Coins From The Current

It doesn’t take hard work to earn a subtle reward. It takes subtle work to earn a subtle reward. Of money, relationships, peace, & insight, this law applies. In fact, if you perform hard work for these subtleties, they will evade you because you’re operating in misalignment. You cannot grasp abundance with desperate hands. They must be slight; as it is only when you operate upon the same level of what you desire will it come to greet you. It is a miss take of perception to believe that you will rise only after your achievement, when the truth is achievement is a consequence of your decision to rise & work without it. With this understanding, your focus no longer becomes a goal to hit, but a process to behave in alignment with.

In our search for trophies, many of us have rushed through the journey to meet a momentary end that brings us a slice of heaven only to be brought back to the ground once again. When your efforts have been recognized, know that the award ceremony will be a small fraction of the entire mosaic that makes up the story of your life. The brightest way is not to play with the fear of failure, or the will to win, but simply the desire to learn. The quality of your current then, is far more valuable than the banks you may visit here & there. So choose one that flows through eternity which houses every jewel known to man, & never be lost again.

Continuing The Journey

A person’s real level of commitment to their adventure, spiritual understanding, & practice is revealed not when their material resources are abundant, but when they are scarce. Will you panic & act in a hurry to “fix” your situation, or pause & listen for how the kingdom within desires you to behave that will deliver you to the source of your problem? Do you have faith that the Spirit you serve is inherently rich, & will therefore lead you to riches on Earth, or do your urgent doubts cause you to abandon patience? The charity of emotional fortitude that you offered to those in need while you were lucrative, does this continue when your harvest season comes to a close? All this & more will be displayed when your pockets run thin. Know that the one born to exist like royalty who behaves like a pawn will disrupt their natural signal, & confuse themself into the quick sand of poverty. But even the one born into the captivity of pawnhood who learns to behave like royalty will in their future correct themself into the rising tides of wealth.

If you find your current of funds are heading towards a drought, realize that a blessing is having work to complete, & recognizing which is the most significant. Whatever we earn from the dense to subtle is all given through the irrefutable law of equivalent exchange: that you must lose something of equal value in order to gain. Why then, if you desire the lifestyle of your dreams do you spend even an ounce of your divinely gifted energy on the pitfalls of entertainment when it delivers you nowhere? Why do you plead for the winds of new opportunity to meet your sails if you have not dared travel to strange waters? Why do you long to walk through the walls of a castle that takes decades to erect if you only have the will to wait for a shed that can be built in an afternoon? You must question yourself what are the coordinates of your destiny & do you have the focus to go the distance; especially when the fuel you burned during your journey thus far is seducing you to quit. If inspiration is what sparked your mission, then understand it is also inspiration that sent each obstacle to prove you are capable of even being the person who could carry out the task. Do not deceive yourself into believing that this dualistic world will come without challenge; as it is the other side of reward’s coin.

The trees that grow to great heights only do so because their wood was met with strong winds which caused their roots to dive deeper into the Earth. It is because of our ability to move freely across the ground that we forget to depend upon its rejuvenation when times are hard. Your first instinct may be to flee, but truly, the wiser choice is to deepen so you have the fortitude to brave the inevitable storms that will come to greet you. & within this decision to dive rather than to escape, you will have gained the key to completing any great work: Self respect. This is the state where the Spirit smiles from within you simply due to acknowledging what animates the entire play. & this is what provides the Grace to let you pass to the next level. Man cannot live on bread alone. We must also be nourished by the power that created the bread to begin with. In the temple of solitude, this sacred flame will emerge & light the way forward. No matter how many dimes you have in your chest right now, this spiritual behavior will provide not the resources you want, but exactly the ones you need to keep going. The full treasure you are owed by blending faith with works will arise when the work is done.

Healing The Wound of Grief

If were born a sensitive soul, the connections you expected to experience on this planet are deep, truthful, & even spiritual. But this may not have been the case when you arrived. You may have been born into a situation full of people who forgot the foundation of life’s interconnection, & received a poor impression of what it means to be a part of a social network as you encountered superficiality, deceit, & fragmented ways of relation. This would have caused a distorted view of relationships that forms the message of “I must be an outcast” which rings through the hallways of your subconscious. & the response to this undercurrent of pain likely was a self induced sentence to isolation to protect exposing your emotions from further pangs. This isn’t because you’re unaware of how to build within the interpersonal realm, but because in your heart rests a subtle, yet consistent stream of grief: a mourning of the long lost family you’ve never met due to your initial attempt that lead to failure; & was quietly accepted as normal. Although, in your bones you understand it feels undeniably unnatural.

For any sane human being, including myself, this would have risen the white flag in your pocket to give up dealing with groups for as long as you remain on Earth. To live as a social nomad never growing your roots in any plot of land besides the one you’ve likely found within your connection to the Spirit. This is a safe option because you never have to take personal relationships seriously again. You can dip your toes in this pool & that one, & can easily find your way out at the drop of a hat if you detect an inkling of disrespect from your hurt perspective, which could simply be the unavoidable appearance of miscommunication. You’re like a cat that watches everyone closely & only comes near if the exact conditions prove you’re absolutely safe. A wise way to exist. Or so it seems as first.

Eventually, the demands of your humanity will cry out from the murky depths to the lucidity of your undivided attention to return back towards some form of community. We are intentionally designed from the top down to invite connections of all kinds. The ability to seamlessly transact with the beings around us is an essential part of what makes us human. & as this call for tribe sounds its gong, so does the call to defend yourself from experiencing what you believe will be a repetition of the past. But this is where your consciousness must reign supreme over your wounds to heal them from their sorrow. Recognize that the initial impression was just that: the very first iteration not of a want, but an innate need to weave harmoniously with others. We also had the need at a young age to travel through the world with our own body from our own strength, but we stumbled. Yes, this must have given our young hearts pangs of grief as well from losing our steps. Oh how we must have cursed the ground for breaking our fall! How our immature determination of balance fooled us time & time again! Until, it didn’t. & we began to walk with a profound sense of elation & a brand new access of life. Relationships are the same way. A broken heart is the same way. Discerning the right people to bond with & those to let go is the same way. So you can try again, can you not?

Now, you have seen through the test of your past from the gift of the present, & you have an opportunity to reintegrate back into society just as the core of your being longs for. But this time instead of wandering into a situation designed by the lottery machine of the cosmos (or perhaps we unknowingly decided a tough time), you can gradually choose to initiate bonds with those who you feel will nurture your unique expression. An expression that in the past was obstructed to the point of dormancy. We do not attract what we desire. We attract what we are. & even if in your depths of meditation you feel you have the energy of a king or queen, but you don’t allow yourself to release that into the wild because you feel others don’t deserve it, then guess what? You will attract those who emit the same closed off personalities that make them socially poor, & you all can celebrate your self proclaimed outcasts statuses alone together. & you can revel in the endless complaints your sharp intellects can concoct about the evils of society & how it should all be burned to the ground to begin anew. Or, you could take this signal you enjoy within the safety of your solitude, & bring that into the cracks of your heart so it can expand in all its radiance through your mind & body. & you can take this illumination into the public to draw in those who resonate at the frequency you yourself adore. You even have the power to approach people you feel match your vibration to slowly build the social network you came here to expect. Will it be easy? Absolutely not. Will it require courage & cause you to feel truly alive. Of course it will! & in the process of continually igniting the natural bravery that lies in all of us, you will heal your grief in the process by remembering that Love is everywhere. It is the binding force of all individuals that can transform across the kaleidoscope of spacetime. There may be people who are dead to you now, but you are alive. So you have the chance to try again. So rest when you must. But do not forget to try again until it works. The laws of this universe are designed for it to do so.

Trust Your Self

If at this point in your journey, the fatigue of being dragged through life’s terrain has bullied you enough, then you should have come to the understanding that it is time to trust yourself over the external signals you have been conditioned to believe as helpful to orient your life. To exist as a creative being without having imprinted the world around you, is to die slowly; & to forget what the divine sincerely wishes you would remember.

We all came here with a channel of production to flip inside out. The thoughts that frequently run through your mind are not an accident. They are your stream of valuable novelty that if organized & distributed, can change the course of history. But not if you don’t believe they will & keep the arrangement of visions & words to yourself due to lack of trust in their gravity.

