I hear from many people who are tired of this world and want out. This seems a very common belief in most people. It can take form in their search for heaven and the following of religious or spiritual ideals. If they do this thing, or accept this person or god, and trust fully in their beliefs, then at death they will be saved and move on to paradise. So the dream goes on. Escapism seems to be the rule most people live by.
There are many problems caused by such thinking. If you come to see what the root cause of your personal problems is, the cause that deeply affects your relationship with life, you would stop seeking any escape. You would see there is no escape for the ego dream that feels it must find something beyond the hell we have created on this precious planet. The problems we face are man created. Then the same mind that created the problems wants a way out. If that were possible and there was a heaven to go to, we would create a hell there too. We are the problem. And it is only through awakening that we will be able to deal with the hell we have created.
If you think reincarnation is going to save you, think again. First, you do not know for sure if there is such a thing as reincarnation. That, too, may well be a dream. However, let us say it is true. If it is, then you should be able to know who you were in previous lives. Do you? If not, then what good is reincarnation? If each time you are reborn you find yourself ignorant of your own history, then you may as well not have it. I am not saying there is no such thing as reincarnation, which is not the point; the point is what good does it do you?
Also, if you understand what the ego identity is, then you know it is a dream created by the evolution of the thinking process. Knowing this, it becomes clear that the only thing that will go from life to life is a dream. We base too much of our lives on a dream. Then the dream wants out. Where is a dream to go? Awaken! See life for what it is now. When you do you will see that we are now in the most wonderful heaven there could be. The natural world is a perfect place to live and we are it. However, in our ignorance we have done great damage and if we continue we may well destroy it.
Stop trying to find a way out. Stop looking for someone to save you. Stop believing in any belief system that points away from this moment and this wonderful planet; end belief altogether. I hear people say, "We need something to believe in." Why? What has belief done for the world? It is opposing beliefs that have caused all wars. We do not need belief to live a sane life. It is the belief that there is somewhere else to go that makes you feel you can escape. What you believe you are, the ego self, can never escape and what you truly are would not want to escape.
One of the major problems of trying to escape is that you are less apt to do anything to try to change the direction we are heading in that will destroy our home, our selves. I once overheard some young Christians talking about the environmental problems we have. One of them said, "We don't really have to do anything about it because when Jesus returns he will make it alright again." All the rest of them agreed. What nonsense! They can wait until the moon turns to cheese and they will not see Jesus come back. Stop looking for anyone to save us from us. We are here, there are very serious problems we have to face, and if we don't, there will in time be no place for us to live.
Too many so-called spiritual teachers today are misleading their students by talking about how everything is perfect just as it is. Wake up!! Those beliefs are as foolish as any other religious belief. They try to show their students a way to feel at peace, it is called denial. The students buy into it and let go for a moment and sometimes get high from the idea. Then they go on sleepwalking in the belief they are enlightened.
From my own experience, I have seen that beyond this world there is a state of being that is completely free of any manifestation. But that insight does not change things here. It does not make life better for humans and all other creatures that are blessed to live on this wonderful planet. And in that state there is no you at all, so no escape to it.
Stop trying to find a way out. Find out what you are and be free of that dream. When you are free, then ask if you want to escape. You will not because there is no one who would want to. Life is wonderful in all of its expressions. We are that Life. You do not need to become anything or go anywhere. Just awaken to what has always been and always will be.
