The early morning sunlight causes the autumn leaves to glow in their many different shades and hues. The blackbird seems to be assisting the apple tree to prepare for winter as it plucks many leaves from the branches or maybe he is just exposing the ripe fruit?
In self-observation it is interesting to watch how the egoic mind rarely stays in an undisturbed state, and as you continue to observe it, it becomes more silent, yet subtle in its movement between its opinions of like and dislike. The egoic mind acts autonomously to the observer.
We have become a slave to the egoic minds desires, and the psychological action of the mind will want to avoid any silence at all costs. Whatever you seek in this world you will see you are in its opposite. If you seek peace you are in chaos, if you seek love you are in non love, etc. Can you observe this action for yourself?
Is there something which is not a conditioned part of you that can see and act free of the egoic mind? We can go into this world making things nice whilst trying to avoid pain, yet inside we are in conflict. To be free of the egoic minds control we have to be aware of its actions, and observe how it tries to dictate our lives. It has been doing this since childhood, in its endeavour to protect us, but it has not solved the suffering, as individual and global suffering still continues.
Can we be in silence, in an undisturbed state, and act only from the inner promptings that are free of desire? These desires are the traps that keep us ensnared, and there is nowhere to escape to, no place to hide, so be in the moment, as the moment is perfect.
The sun stays low at this time of year and the shadows appear much longer. The light and shade create an ambience that only seems to be there in autumn. The bright colours of the leaves, the fruits and berries on the trees and bushes attract so many birds, creating a kaleidoscope of shapes and sounds. Time for a tea I feel...
Mike Robinson: No.1 Bestselling Author www.mikerobinson.eu.com
Monday 13 December 2010
Thursday 21 January 2010
Being a Nobody
If you go into yourself very deeply and reflect upon the question: who am I? You will find that there is a great chasm within you, which has no central point. When you come across this vast, timeless space, your little egoic self will panic, because it does not know how to function or what it means to be without a sense of identity. At first, the sense of loneliness can be all engulfing, forcing you to feel the nothingness and be a nobody; not in the sense of the mind, but in actual fact, which is truth.
To understand this vast emptiness we have to go back to the beginning of this life. When we are born we are an empty vessel. We have no beliefs, no judgments and no opinions filling us up, and there is no conditioning which forms the individual personality. What we do have are feelings, i.e. when we feel hungry, we cry, etc. As we grow we are taught descriptive language in the form of labels and we start to store these labels into our memory banks.
Once we are able to communicate and understand basic language, we are conditioned and taught beliefs. At some point, before seven years of age, we have our first experience of pain, not necessarily physical, but also emotional or mental, and at this point of non-love, energy that would normally move fluidly through us becomes blocked by the minds reaction to the experience. This energy is now in shock and it becomes stagnant; this is known as fear. We have since lived our life trying to avoid a repeat of this pain.
Parents, carers and education also taught us about envy. We were subtly shown how to compare ourselves with others and then encouraged to strive to become successful in pursuits of sports, games, exams, etc. All of these things were cleverly drawing you away from being your real unconditioned self. This new version of you, with your beliefs, your conditioning, your striving and your envy, is known as the egoic mind – the ‘somebody’.
Once this ‘somebody’ that you have become, looks at anything with the physical eyes, all of its past conditioning floods the mind and it moves into judgment, comparison and opinion: creating pain, chaos and confusion. This manufactured ‘you’ is not who you really are, but to be free from it you have to observe it and understand it. Most people believe that this false self is the real version and they even fight and kill to defend its illusion.
The important question is: Is it possible to be the unconditioned you? Only each individual can find out for themselves, nobody can do it for you. Can you drop all of your beliefs, your expectations, your desires and your judgments? Can you drop all the labels you have about yourself and what you believe about others? Only by letting go of the illusionary you, can you step into the real you. When you are not trapped by the illusion of being something other than what you are, can you truly say that you are that vast limitless being, which has no label, no body, no where to go and nothing to achieve. It already is all that and more.
This is true empowerment of the real self, as it makes you the ruler of your own life. What will the ego do with this fact…?
To understand this vast emptiness we have to go back to the beginning of this life. When we are born we are an empty vessel. We have no beliefs, no judgments and no opinions filling us up, and there is no conditioning which forms the individual personality. What we do have are feelings, i.e. when we feel hungry, we cry, etc. As we grow we are taught descriptive language in the form of labels and we start to store these labels into our memory banks.
Once we are able to communicate and understand basic language, we are conditioned and taught beliefs. At some point, before seven years of age, we have our first experience of pain, not necessarily physical, but also emotional or mental, and at this point of non-love, energy that would normally move fluidly through us becomes blocked by the minds reaction to the experience. This energy is now in shock and it becomes stagnant; this is known as fear. We have since lived our life trying to avoid a repeat of this pain.
Parents, carers and education also taught us about envy. We were subtly shown how to compare ourselves with others and then encouraged to strive to become successful in pursuits of sports, games, exams, etc. All of these things were cleverly drawing you away from being your real unconditioned self. This new version of you, with your beliefs, your conditioning, your striving and your envy, is known as the egoic mind – the ‘somebody’.
Once this ‘somebody’ that you have become, looks at anything with the physical eyes, all of its past conditioning floods the mind and it moves into judgment, comparison and opinion: creating pain, chaos and confusion. This manufactured ‘you’ is not who you really are, but to be free from it you have to observe it and understand it. Most people believe that this false self is the real version and they even fight and kill to defend its illusion.
The important question is: Is it possible to be the unconditioned you? Only each individual can find out for themselves, nobody can do it for you. Can you drop all of your beliefs, your expectations, your desires and your judgments? Can you drop all the labels you have about yourself and what you believe about others? Only by letting go of the illusionary you, can you step into the real you. When you are not trapped by the illusion of being something other than what you are, can you truly say that you are that vast limitless being, which has no label, no body, no where to go and nothing to achieve. It already is all that and more.
This is true empowerment of the real self, as it makes you the ruler of your own life. What will the ego do with this fact…?
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