So what if no one applauses for your work within days or weeks of its release? If you’ve crafted a timeless work of art, then it will be uncovered by those who its meant for throughout the passage of time. If you are building an archive for revisit & review, as opposed to a magazine for instant gratification, then it matters not if its produced & sent straight into the void to be revealed honorably by a lucky recipient. & anyway, if you do not trust the longings of your heart, to simply act on what brings you life, then you will slowly be molded by the strength of another who did. That other whose conviction rules you from within & has brought your location to a note far beyond the one that resides at home.

To go around the point of you existing, is to abide by the hypnotic spin of society’s wheel instead of the clarity of it’s axis. Which is you. In every individual’s experience, the center of civilization is themselves is it not? This is not a claim to narcissism. This is a fact of all of our existential positions. Sunrise & sunset happen within you. The magnetism & repulsion that’s crafted your destiny thus far happen within you. The incessant advertisements of culture to contort your own self image to fit within the agenda of a corporation happen within you. The seat of your experience, where all perceptions, & executive decisions are made is intimately available to you before, during, & after you read this text. This understanding will design an authentic persona forged from the depths. If you stay with it.

A character that emerges silently from the core is far more potent than one that mimics the sounds you consumed upon the surface. Once you strive to trust what naturally appears from yourself, you will have developed the pathway of self trust. Know that it is a skill which requires effort. Just like when you learned to walk & you stumbled but didn’t quit & eventually created an efficient pathway in your brain to where you can now run; the same law applies for self trust. You may fall off the horse of your inner knowing, but you can get back on again & again until it becomes second nature to ride your inner wild. To embrace the primordial untamed energy the universe has entrusted you form into something useful; or at least enjoyable.

When this skill is developed in your thought & feeling, no force in the universe can break it besides your own forgetfulness: a dismemberment that’s caused by identifying with the intellect. To have a sharp mind is magnanimous gift from the creator, but when you confuse it to be yourself, you will chop your being into fragments & the power to wield your vessel consciously will disperse along with it. It’s like a holding a knife without a handle which becomes a self administered weapon that continually cuts without discernment. In this state, there is no opportunity to transform the course of your life because the master operating system has become the slave. The attention has taken a backseat to be swept away by an overactive pattern of mental activity.

So when I say trust your self, I mean to trust the real you. Awareness. The one who holds the intellect & the world’s events in place to begin with. The acceptance of this alone will elevate you into a position beyond the endless traps of obeying ideas that do not serve your expansion. You will be able to receive thoughts from within & from others & evaluate instead of absorb. Now, what you once saw as commands are clearly seen as suggestions. In this, you have choice. & in choice you have put the reigns back in your possession to set yourself free. The question becomes then, where do you wish to go?

The Power Of Common Sense

Common sense isn't called that because most of use it. It's because all of us have access to it. But many do not tap into its simple power that's drowned by the complexities of irrelevant thinking purposely taught to the masses. In-tell-i-gence simply means to gently tell what's happening from within you. It's a gift directly from the source we don't have to strive for. We need only fall back into its mystical openness of accurate detection. But its' signal is delicate; & so it is lost in the whirlwind of seeking external validation motivated by the belief that one's self induced fear of error is real. Especially when the knowledge comes swiftly & with ease. "There must be more" the overactive ego says to itself when there truly is not. We prevent out progress by denying our process. If you know you know, that's all you need to advance. If you doubt that you know, your attention will wander into a maze of useless mental gymnastics only to arrive at the same conclusion of your original knowing, but having severed a portion of your connection to your innate intelligence through trusting something else. The more you disrespect your own sense, the weaker its signal becomes. The more you respect it, the stronger it communicates & harmonizes with your conscious mind. The one who has reached total integration of this intelligence through continual, unwavering devotion, has become an unstoppable force of nature. & when one inevitably reaches the heights of whatever endeavor they choose, they will fall from Grace only if this sacred communion is forgotten by the noise of their success.

The source of commons sense is the Ground of Creation & those who spend too much time in the air will have none. All seekers eventually realize this universal tool is the only thing they can bring with them on the spiritual ascent / quest for wisdom. & this is the divide between those who are smart, & those who are wise: the latter still clings to the old concepts they hold dear to navigate a fresh world, while the former's allegiance is only to the increasing clarity of their common sense that's uniquely subtle enough to attune to any terrain of life. So the smart stay by the bottom of the mountain they've never climbed, watching in awe as the wise elevate beyond what's ever been done. The living library of relevance that morphs according to the situation one finds themself in is circumambulated by the intellectual seeker who knows they've reached a limit in their understanding of experience. That is until they finally decide to fall back into the bottomless pit of devotion to be overwhelmed by the Spirit; & therefore receive pieces of its knowledge little by little at the right time & place. Through this process one's access to common sense gradually expands to reveal the boundless picture that contains its equivalent knowledge: a sturdy ledge of information one can stand on to reach their next level of Life.

This is the bow & arrow that hits every target. The universal program of which there is only one. It mirrors the singular creator & its coherent design. Wisdom makes sense to people all across the transforming spaces & times of Earth because all that has integrity must incorporate its tune. Its structure is sound & hasn't a single weakness because it was made by the same hand that made the indestructible sea of Energy itself. All of history's philosophies that have moved billions of people all came from an individual who discovered their own common sense. Know that all a man looks for in a book are the right combination of words to set him free; & during the search, he loses sight of the fact that he can weave them himself from within. & the means to create this weave is the Supreme Intelligence we all have a direct line to.

So do not fear the insights that are shown to you. The curriculum of your experience upon the school of Earth is yours alone. Comparison isn’t only the thief of joy, but the thief of education as well. & this, my friends, proves to be the cause of suffering. But looking straight ahead from the Sun within you, is the way down the enlightened path.

The Power Of Self Inquiry

Insights aren’t just interesting quotes to be collected for entertaining the intellect. They are portals into new realities of life if they are translated into action. This is the Magic of words.

Fasting from the internet, the realm of publication that distracts from that of the internal creative process, allows the mind to pause & renew itself through the psychological transformation of reflection. In the face of an inquiry, if you cannot answer it with your own authorship, then accept the current constraint that is it unknown in that moment. If it is truly relevant to the pragmatism of your life, the wisdom will come on its own time. This technique of using the magnetism of self inquiry versus the hunting of a valuable needle in a haystack full of irrelevance is a far more efficient way to use the mind & solve one’s questions. We all are our own pristine search engines so long as we maintain the desire to have our questions answered. Every question we ask ourselves is connected to an inner answer through a psychic thread; & if we simply attend to this thread for long enough, the answer will appear in our awareness. This is the same gravity that’s accessed by the balanced & electrified human being who's done the preparation to use the ancient technology we all are blessed to use moment by moment. The answers with this method are tailor made for one’s situation because they are born from all the impressions of the content in which one exists: data so personal it is impossible to document & research in a public library. So the key to this way of resolution is not to gather records of the setting, but to gather vivid impressions through clear attention of it as this is the only certain way to produce a vivid response. One will find their productions are far more intimately related to the play at hand that arranges far more precisely than any vague answer that’s come from another mind’s impressions born from a whole other context. When one understands this, they will see the very nature of seeking precedented guidance on their own unprecedented situation is a naive attempt at establishing order; & its’ ultimate effect is to be lead astray to a North Star that may have existed for someone else, but surely does not for them. Education then, though it is narrated as a standardized social activity, is deeply personal. So the inclusion of a plethora of foreign signals to know a singular concept that can only be processed through one’s own interpretation is the bane of comprehension. Of course, one will engage with the tribe’s traditions to seek counsel for as long as they are unaware of this principle. But once it’s realized, people will be sought for communion, for mutual celebration of life itself as equals; & not as sheep & shepherd. Know the foundation of this method is accepting the risk of being wrong & the reward of being right. It is an exercise to rapidly develop self respect, resilience, & embracement of the inescapable uncertainty of life.

This game of Freedom is open only to those who value self respect over external protection. Who estimate that liberation is worth more than their fear of death, & eventually see this as the only security life has to offer as what they were mislead to be it was merely a cunning way of being oppressed by the conditional guardianship of another’s rule. The rulers who provide havens only for those who serve their controlling agenda: the standard practice of all authoritarian governments throughout history that convince their constituents from an impressionable age that external protection is worth more than self respect; & slowly mold a nation of people who continually accept the encroachment of their private boundaries until their sense of self & determination is stolen from them. This is a trick unseen because the eerie sensation of chronic dissatisfaction is unceasingly supplemented by a delivery of frivolous pleasure, of soma that insidiously allows for the disrespect to be enjoyed, & therefore misinterpreted as a good life. As the way things ought to be because there is no better alternative. Another choice cannot be seen if one’s source of information is fixed onto a regimented current that defies the fluidity of Life.

