The extraordinary scenes at the oval office this week between President Trump and President Zelensky shocked many people around the world. What is it that brings about clashes and disputes between people and nations – and sullies the harmony of any situation? The answer is man’s treasured free will.
The impulse to impose the personal free will on another’s viewpoint or interest accounts for all the wars and hostility in the world. Humanity’s free will creates the shock waves that reverberate in conflict to others at every level of existence. That is, until the personal will is surrendered to the impersonal Divine Will, which is the unfathomable and yet ever present reality of whatever is happening now or at any moment. When the personal will is surrendered, the Divine Will guides the life of the individual in a way that brings peace and fulfilment on earth.
Consciousness is the ambient light of space which resonates to a specific degree of reality within the evolved state of any particular life form, such as a rose, tree or human being. Encircling the ambient light of consciousness is life which shapes the ideas within the structure of atoms that appear as specific life forms on the surface of the earth. Life, consciousness and idea are the essential building blocks of creation.
Ideas at the octave of reality are consonant with the frequency of original time. Such is their cosmic profundity that they are unable to enter existence in their pristine brilliance. As a consequence the idea of tree, for example, blends with other ideas such as apple or chestnut, together with innumerable other variations of growth and function. Each tree on earth combines to create the ideal tree, representing the original idea preserved in eternity.
The ideal, however, can never be realised in its purity but can be approximated in the most evolved life form – human beings. The primary function of human beings is to realise at the conscious level of mind the unique idea that I in each body represents behind the form.
Inner Space
The main barrier to the pure perception of life is inner space. From the perspective of reality, inner space is external space – only a refined version within a different environment. Self-enquiry when focused on the feeling psychic space, distorts the direct experience of sensory life.
When the external side of existence is seen without interpretation, the perception of the world provides the true picture of the immediate transmission of reality. Then, the other side of existence (which is nothing) unites as the totality of life.
Now On – and Now Off
The spiritual process of transformation is the conversion within the psychic space of the body of past time into the octave of the present. What happens at various stages is that the body consciousness reaches the equivalent of a time change from the slow time gradient of self-reflective intelligence to the immediacy of the moment. This is the ‘now on’ as the direct transmission of reality.
The state is registered as inner clarity and enhanced depth of perception that is continually being renewed in the absence of inner constrictions, such as self-doubt or anxiety. Often, to the dismay of the individual, the state is only fleeting and the normal mode of perception returns as the now operating at reduced potency.
But it’s not to be dismayed because the ‘now on’ and the ‘now off’ is the way in which the psycho/spiritual system prepares for the climacteric shift that brings about the unalterable state of being – the now as the uninterrupted participation with life as a whole.
How to go beyond feelings in a partnership?
In normal relationships where we all gather experience, the predominant mode of intelligence is feeling. Love is not a feeling but the original state of being. Feelings are interpretations of existence and not the direct experience of life and love. Usually it’s only occasionally that lovers are truly present as an absence of thought or imagination, either together or making love. But when this happens, the immediacy of the moment is quickly overwhelmed by the feelings of love for each other and of the pleasure of the sensual exchange. From feelings arise the personal attachments which have their basis in fear, sentimentality and dishonesty – which is a definition of personal love.
When partners are mature and real enough to endeavour to make love more conscious, there has to be sense of a greater purpose of why they are together. They must be vigilant and searingly honest to point out to each other in the moment should any emotional disturbance arise and come between them. But this has to be pointed out in love and not accusation. Any withholding of this due to fear of an emotional reaction in the other is another example of personal love, and the consideration of their feelings rather than serving the principle of love itself. In other words, they begin to serve a higher love, not governed by feelings but the next level up, which is serving the principle of impersonal love.
As partners persevere in simply making love as two bodies in the innocence of each other’s presence, the attachment as personal love is gradually transcended. The man’s personal love of his woman becomes broader to encompass the love of the impersonal divine principle of She, deep within every woman on earth. At this stage of the transformation of his sexual self the man is not looking to get anything for his self; the benediction of love is in the discovered purpose of his actions and life.
When a woman with whom he’s in partnership is loved in intimacy and affection by such a man, she begins to emanate a sense of the indefinable beauty of She. The woman knows as pure knowledge that her true nature is being honoured and recognised by her divine lover in existence. When a woman is loved rightly she no longer doubts herself, and the man emits a greater authority in love and in his existential life. In time, both partners are divested of the personal attachments in their relationships, not only to one another but to family members and friends. This can be extremely painful and demanding as a process of transformation (as anyone who’s had to be true to love will know). But through the devotion to love of the Most High and each other, they immortalise their love in the flesh through the virtue of the love made in existence.
Alone am I, yet accompanied by love as facets of my manifold self in existence. I contain each world of my spiral staircase, with each realm in ascending order a finer version of my mystery behind the projected sensory world. I am the one and only appearing as the many. Each living organism is contained in me, some brighter than others in varying states of consciousness. Time lived on earth is the becoming of who I am in the sensory body. When time is up, all is restored to the timeless state of love.
God man is a revolutionary; a freedom fighter so passionately inspired by the unknown that in changing himself within he changes the world without through the virtue of his life. God woman is the serene beauty that is She, the radiant spiritual principle within every woman on earth.
Nothing is certain in the creative process. Everyone alive has the incipient knowledge of the immortal state, but the impulse to realise the truth as a conscious state of being is rare indeed. The individuals who do so are not special or ‘chosen’ but when nudged by the spirit to return home respond with an unswerving resolve and willingness to unite with the source of their inspiration.
It’s often said that an artist, writer or designer who creates something unique and outstanding must have a great imagination. But is this really the case? No imagination is necessary when immersed in the total absorption of the creative act itself. Before any creative work begins there has to be an idea. An idea is complete unto itself with no need for embellishment. To the degree that an artist, or anyone, is able to replicate an idea in its pristine state in the world, the greater the originality in any creative work. With a still mind, he or she is in a state of receptivity to the well of inspiration within the body. When this focus of perception is applied as a way of life to encompass the whole living experience, it’s then possible to tap into a unique pool of creativity that is the energetic idea behind each body sustaining the living life.
The truth is awful because it contradicts everything that is taught and revered as the untruth of the world. People say they want the truth but mostly get upset or affronted when it’s presented to them. This happens when the person becomes attached to their master or some religious tradition, which then solidifies as a particular position in the mind and forms a psychological barrier to the development of individual consciousness. The purpose of any genuine realised teacher is to disturb the perimeter of ignorance which surrounds the innocence and purity of the spiritual centre within the brain.
When people say they want the truth, in most instances they are looking for a teacher or guru to say what they want to hear or to quote sweet sounding poetry; this lulls the mind and emotions into a soporific trance. A spiritual teacher’s real function is to puncture the complacency of the mind, which gains its sense of security through sitting on the fence of its mental formulations. The person enjoys being interested in the truth but balks at having to live it as a true participant of this glorious life. It’s the inner being that resonates with the spiritual light of truth which signals the readiness for the deepening knowledge.