12 Oct

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Wow

Stress is a selfish state of mind. Stress happens when the self takes control of the mind. The remedy is freeing the mind from the self.   The etymology of the word "mind" is "memory". Remembering what the universe is can free us from the shackles of stress.   The etymology of the word "universe" literally means "turned into one". All things are temporarily things in the now, but eternally one thing: the universe. Who we are is a self. What we are is the universe. When we only perceive being a self, we suffer selfish states such as stress. Remembering we are the universe, we have no stress.   Feeling great and being stressed are mutually exclusive states of mind. When we feel great, we cannot be stressed. When we are grateful, we are "great-full" with no space for stress. We are grateful when we remember we are lucky. However stressful our circumstances, we are lucky they are not worse. The word "hap" means luck. The root of happiness is remembering we are lucky. When we are happy, we cannot be stressed.   Life is a play. For the actors in the play, it's a tragedy; good times, bad times, meaningful relationships here and there, but everyone dies at the end. For the audience, it's a comedy; watching actors take their roles seriously, though it's only a play. When we identify as the self, we are the actors. The audience is Gods. When we remember we are Gods, we are also the audience. As Homer once said, near the home of the Gods, Mount Olympus, there is a deafening sound of the Gods laughing. The Gods are laughing at us. When we die, we leave the play and join our fellow Gods in the audience. Remembering we are both the actors and the Gods, we can laugh at our selves. When laughing, we are not stressed.   Much stress is a function of things from the past. These things are karma: our intentions, actions and consequences of past lives. Karma affects how we experience the now. Our past lives are not lives we had before this life. Our past lives are passed days of our life. Each day is not a day in a life but a life in a day. We accumulate much karma over our passed lives. The people we were in passed lives are illusions. Our memories of them are just a dream; yet, the self tells us otherwise. When we don't believe the self-stories about the past, we remember we are only the person we are right now. Karma of the past is passed and we cannot be stressed in the now.   The self has many faces or emotions, like stress. The self's emotions control our mind. To escape the self we need to calm the self with unconditional love. Unconditional love comes only from the soul. When we love unconditionally, we are the soul. The soul is never stressed....

09 Oct

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Kotodama

No know now Now know no Know now no   No know now. I don't know the now. Now know no. I now know nothing. Know now no. I know the now is nothing....

06 Oct

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Koan

With an infinite number of centers, the universe has no center.   Each thing our eyes focus on is a center. Each of us is a center. As the universe is the one and only thing, it has no center....

05 Oct

Posted at 10:20h in I Am Time, Wow

Pantheism is a religion without religion. Organized religions are identity groups typically defined by institutionalized characteristics: belief systems, sacred texts, rituals, moral codes, communal practices, symbols and anecdotes. As each organized religious group perceives itself different from other groups, religious identity groups (as well as secular identity groups) are inherently dualistic Pantheism dispels with duality. Pantheism is the view that while every thing seems unique, all there is is one everchanging thing: God. Oneness with God is a transcendental experience that dissolves the illusionary and dualistic boundaries that differentiate organized religion and secular groups generally. Oneness is a direct connection to the divine; much like mystical experiences in organized religions (Sufism, Kabballah, tantra, and Zen meditation) but without the institutional structures framing it. The state of oneness is characterized by the transition from individual consciousness to divine consciousness; from the view that every thing is finite in space and time (having a beginning and end) to the view that all there is is the everchanging and eternal Everything, God. In the mystical state of oneness, one loves every thing; though one may not necessarily like every thing from the perspective of their individual consciousness. When one loves every thing, one feels every thing loves them. The reciprocal connection of love engenders a transcendental peace, a peace beyond understanding.   Pantheists appreciate organized religions and secular beliefs as different expressions of God; but often view as funny the rituals, dogmas, and hierarchies of organized religions and secular life (non-pantheists) as they obscure the fundamental truth that every thing is sacred. Those who are non-pantheists often don't appreciate a pantheist's perspective. People who take their religious and secular beliefs seriously are put off by those who are laughing at them, though simultaneously loving them....

05 Oct

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Wow

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.” -- Lao Tzu In each body resides a self. But the self is many selves, as each emotional states is a unique self. The selves are like the grains of sand in a muddy pond, the mind. They preclude us from seeing what's within the pond and reflections without the pond. To see clearly within and without, the selves need to settle at pond's bottom. This allows the many selves to turn into one. This is the purpose of meditation....

03 Oct

Posted at 10:18h in I Am Time, Koan

“He who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak.” -- Lao Tzu   He who speaks is an actor in the play of life. He who know is the audience. For actors, the play is a tragedy; as every actor eventually is scripted out of the play (dies). For the audience, the play is a comedy. The audience is the Gods. The Gods are forever laughing at the actors (who are also Gods but often don't remember they are) taking their selves seriously. He who laughs cannot speak.   He who speaks is in the now. He cannot grasp the now, as a hand cannot grasp itself. He who knows does not speak as only from the silent space outside the now can one observe and come to know the now.   He who speaks describes that which his consciousness creates; what his foveal vision carves out of peripheral vision. He who knows does not speak, as peripheral vision defines specific description.   He who speaks creates a photo of the now. He who knows does not speak, for the now is a movie.   He who speaks is a dot in a painting. He who knows does not speak, for a painting is an infinite number of interdependent dots.   He who speaks does not know, as descriptions are empty; the now that's described is now no longer. He who knows the now does not speak, as the essence of the now is nothing.   A speaker's words are like the finite and precise space inside a square. The endless and everchanging now is like the imprecise space inside a circle. He who knows does not speak, for a circle cannot be squared.  ...

02 Oct

Posted at 10:22h in I Am Time, Kotodama

The etymology of the word "universe" is literally "turned into one." The universe is not an infinite number of unique and everchanging things. It is all things turned into one. While every thing is in the universe, descriptions of any thing are empty, as every thing is everchanging; as it is not as it was at the start of its description. Hence, the things in the universe can only be described with one (uni) verse: it is what it is whatever it is....