how to set the mind free...

[Heart]

......Again this is not I writing this.. we all are

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by heart

......Again this is not I writing this.. we all are

It is the I inclusive of itself aware and connected, you as the experiencer, who has gathered wisdom, knowledge through your lived experience, you are the we in the whole of your unfolding. We are one in the whole unfolding. THe resonation in feeling and connection is for those who are open and aware of themselves through the nature of you being you aware and sharing, your gained wisdom.

All things are universally connected, but not all of the universe chooses or needs to know this, of course.

But then what do "I" know...

[Gem]

Originally Posted by heart

......Again this is not I writing this.. we all are

Even an island emerges from the ocean blue.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by heart

"When the mind is still and all thought has been quelled, the ego no longer a backseat driver, you walk the path of a spiritual warrior, from here onward there is no going back. press on my friend press on for you there is nought but wonder." Heart

I wrote this years ago about what it feels like to be free from ego and an unruly mind, a dreamers paradise I call it..

You slowly walk towards the edge of the woods,
the trees gently swaying in the wind,
the sent of pine and moss fills your senses,
a clearing makes way to the shoreline,

Curiosity fills you as you draw nearer to it.
The sea is a perfect reflection of the sky above,
the horizon disappearing as the sky and sea meet each other.

Gentle waves lap the shore.

Each moment passes you by without a thought or a word spoken,
time forgotten as you are spell bound,
completely taken in by the beauty you are witnessing,
From off shore a small boat is slowly drifting towards you,
you watch in awe as it touches the white sandy beach,

as if to beckon you to it and climb aboard.

You know that you must go towards the boat,
no one appears to be in it,
you allow yourself to cast it off the beach and board the boat,
you are at perfect ease as you sit down and allow the boat to drift silently,

except for the lapping of the waves on the side.

You slowly fall asleep feeling completely and utterly content and happy….

The light is fading the full moon is sparkling in the sea like a million lights shining,
a cool breeze wakes you up as it pushes the boat to a different shore,
as you get closer you see a walkway that the boat seems to be heading too.
the boat gently comes to a halt,
it doesn’t even touch the walkway as you step out of it

You slowly walk for a while,
wonder fills your heart as you begin to feel like you’ve been here before,

some distant memory pervades your mind as you try to remember.
In front of you, you see a lovingly carved set of stairs into the rock face,
candle lights are lit as if to show you the way up,

there is a small grassy area at the top of the stairs,
behind that is a door into the rock face,
you walk up to the door and slowly open it,
you enter the room,
in front of you is an open fire and an arm chair for you to sit in

Now you remember……

I am indeed home.

Years ago on my very first shamanic type journey, I found myself standing by a river bank approached by a deer whom when I climbed onto its back took off with me into these never ending woods. I remembered the sense of fear of not finding my way back and then like your boat the sense of content and peace and adventure in letting go and letting the deer take me wherever.

[Heart]

Originally Posted by naturesflow

It is the I inclusive of itself aware and connected, you as the experiencer, who has gathered wisdom, knowledge through your lived experience, you are the we in the whole of your unfolding. We are one in the whole unfolding. THe resonation in feeling and connection is for those who are open and aware of themselves through the nature of you being you aware and sharing, your gained wisdom.

All things are universally connected, but not all of the universe chooses or needs to know this, of course.

But then what do "I" know...

Beautifully said thank you

[Heart]

Originally Posted by Gem

Even an island emerges from the ocean blue.

the time it takes to do so... is how long it has taken all of us to remember who it is we are

[Heart]

Imagination and clearing the mind

When I was fixing my sons bike, I noticed how, when I spun the wheel the
spindle hardly moved as the rest of the wheel went round-and-round. Like I
usually do, I apply a lot of what ifs and try to understand what this motion is
telling me spiritually

Of course there is no wheel, no motion, and certantly no need to understand
the thing to remember is we have simply forgot who we are, amnesia of what we truly are.

