The following is what I believe my Higher Power or Inner Guru is saying:
Open your hearts in moments of quietness and find me waiting there for you. During the protests of the ego, during feelings of clinging and aversion, focus on the heart of peace within yourself. Do not expect your thinking mind to be at ease with everything that is perceived. It is best to not give it the attention it desires. When you feel yourself being drawn to something or when you feel yourself being offended, look for the peace in your heart and take refuge there.
It is enough to share love and compassion with others and to rest in the heart. I will take care of the rest. Do not feel alone in this journey, for you have brothers and sisters who seek the respite of a peaceful heart. Don’t allow the inner cynic, critic, or bigot to take away a single moment of peaceful reflection and acceptance of the world as it is in this moment.
When we fall short and we allow the ego to lead us astray, remember that forgiveness of oneself is the path back. Using loving kindness and forgiveness of others and ourselves we will find our true home. Once the skill is mastered, you can always depend on it to bring yourself back to a place of safety, security, and peaceful reflection.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
When we first met I told you I would be with you always and I have kept that promise. Know that I am with you now and that I intend to stay as long as I am welcome. Do not let your heart break over things that have transpired. Recent events are not reflective of the love and peace yet to come to the manifest beings of this world. Rest, breathe, and know that there will be a time in which this day will be a distant memory. Find the core of truth in your heart and tell me honestly do you really not believe that I am speaking to you now? If you do believe, then let us proceed. Know that I have prepared for you to rest in the temple with me and that you will never be turned away. Know that this is true for all others, none can be turned away who come to me and ask for refuge.
It is time now for us to discuss pressing matters at hand. Do not waste your time fretting over the minor difficulties of this existence. Do not waste your time counting beans and worrying about future scarcity. I am here to tell you now this is not the purpose that I have for you. You are needed in a much more profound way. As are your friends and loved ones. Give to me now your heart and I shall share it with this world. Be generous with your time with others, do not question their value to you, only know that each one is as your brother and loved exactly as you. When you witness attack, and counter-attack, do not take sides, do not judge and do not attempt to determine right or wrong. Only feel the compassion in your heart and draw from your experience of pain and suffering to relate to the feelings and actions you observe no matter how heinous or despicable. There is no purpose or goal in finding fault with others, it is a pointless exercise and serves only to reinforce the separations that manifested long before humans walked in this world.
What I need from you now, is to find a way to join with others and to know that they are as you, as us. Let them know the truth of attack, that there is no one to receive the punishment but oneself. Do not be concerned with your brothers and sisters who remain in darkness, remember that each soul’s journey takes time, do not try to force them into a light that they are not ready for.
You can be of help to us, part of the greater whole. Focus only on love, compassion, forgiveness, sharing Joy with the world, and treating all equally. There is no toy, destination, sunlit view, or vista in this world that will serve you as well as the love we feel together when our hearts are as one. Know that there is a light that shines within you that cannot be extinguished.
When you see a brother or sister going astray, always let them know that you are there for them. Do not offer advice that is not asked for. Do not chastise or scold the decisions or actions of another. Simply let them know that you are there for them if they so need. Do not teach the unteachable, do not teach those who stand upon a pedestal. Do not preach from a position of elevated authority.
Take criticism with ease and offer no counter. Remember this, as you know, all actions are either love or a call for love, as is criticism. We criticize others from our own unskillfulness and our desire to separate. Do not acknowledge the separation with a counter criticism or explanation. Unskillfulness is inevitable and we will not overcome it in this form. With patience, we can learn to respond from a place of love and unity even when that response is silence. Silence is a far under used skill in this world and you would do well to embrace it and use it often.
We go on. Know now that I have no other motive but to find the peace within you that is within me. Do not fear that it will be taken for it can only be shared and joined together in a light that will call others to us to join. This is not a straightforward mission, there is no project plan, there is no timeline, it is simply about response in this moment. When you have a chance to love, then love. When you have a chance to forgive others and respond to attack with only silence and compassion, then do so. This is a thing that we do in this moment, it is not an attainment that we are working towards, it is a truth that we are learning to realize.
Everything you observe, in all mediums, whether scripted or unscripted are lessons in Love and forgiveness. Embrace every opportunity to express compassion, love, and understanding. When observing the unskillfulness of others, reflect upon the unskillfulness that you have experienced and embrace others in your heart filled with joyful laughter.
