today i want to discuss a very important point
that i will call the possibility of total security
being completely unafraid and uninhibited
completely at ease
firstly i would like us to look at
how much of our lives are determined by these fears of all sorts
it would be well if for a week or two
we simply monitored the occurence of fearfulness in ourselves
no particular need to judge fear one way or the other
just see it
be aware of it
if one were to write some of it down this would be extraordinarily well
and my point is what do we really accomplish by this fearfulness
is it not useless
what is it you are afraid is going to happen to you
ask yourself that question
what is it really that i am afraid is going to happen to me
fear can be considered an emotion
it is to be considered a negative emotion
are we not often fearful of things that are not likely to happen
or that cannot happen
or that do not turn out to happen at all
fear is just an emotion
and it is a fallible one
just as our thots are not always correct
so certain emotions as well can be misleading
how to be free of fear
one way is to understand that fear is just a feeling
it should not be used to allow us the dubious luxury of wrong action
what do i mean by this
i mean that no matter what you may feel in terms of fear
hold to the path of right action in spite of it
this is a way to begin
i feel the fear
i notice it
i know that it is there
and i recognize something of its nature
but i will not allow it to drive me into wrong action
i will hold to right action in spite of it
there are other ways to deal with fear
i have a stronger foolproof method
but i will hold that discussion for possibly later
i will only say now that this socalled foolproof method
is based on the fact that the universe is intelligent and therefore compassionate
and would never let any real harm come to the manifold entities
i will say no more at this point
since this method is more challenging
and not so easy to grasp
you will find serenity and you will know peace
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so let us assume that one has managed
to find ways to keep oneself occupied or engaged
and that one has found a way
to satisfactorily find comfort in the company of other humans
after a while of practicing and using these two points
one may find oneself becoming more and more sane
more and more centered grounded at ease
when ones emotional state has been stabilized in this way
further progress can be made by practicing a proper meditation technique
i will describe one such technique
it was conceived by myself
tho much has also been borrowed from elsewhere
tho i do not presume to speak for them
the zen buddhists have called this technique just sitting
they call it this for good reason
just sitting is exactly what it is
what can one expect if one just sits
one can expect that one will be just sitting
in other words no expectations is a key phrase here
i said progress could be made in this way
and it can
but it is only a possibility
it is by no means guaranteed
if one cannot be satisfied with just sitting
then one should either not just sit
or just sit until one can be satisfied with just sitting
other expectaions destroy ones chances
please try this
sit comfortably down somewhere
external distractions may be limited
but this is not wholly necessary
typically the eyes are closed but neither is this a firm requirement
now simply sit still
any instinctive type movements such as breathing or coughing are allowed
natural movements
movements for the sake of comfort
are allowed
the point is not to see how still you can be
this is not the point at all
we simply want to sit quite still
the point being that one is not doing anything at all
one is not engaged
one is not active
one is unoccupied
now about thots
simply disregard them
care not one way or the other
whether thots are there or not
this meditation has nothing to do with thot
one way or the other
thinking is absolutely allowed but not required
practice this until your intuition tells you it is enuff
even one minute may be enuff
its foolish to do it too much
you can do it alot if you like
but dont do it too much
lao tze has said
there is nothing like knowing what is enuff
when the inner voice tells you to stop just sitting and again become active
do so
love
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i have said that the first requisite for living well or living to the maximum
is the condition of remaining engaged occupied or active
and the second requisite is that of human interaction
without going fully into these two we cannot realize our maximum potential
i would now like to say something
about this phenomenon of human interaction
human contact or human companionship
it is really quite simple to formulate
under what conditions this interaction can successfully occur
in this regard the socalled golden rule makes a nice starting point
let us say that one can always successfully interact with others
if one affords to them the same treatment
that one allows that they should afford to oneself
this i may call the principle of fairness
it is a simple and effective moral code
beginning with a simple moral code
we come to the phenomenon of conscience
which is of critical importance
and which is what we are actually talking about here
let me in all my dealings with others
be guided by this special positive emotion called conscience
and let me as well develop this conscience
to finer and finer levels of function
this alone can provide for successful fulfilling interactions with others
and this covers every level of intimacy
from driving down the highway full of cars
to sublime sexual intercourse
to meditative oneness
it is all based on the simple principle
that there are universally recognized ways of properly treating people
and these apply equally to every being including the being i call myself
so here is all you really need to know
to begin and continue the adventure of interacting well with others
this is the second point in becoming sane living well growing spiritually
and eventually realizing ones potential in full
if all this interests you
i am still offering free one to one univeric counseling
and welcome your contact
love
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what occurs to me first of all
is how we live as humans
and specifically how we live well
that is to say how do we live with maximum sanity
in this regard two points of contact come to mind
firstly is an issue which i may call engagement
this may also be called remaining occupied or remaining active
and this may take many forms
it is very good for insanity
if you can get the person to engage in some activity
as i said this may take many forms
for instance watching tv may be quite a positive activity
if one does it with at least a minimum of mindfulness
on the other hand
if one just sits in front of it dull and bored
it may mean nothing
the point is not which activity we choose
thinking alone may be quite a good thing to engage in
if we think with a little bit of direction and energy
physical activities are fine but there are also many other possibilities
for instance writing or painting or playing music
simply watching the sun set
one can find oneself engaged
so this is the first point
engagement
then the second point is the companionship of other humans
these two things can help the insane very much
one might say they are indispensible for increasing sanity
for living well
this second point of human interaction
i plan to make a separate blog entry for
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i am currently offering what i call univeric counseling for free
there are no strings attached
either party may discontinue at any time
in univeric counseling one is to exahaust all of ones possibilities
this means one goes as far as one possibly can
toward what i will call perfection
we may say that this will be the perfecting of a given individual
anyone and everyone is invited to contact me regarding this matter
all questions or comments are welcomed
if you would like to become a client we can give it a try
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the self is god
the world is not what we think
we think the world is outside of us
god is the world
i am the world
god alone exists
the self slone exists
it never changes
i never change
i am permanent
i am never going to die
the earth and sun shall perish but i shall not
set your sights on something that will last forever
something reliable
i am that pearl
you are exactly that
love
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i am who i am
thats not going to change
i am the world
the world is not going to change
the world is eternal and unchanging
if someone could just live with that it would be a big change
however it would not really be a change
because have we not always been living with the world exactly as it is
when did the world ever not change
but then i want to change it in a particular way
who am i
who am i to presume this
im not against zaadz and her mission
im just urging that we get real about it
why assume from the beginning that changing the world would be good
what if the world is already changed
when will this insanity stop
once the world changes youll just want to change it again
come to a full stop
then the world is changed already
love
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