Myswizard

This article in response to Dr. Hawkins lecture regarding spirituality and issues of our modern civilization, is getting my front page attention again due to current world events.

The errors of modern society have made the spiritual path more difficult. What we’re witnessing today is perception becoming everyday truth as opposed to Absolute Truth (The Truth of Divinity). This is the Truth of Divinity via the Infinite Field of Consciousness (God) through the use of higher levels of consciousness and Kinesiology. This has led to Western civilization’s level of consciousness falling to non-integrity. This was tested on stage by Dr Hawkins.

What is happening?
Due to present events this has become a significant issue. We are at a critical point because what is being witnessed through the media, politics, business, and education is relativism in its most radical form. It is the collapse of society through the repetition of false-speak as well as errors in thought and action due to lower levels of consciousness often in the form of evil run amok. Relativism is the truth according to the individual. This would imply that there are as many truths as there are people and beliefs.

There is only one Truth about anything. You either have Truth or non-truth. The Truth itself has its levels of essence according to the realm of its existence, nevertheless Truth is still Truth. The light is either on (regardless of its luminescence) or it’s not.

Since we are already witnessing world relativism what we’re left with is the truth according to personal beliefs run rampant. Cynics and skeptics abound, creating more of the same. Cynicism and skepticism both calibrate beneath the level of integrity (200) Power versus Force, Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.)

What is there to do? (Articles…What’s Going on With the World?, Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do).
In the real-world perhaps a march or a protest would be involved, but the path to enlightenment precludes force and activism. Only the Power of Divinity stands as a certainty to those who choose to embrace the path to God through Truth.

Although following Divinity through religion or religious doctrine may find you kinder and forgiving, the path to God through Truth leads to enlightenment. What needs to be known is why this is happening, and the why is the current level of world consciousness. Nearly 85% of the world calibrates below integrity. That would certainly prohibit forcing change upon all of the worlds’ societies. By raising yourself up, you help to raise up the world. This is teaching by example. The power of the levels of love and kindness, is stronger exponentially than all the lower levels combined.

Where are we going?
The where does not matter to most of the world because of the above evident reasons, but the implications of what we do here are karmic and can be lasting nevertheless.

The short time we spend in our earthly life, has led many to wonder where we spend eternity. Although this question may not become relevant until we’ve reached a certain level of consciousness, the Truth of eternity is we reside where we have become as a result of what we are. This is a personal choice — a choice our essence makes as an eternal being.

Why is this important to know?
What we create on earth is a part of our eternal journey and the mere tip of the iceberg of what we can aspire to be when the realization of Divinity is within us. It all depends on whether or not the journey to be with or be like God, is essential to you as an infinite spirit. Only the fear of the loss of the ego self prevents us from being our Highest Self. Relativity/perception becomes Essence when we are aware of the presence of God. Until then, what we have is what we are witnessing. To paraphrase Dr. Hawkins, There is no opposition to upholding your own Highest potential. To perfect the potentiality of that which you are, is revering God in the Highest, and is your greatest gift to the world.

While it’s perfectly clear that if you walk into the spiritual section of any bookstore you are bound to see hundreds of books about manifesting abundance. The word abundance is synonymous with wealth, however it also means “great quantities of.” What is it that we need great quantities of other than money? Of course the abundance that is spoken of, is usually about money, due to the fact that the majority of the people on the planet (especially in modern societies), never think they have enough. The fastest way to sell a book, if you are out there promoting it, would be to make it about getting more, having more, and how to manifest more.– The more being wealth, which it is assumed no one has enough of.

To presume that you don’t have enough of something is putting yourself in the position of believing that you know what is best for you. This is presumptuous considering the majority of the population of the world cannot discern Truth from falsehood on their own. How can we as humans know what is best for us when we don’t even know as a majority what the Truth is about anything (even though we think we do)?

There is no secret to getting or having money. You can work hard for it, go to school to earn a degree in a particular field, purchase something that luckily appreciates in value, or inherit it. You may also be clever enough to discover something the world needs that it didn’t have before. So you see there are no secrets here, other than potentiating the conditions under which you will create what you need.

Furthermore, there are no secret rituals of manifestation which will provide you with what you need to survive. Being given the gift of physical life precludes all other egoic wishes. We are here to endure and learn until we are relieved of the physical, and return to our essential state. The one thing which must be known at your core level, is that everyone is worthy of creating. This is about the “what” of the creation and not the how. Once inspired (motivated), the how becomes clear.

This journey is to enlightenment and there are no secrets to manifesting enlightenment.– Just transcending the obstacles to that state. That is why we are here and you are here reading this. There is nothing more important than the realization of God and our transcendence of the obstacles.

The beauty of all this is that we have eternity to get all this under our spiritual belt. When a certain state is reached, the realization that we are complete and perfect at all times becomes perfectly clear. Money at that point becomes more than a means to an imaginary end, but something that we must as stewards, take responsibility for. The glamorization of society shows that an overabundance of money in the hands of people who are not ready for the responsibility, tends to be used frivolously.

If we want to place a higher meaning on wealth and/or abundance on our journey to enlightenment, higher manifestation is a necessity. This would take the form of lovingness, generosity, wisdom, discernment, patience, willingness, orderliness, fairness, peacefulness, intelligence, and kindness. When manifestation such as this is actualized, you have cracked the highest secret code—being like your Creator.

