HOW DO WE SEE?

We will continue our discussion began Friday, "HOW WELL DO WE SEE?".

On the surface it looks like there is no way out. We are programmed to see by thought management, so we perceive according to what we believe. It appears to be a closed circle. We continue to create what we think and feel and so continue to perceive our own projection of 'reality'.

We have many teachers, both ancient and modern, who are here to help us see through the illusion. The ancients knew we did not see reality and surmised that we saw what we expected to see. There is a Greek philosophy built around this concept. And, at least since then, this concept has been alluded to by many philosophers and artist.

In India, China, Japan and Tibet disciplines arose to help people quiet their mind and learn to experience what is. We, also, know these disciplines existed in Native American cultures. Perhaps, they existed in most indigenous cultures.

With the rise of our modern world, which roughly correlates with the ascendancy of Christianity, this idea, that what we experience is an illusion of our own making, has been discouraged. Religions exist in part to control their parishioners. They are not known to encourage people to see differently.

For as long as we can see in the past there have been teachers sent to help us break out of our perceptual blindness. At this moment, there are many, many teachers. Many of them don't think of themselves as teachers. They post and re-post messages on Facebook and other places on the internet. Their message is, "Look Look, see this" or "Love Love, love everything" As long as we look and love we raise the consciousness of all and help bring about the breakthrough that we yearn for collectively.

We all came into the world with the goal of learning more about oneness and continuing our journey to rejoin Source. There are as many paths as people and no right path. Every path leads back to Source.

Breaking out of our shell or disguise, seeing what is really there, however one wants to put it, is approached in different ways.

The traditions coming from the East tend to focus on quieting the mind. Ceasing the creation of one's individual thought processes and 'seeing'. Meditation, in many different forms, is the main vehicle.

Many teachers, both past and present, have taught that one need only to focus on Love. It works like meditation, except that it is ongoing. Whenever one realizes his/her thoughts are not loving they realign their thought to love. Some focus on being. Some focus on doing [being of service]. In both cases the doing comes out of the being.

Many others think it is important to understand how we got entrapped in the first place. These folks need to understand the nitty gritty of how we are being manipulated. They need to understand the lies and manipulations of the controllers. They are not content to know that we have been manipulated and molded into our present situation, they need to know how and why. 

Some folks are comfortable learning through all approaches available, depending on the point in their evolution.

What matters is keeping our eye on the goal. Unconditional Love for everyone. We seek peace and tranquility in our own mind and will it for everyone. We are 'one'. We can only give to ourselves. Let us love ourselves and radiate love to the world.

We are knocking on the door of paradise. It is opening.

Love and Peace,  Gregg