From the cliff overlooking the calm sea, you could see three fishing boats. They formed a triangle. The light was soft and the sea took on the color of the sky whereby it was difficult to see where one ended and the other began. Overhead, were faint clouds reaching to the horizon. Then from the far distance, an airplane came into view. Although it was traveling at great speed, it seemed to be moving very slowly. Beyond what the eyes could see, there came the state of poise. Everything was in perfect balance. Nothing could be added or taken away or it would lose this balance. This is the awakened state. Not some cosmic otherworldly experience, just what is, as it is. This is not an experience at all as we normally use that word. There is no one separate to experience. It is just our real essence aware of itself.
The mind could see and respond to it in a descriptive way, but it could not touch this state of poise. It could not know poise. The mind is a useful tool, but it cannot see beyond itself. No matter how the mind tries to see, and understand what is Real, it will always fail. Its only hope is to get out of the way, and allow awareness to see itself.
The nature of reality is Nature. Most of us have lost sight of that fact. We, through conditioning the mind/brain to think it is the center and reality, have cut ourselves off from our real source. No one can deny what power Nature has over us at so many levels, but we still miss the true essence of that reality. We think we have to control nature, to make it pay in any way we see fit. We are lost in an endless dream and are just about always missing what is right before us.
Many spiritual teachers point to some illusive state beyond all forms of life to the great high where everything is perfect. This is yet another dream. I do not deny that there are other states of being beyond what we now see, but they are just a more subtle form of Nature. By looking past the present state of life we are in, we miss the obvious fact that This Life we call Nature, is our Being. That state of poise is what we are in our natural state. We need not go anywhere else or learn some new spiritual trick to get us there; we are It at this moment. Awareness and observation, are not a path; they are what the human heart/mind does when it is free of conditioning and we are free as long as we simply pay attention. We cannot say that nature is physical, mental or spiritual because it can never be named. The naming process fragments that which by nature can never be fragmented. All names are just thoughts about something, not the thing itself.
When the mind is left behind and we return to Reality, we come to a Knowing that is beyond the dream. We see the facts before us. We do not step from one dream into another. Those who deny there are any problems and that everything is perfect as it is, are still lost in the dream world of their own making. In a real sense, we are all perfect because there is nothing outside of us and there are no beings separate from this one. But this does not change the fact that we are destroying ourselves as we destroy our natural world. Are we going to sit on some cosmic cloud, free from the suffering that is going on now? Or are we going to take part in the self-healing?
When some people say the environment is not in danger because it is created by the dreamer; is in fact just another dream. It is as bad as some Christians saying, “We need not be concerned about the destruction of nature because when Jesus comes back he will fix it all.” How mindless!
The “Environmentalist” has become a looked down on person who doesn’t see the “TRUTH” as seen by the greedy fools using religion to further their insatiable appetite for money and power. They can’t for a moment stop and question the reality of their dream religion for fear it would fall apart, as it should.
The environment is the spiritual state. The Environment is infinite. The greedy, insecure, ego-mind is nothing but a conditioned state of ignorance. This wonderful world has little hope unless people awaken to what is real and stop fighting their own being. We cannot sit by watching millions of specie die off for the sake of some small-minded fools. We must all stand up for what we know is right. But it is not just a matter of changing the way things are done on this planet. We must also come to see the fact of our own state of mind. Then return to that state of Poise whereby we realize we have never been separate from Nature, and never could be.
If you can, spend time in Nature. Go for walks by yourself, and just be quiet. Reality is there, as it is in your homes and work places, but easier to respond to in the wild. Awakening is a practical step in changing the world. There are those who will tell you that you can do nothing to change anything. That it is up to god whether it changes or not. This is a mindless approach to life. The world is in a mess because of human action, done with their knowledge. It has been an action by choice, and we can use the same mind to make our own choices as to how we will act towards helping to end the foolish ways we have been acting. There is no god doing anything at all. That is just another part of the dream of ego. It is also a copout. If it is out of our hands, then we have no responsibility to take any action. The human mind is perfectly capable of seeing the problems and take meaningful action.
The ego is just a very small part of what is going on within the human brain. It is a misunderstanding that is forcing a false sense of who we are into the greater reality of Nature. You do not need to follow any teacher to know what you can do to help. When you clearly see where the major problem is in our perception, you will find your own way to let go and return to what is real. No copouts accepted.
