of the well in your mind, you keep it in your heart. Nothing robs you of that. You really own it. No one can take it away..

This is true meditation…

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Beware of The Master!

How aware are you of the truth you know, or of the source of knowledge you have, or of the life you lead…?? Are you really independent, free, and individual in the way you think and act…?? Are you your own Master…??

The human mind seeks answers, solutions, revelations, greater experiences from outside itself; therefore, it enjoys clinging and attachment to whatever it is comfortable to its ego. Are you aware of this yourself…?? This is why most people falls trap of becoming followers, slaves to religions, to certain men (spiritual or not), to traditions, to collective beliefs, to institutions, and to all the rest of the philosophies and techniques which encase the mind into a blinding pattern.

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Do you realize that if you lean and find a false sense of security in something outside of yourself, then your mind becomes attached to it and you lose higher meditation, reality, conscience, and you begin seeing life through that which you follow so closely…?? And you start losing yourself in this method, in this Master, in this philosophy, in this man or god; thus, you distance yourself from self-love because now you live your life not as an individual who is free and conscious, but you live as someone who depends on someone else for love, happiness, for awakening, and for truth.

But truth can only be found in yourself as an individual experience; so, you cannot read about it, or hear it from someone else, or experience it through someone else’s story, but your mind must be absolutely free so you can inquire within yourself and discover it for yourself, without expecting, without blind faith, without clinging, without any attachment, and without any fear whatsoever.

Be aware of this at all times…

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“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.” ~ Buddha.

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A glimpse into eternity…

Do you realize that eternity is here, now, with you, even though it might be extremely difficult to experience for you….?? Do you know what is it that shades or blocks eternity from human experience…??

Eternity is something absolutely free, a condition of existence without the tyranny of space and time; furthermore, eternity is egolessness and Oneness, a state where no duality exists and all boundaries are vanished. Humanity is bound and bullied by ego, by its nature of desire and prejudice; and so, ego is thought and thought gives birth to time and space, and time and space turns matter into decaying dust under the rule of that despot known as fear. But can you think of a moment where you have experienced eternity, egolessness and timelessness, even if you didn’t realize it at the time…??

The swift moment when you gaze into a loved one’s eyes without a thought of desire or any attachment in your mind. The very peak of lovemaking, called orgasm, when desire has left and there is only Oneness and a pure harmony throughout your existence. A deep meditative state, called by some superconsciousness, where thought is not ruling the mind and so this one is empty because no attention seeks ego… These are indeed some of the moments of the higher states of consciousness which allow us to experience eternity, because you are living purely in the moment here and you are not choosing a direction or a desire; but in these moments you are without ego and absolutely free from time and space.

As you go about your life and experience your mind faltering and your body decaying, know and understand that eternity is what you truly are under the layers of your ego and the time ruling your corroding body. When you are threatened by fear and confusion in any way overwhelming your mind, seek magical comfort in that you have already experienced eternity and it is the reality of all existence; and that when you leave your physical body, you shed these layers of ego and time, and so what is left is eternity itself.

“God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is. ~ Marianne Williamson; American spiritual teacher, author, and lecturer.

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Are you still seeking…??

Thoughts are obsessive seekers, as in to become something, to find answers to something, to be guided by something, to attain something, are they not…?? And what are then human beings if not seekers, always searching and desiring to be taken somewhere by the hand…?? But true love and happiness reside beyond seeking, beyond the never-ending struggle for more. Have you realized that within you yet…??

That is the whole problem, as people spend their lives thinking for too long and asking others, always seeking for the thrill of the answer from others, never actually bringing change to their lives, missing the proactive way of living.

When most people think about meditation, thoughts come up, questions fog the answers, thus they seek without actually seeing the truth of it. They desire to know how. Techniques. What happens in meditation. What does meditation bring. How can they start. And they get answers from somebody else, they never meditate on them, and then they continue seeking and asking the same questions over and over again. And this does not bring any change into their lives, but it only fuels more questioning, more empty seeking, and more frustration because they are not developing the way they must.

It is Being, meditation is. Right now your intellect agrees with me; meditation is Being. But you really don’t know what Being really is, do you…?? You need to have the actual experience to realize in your heart what it means, and you haven’t meditated. Or have you seriously, deeply meditated…?? …

The witness knows all. Fish, sharks, whales, they all swim and roam the waters of the big ocean; so, they know only what they see and experience as they are swimming by, going from here to there. But the ocean waters stay always there, they witness the moon, the sun, the storm, the rain, the cold, the heat, and all beings swimming in them. They never change. The ocean waters are the ultimate witness.

Your thoughts are the beings swimming, and you are what holds them, what witness them. You are indeed the unchanging witness. And to know the silent and wise, Enlightened and divine, witness that you are, you must go beyond the beings swimming, you must be one with meditation. The witness has no questions, knows no effort, brings no fear and anxiety. The witness is life itself without the fogginess and chaos created by your humanity…\

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Now, would you experience it yourself…??

“You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.” ~ A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami; Indian Gaudiya Vaishnavism spiritual teacher, guru, founder preceptor (Acharya) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and author.

