Recognizing desires... (with David Hawkins)

Recognizing desires

All of our desires spring
From Happiness shaded by
Something seemingly separate..
Most of our lives are spent
Looking for..or losing 
That something..
Until that moment when we
Recognize that Happiness
Is never lost but awaits our
Lifting the shade...


“Desire is fueled by the illusion of lack and that the source of happiness is outside oneself and therefore has to be pursued or acquired. The importance of the object of desire is thereby inflated and overvalued by its symbolism and mystique. The pleasure of the sense of Self is blocked by desire. When that desire is fulfilled, the ego ascribes the resultant sense of joy to the acquisition of an external. However, this is a clever illusion because the actual source of the pleasure is that the block to experiencing the joy of the Self has been temporarily removed. The source of the experienced happiness is the radiance of the Self that shines forth when it is not shut off by an ego distress.”
— Dr. David Hawkins, I: Reality and Subjectivity, pg. 189


David Hawkins quotes...
http://jonathankalman.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-favorite-dr-david-r-hawkins-quotes.html

Real Life

Real Life

Despite beliefs contrary 
Our culture's message is
Death is a frightful end..
There is unwillingness to
Consider that we stumble 
As we walk in the darkness.. 
Gripped by handcuffs 
Of  illusory separation..

Disregarding many hints
We weep as we hold a finality
In appearances of life ending..
We all await that moment 
Whether lengthy or brief
To discover that Life has
No beginning and no end..

No mistakes

No mistakes

How can we say that

There are no mistakes

In our lives..?
Lets see..

When we Recognize

That our limitation belief

Creates the concept of a

So-called mistake..

We then Recognize

Our unlimited Self as

Container and dissolver 
Of all beliefs and concepts..

"I cannot tell you enough that every situation that happens to you is necessary for your growth. There are no mistakes. Everything that you've been through, everything that you're going through, is absolutely necessary for your spiritual growth. If it does not look kosher to you, realize it's your mind reacting. It's your ego reacting. And the way to handle it, is to just observe. Do not get involved by arguing, fighting, trying to change things. Just observe. If you can observe without getting excited, then you've passed that test and you will not have to repeat it. But if you get angry, you get upset, you want to get even, you're always thinking about it, and you have hate and animosity, even though you move away from that situation, you will meet that situation again, and again, and again, until you learn not to react to it."~Robert Adams

Time and Space

Time and Space

in progress


Rupert Spira:  You Never Go Anywhere (short 2.5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6C8gV_E5o

Living in sin..

Living in sin..

Words of transformation and
Words of activism are subject
To the lens viewing these words
And all words..
The lens used by a vast majority
Is the lens of "separation" 
(Sin is the Christian term)
So..most of us are living in sin..!

Leading to the inquiry:
Is a new lens available in which
The old lens melts in the fires
Of Truth now told...?



Peter Sawtell...Too Much Attention to Climate?
http://www.eco-justice.org/E-191025.asp

Excerpts..

If we spend a bit less time and energy on climate, though, and give some attention to species extinction, and toxic chemicals, and water problems, then we might start to understand that our whole society needs to change course. Such a transformational change opens up ways to more effectively address the climate crisis, and the extinction crisis, and the plastic-in-the-ocean crisis, and the whole web of inter-connected problems.


Dear Peter,

You asked for responses, so here is mine.  Perhaps we need to step back
 from both "transformation" and "activism," to become aware of the 
"lens" through which we are viewing these concepts.  That lens, used 
by our culture, is based on an unquestioned assumption of "separation."  
Even when we positively assent to what needs to be done, whether climate 
change or plastics, the dualistic lens remains intact.  So, I would say
that there is a basic reversal needed which allows recognition of our true
Identity..an Identity not limited to the physical body and mind, which 
we blindly assume.  Such recognition will transform your question of 
the relative importance of transformation and activism, and other 
questions prompted by our lens of separation (sin in Christian lexicon).  
I would say that all of Jesus' teachings point to the urgent nature of 
discovering who we are..really.. Yet, somehow we continue to live in sin!  :) 
   
OK..I am sure you get my drift.. (Keep up your vital work!) 

Charlie

Haiku by Robin Izer

early autumn snow

Earth drinks sweet replenishment

we light night candles

~~Haiku by Robin Izer

Freedom. (with Jeff Foster)

Freedom

in progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHvRkgqgLw