Escaping ... Part B'

Growing up a child will observe the ways in which adults invent numerous forms of 'rejuvenation' or escape from their daily routines... Sooner or later these pleasant pastimes prove themselves to be ways of avoiding truth and become a source of new addictions…

Substances
Some external habits stimulate substances within our body… how long will we be chemically enslaved to these habits?
Take the exhaustive habit of anger as an example: it stimulates adrenaline in the body,giving the illusion of liveliness and 'control'. Gradually, however, it is possible to get addicted to this ‘chemical comfort zone’ and to create a hostile facet in my character (a trait which has become socially accepted as meaning we are being 'frank' or even 'courageous'). Adrenaline suppresses our natural state of peace and also the health of our body… but social reward or our own temporary satisfaction blinds us.

What should I do? Feel supressed ?
Somewhere between explosion and implosion there are many alternatives which we have not explored. Alternatives which we do not have the real courage to exercise… In this, spirituality can give me a helping hand… Let me move away from what seems to be  black and white…  Let me begin to talk with myself honestly:

"Because deep down I am reluctant to change anything about myself, I am for the time being unwilling to live a higher quality life (and so I am complacent) …I am reluctant to move closer to my true nature… maybe because I haven't yet really focused on discovering it… not yet at least… but any moment is the right moment to begin…"

It is a matter of discerning and choosing: will I let my habits emerge 'just like that' without the slightest filtering of them… without even really listening to them?

in silence let me listen… what is their message ? … what is it  that I don't satisfy within me?.... what are my deeper needs… from where are they originating ? … which deeper call am I not acknowledging? … which control, which power am I missing and substituting with anger…? 

So, what is the solution?
Solutions always hide behind problems… let me bring them into the light...

Substances
There are some substances that do not cause addiction and … we have unlimited and free quantities of them. Where? Within ourselves… There are some non-physical substances that are called virtues and powers: Peace, purity, friendship, inner wisdom, goodness, these are our imperishable instincts.

These eternal instincts or archetypes, want to emerge in our consciousness and they are determined to do so… For example, the substance called peace pulls us to a peaceful forest. Purity and innocence pulls us towards a dolphin or a deer.

With meditation I expand my understanding. Through my systematic reactivation of my true peace I start discerning the mechanism of chemical illusions. I realize that through any temporary satisfaction I loose valuable spiritual energy: I loose the power to direct my mind to beneficial thoughts and my heart to pure feelings. 

NOW is the time to learn the art of listening to my inner peaceful nature, the call of the self, time and the supreme source for true empowerment...

What is time calling me to do? To choose between chemistry or clarity… what is my supreme friend, the One who remains stable in his true state, calling me to be: … the embodiment of peace and pure happiness, away from illusion…
When I keep my inner space clean,  I am able to bring my mind close to the Pure Source, I'm feeling the current of clarity and grace… this grace restores and recharges me… this current enables me to keep improving myself…

Let me remember my true identity… that I am an eternal being… wherever I may be I can always remember my eternal Friend….. and as I do this, my consciousness is purified,  I begin to be like you again,…after all, you are my eternal parent…

Escaping ... Part A'

Growing up a child will observe how adults invent numerous forms of escape from their daily routine, and eventually will start imitating them.. Sooner or later these pleasant pastimes become a source of limitation,addiction and finally pain…

Nature
Can nature itself actually be a form of escapism? If so,why?

"Because deep down I don't really want to change anything within myself. I can't stand the frenetic pace of life and the people around me… I just want to get my fill of peace, quick and easy…"

This attitude will make me sad each time I return to the city; it will make me oversensitive and/or sarcastic. It will make me forget that happiness in life comes when I honestly share the fruits of my progress and spiritual endeavor. This, however, can only be achieved on the field of relationship, and by overcoming its inherent challenges attain peace of mind.

Cooperation: happiness or obligation...

