We would like to apologise for the delay in getting the Aquarius
papers up. This has been due to difficult circumstances here at the
moment, with too few people trying to keep too many balls in the air
at once. For this reason it is now a priority that we keep the London
Buzz papers on the move, so if these papers are of interest to you,
and you have any points, questions or problems, please e-mail us.
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Questions and points made by some of us that have
written in, we will try to answer in the following text.
Opening the door
By opening the door of the London Buzz , which we may also find perhaps,
may be the door to our own individual mind, hopefully enabling us
to expand our perception of this our world, that we may come to find
begins within each one of us. The object is for those of us that are
interested to unfold for ourselves as single units, to a level of
expanded vision, whereby the need, based on fear, for outside dependencies
is no longer a need, including "the London Buzz "
Getting on the Bus
We are going to carry this out on a purely "see for yourself"
basis. There are no experts, the intelligence is ourselves. The London
Buzz is a tour bus, moving to areas in our mind where perhaps not
many other buses go. Some of us may get to the Tower, because all
routes lead to that point, we may find. Some of us may leave the bus
at points of beauty and distraction, but once the journey has begun,
there will come a time whereby we will have a need to rejoin the bus.
If at times we forget to put in the "we may find's", the
"could it not be so's", etc. etc., would we please consider
them written, as we may be preoccupied with the bus. The object we
may find, is to cut out all the "whatever we want to call it?"
Thus, maybe enabling the possibility of seeing the wood without the
trees getting in the way.
Outer appearances and the journey within.
Basically, for those of us taking part, what we are, if possible,
moving to unfold for ourselves, is the essence, the pure spirit, within
us all, without speculation or enigma, pure and simple how it began,
without posing or window dressing, managing directors, or traveling
salespeople, and without objecting to them. We are not into analysis,
we are looking to the spontaneity of clear vision. The acceptance
of things as they are. We are not saying anything written is the truth,
only is it the truth?
The object of the exercise is for us all to do this thing, if at
all possible in a manner so that it can be in its own time, grasped,
seen and understood by every walk of life, from the bottom of the
ladder to the top, and very often what we've been conditioned to believe
is the bottom of the ladder may very often be the top, and vice versa.
From the prison to the palace it is for each one of us that has the
courage, to quietly go within ones own mind, perhaps touching upon
areas that previously have been avoided, we may find all answers lie
within each and every one of us. Together we will take the bus tour
around the mind.
We will be using terminologies as a trigger that were found to be
effective, that were used together and with one another in both The
Cavern and Yesterdays Bread, and from before, always hopefully not
from above, not from below, but together, including humour and the
joy of understanding.
Hopefully for some of us the foundation for actual liberation in
a subtle manner was being laid. We can read why and then conceivably
see why. Hopefully some of the seeds from then are beginning to, and
have flowered, without a spiritual hierarchy.
This is something we are doing together in a manner that is colloquial,
and may not be at times politically correct, and may at times be very
direct and words that we may have been conditioned to believe are
bad language may be used, also hopefully humour. So if we are easily
offended, don't get on the bus, it will be direct and down to earth.
If at first you don't see, wait.
It has no label, cannot be labeled, cannot have a
hierarchy, and can only be lived according to what is seen, not what
is believed in.
What is written here in this issue, might or might
not be an opportunity to help us find out where we are at, and also
perhaps move out of confusion, whilst surrounded by confusion.
We can read why and then conceivably see why.
If we come to see truth in what is written here,
with wisdom it should be protected, but cannot be defended.
May the power of the Flower be with you,
Peace with understanding,
The London Buzz
Idol worsip or Individual Responsibility
The London Buzz is not into instigating idol worshipping,
be they visible or invisible, from the 60's or from any time in recorded
history, or converting anybody from one thing to another, but what
we are doing is attempting to inspire ourselves to have the courage
to look within ourselves for answers to the problem of pain and suffering,
and war and conflict on this now small planet of ours. To look within
ourselves to a point whereby we may see hostility, discord, pain and
suffering has its roots, its beginnings within each one of us as individuals.
