Slow Down (Part 2)

(Please read the first part, Slow Down part 1)

The mind is ignorant and turns your reality into how you believe it to be. But this is an illusion because that is not reality. Therefore you have to cut the head off, cut the strings of the mind (we are the puppeteer we gave almost all control over to thinking mind that makes all judgement and decisions and behavior). Live without the mind and you are in reality. You have to exercise control of your mind by not listening to it. But to put it better, you have to let thoughts and emotions almost float away. The more dominance you have the quicker the thought slows down from growing until you can get to a point where you can catch it at its root. It's tough because you believe what your mind is telling you and so it has control over your thoughts and therefore actions, you are its puppet. It dominates you. So how do u train your mind? 

We fall in traps of seeing things as real when it is only based on the mind's ignorance. Which means all your feelings and emotions and actions are based on the illusion that is created by the mind and you are actually falling for it. Which means that the main thing the ego-mind does is distract you. For example I say that I want to quit smoking. Why do I want to quit? Because I want to quit. But I can't because my MIND wont let me. I am a slave of my mind. It controls what I do. My mind is telling me that a cigarette will not hurt me when in fact smoke and all kinds of chemicals poisons the body with each inhalation. The ego-mind is the only thing the cigarette pleases. Or another example I want to read a book. But I can't because my mind is distracting me, it is procrastinating and making me lazy. 

Normal people are used to having their mind being the pilot and let it perform automatically by itself. This is a huge mistake and this is exactly why you are literally asleep, your consciousness is asleep. You help to weaken the grip of your mind by putting your foot down and letting your mind know who's the boss. You are in control. Defeat the mind that is holding you from being what you can be potentially. Remember this is a long and patient process and requires baby steps.

The key secret of life is that your mind -- the holder of dual tension (some of you may know this as the black and white checkerboard in freemasonry. Also shown in the Portrait of Heath Ledger.) -- is an illusion AND so are your .... inferior, afflictive emotions. Your afflictive emotions are very dangerous. They have more complicated and faster control over you. The secret to life is to not believe either of them. However, you must always be mindful that your mind switches to auto-pilot by itself all the time and at any moment without you even noticing the slightest bit, it is incredibly tricky. 

Your emotions move 60,000 times faster then your intellect. Therefore most of your afflictive thoughts are actually coming from ... your emotions. They are emotional thoughts. Not intellect. Observe this in yourself. 

But since your emotional thoughts moves at incredibly high speeds you have to train yourself to be able to catch it. This takes constant effort from your part. As a foundation to begin this process you need to be able to first be alert as much as you can. You need to be alert because the mind will trick you back in hypnosis without any hint of your awareness. Being alert means asserting your focus on the here and now. When you do eventually notice yourself back in the trance of the mind, return to being watchful. This is a process that has to be repeated again and again because you need to be awake in order to catch emotional thoughts either after they arise or when they are arising or right before it arises (suggested post: Atisha on How to Deal With Anger). There will be successes. And there will be many failures. But by holding the weapon of determination, dust yourself off and keep persevering.

"If you do not watch your mind, then pride, lust, envy, anxiety will take over." - Gnosticteachings.org

In part 1, I have compared being mindful to physical exercise. If you don't keep exercise consistent, you will lose muscle. The same can be said for dominating your mind if you are not consistently watching it. 

To learn how to conquer your afflictions please read this excellent lesson: http://gnosticteachings.org/courses/meditation-without-exertion/1709-how-to-conquer-afflictions.html

Heaven in Thought: Pyschegnosis.com

"We are living and depending on our Thinking Mind to give us our reality.

This is the way to pain and confusion.

It leads to incredible depths of disillusionment, as well bad Health and emotional turmoil.

Our belief in what is an “illusion, is disrupting our nervous systems so much, it is the leading cause of disease and early death.

We strongly advise ALL people of the danger of connecting “who we are”, to our thoughts.

This is REALITY." 

- Psychegnosis.com

Link here: Must-read book: The Law of Psychegnosis

Documentary: Ancient Knowledge Pt. 6/1

If there are 2 documentaries that you should be watching this year they should be Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (click here) and the Ancient Knowledge documentary series. Part 6 has recently been uploaded by its creator. You can start with Part 1 here.