'Innocent' lies...
Many of us will have felt the loneliness of the effort-maker, of our ... responsibilities and burdens... and we will have experienced the chaotic thoughts that accumulate and finally burst forth in a reactive way...

"Who is going to do all this work ... me again? , "...I'm on my own here! Isn't anyone going to help me ?..." , "They’ve deserted me..." , "Are they going to learn how to cooperate or not?" and “ I've done so much for them and this is how they show their gratitude!"

Why don't others cooperate as they "should do"?
Why do we end up feeling so embittered about their indifference ? What makes us feel this way?

Let me look a little closer...
Let me pause my thoughts and feelings before stepping into the 'swamp' of resentment and enmity and getting stuck one more time... thoughts and words that seem to be so 'normal' or ordinary are in fact signs of discontentment... why is it that my enthusiasm and creativity are evaporating?

Real Freedom

Real freedom is not to expect anything from anyone, even from God. Expectation brings dissatisfaction, criticism, and even anger. When I am able to connect to my original self and to the Supreme Source of energy, I feel complete and absolutely contented. Knowing that I am already given all I could wish for, expectations and desires disappear. .

In Action... Part B

Looking for something Different...
Sometimes, even though we might have the best of  intentions and try to eliminate repetitive patterns of behaviour and bad habits through knowledge, discussion and self-observation... yet, they still remain.  We feel trapped and lose hope and even the will to try again...

And when the soul tries to experience pure feelings, its thoughts are so many and contradictory... they may be clever thoughts but there's always a cleverer one... the greed for more thoughts and information blocks the access of the soul to its original experience of the self...

This is the point when the soul has consumed all of its spiritual resources (purity, authenticity, enthusiasm) through thoughts, words and actions... What does this actually mean? It means that the soul doesn't have the power to emerge the experience of its own inner truth in a simple way… our thoughts fail to touch our heart.

...time for real Energy
And this is the right time to become empowered. The power- plant for the soul is the Supreme Source of conscious energy... the blueprint of  human consciousness. The Source keeps Its awareness eternally pure from forgetfulness of Its true identity.

By connecting to this Source a harmonious current enters the soul which not only energizes us but also liberates us from the repetitive patterns of wasteful thoughts and behaviours.

Tune in...'But how?'  Set your receiver and connect!
Souls have the ability to connect  to each other: they can communicate intentions, thoughts and feelings. Words and actions are just vehicles of these qualities; no matter what we say or do,  intentions and feelings cannot be hidden...
On this true, inner level I, the soul, am able to connect with the Source. I become the silent receiver of His state of being and characteristics.

In which frequency is He 'transmitting'?
... in the frequency of soul consciousness... He is the only being who stays eternally in the awareness of being a soul and of His original qualities... we forget because we identify ourselves with our roles and the physical forms around us.

The more often we remind ourselves that we are spiritual beings (traffic control) the more we resonate with the Supreme Soul's state of consciousness. Through inner loving attention a current of pure energy reaches the self. With this current it becomes easier to stabilize in a positive state because this energy creates permanent changes. 

Faraway so close...
Imagine two points of light: one here on earth, in time and matter, and the other beyond earth, in another world of silence and peace. When these two points connect through the power of thought and feeling there is union, which allows for a flow of energy and the experience of our true being. I, the soul, the point, am here and the Supreme Soul, also a point of light, is up there. However, love and remembrance bring such closeness that there is no feeling of distance or separation...

Who is forming me ?

Forming externally...
Let us observe how many things we do depend on how others see us: our wife or husband, our children, parents, boss, colleagues etc. Imagine all these people in the same room as us... how would will we really feel?

From 0 to 100 what percentage of coolness would you feel? The remaining percentage belongs to Mr. Fear which is the 'beloved' son of Mrs Attachment.   
What do we mean by attachment... We imagine how the others see us and our whole life is filtered through their eyes and hearts and so we forge a character of which they can be proud and satisfied... according to how the perceive us being 'one of them'.