There are no spiritual "directors" .
We are all responsible for making the journey in,
The Illusion of security
In our constant quest for security and continual
attempts at making the impermanent permanent -" the pain of attachment
"- and is this not from the past projected into the future? How
often is our mind still enough to experience the "now" ?,
and could it not also be so, that the only thing that makes our insecurity
so uncomfortable is the fact that we deem it a must, that we have
that very impermanent sensation of security? , and does this not encompass
anxiety, "fear" ? We may come to find in absolute reality
that "security does not exist". If this be so, how really
individual are we as individuals? "We just cant get enough of
this security thing"
Motives behind our Actions and Reactions
If we just watch our minds, with an alert and sharp
perception, accompanied by an honest acceptance of the bottom line
factual motives behind our actions and reactions throughout our daily
routine, in so doing we may find out for ourselves how thought and
imagination effect the process of inhibition of mind expansion. We
may observe thoughts as passing clouds, but that should not create
a fog of analysis. As we go along, we may find this to be meditation,
and if as we move about the mind together we are able to touch on
the bottom line truth, this we may find is the very foundation of
spirituality, and liberation, and then perhaps that need to be dependent
on something outside of ourselves for answers will begin to dissipate.
We may find doors in the mind that have been closed
and locked, which will begin to open of their own accord, as the oil
of acceptance and compassion is applied to rusted hinges and locks.
Then as our minds expand, seeing and understanding takes place.
For many of us, we may find we either choose to put
or are conditioned to put our security eggs into the basket of one
or another organisation, be it "business", "political",
"religious" within and including the nation. And for reasons
of practicality, why should we not? But do we not as single units
defend an image, this ornamentation of how we wish to be perceived?
And how often is this not in relationship to the "organisation"?,
and are we not moving around in a defending mode, even though no one
is attacking us. Does this not bring about tension? So therefore is
the organisation not defending? and does this guarding not stimulate
guarding and perhaps offence? Surely this all brings about a "cling-on"
mentality, which can, can it not, encompass narrowness, bigotry, and
the locking in of the potential for mind expansion. "The ego
in relationship".
From the Past
"Do we not reside in the realm of want?"
We want to move from insecurity to security, and then do we not want
to secure that security? How many of us can never have enough money,
or do we only think that we can?
"There are none more needy than us the greedy"
Us gamblers, do we not need money to lose, to enable
us to have that sensation that anticipation and excitement that we
might win - is this not anxiety, calculated fear? Or are we not trying
for a repeat of that elated sensation of security we had when we first
won in the distant past? A starting state of mind, we may find, can
sometimes be very productive, because in the beginning we do not know
quite what to expect. We expect not too much, and so we get a big
high . But does this first big high not soon become reduced back to
the norm, the realm of want, the desire for the repeat performance?
And in some cases we may find ourselves in the realm of the neurotic
craver - craving for a repeat of that first experience, making the
following experiences, when we can get them, quite dull by comparison,
but we still have the anticipation, brought forward from the past
in search of the permanent satisfaction that does not exist. Are not
our wants from the past drop-kicked into the future, only to have
to repeat the action again - "constantly heading towards something",
"round and round we go", "up and down we go".
At this level of consciousness, "can we have an upper without
a downer ?" But because we do have a human mind, "we do
know all this, and everything else in its completeness", the
problem is we have such a tremendous fear of letting go of what we
are so uncomfortable with,( in some cases this may include what we
are conditioned to believe is our intelligence). Therefore we call
it the "unknown". We are constantly making comparisons which
finally we may find can be quite painful to us, and sometimes quite
vicious to others, and also quite pointless and quite stupid. Comparisons
are for practical reasons. We are not saying that we should not have
pleasure, all this is not to bring about narrowness and fanaticism,
in fact, hopefully the reverse.
How many facets of life existence could we apply
all this to in this world of ours? And does this not also "create
the concept of time", and in its more gross forms within us as
human beings, can it not bring about the most horrendous states of
cruelty, pain, suffering and war?
