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It’s all a story

Published by Jonathan 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Changing The Dream and Exploring the Law of Forgiveness. 1 Comment

It’s all a story. Even this which I am telling you now, it too is a story. Every-thing is a story told by a Great Mystery beyond the grasp of our human mind, for even our humanity is a story told by this Great Mystery.

2+2=4
3×3=9
These are stories also; mathematical stories. Yet even the concept of mathematics is again another story. I would about to say "The truth is we can’t get away from telling stories," yet that too is another story. Tricky, isn’t it?

Actually it’s not that complicated nor tricky. Once one realises the world of things is a story, a kind of a letting go can take place. It’s like we can sort of let go of the seriousness of it all, and approach Life from a perspective that is potentially much more at ease with things and especially much more at ease with the unknown, the realm of no-thing–which ordinarily has such a frightful presence in the world of Man.

Because everything is a story there is nothing to believe. There is nothing to disbelieve. We can simply choose what kind of story we wish to tell, and then experience the con-sequence of this story unfolding within our perception. I’ve noticed that the world of Man reflects many stories on many different dimensions. From one perspective it’s an awful story of war, hatred, fanaticism, religious dogmatism, and environmental and ecological destruction, where humankind somehow got it all wrong. There isn’t much fun to be had at that level of story telling–it’s mostly made up of pain and anguish, although human beings seem to do a pretty good job of hiding that fact from themselves. I know I’ve played my part in such stories, at one time or another.

From another perspective Life as made manifest here on/in Earth is an exquisitely beautiful affair, of unimaginable intelligence and perfection. There is such bliss to be experienced, such radiance to be lived, and such kindness to be shared, that all beings are simply overflowing with these qualities. Another angle on that story, however, is that despite this story being true most people seem to hide it from themselves. It’s awfully silly really, yet I know there’s a sound reason for this.

Whenever I am struggling with my circumstances I find it very helpful to pause and ask myself what story I am maintaining in this moment. I invariably find it is my story that is the cause of my pain and whatever suffering I may be experiencing in relationship to that pain. This leaves me with no one to blame, and no one to attack or defend (including myself). It simply leaves me with an opportunity to forgive and in that forgiveness–in that giving up of my story–the opportunity to tell my story anew.

In my story I trust you’ve enjoyed reading this story which I’ve now shared with you.

 

Thoughts on Forgiveness at Joshing.org

Published by Jonathan 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Exploring the Law of Forgiveness and Writings from other authors. 2 Comments

For a simple, clear, and to the point look at the nature of forgiveness (from the author’s perspective - which appears to be a Christian one) take a look at this blog entry on joshing.org

Like myself, the author seems to have an interest in the origin and root meaning of words. He discovered this about forgiveness.

The Greek word translated as forgiveness in the New Testament is aphesis. It means dismissal, release, pardon, “to send away” (paid in full).

The Author also had the following to say about what forgiveness is and is not:

Forgiveness is not: approving, excusing, justifying, pardoning, reconciliation (takes two), denying, blindness, forgetting, not taking the wrong seriously, pretending we aren’t hurt.

Forgiveness is: being aware and still forgiving, keeping no records, refusing to punish, not telling others, being merciful, graciousness (what you don’t say), an inner condition (in the heart), absence of bitterness, forgiving God, forgiving ourselves.

 

Enjoy…

The error of making the world “right” or “wrong”…

Published by Jonathan 3 years, 2 months ago in Changing The Dream and Exploring the Law of Forgiveness. 0 Comments

When a person starts to discover new ways of being, new awareness around food, nutrition, the nature of the world dream, the nature of reality, the nature of Self, etcetera, it is easy for the ego to again play out its madness. Yet we are now dealing with “spiritual ego” — an ego-identification which things it has now transcended the lower madness of the normal human ego. Yet ego is ego which ever way we look at it. Let me remind you that ego is simply the false sense of self that arises through misidentification. So long as my way of being and responding to the world has even a hint of separation and duality playing out then I am to some degree still coming from a place of ego.

The way I have seen this play out in me at various times along the way, is that I would use my awareness and knowledge to separate me from the world and from the people around me. This could be very subtle — almost imperceptible. This could lead to the ego projecting “what is right for me” onto the world and thus trying believe that it knows “what is right for everyone else”. In projecting out “what is right for the world” (the people I meet etc) I am in fact judging people as wrong in their ways. The ego is constantly trying to attack the world, and hence is engages in a constant attack on my Self. I am seeing these people through the eyes of separation — the eyes of the ego.

