21 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Framework, I Am Time, Observations

In college, I had three LSD psychedelic journeys of which I have distinct memories. One was of my wanting to eat my brain. I felt that my mind and body were a duality. If I ate my brain, my mind and my body would be one. The second was looking at a painting and seeing its colors dripping beyond its frame and onto the floor. The third was when I was wallowing naked in mud in the backyard of my parents' attached house in Brooklyn and saw myself holding onto Earth with dear life as it was spinning incredibly fast and I as afraid I would otherwise fall away from Earth and into endless space. Looking back now, the first journey was the recognition of the duality between our animal consciousness (the body) and divine consciousness (the mind) and our purpose in life which is to integrate the two as a whole. The second revealed that no thing is an independent thing, as it is our mind that creates the forms and shapes of things which are otherwise one interconnected and interdependent thing in the now. The third journey suggested that if we let go our self-identity (Earth life), we will be one with the universe....

08 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Framework, Observations

A dear subscriber to our blog "had a very good friend who recently passed away from a heart attack while riding his bike. He was in his late 60's." And now, "the void...

02 Dec

Posted at 10:30h in Framework, Observations

The etymology of "realization" is the Latin verb "realizare," meaning "to bring back to reality, to make real." The etymology of "actualization" is the Latin verb "actuare," meaning "to make something happen" or "to bring something into effect." In the context of their etymologies, self-realization is a noun and self-actualization is a verb. When a tree knows it's a tree, it is self-realized. When it bears fruit, it is self-actualized. The self-realized are enlightened. The self-actualized are enlightening....

18 Nov

Posted at 14:25h in Framework, Observations

"With modern Western medicine, the upside is you’re alive; but at the cost of being a slave forever." Modern medicine has allowed us to cheat death. Medical conditions that were once undoubtedly fatal can now be treated by taking medications for life. This is as the Greek myth of Sisyphus; the punishment for escaping death is a selfish, monotonous and frustrating life; a lifelong regime of daily pills, akin to rolling an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down every time it nears the top....

13 Nov

Posted at 10:59h in Framework, Observations

"The Universe is the everchanging expression of the Ever-Changeless Is." The universe is the uni-verse, one verse; a song that's everchanging in how it sounds to every ear. The random expressions or manifestations of the universe are its downstream characteristics which form the basis of our experience of life in the now. At its fountainhead, the universe is a state of being; simply, it is. The "Is" is is; presence, consciousness, as in "I am." The "Is" is nameless. The "Is" cannot be described as consciousness is everything before and after it is what it is whatever it is in the now. As the "Is" is one thing, the everything, the "Is" is changeless. Moreover, the "Is" is always changeless, as it has no need for money; or anything else, as the "Is" is perfect....

02 Nov

Posted at 10:32h in Framework, Observations

In the now, every thing is what it is whatever it is. Every thing, before and after the now, is the soul. Before our birth and after our death, our sole identity is the soul. Upon birth, we transition from being one with everything, the soul, to becoming a unique manifestation or expression of the soul; a seemingly independent entity. To sustain our independent existence, we develop a self; a sense of being apart and separate from every thing that is not our self. The purpose of the self is to provide us with our needs of food, shelter, security and health. However, the self also engenders desires that become indistinguishable from our needs, putting us in an endless cycle; needs/desires to temporary satisfactions to needs/desires. Clearly, the self demands much of our attention. Alternatively, our soul identity has us living a life of wisdom and compassion; wisdom, as we experience life not solely from the perspective of our self, but through the perspectives of the infinite manifestations of the soul; compassion, as we love and treat all that is not our self as we love and treat our self. In the transition to life, we initially remember our identity as the soul as we in turn develop our identity as the self. In childhood, our soul identity embraces magical (animist) thinking as we feel every thing has a spirit within it that can be conjured for our benefit through our living harmoniously with its spirit. However, over time, as we are educated and socialized, our self becomes our primary identity. While we are both self and soul identity in various proportions, many of us become oblivious of our soul identity. Ultimately, no one is getting out of here alive. Our bodily death coincides with the demise of our self identity. However, before we complete our transition from physical death to our essentialness, the soul; if our soul identity is our primary identity, we realize we are an eternal being.  ...

01 Nov

Posted at 10:15h in Framework, Observations

Love from the self and love from the soul. Each love in life plays a role. Love from the soul connects us to all. Love from the self helps us grow tall. Love is love, it all feels the same both from places that sound alike in name. Love from the soul comes from the whole Love from the self comes from the hole....

28 Oct

Posted at 10:15h in Framework, Observations

As there is no time before and after the now, nothing changes. Before and after the now no thing is what it is in the now. Before and after the now every thing is one, peace beyond understanding. Shanti Salam Shalom   Shanti (Hinduism, Buddhism), Salam (Islam) and Shalom (Judaism) are words of common root and meaning; to be whole, complete, in harmony, at peace, calm. When we are not a temporary piece but the whole, piece is peace....