...and then there comes a day ... and within only a moment you say: "What a shame... and I did so much for you...". And then, after 3 days you say "OK I forgive you... it's ok... let's forget it" . But again after 10 days the same story and life goes on between the two extremes: of pity and anger...

Observer and... actor

Finding and keeping our balance
We have the inner ability to observe or to become involved with others whenever we want. We balance between our roles as observers and as participants. We play our role either in the audience or as actors on the field of action.
Very often we are so drawn by the roles of others that we are sucked into their emotional dramas. We get so caught up in the 'play' that we loose the valuable distance. 

It is at this point that the creation of our life slips out of our hands... this habit exhausts us by wasting valuable spiritual energy... how do we know this? Let me be introspective... I have a loss of concentration and control of my thoughts. I am disconnected from my inner peace, I forget my true nature and I make mistakes. Then we search again to reach this inner state of truth, because nothing true is ever lost...

Time for the right…diet

Situation

When we are faced with a difficult situation we might try to make our mind positive at that time, but we usually find it very difficult to do so…and it really is! Then a mantra "it's hard, it's hard…" conquers the mind and becomes a thought-pattern. Our focus goes to our own or others' defects and weaknesses which then grow stronger inside us. Our vision towards life becomes limited and hopeless… we often call this "realism"

When our intellect is pulled by something, we become the embodiment of it… just like the soul enters the body and gives it life, in the same way when we tune into a defect we bring it to life: it's like a mask which covers our face that others notice immediately. We may deny it because we are sometimes unaware of it or we may label it as something else… "me angry?…nooo, it's just the tone of my voice…". Our reaction to the situation is a signal that our intellect is getting weaker because… it is not getting the right nourishment…

Soulution

In order to overcome our weaknesses we need to feed our intellect with light and might. Then the power that we want at that time will emerge naturally during our daily… 'test papers'. By feeding our intellect, the home of our consciousness, not just with positive thoughts but also with experiences of truth, it will help us be the embodiment of power at the time of need… automatically. Like a master we'll be able to evoke our inner powers and be free from 'trying' to change negative into positive.

Spiritual Telephone List

Real communication is just simpler than this…

Whatever I remember I bring it into life through my consciousness...
Through my thought I bring something into life and then connection happens by drawing energy from it… a relationship starts or our yoga , with it…
The thoughts that circle around our mind are like the numbers we used to dial on the wheel of the telephone, waiting for the line to get through…

We also know that the most useful phone numbers are the shortest ones…
Let's see the spiritual telephone list...

#0

The operator request... when the line is not clear or cannot get through and the conversations start to turn into miss-understandings … we can pause for a while and dial zero… thus the line could get clearer and our conversation lighter…
And for our "internal" calls also, zero number clears out the inner misunderstandings and the mind-noise just like the reconnection to the Supreme Source of Energy… the connection with the Operator rejuvenates us and thus we can go on clearer and with enthusiasm…

#100

The emergency call... internally! The first thing that I do when I am in danger is to thing… "I am a peaceful soul"… In our internal calls the number 1 symbolizes Peace… the eternal fundamental quality of us the souls… what ever a soul needs is based and included inside Peace…in deep Silence… even our reconnection with the Supreme Source is being established after dialing #1…

#200

Purity in motives... To respect and honour everything in life or every life form, irrespectively to the results, without exploiting them, brings me closer to my inner peace… just before reconnecting to the unfailing source...

#300

Love in every relationship... I care & share beyond calculations and agendas...By calling my deepest disinterestedness I tune into the eternal universal source of unconditional love...

#400

Happiness when I express and I enjoy... comes after our refreshing dive in the sea of peace within …this sea confluents with the Ocean of Peace…

#500

Wisdom within is when I know only what I need to know… I am … my internal book doesn't need to have many pages… only one line is enough… I am an eternal soul… a silent being of light … do I need to know more ? After connecting to this, the child-sage begins the journey to meet the wisest being of the universe...

