Change
Change. I’m sure many of you have been going through similar transitions in light of the recent astrological events. I’ve been pretty focused on the idea of change; and what power we have in that regard.
As human beings, we are habitual creatures. Over the course of our (many)lifetimes, we develop certain habits that follow us along; unconscious patterns of behavior that are the default mode of operation many people spend their entire lives in: bound to tradition and ritual, unwilling to question the status quo due to the unpleasantness of cognitive dissonance.
To me, floating through life without truly experiencing every moment is really the only “sin” I can think of. It’s the equivalent of slapping our creator in the face as a way to say “thank you for the gift of existence;” as if anything we experience is not worth experiencing. Every moment is a gift, to be embraced with the entirety of our being. If we glide through life on autopilot while blindly giving our attention away to fear or worry, or entertainment, then we’re not being truly present. If we’re not fully here-and-now, then we miss out on the overwhelming beauty that exists in every mundane thing; which, is a waste, given how truly unique this experience really is. Children see it, because they haven’t yet experienced something to give them any prejudgments about certain events, thus being open to an attitude of constant bewilderment; in awe of everything they encounter. We have to cultivate this sense of innocence, and greet every new experience with an attitude of curiosity and gratitude, because being completely open to whatever may come is truly the only way to experience reality as it truly is.
Life is a subjective experience. Every single person ever born experiences life through different sets of filters. It’s become habitual for most of us to immediately judge and catalog every experience we have on a scale of good to bad, when in all reality it’s our decisions that determine our perceptions, and the event that was experienced was at it’s core just something that happened. Our lives are our own individual movies, and we’re the directors. It’s our choice whether or not there’s an awesomely exciting and uplifting soundtrack, or one that’s suspenseful and sad. We’ve full creative powers to portray a situation in documentary light too, as in “today, this is what happened” and leave it at that.
This objective observer is able to maintain their vibration because they consciously choose how they are going to react to a certain stimuli. Where maybe in the past they might have reacted by becoming angry, or withdrawn, now they can choose to react in a more positive way. Instead of life being an emotional roller coaster ride, it can be more of a balancing act.
I’m not in anyway demonizing emotions. Emotions are powerful, and helpful, when we pay attention to what it is they have to tell us. But because of those prejudgements, our habitual unconscious response to certain emotions is to reject them or repress them, which only cause them to get bigger. Emotion is energy in motion, until we become attached it, in which case it becomes attached to us ,then that energy isn’t in motion any longer and hangs around until it is properly processed, which could take years, if it ever happens at all. By being a Conscious witness to this experience, instead of being easily influenced by constant waves of emotion, we can control the waves and sail on a peaceful sea. How some people so enjoy the storms though!
The point I want to make is this: Once we graduate from this dualistic worldview (note the word “WORLD-VIEW” as in how we view our world) we can start to see things as they are. Love is the essence of creation; God is Love, The world is Love, We are Love, Love is God, We are God… We have to change the way we’re looking at things as a species, because until we do the world is going to remain divided; There will always be war, there will always be famine, there will always be rape, until we do something differently. We have the power to change that by the way we choose to live. It’s a fulltime job that we enlisted for before we got here, and every single second spent doing something other than Being fully present,Loving Life and Loving every brother and sister we meet is a second spent manifesting the alternative. Right now we can’t afford that.
We are all divine creatures; and its our duty to live as examples of how we want the world to be. Some of our brothers and sisters are still asleep, and we may be the first person they come in contact with who has any awareness at all that there is more to this experience than our eyes tell us. It’s our responsibility; its the reason we chose to be here, to shine as brightly as we possibly can, so that our family still sleeping can see the light and wake up to start living a life of Love instead of remaining a slave to the material world. It’s up to us to choose whether we”re going to hide our light for fear of what others may think, or speak our truth from the heart and love unapologetically.
We all have the power to change, We all have the ability to wake up and decide who it is we want to be each day. Not just each day, but every single second is an opportunity to reinvent the parameters of who it is we believe ourselves to be. The Mind is an incredibly powerful tool we’ve been given, and the Universe is a connoisseur of imagination; Our thoughts manifest, and our words have power, so every time we think or speak or act unconsciously we’re letting a chance to consciously create a different reality slip by. Every time we think or speak or act negatively, we reinforce the limiting beliefs that are the only things holding us back from achieving everything in our wildest dreams.And every time we speak positive affirmations we bring ourselves that much closer to what it is we want to realize.
I. AM.
The single most expansive description of the nature of the soul. There’s nothing limiting about it.
I found myself asking today “Is it possible to…-?” and I caught myself with the realization that just asking the question produces the answer. The limitations we carry around as belief systems are giant walls we’ve built inside our self-projected realities that prevent us from perceiving exactly that which we deem impossible.
I’ve been fascinated over the past few months with the idea of the brain as a biological computer; more specifically, how one would go about programming such a computer? As I subscribe to the belief I just mentioned above, I know that it’s possible, as is anything. So the question then becomes, “Where do I start?” Well, you’ve got to work backwards, because you can’t know how to get there if you don’t know where you want to go.
