“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale; American minister and motivational author.
What is blocking you from being the BEST you can be…?? Why aren’t you the motivated beast I know you are deep inside…?? Is it because you are shy? Is it because you have negative people around you? Is it because you have negative self-talks? If you want to achieve success in all you do, if you want bliss at every moment in your life, you MUST find it within you to be your very best and stop looking at others and becoming self-conscious, which is mental torture to your very self and a damaging way of keeping yourself down.
God’s Nature is where you should find motivation, God’s perfection is where you find true strength. It is certainly where I have found my motivation and strength. All of us, absolutely all, have a strength similar to a lion’s: See, the lion is king, nobody moves an inch when he appears, the lion roars and others shrink, the lion controls his rebellious emotions, his wayward thoughts, the lion knows…
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” ~ Pat Riley; American professional basketball executive, former coach and player.
When our energy to keep going is drained and we feel exhausted, heavy thoughts and emotions overwhelm us, and our minds, without our knowledge sometimes, start narrowing in size blinded by clouds of polluted confusion; then, as we all know, we create the dark concept of failure, which, obviously, being a construct of the exhausted mind, does not really exist but it only springs from our ego. And when the mind becomes exhausted and overwhelmed by thoughts of failure, self-pity arises and takes over our thinking, kills all rationale, and poisons our ideas and behaviors.
But in this state of absolute stupor, we cannot see the true reality, that the chemistry, the neuronal circuitry of our entire nervous system has been compromised and directed to bomb our bodies with toxins to make us have darker thoughts and to see only sadness and misery, and in turn these neuronal connections drive toxins into our cellular make-up to thus attract unhealthy habits and illnesses into our system/organs, hence, it is why we become sick and also moody. And this can either happen consciously or subconsciously.
Now, there is something which can override this system of poison or toxic processes, and it all starts in your mind, is free and extremely powerful, and you do not have to go and take outside medicines of any kind; because this remedy is in you already, IT IS YOU, but perhaps you have not noticed it because of all the negative processes consuming you when confusion strikes and the illusion of failure is created within your mind.
Oh, so that’s what happened to humanity! See, when you laugh at the problems presented in your midst and to the nonsense other people do, then you become stronger and resilient to deal with whatever happens in your life, your mind elevates and you see above your own problems, you come up with imaginative ideas and great solutions to further progress.
What can override this system of dangerous proportions taking over your whole body and wreaking havoc within your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, is just the simplest, silliest thing, “LAUGHTER.” This means seeing above your own problems and nonsense from other people, so you can realize that you are not your problems, so you can realize that you are the reaction to your problems; therefore, you are always in control, whether you know it at the moment or not.
Don’t think you will be able to pay the mortgage coming up? The kids are being kicked out of school? Someone called you something you don’t like? You lost your job? Someone close to you died? You engaged into a conversation with a moron who has a very small mind? Your reaction is everything in life. I am not saying is easy, mind you. I am not saying you shouldn’t care, mind you.
I am indeed saying that you should always think clearly, and do not become trapped by thoughts of destruction which can alter your mood and behavior thus making the problem even worse. There is always a solution, and you will only find it if you can remain stress free. If you still do not find a solution, find another idea and move onto something else. Put your whole energy into something new.
Laughing through your problems or seeing them as something that is beneath you, will make you stronger and clearer of mind to use rationale and think sharper. Remember the toxins being dumped by your nervous system that I mentioned at the beginning, the loads of poisonous chemicals going throughout your system and affecting your whole molecular make-up when you feel overwhelmed by stress…?? This is nullified and cleaned instantly by a bigger perspective, by laughing or seeing beyond your problems.
It is like a system of pipes: If you add garbage and toxic waste, then, the pipes will be grimy and clogged, spreading diseases to whomever is nearby; however, if the pipes are clean and washed of all toxins, then, they can run smoothly and they will be working perfectly. Inside you, the system is just like that, and laughing at your problems (however large or small they are) will clean those neuronal pipes running throughout your entire body, it will bring energy that is healthy and positive and then it will spread that same energy into your very cells and into your very thoughts, thus giving you ideas that are clear, solutions that are efficient, and behaviors that are constructive. A better life overall.
This is one of the most important things to understand about life, because quite often one ignores it or forgets it. But if you are able to remember this in the moments when you are confused and exhausted mentally, in those moments of stress and tragedy in your life, then, you will rise yourself above all that and grow your mind and human spirit to not only better your own life, but to spread and affect others around you with this godlike quality of laughter and joy through the challenges of life.
