DEEPAK CHOPRA "Revisited" rebooting focus

[ljwheat]

Revisited -- rebooting focus -- The continuity of vision seeing the physical world, is information shaped by the thoughts we entertain the most.

Memory classes all over the world, use a basic premise or tool to focus the brain in ones desire to remember information on any subject or topic, skill or skills are fundamental exercises in imprinting threw repetition.

Stating, writing, voicing, listening, repeating anything 5 times. Will burn the information permanently onto storage plates of the mind, if revisited enough each day - - it then becomes habit, or a religion,a way of life or belief. How dose one get to Carnegie Hall,- practice, -practice,- practice, 5 times then every day another 5 times till - - “once you get it.”--- then you can refresh this memory or act,-- occasionally revisiting to maintain its value. But to become the best of the best.- A pro. -Expert.- Olympiad. -Physicist. this practice is carryed out 5 time then 5 times a day till perfection is reached.

We become what we ingest physically or mentally.

This also works for those who just cant quite get it. And threw reputation, something clicks in the head, and then suddenly we wonder why we didn’t see it before. This happens a lot in schools all over the world in the area of mathematics’ for example. But this apple’s to every thing we do in life, in varying degree’s.

Since most of use know and are awake to the organism of human life we have been systematically brain washed from birth to believe what this planet we came to,-- as being wholesome and truthful,-- in the information dominate in our schools --of domestications (Slavery‘s).

Cutting threw this domestication block of information we were handed as fact, is to immures ourselves in what has not been brought forward by our controller’s -- having so well used against us.

One pass threw this information Deepak Chopra is presenting. Is like reading a good magazine, but soon forgotten, and not practiced. The more time’s you listen to this understanding it will click, Even I thought I got it the first time, but using this memory tool of repeating the exposure to this information again and again, the correlation of domesticated mind loosened up enough to get it.

Pride in holding onto the domesticated mind will stop one from listening to this more than once, or the EGO will poo poo it and say I already know this and go no further.
Or look at the messenger and disregard the message, what ever the case, and I have done this as well, we must get past this domestication (prison) of pride and EGO and listening to this video 5 times. this was done to us in school and we hated doing it. Before posting a comment or truth, on this thread, this memory tool, used correctly will change your resonance to one of bliss, and understanding. I would love to here from those who are swimming in this kind of information, like Deepak Chopra mentioned there are some who have devoted all there life studying this topic. ON and Off -- the off or space between two words is endless possibilities, with out the off - (space) the on of awareness makes no sense. John XXX revisit if you like, or ingest it as i have, and stick around for a desusion in what we realy are all about. other wise thanks for listening. And have a great day.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ttwVRNlXPoI

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-----update video-----
Supporting, Calibrating, evidence with John wheeler, “Notation here;” this is not the John Wheeler Mr. Deepak was referring to in the video, -- none the less was a great synchronistic find as it fits so well with the topic at hand.

John

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AQQHKh6fHrg

Knowing that what we are is already here, turning to see the silent watcher,-- watching me watch what I am. The answer is not in the mind. it’s the feeling of the heart that what is there-- me -- is the watcher, timeless, spaceless, all knowing already here now and always has been, always. John

“Notation here;” this is not the John Wheeler Mr. Deepak was referring to in the video, -- none the less was a great synchronistic find as it fits so well with the topic at hand.

John

[ljwheat]

Neurobiology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

One of the fundamental principles of how neuroplasticity functions is linked to the concept of synaptic pruning, the idea that individual connections within the brain are constantly being removed or recreated, largely dependent upon how they are used. This concept is captured in the aphorism, "neurons that fire together, wire together"/"neurons that fire apart, wire apart." If there are two nearby neurons that often produce an impulse simultaneously, their cortical maps may become one. This idea also works in the opposite way, i.e. that neurons which do not regularly produce simultaneous impulses will form different maps.

Society, parents passing on there preprogrammed brain maps from schools, city, county, state, nation code enforcement in education and behavior in a structured bubble. Like watching TV one country watches one channel while we watch a completely different channel are lead into institutionalization in that channel of life.

