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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|11:45 pm]
We think people are whatever we believe them to be. We are wrong. We think the world is whatever we believe it to be. We are wrong. We think God is whatever we believe it to be. We are wrong. We think we are whatever we believe ourselves to be. We are wrong. We think we can know things for certain. We are wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|11:36 pm]
The cause of suffering is attachment.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|10:29 pm]
There can be and there usually is a period in a person transitioning from the belief in ego to realizing pure awareness where the person loses its sense of knowing who it is. This is totally natural and necessary. This is a period where you don't really know what you like, what you don't like, what you want to do, what you don't want to do, what you believe, you don't believe, where you are going, what are you doing, etc, etc. It's a period of completely not knowing who you are as a person, as an individual. Again, this is totally natural and necessary. When you have been believing you are your ego for many years, and you suddenly realize you are not your ego, there will be a period of shedding all that doesn't ring as authentic and discovering who you really are. In this period you don't know what you favorite music really is, what your favorite hobbies really are, what your favorite food really is. If you really are a vegetarian, a musician, a spiritual person, a smoker, an awakened person, an enlightened person, a tea drinker, a dog lover. You don't really know. Because in society as it is now, we tend to identify with those things which we think are considered cool by others and by our own ego. We form an identity that we feel proud and happy with, even if it's a black sheep identity... it doesn't have to be a positive self-image, it can also be a very negative one. Anything that will make the ego feel special and stand-out. That's the ego's priority: being recognized. In a big way, in a medium way, in a small way. The whole point is getting attention from the outside world. In this period you will question everything, you will seek to find out whether you have been pretending to be a certain way or whether it's been a true part of your individuality. Usually there are many things that fall away as one discovers that they were all an act. This process can be uncomfortable and even painful. Letting go of all the shows, all the games, all the perspectives that are not truly a part of your authentic self. Many of us quit pretending that we like beer and alcohol during this time. We get real with ourselves and we admit to ourselves that alcohol and beer isn't really all that great, that we have brainwashed ourselves to like something that our body actually rejects. We also stop being "brand whores" -- we don't think expensive clothes really is any more valid than cheap or reasonably priced clothes. We also realize that most of the dreaming society is in a deep trance and in deep unconsciousness, this will really add to the desire to realize the truth -- which is a beautiful thing! The self-image knows what it is through the reflection of others. Depending on what others say the ego will measure where it is at, what it needs to do and where it needs to go. It's the ultimate state of bondage to others. It literally becomes a hell over time. When you start going though this phase, and if you are going through this phase, worry not. It's all natural and well... this is the way it goes and it's going to be okay. Eventually you will rediscover the authentic you. By then you will have stopped relying on outside source, outer authority figures, teachers, guides, etc. Until then you may need people you trust to reflect to you what's going on with you. Of course, inevitably there has to come a day when you break free from absolutely everyone and everything. That's freedom, right?
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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|09:13 pm]
Ultimately, the ego doesn't want anything to do with truth, anything to do with reality, anything to do with liberation. Absolutely nothing to do with it. Ultimately, it doesn't want help, it doesn't want to listen, it doesn't want to hear anything that points to reality. All it wants is more things to support it and enable it, that's all the ego wants. The ego doesn't want awakening, it does not want truth, it does not want reality. The ego wants drama, problems, questions and at deeper levels it just wants hopelessness and despair. It wants fear, guilt and dread, it wants issues. The ego doesn't give a shit about reality, it doesn't give a shit about the actual truth. It only cares about playing victim, being separate and seeing things through its perceptive, distorted, freaky lens. The ego is wacked out, it is totally delusional and insane and it thinks itself to be so necessary, so intelligent and so needed. It feels like existence could not do without it, that's why it fears death so much, because it actually believes that existence depends on it. All the ego really cares about is its concerns, its questions, its desires, hopes, fears, ideas, beliefs, predictions, worries, troubles. It does not care about anything or anyone else in