My goal is to be in full control of my self, Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual. I want to be 100% conscious, always. Full Here-and-Nowness constantly. As it is, I have a ways to go, so the search for the path begins where I am. As anyone who has ever taken any entheogens will tell you, there are higher levels of consciousness; states of mind that allow for more fully-encompassing feelings of oneness and a much greater sense of being. With the 50th anniversary of the merry pranksters bus ride coming up this year, I figure it’s appropriate to quote Ken Kesey who said ““It’s time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. I don’t know what this means in any way that I could just spell out, but I know we’ve reached a certain point, we’re not moving any more and that’s why we’ve got to move on to the next step.””
I believe the next step is full awareness of the physical vehicle; but to become fully conscious, we must first become fully open and therein lies the quandry; what’s the fastest way that we can do so?
Drugs can help open the door, but all they do is unlock the potential that we carry inside us naturally. DMT is a natural product of the brain after all. I truly believe that it’s possible to change our states of mind at will and achieve a level of consciousness exponentially greater than the most intense hallucinogenic trip could hope to produce. It’s my intention to find it.
We tend to gravitate towards pleasure and avoid pain, and in that people and animals are no different; this tells me the ego can be trained, just like a dog can. Those thoughts and decisions we make unconsciously, without understanding the intention behind them, can be transmuted into more positive, creative, aware ones, with our intention, focused attention, and conscious action.
Intention is a hugely powerful tool we’re given in order to mold our realities. By spending time setting an intention and giving it energy, we create a strong structural foundation on which to build the framework for manifesting what we desire. Buildings are only built from the ground up. Without intention, there’s no goal to reach for, so life is aimless, energy scattered. With intention we can focus our energy and direct it wherever we will.
After setting the intention to become more conscious, the next step is the identification of the unconscious programs we want to remove. We can’t effect something we can’t perceive. This requires discipline in maintaining an open, accepting attitude, and vigilance in monitoring actions, speech and thought. After we spend time observing ourselves, certain patterns start to emerge that we might not have noticed before. That little voice in your head might surprise you with how often it has something negative or limiting or fearful to say. You might drive to work each day completely on autopilot, arriving with no memory of the drive.. Every unconscious thought or reaction we have needs to be immediately noticed so that we can mentally note to bring our awareness to the present moment next time, but the more we make a habit (Make-a-Habit, a habit we create!) of doing this, the easier it will become, (practice makes perfect!) until it’s a program running in the background of your mind constantly; so that anytime you react unconsciously you will be aware of it. Once observing your mind becomes second nature, it’s only a small step to taming the monkey mind into becoming the most powerful tool we have, instead of the most elusive puppetmaster there is.
Instead of looking from the perspective of “What is it that I need to change?” Think “What can I do differently?” Because with the latter, you’re already thinking in a negative manner. The energy needed to move something at rest, in this case, an unconscious habit; is a whole lot more than the energy needed to start off in an entirely different direction. So with a focus on what it is that can be done differently, already you’re off to a better start, because you’re not trying to fight what already is; instead you’re blazing a new path while letting go of something you may have thought you had no control over.
Take smoking. I’ve been smoking since I was 15 years old. Seven years now. Let me be clear here, it’s not smoking that I’m talking about, it’s the action of doing something unconsciously and this happens to be the easiest, most accessible unconscious act I can think of. I have 100% unconsciously let the words “Hey could I… Bum a cigarette?” come out of my mouth, when that morning I’d resolved to quit for good. I by habit, unconsciously reached for cigarette, unconsciously lit cigarette, unconsciously smoked the WHOLE THING, all the while watching from an objective place marveling at the assertiveness of the unconscious mind, but choosing not to take control. It’s these types of behaviors that can most easily be cleared because their so easy to see, it’s the deeper, less visible that may take some more time to find and transmute.
Taking conscious action is the final step needed to ground the new program you want to run. In this example, Once it’s recognized that the thought “I need a cigarette” is most probably followed by your immediate accepting, and executing the [::>Smoke Cigarette] Program, you can instead access your minds control prompt, and change the follow up to “I need a cigarette” with [::>Take 5 minutes and Focus Consciously on Breathing] Or it could be anything. The only thing that matters is that what just happened was an intentionally made decision to replace an unconscious action with a conscious one.
Since I’ve started this experiment in Behavioral programming, I have noticed an increasing sense of presence now that I can more clearly see the parts of me that no longer serve me, so I can more easily choose to act differently. It has struck me how often I act a certain way out of the fear of what other people might think; in the past I’m pretty certain that I wouldn’t have posted this to facebook; but I’m speaking my truth, and I’m not afraid to do so anymore; certainly not out of fear of others reactions. There are always going to be people who don’t like you for one reason or another. There’s no way to please everyone all the time! Not yet at least. And besides, if you hide your true self for fear that some people might not approve, or that they’ll be offended, or whatever, then you’re robbing the people who might really resonate with you. If you refrain from speaking your truth because you’re afraid of what some people might think, you may cost that one person who really needed to hear what you had to say.
This is a plea to the rest of my brothers and sisters; Please, can we all focus our energy and dedicate ourselves to Living Conscious, Compassionate, Loving lives, and to commit to becoming as bright as we can? I want to see every one of us shine like mini suns. With our powers combined we can completely change the world within our lifetimes. I’m sure of it.
~In Love and Light!~
