Happy 'Tongue in Cheek' New Year

I said . . .

Simply
Be

In the

Moment

Here and Now,

That is all

You

Have to do . . .

. . . Somehow.

Somehow?

Yes,

Simply

Be

Just like

Me.

But How;

How do I

be

Just like

Thee? 

. . . she asked, earnestly . . .

Like thee?
Oh,
You mean like
Me . .

. . I see . . .

Ah,

Well working that out is the

Trick;

You could go to a

Zen Master,

And

Get hit with a

Stick?

Zazen?

That's the  

way?

Should I

Take that path

Today?

For some,

'The way it may be'

But probably not;
Ultimately.

So then,

not

Zazen?

. . . Maybe . . .

. . . but maybe . . .

Not,

Although I'm told
The Stick
Doesn't hurt

A lot.

How much?

I

Don't Know

It's not a

Way

That I would

Go!

So?

So?
Yes,
Well maybe sit and
Meditate,
Speed up your
Intelligence
at an alarming
Rate?

How

Alarmed

Should I be?

. . . he, he, don't ask me . . .

But I was told that you are a

Guru?

Sorry,
Me a
Who'ru?

You know,

A

Guru,

A

Teacher

A

Master?

Me a Master?
Excuse me, are you on
Drugs?
Doing that would be a
Disaster!

. . . we were smiling, there was laughter . . .

No

I'm not on drugs

But I

Seek to know,

To discover

Truth:

Where should I go?

Ahh,
A seeker are
You,
Want to know that
Which is
true?

Yes that's right

I sincerely

do.

Well
The truth my dear
is
Inside of
You.
There is nowhere to
Go
There is nothing to
Do,
This much I promise,
Sincerely,
Is
True.

Truth is not found
Out There

. . . somewhere . . .

Truth
 Is
Your
Reality,
That is why I say
All
You have to do is
Be .  .  .


.  .  .  Yes,
Be

Centered in
Be-ing
Just like
Me.

. . . she looked quizzically . . .
 
Bring your
attention
Into the
Here and Now:

See
What there is to see,
Hear
What there is to hear,
Feel
What there is to feel,
You can
Be
In the
Now,
Fully Present,
Even in the
Midst of a
Row . . .

. . . oh dear, she exclaimed, this is so confusing,

I just don't know how, my mind is

refusing. . .

Live in
Present Moment Awareness,
For
Only now is
Real.
Be
Where your
Body
is
And do it with
Zeal!

. . . I smiled at her, and she smiled back,
She could see through my eyes,
that truth isn't white or black . . . 

The
Enemy
Is thought you
see,
It moves in your Psyche
Discursively.
It
Doesn't want you to simply
Be.

The
Thinker
wants to remain
Your
Master
And so it makes you
Think
Faster
and
Faster
Like a
Chattering Chimpanzee,
or a
Squaking Parrot
In its
Tree . . .

. . . making you
Unhappy.

Filling you up with
Emotional reactivity . . .

. . . but
That is not your
Reality . . .

. . . all you
Seek
Is
To be free?

. . . oh yes, she sighed, I long for this,

such liberation would be bliss . . .

Good,
Then keep
Bringing your
Attention
Into
The Flow
Of
this
Moment,
for an
Extension
of the
Unknown;
and you will
Discover
what is
Truly
Important.

. . . that is all you have to do for
Now . . .

. . . somehow . . .



1Tongue-in-cheek-Yogi2Many

Happy New Year to all who pass this way, and remember now, it's not what you know that's important, it's what you've forgotten . . . if only you could remember what it was!

She seeks it here,

She seeks it there;

But what she seeks,

Is already everywhere.

If she lets go,

And so, simply 'is';

She will discover,

Eternal life's perfect bliss.

Lost In Her

Lost

in

A Moment to

Capture,

In loves

ecstacy,

Ahhh,

Such Sweet

Rapture.

 Her

Arms

Enveloped

Me

Momenteraly,

. . . but I, holding on

for oh so

eternally long . . .

To an

Embrace

in and out

of

Time,

The

Sensations

so

Sublime.

Then came a

Kiss

so sweet,

Bringing

Feelings so complete.

My

Being

Intoxicated.

My

Soul

Elated.

My heart beat

Escalated!