Accidents don’t exist. I’m certain everyone who has ever had an accident would argue that point, but the reality is an accident is an event or series of events that you place that word on. You may even add adjectives to describe it, like tragic or horrible.

What is seen as an “accident” is in actuality, degrees of error. The word “accident” has the predisposition of putting your responsibility further away so you don’t have to feel like you were a part of the scenario. That’s the ego in action. If you distance yourself, then you don’t have to take the rap, so to speak for the occurrence. That happened to you, so you weren’t a real part of it. It’s an illusory game played by many. Most people can’t admit mistakes, let alone take responsibility, therefore the word “accident” seemingly whisks it out of your hands and into the hands of fate. Life has become a roulette wheel and you’re the ball.

What is actually happening here? As was mentioned before, accidents are errors to varying degrees. How deep the degree of error is how large the karmic lesson to be learned, or karmic inheritance to be unraveled. We all pay our karmic debts. If we do not pay for them in this immediate life, (spiritually or materially), we are accountable, nevertheless. The way in which we meet our debt is either up to us or becomes society’s responsibility. In either case it is paid, sooner or later. This is the Perfect Law of Divinity.

This brings forth the issue of debt. If you have a “debt” and it remains unpaid, what happens?

A debt is something owed, whether payment is in money, a helping hand, or your life. Debts come in many forms. The fastest way to eliminate debt is to take responsibility for owning as well as owing it in the first place. If you borrow 10 dollars from a friend and you neglect to pay it back, you may not find it as serious as if you borrowed 10,000 dollars and didn’t pay it back. In Reality it is the same. You didn’t own up to your responsibility. You may have been forgetful or righteously indignant. You may have thought that person can afford to lose it, or you had it coming. Ego is talking here, just ego. There is always karmic debt to the degree of the error, and how it wasn’t addressed. The amount is insignificant. As they say, “It’s the thought that counts.” If intention and willingness, combined with action is present, then the debt is paid. Karmic lesson is over, good for you. If not, karmic lesson continues, throw the dice, and take your chances.

This is how the Universe, in all Its splendor works…Perfectly. So, if you wonder what’s going on and you’re feeling like a victim in all of this, then you probably haven’t owned up to your end in all of it. What are you waiting for?

Although this question may seem difficult, what is more important about a spiritual teacher is oftentimes what he or she is not, rather than what he or she is. On page 179, Devotional Nonduality, Dr. Hawkins comprehensively explains the traits of a true spiritual teacher.

One noticeable red light to send you in a different direction would be over glamorization, and over pricing of lectures, classes, and retreats. Other distractions are messages coming from outside sources other than The Field, coercion, exclusivity, specialness, and weird or strange practices. Over intellectualization of spirituality has further confused the spiritual initiate as well as the spiritually seasoned. If you get to the end of a book chapter or lecture and have no idea what that person was trying to say, it’s best to move in a different direction (the material may also be too advanced for your personal level of readiness). Often the most brilliant speakers and authors have nothing of Truth to offer. The fact that they may have a huge following has nothing at all to do with Truth. The masses have been following false words for millennia. (1)

The first thing one must do is to calibrate (using Divine Protoplasmic Analysis), whether or not the teacher is integrous. If this is not possible for various reasons (2) the next best thing would be to seek a spiritual teacher, who has been calibrated i.e. “Truth versus Falsehood, (Dr. David Hawkins, Veritas publishing.) The words of past teachers are just as powerful today as they were when they in the past. Exercise caution when following modern day spiritual teachers, due to the fall of many who succumbed to glamorization and personal ego.

The beginning of this journey is fraught with many side roads. The advent of modern society has made this journey easier in some ways and more difficult in others. Everyone is fully capable of walking into the spiritual section of any bookstore and finding thousands of books on the shelves. Computers have exponentially more than quadrupled the amount of information in the form of web sites and books. One could virtually stand in a book section for months or spend thousands of dollars, digesting false information.

On the other side of the coin, there are some enlightened people in the planet, who have the ability to explain comprehensively the spiritual journey in a straightforward no nonsense method. Long after they are physically gone from the planet, their words will stand for “the way” in a manner yet unrealized, and their work will continue to illuminate for generations.

The phrase “when the student is ready, the teacher appears” and vice versa is often appropriate. Although it may take decades to find Truth, when it appears it shines forth with Divinity’s brilliance.

(1) When asked to read or listen to the works of many high profile speakers and writers on the spiritual circuit, I always calibrate the writings. More often than not, they do not calibrate with Truth (over 200) and are not worth giving time to.
(2) There may be people who you trust that can calibrate for you, if you have no interest in DPA.

There’s a great deal of confusion as to what is “wrong” with the world. Everyday we arise to find there’s another school shooting, sex crimes by “the respected,” or more deaths around the world due to fighting. It seems that we are out of control and the world is in serious trouble.

In a way we are out of control, because control of other people’s human levels of consciousness is not possible. We cannot get into others minds, nor do we want to. Approximately eighty five per cent of the world calibrates* beneath the level of integrity, courage and empowerment. If we happen to live in highly populated areas, we witness on a grander scale the lower levels of consciousness in the form of hate, rage, scorn, blame, aggression, anxiety, and more of the same. Driving a car in a crowded city is often a lesson in world consciousness studies.