Ancient Knowledge Pt. 6/1 - Number 9 Code, Vortex Based Math, Flower of Life, Fibonacci, Time, 432 Hz

In the News: New Cassini Pictures and Other Stunning Views of Earth

Tiny Blue Dot

Image courtesy SSI/Caltech/NASA

On July 19, NASA's robotic probe turned its gaze toward Saturn's majestic rings and a tiny pale-blue dot—a planet called Earth nearly 900 million miles (1.5 billion kilometers) away.

The Cassini orbiter snapped this historic image of its distant home world while on the far side of the giant ringed planet. (See more pictures of Earth from space.)

No surface features are visible since Earth takes up only a scant few pixels—however, its unique blue tinge caused by sunlight reflecting off our planet's oceans clearly shines through.

Click through for more unforgettable pictures of our planet from space. [New Cassini Pictures and Other Stunning Views of Earth]

—Andrew Fazekas

Published July 23, 2013

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/8-stunning-pictures-of-earth-from-space/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20130724news-casear&utm_campaign=Content#/awe-inspiring-views-earth-saturn-ring_69607_600x450.jpg

New Cassini Pictures and Other Stunning Views of Earth

Slow Down (Part 1)

In the human body the motor center (i.e. driving a car) is 30,000 times faster than the intellect; the emotional center is 60,000 times faster than the intellect; the instinctive center is 90,000 times faster than the intellect; and the sexual center is 120,000 faster than the intellect.*

The thinking mind is always running you ahead of real time.

The mind is everywhere but now: the mind does not exist in the now. It wants to be in the past or the future. When you are patient and calm and surrendered into the now, you gain the ability to observe what arises and its judgement and declare what is true or what is false about the judgement. When you are in the mind, it is impossible to observe what arises because the mind does nothing but interfere with clarity. 

Everything is fast these days. Everything we do comes faster because of technology and the result is we demand things to satisfy us even faster. From switching channels to microwaves to communication to fast food to apps and so on. We are always kept busy looking for the next action. We lose patience because we now live in the fast lane. We need to slow down more than ever. We are too much in the mind. This is a mistaken belief. We have misidentified the responsibility of the mind, we now rely everything on it, we are even convinced that we are it! We must get back into the body and the breathing space and in real time.

When you believe you are your thinking mind and then it runs the show, your nervous system is affected. You will also need to calm down the body by allowing each part to function the way it was made to function.  

The Practice: Take advantage of your environment and follow it. For example get on the same 'time' as a floating cloud. Get on the same 'time' as a flower or tree. Find anything around you that you can ride on. You may also need to remember to do this. To train myself I would write on my wrist key words such as 'wake up' or 'alert' as a reminder whenever you succumb to the hypnosis of the mind which can constantly happen at any moment. You can use tools similar to these to help you remember. Another technique I use is to feel my breathing. Because our thinking mind runs everything you will notice that you oftentimes forget you are breathing and that is because the nervous system gets affected when the thinking mind is doing all the work. The same goes for your sight, don't THINK what you see, allow light to come to you instead. Don't THINK what you hear, allow sound to come to you instead. Notice what other parts of your body you are not allowing it to function naturally. Just think of the feeling of slowing down ... and breathe. Another great practice for slowing down to be here and now is T'ai Chi, learn it for free here.

*: According to Gnosticteachings.org

Heaven in Music: Om Shreem Heem

By Indiajivas. "A mantra to remove obstacles and help guide us on the path to Enlightenment."

Mantra: Om Shreem Hreem Kleem Glaum Gam Ganapatye Vara Varada Sarvajanam Me Vashamaha Swaaha

Om Shreem Heem

Heaven in Thought: Joseph Campbell

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

- Joseph Campbell

Surrender.

Heaven in Thought: Joseph Campbell

"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." 

- Joseph Campbell

Documentary: Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

A special note from my friend Marya who shared this documentary:

"If you are tagged/receiving this note it is because you are on a journey of spiritual awakening. We have had many discussions along the way and have recognized one another as fellow beings going through the process of awakening. A few days ago I found an incredible documentary about it that I urge all of you to watch. For me, this video is a precious gift from the universe. Since watching it, a lot of questions that I've had were answered and I am gaining an even deeper clarity and understanding. This is the time for us to connect to one another and help one another on our journey. This is why I felt compelled to share this information with all of you. I hope it not only validates your path but that it also illuminates it for the journey ahead.