It is human nature that we will devote ourselves to whatever note takes us the highest. By whatever we perceive to be the source of our bliss. & if one does not reach the naturally occurring joy of the Self through inward focused inquiry, they will automatically worship a false idol & feast on their crumbs of illusory contentment & stability. They will project their own divinity they seek onto celebrities, social status, luxury objects, sexual partners, gourmet food, philosophy books, collegiate degrees, etc. Any note within their uni-verse that brings them a jolt of electricity they will pledge allegiance to because that is what they believe keeps them vital. That is until they finally turn around, away from the sense objects to notice the subject that’s witnessing the play to find it is the very factory of bliss they have been experiencing in fragments & longing for in its entirety during their whole search. & this realization is in direct opposition to the authoritarian regime that seizes power only by the stories they spell to others: the same stories that mean nothing to the Awakened one who authors their own movie & reclaims the same Magic that was used against them. But instead of being motivated by greed, this being is moved by self compassion: the benevolent energy that informs what they author in their manner & speech. This is the same compassion that is inevitably projected onto others to inspire a movement towards the free domain. Towards our real, boundless home that lies within the heart of everyone which forms a decentralized power structure across society where the individual, not an institution, is the source of a unique branch of Wisdom granted by their attunement to the Creator. The same home that willingly grants the powers of keen observation, sound judgment, concise reason, & the courage & creativity to put these vital elements into the play of the now if one doesn't stray away from it. The one who invites instruction from above will be granted the skill to mirror it below. So cooperate with a library, an authority, only to define an unknown concept for dot connection. Never use it to find an answer, or you will have made the dead the ruler of your life. & know that you are the solution to all your problems, just as you are the problem to all your solutions.

The Blossoming Of Grown Women

Beyond the psychological security system of a grown woman, lies the charm of an innocent girl. & though she can appear troublesome to the man whose grown rigid with his misguided lust for social power, her whimsy proves to be more valuable than gold to the man who knows how to hold the intense expression of femininity. In my experience, I see perhaps the most pure & successful romantic dynamic between a man & a woman is like that of a father to daughter. But the "child" is a playful oracle full of wisdom as opposed to aimless immaturity. A man whose become sensitive & stable enough to invite this fruitful dance in his life can read the tea leaves of a woman's heart & know her in between the lines. For the daughter is a living metaphor for the father to protect & decode & enhance his ability to witness & interpret. Just as the subconscious is a living metaphor for the observer to decode as it arises from the endless unknown depths of one's own mind. & upon this subtle flowering of innocent charm, a man must take notice, & become even more stable, yet flexible within himself to cultivate the phenomena’s delicate magic. At his opening, if he behaves with a heavy hand, the fire will be stomped out. The clam will shut & she will hide her pearl of wisdom that is only revealed by her consent. It cannot be forced open through an authoritative demeanor. It is not like a boulder to be muscled out of the way. It is like a highly perceptive cobra that must be serenaded out of its camouflage with a skillful flute: a sensitive, winding energy that appears in a beautiful fashion only by hearing the right notes at the right time. & the risk of conjuring a force of nature such as this that can be both as enchanting as a rainbow & as dangerous as a lightning storm that came before it, is all apart of its value that requires preparation to engage with. Not just any man with a strong body & a handsome face can access the oracle. He may receive other gifts of lower qualities from her, but the greatest offerings will remain hidden. a Human being is only as perceptive as they are lubricated. & it is perception alone that opens the doors of the Universe to us. So, it is therefore the greatest power one can cultivate. A smooth man whose integrated his feminine side then, not a brute, is the one who opens a women’s heart to reveal the girl who gladly submits to his influential skill. & this initiation of minimal friction propels a relationship of timeless love & discovery that bewilders the common man whose stuck with the archaic idea of dominance being the key to wholesome wealth.

Now, let's travel deeper. When a grown woman falls in love with a grown man who ensures her safety, she enters into a trance beyond time. From there, upon asking her careful questions, she will give him the keys to the Universe provided she is given unwavering solar energy from the man: not as the person who appears before him, but as a representative of Energy itself. But most men, in their prolonged adolescence enabled in part by the foolish oppression of women, do no reach this phase of accessing profound wisdom. Nor do they actually desire to because they do not have the infrastructure to consistently take on the responsibility of dealing her “luna(tic)” behavior that comes along with it. Meaning, they do not have the capacity to be the Sun to her Moon (which is where the world luna comes from) & its many phases. & this signifies only the man's inability or unwillingness to uncover & bring to rest his own “lunatic”, his own anima, that he hides from the world & himself which manifests in odd outbursts & desires for social control. Before a grown woman's wisdom is expounded upon, she must reach a vibration of intense resonance within the relationship. & this can only come with the pronounced phases of her nature that reflect the flow of the Universe itself. So her chaos is not something to curtail, but something to cultivate with an unyielding reverence.

One can discern the health of a nation based upon how its women are treated. & the degradation of western society is merely a symbol, a lagging indicator, of mishandling this fundamental relationship. Man knows only how to treat Life with the same level of skill with which he knows how to treat women. & in fact, a grown woman is not supposed to behave within the narrow views of what is considered sane: to fit neatly inside the tight regiments of a man's world. If she has no opportunity to behave like a “lunatic”, like the Moon, then she has no opportunity to live. & know that the Moon keeps the Earth, the land of fertility, in its proper place to continue producing its ancient abundance. So demanding a woman be emotionally flatlined is the same as commanding her to die. Slowly, but surely. & the man who continually releases his solar energy through engaging in frivolous pursuits, degenerates into behaving like the Moon himself. He will wander through unnatural phases to misunderstand & destabilize the way of the woman. He wants her to stay the same because he is constantly changing. It is not a desire for construction, but of manipulation to cope with his internal conflict. But even in these backwards roles, the Sun & Moon must be present to sustain the relationship. So in her compassion, she attempts to be like the Sun. But she cannot sustain it because that is not her natural position. This system may last for a time, but the sheer inefficiency of energy exchange will cause it to collapse. What is naturally engineered to be a source of regeneration becomes an ordeal for both. However, if the man made consciousness, the source of Light, what he revolved his attention around instead of hoping his unlawful actions of a vampiric agenda will somehow defy physics & work in his favor, he will naturally become like the unfazed Sun. & the Moon, as a response to the lead, takes its frictionless orbit back into balance to continue moving within its timeless geometric path.

This, my friends, is the only way I have found to rekindle the power of uniting the traditional romantic relationship between men & women. If you've found another, do tell me what you've learned. Our civilization’s wellbeing depends upon it.

There Is No Work Life Balance

The scattered concept of a "work life balance” is perhaps the most absurd claim of our culture: that somehow, there is a dichotomy between the way one lives & the way they exert effort to produce a desired result. It is the energy of life itself that empowers the work to begin with. Its activity, therefore, is an essential & sacred aspect of humanity. But to the misfortune of the Earth & ignorance of the body's sensitivities, many millions of individuals are working on tasks that aren't serving the upliftment of either. This forces a sensitive being to break from this distorted form of work so finally the living can begin.

Common sense reveals that continuity of experience is paramount; & ones work is ultimately contained within one's life in an interwoven dance of experience. One should support the other, not be repelled. The former arrangement creates natural competence & joy. Whereas the latter creates an unnecessary ordeal & a schizophrenic world view that plagues our society today. Having a balance between work & rest is sensible. But of work & life is insane. The most powerful distraction of maturity due to its immense social support is to working on detours of life, & then have to remember its value in the "off" time. In effect, this dismissive behavior is to disrespect the very tool one depends upon to complete the work itself. So with more time spent in its process, the more degraded ones experience becomes as a whole. Hence the infamous association with work in general. Most dread what they do because it drags their body closer to the grave instead of strengthening it through sensible exercise. There is a distinct difference between the joy of exerting effort, & the debilitation of enduring pain. Effort is not painful. Misalignment is. In fact, the wise expense of energy is the maintenance & growth of vitality. But channeled in an unnatural direction against the way of original design, is a gradual destruction of self that inevitably finds its way into the environment & the communities of all species within it. Man destroys forests only because he has first destroyed himself through the dumb affairs he carries out on a daily basis.