Whether we are in serious trouble or not would be how we project our feelings onto what is going on. In reality, nothing is happening other than our witnessing of how others are projecting out into the world. We can call it awful or just be the witness, which reflects our own higher level of consciousness. What must be considered is that the source of the issue is always individual levels of human consciousness. It explains the why, but does not explain the how to handle.

The first lesson in universe handling is avoidance of that which is inherently negative. We do not have to be ignorant of the fact that the rest of the world is not as you are. It may be spiritual simplicity to believe we are all one because of our connection to Divinity, but naive to think we are all alike.

Oftentimes we have to forgive ourselves and make amends to the universe for losing our tempers and being that which we didn’t want to be at that moment. We can still be of a higher consciousness and not always be in control of sudden emotional outbursts. As long as we know that at our core level of being we were only succumbing to the frailties of our ego, we can still witness our humanness without losing ground.

Our responsibility is to our own way of being in the world. What we want to be is willing, trusting, merciful, inspiring, loving, accepting and more. When we feel emotions which reflect what we do not wish to be, we can take a sort of adult time-out to forgive others (for they know not what they do), and ourselves. Our willingness to do this and be more, is all that is necessary to stay the course.

*Map Of Consciousness(c)

Mind Field: A complex of coexistent forces (as biological, psychological, and social or interpersonal) which serve as causative agents or as a frame of reference in human experience and behavior, within which one thinks, reasons, collaborates, opinionates, intellectualizes, pontificates, retains hidden agendas, inclines toward, perceives, recalls, holds beliefs and indoctrinations within, objectifies, evaluates, considers, concludes, comprehends, focuses attention on, and analyzes, regarding something.

The inherent risks of playing within mind fields (ours and others) is witnessed in the world as war, religious intolerance, criminality, lies, anger, hatred, egocentricities, and all forms of debasing and defiling behavior.

What is noteworthy is all of the workings of the mind have nothing at all to do with Truth. What the mind conjures up, is a result of what the ego has objectified for it. Depending on LOCs,* the triggers actualize impending eruptions lying beneath the layers of the mind field. The mind field goes where the body takes it, so it is ever-present. Where it may “blow us up” so to speak is at the core level of our consciousness within a fraction of an instant. Due to the nature of the lower levels of consciousness this comes about with no apparent warning because all glaring signals have been hidden within the framework of the ego. (See Uncovering Mind Fields in Consciousness Exercises)

LOCs remain constant until they are transcended by eliminating blocks. As the ego is tamed, it remains with us, but as a more docile version of our animal-self. The mind field at this point has been rendered harmless and one is free to roam at higher LOCs unimpeded by the dangers of mind fields.
*Levels of Consciousness
Map of Consciousness (Power vs. Force), Dr. David R. Hawkins

Objective: To uncover what fixes our attention, clutters the mind, and causes egocentricities.
Expected results: To regain focus and clarity, reducing confusion and tension.

Step 1 (Keep these to less than 5 things each.)
1. Write down 5 things which you are uncertain of or have questions about.
2. Write down 5 things which make you feel uneasy or uncomfortable.
3. Write down 5 things which are unfinished in your life.
4. Write down 5 things you do not understand.
5. Who upsets you?
6. What makes you feel tired when you think about it?
7. What is it you will not talk about, or hold secret?

Step 2
1. Organize each number above as a heading. i.e. Things uncertain about, Things unfinished, etc. in a columnar chart formation. Write down and number each thing below the heading in no particular order.

Step 3
1. Go over the list, looking for those things that cause a more extreme disturbance in your “field”.
2. Mark each thing on the list that you “feel” strongly about. This is an intuitive exercise. The Field knows what disturbs us, as does our own psyche. If you are familiar with and can do AK, use this list to weed out what the highest priority issues are.
3. If you are not familiar with using Applied Kinesiology, use #1 from this list and discreate each thing using Releasing Emotional Energy Exercise, Step 1 in Surrender and Releasing Exercise, or Atonement Exercise in Consciousness Exercises.

(This is another of the many new Food For Thought articles in the upcoming new book, “There Are No Secrets.”)

As we travel the path to enlightenment, relationships remain an important part of our spiritual journey. Although enlightenment has been associated with leaving the world of materialism and even form, devotion to God is becoming an intrinsic part of many relationships. Even within relationships where only one may be on the path, it is important to stay within the field of spiritual alignment. Any deviations may have a tendency to keep one from forging ahead. To present what alignment and non-alignment look and feel like, creates an opportunity for higher evolution within the relationship.

That which is consciously aligned is congruent with the same (like) or higher ideologies. Alignment does not force change, but is wise enough to see and allow, evolving as it learns. Alignment does not control nor is it afraid of loss. It is not overstimulated or overemotional. It is calm and aware without hidden agendas. It has the well-being of the “other” in mind at all times. It is not jealous, scheming, cynical, or judgmental. An aligned individual conveys their feelings within the context of higher consciousness, and is willing to make things work. When ego is transcended, alignment is a commonality of higher levels. Alignment and higher calibrations of consciousness go hand in hand.*

Non-alignment is argumentative, ego driven, victimizing, blaming, temperamental, and controlling. Non-alignment doesn’t feel right. What it creates are feelings of fear and uneasiness. Within all types of relationships, non-alignment feels strained, uneasy, unsettling and forced. It is a negative (or oppressive) attractor field, being a consequence of lower levels of consciousness. The spiritually non-aligned at the core level of the ego, do not have the capacity for loving and consciously congruent long term relationships.