This constantly heading towards something that will
secure what we imagine to be security; money power, religion or whatever.
Is this not the insecurity of security.
To bring peace to this world?
Do we really want world peace? Throughout world history,
have we not always justified wrong action for the right end product?
And has not this wrong action not always brought about the wrong end
product - pain, misery and suffering ?
As many of us are aware, we vote in Governments that
reflect the average level of conscious awareness of the Nation, we
pay their wages and give them complete control over the nations wealth,
armed forces, and law-making. And us as politicians, do we tell the
population the truth, do we duck and side track to avoid a direct
question? Do we submit annual accounts to our employers, the society
that voted us in? When we're voted in, do we become very excited?
Do our loyalties go beyond that loyalty to the party, the organisation?
and that word pride that often some of us throw about - what price
do we pay to maintain that? Do we hood wink and manipulate our employers
with propaganda? We are all in this together and again the reaction
we have is our reaction. So surely us politicians must find out and
know our motives for wanting to be politicians. For on our say so,
the most precious commodity on this planet can be at risk - a human
life. Or do some of us on the back wash of perhaps money, power, religious,
political, separatist conditioning, feel ourselves, therefore our
organisation, to be more special, more learned more knowing, more
entitled to the privilege of a human body - defending perhaps?
And on the other side of what we may find is exactly
the same coin, some of us have exactly the same feeling of antagonism
and hostility towards the wealthy and powerful. There are those of
us that are greedy to have, and those of us that are greedy not to
have, or are we? Is it not the same greed?
Could there be any truth in that statement that "the
representative for the workers rights, is very often a frustrated
managing director". We may see that it always was and still is
the same coin flipped from one side to the other.
Just as we may find the level of consciousness of
the government reflect the level of consciousness, on average, of
the society, so the same could be said for other organisations. Do
they not reflect the average level of conscious awareness of the participants?
The peace at the end of the war is always a very temporary
thing, and throughout history, we may find, each year there is at
least one war somewhere on this planet.
Just as the clear energy of peace begins within each
one of us as single units, then surely peace will then begin within
each single organisation, stemming from that single unit, not by doing
alterations with the thought process. - "I was one of these,
now I'm one of those" - again the same coin but flipped over.
But by sharp observation of that coin, happiness is between thoughts,
and we may become very happy to serve this world first and foremost,
because we will begin perhaps to see that this world has served us,
by enabling us to have a human body and mind, and therefore allowing
us to unfold this thing. Not by way of what can I take, but by way
of what can I give.
So, therefore for us to see this thing in its fullness,
surely it means we must expand our level of conscious awareness beyond
the constrictions and limiting confines of the loyalties to the group
or organisation. This will enable an enormous expansion in awareness
and understanding to take place within ourselves as restraints are
gently allowed to fall away of their own accord. On a foundation of
truth, this expansion of understanding and values, will then begin
to permeate throughout the organisation and correct action will take
place. If the infinite expansion brought about by truth is seen and
internalised by one person in 7,000, this planet will be completely
transformed and turned the right way up - because at the moment we
are all upside down, we may find.
As hopefully we are coming to see, none of this is
for looking with daggers at what is outside of ourselves, it is for
looking at what is within. For we may find that what we dislike in
another, is a facet of that which is within ourselves, that we refuse
to take responsibility for. It is in some cases as though we have
a special licence that others should not have. And do we not then
"develop memories of convenience" that we imagine are conducive
to the image and our psychological comfort, which often causes great
discomfort, not only to ourselves. And if this gets out of hand, do
we not have a very big problem?
Hopefully we can move slowly by alert awareness, and
begin to accept with warmth and gratitude that which previously was
unacceptable within ourselves. For we may find that is where the warmth
of compassion begins. Only when we see pride and ambition within ourselves
and the lengths that we will go to to defend those states of being
in relationship to the group, the organisation, within the organisation
of the nation. Only then when we see how closely it is all linked
with our greed and our fear, will we begin to come away from confusion,
and begin slowly to see that perhaps we are all one another. Only
then will war, conflict and separatism, perhaps come to an end in
this world of ours.