The God-Man exists, is not just a crazy idea; however, it lives beyond mediocrity and filth, because it is in fact your higher mind, and it does not dwell in any mental and emotional garbage.
Somewhere in New York City, present time. Around 2 am.
The apartment is truly a mess: TV bashed in, things strewn on the floor, mirrors hanging on the wall cracked in two. The apartment of a really angry and miserable person, a person who sits perfectly still on his living room chair now, a person whose thought is clear and peaceful now, a person who had a real awakening and feels… different…
Jesus!!!– What da hell?!– What happened?!– What am I doing…?! Why did I do that…?! … Who am I…?? Am I one or two…?? I feel… I dunno. I think I feel better now. Jeez– But who or what was that…?? I didn’t recognize him. Man, this is crazy, and it was like I had a demon in me. Perhaps a demon I had all along, but I had not realized it before. But–But everything is so clear now. And I don’t feel guilty. I feel… I feel free, my mind feels so light, unburdened from the demon who was just a few seconds ago wreaking havoc. The one who did this… in my mind and in my apartment…
My life. I have to do something about it, now that I can see clearly… God– My head. I have to stand up from this chair and walk around, be more in the present and try to emotionally connect to myself… Ah!– Funny. And to think I had to hit rock bottom and try to kill myself to see this clearly, to think this clearly… “Shiva, The destroyer”–The old must be destroyed to build the new. Ordinary must be replaced by extraordinary. The mind elevates and the spiritual being is realized fully. That’s the way of Shiva– That crazy book, from that crazy guy, it had it right all along. Yeah, I was so stupid. Why was I that stupid…?? I don’t remember. Praising those superficial people, wanting to be like them instead of being myself, eating like them, believing what they believed, visiting the places they visited. Shit– I can fly now, and I can be myself, and I feel more confident than ever… Yes, definitely! This is the start of a new life for me!
“Shiva, The Destroyer of The Old and Builder Of the New.”
Several minutes earlier. Climbing the stairs up to his apartment, taken by devil, really angry and cursing the very air he breathes…
Goddammit!– I can’t… God– I can’t even breathe now. Jesus– The steps of the damn stairs! I see blurry. What is this?! Why now…?? My heartbeat is really pounding this time. But I just… It was just some fun like always. I loved the adrenaline. The drugs. The dancing. The illegal racing. And the girls… Damn you– I’m not… I am better than this! I am… I just want to die. Fortunately, I have that gun still sitting in my room. Gotta try again. Thought things would be better, but they are–they are… not… The guys!– My so called friends. Shit!– SLAMM!!
I can’t even see clearly. Dammit– This is the living room. And this rage! GGOODD!!! Fuck!… Oh, shit. Why me…?? … But, yeah. It’s the only solution… What is this? My mother gave me this for Christmas. Never used it. Still has the fucking bow… My mother. She probably doesn’t need me that much. What da fuck is my role in this family?! I’m a loser anyway… It’ll all be over soon… SMASH!!! I hate this TV! It brought me so much confusion and I didn’t even know it back then. I always hated myself for being the way I am!… SMASH!!! Well, there will be no bad luck from breaking this shitty mirror now that I will be fucking gone, will it?!
SMASH!!! SMASH!!! No one will treat me like that anymore! It will stop all the pain and this… FUCKING RAGE! SMASH!!! … Yeah, and I wanted to start my own business! Selling what?!–stupid real state?! I didn’t even go to high school!! Look at all this shit– These stupid marketing plans, and these contracts… GOD!– Where’s that fucking gun?! … Here it is… The cold grip, the solution to my problems, fast and painless… Jesus! My–My hands. I can’t–I can’t make ’em stop shaking!… My thoughts. Too fucking loud! And my heart doesn’t stop! AAGGGHHH!!!–
BBAAAANNGG!!!— (…and so the bang of the gun was loud, but it slipped his clammy hand just in time, and shot through the window into the dark and fateful night…)
“To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.” ~ Eckhart Tolle; spiritual teacher and author.
Being in the present is not a concept, an image, or a word that our mind can create, like it creates the past and the future. Enlightenment, or higher spiritual awakening, can ONLY be realized through the communion with our own biology, our inner essence of the divine; however, most people search for Enlightenment outside of themselves, or even in their own minds, by filling their minds with knowledge, by doing good acts, by following spiritual teachers and hoping Enlightenment attaches itself to them, but, of course, this is a serious mistake.
The mind, the ego, does not have anything to do with higher spiritual awakening. Find out what does.
“People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” ~ Plato; Greek philosopher, educator.