In relationships where one is spiritually aligned, there can be commonalities, however it takes both individuals to create total alignment. Non-aligned relationships have been known to stay together for other reasons. This doesn’t necessarily mean things aren’t working. It simply is not optimally aligned. To seek our perception of perfection within all relationships may be an exercise in futility. When there is complete trust, kindness, and love however, alignment is present.

These are a few hints as to whether or not a relationship (any relationship) is working. To be spiritually aligned with another may not always be perfection, but it’s a beautiful work in progress. That is what spiritual alignment is; progress with the mutual intention to live within a higher mode of consciousness.
*See Map of Consciousness(referential) and Devotional Nonduality links:(Consciousnessproject.org)

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When we pray, the majority of the time it is our ego which is doing the praying. The ways in which humans word their prayers is an example of this. When we ask for something for ourselves or others, we are imagining that we know what is best, and that God does not. Advice is being given to God all the time. We even act out in God’s name, inferring that our personal selves have the market on what God’s wishes are. We impose partialities, positions, preferences, and profiling onto God. In essence, we have created God in our image. The Infinite Field of Existence (God) hears everything, as all is recorded for eternity. Nothing gets lost in eternal existence. Since God is not a material being in the way human beings assign that image to Him, it is not remotely possible that a determination can be made as to what The Infinite Field wants. Creation/evolution is what God has manifested. If The Field had wishes, It would produce them. Our ego manifests what we believe God desires. This is one of the greatest fallacies of all human existence. Since God must look as we do, then ego believes we must be God also. We would never admit to it, but it is always an underlying presence in our hidden reservoir of beliefs.

So, when we pray and ask for something, there must be pure and unequivocal discernment that we are praying from the Higher Self. At that point, what the Higher Self is implementing is an intention within The Field. God (The Field) works on an infinitely higher plane, from a point of existence far removed from our comprehension. What happens is closely related to quantum physics and the Heisenberg Principle. Our intention by power of the will, collapses the wave function. All of this happens within the framework of the Highest good which encompasses our own (or others’) Karmic inheritance. Although we can physically affect or delay others (or our own Karmic destiny), we cannot pray to alter that which is in the Highest good. You can see why trying to alter The Field with our will for anything but the Highest good, won’t affect a change.

God (see The Nature of God) is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Infinite Love. Imposing human, linear will on a power such as this, is a lesson in futility. Because God Consciousness is infinitely high, asking for that which is not born of love will not produce anything but frustration for the one who prays. Our highest intention must always be in alignment with God. Note that Highest means Absolute Truth and not our ego’s wishes. When Higher Intention meets Higher Power and Higher Will, the result is always the Highest Good (from God). What we can do it is pray for the Highest Good (see Prayers) and then allow God’s will in God’s time to be. What we want is not as infinitely important as what God’s will and intention is.

What might have to happen is for a series of unfortunate events to transpire. What also may happen are miraculous healings, good luck, and good fortune. Since we are not privy to what future creation nor present evolution will bring, all that occurs is God’s Will. With all this in mind, we can surrender and free ourselves from outcomes, while transmitting our positive charge out into the universe, trusting that all is perfect all of the time.

Much of our waking life is spent thinking. Thinking becomes that which brings up our feelings, through which we agonize, endlessly. Although the greater part of our mind is at rest, the smallest percentage leads to the most distress__our thoughts. The ego is expressing judgment continually in the form of anger, positionalities, worry, frustration, sadness, grief, and every other emotion within ego’s possibilities. It is our mind which keeps us up at night, and our thoughts which fix our attention.

This exercise is a powerful form of waking meditation, capable of high states of consciousness changes. It is a compilation of exercises I have practiced and simplified, using the technique of repetition. The only thing which is required is the awareness of your thoughts as they arise, in the form of stories, sentences, words, images, reaction to sights, sounds, issues, and events.

1st Week
Begin this exercise by sitting quietly in a comfortable, quiet place, and start to make yourself aware of each thought which comes to mind as it arises, releasing it and letting it float gently downstream as a small boat, one following the other. No commentary is needed for each thought. Just be aware of it and see it going downstream. Practice this exercise 15 minutes everyday as a meditation, for one week.

2nd Week
When you are comfortable with this exercise, as each thought arises say to yourself (or out loud) softly, “I surrender and release this thought.” As each thought arises, stop the thought as soon as it begins and repeat, “I surrender and release this thought.”* Practice this exercise until you can practice it comfortably for 15 minutes.

3rd Week
Begin by surrendering and releasing each thought for 15 minutes a day while you are actively on your normal schedule. It makes no difference what time of day, as long as you focus on surrendering and releasing each thought immediately, as it arises for a full 15 minutes.

4th Week
After the 3rd week is over, begin practicing this exercise for longer periods of time throughout the day, until you begin to feel comfortable surrendering and releasing, under all conditions and in all everyday circumstances.

Expected results:
The ability to quiet the mind, living within the context of all that is, as the witness.

*To make this exercise more powerful, add: “to you, God”, or “to thee, O Lord” at the end of the sentence.