Religions are the biggest brain traps man has devised in controlling how we deal with each other’s personal energies. This monkey see monkey do, learning in the cage we were born and raised up in. the jail cell of the mind didn’t have much choice in its development, in factuality its pretty much one sided. Awakening or jumping out of the box we were force into believing is a war on information, and holding our attention on the thinking that keep us from finding out thousands of years of preconditioning code enforcements were summarily passed on and amplified on. Keeping us distracted from our core awareness, those who have ventured into opening up this awareness to the masses have in the large part been killed, or ridiculed into silence, book burnings. To erase it from the past or injected with half truth as much as possible, distracters, in holy writings, flipping the meanings, or down right exaggerations leading thoughts into area’s of disinformation and worse. All in the effort to keep one off topic or hide the topic altogether.

Symbiotic knowledge of all things are energy and the gaps between on and off that gives rise to solidity, has been suppressed by the powerful few in the past and is strong and well today. They have only used more devises of distraction in all area’s of keeping the mind from looking at the silent watcher that resides in us all.

So they continue to create diversions, delusions of interest in the opposite direction (more stuff in the physical, more things to do, see, play with--- all in the attempt to keep the awareness away from inner awareness and self empowerment. This video, and its message breaks that bond with all this stuff out here we are all caught up in.

Just throw a little dought or fear with a little bit of disinformation into the fabric of life - mission accomplished. Consumerism and surrounding ourselves with stuff or objects of interest, or gadgets -- - - once caught in that trap of distraction, living the life of a monk, or sage would be viewed as insane in western culture living.

So buying into the deceptions and I have no time to be bothered with this concept of living it takes a back seat to excitement and doing things -- just so not to be board to death.
Being awake and still holding all this stuff we think we need in our lives is still a hug distraction. We are still just to plugged into technology to break away cleanly.

But playing this video over and over helps to neutralize some of the effects long enough to catch a good healthy breath of fresh air. IMO. John XXX

[Carmen]

Ah, this is of great interest to me at the moment. This is about the wrapping of myelin round the the neurone in the brain. The more we practice something, the more myelin is wrapped and a fast, 'broadband' is produced. In other words the action becomes automatic habit. I'm reading a book called 'The Talent Code', and this myelin wrapping is explained in detail. It's fascinating, explains places in the world where world beating talent is produced, the how and why of it. I'll go and look at the videos now.

[DeDukshyn]

Posted by Carmen (here)
Ah, this is of great interest to me at the moment. This is about the wrapping of myelin round the the neurone in the brain. The more we practice something, the more myelin is wrapped and a fast, 'broadband' is produced. In other words the action becomes automatic habit. I'm reading a book called 'The Talent Code', and this myelin wrapping is explained in detail. It's fascinating, explains places in the world where world beating talent is produced, the how and why of it. I'll go and look at the videos now.

I see this as "software becomes hardware" in the brain. People think that a brain "thinks". A brain just translates higher frequency energy into lower frequency constructs, and will mirror the process as "hardware" after what we call "learning" or "training" - the brain is actually just trying to be 'less cumbersome" in my view. Unfortunately this also has the the downside of being a vulnerability, depending on the "training" or "learning" being done.

Deepak is good stuff, while I find him a tad boring of a read, his vision, knowledge and education on so many things is just unsurpassed.

[Carmen]

Sorry, I was a bit off topic with my post, but it did relate! What a great couple of videos! Excellent, thank you for posting them.

[ljwheat]

Here is a video that plays around with the mechanic’s of time line synchronicity and how powerful we are.

Intention on what we prefer to hold in that intention as with the sunglasses https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post496894 both parties held powerful intention at the quantum level. A question arises in why didn’t RV (remote Viewing) foil seeing the other’s time line? The following information may shed light on this question.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=g2imkC2G-Ug

[ulli]

Bumping your thread. Great videos.

[Carmen]

This movie on quantum communication looks fascinating. I'll be watching it tonight. Thanks for posting it. As a little girl I always wanted to 'marry up' (and that's the best description for me) creation and evolution!! I am soo priveliged, (spelling!) to be living in an era now that this is happening.

[RunningDeer]

Hello ljwheat, I'm only a little over an hour into the vid, I just had to stop to say, "Oh, wow!" and "Thanks". There's something for everyone.
And now back to the movie...

Posted by ljwheat (here)
Here is a video that plays around with the mechanic’s of time line synchronicity and how powerful we are.

Intention on what we prefer to hold in that intention as with the sunglasses https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post496894 both parties held powerful intention at the quantum level. A question arises in why didn’t RV (remote Viewing) foil seeing the other’s time line? The following information may shed light on this question.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=g2imkC2G-Ug

[DeDukshyn]

Just needed to bump this ... Really, everyone, and I mean everyone, should watch at least the first video in the OP. If not a reminder for those well researched, a better understanding of the actual reality around us. To understand the illusion we call reality, so we may prioritize our decisions, based not on the illusion. Once one learns to be able to know distinct between the illusion and reality, one cannot be so easily manipulated by others, as the "importance" of everything that drives that control, shifts. My 2 cents

[ljwheat]

Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
Just needed to bump this ... Really, everyone, and I mean everyone, should watch at least the first video in the OP. If not a reminder for those well researched, a better understanding of the actual reality around us. To understand the illusion we call reality, so we may prioritize our decisions, based not on the illusion. Once one learns to be able to know distinct between the illusion and reality, one cannot be so easily manipulated by others, as the "importance" of everything that drives that control, shifts. My 2 cents

DeDukshyn: this really puts a big grin on my face. The movie Matrix in the hallway when this_-_ seeing the photon cloud when physicality was reveled as streaming energy.

With this sight you enter that space of the matrix as an equal, able to interact with it at will. This is the reason I took the time to explain about listening to this video more than once. Neo didn’t get it at first either. Consumerism, and focus on stuff is the distraction in place that blind even the awakened. GOOD one DeDukshyn. John xxx

[DeDukshyn]

Some things are easy to forget in this distraction filled world (reminders are always good). Personally, I've been out of touch lately and demanded myself to get back on track ... it got done, in the usual "less comfortable" way, ... my status ... not 100% accurate all the time Thanks for the note and this thread

BTW .. The Matrix .. Perfect analogy.

[ljwheat]

Posted by Carmen (here)
Ah, this is of great interest to me at the moment. This is about the wrapping of myelin round the the neurone in the brain. The more we practice something, the more myelin is wrapped and a fast, 'broadband' is produced. In other words the action becomes automatic habit. I'm reading a book called 'The Talent Code', and this myelin wrapping is explained in detail. It's fascinating, explains places in the world where world beating talent is produced, the how and why of it. I'll go and look at the videos now.

Carmen, In hindsight I remember the correlation of myelin the wizard is a label for one who is, has, and will be the teacher of the awakening - looking into what is not- will arise yet again threw out time till its received anew. Timeless insight-- here is the next step, as the past steps into the Now becomes the future is seen in this next video. “Way of the Wizard” - If your now intouch with OP streaming energy soup of Consciousness? John xxx

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IyMfuTzSDLw

[songsfortheotherkind]

Posted by ljwheat (here)
Revisited -- rebooting focus -- The continuity of vision seeing the physical world, is information shaped by the thoughts we entertain the most.

Thanks so much for this great information and these great vids, John- this is wonderful stuff.

[RunningDeer]

This is a transcript of “Five Attributes of the Discontinuity,“ which begins at 4:00 minutes on the vid. (Thank you for being okay with mistakes.)

“Literally reinvent your body. Choose evolution over atrophy.”

“You have access to unlimited imagination and creativity because in the discontinuity is the field of infinite possibilities.”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ttwVRNlXPoI

#1 - There’s no energy, there is no information, there is no space-time, and there are no objects. So what’s there? And the best answer science can give you is there are infinite possibilities. There are super positions of waves of possibilities. So the discontinuity is the immeasurable potential for energy, information and space-time in what we call matter. Matter does not exist out there. Matter is in our consciousness. Without consciousness, it remains a radically ambiguous and ceaselessly flowing quantum soup.