The very act of man standing erect and walking upon this earth, of building shelter, of enjoying foods which sustain life, of the marvelous working of the lungs and of the miraculous powers of the heart remains unpaid to a divinity which shall bear no worthless name according to man’s weak confusion; but, however, in the Eternal Mind such is the almighty power of Creation itself, which has thus fashioned all space and time and the bridge that unites man to the highest and most blissful riches of the universe, the subconscious force or omnipresent mind—the origins of the god-man bestowed upon and introduced within the human form of the everyday facade.
The science in this is profound and in agreement with the great sages of old times. That the heartbeats themselves produce vibrating forms of energy, waves and ripples of the electromagnetic aura around the heart deeply connected to a source of prophetic wisdom and emotional power the common man whose consciousness is planted upon the physical senses dares not think of. That is the God-Man.
Now the story of how we became beings, then corrupted, and then lost in this land.
Since before time and space we existed and we were literally one, then chaos started, ego came into being and greed and the need to enslave the minds of other men.
How did we get to this point…?? How to be free…?? What or who is the God-Man really…??
“Our mind is like a cloudy sky: in essence clear and pure, but overcast by clouds of delusions. Just as the thickest clouds can disperse, so, too, even the heaviest delusions can be removed from our mind.” ~ Kelsang Gyatso; Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author.
To me, the essence of what we truly are is the most essential understanding I carry with me about life which influences my thought and behaviors.
Most of us walk around blind to our real worth and identity, so, in this mirage so real to us, we engage in arguments and fights, and rebellious and ignorant attitudes which take us to pain and suffering and all kinds of negative emotions of destruction. This is because we find our identities, our value in what we know, in the knowledge we have acquired throughout years and all experiences we have gone through in this physical realm; however, the energy within those atoms that form you is what you truly are, it is your ONLY real identity and value because that never dies, but your body and mind do. Some of us call this energy imagination and the process of creating value to connect to other human beings.
In this video, I explain certain things about it from my own experiences in life:
“You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful. It is legitimate and right to desire riches, if you want them for the sake of your soul, but not if you desire them for the lists of the flesh.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles; American author and New Thought writer.
When choosing your greatest desire make sure it assimilates the nobility and incredible power of life inside you; that rigorous selection, and only that, may give you the strength and burning passion you need to reach success without fearing the obstacles and falling prey of the distractions in the path ahead. This is absolutely paramount for us to understand when we initiate the process of choosing the right and most important desire, because if we have in mind that life itself is success and also the greatest desire of existential growth, then we will choose that very desire which is brilliance in the path to our goals but also challenging to our minds’ development as life itself, the greatest teacher, is to each of us.
See, the problem with most people’s desires is that they have only superficial and known glamour which do not go beyond simple imagination, and hence have no uniqueness and warrior spirit in themselves. People watches TV and want to be the successful businessman or famed actor, people reads popular magazines and want that car or that amount of cash, people praises leaders in the economy and politics of our society and they feel they can follow them and learn to lead like them, people see great houses and cars and boats and wishes to possess that same luxury, people hear of great science and/or spiritual educators and they follow them and read their books religiously to gain their wisdom and reach their level of mastery.
But, you tell me, where is the uniqueness and the creativity of a powerful and inspiring desire in that..?? Where is the incredibly magnificent design of life’s ultimate desire in that…??
No, it is not to be. That is shallow and mediocre, dull-witted and crude, the spawn of a lazy and selfish mind which only sees itself and its ego possessing riches and knowledge without a unique, inner identity to advocate mankind’s higher growth and purpose.
And mankind’s higher growth and purpose is not what the asleep and unperceptive society dictates, and it is definitely not the soulless consumerism you watch on TV, read in magazines, or hear on the radio; however, I do understand the tremendous mind control and emotional hold these “fashionable” media sources wield upon the weak minds of the pitiable masses, but I also see beyond the misleading façade of these thieves of all reason and healthy encouragement, and I experience in myself the incredible greatness and potentiality of all mankind well past what the misleading physical senses tell me every day.
Remember this higher law of the universe, that the true and higher living is indeed life, and this life is success; on the opposite, the law of the lower ego in man deceives thus, that the lazy and selfish living is life, and this life is success. Now, meditate on them, choose between the two, and do what truly elevates your spirit and makes you into a better man for the sake of all mankind.
You see, growing a true and spiritually elevating desire to better yourself, your life, and your loved ones, is the key to motivate yourself and surround your heart with a burning passion so great which cannot be extinguished by nothing at all. Now, this is especially true for the acquisition of material riches, because in the faithful pursuit of these your heart has to be in it with a burning passion which surpasses all fear and indecisiveness within your dual mind.