Love to ALL,

Marya"

Part 1: * search Akashic records, Higgs Boson, Cymatic on this blog, I also suggest this post We Must Go Through The Healing Process, and interestingly the geometric pattern at 7:08 is a crop circle in part 2 at 48:16

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds  - Part 1 - Akasha

Part 2: (already posted before here The Sacred Spiral and Lateral Consciousness) *search Spiral, Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequence, on this blog and these are further discussed in David Wilcock's Science of a Golden Age. Also search Chakras, Kundalini, T'ai Chi, and many posts on the Ego and the Mind. Further information: Inside the Largest Simulation of the Universe Ever Created, What Reality Looks Like, The Importance of the Solar Plexus Chakra, The Authentic Life Flow

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - Part 2 - The Spiral

Part 3: * search Attachments, and again the Ego and the Mind, the Daimoku, DMT, Ayahuasca, on this blog. And again in David Wilcock's Science of a Golden Age. Sexual Energy will be discussed soon.

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - Part 3 - The Serpent and the Lotus

Part 4: * search Illusion, Ego, Mind, Satan, Thoughts, Surrender, Attachments on this blog. These have been discussed many, many times. 

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - Part 4 - Beyond Thinking

Heaven in Thought: Michio Kaku

"In physics, a physical picture is often more important than the mathematics used to describe it." 

- Michio Kaku, Physics of the Impossible

The Dangers of Television/Movies/Magazines

This is not your typical conspiracy argument. This blog keeps its attention on the practice which is the only thing that is real in YOUR life. Just do the practice. I would like to post this video up again (other video is on my post, equally important 'The Authentic Life Flow'). Unlike the first video, this video collage visually depicts the lecture. TV / Magazine / Movies is a dangerous tool because nothing on it is actually real. Let me say it again in a specific way: NOTHING ON IT IS ACTUALLY REAL TO YOU! The only thing that is real to YOU is here and right now, it is your skin, it is where you are exactly. Nothing on the television is you. Most of what is on TV/Movies/Magazines is not real. Even the reality shows are not real because although perhaps some may be somewhat very real events, they are still cut and edited with music etc from producers. They are not actual events with real people (authentic souls being authentic) and real time. They are only characters with actors and constructed sets, and calculated edited shots. The same thing goes with music videos. Nothing is really happening, it is all acting and choreographed with a guy yelling 'action' and 'cut'. 

However, we grew up with television and have been conditioned since very very young and this actually affects the psyche. How does it affect the psyche? You focus on things that are not real but then have a real reaction to it. It is like a trick. It is like Santa or the Easter Bunny. This eventually spews over into your real life such as images and these scenes you play in your head, in your imagination. It makes you imitate, love, or hate the things and people you see on TV/Movies/Magazines -- although nothing is real. 

The unbreakable truth is: What happens, happens and only that is real so keep moving. It even does not make sense to keep looking back or clinging to the past (the past may be important but it is not who you are right now) and it also does not make sense to predict and manipulate the future or how something should happen ("Map out your future, but do it in pencil." - Peter Drucker). The only thing real at every moment is here and now. We even react to thoughts in our minds, we let them affect us emotionally. If some thoughts are emotionally strong, they have the ability to become real. But your thoughts are also not real, they have no conscience (but intuition does). That is the TRUE meaning of surrender. It is truly to let go and accept each circumstance that comes to you while at the same time making the best choices in each and every moment. 

We are having reactions to things that are not real. Our reactions are real emotions. Real emotions affect our being. Our emotions are constantly being played and for no real reason at all, hindering intuition. From years of watching TV/Movies/Magazines, they are actually conditioned to be controlled quite easily. This is how dangerous television/movies/magazine can be. 

The Practice: For a quick self-experiment: Try to watch TV for 5 minutes and see how easily your real self is hypnotised and reacting with real emotions. We need to learn and re-train to be aware to focus on what's real only. Because the not real is absolutely a waste of time and worry and will catapult into potential disaster, remember every single cause has an effect. This also applies to your thoughts (except for informational purposes such as tasks, organizing, calculations, and so on). To break out of hypnosis, the key is to be alert and aware of what's real at all times. 

Alan Watt Never watch the television! TV = hypnosis and manipulation.

Video: Alan Watts by the South Park Creators

This video is a series of lectures animated by the South Park creators. It visually explains what I had written here about the dance of life, the flow of life.

Alan Watts by South Park creators (All in one in HD)

AllYouAreisHeaven

Anyone who is authentically seeking Truth will find it.