There is so much rhetoric in the world, especially when the subject is spirituality. Some spiritual advisors of prominence are always coming up with the 5, 10, or 100 things that we have to remember, or of utmost importance. These are usually words which have a particular meaning, but when used in the context of spirituality, take on different meanings, like spiral and integral. Motivational speakers are adding the spiritual to give your psyche a push in the right direction with a rousing “you can do it” cheer on a set of DVDs you can listen to while driving to work, or the grocery store. Movie stars will pitch in to give their accolades.

There are hundreds of different kinds of spiritual practices or modalities. People are coming up with new names for spirituality, which are more confusing than ever. There are “steps” to remember, and illusions. There are remembrances to remember. Classes are great, but when we get home the exercises seem fine for a while, but then the dog needs walking and the kids are coming home from school. It’s like meditation or exercise. We may practice for a week, month or a year, but then everyday life takes precedence. Sometimes an issue comes up or a life change, and everything is put aside. Few seem to have a simple answer to growing in our spiritual journey, when it is simplicity which is imperative.

In my article, “Don’t Get Sidetracked,” I speak about roads leading to roads, which lead to confusion or dead-ends. In “Keep it Simple,” opinions, doctrine, theories, and endless intellectualizing, are discussed. When confronted with the complexities of daily life, there should be less to “think about” on our journey. Divinity in It’s Infinite love and wisdom, wouldn’t make the journey so difficult that we would “give up.”

What is it that we can do to witness our progress toward enlightenment or our path? The answer has to be simple in its’ application. How difficult we make it is up to us, and our attention to our intention.

Start with the beginning of the day. This is easy. You’re brushing your teeth, eating your breakfast, or transporting yourself to work. This could be the time to forgive someone by surrendering anger or frustration, to God with one of my simple prayers, or one of your own. Next time you’re in a parking lot, give up the space to someone else, or let them know you’re leaving and where your spot is. If you see someone who could use a hand, give it to them. Smile at the person in the car next to you. Open a door for someone. Allow someone to go ahead of you in a line. Bless the person who cuts you off in traffic. Let go of your past and stop being a victim of something or someone, finally. Give up an addiction to a person or a thing which isn’t in your highest good. Don’t complain about anything for just one day. Give up blame, for a day and then a week, etc. Have reverence for all life, including your own. Let your ego take a rest by not having to be right all the time, or being angry about that which you cannot change. Stop trying to change everything, as if you know what’s right for anyone else.

I could go on, but you get the picture. It’s like the 10,000 diets that are out there. You only need one. The simple one. The one that tells you just to eat healthy and cut your portions.

Enlightenment and our expanded context of our spiritual self, does not have to be any harder a goal than we choose to make it. The “critical point” of a person’s spiritual journey may be as simple as one decision. It is the decision to be of a higher consciousness than that which you were, only a second ago. It’s not what you do, but what you are as you do it.__©Myswizard all rights reserved ‘05-’06

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; ’twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another’s tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on. Author: Henry Burton

If kindness were your daily food
Hunger would indeed elude
And acceptance was the air you breathe
With every breath comes gratitude
Then in some distant future be
The seed you’d sown eternally.
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In turn, every advance that we make in our awareness benefits unseen multitudes and strengthens the next step for others to follow. Every act of kindness is noticed by the universe and is preserved forever. (Dr David R. Hawkins, Eye of The I, 118)

To idealize, romanticize, and glorify is glamorization. Other meanings of the word are an elusive, mysteriously exciting, and often illusory attractiveness that stirs the imagination and appeals to a taste for the unconventional, the unexpected, the colorful, or the exotic. It is a fascination, an irresistible attraction or charm. There is intense interest. It can also be charming, alluring, irresistibly attractive, engaging, challenging, transfixing, or being held spellbound by something. The “something” doesn’t matter. It could be something as trivial as toothpaste or as important as your dwelling.

I’m sure all these words and meanings ring a bell. We’ve all been there. From our infancy on, we’ve been attracted to or felt a pressing need for something which we could not do without. It’s been the history of most human lives, especially in these modern times.

Because of the qualities of our egos’ neediness, our entire world society can play upon our weaknesses. Advertising agencies thrive on it. Businesses bank on it. The media squeezes every detail out of the news for ratings and sensationalism. The money flows whether we have it or not, bank accounts suffer, relationships fail, our psychosis’ keeps psychiatrist’s offices busy, and billboards keep blaring what we should have and really need, in order to be happy.

Another aspect of glamorization has to do with physical appearances, groups, religions, races, places, ideas, intelligence, knowledge or any other subject related to humanity. If you aren’t “there” you’re square or worse, you’re “out” and others are “in” (so to speak). It’s the fodder for ostracism, hazing, and bigotry. This also has shown itself to be dangerous throughout time when utilized by narcissistic megalomaniacs.

One of the worst forms of glamorization is that of the spiritual. The circus of the metaphysical and the paranormal have seduced people for thousands of years. People love to sit on the edge of their seat, while fortunetellers, psychics and false sages spin tales of intrigue, mystery, and generic wisdom. Sorry to disappoint, but most of it isn’t true and the rest aren’t interested in the journey to enlightenment. These are avenues which will sidetrack the dedicated path for eons and lifetimes. It’s the ego’s curiosity and unquenching thirst for the illusory and imaginary. It’s a path which will not lead to enlightenment, but it may lead to blockbusters at the box office. There’s the glamorization again.