This only perpetuates and in fact reflects the separation that I continue to maintain within my perception of my self. In fact to even “perceive” myself is an error — for the Truth of That which I AM can only be directly experienced and even then the experience is fleeting so long as my attention is primarily fixated on the dream (which for most people living here in the world that goes without saying). It is fleeting in the sense that once a person directly experiences something it really only has definition in contrast to something else. Thus directly experiencing That which I AM is only tangible in contrast to the state I was in when previously NOT experiencing That which I AM, but rather in a state of perceiving myself through the ego-mind. Once that experience is had then the contrast is forever lost. If I truly experience That which I AM then in that moment That is integrated into my entire sense of Self. I simply become That. Yet in truly becoming or Being THAT I will now see That is everything around me… particularly in the people around me. The world (which is a projection of the one mind That I AM) is now transformed into a mirror of the True nature of That which I AM.

I have diverged off topic here, so let us return to the point of this article.
To try to make the world conform to what is “right” for me is in fact to attack the world with the projection and judgement that the world (and the people around me) are wrong. To judge an-other as wrong is to judge that this being is somehow cut off from Source. That this being is somehow less than the perfection of Consciousness Unfolding… life blossoming… God expanding. To judge this person as wrong is to hold them imprisoned in my mind. Again, this only reflects the degree to which I hold myself imprisoned in judgement.

It is a mistake to identify myself with this world and this body. It is therefore also a mistake to identify my Brother with his/her body and the world in which he appears to live. The Vision of God sees none of this. The Vision of That which Created the “I” in each of us, knows nothing of our mad perceptions. Just as my earthly mother and father might watch over me whilst I sleep in bed… they know nothing of what I am dreaming. All they see in that moment is their perfect Son who they love absolutely. All manner of madness may be playing out in my dreams, yet they know nought of it. Such is the relationship between That which I AM and That which Created That.

So, establish through inspiration that which is most life giving for you in your world. Take on information to whatever degree is necessary to give you the necessary “tool box” of intelligent knowing, then hand this information over to spirit and go with Inspiration. Inspiration will use the information you have on hand, in order to always move you into the most life-giving way of life and living. To simply work with the information alone is bound to lead to fanaticism and imprisonment within a mind full of stories and beliefs, and identification with those stories and beliefs.

Yet, from moment to moment, where you have established your dynamic sense of what is “right” for you, be mindful not to now start seeing the world through eyes that evaluate others based on what is “right” for you. I am not implying that people should be protected from experiencing the painful consequences of life-taking actions and choices they may be making. That’s another matter. All I am suggesting is that to see “wrong” in that person is to see them through the attacking eyes of the ego, which negates (in your world) the Vision of Infinity, of the Creator / Truth / Love.

Ultimately I see this world without thought. They say that “Love is blindness” and I am sure you are familiar with the experience of being in love with a person, whereby everything they do and say becomes okay and acceptable, even adorable. The reasoning ego-mind will conclude that this is folly, and perhaps even dangerous. Yet, in my experience once I start to love the world in true accord with the Love That I AM and in accord with the way Creation Loves me, then I am again faced with a form of blindness. Yet this is not a blindness that equates to loss of sight. No, far from it. It is a form of blindness that simply means I cease to perceive the world through the humans eyes and the ego-mind. Rather I now start to directly experience the world and True holistic Vision unfolds. The world around me ceases to have any story with it. This is akin to looking at a movie at the cinema and I cease to see the images. Rather I now only see that extraordinary bright light that is projected onto the screen and forming these images. Someone might ask me, “What do you see on the screen” or they might point out, “Look at that XYZ happening there”, yet I will be blind to what they are seeing. This person might think I’ve gone quite mad or blind at least. When in fact I am seeing the most incredible display of light and colour dancing there before me.

It is this sort of vision that the Law of Forgiveness depends on. Without this Vision True Forgiveness remains just a concept.

I shall say no more. That is enough.

With love,

Jonathan Evatt

The Law of Forgiveness

Published by Jonathan 3 years, 5 months ago in Changing The Dream and Exploring the Law of Forgiveness. 0 Comments

The source of all suffering is separation.
When separation exists within the Mind it gives rise to duality.
This duality creates a fragmented experience or perception of Self and of the world.
The world, of course, is based on separation and on duality.
Pain and suffering are not necessarily the same thing.
For those who are willing to turn the world around making it an inward rather than outward affair,
Pain is a blessing.
For pain, viewed through open eyes and a lucid Mind, will bring a person back to what is true.

Suffering will arise when pain is view through closed eyes and a dull mind.
Suffering is the result of spiritual ignorance.
Ignorance is neither “good” nor “bad”.
It just is, within the human experience.
Suffering results from resisting the Truth of what really is,
And adhering to the “truth” that is maintained and projected by the ego-mind.
The ego-mind is again the result of ignorance.
Again, that is neither “good” nor “bad”. It simply is what it is within the human experience.

Separation and duality will always result in judgement.
Judgement is a projected evaluation of the world and of self,
Based on the false perceptions of the ego-mind.
The human mind, the ego-mind, can not perceive things as they really are,
For it derives its apparent existence through an erroneous perception of reality.
Such a mind will always judge self and the world.
The small human self and the world are the same thing.
The later is an projection of the former.

