Conundrum
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Have you ever wondered why everything on the “outside” is not perfect when you know that everything on the “inside” is?
Where does the breakdown occur between the outside and the inside? This is the mystery of life and can never be solved, only played. Every bit of information received and every encounter we show up at are the very reasons we are here. That’s where the stardust lies. It is true there can be “no dress rehearsal” because in order to see the truth all knowledge and experience must cease to exist. You have to have a clear slate. Perhaps in that place and time of no place and time is exactly where it is all revealed. The truth never hides because it is the only thing that is and will forever remain obvious. We have only to learn how to look because to think it is elusive is only to prolong the struggle.
What has become of that understanding? Why does it fade away? Why is this not our most ardent endeavour? To have passion in this regard is the fundamental key to freedom, wouldn’t you agree. It is both the first and last step. At the end of the time allotted what will we have to show for our efforts, for our influence? Everything is moving at such an accelerated pace these days that we must keep coming back to the centre, to the source for this is the origin of all genesis. If we don’t do this it will all spin out of control and each of us has the privilege to decide which way to turn. That carries with it the immense responsibility for the outcome and that can scare the heck out of anyone. We have been taught since childhood, nay for 1000’s of generations that we learn “through trial and error and it will take time”. But in such unique places as the self how can this be the truth when we know the truth to be timeless and without a path? Crossing this bridge is an instantaneous thing but like any revolution sustaining the flame is the ultimate challenge. We must string those moments of luminescence together into a sparkling necklace stretching on into eternity.
It matters not what you do with your time if you are dedicated to the truth of every moment for out of that state of absolute honesty and attention the artist that you are will emerge and your response will be complete. It’s the vanishing point of all separation. You have no other choice. This will then draw you through the magical labyrinth of self discovery which opens every buried pirate treasure in all the Seven Seas. The destination is then no longer important, only the journey with it’s brilliant adventure. It is the glorious unravelling.
That’s when the outside becomes the inside and everything explodes. POP!!!
We have been told throughout our lives what is right, wrong, up, down and in between and we have swallowed it. Perhaps it is the ultimate trick we play on ourselves, the deception which comes with opinion. It comes at us from all directions through all media and wave lengths and just to maintain our corporeal health takes concerted effort in itself. There are elections and oil prices to consider, there are wars and famine everywhere, there are financial meltdowns in every sector, there are unspeakable injustices occurring everywhere and yet we don’t change. What is the answer to all this? Who will we ask?
I can feel the warmth and depth of your love as I sit here now and that blessing calms me in the storm. When I realize that I am the solution I can embrace you once again.
Don’t listen to any of the propaganda for it will always lead you astray and down the multitude of paths to nowhere.
Don’t complicate it with your beliefs or the beliefs of others. Keep it simple but full on.
The only light you need is your own brilliance and it’s there to show you the way with every breath. Trust it.
So go on, reach out and turn the handle on that door and we’ll jump over the threshold together.
Dr. John