The fundamental reward of intelligent work is ultimately an improved vessel one can live with. The widget is merely a byproduct that can be bought & sold. With each swing of the axe, the tree may not be chopped, but the strength of the arms & skill with the blade increases. The bonus is the wood & rush of released gratification whose well of emotional nourishment was delayed until its bursting forth from within at the right moment after diligent, intriguing, & adapting effort has been acted out. But if with each swing, a portion of a man's muscle tears that are weaved to his destabilizing emotion, nothing but a broken human & half baked work will be the result of this poor process. & if a man does not have the fire within his soul to operate a position that requires intensity to perform well like all fulfilling ones do; if he's fatigued upon punching the clock, then he's sure to be burnt by the work rather than his flame being the light of the many candles that must be lit along the path to achievement.

People throughout history have given their lives to work on what aligns with their story; & those tales that do no match the dreams of one's mind have the power to drain one of psychological will if they are worked on. To manifest a project without grasping its context is like being dropped in a strange land without knowing the location of where one came from before, & why the journey took place to begin with. Therefore, interpreting a course or even considering a reasonably organized future ahead is an impossibility. This is the inception of despair: a mental disorientation of purposeful life being on one timeline, & mechanical work being on another, if not abruptly, gradually pulls the psyche apart into fragments until its whole becomes unrecognizable by the individual. One cannot evolve in any direction if the very base of memory that's used to synthesize an innovative plan of adventure is split into dissonant pieces. In this farce of a good life, one abides in a constant state of analysis, of identifying concepts in a vacuum without a vision as to how this practice seeped in frivolity aids the cultivation of relevance: the key component of holistic quality elevation.

At the grand scheme, this misguided practice of a "work life balance" that drives people to psych wards is the vain attempt to split one consciousness into two. Each with their own personality that never communicate with each other to find common ground. The momentum of prosperity cannot exist if one's form changes every eight hours. The gold medalist sprinter has made the track his place of work & his life enhancing incubus. Such is the same for the five star chef who experiences the kitchen as a playground & an arena to nurture his passion & self mastery. The a-list actor dreams about their role in the depths of their sleep & awakes the next day energized to improve the play as a whole. These masters demonstrate devotion to their craft which creates predictability of competence to receive corresponding long term rewards as a side effect of their iterative experiments. But for the man who works in a cold office detached from the flow of nature as he deals with abstractions & social structures that only appear in the silo that present themselves nowhere outside the tight borders; when he comes home to try & embrace his family with emotional warmth in attempts to remember the dynamics of life, he & his family will find he's missed the mark. The robotic tendencies which allow him to succeed in a synthetic environment do not translate into the real one. How can a man remove the corporate mask he wore for as along as the sunlight was visible, & put on the kinship mask in a thirty minute drive home through the maze of machines operated by others who are just as cold; & then somehow find rest in his confusing headroom only to prepare for the cold the next morning & be a sane, competent human being? He cannot. It would in fact hurt his progress at work if he were to consider life while on the job. It's far more beneficial, in this two faced situation, to suppress authentic dreams so one’s attention can focus on handling the endless minutia.

In this process, one can easily lose their soul with enough repetition. A soul, however, that can be regained by developing an non-entertained, coherent sense of vision & creating a schedule that enriches the whole. To live well, you do not need to betray your humanity. You must lean more into it, & let its natural ability to connect seemingly unrelated dots into a unified communication happen to the point where the entire system makes sense. You need not divide your way of life to prosper; you need only paint the one mosaic of your life's work. More than anything, the world needs collected human beings whose detailed & vast perspectives align. It takes courage to feel & think & speak & act your way into harmony across the space & time of your life. But the universe itself is assisting you if you listen. If you learn to simply be quiet & observant as you reach attunement to the present, you will find instead of being influenced by the fragmenting messages of society, you will be molded by the natural infrastructure of the natural, multibillion year old system that all forms of life abide in. Truly, all is one; & all agrees. It's just that when attention is taken away into the countless artificial systems of civilization, it appears to be scattered: a mere illusion that loses its grip on your energy the moment you release investing in its temptation. Refuse to be distracted from your natural way of seeing, & your view back to Nature will be revealed.

People Pleasing Doesn’t Work

Before a soul matures into the birthright of pioneer-ship, if ever, they will continually succumb to the safety of pleasing other people who they believe provide them safety out of the base instinct for self-preservation. Whether its conscious or unconscious, an individual will make choices not of their own, but powered by the undercurrent of information they sense deep within their nervous system from silent signals in their social environment. Even if one is charting their own path, the responsibility of making their own order out of air is a daunting task which will drive the sapling to venture off into the establishments of others; even if its in their best interest not to do so. Because what one will receive is not only a false sense of community that the mind craves (even if it isn’t real), meaning a group of people who give the individual attention, judgemental attention, but still attention nonetheless that serves to stabilize the personality, they will receive unspoken rules as to how to achieve success in the world. But not the world at large, simply the one fragment of that world they sensed in that one version of tribe. One does not consider that this tribe gained success because they conformed to the tamed laws of the government in which they exist, because that thought is far too subtle to invite when dozens of people in their surroundings appear to have made it somewhere. The place, is not entirely clear, but it is established by an interest group. & that’s what matters to the subconscious. Whereas the maverick looks to be a fool due to his genius having barely grown yet. But know that birds flock to a tree only after it reaches maturity; & Noah's ark was built on flat ground before any sign of a flood was available to the community senses as the motivation to produce the structure came only through intuition.

So the "tribe" of one who builds from the ground, in the very beginning which proves to be the most challenging time to remain consistent, must only be his inner resonance that is likely to rebel against authority. Not because he has a disdain for their buildings, but simply because he hears the call of a different order. An order that may appear absolutely crazy to tradition, but massively sane to the one whose received the blueprint. & the price of obeying the cues seen through the senses and not the ones felt from beyond them, is the distinct reward of humiliation: of having broken trust with one's guide and knowing fully well that's what happened. This depression, although momentary, stings with a purifying pain that has the power to send one back into the alignment they were already walking in.

At times, it's difficult to tell if the pioneer is doing well because they have two things that are in their favor if they are sensitive, & aid their confusion if they are not: chaos & balance. If one is sensitive to chaos, they will see it as the source of their material to lay the next brick of their temple. If something without precedent is built, that must mean the material & the way that builds it is unprecedented as well. In knowing this, chaos becomes one's best friend instead of the source of their fear. If you aren't sensitive enough to the void itself, it's likely you will attempt to fill it with imaginations of demise to send yourself in a circle because you are unknowingly controlled by the cyclical movement of the solar system. It will take you on a ride if you have no will of your own. & this is the world’s way of maintaining its balance. But some talented pioneers having traveled into chaos without meeting their demise have obviously achieved some kind of balance that 's apparent from the outside, though they themselves admit they haven't a clue what they are doing: the true mark of being led by Grace. This balance, however, is weightless by its nature so if one isn't sensitive enough, it can easily go unnoticed giving one the ideas to do something a little different of their path because they feel confident. & with this ignorance, a grave mistake relative to their journey can be made that creates a setback in their momentum they didn't even realize they had. This is where self humiliation comes: the reminder that one was actually doing quite well in the recent past, & that they must continue what they were doing, even when their building has no mentor to consult with so they seek the validation of others who walk the same Earth they do.

By sheer osmosis of being in the company of others who know nothing of the pioneer’s work, the trailblazer can lose the trail simply because he positioned himself amongst the wrong people. Not evil people. Just those who are in a different phase of life & different plane of consciousness. One may feel on track, & after a quick detour will awake the next day with ideas not of their own volition, but of the collective desires of the group they associated with. Just as children, we still, as adults, watch what people do & how they are far more than what they say. So if you are this person whose striving to become an established pioneer, & you also find you're sabotaging your progress without knowing why, you may be subconsciously influenced by the primal desires of wanting to fit in to survive, & the energetic information of the company you keep.

Lions do not hang around gazelles for reasons we all know. It is not that one despises the other, it is simply that Nature designed them to play different roles upon the grand universal stage, which requires certain training & continued behavior of each species to thrive. If the lion attempted to please the gazelle, he would starve to death, though he has the ability & biological obligation to hunt one down. If the gazelle attempted to please the lion his tremendous speed would be unused & he would face a pathetic end. You see, both need each other to exercise their will so not just the species can be well, but so the entire ecosystem can remain strong. A polite lion & an out-of-shape gazelle is not much of a savannah! So you must look at yourself, your strengths & weaknesses & not be afraid to use one & work on the other. This practice is not about self aggrandizement, but about the sustainment of the entirety of life. Iron sharpens iron; & faltering to the unconscious state of blindly pleasing another is like trying to sharpen iron with plastic.