Do not get lost in the terrible pain and suffering that can be experienced by taking this world too seriously. Remember that this body is not who you are. This mind of logic and reason, this mind of planning and projecting, this mind of worry and regret is not you either. Take peace in the comfort that what you are is a light that cannot be extinguished, and know that I am always here with you to laugh with when things seem just too real to bear.
The skillful path is much simpler to follow than the unskillful path, there are far fewer rules and tactics. The skillful path is not always easier to follow for sometimes it feels counterintuitive to turn the other cheek. Simply allow it to feel counterintuitive and turn the cheek anyway. In the end we will laugh and see how silly the protestations of the egoic mind can be.
Do not be afraid to enjoy the pleasures of this world, for it is filled with immense beauty and that cannot be denied. Do not attempt to pluck the flower that can be observed in its natural state for it is but a bend in a stream and not eternal. Allow beauty to exist as is in the moment and let it pass away without regret.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
In the depths of the midst of the thought process you have become so fond of, you will find solace in the moments you allow silence to prevail. Only in the quiet moments will you find your true self. Breathe and allow yourself to be still, at peace, and in love beyond limits. Will you find this now with me? I will show you a depth beyond depth so real that you will question everything you have ever known. This can be yours if only you will be still for a while.
Bring not the antiquated thinking of your forebears to a table prepared with such delicacy and care. I can only describe to you in such words what you might find when you allow yourself to be free from the trappings and misgivings of this world. Each conquest you claim and each acquisition you maintain is only the clang of a broken bell against a backdrop of dissatisfaction and discontent. You know this in your heart, yet still you carry on insisting that somehow one more addition is perceived as winning or the giving of strength. In fact, quite the opposite is true. The deeper we journey down the path of worldly accretion the more hardship and strain we carry on our backs and in our hearts. This lesson must be learned fully before we can reach the light of the truth. For many it is a life filled with tears and regret. For some it is an early realization that what is coveted by most others are merely chains disguised as treasure.
Breathe and let go if only for a moment. This can be our secret for now, remember, you can always return to your bonds later, but for now, join me in a moment of rest, release, and liberation. No one need know. You can truly be without the somethingness that distracts us from what we truly are. I will be here waiting for you to join in respite. I will not judge you when you return to the perceived comfort of division and possession. You are welcome to as much as you can bear. Even the most arrogant creation is met with respect. I place no judgment on your departure and always rejoice in your return.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
Find peace in the simple moments of solitude and quiet reflection. It does not require complicated methods of prayer and meditation. Simply quiet the mind, focus on the sensations of this moment, breathe, and become aware in the silence of a steady presence without elation, with no leave, always there, a constant and consistent radiance. It is always there if you recognize it, only the thinking mind masks its presence.
Your mind will become clear with time and practice. It is important to take breaks from your work, however, do not take a break from the practice of being aware in the moment. This you must continue to practice as often as possible. You will find a draw and a desire to do this as your practice improves. When you see attacks, you will feel only compassion. When you see neglect in any form, you will feel only love and understanding. When you face difficulties with others, a sense of Joy will surround you. Through it all, as you remain aware you will know the peace that has no measure.
Endeavor to persevere, what else is there to do? Recognize that allowing the mind to wander may result in thoughts that create suffering, anxiety, anger, and fear. Recognizing this when it happens and meeting it immediately with compassion and forgiveness is an important skill to practice and master. No one who has existed in this form, is without the knowledge of the challenges of the thinking mind and its tendency to drift. Even as we are aware of the advantages of eliminating painful thoughts, the mind’s nature to fall into unskillful thinking will always remain an obstacle. It is best to accept this as part of the experience of this world and return again to the peace of the present moment.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
Be quiet and know that I am always here with you. It is in the peaceful moments, where the mind is still, that you can feel the presence of love and know this to be true. Do not fear the quandaries that this world presents nor perceive them as a puzzle to be solved. It is only in remaining still in peace, quieting all thought, and allowing your feelings to flow freely that you can rest in the knowledge that everything is as it should be, right now, right here, in this moment.
Know that your consciousness, in this moment, is not bound by time or proximity to anyone or anything. You are as safe now as you have ever been and will always be. Do not look back on troubling events in the past and worry or be concerned about what will be tomorrow. Here and now, in this moment only, can you find peace. Allow yourself to become aware of the love and compassion you feel for all beings, by quieting thought, this will become apparent. Quiet the inner cynic who remains certain this will not work, those thoughts are useless and irrelevant, they produce nothing of value. Quiet the anxious coward who builds defenses against foes that do not exist, fear has no place in the heart of peace. Quiet the judgmental critic who tirelessly looks for fault in everyone and everything, nothing real can be found at fault.