#2 - It’s infinitely correlated. It correlates everything. The technical word for this is called “entanglement”. Everything is entangled with everything, and it’s all at once. So in nature, things don’t happen one at a time. Everything happens all at once. The human body for example, which is a biological organism, but all biological organisms are part of nature itself. Now planet Earth is thought to be a biological organism everything happens all at once and everything is correlated with everything else.

The human body, for example, has a hundred trillion cells which is more than all the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Each cell performs a 100,000 activities every second. And every cell instantly knows, tracks the activity of every other cell and correlates it. How does the human body think thoughts, play a piano, care? Jones?, remove toxins, and make a baby all that the same time? And while your body can do that, it tracks the movement of stars and planets because your biological rhythms are the symphony of the whole Universe. So non-local correlation is actually a technical mathematical term for omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence. Everything happening all at once, everything correlated with everything, all at once.

#3 - It proliferates with uncertainty. You cannot compute the laws of nature at the most fundamental level. Einstein who was very uncomfortable at first with uncertainty when he said, “I don’t believe that God would play dice with the Universe,” later on went on to say, “And so far as the laws of natures are real, they are uncertain. And so far as they are uncertain, they are not real.” Which means that at a certain level nature precludes you from understanding it rationally or mathematically.

#4 - “Quantum leaps” where subatomic particles move from one location to a new location without going through the space in between. So if you watch the movie “Star Track”, the television program where the captain says, “Beam me up, Scotty.” Scotty presses a button, captain disappears here, goes up into another dimension of space-time, without going through the space in between.

#5 - Observer effect which according to John Wheeler, who just died last year at the age of ninety-seven, and he along with some other scientist about 40-50 years ago said, “The physical universe does not exist unless the conscious being is looking at it.” So if you weren’t looking at the universe, it would remain a vibration, or some sentient beingness, unit of sentience was not looking.

Okay, enough of the technical stuff. These attributes are the attributes of your own consciousness. And the reason why no one can find it, first of all, is a subjective experience, but secondly, it doesn’t exist in space-time. Where are you experiencing space-time right now? Where are you experiencing space? In your consciousness, but your consciousness is spaceless. Where are you experiencing time, right now? In your consciousness, but your consciousness itself is timeless. Now again, if you read the Bhagavad Gita, “Water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it, weapons cannot cleave it, fire cannot burn it. It’s ancient. It’s unborn. And it doesn’t die. So your consciousness, which is spaceless, timeless, dimensionless, give rise to space-time dimensionality. Everything that we call real, including your body. Now, if you totally get this, okay? - that our bodies experience and created in consciousness, then where can it be transformed? At what level? In consciousness. If it’s created in consciousness then you can only transform it in consciousness.

Okay? So on the basis of this and the basis on some really good science, I came up in this book with five breakthroughs for the body and five breakthroughs for the soul. And then the last part of the book is 10 steps to wholeness. But lets just look at the five breakthroughs for the body.

"Five Breakthroughs for the Body"

#1 - First breakthrough is that your body is not a structure. That’s a perceptual lie. Our senses don’t tell the truth. Our senses tell us that the world if flat. No body believes that anymore. The senses tells you that this ground that you are standing on is stationary and we know it’s spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles per hour. And then senses tells us our bodies are anatomical, they are NOT. Our bodies are a process in consciousness. And in fact, your body recycles itself once a year. 98% of all the atoms in your body recycle one a year. It’s a process in conscious. And the process of course through eating, breathing, digestion, metabolism, elimination, thoughts, feeling, emotions, memory, imagination, creativity, elimination, all of that. But there’s a process going on. And it’s not a fixed process. So today, we know that there’s a term that’s being used a lot in science, “neuronal plasticity”, which means you can train your mind to change the structure of your brain. Because your brain is not essentially a structure, it’s a process. Okay, again, there’s lots of studies of Buddhist monks that can change the size of their brain, who can change body temperature, who can influence autonomic? function, who can cause the secretion of neuropeptides, all kinds of things through meditations, on contemplative meditations or what the Buddhist call loving, kindness, compassion, joy, profound peace, equanimity. Because these practices allow you to go beyond your personal self into your transpersonal self.