Once we are seduced, the ability to go back to the smaller needs of before is nearly impossible. Because we have been trained and programmed from birth to need something, all it takes for our neediness to grow is time. As we grow older, needs tend to get bigger, seemingly more urgent, and more expensive. Although mid life has the tendency to slow these needs down, as the body grows older our health becomes the most pressing issue. Our individual personalities, consciousness levels, and other societal factors tend to preclude our ability to resist these persistent needs.

The problem lies within our attachment and/or addiction to the neediness. As our level of consciousness progresses we gain the capability of seeing the illusion of glamour and the glamorization of society. By stepping back into the context of our existence we become the witness to the frivolity. When we practice non-attachment, we are able to enjoy the fruits of our labor, the niceties of life, and luxuries, within the parameter of our capabilities, without the suffering, attachment, addiction, and neediness which society imposes upon us with voracity.

Since we are concerned with enlightenment, and the road to that state, the consideration of glamour has to be addressed because we are living in a modern-day society. Many of us who have made the commitment to the Devotion to Divinity, are not apt to sit out the rest of our lives in monasteries or caves. Although the state of enlightenment precludes neediness, we have to be aware of the seductions that our daily lives will throw at us. Perhaps when we have reached that state, all worldly goods and unimportant ideas will become entirely meaningless, and those who know and love us, will tend to our needs until we leave this earthly existence. If not, so what?

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This is a topic which has been brought up by the students of Dr. Hawkins and others I’ve spoken to along the way. I’m aware of this because of my involvement in the past with many spiritual groups. There usually comes a point in the path of the “seeker” when they get the feeling they may just have a handle on this work. The particular subjective work they’re doing becomes the only way. They feel special, especially if they’ve been chosen or qualified to teach a certain doctrine or way, by the teacher.

Another occurrence while on the path can be very “renowned” teachers, lecturers and famous authors who lose sight of the spiritual path and wind up in the ego’s path. There are many teachers throughout history and even now who allowed ego to get in front of them and fell drastically in their calibrated level of consciousness. Stories abound of spiritual leaders who led their flock into destruction.* All of it is the spiritual ego rearing its head.

It has all the qualities of the larger ego, because egoism is still egoism. The aspirant who chooses a certain way to walk their path does not want to feel their way isn’t the true way. Most of the early work of the spiritual student has nothing whatsoever to do with becoming enlightened. It may however, make one feel lighter or different. Many times it becomes all about the teacher and the work becomes secondary. Other times the path leads to the non-integrous circus of what is called “the fringe” aspect of the spiritual. It encompasses the paranormal, channelers, fortune tellers, ghost hunters, mystery schools and all the paths which have nothing at all to do with seeking enlightenment.

Anything that brings forth the ego has nothing to do with enlightenment. Feeling special is not being spiritual, it’s merely feeling special. It’s not spirituality in it’s highest form. To paraphrase my own teacher Dr. Hawkins, _There are many pretenders and few true teachers. If there were true teachers, enlightenment would be common and it isn’t.

Although it is a rarity, there is nothing special about the path or being on the path. It is a way of being. There are many paths to becoming enlightened along with the practices which encompass those paths. When those paths do not lead to transcending the levels of consciousness, they have little to do with enlightenment and that’s the subject here. If ones’ spiritual ego is rearing its head, enlightenment is only an idea, rather than a goal. In order to avoid having ones’ spiritual ego become an obstacle to enlightenment, surrender the ego and whatever comes up to Divinity.
* read Dr. David Hawkins and Spiritual Traps under Devotional Nonduality Topic

Caring, sharing, giving, trusting, allowing, warm, uplifting, soothing, comfortable, safe, powerful and respectful are some of the higher aspects of a healthy love. If any of these qualities are absent in a relationship there is room for it not to succeed in being whole. When working at being the qualities necessary to having an enlightened relationship* becomes the relationships’ highest priority, the path is open to success. Having the intention and willingness is the starting point. Action is then necessary to commit to these qualities. Self inquiry about what the self is being is difficult, but yet another important step in the process of being the qualities of higher consciousness.

What all relationships teach us, is almost everything we need to learn about what is going on within our Self. I use the bigger self in relation to what we are because what we “are” is greater than the small self which is the ego. When we get a “charge” on something within the relationship, there is a certainty it is the qualities of the ego showing up. This gives us the chance to see and work on releasing and surrendering what the issue is. Unless it’s destructive, there’s always room to surrender and open up possibilities for renewal.

If the relationship isn’t integrous**, neediness, fear, distrust, discomfort, suspicion, manipulation, force and anger are signs there is something missing at the core. If even one of these qualities are present, a consistent effort to change is needed. Surrendering to time, synchronicity and karma is living life in a natural flow. Be kind to the self for an occasional falling back. Being human is a condition of change and evolution of the Spirit.

Getting in touch with what feels right at the core of ones’ being is a priory to understanding what a healthy relationship is. The old adage, “If it doesn’t feel right, it isn’t right,” is a good guide. If it doesn’t feel right on a gut level, there are blaring signals to repair or dissolve the relationship. Once an individual becomes the qualities necessary to a higher relationship, then a silent signal is sent out to the Universe that will reflect back the same.

This is a letter I received from Les Sussman. Les is responding to my commentary on miracles in my Mysticle and Mysterious top article. My response is at the bottom:

As a veteran and skeptical journalist for many years, I approach writing books on miracles and miracle healings with a skeptical eye and, yes, an inner longing that these things be true.