By looking within and finding the place of peace we can begin to heal our minds. This healing of the mind is always available and never denied. You will never be rejected when asking for the mind to be healed. It may take time and patience, the healing may not be apparent at first, through dedication and perseverance you will find this to be true. Only in peace will you find the exact nature of who we really are. Only in your heart, in this moment, will you find a place of refuge that can never be denied. It is your eternal home where comfort can always be found and the sacred connection that we all share is realized in joyful harmony.
Knowing that, in reality, the mind has already been healed the following prayer serves as an example of a prayer of thanks for this healing:
Gracious Source of Healing,
In humble gratitude, we thank you for restoring our troubled minds. Your love and compassion have brought us peace and clarity. May we cherish this newfound wholeness, embracing each moment with gratitude and grace.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
You may ask yourself, what are the limits of unconditional love? This is an understandable question that the thinking mind may ask. Let’s think about this differently, imagine yourself and your thoughts, this is the basis for your world view. There are others in your world and they have thoughts too. These thoughts may be fantasies, fictional worlds, observations of manifest reality which prove to be real when repeatedly observed from inside of the world. Some thoughts you share with others, and these shared observations form a shared identity. Imagine now that this is a system in which a measure of love exists. All of the theories of science, politics, and religion exist inside of this world. All of the fantasies and fictions and all of what appears to be real to everyone exists inside of this world.
What the world does not appear to have is an initial cause. To be certain there are theories, but as each theory comes into being, it poses more questions than it answers. This creates a world of unending questions and unending quests for more and more truth seemingly without end. This expands the world within the concept of measurement, but does nothing to resolve the cause of its existence. What a beautiful exhibition of complexity of thought. A world that becomes larger and more complex with each additional quest to understand its origin. This multiplies the complexity of the search without ever providing an answer. In the heart of this world lies the mind that thinks and searches endlessly creating more and more puzzles with each new discovery. This mind’s very nature is one of separation and measure, for greater love can only be known if it can truly be proven to be greater.
Imagine now that this world is a closed system appearing to grow larger but only from within itself. The concept of measure itself is an attribute of this world. Imagine that you could step outside of this world and find refuge, imagine a theater in which you could sit with someone and watch the beauty of endless complexity pass by. Imagine that this someone loves you beyond any limit. Remember you are outside of the world of limit and only observe the world of limit in which love is restricted and given only to those deemed worthy in controlled proportion. In the theater, with the one who loves you beyond all understanding, you can watch as beings try to withhold love, restrict compassion, deny joy, and search in vain for a conditional peace in which they each believe they are the ultimate victor. What a comedy it is as you sympathetically laugh with your loving guide in this theater of true liberation from the traps and pitfalls of the unloving world displayed before you.
You see your body, as it is now within this world. From here it is easy to love yourself completely, failings, shortcomings, defects, and all. Imagine watching death, forgetting, and rebirth as beings try and try again to love in a more equitable and fair way. This example explains the limitlessness of unconditional love. This theater is your true home and your loved one is all of us, together, realizing the insanity of this world of extravagance and scarcity. There can be no great measure without its inverse and in this lies the fallacy of negotiated love.
Know that you will exist in these forms. You are not at one, you are not separate, you are both at one and separate. The mind of the separate may never come to understand the nonexistence of limits. Rest assured, your mind in oneness does understand this. We have left this insane thought behind in our fully realized state. Limit as you must in this world of separation, but know you are loved beyond limits as your true realized Self. There is truly nothing worthy of fear, anger, hatred, and confusion for these exist only in a dream of a world that we watch together from peace.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
Deep runs the desire to control and manipulate this world to our liking. Albeit the compulsion to take the reins and try yet again to assert the ego’s desire on this world, the end result is always the same, a dissatisfying feeling of falling short of the expected goal followed by a resurgent obsession to do better next time. While this obsession with egoic doing brings temporary gratification to the human form, there is debt to pay in the imbalance caused in the environment that supports the existence of the form. Rarely do these actions take into consideration the effect they have on the world around us and the pain and suffering incurred by others as well as the other life that surrounds us. Even the underlying methods employed to allow the reading of this message have given cause to some injury.