The deepest desire of growing economically has to be built upon the greatest and most noble foundation humankind may yet reach from within itself, which is in fact spiritual foundation due to the origin of divinity and perfect life the mortal body and dual thought lack; consequently, the noble and honest desire for riches and economic abundance in your life must be originated and sustained by the spiritual motivation/fuel of reaching your higher self, and thus not based on the competitor ego which deceives the human mind into believing that wealth has to be attained by means of aggressive and selfish nature. Life in its true essence beyond this physical realm is an active DESIRE of dynamic evolution, a self-motivated engine moving ever forward, energies of creativity and conscious awareness of themselves as all corporeal existence is brought into being, then the most beautiful and perfect dance throughout itself and designer of all space and time; for this reason, the desire in man to obtain riches and a prosperous life is something natural and good if the mind in question is under the right impressions and guided by wisdom. The natural desire born in man to have wealth is not something to feel ashamed of, run away from, or even loathe, as many religions and “spiritual” people seem to believe and self-righteously condemn in other men. Isn’t it pathetic and hypocritical that many religions of the world express great disapproval, and even hellish denouncement, of the pursuit of wealth while the same institutions take billions of dollars from their blind followers to build hugely massive and pompously luxurious places to worship their blasphemous nonsense and feed those obtuse egos they have…?? They make billions each year and pay no taxes, gloat and teach about the virtuous pursuit of a common life with no riches whatsoever, and all this while millions of people around the world suffer extreme poverty and starvation under conditions which are gravely inhumane and that of the lowest creature existing under God’s shining Sun.
Human beings are meant to obtain growth, not only spiritually but economically as well, because that is what the essence of life itself is, unlimited and powerful growth. That one man occupies his whole time and effort in achieving material riches is absolutely weak and wrong. That one man occupies his whole time and effort in reaching spiritual growth is narrow-minded and obtuse. The two pursuits shall go together in order to be and feel whole, the spiritual and physical beings we are. We are dual beings and as long as we have a body and a flawed mind we shall be that, no matter the enlightenment or the status in society.
We need to embrace what we are and what we need in this life. No wise man can lead a full life either only spiritually or only materially. The wise sage finds the balance in the pursuit of both. Economic growth must be seen as something noble and good because it adds to a better life, a freedom’s advocate; but the spirit and mind have to grow with it, lest we become monsters which remain enslaved to our own physical senses and commanding ego. The same goes for spiritual growth. They both need to find balance in order for the mind of man to reach spiritual, and also human, freedom and bliss.
I… I saw blackness… Yes, pure and frightening, cold to the very marrow of my bones. Pitch dark like night without moonlight, it was. I… I thought I was done, or… I did not think I existed or I had ever existed. Who was I…?? Or what was I…?? Are you taking notes right now? I see your bright eyes upon mine and I think you are following this, but your expensive pen is not moving.
The… The obnoxious, chattering voices were gone now; they had haunted me while I stared into that ceiling, white and smooth, in the corridor and then in the room. I thought my casket. Blood was everywhere, somehow I knew but I couldn’t feel it because I was cold and in a… in a state of… absence, you know… Suddenly, I felt fresh and sharper, mentally, all I felt and experienced was my mind, but quiet, forgiving, in peaceful unity somehow because there were no dual voices, no noise and no distraction. Just the experience of being there. And a bright light, not blinding but spewing energy and a brightness which gave me confidence, strength, courage. It was not above me this light, but I… I think it was all over, wherever I was, or perhaps I was the light because I found no division between this light and my persona or my mind. But, yes, definitely, I knew I existed now. Yes. Hey, pay attention– People should know this; some will mock it, some will believe it and connect to my experience, some will just accept it for what it is… Whatever it is.
The article will be in the cover, yes? I need to spread my message. Or whatever happened. It is unbelievable, isn’t it? Is hard to believe it myself, but I was there, I… was everywhere. I think. Maybe. Definitely! …So the light, man, wow– I cannot explain really. I had walked under the very Summer sun before, but this… this was me, and I was the sun. But I was more, much more. There was no tunnel though, there were stars and forms and other lights at a distance. And soon there were many colors, textures, sweet harmony–music or sounds really low but kind of vibrating… Yes! Vibrating within me, or around me, or all over really. Was it all a dynamic but peaceful dance…?? I am not sure, but I was fresh and moving. I do not know for sure if I traveled or not, if I displaced an inch or not, but I did see everything happening. The doctors. The nurses. The techs. The constantly loud machines. And… the blood. So much of it. And I saw and I experienced myself. How was that possible…?? I don’t know, but my vision, my hearing, and everything else was maximized tremendously.