Well, after speaking and interviewing dozens of people across the country and elsewhere, these amazing things do happen. How? Why? I can’t answer those questions. All the time? No, you’re right — not all the time but enough times to make it not simply a fantasy.

Yes, we have a “need” to believe in miracles. You make that sound kind of negative. Why not, then, criticize our need, then, to believe in things in general– from the solidness of objects (when they are all really vibrational) to the belief that this is the only inhabited planet in the universe?

Just as we have a longing to explore deep space — perhaps some memory of where we once came from — the need to believe in miracles is part of our longing to reconnect to Hashem — the creator.

Is it bad to have such a longing — a need to believe in the extraordinary– or should we, instead, believe in the mundane as the only reality which so many of us do?

I agree that just being alive is a miracle and everyday is a miracle, but I also believe in the extraordinary and have seen evidence of that myself.

The best. Lesley Sussman (”God’s Miracles”).

Response:
Les, I live in the extraordinary. I’m speaking about being “attached” to the miraculous and not getting caught up in it. To me it’s about not getting a charge or juice out of these things. Life and creation is miraculous, and when one’s level of consciousness rises, the miraculous becomes commonplace. I do not want my readers to see this site as giving attention to anything other than the journey to enlightenment and that which may keep one from it. My site could otherwise be nothing but the miraculous. It’s about recognizing the “barriers” to enlightenment. Unfortunately, most miracles are an opinion about an occurance. Otherwise we could say everything is miraculous, which in the spiritual plane it is. God bless.
Mys
P.S. Re: The need to believe in miracles. People in general love their beliefs. Beliefs however, have nothing to do with Truth. In order to reach enlightenment, ego must let go of the need for miracles, the need to hear stories about miracles, (or any neediness for that matter), knowing that the miraculous is what we already are.

Relationships are the most difficult, but effective way to “know” ourselves. As a societal entity, relationships are propitious for many other reasons. Basic biological impulses bring people together to propagate, and although a modern phenomena, “romantic” love continues to connect people, even if one cannot make sense of it.

Our human nature and egos have been a driving force to be together with others for pleasure, companionship, and sex throughout time. Mirroring each other (seeing ourselves in another) is another of the urgencies that drive us to be together (subsisting perhaps from our animal nature.) Within the levels of lower consciousness, individual neediness prevails and all of the baser instincts that accompany it. In all cases, humans will strive to “be” together, even if at war with each other.

The “health” of a relationship is direct correlation to the level of consciousness of the participants in that relationship. The probability of gross differences within mature relationships is minimal, however with an inequality of consciousness levels several things are apt to occur. Since there is more power within the higher levels of consciousness, the bouyancy of the higher level will “lift all ships.” Unless the ego becomes involved, the probability of falling back to a lower level, lessens. The higher the mutual level of consciousness, the higher the likelihood of a continued successful relationship.

The optimal relationship would be one in which both people calibrate* within a close range, or one calibrates high enough as to balance any negativity from lower levels. If the relationship is of the highest importance to both, then a commitment must be made to raise up the level of consciousness within and all that it entails.(i.e. therapy, counseling, cleric intervention) When only one has made a commitment, it’s only through the shear strength of the love in the relationship that it continues.

Another quality of an optimal relationship would be radical honesty. Radical honesty is living in Truth. This is Truth with the context of Divinity or The Infinite Field of Consciousness. Honesty wouldn’t be a concept with fear of reprisal, but practiced as a result of what you’ve become, or through having the intention to live Truth within the levels of Higher Consciousness. It is a way of a life which is lived completely in recognition of each others’ spirit. If the willingness to practice radical honesty is lacking, the relationship will remain within the confines of mediocrity.

Within the higher levels of consciousness, relationships stand a better chance of successful long term survival. By practicing courage, willingness and reason, relationships take on a different meaning. There is solidarity, alignment, common ground, desire for the good of the “other” and a healthy love for one another. As the levels of consciousness between couples rises, so does their goal for the common good of all. Divinity becomes a part of everyday life and the highest good for the relationship is realized. Egos have no place in the interaction within the relationship. Love is unconditional and joy abounds.

At the lower levels where ego reigns, relationships are at best strained, and at worst destructive. This is where shame, grief, fear, anger and pride reside. Relationships such as these may continue for a lifetime with no resolution to the upside or end in heartbreak, anger, and confusion.

If it seems as if relationships are a near impossibility to be successful, it is because of the present truth of that statement. The present consciousness levels of humankind (presently at 78% below that of integrity) will keep most relationships at their present levels. The success rate of all relationships can be gauged with accuracy within the levels of human consciousness at the time. The future of relationships is hopeful however, with the knowledge that the consciousness level of humankind is rising, even if at an infinitely slow rate. The willingness and the intention to be that which will sustain a healthy and higher relationship with another, will be the only way in which present and future generations will subsequently realize enlightened relationships…©Myswizard all rights reserved ‘05-’06

“Love is the child of fullness and emptiness”
Plato

Love
As a poet I’m adept at expressing feelings of love in many terms. Love, however, has the capability of being the most complex of emotions. There are as many feelings about love as there are souls that occupy the planet. One can exhaust or become exhausted by the number of emotions as well as expressions surrounding love. In Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore writes, “We always expect love to be healing and whole, and then are astonished to find that it can create hollow gaps and empty failures.”