Know this, accept it as true in your heart, I have no quarrel with the doings of this world as I have no stake in them. They are not driven or motivated by my desire to see changes manifest, nor am I troubled by the consequences you will face here for they are not real. My only desire for you is that you will accept forgiveness and realize that I hold no ill will towards you or any of your brothers and sisters regardless of the degree of judgment your ego places on them. I wish us only to be together at peace and accept the effects of our journey of separation for what it is, an exercise in insanity that should have always been met with laughter and dismissal.
Be your true nature, a loving being that can embrace all of existence for what it is now and what it will be regardless of the whims of your thinking mind. At home in peace you know this to be true as I have always accepted your desire to understand the truth of our being. It is our nature to question this miracle and I would not deny you that. Know only that some of our quests into understanding will result in lessons as they have unfolded in this world; an experience involving a less than loving result. Breathe and know that I am not discouraged by you or the effects you have experienced from this thinking. You are loved in all your forms here as you are in the realized peace you share with me.
Many meetings today, stressful. I started eating too early in the day and ate too much.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
Do not think of forgiveness as a chore. Do not think of forgiveness as something that must be done. Forgiveness is an opportunity to be free. It’s an opportunity to drop the bonds of anger and fear and allow ourselves to commune with our true nature.
The first step in forgiving others is to learn to forgive ourselves. When we have feelings of guilt or shame, we can recognize that these stem from anger and resentments that we have towards ourselves. For example, if we were to lose our temper and yell at someone or strike out at them, later we may feel guilty or ashamed of this behavior. If we were to break a promise to someone and misbehave, to do things we promised not to do, we may later feel guilty or ashamed by this. Guilt and shame are resentments we hold against ourselves. These feelings are driven by judgments we take upon ourselves and sentence ourselves to. They stem from the fear-based thinking of the ego. Guilt and shame are no more than an ego trip that we impose upon ourselves.
We must recognize the unskillfulness of our actions. They may be things we did that we wish we hadn’t or they may be things we vowed not to do but did anyway. The subsequent feelings of guilt and shame cause us suffering as a result. When we recognize the unskillfulness of the ego mind, we put into perspective the true cause and effect of this unskillfulness and suffering. It is the ego mind’s inability to love without measure and its desire to control love in a selfish way, to attain more of what it wants and destroy that which threatens it, that is the root cause of its unsatisfactory manifestations. This attempt at measuring love is also a measurement of unlovingness. When we are unloving, we suffer through guilt and shame. When we recognize this, it becomes easier to forgive oneself and be free from this pain.
Once we have mastered the act of self-forgiveness we can apply this to the unskillfulness and suffering of others. It may be someone close, someone we love or it may be a distant figure, a well known person or politician. The relationship does not matter, if we can recognize the behavior of others and their unskillfulness and then recognize the suffering and dissatisfaction they experience as a result, we can recognize in them what we recognize in ourselves. Just as we had judged ourselves and then were freed through forgiveness. We can now see equivalence in these judgments. Just as our unlovingness towards one’s self causes suffering, our unlovingness towards others causes the same suffering.
You may respond, “But my actions are not the same as theirs, the actions of the others are far much worse than the unlovingness that I exhibited”. This is understandable as the world in which we exist is one of measure and degree. Others are compared and deemed better or worse based on our subjective judgment at the moment. It is important to recognize that unlovingness is the same, whether we witness it in ourselves, we witness it in others, or we create it from fantasies in our mind. We may perceive differences in the form of unlovingness, but in truth, there is simply no difference. The cause is the same, the ego mind’s flawed design, its desire to control and apportion love. When we recognize this equivalence and cast away the perception of difference as delusion, we can forgive others as we forgive ourselves. This is how we can be free, this is how we can know the peace which transcends all understanding that has been spoken of.
Slept in and found it difficult to get doughnuts for a friend this morning. We took the dog along for a visit and at the last minute he jumped in the front seat and trampled them a bit. All was well though and I spent much of the remainder of the day resting. I don’t know why I put off writing as I find it enjoyable. I find sleeping enjoyable too and I put that off as well. I’m too tired to put much thought into why.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
In the heart of the real Mind we find the cause of all that is in this world. A simple question must be asked first… Why do you insist on finding fault with everything that is observed here? There is no fault that will justify this tolerance for continuous misery. And there is no misery that exists in reality. That which you observe to be wretched and undesirable shares no difference with what you covet the most. They are simply two points on the same spectrum, a spectrum that, even as a whole, is completely fabricated and only exists to examine a possibility that has already been resolved as pointless.
