Category: Awakening

Awake and Aware

2/11/2013

As someone who prefers not to attach labels to myself, this got me thinking - saying your Awake, is yet another "label". In fact, ask most anyone and they will tell you that yes, they are awake! Actually, they are correct, because by whose definition and barometer is this measured? = the amount of Awake-ness

Certainly, some will say there are different 'levels' of being AWAKE and ASLEEP. As the saying goes, "no one may walk in another's shoes", so therefore with this bit of knowledge, what does that tell us?! Only you and you alone, may determine what being 'awake' is for you. No one else! Just because some people are supposedly more informed or "up" on certain topics (spiritual or otherwise), doesn't mean that they are "informed" about others. Each of us has our own 'skill sets'.

Think about it this way, the more One knows or thinks they know, many times may just get in the way of BEing.

It's been said, it's so simple that even a child can understand it - and they often do so magically because children haven't "over thought" all the possibilities, nor been subjected to all the programming dogma - built up on those filters!

The next time you start questioning yourself on not being worthy or knowledgeable enough on any topic, simply just remember you have a specific path/journey experience that is uniquely yours. Now it is your choice on whether or not you choose to place the "good" or "bad" label on these experiences -- just know that everything is ultimately as it should be and always for your highest good.

Curious how many so called lifetimes we have possibly experienced? Who really knows for sure or for that matter, cares! What truly is important, is being in present here and now. The past is done, the future of course is uncertain. Now is your moment... for you are the creator/architect what happens Next/Now.

Everyone is here in this life path dimension to learn, grow and experience from all sorts of perspectives, filters and degrees of separation. Upon completion of this "life game", we once again remember our true essence as we unite with Source.

If any one asks you, simply point out that there's a significant difference between being Awake and being Aware. I'd go so far as stating there are no stages/levels to One's 'awake-ness', but there are plenty of facets of awareness.

Being awake is as simple as recognizing that we are all One & interconnected (All is One and One is All) while being at peace and in honor with yourself & others. ♥ Namaste

Steven ♥

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Being Spiritual is ....

10/11/2011

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Taking conscious responsibility for your own life, and not blaming others for problems.

Living not based on guilt, anger, fear or hurt, but as a journey toward the love that is God/Source and Universe.

Looking at problems as opportunities; perhaps even a long series of life journeys and lessons.

Staying conscious with the honest decision to learn and grow.

Knowing you may change yourself by changing your thinking.

Being the change in the world starts with yourself first; not trying to change others.

Searching for strength from the universe by going inside and not looking on the outside.

Choosing your own path, rather than following others.

Recognizing that love does not have to have conditions attached.

Honoring others' rights to their own path.

Realizing that now is all you have, since yesterday is just a thought and so is tomorrow.

Being interested in only owning your self rather than things.

Seeing all of the joy in life rather than the pain.

Loving and knowing your self in order to better know and love others.

Being curious about extra sensory perception and all it implies.

Looking at others as not better than or less.

Choosing Love as the focus instead of fear based living.

When people come into our life, we should ask these three questions:

What is this man or woman to teach me?

What am I to teach this man or woman?

What are we to learn together?

Perception defines our reality

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend” ~ Henri Bergson

Our entire universe is energy – vibration waves of pure potential. The electromagnetic vibrations of our consciousness interact with the energetic potential that exists everywhere as the life force to ‘collapse’ the waves and create matter. The patterns of our minds create the form of our world. By simply observing a form, we influence it, and in turn, we are influenced by others. This challenges us to be more aware of the quality of our being and the vibrations we transmit.

”There is no reality in the absence of observation” ~ The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

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DON’T MESS WITH MY B.S.!

6/11/2011

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The greatest barrier to your enlightenment is that you already think you know the Truth! Yet you really don't want to know, since you only want to know the Truth as you understand it. You agree with most everything you see, hear or read that falls into that paradigm of thought and understanding, while rejecting that which does not. Do you consider this to be true learning, growing & experiencing? Do you consider this as being truly "open minded" or conscious? Now, ask yourself why this challenge is so difficult?