What other way could there be?
Could this not be in truth and simplicity the opening
of the 3rd eye.
As perhaps we are seeing in this, we are attempting
to unfold simply the pure spiritual essence, encompassing all things
without measuring, labelling, or separating, although we are moving
around our minds together and hopefully are and will be supportive
of one another, this can only be seen and unfolded as an individual.
As we unravel ourselves, from turmoil and discomfort.
Sowing of bad seeds is the root cause of our problems,
and as we go along, and expand and acknowledge within, we will, perhaps
for ourselves, see the action of karma more and more clearly, and
for us even to begin to build a foundation for our unfoldment, there
are precepts that we must abide by to be of benefit to ourselves,
and so therefore, to this world. We may find that as we begin to expand
beyond the self, beyond the "why me's" and "if only's",
we may see, for ourselves that all hatred is the hatred of oneself,
and then we may find when we take part in witch hunting, we are hunting
the witch that dwells within ourselves.
Bullying with the pen
And does this not also include, and are there not
acts of violence that can take place on a so called legal basis within
some of our organisations -"bullying with the pen" , and
in some cases the affect on people can be as prolonged and devastating
as the physical bully. Here, we are not talking about asserting pressure
to protect the infrastructure of the organisation, on the basis of
the fact that still so many of us abuse kindness and understanding,
and also we are not talking about those of us that have carried out
actions in ignorance, although in absolute reality, it is all ignorance.
What we are talking about is when we deliberately and perniciously
bring to bear, unnecessary pressure, from a position of power within
the organisation, onto people, or an organisation, in a much weaker
position. "Sadistic pen pushing". Perhaps we may hold back
the rightful payment outstanding to a small supplier for services
rendered, knowingly bringing about worry and tension, that at times
may be unsustainable. When we twist and turn the law, to wipe out
a small business, where a few people were happy to earn their livelihood,
knowing full well that they were too weak to afford legal defence
and protection, and without us offering them, what would amount, to
us, a pittance in compensation for the taking away of their livelihood,
their way of life, and the misery brought about by our actions.
And some of us, in legal organizations, how far along
this dark road are we prepared to go? And how many of us use those
justifying cliches: "I'm only doing my job", "they
told me to", "I'm responsible to the shareholders",
which brings us the shareholders into this scenario. Are we aware
and do we condone, some of the activities that bring about pain and
misery, by some of the companies we invest in, and should we as shareholders
not take responsibility for our actions in all of this - surely we
should know, and it should be made clear, the actual level of action
adopted by the company we invest in.
Surely we have to know for ourselves, from within
the organisation, if pain and suffering in some part of our small
world is being cashed in upon, and so therefore perpetuated. There
is enough for everybody's health and well being on this planet, and
in our own way we all must do what we can to see that all are catered
for.
-And on a lighter note, as many of us know - Yesterdays
Bread does know something about all this.
There is nothing wrong with money if the price is
right, and one perhaps should be aware, never to be bought and paid
for, and never to sell for material gain that spiritual essence that
lays within each and every one of us. So again we must say, our conscious
awareness must go beyond the artificial comfort and protection of
the organisation, and again see that violence, war and conflict begin
within each of us as individuals - wrong action is always the outcome
of ignorance.
If we are consciously aware that we have handed out
from our high chair, misery and suffering, could it not be from the
split brought about by the comparisons we have made, and the defence
of artificial confidence brought about by ambition, which has brought
the level of constantly having to defend what we feel perhaps to be
a precarious position. If the cap does not fit, don't wear it, but
if it does fit, for our own spiritual well-being and therefore the
spiritual well-being of this entire world, with awareness, acknowledgment,
and the liberating acceptance of oneself, this type of action must
be brought to an end. And if at all possible past injurious actions
made good. If not with conscious awareness, we must say to ourselves
"that will not happen again", and with sharp observation
of our mind and awareness of our motives. This will bring about an
expansion in conscious awareness and a movement beyond previous levels
of consciousness, and here we may find again for ourselves, that carrying
guilt is a psychological manifestation that may inhibit expansion
- ashamed, yes, but harbouring guilt, no. The harbouring of guilt
brings about fear.
