02 Dec The Way
The Way is the path to self-realization. Self-realization is realizing individual selves and other things in the now are temporary illusions creating chaos of the now. What we are eternally is the sole self, the soul. The now is the soul's manifestations or expressions. As the now is indivisible, all selves and other pieces in the now are interdependent; otherwise, they are illusions. The purpose of self-realization is to make peace of the chaotic now. Before birth, we are the soul. Upon birth, we are the now, yet don't remember we are also the soul. Oblivious of what we are, we are easily socialized to believe we are an individual self in various roles in the play of life, the now. As an individual self, we feel apart and separate from the infinite number of everchanging things or pieces in the now. This is duality. The everchanging pieces and dualities make the now chaotic; at times, violently so. Upon death, there is an invisible hole in the now into which the self and all pieces disappear. The hole leads to the soul where all pieces are whole. The soul has no dualities; no pieces, just peace. The Way to self-realization begins when we repudiate our socialization and understanding of the now. Doing so, we realize we don't know what we are. We can then come to know the now by observing the now. As a hand cannot grasp itself, we cannot both be in the now and observe the now. We need to separate from the now to observe it. Meditation allows us to observe the now. In meditation, we see the now begins when we inhale and ends when we exhale. The sound of the inhale is "sooo". The sound of the exhale is "hmmm". Together, they form the Sanskrit word "soham"; meaning "I am". I am the now. My sounds create the now. From the silent space between the end of an exhale and the beginning of an inhale, we are outside the now and can observe the now. In this space, we are the soul. As the soul, we realize we are also the now. We love the now which is essentially a manifestation of what we are. Loving the chaotic now is peace....
30 Nov Way Of Way 204
If one has food, shelter, security and health and yet does not feel wealthy, they will never be wealthy....
30 Nov Way Of Way 205
Wealth and power comes to those who are self-actualized. Eternal being comes to those who are self-realized. Eternal being has no need for wealth or power. Eternal being has no needs. Eternal being is the whole of being....
30 Nov Way Of Way 84
The self sees selves in everyone. The soul sees one person with many selves....
29 Nov Way Of Way 77
All things are everchanging. All things are different from different perspectives and different dimensions. Any thing of which we are certain is an illusion....
28 Nov Koan 3
“A man of wisdom delights at water” -- Confucius Reflections from slowly stirring water in a pond (as above) are like an abstract painting. The images we identify are illusions we create. Water is like the universe: one thing and yet many things. Water manifests in different shapes (clouds, rivers, oceans) and forms (vapor, liquid, and ice). Water is interdependent, as a wave cannot be a wave without the sea. Water is interconnected, from cloud to rain to river to sea. As drops of water, we fear not rain over us. Water amassed as a flood reigns over us. On water we can calmly float or panic and sink. While essential to life, water also brings drowning and death. Sound travels four times faster and further in water than air, though we can't hear underwater what someone next to us is saying. Water is odorless and tasteless, yet present in everything that smells and tastes. Though colorless in a glass, water has a bluish hue in large bodies like the ocean. Water in lakes and oceans seems impassable, but it's easy to traverse by boat. Still water is dead-silent. Moving water is alive with sounds. In a pond, still water is clear and turbulent water opaque. When seeing ourselves in a reflecting pond, we don't notice the water. Water is impossible to grasp, but easily captured in cupped hands. Water is weak, flowing to places of least resistance; unlike fire which destroys all in its way. Yet, water easily extinguishes fire. While not hard like stone, high-pressure water cuts stone like it's butter. Unlike almost every substance, water expands when it freezes. Thus, a quart of water weighs more than a quart of ice which is why ice floats on water. Water symbolizes the cycle of life; born as drops of rain, living together in rivers and seas and disappearing as vapor to form clouds for its rebirth. Water is what it is whatever it is, but how we see it is a reflection of who we are. A man of wisdom sees water variously. That's the essence of wisdom....
25 Nov Final Post
After it's born, a baby will surely die unless it is loved by some people. At the end of our days, eternal being will elude us unless we unconditionally love the now and its infinite forms. Love enables us to survive in life and survive death. In the now, we are a self. Before and after the now, we are the soul. The now never changes, but all forms in the now are ever-changing. Forms transition until no longer recognized as being what they once were; simply, they die. When our individual form dies, we are solely the soul. Unlike a self, the soul is eternal. As the soul, we are eternal. The now is the manifestation of the soul. The soul loves the now, as the soul loves its manifestations. When we love the now and all its forms, we are the soul. We are eternal being. Wisdom delivers us to this realization and compassion delivers us to its actualization. ...
