Forever Expanding Awareness In Liberation

We are on the brink of sliding into 2006.
I note that many choose to do this in a state of drunkenness.
For myself, I prefer to be out in nature with few if any people around… in a state of clarity and feeling the Earth.
The whole notion of years is, of course, just another part of the collective illusion. It does, however, serve a purpose… rather a useful one.

I know that for many 2005 has been a year of much shifting and changing of focus and energy.
For myself it was a time of establishing a different level of relationship to my purpose/function here in this world.
2005 resonated with the frequency of 7.
2006 shall resonate with the frequency of 8.

I give thanks for the immense support I have experienced in so many ways and at all times.
Not once have I gone without fresh, delicious, organically grown food.
Not once have I had to quench my thirst with chlorinated tap water.
The money I have required from moment to moment has always been on hand.
I have lived in beautiful homes this year. I give thanks for the one I am in now.
I give thanks that each week I somehow always pay the rest… plus phone bills, Internet bills, car expenses, electricity bills, petrol, clothing, and everything else I have required.
I give thanks for the many truly beautiful people I have been blessed to share time and energy with in these past 364 days.
I give thanks for the incredible woman and being Yolande, who I share so much with as we dance through Conscious Relationship.
I give thanks for the support I have received from Diana in the USA with editing and encouraging my writing. Oh what a blessing that is.
I give thanks for the amazing experiences I have had in nature… in the bush, on the beaches, and sitting out on my back deck listening to the Tui sing their vast array of tunes.
I give thanks for the blessings brought into my world by the spirit of Salvia. White sage for cleansing… Diviner’s sage for exploring.
I give thanks for all the love I have felt and experienced this year. Oh such a blessing that has been and is. If everything else were to have never occurred, this one ongoing state of joy and bliss would be an ample gift to have received.
I give thanks for my car running so well. I give thanks for the new windscreen… for the renewed sense of vision and clarity as I look out into the apparent future out in front of me. How nice to no longer have that crack and all those stone chip marks in my vision.
I give thanks for the supply of really really delicious pure water. Oh how nice to quench this body’s thirst.
I give thanks for all the inspiration I have experienced these past 12 months.
I give thanks.

Money, money makes the world go round…

Money is an extremely important topic for any person wishing to even remotely get along in this world. Money impacts on most of us in one way or another. Yet it is perhaps one of the most misunderstood “things” in this world. Money, sex, love, and power… are perhaps all as misunderstood as each other. Oddly enough, all of these things are intricately connected within the human story.

In this article we will first briefly explore the nature of money, and then move on to healthy and unhealthy relationship to money. Let’s start with the most obvious question…

In this article we shall explore a few aspects of establishing a healthy relationship with Spiritual Teachers, Gurus, Masters and Healers. Many of the people I meet carry distorted perceptions of what it means to be in relationship with people who are apparently there to help them with their spirituality. For some it is an innate fear of being taken advantage of, for others it’s co-dependency, whilst for some there is an unhealthy sense (or lack of sense) as to what a fair and reasonable exchange of energy might look like—issues pertaining to money, time, service, and even sex.

Every moment is filled with mystery,
Here and Now no-thing is known,
No-thing is understood,
It simply is as it is,
Experienced,
Timelessly,
Now.

To be present and aware to this moment is to be present to the mystery of life.
What is this mysteryI am referring to?

The mind—specifically the ego-mind—will always strive toward the known. It will always hold onto the known… or at least that which it believes is known. The ego-mind always turns away from the unknown and particularly the unknowable. The true nature of who and what I Am is always unknowable, in that it is something that I can only Be in the moment. Whilst Being That there is no way to know that.

The other day a friend asked me if I considered myself to be enlightened. The only honest answer I could find is that in my experience there is no way to know that. I also realised in that moment that many of the self-proclaimed enlightened people I see on posters here and there have some how missed the point entirely. In my experience the more I dissolve into the true nature of Self and reality the less there is any worldly “I” there to even consider whether ” is enlightened” or not. The more “I” dissolve into my own non-existence the less attachment to (and infatuation with) “being enlightened” I experience. My point here is this: Be wary of any person that claims to be a “self-realised enlightened master/being” etc. The very nature of True Mind does not afford he who is awake to such nature the capacity to say whether he is Arthur or Martha. A person awake to the true nature of Self simply is. Anything else is just an ego-trip (or should I say “ego-trap”?).

So… the mystery.
There is profound mystery in all things.
There is profound mystery in every moment… in the Now.
The trick is not to try and solve That mystery, but rather to rediscover how to live within the tension of such mystery.
It is in that tension that one moves into a place of in-tension / in-tention. Here each moment is filled with intent… the Will of God, so to speak.
To solve the mystery is to again diverge into the ramblings of the ego-mind and to therefore miss reality entirely.

Breath is a key to living the mystery. To remain aware of breathing in each moment is a great way to stay present with Now. I feel blessed that an injury to my chest when I was a teenager has resulted in my having to remain constantly aware of my breathing. If I don’t then discomfort builds up in the chest (it was impacted inward) and it is only clear and precise breathing following a correct pattern than will keep things moving along. My experience of this is that remaining aware of the flow of breath is a powerful way to stay present with Now.

It is the nature of the Masculine to try and define the unknown. This is the act of creation. Delving into the unknown and defining what is there—thus making it known. Yet the unknown is a very feminine place, so Man (the embodiment of Masculinity) must embrace his femininity (and the women in his life) in order to fulfil this function. He must also be mindful not to fixate his attention on anything in particular that he has drawn forth from the unknown. To get attached to the known is to again fall asleep and disengage from the mystery.

To live the mystery means to live from a place that is non-attached. The ego is most attached to “what I think I know”. Yet there is little or no power in the known. All power resides in the unknown, in the formless essence of what is. The known is not now. It is old and its power has been expended in the process of drawing it forth from the unknown.

The known always feels very comfortable. Well, the ego makes it seem that way—when in fact we all endlessly suffer as a result of trying to unnaturally and habitually fixate our attention on the known. The ego has a incredible way of convincing us that the known is comfortable when in fact the opposite is true. There is no peace in the known. Peace is a quality of the unknown. To be in human embodiment whilst remaining present to the mystery—to the unknown—can be incredibly intense, and the ego will say that this intensity is uncomfortable. Actually this intensity is the experience of Life and being truly Alive. Again… to be in this tension (the dynamic forces of relationship that arise within the Dream of life) is to be in-tention.

Living the mystery is about embracing the unknown. It is about constantly releasing attachment to fixed ideas, fixed perceptions, fixed behaviour patterns, in order to make room from the mystery to unfold in your life and world. Only then is it possible to be truly alive, awake, and aware.

With love and blessings to you in this moment…