the least, it has no interest in anything other than itself. Ego firmly believes it is number one, it is the most important thing to ever have existed and it believes that the functioning of the universe depends on its existence. It wants to convince everybody that what it thinks is the right way to think, it wants everybody to think like itself. The ego is the greatest lunatic, insane maniac in all of creation. There is nothing more vicious, rabid and delusional than the ego. It is absolutely out of touch. It believes it has a right to live and to be, it believes itself to be useful and highly functional, it believes itself to hold and carry truth. It believes it is the owner and carrier of truth, it thinks it is the best, most wise and intelligent sage, it knows everything. It believes it is God. It overrides all the laws of the universe, what actually is the truth and what actually is going on... it only see its story, its view, its perspective, it want nothing to do with anybody else's, it doesn't really care about anybody's views but it's own views, it is insane, delude, delusional and incredibly destructive and evil. The ego is the vilest monster that has ever existed anywhere: it is inside of YOU, nowhere else. Once you see through your ego and the ego falls off the cliff of your consciousness -- there will be no more ego anywhere on the planet for you. You will not be able to see it any longer. You will lose the ability to believe that there is such a thing as ego, you will be liberated and free. If you still believe there is such a thing as ego, you are seeing evil. The whole purpose of sanity is to: see no evil. The ego is not in charge, it is not in control, it never has been and never, ever will be. The ego does not own time, does not own flow, does not own truth, does not own life, does not own destiny, does not own awakening, does not own enlightenment, does not own anything. The lunatic ego within you will inevitably lose the battle that it started. Truth is not battling against anyone or anything, in truth there is no battle. Battle is only of ego, so no matter what side wins or loses the ego loses because winning or losing is only of the ego. The ego is an absolute lunatic, an absolutely vile and destructive machine that MUST DIE.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|04:47 pm]
A Buddha can't possibly see what's wrong, a Buddha can only see what's right. A Buddha can't possibly complain, worry or think about what should be. A Buddha can only see, appreciate and love what is. Enjoy what IS. Fully. A Buddha can't possibly see things the way the ego sees it, it is impossible, totally impossible for a Buddha to see things from a negative point of view. Only the ego can do this, and even a person with a high degree of Buddhahood can fall for the ego for a second, a minute, an hour, a day, a month... but the Buddha will always reawaken from ego and see it was just a trance, a dream, a story, a trick. A Buddha can't possibly see anything wrong with anything, wrong does not exist in the mind of a Buddha. There is no such thing as wrong, there is only the totality of what is. There is absolutely no need for a Buddha to judge, label, analyze, question, doubt, fear anything. There is just no chance of it. There is no need, it is seen as a trance and released as soon as it is seen. A Buddha knows when he is in a trance state and when he is awake and clear. When he is in a trance he feels conflict, division, fear, separation. When he is clear he is outside of all states, outside of all experience, he IS what IS. A Buddha IS the state, is inside the state, outside the state, around the state. A Buddha IS the state. A mature Buddha does not seek higher states, better experience, a better place, a better environment. A mature Buddha does not seek. A mature Buddha knows that he IS the environment. A mature Buddha does not look for ways of escape, he does not yearn for a higher, better state or condition. He is present with what is, 100% A higher Buddha does not seek enlightenment, liberation, freedom, radical transformation or evolution. A higher Buddha is all of the before mentioned. A higher Buddha is the most active, responsive and engaged being, flowing with the totality of existence and beyond. A higher Buddha is dynamic, creative, responsive and fully alive! There is no dis-engagement in a fully embodied Buddha. A Buddha does not register better or worse, because it's all ONE. It's all THIS. There is no before or after for a Buddha, no then and now, no this and that. Just THIS, ONE, HERE. A fully conscious Buddha recognizes with every fiber of his being, with every ounce of his light that THIS IS IT. That there is nothing before or after THIS. That THIS is IT. Regardless of how THIS chooses to appear. THIS is IT. There is no desire to free yourself from this, because you ARE this. There is no fear in a Buddha's system, there is only fear in a lower body, a lower mind. A Buddha loves his lower body and lower mind and allows it to get hooked onto trances because a Buddha knows it's no big deal and there is nothing to lose. There is no such thing as a big deal for a Buddha, no such thing as loss. There is no such thing as depression for a Buddha, no such thing as despair, hopelessness, anxiety, dread, worry, a sense of impending doom, insanity, insecurity, problems, questions. But a Buddha will lovingly claim all these delusions, will lovingly embody all these resistances to the Eternal Tao and wash them in its right view and clarity. A Buddha is True Freedom to experience, live and go through anything. A Buddha is what you truly are! Awaken to your Buddha Nature.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 15th, 2009\|04:15 am]