Love extends itself, whereas fear and the ego-mind projects.
Part of this projection is judgement.
To judge a situation as either good or bad,
Actually as anything other than consciousness unfolding,
Perfection extending, awareness expanding,
Will result in either attachment and craving,
Or aversion, criticism, and grievance.

The way out of this dance within the ego-mind is the Law of Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is not an action you can take.
Nor is it an escape through which you can indulge in the fantasy that all is well,
When in fact your experience is that of pain and suffering.
Forgiveness is not the same thing as acceptance,
Although true acceptance is often a predecessor to forgiveness,
And may indicate the formative stages of such.

Forgiveness is not tolerance,
In the form of “The capacity to endure hardship or pain”,
Nor in the form of “The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others”.
The state of conscious that is forgiveness,
Does not in fact recognise that there is an “other”,
At least not separate from and independent of the self that is aware of the form of the apparent “other”.

Forgiveness is a state of Mind that will arise,
After a certain degree of release and letting go.
What must be released is the attachment to the ego’s mis-perception of the world,
And the ego’s mis-perception of “I”.
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The relationship between forgiveness and healing

Published by Jonathan 3 years, 5 months ago in Changing The Dream, Exploring the Law of Forgiveness and Health & Healing. 0 Comments

The following is a look at how forgiveness and healing are closely interrelated. Healing in regards to returning to a state of greater wholeness through releasing false identification of Self and transforming actions and choices that were once life-taking into that which is life-giving as a natural expression of Divinity into form.

Reiterating some of the basic understandings explored elsewhere, forgiveness must ultimately be taken beyond all sense of right and wrong. It goes beyond all sense of sin and redemption, and beyond the identification of problems and errors and the acceptance of such. Acceptance and forgiveness are quite different things. To see something as “wrong” and to then accept it as that has little to do with forgiveness. To perceive error in a person’s ways or actions and to then come to a place of accepting that person as such is not forgiveness. Acceptance and tolerance are the ego’s substitutes for forgiveness, and they serve a wholly different function. The function of acceptance and tolerance is to prolong the illusion of the ego-mind under the guise of progress and resolution.

You and I, we are Divine beings. I Am of Divinity. My origin is Divine and That which I Am right now is Divine. By this I mean to say that you and I are of spirit, consciousness, formless intelligence. That which I Am is of God. There can be no “wrong” and no “evil” in That for this would imply that there could be error in Perfection. I would like to make it quite clear that this is not perfection relative to something else. Rather it is simply perfection in its own right, and there is, in fact, nothing else except consciousness unfolding.

Elsewhere I have written about the true extent of duality within this world of apparent separation–that essentially there is no right and no wrong, there is just that which is life-giving and that which is life-taking. This is the way it was understood and explained within the Huna system of ancient Hawaii. The Toltec tradition (from which I am sure the Huna finds its roots) also maintains a similar understanding. Based on my own inner exploration and realisations I can only concur with this view, that there is no “right” and “wrong”. It is from the mistaken perception that there is such as thing as good and bad that all other misperception and elaborations of duality–that of good and evil, right and wrong–play out. The heart of the matter is that there is simply that which is life-taking and that which is life-giving. Life-giving: supportive of Life, supportive of creativity, resurrecting and maintaining of the Truth. Life-taking: destructive to life process, dissipating vitality, the absence of Truth. Man, in his sleep, has somewhere in time taken that which is “life-taking” and “life-giving” and applied to it a vast array of symbols in the form of words, beliefs, morals, concepts and values.

I have previously stated that forgiveness is about coming to the place of knowing and re-cognising that “nothing ever happened” and with the word “nothing” I refer to nothing separate and apart from the perfection of God. We live in a perceptual illusion and hence things are not as they appear to be. Within this illusion we perceive only a tiny fraction of what Is within any given event or phenomena. From the perspective of the ego-mind it is possible (and very common) for an event to take place that is somehow independent of the unified whole of creation. If someone walks up to my car whilst sitting at the traffic lights and throws a brick through the window, the ego-mind will try to maintain that this was occurred randomly and independently of the whole and hence as I didn’t appear to have done anything to provoke such as event it was an unfair and an attack on my rights. My world, from the perspective of the ego-mind, was violated in that moment, and to say that “nothing happened” whilst I sit there with a broken windscreen and glass all over my lap is simply insane. If nothing happened then why am I sitting here with a broken windscreen?

Yet this is not what I am implying. Yes, within this dream an event has taken place, and yes there is now a broken windscreen and glass all over my lap when just a moment ago there was no such thing. The exact nature of what I am now experiencing, however, is not separate, apart from and independent of the All-that-is. Hence this apparent event has taken place in complete harmony and accord with the innate and unalterable perfection of all-that-is. At is at this point that the law of karma comes into play. “As ye sow so shall ye reap” — the law of cause and effect. Nothing can take place independent of the whole and the whole is intrinsically perfect.
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