It doesn't work.

Philosophize Your Way To Mastery

Philosophy is the practice of assessing qualities; of which there are endless kinds throughout the known universe. It is a tool to build mental maps for navigation. But merely documenting it’s words is only half the pursuit. The other is to act upon what’s been written, & allow existence to test one’s might in their ability to use symbolism to point with either failure or accuracy at the reality before one’s eyes. To help us with this incredible task, we luckily have the mind on our side: an ancient instrument that took billions of years to develop from Life's origin. It's nature in its purest, unhurried form is far more advanced & organized than we know. For this reason, even if one is a fool, if they allow themselves to philosophize for at least 30 minutes in a focused line of thought, they will undoubtedly follow its stream to Genius. But the wise man can baboon his way into stupidity in just the same time. On any subject one engage's with, it should be carefully considered by them so the meaning can become conscious. Otherwise their actions are baseless & bound for suffering in the near or far future because the sand-like foundation of their products is sure to crumble. & the quickest, most radical way to stabilize into the integrity filled philosophical life is to decide to only trust your own interpretations of your experience without a single external opinion influencing your judgment. In this test of intellectual strength, one is forced to question, find hypocrisies, & refine their own thinking & face the full weight of carrying out the buildings of their thought because they've removed any form of a psychological safety net. One may stumble in the beginning, but they walk upon the path of mastery.

The student of any art, after studying under the masters, will eventually desire to become one themself, which requires them to relate their teachers as equals. If in their perception, the teachers are above their Genius, they will never have the courage & insight to uncover it. So the transition from pupil to contemporary begins with curiosity & skill, & ends with an inward decision to advance. Even if a degree is awarded from an outside institution, the ability to apply the teachings & even surpass them comes from the choice to do so. The student of one year can reach mastery before the student of ten solely because of the conviction of their skill. In mimicry, there is always a limitation of potential as the unique blossoming of one's creativity remains restricted: an important measure when inside a school to prevent deviating from the basics. But if a nuanced technique isn't developed by the apprentice to compliment their own seed, they will stay a sapling. Just as the musician must hear & compose their own song to unveil their sonic power & contribute their best work to society, & the sprinter must take their own strides to attain glory upon the track, & the photographer must release the images that moved them to forge their own, all in a commitment to reach alignment within their soul, so must the philosopher provide themself the favor to finally think from & for themself to navigate the world as best they can. The only alternative is misalignment & stagnation. & though even this can be good if the student chose quality teachers, it will never be great. Their style will never be whole to sustain & grow their affinity for the art, & the impact they will have upon an audience who depends on an evolving character to evolve themselves.

Words are simply the symbolic wake of ones Life force. They contain the power to make a person see what they did not; even if it was right before their eyes. They have the power to build & destroy & the one who wields them with wisdom & creativity from trusting their education & instinct is sure to live a blessed, vigorous life throughout their pioneering journey across space & time.

Men, Women, Relationships, Time, & Earth

For both a man & a woman to manifest upon our planet, it requires the cooperative ingredients from both a man, & a woman. So, within the man, there are characteristics of a woman. Within the woman, there are characteristics of a man. The denial of this natural composition through the senselessness of suppression is the precursor to chronic disease that plagues the society we live in today. The desire to lean towards one pole or the other, regardless of context, is to adopt a rigid mask that will break against the actual fluidity of Life. The man who embraces his mother that flows through him, & the woman who embraces her father that flows through her, allowing them both express themselves through the intelligence of their own individuality based upon the current setting, is not to be weak or deceitful. It’s to be balanced & in harmony with natural behavior as opposed to incongruent beliefs. Those who pin their character to a single concept attempt to turn themselves into a digit: a binary code of repetitive & unresponsive expression that acknowledges only the narrow view of their perspective designed by a paradigm of domination that misunderstands (& therefore fears) the dualism of Nature. The search for power over gender, rather than the cultivation of both builds psychological, societal, cultural, & economic imbalance that flows into the destabilization of the environment that supports these pivotal arenas of human activity. The men who are committed to nurturing “the woman within them” will surely have reverence for growing themselves as a whole, & therefore the relationships that surround & sustain them. The women who are committed to nurturing “the man within them” will surely have the strength to protect themselves as a whole, & therefore the relationships that surround & sustain them. The culturally ignored truth of character fluidity between traditionally recognized gender traits heals the fragmentation of an individual’s energy. This brings their mind & purpose of Life together in clear view.

To voyage through the ocean upon a ship, there must be both a hull to contain a steady form, & sails that change by the impression of the wind to propel the vessel along an evolutionary path. Without one or the other, the ship either sinks or stagnates. Though our culture propagates that conceptual goals are paramount, truth reveals that these are merely a means. The ends are not static, isolated points in spacetime which do not exist. But the dynamic process of relationships. It doesn’t matter if the captain of the ship has a burning desire to reach the next port if his vehicle’s parts are in poor relation. He won’t make it. & even when he does, he will be met with something else he must relate to. Life is a cooperation of activity. When this orientation takes shape in one’s mind, they can finally see & accept Life’s behavior as it is & flow with its circular order. 

The false perception of linear time creates silos of focus towards an actually moving target that can never be pinned. All that is possible is to perceive a flow & join it. This synchronization with energy in motion that requires the balance of masculinity & femininity is “the point” in itself. 

A force that cannot die, that cannot stop, must move in a pendulum: an equilateral wave to balance & sustain its existence. So, for a man to sustain his Life energy, he must oscillate his expression from a masculine bent to a feminine one. & if he truly is alive & awake, Life will send him into novel citations by his desire to travel in mind & Earth that will naturally cause him to shift from one pole to another within himself to support the various changes of context. A woman, for the same reasons, will flow from femininity to masculinity & back again to sustain her overall Life energy as well. This is why, if one has not realized this to perform the energy work on their own, perceive romance as not an accessory, but as an absolute requirement to maintain their health. The process of seeking one’s opposite is ultimately to experience, with the aid of catalyst, the end aim of dynamic harmony. The only alternative is illness. 

If the memorization of intellectual concepts dictates behavior rather than the observation of context, this fundamental knowledge will be obscured by emphasizing the map over the territory which will never align. One’s entire energetic, psychological, & behavioral structure must adapt to fit the place one finds themselves on Earth. The ignorance of this results in profound levels of stubbornness & ultimately the destruction of the individual for biting the hand that feeds them. This intuitive ability of Life’s fluidity accounts for the incredible diversity of human culture, plants, & animal species throughout the history of Earth that’s kept our home regulated for millions of years. But in today’s age, instead of using our intelligence to flow with the land’s behavior, we have created our own environments with such sophistication that we can survive without setting a foot in the wild; & naturally activity will develop that’s incongruent with the actual fuel that supports the synthetic land but has been forgotten by people who are entire generations removed from the original circumstance. In this stage where the energetic, psychological, & behavioral structures of individuals have adopted distorted forms to harmonize with a distorted land, the poor relations & understanding of men & women are merely a byproduct of a much larger root issue of humanity’s divorce from our intimacy with Earth. Our common sense, that comes from connection to the land, dissolves into oblivion along with it. 

The fundamental psychological deviation from this separation of place is the inaccurate concept of linear time: where Life begins & ends full stop. Because Life’s behavior is cyclical, this distorted perception of a linear passage creates an attitude of scarcity, isolation, & restlessness because the abundance of regeneration brought by inclusion is missed. The response to this from an intelligent Life form who can influence its environment could only be domination of others & accumulation of resources for disproportionate growth relative to other species upon the planet. This extreme effort is not out of enjoyment. It’s compelled by the fear of death that’s mistaken as the finale as opposed to a transition. In linearity, one’s relationships can only form into competition where the most efficient way to win is to crush “the enemy”. & with enough fear, this species has the power to form languages, weapons, & entire cultures of imperialism that bombard Earth because all others wouldn’t even conceive of conquest as a possibility due to their acknowledgement of interdependence. Linear views cannot see the circle of Life, only the goal; & will naturally prioritize it stopping at nothing to achieve the objective. From this perspective, the cycles, diversity, & inclusion–the rich subjectivity of living experience–are all a means to an end. To the conquistador, the land is a means to material wealth. Women are a means to societal power. Both of these Life forms will eventually swing back to humble this one one whose thoughts became larger than the place where he thinks them.