A part that can be confusing to a fresh Buddha that has realized that all I well, all is one and all is to be experienced fully and enjoy is living with Buddha's who haven't realized they are Buddha's, who are pretending they are not Buddha's and that claiming and fully embodying one's Buddhahood is insanity. Unrealized Buddha's will look at realized Buddha's at think them to be totally insane - they will not be able to have another perspective, especially if they are deeply entrenched in their alternate identity. As a realized, living Buddha I can say that all I want to do is enjoy this, whatever this is. Enjoy life as it is, this moment as it is, this beautiful, divine and ordinary existence as it is fully. Nothing in me wants to push anything away or hold onto anything, there is complete Nirvana going on from here. Living with others who don't understand become a great challenge for a young Buddha. At first, they may zing the Buddha out of his full Buddhahood -- this will take time to overcome. This means that the Buddha isn't completely recognizing himself in the other. This may take time. But as surely as an adolescent becomes an adult... a young Buddha becomes a mature, adult Buddha. Life is such a delicious mystery. We know absolutely nothing about life. Wow. The most you and I can do is pretend like we know anything about it!
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(no subject)	[Dec. 14th, 2009\|08:07 pm]
The Light Within The Light Within knows It is fearless It is open, loving, caring and engaged It is present It is powerful It is perfect Divine It informs life It informs the heart It informs the mind It is the Light Of God And that is what you are
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(no subject)	[Dec. 14th, 2009\|02:26 pm]
Heavy Energy Game spoiler Life distortioner Truth clouder Joy, clarity and creativity zapper Lie promoter Mind annoyer Heart closer Fear lover Death seeker Pain believer Harm conceiver Cynic, questioner, doubter, seeker, looker Obsessive, compulsive dread story-maker Heavy energy Life sucker Lazy provoker Depression, illness and fight lover Forgetter of truth Forgetter of the game Forgetter of the joke Massive ego fuel Heavy, heavy, heavy, serious, serious, heavy stuff Pessimistic Nihilistic Believer in doom and gloom Heavy, heavy energy See it, drop it, leave it
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(no subject)	[Dec. 14th, 2009\|03:38 am]
Collective Awakening We are all the same, we all go through the same, we all feel the same, we all think the same, we all act the same, we all walk the same, we all breathe the same, we all make the same, we all go the same. We are all at the mercy of the flow of life. We are all one. We are all awake, we are all asleep. We are all special, we are all unique, we are all the same. Exactly the same. None of us are special, none of us are unique. We are all the same. No more measuring, comparing, contrasting, projecting, hoping, dreaming, wishing, wanting, competing. No more of that. We are all the same.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 13th, 2009\|02:57 pm]
Watch that the fear to share what you know doesn't come out of fear.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 13th, 2009\|01:38 pm]
Nobody has ever told me what I am. The only things other have told me is what I am not. I have been a projection holder for others. I am not what anybody says I am. I am not what anybody has said or thought I am. I am not what anybody thinks I am. Nobody is what I say they are. Nobody is what I think they are. The insanity of the ego is massive. You can only see this when you have made your way out of it.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 13th, 2009\|12:57 pm]
The I am my bank account, The I am what I wear, I am what I own mentality is a mentality that most of us have. This includes YOU! You may walk around telling yourself and thinking you don't care but you DO!!! I am what I look like... too! I am what other people think of me! These are the entrenched thoughts in the human psyche and it's not your fault! You were trained, brain-washed, programmed into thinking this way!!! Is it true? Most people who obviously are suffering from this and obviously are this way will deny it to the end. But it is TRUE!!! Even highly spiritual people, especially highly spiritual people. I am the person I project and create. I am what I look like, seem like, feel like, believe like, walk like, talk like. "I am how much money I have" "I am what I smell like" "I am what I look like" "I am what I think like" "I am what I feel like" "I am what I seem like" "I am what I own" YUCK!!! So disgusting!!! Ugh.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 13th, 2009\|12:44 pm]