. . . how can I tell her so,

I can not let her go . . .

1yogi2many

Inspired by that special moment with my partner :)

Winters Carpet

 

Summer came 

and

Summer went,

Our

Harvest was good,

Less money was

Spent.

But

 The seasons flow is never

Ending,

Late this year,

It seems I missed the leaves 

Descending.

 

Now

 Fall has come 

and 

Fall has gone,

How did I miss her autumnal 

Song? 

The moment gently slipped away;

Snow arrived

Yesterday.

 

 We've even had more 

Overnight,

Yes

Everything has turned to 

White, 

But the sun came out,

Brightening 

The

 Glistening Trees.

Ah,

Such a

Resplendent

       Sight . . . 

 

. . . the temperature? It's gradually rising,

perhaps it's not too surprising . . .

 

Will the snow now 

Dissipate,

As is

Normal,

At a very rapid

Rate

?

 

. . . I pause, sit, and be; silently walking through this snow bound reality . . .

 

Came Daylights

Knell,

Again Snow

Fell.

And

Winters Carpet?

Remains 

Mother Nature's

Crystallized

Shell.

 

1week2early?

 

We're always dreaming of a white Christmas here in England!

 

 

Summit to see!

"Most people are

trudging through the valley,

some walk in circles

around the

bottom of the mountain,

few get to see the view from the

summit.

However,

having said that,

I haven't grown wings as yet

so

I'll be leaving the

flying

to the birds."

1yogi2many

 

The High Road to Truth . . .

 

"The higher always understands the lower,

the brute level of mind will never comprehend the 

Christ-Buddha-Taoist

mind, 

but the 

Christ-Buddha-Taoist

mind

has already moved beyond 

the brute minds 

limitations; 

thus it understands it 

perfectly."

1yogi2many

Hmmmm . . .

"What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating only endangered plants?"

1yogi2many

 

This is a Quirk-ism:

Answers

Should be sent on a Post Card to

This blog post!

What Are You Seeking?

There is

Nothing to Seek.

*

All there is

Is

Being.

 *

Being

is

Oneness.

*

There is

no

Separation.

*

Seeking

Enlightenment-Liberation-Freedom

?

*

 

There is

no

Enlightenment

  other than

Being.

*

Simply

Be

*

Nothing more

is

Required.

1being2few

1Arjuna2Many

Am I Arjuna . .

. . . the one and only Warrior of the heart?

For

I have,
Likewise,
slain mine enemies;

those who would possess this

mind

and disguise this

soul

with empty

words . . .

. . . and

Gestures of Deceit!

Those Words were not mine,

and the Deceit of the mind?

I did not recognize;

but they had me

a

prisoner,

locked away in my own

 Conditioned

Thought

 Lines . . .

 . . . impressions from a past,

an

Attachment

to

Time,

the last moment

gone

by . . .

.  .  . to them

I said  . . .

Adios
Au revoir

Goodbye!

It is I who stood strong

in the face of my closest

family and friends;

so many
attachments

 to all those

Attitudes, Beliefs and Opinions,

so many

Fears, Doubts and Worries

Without End.

Banished

they are

4All

Time . . .

. . . Eternity . . .

. . . which is

Only

this Moment,

the

Here and Now,

it's

so simple

that

we miss it . . .

. . . Somehow . . .

Do you see?

I

Faced the

Dragon of Deceit

Within Myself.

I

Overcame

its Burning Desire

to Consume

My

Soul . . .

. . . despite my self.

Now

Being
 Reigns Supreme

and,

where once was all

War and Chaos

within my

Mind,

all that remains

is the
Pure
Resonance,

of

Peace
Stillness 
Presence.

Within me
a
Radiance
of

Joy
Love
Harmony


. . . reflects
this . . .

Reality
Truth
Integrity

. . . let it Be . . .

These words were written today, 2nd December 2009.
They were inspired by the classic spiritual book the 'Bhagavad Gita'
and my own spiritual
Adventure.

1liberated-yogi2many

1Monk-Mojo2Many

I wouild like to thank

MonkMojo 

for producing this

amazing picture

and

for promoting this,

my blog,

on his own

wonderful blog.

As Tao-Wow says, get your:

"Funny relief from spiritual garbage with MonkMojo"

Hey, get your enlightened ass over there real quick ;-)

 1smiling-yogi2many

. . . and don't forget a visit to Tao-Wow as well good people!