This vain attempt at eliminating uncertainty robs one of the creativity to participate sensibly in the flow of events as they manifest themselves. The same chaos that one attempts to control is the evolutionary force of infinite novelty. The act of coercion prevents the power of wielding an energy that cannot be owned, only involved with. There is an endless abundance of resources beyond the limitations of what we could bend to our will that we can learn to share company with. We do not own fire, but we must cooperate with its heat & light to stay warm & see clearly. Men do not own women. Women do not own men. But we must share each other's wisdom, beauty, & fertility to allow humanity to rise again. If a man controls a woman’s whimsy, & a woman controls a man’s aggression, the tree of union will not bear fruit. The unpredictability is the fuel; if its inevitable behavior is accepted to reveal opportunities that can be confused as problems to the conquer’s eye.

The way things are, contradictions do not exist; there are only different paths to evolve where each musn't be hindered by the other to advance. For each individual, there is always an opening of unique resonance that may or may not work for others. If it does or doesn’t it matters not as every human being has membership to access Life. A variety of doors & keys are distributed among us that manifest as styles of activity; & the master key is holistic participation as it is the prerequisite of knowledge. 

To dominate is to close one’s eyes. To embrace is to open them.

Living Beyond Competition

Know that when you search for the opinions of another person or robot to remain “on track”, you at the same time neglect the responsibility & skill to do the mental work to discover your own line of Reason. This is an excercise that will most likely take only several minutes longer than searching for an instant, wonder breaded answer, & it keeps your individuality intact with its own velocity. A single soul in competition isn't one, but many forces at once. & each have their own direction. Abiding in this scattered state for too long will create the energtic situation of tying one's limbs to four seperate horses who gallop apart. Eventually, one's psyche will snap. This behavior ensures the muscle of constructive thought will break as the ability to uniquely detect Pattern is lost by layers of encryption in the form of external measurements against oneself. Reality reveals that man isn’t a monolith, but a decentralized play of sequences where one must decide which flute they will follow with the Heart as their snake charmer. The future of each Soul is inside them alone. 

In the end, one's Life must only make Sense to them to be valuable. & what greater source of Sense is there than one's native language? If it truly is subpar, then Nature will select the innovation to either be adjusted in response to undesirable outcomes, or perish due to sudden death probably caused by stupidity which the careful Eye would never allow. The thinker need not check with the people to the left & the right of them as they are subject to the same Ruler. It's far wiser & more efficient to present one's findings before the kosmic Teacher in experimentation, & not to the students one sits next to within the class of Humanity.

Reasonable thinking & writing is like silent Music. Instead of the ear drums that are stricken with harmonious notes, it is instead the psyche that's touched by the subtle emotions of organized Word. One who learns the art of composing sentences not only moves themselves, but others into a spell of their making. Such is the same for the musician who compels their audience to dance to the rythm of their beat, or the photographer who sparks reflection in the mind of the viewer with their composition of color, light, & shadow.

There is Style that flows through the current of every philosopher, artist, scientist, doctor, & lover that if found in one field of work can be used in every other with equal levels of quality once the basics are understood. This same Style that andean condors use to soar amongst the clouds, black panthers use to sprint across the savanna, & giant manta rays use to glide through the ocean is what organizes the Life of all individuals to walk the tightrope of their own Thread. This is the innate discipline one can use to know when they are progressing or veering off even when there's no one to verify their actions. The question isn't "how does this look?", but "is this my technique?" If your curiosity is directed to the former, you may take a few steps foward but you will soon run out of a clear path & not know where to turn because you rented the Eye of another who is incapable of Being with you the entire journey. They too have adventures to embark on. But if your inquiry is channeled to the latter, you can take steps until exhaustion because you've made both the traveler & the authority your Self: the only One who can't leave. Wherever you go, there you are. So you might as well learn your Style so you can drive your vehicle the way you enjoy, not to race someone else & oscillate your attention quickly back & forth. Once you do, there's no going back to the confusion from which you came.

An Illustration Of Love

Two are but halves of One.

When you are truly in Love with someone, it's resonance is like the Sun: constant, warm, & self sustaining. It isn't dependent upon the others presence or their reciprocation. There is no uncertainty of how long it will last, & there is no fear of it disappearing abruptly as its build was gradual. It's clarifying, stable, & serene: something that you'll want to keep within yourself to avoid dispersing it with too much expression which is only an immature infatuation that fades in due time. Love does not boast or attempt to prove itself. Its radiance is self evident: like the granduer of a mountain that does not speak, although its raw power can be sensed by those who look close enough. It is not in the quantity or intensity of one's gestures, but in the subtle, sincere, & focused way they are done. It coats one's entire life in how they speak, how they stand, how they breathe, & how they look. The eyes of one in Love are pure: exposed to the openness of their Heart. There is no sense of defense. There is only the willingness to touch; to explore deeper into the surrender of profound, consistent emotion that bypasses the intellect's reasoning. Analytical thought will only destroy its potent delicacy & its message will be fragmented. It is a holistic design of approaching oneself, their lover, & Life. Even when inevitable dissapointment comes of this Sacred feeling being disrespected by the other, as we all become fatigued & forgetful at times, there is no desire for revenge. There is only a therapeutic concern for the other's well being. Its Divine compassion sees beyond the superficial patterns to notice the underlying current it isn't afraid to observe. Its perception is keen & borderlines prophetic insight about the beloved & the course of the relationship. Its accurate predictions cannot be disturbed by external judgements because its concentration is stronger than flickering impulses from those who've never tasted its cohesive sensation. In Love, there is no rush because its connection is beyond distance & time. The signal of both people resides in the other. Even after a stimulating day, in the quiet hours of the night its Music can be heard. Its song never ends though it can be veiled by passing loudness. When all is released in rest, revealing most as visitors who exit through the open door, the lover is who stays because they have found not their hotel, but their home. The place where they intentionally let their roots settle beneath the surface to slowly mature their emotional plant from a sapling to a grown tree that produces ripe fruit for decades to come.

For the one who has trapped themselves by the cage of self defense, this process of integration appears to be an invader that seeks to disrupt their personal landscape. But to the one who has quelled their insecurity, it's simply the natural Music of Love where one's conscioussness graduates into the experience of containing another living process other than their previous solopsistic pysche. One's heart realizes it can hold the presence of two. At the same time, the other does as well in a synchronized harmony. From here, a third meta person is born that resembles the real relationship. This is a Genius level vehicle of expression that guides both indivudals on how to remain together through the ups & downs of Life that test everyone's will. When the ups come, of ourse it's easy to enjoy the ride & there isn't an immediate need to hear the Genius. But when the downs come, & the temptation to abandon the ride arises from losing sight of the in-visible shared reality, this is when both must be quiet enough to hear the whispering instructions of the Genius that never fails to correct the course back to stability. The pain of "breaking up", which at an energetic level is impossible, for shallow reaons from a deep bond like this hurts immensely on purpose. Its stabs to the Heart are a director to turn around & be accountable for what's been built. Love is not for the faint of Heart who leave a back door open, negotiating with themselves to escape when they are spooked by being witness to things beyond expectation. It is only for those with steadfast courage & emotional intelligence who are prepared to be on the entire ride; & not just the parts they prefer. It is a practice of Devotion: to be devoid of any tendencies of self aggrandizement one held dear that must be sacrificed to experience Love's magnititude. The person one was before must be turned to ashes by the Sun & be reborn into a pheonix of inspiration. Transformation is part of the deal. Love is alive & ever evolving. So those who desire its responsibility must be awake enough to stay intune with its wondrous magic that heals all wounds as 

two are but halves of One.

Longing, Compulsion, & Yoga

The difference between a long-ing & a com-puls-ion is one endures, the other pulsates. One is equanimous, the other is erratic. One is remembered, the other is easily forgotten. To invest in balance or conflict is the choice of everyone.

In the vain search of belonging, the intelligent being will adopt the compulsions of others in their vicinity, & abandon the unique genius they were gifted with that makes them feel like an outsider. But what's beyond the village is not death; it is a profound space to invite greater levels of self awareness one can use to lead their own Life, & even those of others. Even if you love someone, their insight & love only should influence you, not the thrills of their restless behavior. Know that if you are not at rest, then your state of rush means you've become a slave to a foreign program. If everyone around you is indulging in the tones of hedonism, you remain still & watch your experience yield to supreme peace. Yes, the temptations to mirror their ways will come, but they will go just as quickly as the tempest swelled within you. The flash of lightning is but a passing ripple in the lake's quietude. To be socialized, or timeless is in our hands.