May you travel …light

Exercise for the day
Let me observe today, what is my initial connection … in what basis do my connections and calls happen … do they include the first basic digits 0 1 2 3 4 5…? If not… let me dial Zero with my mind a little more often today…

Where does love go when we no longer feel it?

As human beings we have the capacity to connect at four levels – physical, mental, intellectual and the spiritual. "let's shake hands… you are absolutely right..."

"hey, can you believe it? I was just thinking of you!" ... 

"I understand what you are going through..." ... or in moments of high awareness: "..yes, I feel that you understand me although you totally disagree…. and I'm glad that we can get along despite our differences " ...

When loving energy is clear of external limitations, likes & dislikes, expectations, patterns, images and senses … ideas and thoughts … When this energy is clear of our own or others' emotions, then the soul breaks the barriers of attraction and repulsion and reaches the heights of spiritual love, with clarity and knowledge in the heart...

Knowledge and clarity are two essential elements of true love because it is far more than an emotion… it's an awareness, a state of consciousness of the soul … an experience beyond external stimulus.

True love comes along with the awareness that I'm a soul and I consider others to be souls also; I'm a point of living energy in the world of time & matter…rather than "a combined psychosomatic entity… or matter that needed time to develop consciousness" or "a body with a soul and me (?) "

As long as this courageous awareness stays within us, "I am a peaceful soul, I am love…", there will be a flow of love with-in and with-out me.

Actually, there's only one love… but our "filters" make it seem like many types…

The archetype of eternal love that all souls are searching for through their filters is also one…and it's constantly and eternally emerged and emitted by the purest soul in the whole universe…

…Love is not an impersonal type of energy that we just tap into... 'love is in the air' but someone should feel it in order to exist in air...

The supreme soul, our universal parent, through his/her constant "being", emanates eternal Love and he/she is love's unshakable guardian… stay tuned … although it might not be obvious, this is the Age when it is raining Love…!

…to contemplate on

1. Can a soul who doesn't have his "own" children have the experience of maternal or paternal love?
2. Is it the eyes that see or the soul? Are we limited by our eyes to feel love?

The Alpha Point

It's not enough to think about God

It needs to concentrate on Him

Thought creates theology

Concentration creates relationship 

Relationship brings Experience¹

the means and the purpose
of course thought is not the problem, on the contrary it is one of the faculties of the soul... but once the soul starts identifying with it, it's misuse begins … and every misuse takes the soul away from it's destination … which is the living relationship

the food
like the food … by itself it's not a problem but if the soul consumes inappropriate food or inappropriate quantities then that also takes it away from it's purpose ... a healthy relationship with it's body

silence and the Supreme Soul
in silence the soul leaves behind the last illusionary support which is the attachment to the mind … not to mention the … tongue
the soul chooses a thought and experiments in order to feel if it's true…
like with a good friend, too much talking is never enough in the same way with the Supreme Soul, the Purest Being of the Universe, too much thought brings us away from this Being ... it blocks the relationship , the Love


Visiting my Friend
Let me go beyond complicated exercises and methods … let me go beyond mind-games … it doesn't take to bend time to meet Him, nor to count all the atoms !...

It takes far less for me to communicate with my beloved ones ... neither is necessary to bend my self lower than Him or beg Him … a true friend would never like this … he'd like to communicate as equal … not as the same … but as equal ...

By switching the mind I'm changing swiftly my consciousness... "I am a peaceful soul..." , "I'm a spiritual being of peace…" ,"a being of light" , "my natural consciousness is the awareness that I'm a soul… this is my natural nature..." ...

Here in silence my consciousness tunes in with the Supreme Soul's eternal consciousness … "a being of light with all of its powers activated" the only soul who is constantly in Soul Consciousness… gradually I'm learning to listen to Your Heart … you are my Eternal Friend …I can absorb the power of your Love...


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¹From the book "Alpha Point– A Glimpse of God"
by Anthony Strano