People with money fall for the trap of thinking they have to live a high-expense lifestyle. Such an idiotic thing to do. We are so fucking spoiled it makes me sick. I can't stand that a person spends $300 dollars on a pair of jeans. I can't stand that for a person to look simple wears and expensive broken sweater. This is my Dad, he is such an unconscious, ignorant fool. I can't stand it. It get in my nerves, it really bothers me, it's really destructive. The most annoying thing in the world is a person with a lot of money and a lot of problems. It's fucking ridiculous how people equate money with happiness and solutions when it's actually the opposite most of the time. Money is a weapon, if you don't know how to use it, you should stay away from it. There is nothing wrong with money, but there is everything wrong with mis-using money and using it as an excuse to be the biggest jerk alive. Money isn't the root of all evil, greed is. People are so greedy it makes me want to puke, I find it repulsive and disgusting, it feels physically painful. There is nothing wrong with money, money isn't the problem it's the person with the money that is the problem, it's very easy to blame it on the money. Money should come with a warning that says DANGER, EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE EXTREMELY HARMFUL. The last thing I want around me is an idiot that tells me that money is evil, anybody who says that is ignorant, irresponsible, immature, unconscious and stupid. Money is like anything else in life, like any other tool. It's like a hammer, like a vacuum, like a bar of soap. Anybody who says a hammer is evil is obviously insane. The person that uses the hammer to destroy things and hurt people is evil, not the hammer. I am so pissed off, I am fuming in rage about all these unconscious years in this spoiled environment with these brats complaining about everything. My Dad is the biggest spoiled brat I know and of course he used to project that unto us and still does. It fucking irks me. It really upsets me. I'm tired of wearing 20 dollar pairs of underwear and 80 dollar pairs of jeans and 100 dollar pairs of shoes. This is destroying the planet. Over-consuming spoiled brats are putting a great strain on the earth and destroying the planet, washing their hands off all responsibility, making excuses pretending it's okay. They just want to look good and feel good. Sounds like a fucking junkie to me. A junkie in the deepest of denials. Buy more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more. Way to destroy the earth fucking idiots!!!
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|10:49 pm]
Shock The greatest power of a human being is the power to bind himself The power to delude himself The power to believe The power to limit himself The power to stay afraid This is a human being's greatest power Liberation is natural. Bondage is contrived. The power to build with thought is incredible When freedom gets tired of playing The whole building collapses And you're left free
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|10:46 pm]
Loose As the ties break loose Panic can happen The ties fight to stay put Yet the wind of truth insists It keeps winning out Being asleep isn't so terrible It's just untrue And for a truth maniac A truth lover It doesn't do Careful reading this You might slip And all your ties might break loose Without any hope of repair If you like your dream Keep it It's bound to break anyway So have fun dreaming One day you won't be able to anymore
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|10:44 pm]
Dead Knowing The known only knows about yesterday It knows nothing about the rest of today Nothing about now Nothing about tomorrow The known doesn't even know what it thinks it knows The only place true knowing can happen is here Nowhere else Time is but a tool It has no inherent reality No inherent truth Just practical use to shape our nothingness Time is but an imaginary boundary A useful lie That lets us play and discover That lets us pretend Until we don't
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|09:01 pm]
Waking up out of spirituality can be really difficult. The spirituality dream is often the most treasured one.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|06:37 pm]
When you have no choice but to be fully present -- that's when you wake up.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|06:32 pm]
The only way one can be fully alive and fully loyal to life is by becoming fully conscious. There is no other way. A person who is not fully conscious is not fully living. No wonder why I have felt such a strong impulse towards higher consciousness. It is impossible to be fully alive without being fully conscious, literally impossible. It is impossible to be fulfilled and happy without being fully conscious, totally impossible. It is impossible to live in Truth without being fully conscious. Life's mission is to become fully conscious. I always knew this, but could never put it into words clearly. All the rest is distraction and nonsense, the only true progress is progress in becoming more and more conscious. Until you can stay conscious.
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(no subject)	[Dec. 12th, 2009\|01:12 pm]
The deepest calling The deepest yearning Of forgotten nature Is to realize itself And find the choiceless realm What we all long for is for having no choice No choice but to be Choice is a burden of burdens No choice Just this That's the light of your being That's who and what you are Realize Now
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