THROUGH US AND AS US.
When do we have a choice and when do we only 'think" we have a choice? How do we know when and what to accept concerning perceived realities in our lives? How do we know the difference between what we can change and what we cannot change? How do we lower our levels of frustration trying to discover these answers every moment that we are trying to deal with life - while we continue to live life and pay our bills?
At each moment in the process of living life as spirit-humans - we have one choice. One choice inherently implies that we have two courses of action. Left or Right. Back or Forward. Up or Down. The moment we choose one or the other - we negate the other choice. The next moment we can make another choice, but we can make only one choice at a time. When we seem to be doing two things at a time, it is like the computer seeming to do two or more things at the same time. If there is just one processor in the computer, what is really happening is that the computer does one thing. It can do only one thing at a time. Either the switch is open or it is closed. Either the bit is a 0 or the bit is a 1. Then it does another thing, either opening or closing a circuit, either reading or writing either a 0 or a 1. Then it does the first thing again. Then it repeats the second choice again. Over and over again, so quick that it appears to be doing more than one thing at a time. Our choosing what to do is like the computer. We continually do one choice and then the other, over and over. Each action that we started has some momentum of its' own to keep it going until we come back to it for a moment before we go back to the other choice. We go back and forth between choices so quickly, when we think we are doing more than one thing at a time, that we are not aware of the separation of the actions. We alternate between the two choices so quickly that they seem to be one action. Our subliminal awareness is capable of giving instructions to our body much faster than our conscious mind can conceive.
Another example is of the juggler - Juggling 3, 4, 5 or more balls at one time. It looks like the juggler is controlling all the balls at one time. However, the juggler can affect the path of only one ball at a time. The juggler can choose only one course of action at one time. If the juggler chooses wisely, the balls seem to have a harmonious life of their own. If the juggler chooses badly, all the balls come falling down in disorder.
The moment we are experiencing at any one moment cannot be changed. We cannot change the present. The present is what it is. The moment we act in the present, the present we choose to act upon has passed. We can influence our experiencing of the present only by adding to the present. You cannot take away from the present. You can only do things in the present that will influence the direction the present seems to be going. This is adding to the present, not changing the present. Of course, what we add in the present will have influence the direction our life seems to be going. But the present is what the present is - period. We can only attempt to persuade each moment of reality to lean in the direction of what we would like to be experiencing AS the present. We can't reverse the tides and flow of living, we can only hope to influence the direction of the flow of what we will experience.
Since the present moment is unalterable reality, it is what is, the best way to look at it is to unconditionally accept whatever the reality is, while, at the seemingly same moment, you try to persuade the reality to be what you would like it to be. This is done by leaning the weight of our intention in the direction we wish our reality to go. This determined striving is to be done with the same kind of unconditional perseverance as the unconditional acceptance of WHAT IS. The more we can juggle the extremes of what seems to be two completely different actions, the better the singularity of living we will be aware of experiencing. At each moment we must try to persuade reality to evolve in the direction of our heart's desire, while at the seemingly same time, unconditionally accept what is. Most people go to one extreme or another and cop out on trying to balance the polarities. It does take conscious, dedicated effort. People either go to one extreme or the other and become a fanatic, or they never venture out very far on either extreme. They try to be secure in the safety of moderation. The problem with trying to live a safe life is that sooner or later, your body will die - regardless of how safe you led your life. He or she might not be able to acknowledge the dullness. To acknowledge the dullness might necessitate stepping out of safety occasionally. Everything is moderation - including moderation. Sometimes we have to go to the edge in order to appreciate the safety of the ground behind us and the beauty of the valley below us. Just don't fall off the edge.
In truth, we are all travelers at the edge. We are always living on the edge of our perception. We are always on the edge of the cliff of our awareness. To look at the flat land behind us and assume this means safety in the journey ahead of us is an illusion. It is at best as educated guess of what will be. The ground under our feet might look solid and the next moment we find we have fallen through the illusion of solidity and fallen into a rocky cave below.
Since we cannot change the present, in order to get a future present more in line with what we would like to be experiencing, we must attempt to influence the flow of what is. Since the present is all we have, how can we enjoy the process of living while we try to get our hearth's desire without dying of frustration in the process? Simple to answer, but the answer can be difficult to apply in the beginning. The difficulty comes in our resistance to the simplicity of the answer.
The answer cannot be expressed too often. It is to appreciate the incredible miracle of your awareness of being aware while at the seemingly same time attempting to persuade each moment of reality to lean in the direction of what we would like to be experiencing AS the present.
The application of this simplicity is at first difficult. Then it progressively becomes easier until one day, you do the process right. It is like learning to drive a car. We struggle and struggle to turn the steering wheel correctly, use the break and the gas pedal at the seeming same time as we are attempting to steer the car so we do not run into people or other cars. Our driving, or juggling these actions called driving a car, becomes better and better. We relax more and more in the confidence of our juggling or driving ability. We get so good at driving that we even daydream occasionally while we are driving.
However, we are not really aware that we have mixed daydreaming with driving until, one day, we almost hit something and realize we were just just daydreaming and not paying attention to our juggling. Some juggle steering the car, using the brake, using the gas pedal, looking in the mirror at our makeup or our hair, making a phone call and actually texting someone - all at the seemingly same time. Until, all of a sudden, what seemed to be harmonious activity in the present becomes disorganization and chaos. And here we thought we could do more than one thing at a time. Ouch
We all have one choice at all times. It is the same choice at each fork in the road of our journey. It is the same choice and the only choice we ever truly have. The choice is to be open or to resist the universal flow of the Energy of God through us and as us.
We are like electrical wires and the Universal Spirit is like the electricity that runs through the wires. Some substances conduct electricity more efficiently than others. The substances that are not efficient conductors of electricity, we say have a resistance to the electricity. The substances that allow for a good flow of electricity put up very little resistance to the flow of electricity and allow the electricity to light up the world. The source or ground of our being is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient God. Omnipresence, all place, Omnipotent, all power and Omniscient, all knowing. Omnipresent God is always attempting to flow though all of what we call the physical universe. The Omnipresent Energy is always attempting to flow through the manifestations of its essence.
My point is that we should, with desire stemming from our appreciation of the awareness of being aware, become more and more open to the flow of this Infinite Intelligence. You have dreams and desires that God has placed in your heart. You have desires of giving to the rest of creation, more for giving than for receiving. What more could you possibly ask for than the incredible fact of your awareness of being aware? Without it, you would have nothing. With it, all things are possible to you. In the giving, you will receive. No one should expect from the Universe what he or she is not willing to give first. Truly give, not negotiate. Ask God for direction in manifesting these dreams and desires. Try to do what you think has to be done, balanced with asking God, the source of your being, for a hint of the best direction to choose at any given time. A hint of what is the relevant thing to do, or look for, that is in the flow of your subjective growth. Allow the Infinite Intelligence to show you how to get there. After all, the Infinite Intelligence planted the dream in you and it knows the best way for you to get there.
The frustrations you feel will dissipate, and less and less things will frustrate you the more you are open to the impulse of the Infinite Energy Source showing its desire for your direction.....
Is your direction.
Some will feel this answer as one path being warm and the other cool.
Some will feel this answer as one path alive and the other path dead.
Don't intentionally jump off the cliff, but don't be afraid to look over the edge.
and take the next step in your universal journey of adventure.