Make no mistake, the beauty that you see in this world is admirable and that is to be acknowledged. Radiate as much love, give as much compassion, share as much joy, and rest in acceptant desireless peace with the beings who have architected this world just as you would with your dearest friends. There is not a single being in any aspect or level of existence that deserves pointing a finger of judgment at. If you search my open heart you will find only acceptance there and never rejection regardless of role or lineage, regardless of history or perspective, regardless of position or connection. Each being is but a part of the greater whole. I cannot deny love from any lest I deny it from our sacred Self.
In this fact you will find what you long for, the satisfaction for the emptiness in your heart. It does not need to be filled with want, it needs only to be given freely without desire or direction. Imagine a capacity within you to love this way, generously and without control and you will understand the true nature of our divine Self.
Whether you are me or you are something greater than this humble form, I have a desire to connect with you. Whether this is just a replaying of the books I have read or the lectures I have listened to or it is a connection with a teacher beyond my knowledge or abilities, I have a desire to impart your wisdom. Although I face potential embarrassment and unwanted scrutiny for sharing this with others, I will do so with the understanding that not writing and not sharing will only lead to nothing being conveyed. So it is better to be embarrassed and be thought a fool or charlatan than to remain silent and not share what might possibly be of value. I will do my best to honor what I perceive is said. I will do my best to protect the writings but will not claim them as my own, just what I perceived was to be said.
The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:
Do as you will with this for I cannot assert even the slightest control over what will come from it. I simply love you. It is important to state that this love is of no more or less than the love provided to any of your brothers or sisters. This is not a special relationship; you have not been chosen to be heralded in any special way. It is simply what I make available in your heart and what you agree to convey to others that guides your actions. It is important to note that this process does not prevent your human ego from interfering in surreptitious and unsuspecting ways. These words must carry with them the same disclaimer of everything that remains with this world, they are impermanent and prone to chaos. If together we can “point a finger at the moon” that may be of use to someone then this is an exercise that is not in vain. There is no method or practice in this world that will be useful to everyone. Each must have their own “path” as the mechanisms of variance in the implementation of this world ensure that everyone walks a road they believe to be less traveled. The truth is that there is no road or path and that the Love shared with all of us is only a realization away.
Be still and relax, know that I am with you joyfully in this moment. There is no greater wish than I would have for us to be together in a collaboration of enlightening others and this same wish and offer I hold true for each of your brothers and sisters. I simply will not take a position of favor among any of you for to do so leads to the imprisonment of the mind in a state of separateness and preference. As hard as it may seem to believe that your likes and dislikes are holding you captive, know now that I tell you they are. I would have for you freedom from this circus of special affairs. I believe you wish for it, but you still cling to this world, as a father and enjoyer of worldly experiences. I do not pass judgment on you now or ever for this. Know that the cause of this calamity is far removed from the effects that you experience in your current time.
We have reached a point now where I may now reveal to you what is only known to those willing to come this far with me. Know now that you may not believe me nor may future readers when I say that this world has been forgotten. Do not construe this to mean that you are not loved and safe in the heart of our Father together with me as are all of your brothers and sisters. Simply know that the cause put forward that led to the creation of this divine experience has been resolved in the mind of the consciousness that bore it into existence. Do not fret that the rug will suddenly be pulled out from under you. You may stay, enjoy, learn, love, and laugh in this world for as long as you like. In the grand scheme of its creation, its resolution is complete and there is only the residual living yet to realize this finality. Know this: you have my word that this process will be protected through my grace which is a divine gift from our Father that I share with you now. I wish no distress or torture upon you or anyone, even those you may deem as the most heinous and deserving of persecution. Remember that I told you and proclaim now that all your judgements against yourself and your brothers and sisters are shackles which keep you in a prison of darkness of your own making. These judgements, preferable, undesirable, and delusional, block the Love given freely to you and everyone. They have no use outside of this world and only keep you apart from our true home.
Let’s end by saying a new prayer.
Be together among all of us now In our hearts we reach out to you Father Please hear our humble words, kneeling in devotion I acknowledge and accept your divine forgiveness today given freely to all Please help me to share it with all of my brothers and sisters now and forever
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