BEING I

 

BEING. I want to write about being. There is no end to this subject. When it was said, “we need do nothing” what does that mean? One way of looking at it, is that that the light is increasing and will penetrate our consciousness regardless. That may be true but the idea of being is bigger than that. We don't know who we are and we won't begin to until we appreciate being.

Our spiritual teachers have cautioned us to focus on being not doing. Why because doing, that arises out of conflict, is largely wasted and can be destructive.. The most effective doing comes from a peaceful mind. When we act haphazardly out of fear or some driving emotion the behavior often has other effects than intended and may be cancelled out by another's doing. A similar drama takes place in our minds; we have many different random seeming thoughts that tend to cancel each other out [thank goodness]. It is only when we focus on a thought and add feeling does it have effect.

We are cautioned therefore to make all decisions out of love with a peaceful mind. The behavior [doing] will be automatic and have the desired effect.

We spend a great deal of time focusing on our doing. We regret things we do. We torture ourselves with guilt and recriminations. We are constantly assessing our behavior and worrying if we are all right. What if we spent the same amount of energy on how we are thinking? If our minds were clear of all negativity would we ever have need to judge our behavior?

Being is where it is at! When we know we are beings of love and by know it, feel it to our core, there won't be any negativity emanating from us. Our behavior will be loving because it can't be any other way.

Individually and collectively that might seem like a long way off. We are living in a world where everybody is taking positions of attack. Behavior is driven by beliefs absorbed with little consideration. This is greatly encouraged because conflict and decisiveness plays in to the hand of those in power. It is not as bad as it looks. There are actually more people who know it is crazy and will not cooperate.

Every time a person discovers his true being is love, peace and joy; that person becomes more powerful than hundreds of those wasting their energy haphazardly. That is why it is not as bad as it looks. Love cannot fail.

It helps if we accept the idea that we are intrinsically love and that we are just covered over with an ego created veneer we made to protect ourselves. During our long experiment with separation we developed very tricky egos that are alert for any danger. When they can perceive none they have to make something up and they do. It seems like it is impossible to disentangle ourselves from our egos but it isn't. It begins with the simple idea of intent. The wish to be free.

When we realize that the ego is not real, that it exist only as illusion, we see that it is not something to fight but something to give up like an addiction.

For the majority of us it is a process. There are a few who have sudden realizations that are deep and lasting. Most of us have to wear away our craziness, but we have break throughs. We see the light often enough to keep us going. We know the end of the tunnel is nearing.

It is easier to believe we are already what we are trying to achieve, than trying to attain some high ideal. Many of us have discovered through meditation and other means that we are love at the center of our beings. We just have to discover and unwrap ourselves. We are already what we need to be.

I have learned some things in my quest to have a clear mind and I will share them with you in forthcoming blogs.

I don't know if I had a blog titled BEING before so I will title this BEING I . There will be II and maybe a III.

HAPPY FRIDAY! CELEBRATE THE LIGHT!

Love and Peace, Gregg