FACT: Everyone has their own Truth = B.S. = Belief Systems

WHY:   So 'we' may experience all that is ~ I AM that I AM ~ Source ~ Energy

All B.S. (political, religious, social) derive from these factors:

   - Geography - parental / guardian upbringing – peers - self value - level of education -

Some people move from one Belief System to another as they develop their own intuition and guidance. When finally finding their ‘center’ – harmony & peace within is achieved. Intolerance of differences exists in people that don’t know who they are, and don’t have a strong sense of their own authentic Self, the spirit within. Intolerance is rooted in fear. The basis for having a strong sense of self-esteem is to replace our unconscious idea of basic unworthiness with a conscious knowing of our fundamental inherent goodness. By being in touch with our essential goodness, ‘we’ will keenly see it in others as well.

"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye" ~ Siddhārtha Gautama

‘We’ are currently in a duality mode of existence -- love/fear = positive/negative, light/dark, living beings/corporations, honor/dishonor, etc. You may have heard reference to this statement:   ‘We’ are spiritual beings having a human experience. Since the essence of the living being is the consciousness, where is the trinity as so often referred to as - mind body spirit - or Father Son Spirit? The Father and Son are One and the conscious mind is the spirit, which then brings it back to duality = an Eternal consciousness and a temporary vessel body.  Ultimately, ‘we’ awaken to the reality of Oneness – All is One ~ Source ~ Energy

“If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become truth for you” ~ Louise Hay

“Beliefs separate. Loving thoughts unite” ~ Paul Ferrini

"We are like islands in the sea; separate on the surface but connected in the deep" ~ William James
"The real flow of life lies in unity ♥ in the oneness that arises out of Love" ~ Amma

"The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers"
~ Stanley Kunitz

- - By Steven, admin. Wave 11:11 -

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Ye Are Gods // The You of you

3/11/2011

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http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/philosophy/ye_are_gods.htm

by Chris Watson

I believe Jesus Christ, if he existed, had an experience of cosmic consciousness similar to what was experienced by Buddha, Ramana Maharshi, and many other people throughout history. Jesus apparently tried to communicate this experience to his followers as best he could, limited by the language and cultural concepts of his time and place.

It is possible that each of us is a function of what the whole cosmos is doing at a point called here and now. In effect, each of us IS the whole universe looking at itself through our eyes. The universe is conscious and self-aware, a.k.a. God, and this awareness and consciousness is within each of us. In other words, what happened to Jesus was NOT a unique experience that only happened to one man in all history and prehistory, but something that EACH of us can experience directly when we tune in to the consciousness that is the base of our existence.

I read the exact same Bible as the Christians do, yet I see Jesus teaching us the same message taught by Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. Consider the following verses along with the interpretation I offer as an alternative to the mainstream Christian interpretation.

John Chapter 10, verses 30-36 (KJV)
10:30 I and [my] Father are one.
10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

The King James Version of the Bible has “the” in italics before “Son of God” in verse 36. This is not for emphasis as some may think, but shows words interpolated by the translators. In this case, they were mistaken. The original Greek does NOT have an article before “Son of God,” which in Greek is equivalent to having an indefinite article. In the original Greek of this scripture, Jesus did NOT say he is the Son of God; he said I am a Son of God. He also quoted Psalm 82 that says “Ye are gods.”

John Chapter 14, verse 12 (KJV)
14:12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. HE WILL DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THESE, because I am going to the Father.

Jesus says the ordinary humans he left behind (who, according to traditional Christian mythology, are NOT divine as he is) will do greater things than Jesus did. I put those words in all-caps to emphasize them.

John Chapter 17, verses 21-22 (KJV)
17:21 THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE:

Again I put some words in all-caps to emphasize them. It seems pretty clear to me that Jesus says we can be one with the Father just as he was. In other words, what happened to him is NOT something unique that could ONLY happen to him, but it can happen to each of us. Jesus even PRAYS that we can experience it too!

Now many Christians will protest that Jesus says quite plainly:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6, KJV)

I agree, but perhaps not the way that Christians would like me to agree. It is my opinion that this “I am,” this “me” that Jesus speaks of is the big Self of divine consciousness (not the little self of the ego) that is within EACH OF US and was consciously realized by Jesus.