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“Evolving through time…”

Time is tied to change, to development, to growth; thus, time is indeed all that, time is all it takes for matter to create memories, experiences, guides to nurture our brains and its wiring. And physical evolution indeed happens through time, it is time; therefore, all which occurs in the physical sphere is a pattern or consequence of time and the activity human beings engage, knowingly or unknowingly.

The human brain is a bundle of memories, electrical and chemical wire conduits which mold experiences to better help us engage in the world, and it is the source of learning when added to the passion of our hearts; because whenever the intellect, the brain tries to learn something but there is no passion from the heart, then that same brain does not deeply learn but forgets soon enough.

Remember when you learned to drive, for example, it stuck with you throughout your life, even if you couldn’t have a car of your own for many years; because you knew it was important to you and also interesting as you saw your family drive, so you put not just your intellect and analysis but your whole heart into it, your passion to grow drove you forth.

And life itself is learning, growing, developing, creating ever forth; for when you learn with your heart in it, then you follow life and start living, you stop thinking and suffering age and the pressures of the world, because now you are nurturing yourself with food that will not leave you but strengthen you and make you feel stronger and more confident to create a better path–whether you are 20, 40, or 70 years old.

The worst mistake people make is to think and believe that the brain ages with the body and that there is no stopping the process; but the brain ages because most people do not care for it and nurture it with deep love for learning–i.e., a new language, new ideas, new lifestyles, new books, new skills or enterprises, new daily behaviors, mindful meditations, etc. etc.

When this happens and you nurture your brain daily, new neural connections appear, new awareness, consciousness expands, and you embrace change and direct it to better fit the ever evolving you.

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“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” ~ Sophia Loren; Italian film actress and singer.

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Doors beyond perception…

The doors into perception, as they are limited by thought, tend to be crass, mechanical, confusing, and misguided by beliefs and ideas; therefore, they are seen as the whole of the human experience, and nothing in the mind of the masses exists but these daily patterns of perception.

This is the mundane brain conditioning; brain cells which have been managed through time to work mechanically based upon the environment and past of the individual. But beyond this perception of daily living there is more, there is a vast source of energy which feeds these mentioned and known patterns of perception; thus, a grid of godly, cosmic, divine, ancient, or however you want to call it, reception or essence which lies beyond mechanical conditioning, namely a vortex or core of silence.

And this silence which is dynamic, vibratory, refreshing, filled with a rich perception beyond the known, is no more and no less than that field of unlimited comprehension and love (rich connection with what is) which carries no concept or duality; where the seeker stops all seeking and basks in the absolute freedom from the known perception of the ignorant masses belonging to a deeply disturbed society.

In this deeply meditative, attentive, and all-wise condition the mind is completely free, unpolluted, and superbly intelligent to accept all change and flow with life as one.

This is indeed the state of reception of the divine which resides in our DNA and in higher states of consciousness brought on by communion with the pure heart through self-awareness, meditation, and deep self-knowledge; consequently, this cleanses the known perception to see clearly our path in life without psychological fears and emotional reactions.

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So, what’s beyond the mere perception of your daily physical senses…?? Why do people only lean and believe in the world outside of them, namely the world of age and form…?? The subconscious holds the key to higher states of focus, attention, free creativity, wisdom, and all which guides the conscious human being into the light of truth to fix and create his own life, to not fall into society’s pressures and environment anomalies. And aren’t these the obstacles for most people’s progress and deep perception of life, deep perception of their own daily problems….??

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” ~ William Blake; English poet, painter, and printmaker.

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One with it.

“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” ~ Helen Keller; American author, political activist, and lecturer.

“You learn more from losing than winning, more from pain than joy.” You learn how to keep going.” ~ Morgan Wootten; American former high school basketball coach.

It is extremely important to develop ourselves and vital for true happiness in life to self-reflect and know our deepest selves, our darkness as well as our light, our pain as well as our joy.

Sadly, most people today do not understand that in order to know why something happens in life, you must embrace it, become well acquainted with it, study it closely; and, opposite to this, you must never escape and try to ignore it, specially when it comes to emotional and psychological issues.

The human being suffers pain, and, no matter your unique situation in life or who you are, you must learn to adjust to this; because pain is meant for your mind to analyze it and comprehend it in order to not allow it to destroy you and your dreams.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Do not run away from pain through activities, relationships, jobs, religion, travels, and the rest; but stay with pain and learn the lesson in them. Do not avoid pain and what makes you uncomfortable, but realize that it is a blessing in disguise so you can grow.

Personally, I welcome challenges and pain, because If my father and brother hadn’t died, if my mother hadn’t nearly been killed by my once stepfather, if I hadn’t gone through so many challenges in my life, I wouldn’t have awakened to many wonderful things I see so clearly now, and, of course, I wouldn’t be sharing this with you and trying to help you in your own life.

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So, you see, life turns to be wonderful and miraculous once you study and analyze those moments that have caused you so much pain and still anguish. I hope you can see this, too.

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