In the News: Moon Image Shows Solar Corona In Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse shot was taken in the Pacific Ocean taken by Miloslav Druckmuller. For more information and link to view the hi-res visit:

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/composite-image-of-the-moon-taken-from-38-photos-reveals-solar-corona-during-a-total-solar-eclipse/

AllYouAreisHeaven

Your mind is like a muscle. It takes discipline, attentiveness, and practice to grow healthy & strong.

AllYouAreisHeaven

Exercise the muscle of compassion instead of feeding fire to this ego. Compassion is like water, it is the only way to put out this fire.

Heaven in Thought: Prophet Mohammed

"An hour of contemplation [meditation] is better then a year of prayer." - Prophet Mohammed, Hadith: The Words of the Prophet

Heaven in Thought: Prophet Mohammed

"There are many ways to God [Source of Life, All That Is] as there are created souls." - Prophet Mohammed, Hadith: The Words of the Prophet

This is why every soul is responsible towards their own advancement (I suggest The Sleeping Consciousness). Great spiritual teachers such as Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Plato, and so on developed their own schools to guide but it is you that has to walk the road yourself. They can only point in the direction. Even though we come from source -- the all is one and the one is all -- each of us is different from the other, no two are the same in terms of situations and circumstances and stages of spiritual development and level of being. Just as a duck is a duck, a tree is a tree, so a human is a human. The only difference is we give each other names.

Heaven in Thought: Gnosticteachings.org

"Imagine that you have just realized that you are in a middle of a big war. You have just grasped that death is at the moment of descending upon you, because there is a battle all around you. This is actually the case. We are ninety-seven percent trapped in the ego. This means we have three percent capacity left to escape -- if we use it. If we do not use it, we are lost. We will be absorbed in that battle, crushed." - Gnosticteachings.org

Understand what the ego is here, Pinpointing the Ego. If war is caused by the minds of men imagine what your ego (mind) does to you. This is why you can begin to understand your own ego through meditating, try Dhyana meditation. The thing with meditation is you should keep going with the focus on the breath. When you have started a session, of course it will be difficult to focus on the breath because the mind goes in all directions. However remember to just simply go back to the breath. It will be a bit of a struggle, don't worry this is normal. But if you stick with it, your mind will eventually slow down further and further. The mind moving in all directions is your ego, which you have no control over...even if you think you do have control, you actually don't. 

When your mind has quieted down, you will see how calm, peaceful, and graceful you are. This is part of the real you. Until the ego eventually starts to come back again and disrupts the peace. This is why it is essential that meditation  be consistent! You have to be consistent with your practice otherwise you fall into the trap of the ego again. The ego is very tricky. You can see just how tricky it is by noticing how it behaves whenever you first enter a meditation session. See how easily it tricks you away from the focus on your breath? That is just the beginning of understanding why and how you are not in control. There are many layers of the ego. 

Another reason why people learn to embrace meditation is because the ego (voices in your head) becomes quite annoying, you will notice it. See, before even coming close to the idea of meditation, most of us do not even know that the voices in our head is an ego. Most of us don't even know that the voices are not who we really are. Most of us don't even know there are even voices! The longer you go after a meditation session without meditating, the more the mind and thoughts comes back again to control you. You now will surely notice this and it is very annoying. The more consistent you are with meditation sessions, the more in control you are because you will eventually be alert. However if you stay long without meditation, the ego starts to wake up again, the ego once again tricks you into thinking it is you or naturally you. Remember when I pointed out how tricky it can be by simply trying to focus on the breath at the beginning of a meditation session? This is why it helpful to some people to count their breaths (i.e. counting down 8 full breaths and repeat again and again).

Another thing I would like to point out is that not only do we have a problem with our own minds, now see the minds of men and the world. That is why there is so much chaos and destruction, darkness and greed. But adding to this problem, this external battle affects you because it actually keeps your ego alive by mind control.  The quote above says: "We are ninety-seven percent trapped in the ego. This means we have three percent capacity left to escape." In other words, besides the trap, you are also in a cage. Escape by awareness and the tool of awareness is meditation.

Heaven in Thought

"It is unfortunate human beings experience inner reality after the outer reality. It is guided by the outer reality. That is why we exist as matter -- Slaves. But if your inner reality is consciously created, it will make outer reality happen." - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Learn more about Mind Control and consciously creating your inner reality.