If we choose to ignore our own wrong actions, and
continue in the same manner in our quest for the artificial comfort
of impermanence, there may come a time that we will experience the
suffering and discomfort we have meted out. Even though we may avoid
it for a lifetime, "we may find we get away with nothing".
And we may find the suffering we will experience will be in a manner
more intense, because the environment of the recipient is also affected
by wrong action, a "knock on".
The action of compassion and kindness, we may find
to be an energy of such pure clarity, that if one in 7000 realised
it, that energy would permeate throughout the world. We may also find
compassion is not all hair stroking in fairyland.
As the "me" and the "my", of
its own accord begins to diminish and pass away, so fear and its glove
of greed will also begin to diminish and fall away. A state of generous
understanding will arrive to the mind and this we may find, will allow
the mind to expand beyond the boundaries of conditioned security,
speculation and the pain and strain of "from past to future",
that encompass this level of being, and then perhaps all the acting,
posing and "tweety birdy" spirituality will also end itself,
as we come to see, that it may take a very very long time for the
acting to become the actress or actor, this state of being "unnaturally
natural", "insincerely sincere" can promote fear and
alienation from experiencing our real self, especially when the actor
and actress convince themselves that they are the acting - again perhaps,
the need to defend.
To have a head full of book and a heart full of the
greed, of self importance, can cause much conflict in this world,
and, we may find, one cannot read themselves into heaven. Also as
we unfold, we may come to realise that intelligence is not what we
are conditioned to believe it is. One should follow their spiritual
nose, and not the common herd.
To enable us to get the most from this observation
of our own mind, and as an aid or an option, and as we know, all this
that is written is a "take it or leave it" option. But the
main thing is that it may help us to see if there is any truth in
all of this that has been written, and if as individuals we can go
beyond speculation, which will enable us to perhaps have a firm foundation
for our unfoldment, without incorporating too much fear in letting
go. Therefore, perhaps, no longer having the painful need for dependancies
outside of ourselves.
Meditation
Watch gently to keep the mind on the job in hand,
don't worry about passing thoughts, but as soon as we become aware
of them, bring the mind back onto what we are doing. If we are walking,
experience walking, experience the feet touching the ground. If we
are washing the face, experience the hands touching the face. If we
are sweeping, that is the experience we are having, move to the job
without the disconnection by thought.
When we wake in the morning, if we want to, and which
may compliment this meditation of awareness, do some stretching exercises
for a few minutes straight away, to clear the mind of sleep and then
wash, shower, or whatever. Before eating or drinking, if one can,
sit in a straight back chair in an erect position, put one hand in
the other, preferably in a room with few distractions, close the eyes
if we want to. To aid concentration, draw the eyes to a point whereby
we are concentrating on the location of the third eye, an inch or
two above the bridge of the nose. Breath normally, but just bring
the mind to concentrate on the point where the air touches the nostrils
on entering. If the mind wanders with thought, don't worry about thought,
gently bring the mind back to the point of concentration. Sit for
between a quarter of an hour and three quarters of an hour. If we
can, sit again of an evening before eating.
If one feels one is not meditating, sit for a quarter
of an hour watching the clock, and see how long time then takes. We
may find there is no need to do marathon sits, especially if we have
a days work to carry out, which is also a major part of our meditation.
We may then find that we are not enlightenment chasers, or heaven
pursuers, chasers of a spiritual carrot that has been dangled in front
of us, or using the same design to chase after enlightenment as another
person uses to chase after the country mansion.
Enlightenment is an arrival, the experience of spiritual
insights and liberation can take place at any time.
We all have passing thoughts, and one cannot think
not to think, as this splits the mind. We may come to see that thought
during meditation is just sometimes energy moving up, (unless we are
indulging ourselves), and the energy moving up may be old rubbish
and fears that have been locked in for a long time, and not really
associated with what is being thought about. We are saying this in
case at times, our sit appears to drag, it all has much value, we
may find. We are not into analysis, we are into clear vision.