When you pick up an object like I have done above and apply the limited
notions of logic and physics to understand the wheel complex, you are lost in
thought of the wheel, you marvel at the wheel and its workings and how it
gracefully performs its job, how the rim is held in place by thin wires that are
constantly under compression and tension at the same time. For those who are 'technically minded' a spoked wheel is an amazing example engineering
excellence.

To continue with the spiritual side of it I am going to ask you to use your
imagination a little bit.... well actually quite a lot...lol

Now imagine your standing at the centre of the bicycle wheel, end-on to the
spindle and looking out to the rim. in front of you is the spokes running out to rim, now just imagine each spoke is the spiritual path from the rim to the
centre, as yet there is no turning of the wheel so its a free for all/ crazy race to reach the centre, (mind conditioned)

now imagine there is an infinite amount of spokes and everyone and everything that is manifest and non-manifest racing as fast 'it' can to be centred in your own spot in time and space

I can honestly tell you now 'if' I had every kind of manifested and no-manifested entity rushing towards me I believe I would try to find a way weed out the best from the rest!!!

Sooooo....

lets manifest a twist in this tale [smile] and turn the wheel of life.

As the wheel starts to turn, gravity starts to come into play, ha-ha those
those entitys are beginning to slip back down the spokes taking anything with it that followed.

WOW the power of imagination is so cooool

Just to be absolutely sure no unwanted entities can reach you I'm going to oil the spokes [Clearing the mind]

Believe me if anything can reach you now its worth listening too lol

If' your not centred then your like a fly trapped in a spiders web, on the
one hand you need to be rescued from a terrible death and yet..... hell a spider needs to feed, don't get me wrong, both are important, who am I to interfere in life's little idiosyncrasy's. To rescue you from such a fate would deny you the right to be centered, without such a death you would become accustomed to being rescued, until one day I forget.

Imagine there are no spiders in this world because I rescued its prey from the spiders web, what consequences would unfold I don't know

Just remember there is no death the body is
bound to material nature and must perish according to those natural rules. You are essentially a spirit trapped in a body with the ability of 'ascending' maya or the veils of illusions through our intellectual reasoning.... with a tint of imagination and meditation (introspection)

Conclusion.... If at anyone point in time you find yourself stuck on a spoke
that is connected to the wheel of life and you want to reach your centre.....
just let go. You are already centred in your own God given right you have just simply forgot this


To define being centered for my own personal reasoning (just in-case there is
misinterpretation) is to be unattached to material and non-material things also things that are manifest and non-manifest, this means I am doing nothing yet allowing everything and all things to be, as...they...are. without interference on my part in anyway, I then become the master of my own destiny

God bless

[Heart]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

Years ago on my very first shamanic type journey, I found myself standing by a river bank approached by a deer whom when I climbed onto its back took off with me into these never ending woods. I remembered the sense of fear of not finding my way back and then like your boat the sense of content and peace and adventure in letting go and letting the deer take me wherever.

Animal spirits are awesome, they show us a lot on our journeys, thank you

[Gem]

Originally Posted by heart

the time it takes to do so... is how long it has taken all of us to remember who it is we are

I remember a story a zen practitioner told me. When he became enlightened, he said to his teacher, 'this is way bigger than zen, isn't it?'

[Heart]

Originally Posted by Gem

I remember a story a zen practitioner told me. When he became enlightened, he said to his teacher, 'this is way bigger than zen, isn't it?'

Like the Indian and cowboy who sat down in front of an open fire talking about life, after smoking for a while in silence the Indian drew a circle in the sand declaring that this is the sum total of what he knows, the cowboy draws an even bigger one around the Indians saying that he knows more than he, after a pause the Indian gets up and encircles the entire camp area,

what does this mean said thew cowboy

this represents what it is we both do not know, replied the Indian


Even though I said it takes time to remember who we are it is a never ending story unfolding before us all, its quite amazing really