Here is a plausible explanation of what happened: Jesus tried to explain his experience of cosmic consciousness as best he could, using the language and concepts available to him from the culture of his time and place. Awed by his miracles, the disciples of Jesus missed the point of what he was trying to share with them. They distorted the meaning of his message and worshiped the messenger instead. Christianity does not teach the religion OF Jesus, which was the realization of divine Sonship, but the religion ABOUT Jesus, a castrated version of the Gospel that puts Jesus on a pedestal and says that only He, and nobody else, is divine.

For further study, I recommend anything by the late author, philosopher and “spiritual entertainer” Alan Watts, but especially pertaining to this subject Myth and Religion 3: Jesus, His Religion that I paraphrase portions of on this page. Alan Watts does a great job of explaining eastern philosophies to western audiences, and he is also good at explaining what mainstream Christianity teaches, even if he doesn't necessarily agree with it. In at least one of his audio files, Alan Watts makes the point that if Jesus had been born in India he would NOT have been crucified. When Jesus told others that he and the Father were one, they would have said “Congratulations. You finally figured it out.”

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In response to this article above that I shared with a friend, I was told that this author and every other intelligent so called enlightened thinker can believe what they want, but he wasn't dependent on them for the relationship he had with his Lord and Savior, and that he had made up his own mind after many years of questions and research. Nobody told him to think the way he did. He concluded with saying that we were both free thinkers, but that we just came to different conclusions, based on what we believe to be true.

He is absolutely correct except for one thing: It's not an opinion about the title: Ye Are Gods - it is direct from the bible - see the bible reference verses again. This prompted yet another thought. Was this verse possibly altered? Perhaps - since man has indeed altered many areas of the bible for an agenda. Many parts were left intact, but as every researcher knows, many books were left out of the bible - so yes, man influenced what was in and what was out if it. This is an acknowledged fact among bible scholars. Now think about it this way - what 4 professions have their own 'language' code that encourage the use of interpreters to assist the so called common man/woman -- law, accounting, medicine and religion. How convenient is that! Surely everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions. That is why we are here: To experience this duality dimension of earth school and to discover the You of you. ~ Steven

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The You of you

There is a power within you that is greater than the world. If you let it, it will sustain you, expand you, and fill you with joy.

This power is closer than hands and feet; it is nearer and dearer to you than your own breath.

It is invisible, silent, and immeasurable.

All names for it are vague. All descriptions of it are inaccurate.

It transcends everything you can possibly know about it.

In the following lines, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the essayist and poet, who lived in the 1800's referred to it as instinct: "All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

Today, we would probably translate "instinct" to mean "intuition" or "awareness."

Our basic helplessness in trying to describe it is because it is not a thing, an object, either abstract or concrete, that can be classified. Instead, it is a transcendent, extraordinary experience that expresses itself in an ordinary way. It subtle nature escapes language.

The power within you that can be spoken of is not the power that exists; for like the wind, it cannot be caught; and like the ocean, it can never be grasped.

It is not the mind, but beyond the mind.

This awareness that is you, this sentient understanding, this all encompassing consciousness, it is magnificence itself.

And the sweetest thing about this understanding, is that it is the you of you, the immensity of you.

There is nothing more intimate, nothing more reassuring, and nothing more exhilarating than this inner presence.

Civilizations may come and go, you may trade one body after another, and yet this essence of you, this pure energetic consciousness, will only continue to expand in its awareness.

When confronted with the lie of the world, it is truth; when intimidated by misfortune and adversity, it is strength; and when impoverished by lack, it is abundance.

You are the quintessence of power and beauty and truth; for who you are is this power that never sleeps, this awareness that never ceases, this brilliance that never dims.

You are the light of the world, an emanation of pure energy, unrestricted consciousness wrapped in layers of skin and bones, illusions and misconceptions.

When you finally understand who you are, really are inside, there can be only one possible response: a spontaneous burst of happiness that has no limits.

You are the unbounded potentiality, and who you think you are is not even close to who you really are inside.

The purpose of life is simply this: to discover the You of you.

~ Saleem Rana

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Awake and Aware

Being Spiritual is ....

DON’T MESS WITH MY B.S.!

Ye Are Gods // The You of you

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