Of interest, we may find that meditation on something
outside of ourselves, like a candle flame, can induce an hypnotic
state. We are not saying does, but can. This can also, we may find
in some cases, make us vulnerable to suggestion, neurotically dependent
on something or somebody outside of ourselves, whom may also be dependent
upon us. This can cause alienation, and have a zombie like effect,
more so perhaps if we are in search of answers.
We are on our own at the end of the day, so let us
be on our own in the beginning.
We are our own master, our own guru. Here, we just
move about our minds together to find out hopefully the bottom line,
unbendable truth which we may find will bring about liberation from
the torment of attachments and comparisons and hostility.
We may find it far better to be at the very least
2 weeks drug free before under taking the sitting practise,.That means
drugs that are unprescribed. This does not include tobacco, although
it is bad for the health.
If this undertaking of meditation throws up an energy
release, that has an angry manifestation, one can experience it without
expressing it violently. This may be the release of an anger, a fear
suppressed from somewhere in the past, and there will come a time
whereby maybe we will say "oh, that's what it was, been down
there all that time", or sometimes more recent things. But if
drugs are in the system, this may happen in a manner where the experience
may be too difficult to control, and sometimes perhaps on a far too
regular basis.
Also with the sitting practice, we will get just as
much out of it by sitting on a chair as we would by sitting in some
position on the floor that may have appealed to our exotic imagination,
just to get the imagination bit out of the way. But where and how
we sit is entirely up to us. What will be received will be received.
So with a keen sharp observance and an acceptance
of the motives behind the activities of ones mind, we may find out
if or not these things written are true. It is not an analysis, nor
is it a procedure, it is the acknowledgment , and acceptance of ourselves,
with all our shortcomings, brought about by attachment in relationship
to this world, ( which does not mean that we should not have)
But if what we do have, has us, we have a problem.
The child we are bringing up is ourselves, and in
so doing, should be carried out with much warmth and affection - criticism
with understanding. As we have said before, if wrong action has been
carried out in the past, we should feel ashamed, but not carry guilt.
To ourselves we must say, "that will not happen again".
The reactions we have in this world, and to this world, are our reactions.
If somebody tries to throw to us their dark energy, with sharp awareness
and compassion, duck and let it pass over. Although one with wisdom
may make the appropriate noises until the energy has dissipated, we
should always make good "wrong action" if we can.
The warmth, affection, release and gratitude one gleans
for oneself from the unfoldment of oneself, is the beginning of compassion,
and to know oneself in completeness, we may find, is to know every
human being who is, who ever has been, and whoever will be on this
planet, we may find a level of understanding and compassion that is
boundless. "In absolute reality, evil does not exist, we may
find it is just blind ignorance" There is nothing wrong with
discontentment, if we stop trying to feel content, and there is nothing
wrong with insecurity, if we stop trying to feel secure.
So, surely if this is the truth, the spiritual essence,
it cannot in our now small world, be named, decorated, posed with,
labelled, sectioned off, and separated, as does this not bring about
confusion and conflict? Again, surely the truth does not need to be
defended, is it not self-supporting, unless perhaps in our ignorance,
we have perhaps twisted and turned, ornamented and graded it into
confusion, and could that not bring about a constant becoming, and
therefore perhaps control by fear?
We may find the acknowledgment and acceptance of
truth within ourselves will bring about its own dissipation of fear,
and then perhaps the looking for gradings will be of no more consequence
to us. Because, as for ourselves as a single unit, we see for ourselves
that wisdom is beyond the yard stick - It stands alone!
When we have expanded to a magnitude whereby we realise
that all hatred is self hatred, and the witch we hunt is always the
witch that dwells within ourselves, and therefore we may find that
we are one another. The seeing of all this in a pure and simple manner,
we may find, will enable our actions to be of benefit to this small
world of ours, beyond the confines of the organisation. Beyond, because
our actions are without feeling that pressing need to use a label
or seek gratification for ourselves by spotlighting the organisation,
which is in fact ourselves in relationship to the organisation. Because
at that level, the organisation is us, and we are the organisation.