Un-Poetic Truth ;-)

I am the formless one . . .

. . . yes, it's me again!

I see myself in the reflection of a life
I create.

But I am NOT there in that life I live,
I am here . . .

. . . Observing myself in the theater of life,

simultaneously on the stage
and yet
I find myself here in the audience.

How can this be, if there is only me?

I am in two places at once,

. . . seemingly . . .

1unpoetic-yogi2many

'Who Am I?'

In my last Post we looked at the question:

'Who Am I? 

Let us continue with this theme.

If you've read my material before, then you'll know that it is my direct experience that what 'I', the reader of these words 'Am' . . is so Pure that it is easy to overlook it completely. I'm writing about your Awareness, your natural and original state of purity and innocence; Pure Awareness, which simply means awareness that is unadulterated by discursive thought*.

Together let us take a look at these four statements made in the language of the first person:

1. I, the reader, am Pure Awareness.

2. Only Pure Awareness is Real.

3. Pure Awareness is already Perfect.

4. Pure Awareness is the solution.

1. I, the reader, am Pure Awareness. 

It is 'I', Pure Awareness, who is Aware of the impurity, which is discursive thought. Take away discursive thought and what is left?

'Pure Awareness.'

2. Only Pure Awareness is real.

Awareness is of the moment, here and now. If I am unaware of thinking now, then I am lost in thought, not Aware!

Which am I?


3.Pure Awareness is already Perfect.

You can't add anything to it to make it more Pure!

Pure Awareness + Discursive Thought = Imperfection.

What is the state that is perfect?


Awareness - Discursive Thought = Pure or Perfect Awareness!

4. Pure Awareness is The Solution.

What Solution? The solution to what?


Your Pure Awareness is the natural and original state out of which The Solution to your life unfolds. And that means that this state, being perfect or pure is the miracle of life.

All you have to do is, 

quite literally,  

be 

and your life will unfold  

perfectly.

Nothing more is required, 

do you see?

Realization**, or the direct experience, of this perfect or pure state is The Solution; and it means no more problematic living or psychological and emotional unhappiness, ever.



It sounds too good to be true of course, but the fact is that all problems have a source or root cause. If you dig out the roots of your problems, well, your life becomes perfect because the weeds will no longer be able to grow!

Let me explain:


You have gathered a past, it is your conditioning, it contains everything you've experienced in your life up to this moment since birth. That gathering of past experiences also includes all your impressions of life, and they have created a home within your psyche. That home has an identifiable name; the sub-conscious mind.

All those impressions including your discursive thoughts and emotions reside there in your sub-conscious to form your personality, the person you think you are. That is your mistaken identity; personality, your conditioned past; the person you presently think you are is simply your conditioned past, not your reality.

You are not the person you think you are.

That's right, you are not the personality, not the person you've always mistakenly identified with; you are not that conditioned mix of attitudes, beliefs, opinions, fears, doubts and worries. That is not You.

Who Am 'I' Then if I am NOT A Person? 

By now you should know the answer to that question, yes?

'I' Am Pure Awareness.

 1yogi2many

Footnote: 
*Discursive thought can be described as thought with a will of its own, such as aimless and problematic thinking; circling thoughts, inner conversations, imaginings. It also includes all your emotional fears, doubts and worries etc.

** Realization is 'Direct Experience'. When you realized that water is wet it was because you experienced 'water is wet'. Real-i-zation is also the direct experience of the real 'I', which can be found within the word realization. Who you really are, the 'real I', is the experiencer. 

One 'I'

"Who Am I?"

There is only

one 'I'

in the

Universe

and it is you,

yes,

YOU,

the individual

who is reading this right here and now.

All day long
You call yourself

'I',

don't you?

And so does everyone else,

we are all

'I',

aren't we?

Why is it that we live in a world

filled with billions of

'you's',

but only one

'I'?

It is because what

'I'

really am is
The

'One'.

The One 'I'.

 

The One 'I'

is all there is,

it is both

the

source

and the solution.

It is

where

'I'

come from

and

that which

'Solves'

Everything!

It is
both the

Sauce

of life

and the solution

we all unfold from

and

blend

  back into.

1yogi2many