Sadhana is heartbreaking because on the way to join the eternal light of awarness, the compulsions one held dear evaporate one after another in a painful process of withdrawal. But during the elevation, it occurs to the witness that the methods one thought they needed to keep themselves together were just the fruits of arrogance. These mentally imaged nations placed a veil over the insight that approaching wholeness consciously through Yoga is truly the only way Life has offered. Hell, the place our minds fear the most, isn't a pit of immortal fire beneath the Earth's crust. It is the heat of one's own impulses consuming their ability to see & choose the quality of their Life. The conscious being is flame proof to all vices inside & out because this one finds safety not in false idols that provide directions to detours of lower planes, but within the one provider of clarity that reveals the straight path up.

To the addicted, releasing the support of intoxications they were misled to be needs appears to be a loss: a lowering of one's state. But the keen eye shows the simple state of open sobriety was the beginning & all one has ever been. From here, the truth of vices becomes clear that their ability to solve oneself is illusory. Their corrpution is founded by the repeated experiences of suffering when they don't work. & after the grief of reorienting to sense has been accepted, one realizes what they've gained is sincere connection with Life & not just passing, clever schemes of short term pleasure. In this profound knowing, there is an unshakable serenity as the door of past counterfeit relief has closed for good. So Yoga cannot be faked. It can only be practiced.

Life created the things we indulge in, but they are only a fraction of the complete. & the Supreme awaits in its spacious domain to greet those who finally turn inward towards its nonphysical fulfillment: the only resource that works in bringing our souls to rest. What leads us astray from the paramount value of oneness, are the physical possessions & knowledge we cling to. In the eyes of existence, accumulation is senseless as it disturbs the signal of Wisdom that contains natural information congruent with the arrangement of Life. But if one is hypnotized into trusting their records over their Eye for navigation, they will ascribe the words above to be insanity as they abide in the psych wards of occupations, schools, & families many confuse to be home; even when their heart isn't there. The toys Life created to amuse the intellect are merely tests of distractions to overcome to earn the Sacred state as only those with a consistently sharp vision can gain entry & maintain the position. The trial & errors of our lives are refiners of observation that call us to look deeper with each engagement. To perservere through the threshold of illusions & clarify our self awareness is Life's curriculum for us. Those who pass receive & exist as a timeless value. Those who struggle or attempt to escape are anyway on their way home as no child gets left behind. If they must be dragged back to truth, then so be it. & though they don't believe in themselves yet due to too much misinformed expression that causes inner dissaray, Life will attempt again & again to drive this point home with lesson after painful lesson. When there's nowhere else to find shelter from God's reign, one is forced towards the Kingdom within where their Heart is at long last actualized.

The price to pay for boastfulness is inescapable; & exhaustion from the self inflicted ordeal finally leads one to rest & reside in space where the mirror of their Eye delivers the darkenss they wasted so much strength to hide to the forefront of the firmament of their mind. Here, the healing process can begin & end to produce a reborn being of light.The proud try to stop the unstoppable force of evolution is the arrogance of expression & cause of suffering. To surrender to the boundless power of transformation is to gracefully accept the fact that sins were commited so one can finally see for themselves first the error, & then the solution. The ephemeral hardship matters not as all things shall pass. 

Ultimately, the lesson is realizing emotional resonance is far more valuable than intellectual prowess because Life's language is energy. Symbols are just shadows of the now. It is true that competence of thought carries a level of resonance; but it pales in comparison to the vast sensitivities of affectionate texure. & with an honest look, one will see the underlying motivation of demonstrating mental gymnastics is an energetic outcome anyway. That is the present we all seek. & the sooner one understands this, the sooner they can mature beyond the cages that bind them.

The intellect is the servant of energy. Both are enlightened by attention. This is the order of Yoga; which means

Union.

The Choice Of Manhood

The man who betrays his own vision for the voices he hears outside is but a grown boy without a compass who waxes & wanes with the waves of the world & disrespects the kingdom within. His foundation is like sand that changes the base of everything he builds which soon falls back into the fragments from which they came. The man understands it isn't the crowd who he goes to sleep with at night, but the sound of his own thoughts, & the resonance of his own heart that contradict themselves within the shadow of a lie; & harmonize into music within the celebration of integrity. If the natural born leader goes right just because everyone says so, God frowns upon him from the inside though the tribe is content for a short while. One matures when they decide to honor their Divine father over the one on Earth. This man laughs with those who weep alongside him; influenced by his light heart that heeded instruction in the company of those who did not. At times, to agree with one's neighbors is the contract that assigns them to a spot closer to hell. To counter their impulsive gestures, making room to listen inwardly reserves them a seat upon the higher plane that soars above mundane normalcy; & it's common sense to invest in prime real estate.

On Access & Arrogance

Because consciousness is the supreme plane, each other within us takes its lead. So if you learn to balance & clarify your attention, your energy, mind, & body will do the same. It is the master key to open every room. There is no more or less than what you can see when your gaze is clear. The only essential function of us all is to open the innumerable doors of existence to access its countless rooms & the qualities they contain.

A key is something that complements the shape of a lock which gives it access to contact & influence the lock's inner workings without getting trapped inside. To open any lock, one must first reach awareness of its shape, then build a key that fits. The reverse order will only lead to failure & dis-ease primarily in the form of frustration. Especially when one has reached access to a room through talent alone, gets removed in the long term due to taking its entry for granted, & then attempts to reenter with actual skill. During their stay, they confused their access to be a result of their ethics when it was actually a divine gift: a boon that required very little effort & no awareness of its mechanics. It's possible to be so fortunate that one can achieve great reward without understanding the puzzle of reality, & therefore misunderstand the present of their position. Eventually, their naivety will expose them to graceful punishments for unknowingly breaking kosmic law. Its painful process is the greatest corrective force known to man. The dense minds who cannot see this natural pattern grow to despise & shrink from life. Those who have used the fire for refinement & developed the vision to see, wholeheartedly embrace the game.

The epitome of arrogance is not acknowledging the nature of the door, its lock & key, but still attempting to gain access to its room, believing that some force inside should let you in without demonstration of skill. The purpose of establishing a lock is to keep irresponsible people from entering the space because they are sure to defile its content as pride is the thief of intelligence. The one who moves with awareness, fully attending to each careful step, will surely treat the room’s content with the same level of detail they used to get inside. Know that a person’s character is revealed in the face of obstacles, & is concealed in the reception of rewards particularly if they didn’t earn them. 

So it’s important to invite gratitude for all that we have to keep our pride in check; recognizing that if it wasn’t you who worked to access the room you enjoy, it was someone who came before, or the divine who protects you with unique favor. The shade of great trees that prevents the sunlight from scorching your skin were planted by those long ago who knew a meeting would never happen. So let us honor the previous courage by having the heart to maintain & advance what we own not by cutting corners, but by an acknowledgement of the whole. 

How To Therapy

When your attention on another is undivided, you become attractive to them because they can tell you are tracking their expression. This encourages them to press out more & more. No person wants to be the branch that falls to the forest floor when there's no one to hear it. A person is a social construct, meaning they exist & grow only if they're visible & validated by other pillars of the same building; by another representative of the collective species who has the infrastructure to relate & discern. Seeing someone with your heart gives them the bravery to expose their personality, & in this process of exposition, the opportunity for the grounding nature of attention to reach their psychological plane is accessed. 

At this stage, the goal of catharsis is only a matter of time until it's inevitable release happens that has the power to purify the entire system back to its original nature of health. Ultimately, a therapist is an outsourcing of mindfulness for those who haven't established the balance yet to do it on their own. To listen to someone is to be devoid of all self expression so you can invite them in the supreme plane of conscioussness where all things align. Even if the initial expression of the other appears nonsensical, if you let them speak long enough, the influence of conscioussness will eventually reveal the patterns of thought & emotion. The only task of the therapist is to draw out the elements of a person's mind through the higher faculty of reasonable curiosity so a map can surface. Because it's a logical generation, it must be illustrated across time so unwavering patience is an absolute neccesity. Once the psychological landscape is exposed, which can take minutes, days, weeks, or months, depending on the web of the patient, the clear identification of problems & their solutions can be discovered to create a permanent transformation towards health. The mark of a profound healer isn't reoccuring visitors, but new ones because those from the past have graduated to living their life, not being troubled by it. The only time one should return, ideally, is as equals on the same balanced footing of wisdom. 