Every child on this planet is our child, and their
future is our future, with the energy and clarity of a clear mind,
we will begin to understand what compassion is, without doing a reformation
job on desire, with all its accompaniments. Surely this is keeping
it as pure and simple as when it began?
In absolute reality could it not be so, that thought
and imagination are quite pointless and always from the past projected
into the future. So lets get back to the perfection of reality. If
in reality, its the truth, then lets return to reality. Here we are
not trying to conjure up some new sensation, or high chair or perch,
that can be shaken or rocked, but we are trying to conjure up enough
courage, confidence and intelligence to be a fool. Or is it that we
just want to want?
Enlightenment and compassion.
Did we create compassion, or did compassion create
us ? Did we create the gene, or did the gene create us ?
If we love what we are but hate what we were, surely
we still are what we were. Surely to see this in its fullness, we
must allow our minds to expand beyond the confining loyalties to the
organization, whatever it may be. Heaven, we may find ,is where we
are at any given moment, - not many people know that!
As we ourselves unfold, a stage may be reached whereby
what we have unfolded for ourselves, and touched upon would not be
exchanged for all the wealth and power this impermanent world has
to offer - it is infinite.
Perhaps then we will give to this world in a manner
that is beyond the confinement of any umbrella that perhaps we imagine
we derive shelter and comfort from.
As we go along, we may find just how much our oranisations
do have in common, and in some cases, are we not buying and selling
our spirituality, enclosing what is within each of us, the very essence
of this universe? There is no reason why we should not have the country
house, or the yacht, or the toys of this world, but if we have a level
of consciousness that is dependent on these things, or the getting
of these things, or even the dependence on not getting and having
these things, it is then that we have the problem.
Unfortunately, the only language that is common to
this world at the moment is money. "Never use bad language".
Other than this, we may find words are just words and bad language
may just be the gross energy behind the spoken word ?
And those of us that take part en masse, in acts
of violence and destruction, in environments other than and maybe
including our own, bringing about fear and injury. As individuals
what are our motives for our actions, is our greed for control any
different from any other greed ? In some cases, could the level of
consciousness not be the same, but painted a different colour ?
The tablet of truth, for many of us is too big to
swallow in one gulp, and perhaps needs to be administered from outside
of the organisation, and regime, to be internalised within, especially
if conditioning is deeply ingrained - "our flag", "our
oath taking", "our different traditions", "our
worshipping", and the fear of letting go - sorry, but lets watch
our reaction, spiritual liberation is meant, harm is not. Finally,
perhaps from within the organisation, one or two of us in the beginning
might see clearly, and not according to indoctrination or speculation,
that first and foremost, we have a non-judgemental spiritual obligation
to this world, and the people of this world, and surely the most important
part of that obligation, is the commitment to seeing that the people
of this planet have the basic needs for the potential for expansion
and unfoldment as a human right; food water, health, shelter and education,
without feeling the need to convert them into one organisation or
another.
In all this, hopefully we may come to see the value
of human laughter and the ability to laugh at oneself, the freedom
to experience a childlike state, without the cruelty of being childish.
It is the medicinal energy we have created, or if we are into God,
that God has given us. For body and mind it can be a release of fear
that we have trapped within us from the distant past, and not too
distant past also.. As we open the minds doors to it, it can be contagious
and liberating, from smiling and giggling together, maybe at nothing
in particular, up to the full throttle, it can have a good healing
effect on the body. It is the medicinal compound we have created,
as an antidote, we may find, for such things as: fanaticism, bigotry,
all forms of narrowness that lock in expansive understanding and acceptance,
that the extremes of stupidity, political correctness, takes upon
itself. We have seen humorists, when humour was based on direct insight,
closed in upon and squeezed out, often by organisations of so called
liberation. We perhaps may one day see that much of the humour that
now is shied away from, by the media, may well have been as we may
find as our consciousness expands, of a tremendous psychological homeopathic
value to society. To see the funny side of what we only imagine to
be our differences, it is the energy behind the word, that gross dark
energy of hatred and fear which is unacceptable, and in those cases,
the unacceptable should not be accepted, as this also is contagious.