And I was now feeling my arms, my legs, my head, my heart beating steady, but my thoughts weren’t there, it was a blank. Was I really empty…??… Mind is everything, I read in one of your articles. And, yet, mine wasn’t chatting anymore, it was not there. Perhaps, I was experiencing my mind in quiet mode, a more elevated mind I did not know existed before. Universal Mind…?? Infinite Intelligence…?? But I kept looking at me and the others in a sort of trance. I was there but I was not there, like I was experiencing a world beyond what I had before experienced. Don’t forget to add that to your notes, it is very important. We’ve just started this…
Your consciousness is not limited to your brain and body, but it is outside them as well. Through the hidden and mysterious mind, the subconscious mind, you tune into Infinite Intelligence. In certain human situations, people call this out-of-body experiences and also astral projection, but in reality you do not go anywhere; you stay put because your consciousness is everywhere already, but your mind and body are limited and affected by what you know of your limited world, stored memories in your subconscious, so you feel like you have moved to places. You are everything already.
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ~ Leo Tolstoy; Russian writer.
An ancient Chinese warrior once said that you become good with the sword and powerful and swift in your fighting movements through working steadily day by day throughout years and years, that only patience can be your greatest ally in becoming the best in the battlefield.
Life is a roller coaster and we are on the ride whether we want it or not, because this life is movement and growth, ups and downs, moments which seem like we are falling off the ride and moments which seem like we are flying across the sky free of all harm; which it is the whole purpose for matter to exist, the whole purpose of life, learning from those moments when we think we are falling and from those when we believe we are flying free like birds. The illusion of falling off and flying free makes it worthwhile, all that you think, believe, and experience each day, even thought it can be tragedy, make this physical life of value to really hold dear in your heart. Perhaps you see and understand the development of life itself differently than I; however, the absolute truth is that which you live each moment, not the past or the future but the right now.
And life plays this on us, past and future in our minds, so we can adopt the powerful character and develop the wisdom to experience the only true reality that matters and see past the deception of past and future. Of course, the illusions of past and future have been given to us for a mighty reason, which is to sharpen motivation and create a sense of growth; because your mortal mind values the right-now moment based on what you did and experienced in a past moment, and your mind values the right-now moment based also on the prospects for the future that you have–i.e. the promotion you are expecting from working hard, the business success and development, the wonderful dinner with family in the celebration coming up, the learning and growth of your kids and you experiencing that, the growing old with your partner, etc. etc.
And for this time exists precisely, the distance from one event to another, because you need time to develop yourself as a human being from the past into the future, where you find value and identity in those important illusions to enrich your right-now moment. That same distance to develop yourself and design the rich events happening in your life, certainly you can agree, needs patience and perseverance; the character and wisdom to create whatever you desire to see in time, in your life, is found in the patience which takes to create in that time. Life is always moving and creating based on your unconscious or conscious desires, and based on your unconscious or conscious behaviors; the only difference between positive and negative creations is your awareness of what you are creating or telling life to create around you.
And that difference is ruled by time and patience. Patience not only aligns with the natural evolution of the universe in creating beauty around you, but it creates strong character within you to see that those creations fit your search for success or that image in your mind that warms you and gives you a feeling of joy; because all the purpose of life itself is that you master the patience to align with the universe in creating your reality as you want it to be. Impatience rushes the universe like rushing the construction of a building–i.e. if you rush the construction of a building, then, the workers won’t use the best materials and methods to build, so the building will be crooked and of weak foundation, and soon it will crumble into pieces over your head.
See, patience builds the momentum needed to work out the details of something great, or a great creation coming in your path, but impatience rushes that wonderful and needed process. Impatience is an obstacle for creating success. Impatience gets in the way of Universal Law by deviating the process of creation and by stopping construction ahead of time, so the ultimate result is rushed and ugly and everything which is the opposite of what you wanted. Impatience is the enemy of all the heartfelt desires of growth you have in mind for you and your family.
Patience itself is wisdom because through patience you find a kind of peace within your chattering mind, and so your views and attitude about your own life change, they become more aligned with the joy of the right-now moment, and, even though you still think of the past and the future, you now find yourself less anxious and more self-disciplined to find value living in the moment, enjoying the moment.
With a better mental attitude brought on by patience, your mind becomes powerful and wise, because the power and the wisdom are found in the freedom of the moment and not in the stress of the past and in the anxiety of the dubious future.
- Asa Rodriguez - 