There are many forms love takes. There is the love of self, love of our children, our spouses and partners, cherished friends, parents and relatives. There is the love of our animals, work, nature, life and God.

One day we love, experiencing the ecstasy and the dream, the next we are forsaken through desertion, absence, loneliness, betrayal, or death. We are also capable of losing faith or trust in love. We compromise our own love of self through unforgiving acts. Where is the place that occupies the space where that love has gone?

Self imposed and societal restrictions regarding love hold us back from loves’ full expression. Love becomes possessive, guarded, exclusive, jealous, angry, and often turns to its opposite… hatred. Egos get in the way. Agreements are broken and expectations aren’t met. Marriages fall apart statistically in increasing numbers and relationships are born and die. Friends become enemies and families stop speaking to one another.

Is there a solution to making love last? As spirit, we are capable of loving many people and things in our lives all at the same time. Humans are multidimensional beings capable of multidimensional or multiple love. Coming from a place of Universal love, how could we possibly deny we have this potential? The more open we become and the higher our spirit calibrates, the easier it becomes for one to open up to receiving love. We literally become Love. We attract it and it flows freely to us.

As human beings we have difficulty “knowing” love in the Universal sense. We are blinded by life’s illusions which have nothing to do with true love. When we come to know Love’s truth, however, we become prepared to live in the present moment with love. While cherishing one’s love moment to moment, we are incapable of wasting love, nor regretting we have loved. We also realize love, like life, is a changeling. It grows, expands, and flows, like our Eternal Self. Love and life are one and the same, ever-changing within our everlasting. Human barriers fall and the power that Infinite love generates is held for eternity by the Presence of Divine Love.

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Anger is the most favorite of all our emotions. It must be, because we certainly give in to it constantly on a daily or even hourly basis. So is it that we can’t get enough of what we think we don’t want or do we just love to love our anger? We love our anger. To complain and get angry is the favorite sport of nearly all humans. ( I’ll bet you thought it was golfing or fishing.) We love our righteous indignation, jealousies, annoyances, etc ad infinitum. In actuality anger is the stepchild of Fear. I know it’s hard to see how fear becomes anger so I’ll explain.

Our ego, precious little thing that it is, runs the human world as most know it. The ego believes so very many things about itself, all of which are an illusion, but please no one tell it. Ego knows it’s right on many levels (or so it thinks), so it becomes afraid when it’s threatened. Threats to the ego may include such things as, the need to be right, loved exclusively, taken care of, do what it is we want, given security, treated well, respected, etc. When these things arise, ego is afraid of the loss of these needs so it becomes angry instead. After all, ego hates to admit it’s afraid. What would a good ego be if it was a scaredy cat?

So you see how easy it is to explain anger. Explaining it, however, is easier than controlling it. I suppose one can take anger management classes, go to all sorts of spiritual seminars, have massages and get therapy. I recommend all of these. However, unless one gets the root of the issue, none of these modalities will help for long. This could take many lifetimes unless you understand and surrender ones fears and anger to God. The raising up of ones spiritual level is the only way to “see” clearly, and even this will not exclude one from being human at times.

Awareness of our ego and how we feed it, is of utmost importance. As long as we are aware of the anger as it arises, and let it go, consciously, in every moment, we have control, not it. If we can’t do this, we become a slave to our own ego. Our ego by itself is not a bad thing. It runs the animal in us. Our survival depends on it. But…as long as we are aware of it as something we “think” we are, and not what we actually are, we can treat it with love, for that part of us which is human. It is only when we take it seriously as if It is who and what we are, that we get into trouble.

Intention and the Ego

Intention is a driving force. The power of intention is a magnificent, creative tool to see what we desire become manifest. What of the intention behind our actions? Why we do what we do is more important than the action itself. It is the intention behind what we do that is important.

We all know others who are helpful, kind, and appear to be wonderful. We take all that at face value… We don’t have to feel suspicious of every good deed done in the world. There are many wonderful, altruistic, spiritual people, doing great deeds. But..what if behind the helpfulness is the “need” to be liked, popular, indepensable, want something in return, or to feel important. Then the “intention” behind the action has a hidden agenda. When the ego becomes involved, the motives behind one’s actions are suspect. The intention behind our actions must be unconditional; otherwise the motive negates the action. The lesson would be to create no negative karma for ourselves. This also applies to shifting blame, judgment, and all other negative intentions towards ourselves or others. Feeding our animal(ego), while appearing to be doing good, is not being on the path.

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Main Entry: ig·no·rant
Pronunciation: ‘ig-n(&-)r&nt
Function: adjective
1 a : destitute of knowledge or education <an ignorant society>; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified <parents ignorant of modern mathematics> b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence <ignorant errors>
2 : UNAWARE, UNINFORMED
Main Entry: ¹know
Pronunciation: ‘nO
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): knew /’nü also ‘nyü/; known /’nOn/; know·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnAwan; akin to Old High German bichnAan to recognize, Latin gnoscere, noscere to come to know, Greek gignOskein
transitive senses
1 a (1) : to perceive directly : have direct cognition of (2) : to have understanding of <importance of knowing oneself> (3) : to recognize the nature of : DISCERN b (1) : to recognize as being the same as something previously known (2) : to be acquainted or familiar with (3) : to have experience of
2 a : to be aware of the truth or factuality of : be convinced or certain of b : to have a practical understanding of <knows