These essays are an attempt to make clear what the core problem is in the way humans think that causes so much suffering, violence, and lack of compassion/love. The truth is very simple, but we are so conditioned by society that we remain blind to what is really going on within our own minds. Few people have really looked into this and fewer still have seen the process with such clarity that they have been transformed.
To those who understand this clearly, it has become evident that if we do not bring about a real change in the way we perceive reality, human life will fail and we will become extinct, along with countless other species because of our actions. This is a very serious situation we find ourselves in, and one of the most difficult to get people to look into.
Who would question their own reality? This seems like madness to most, but that is just what we have to do: question our own being and come to see if we are real or a figment of the imagination.
We have had thousands of years of development of the human animal and yet we are as violent and destructive as back at the beginning. Why? What have we been doing wrong? Why can't we live in harmony and peace? Why do we hate those who are different from us?
People have also been seeking the spiritual through religion, and any other means, for thousands of years. Most people think they find it in some belief system, but that is not truly spiritual. There have always been a few who have awakened to something far beyond/before mere belief systems and we have either killed them or put them up in the clouds as great spiritual masters beyond our reach. They were just people. Just like all others, except for one thing: they looked deeply into themselves to see a simple reality that is so profound, from the human perspective, as to put them ages beyond their fellow beings. The ones who have truly awakened become very humble in the face of Reality and express that state to others. They see that they are no different from any other humans but they also realize that we are all Spiritual Beings from the same source. They knew/know that it is just a simple twist of insight that has transformed them into what some think of as gods. You, every one of you, are that Spiritual Being.
I am writing to remind you of your true Being and to try to make the problem all humans face clear and understandable. I speak from direct insight into that Being and I can tell you with complete honesty that you are the same Being.
For those of you who have had many years of being on a spiritual path, you will find what is said here rings true, yet in many subtle ways is also different from most teachings. Too often spirituality has been covered over with nonsense, superstition, and partial truths. What you will see here is just a clear reminder of what you deeply know is true, but may not have looked at openly.
For those whom this is a new way of looking at life, please bear with me and if you come to a word or term you are not familiar with, just read on and try to understand what is being said directly from your own heart/mind.
Please do not take the approach that you have been taught to use from your education. Do not just read and try to remember the words. There is no test you must pass, and you are your own teacher. As you go over what is written, just look within yourself and see if it rings true. If you come upon something you disagree with, just look at it openly and honestly to see what the reality of it is. It is never what you read that matters, but how you see your own process of thinking and being. You have the wisdom within you to fully come to an awakening that will transform your life and free you from all the dogma and nonsense of thousands of years of miss-education. You will find yourself no longer lost in the feeling of being separate from Life and your fellow Beings. You will realize what so-called Enlightened Ones of all times have known. It is your very Being now; you just have to realize it. With that realization, you will become a light that will help others see the way to a profound change in human consciousness that may well save the planet from the blind destruction going on today. Do not take your part in this process lightly. It is the most important and meaningful thing you can do with your life. What could be more important than finding Reality and expressing it as Life Itself?
I wish you all an insightful and happy trip home. A home you have never left, nor ever could.
Melvyn Wartella