But in so doing, wish them well, for they are unwell. But on the other
hand, it can be of spiritual benefit, to occasionally "have the
rise taken"out of us as individuals or groups, especially when
we ourselves begin to see the funny side of it. But we ourselves must
surely see the side to this political correctness, that can bring
about, suppression, alienation, and a slow fuse for a potential explosion,
especially if it be used in a manner whereby we torment and threaten
each other with it, without the humour it can be misused, perhaps
by some of us that are a little emotionally immature.
We are not perfect, so before looking over the fence
at the weeds in next doors garden, first we might pull out the weeds
from our own garden, and in so doing, we may find that the roots from
the weeds that appear in next doors garden, stem from our own garden.
The work in hand in removing our own weeds, may become so interesting
and absorbing, that flowers begin to create themselves, and then if
we do just happen to take a casual glance over the fence, we may well
see flowers also in next doors garden, and where their roots stem
from will be of no importance to us, the fact that there are flowers
will make us very happy.
But if we enter our neighbours creative garden with
the intention of taking secretly the creative flowers, or even the
overall concept of the creative garden, then our own ground will be
dry and stony, therefore bringing about a constant need to repeat
the action. Finally our neighbour may have the need to build a fence
around the creative garden, bringing to an end the freedom of others
to experience the inspiration, the fragrance, the beauty and tranquility
of the creative garden. Others will then put fences around their creative
gardens, because of the momentum brought about by such action. But
the biggest and most guarded wall of all, will be the wall enclosing
a garden of dry stony ground. Some may have vision of sufficient clarity
to penetrate the wall of the garden of dry stony ground, but sufficient
wisdom , whilst time takes its course, to remain at a distance.
In absolute spiritual reality:
Can there be such a thing as spiritual competitiveness?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual jealousy?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual greed?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual ambition?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual blasphemy?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual confinement?
Can there be such a thing as spiritual inferiority
complex or superiority complex?
One thing is the other, why should we wish to feel
superior?
And those of us that are into leading and those of
us that are into following, Guru-ing and disciple-ing, is not the
object of our Guru-ing to enable another to abandon fear, the pain
of attachment, dependency .In some cases do we not encourage attachment
to ourselves and recreate a level of dependency in our own direction,
and in some cases, is it not easier to control a small number of disciples.
And us, the followers, should we attach ourselves to Guru's, coloured
pictures, and ornaments -Imagaining that someones picture is going
to transport us into heaven. Problems can arise if someone has a coloured
picture of a different transporter.
Here again, nobody's saying we should, and nobody's
saying we should not. In some cases, do the followers need the Guru,
or does the Guru need the followers?
Taking into consideration that spirituality can also
have that starters mind that we spoke about earlier on, ( starters
mind, gambling, money drugs, etc. etc.), and if our head is suddenly
moved into the clouds, perhaps we should be sure that our feet are
firmly on the ground, because these states of mind can easily be cashed
in upon, and the other side of this coin, perhaps, can be the finishers
mind, whereby we begin to have a deal on the basis of fear. None of
this is hard and fast, and as always if the cap doesn't fit, there
is no point in wearing it !
For those of us that remain at the rear of the queue,
with quiet observance an experience can come upon us, a transendancy,
an expansion in conscious awareness, that will be completely beyond
the comprehension of those that have fought their way to the front
of the queue. When the moment is right, instigation and separatist
propaganda will end itself. Physical, pen pushing, and position bullying
will end itself, and the separatist world will no longer exist.
Truly one World consciousness.
War, conflict, separatism, will bring itself
to an end.
We cannot bring it to an end.
Could this not be the spiritual healing that we have
been crying out for.
Is there any other way?








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