The danger of deep therapuetic work from the practioners perspective is if they become too impressed by the emotion & intellect of the patient due to not accessing enough stillness within themself first. This is important to understand because stillness allows for the discernment & release of all things. If illustrations are clung to, this will create inertia in the mind of the therapist & will create all kinds of disease across time. Of course, empathy is valuable, but to become overly invested in the patient's story to the point where the therapist loses their footing in the current instead of sitting calmly by the bank of the river, is to become like the person they are seeking to help heal when it should be the other way around. For the process to work, there must be a transference of order, not of disorder. The healer's stillness must be in greater magnitude than the patient's energy for transformation to happen without damaging effects on either. This is an incredibly difficult position in society to fulfill that takes years of spiritual & psychological fortification which is why most don't do it. But for those who have learned the art, sacrificing their own illusions to reach balance with the universe that protects them from psychological imbalance, their presence is truly a timeless gift to those who respect their work. 

So therapy is less about the grasp of intellectual concepts, & far more about accessing the innate restoration ability within us. At the surface, it's a matter of thought, but truthfully it's a matter of life: of a magical force we cannot know with theories though we can be intimately involved with it through attention. Many things we do on a daily basis are magical without us considering them to be so: the growth of hair overnight, the burst of laughter in response to jokes, the knowing you need to drink water, even the opening & closing of your hand, are all spontaneous beyond intellectual understanding. & yet, their simplicity pervades our lives more than scriptures ever could. Such is the same for the therapist who after careful listening speaks their ephiphany to their patient who erupts into purging tears of relief or halts their frantic expression to abide in a moment of quiet refelction they haven't done in years. It appears to be person to person but it is just life to life. So the one who knows themself knows all others because we share a core, & can therefore heal anyone who opens to their boundless oasis even after they trekked through a finite desert.

The only way I have a holistic understanding of mental health is because over the course of several years, I went through the painful & joyful process of tearing my mind apart & putting it back together & watched the whole thing so I know how it works. It sounds insane, I know. But the universe built me with the desire, boldness, & willpower to chart this psychic terrain in its fullness. It's like software. & although very advanced, it's mechanics can be understood by the one who turns themself into both the patient & the therapist as I did. When you take accountability for your own mind, unless it's been physically impaired, you can clearly see that your own, & everyone elses mental disease isn't something that just happens to us out of thin air. It's something that was created & can therefore be corrected. Psychological illness is a misuse of creativity rooted in a false identity that generates compulsively rather than the actual identity that generates consciously. From a rushed splatter painting, to a careful mosaic, you can learn to design a mind yourself & others can enjoy so long as you hold your brush steady. & I can aid you to develop this even hand.

On Concentration & Kinship

Though they provide a healthy rush of dopamine, it isn't the achievement of our goals that sustains our wellbeing; but the state of sustained focus required to secure them. If your concentration is broken for a few moments, it has the power to derail the course of your life to a degraded position as one breach begets another. You alone must set your coordinates & enact negative responses to all potential openings for a break in your flow. A forty minute journey can turn into forty years if you allow distractions to sway your velocity. A path begins & ends in the mind. Even if you haven't taken bodily action, & it looks from the outside that you've made no progress, & opportunities appear to engage with the sensory world in novel ways, you must still keep your thoughts on your aim through attending to it. Otherwise, experience the cheap thrills & deep pains of getting lost. If you have no physical plans built yet, make your plan to think about what can be done & avoid the instantly gratifying suggestions of ready made maps others present to you because it appears you're available to drift as they do. Sure they mean well, & they enjoy your company. But they stay as long as it's comforting & won't be present in those difficult moments of uphill work to reach the next platform. For those rare individuals who acknowledge & support the climb, who sweat & grit their teeth beside you, keep them in your company for life as their perception of you is beyond the ephemeral moments into your essence. These timeless companions are truly valuable. Those who appear at dinner once the table has been set, know them to be like grains of sand you attempt to grasp by the ocean’s shore. They laugh with you but will not weep; & their presented schematics will be forgotten by a change of wind demonstrating their half baked conviction. Be weary of those who are certain to celebrate but unclear about struggling with you. For this is a mere shadow of kindness & reveals the mark of a convenience seeker who searches to build fleeting moments of pleasure. They are energy vultures that feast from the steps of another's ethic who have examplified little to none of their own. They are not evil, just immature & short sighted. Those with longer scopes make temples the myopic may bask in; though they complain, scoff, & misunderstand during the construction. Everyone in time benefits from the relatively small sacrifices necessary to attain a larger reward. & a key aspect of this offering to a better future is the militant restriction of attention from wandering across a field of shiny objects to instead remain steady on one point of evolution. Only one door at a moment can be opened, & the imminent fear of unceasing time & impending death causes many of us to fall into the superficial trap of spending time to crack many doors to receive many different glimmers of excellence. This kaleidoscopic stimulation displays an illusion of progress. At a deeper look into the nature of fulfillment, we can find it’s far wiser to abstain from the plethora to focus on opening the one best door you can find. & not just with a sliver of reception, but fully released so none of its bounty is hidden from observation. In this position after consolidated effort has been invested, you can be still & at ease with the multidimensional wealth you've uncovered from one source as there is no other to divide yourself with. There is only one you, one attention, & one universe. So let his fact of one send you not into scarcity, but the one liberated state we all seek through the universal power of concentration. All of our north stars await our attendance to their glory.

The Joy Of Evading Self Deception

You can save yourself hours, days, weeks, & years of suffering by evading nonsense situations through the preemptive effort of honest thinking guided by clear attention: A silent activity overlooked by the rush of bodily action. There is a force within us all that revels in the thrill of moving without clarity to see what spontaneous fate life will bring. But this childlike rolling of the dice is banished by the one who matures into the desire of building structures for long term benefit. This requires patience & careful planning that evaporates the adrenaline spike of half observed excitement. It takes the awareness to recognize your own underlying motivations to prevent deception of yourself & others to conduct your life truthfully. Introspection has the power to gradually deliver you from the intoxication of sin, of missing the mark, to the sobriety of sense. This allows you to gracefully bypass stupidity that causes the disintegration of yourself & others. Moreover, this power of pausing ensures your reputation remains at a high stature which keeps not only yourself in a rewarding position, but your people as well that benefit from the consistent source of wisdom caused by your self governance: instilling an inner system of checks & balances that maintain keen calibration of your guiding compass. To turn your mind into your own council by the universal tool of conscience is an invaluable attainment that can be used for innumerable gain.

Be Still & Expand

Be still & know the universe itself is expanding. So if you learn how to sit with its' ride, everything about you will expand as well. If your investments are scattered, so will your life be. Endow your being with the source of amplification through your attention inward, & become a generator of a similar order on the outside: a factory of ingenuity, a bridge between the unmanifested & manifested order that opens & closes according to your level of concentration of the event before your vision. Don't look to define yourself & obstruct the mystical process. Only see how you can wisely constrain the stream of creativity so its expressions channels potency. Beware the scrambler of human creation that is noise or lack of commitment that only serves an unuseful crowd. Position your vessel in silce to observe in awe the fullness of kosmic intelligence in its sacred geometry of sound reasoning & enchantment. The building blocks of innumerable timeless structures lay dormant within your heart. You need only situate yourself with the conducive atmosphere & tools & wait for the inevitable stream of information to appear within your present as gift from kosmic consciousness you receive merely by your acknowledgment of it. This is an exponential return on investment that we provide our devotion to the beyond so that we become like royalty on Earth amongst the spiritually impoverished who are that way not because they lack capacity for wisdom, but simply because they positioned their life in a limited way; unknowingly worshipping a barrier to the intelligence they simultaneously fear & long for. Cast your tame-hood for the wild to uncover a character you do not know because his order abilities are unhalted by the chameleon tendency in pursuit of survival. Behold what the universe can transform you into once you heed the call for evolution when the repulsion of death has been replaced with the attraction to life. You have on attention & therefore you cannot serve two masters. The power you feed is the power you will get & it will exude from your temple like the fragrance of a lotus flower that greets those sensitive enough to detect its distinct aura. So choose to turn your back on the deceiver that robs your benevolent scent, & sing silent praises to the pole upon the dualistic scale that delivers endless inspiration that propels your joy. Sit upon the summit of your mind until the phoenix of rebirth can be observed & ridden even higher through the clouds ceiling towards the realm of pure sunlight. Bask in the rays of warmth & allow them to burn away those metaphysical chains that gripped your limbs for so long. What's left is strong enough to commune with the self sustaining explosion of magnitude that destroys prison walls for the inner revolution of humanity to unfold in every mind that can sense its resonance. Know the universe's king smiles upon those who carry out his work. Be still & know I am is God.