Settling for the Best

The great thing about making up my mind
Is to realize what there is to find
The immensity and the wonder
Beyond what we consider blunder
That is ours, free for the taking
Of this there is no mistaking
That the gifts that are blessed upon
You, me, all of them are way beyond
What previously my thoughts allowed
But in recognition of what´s been bestowed
Through the organ of consciousness
The integration of your blessedness
The administration faculties of bliss
That if you allow yourself a glimpse
Of just a tiny portion of what is here to assist
You in this adjustment, this time of change
That there are energies far beyond the range
of what your thoughts, dreams and emotions
Previously limited in-kind by your devotions
Now, simply open up
So easy, it´s really enough
A flow of light
Bandwidths of eternal might
Sharing, Expressing, Cascading, Expanding
To re-alize, re-congnize, you are just the One
And all of this, as crazy as it seems, can just boil down to fun.

Ignorance is Not Bliss

July 25, 2010

Bliss is a state of alignment with the Divine. We are at a place where ignoring for the convenience of keeping the status quo is not acceptable. If all on the world were in harmony, all people fed, clothed, housed, no wars, and no destruction of the environment was taking place we might excuse resting on our laurels. But we are not there. As the light of the truth shines upon our being the creators and maintaners of conditions which are not in alignment with Reverence for Life we discover we have responsibility. As we discover our minds have greater capacity for understanding, we can apply that knowledge to develop ways to Be which are in alignment with Spirit. Spirit rewards alignment with true bliss, peace, tranquility, appreciation, expanding life. This is expressed on an individual level as feelings of ease and comfort, also less conflict. The collective experience of humanity is a mirror for our individual expressions and will result in the same rewards, inner contentment with an unfolding, expanding of horizons of what life is really about.

But to achieve this new freedom, happiness and expanded life we must look to the shadows of our lives, and our minds, and discover whether how we are living and doing align with Reverence for Life. At first this might seem difficult. Fear tends to dog our efforts as if what we find will be something terrible, something we cannot face. But there is nothing in creation that is not good. And it is also the case with these areas that we have been ignoring within ourselves and in the greater humanity. We will discover great wisdoms and treasures from whence we can grow our new life and re-create the world. The metaphorical ashes from whence the Phoenix rises. Or another analogy is that from these remnants of a conveniently ignored way of thinking and being, we discover these frailties to be fertilizer for our new garden. The garden of a new life and world. It is apparent that our ways of many things are not in alignment with Spirit - polluted water, air, diminished soil, etc., etc. And the solutions are really elementary. These are well within our collective grasp and of course as individuals. In fact most of the solutions already exist.

We must ask ourselves why are we unwilling to implement these ways of being? What are we afraid of? It is apparent to me that these situations are about looking in our own closets, so to speak, to examine what skeletons are there. In truth we cannot hide from ourselves. We really know everything, whether we currently understand how this could be true. We cannot look to anyone but ourselves for the solutions. And we all have to take responsibility. There is no one who is going to clean up our mess for us. The next question is "What am I going to do?" Am I willing to let go of my "conveniences", my fears, in order to change? Am I willing to let go of all of my habits, at least those that do not align with Spirit (measured by Reverence for Life)?

I am positive that on the other side of this "letting go" is a whole new array of "conveniences", blessings, adventures that are so far beyond our imagined possibilities, at least, and especially, measured against this reality of collective mediocrity that we find ourselves immersed in. In fact, our track record in regards to our environmental position is a failure. On our current course as a species we will not survive. If you want a test, go consume five of the new cleaning products, or chemicals that are being put out into our environment for a couple of weeks and see how long you survive.

A few weeks back a very simple idea came to me for how we should decide whether or not a new chemical should be unleashed into the environment. It would be "can you drink it"? Radical? Of course based upon our current paradigm. But in Spirit, in Reverence for Life, I think we would discover it to be the only practical solution. In order for us to survive we need to be able to drink from the rivers again, to breathe the air.

I suspect, or at some level know, that once we start acting with this level of commitment to Reverence for Life (or honoring God´s creation) that a whole new spectrum of possibilities will open up to us. Things beyond those proposed by science fiction, or in our dreams. This is because this will allow us to tap into the powers of Creation, of Life, of Love. Instead of going against the flows of life, which is apparent from the resistance and destructiveness of our current methods, we will tap into the force and power that created All That Is. If it can do this, like create the entire Cosmos and all life (not even considering the infinite), what possibilities exist if we work in cooperation with it? Try to imagine the possibilities.

And this is not about getting angry or blaming anyone, especially ourselves. That is another trap of the old consciousness, guilt, blame, etc. And we did it this way for a reason. We may not see why with clarity for awhile, but eventually we will.

The key is to take responsibility, change our behaviors, and act from an ethic of Reverence for Life, or the Golden Law. But this is not just about people, it must be for all of life. Because all of life, physical, material expression is an expression of Spirit.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hi Friends,

I´m just going to free flow write this morning. I have been having the most wonderful of grounding of experiences.Swirling away in the business of the world, and changes that seem sometimes overwhelming.

And yet, I am glimpsing, occasionally the bottom of the hole. The simple message of "who and what I am", at least in a way that I might experience, or feel that away from the clamor in my mind that has become a habitual state of being.

The bottom of the hole, what I apparently have been so afraid to look into is "the answer". It´s where source resides - or if you prefer God. I am not alone. I don´t have to be afraid. There is nothing that I have to do. There are no emergencies. I am being provided for in all ways. If my body dies today it is no big deal. On and on I can realize that everything is just as it should be NOW.

All across the cosmos, both internal and external some force holds all of this together. And my present is the experience. I have been given this opportunity to find out what this is all about. To create a totally unique one.

But have I been doing that? I don´t think so. I fitted myself into the various cultural and economic belief systems and have been living confined within those spaces. Of course, now, I see this has been all due to my own doings. I can blame no one else. And finding fault is not the point.

It is to recognize that as I awake from this state of confusion, believing all of the stuff that they have told me is important, and examining my perceptions of this "reality" and really getting to the place to allow my own "presence" to flow into me. It is, I think, as I write in very limited terms - the One´s presence entering me. Opening my mind and hearts "eye" to the possibility of creating a new reality. One free from all of the ideas, opinions, and "stuff" that I have concerned myself with for the first 50 years of my life.

I realized in my dreams the other night that all of this that we live within began from the idea of "duality". At that point the cosmos, or creation began to subdivide. And today we can experience all of that diversity. But it is an illusion. Because the only way it can be is ONE. This is what my mind, which uses logic concludes, but more importantly now, as it seems the energies are shifting more to those of harmony and love, I feel it. In some indescribable place, or state - I just feel that I am not alone, and there is a real comfort in this feeling. We have probably called this thing "love". But it is not the love that I generate, or that I feel coming from another person (which of course is wonderful), but this is more like from "the field" as described in the Bhagavad Gita. This sense of being where something is supporting, embracing, interpenetrating me and my life. I am part of it.

With Great Love, Andy