So your brain is not fixed, nor are your genes fixed. And that is a revolutionary finding that comes from here. Dr. Dean Ornish is one of these scientists that is part of the study that was published in the “National Academy of Sciences,” that within three months of changing your lifestyle, and certain mental practices; stress management, meditation, Yoga, breathing, diet, and exercise. You can actually change the expression of 500 genes that call for things like: heart disease, diabetes, type-2 diabetes, inflammation, obesity, and even certain types of cancer.

As I said, the study was published, and now there’s a lot of interest in what is called “epigenetics”. How do factors independent of the genes regular the genes? Major breakthrough. Now you have to think for just a second, that your genes are in every cell of your body. So every cell of your body has a nucleus and there’s DNA inside that and genes are a part of the DNA. And you can influence these genes. Think of genes as nano computers. Think of genes as quantum computers that along with the epigenes are regulating a hundred trillion cells, preforming a hundred thousand activities, every second. And you can influence that. So that’s the first breakthrough based on solid science.

#2 Second breakthrough in the body is that your body is an energy field and an information field. Even though we think of it as a molecular field, it’s biological, it’s an energy field. Really. If somebody gets the information that you have a lot of money in the stock market, and it’s all your retirement money and suddenly the stock market collapses, that one bit on information immediately changes biological information in your body. Right? So information whether it comes from the outside, or generated inside...you know, like if someone tells you that your wife is having an affair... that’ll change your information, your biological information right away. Your blood pressure will go up, your heart rate will go up, your cortisol will go up.

So information, whether it’s generated internal or it’s generated from the outside, will change your body. So we have to start thinking of the body...in biology...the technologies of information of energies which we take for granted everywhere else, have not crept into the scientific way of thinking about the body. But if you can start to treat your body...and this is what the Yogis did by the way...they experienced their astral body. What does the word astral body mean? Coming from the stars because it is made out of photons ultimately. Photons are the raw material. And you can learn to experience your body as a light body that is nourished by photons. And again, ancient wisdom but very modern understanding.

#3 Third breakthrough is that you can change your experience of time. What is time? Has any body actually seen time? Time is a thing in consciousness, too. You know how people say all the time, “I’m running out of time. I have 10 DEAD lines.” What a terrible word by the way, DEAD LINES. Okay, so when people have that internal dialogue, “I’m running out of time,” their biological clock speeds up. They have fast heart rate, jittery platelets, high levels of adrenaline, higher blood pressure, and suddenly you drop dead of a heart attack...they have run out of time. Or time is the internal dialogue...

Vid #2 - first four minutes includes the rest of the lecture, the last 11 minutes are for Q&A.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KpSsgxct2hI

#3 Third breakthrough ... continued.

What separates the observer from the observed? It’s the measurement of experience. You’ll learn a lot more about it in the book. You can shift how you experience time internally. You know how somebody says, “The beauty of the mountain was breathtaking. Time stood still.” Or when you fell in love. Time doesn’t exist. So when you metabolize...there’s a part of you that is timeless.

Okay? So right now, in fact, as you are listening to me now, turn your attention to who’s listening. So as you are listening to me, be aware of who’s listening. If you feel a still presence, that’s your Soul. So now turn your attention to who’s listening. So as you are listening to me, be aware of who’s listening. If you feel a still presence, that’s your soul. It’s not your mind who’s saying, “Geez, I wished I had gone to the bathroom before the lecture. Your mind is a conversation that happens in that awareness. And that awareness is timeless. It was there when you were a baby. Different body, different mind, different emotions, but that presence was there.

So everything comes and goes. Everything comes and goes in that presence. And once again the Great Wisdom traditions say, “Hold on to that. It’s the only part of you that is real.” The rest as the Buddha said is a phantom, a dream that comes and goes. And so that’s the third breakthrough. You can change your experience of time.

#4 The fourth breakthrough, I’ve already mentioned that you can change your expression of your genes. Just like you can change your brain.

#5 The fifth breakthrough, you can always use your awareness to do this because awareness is the key. The quality of your intention, and the qualities of your intention. Now, I’ve tried to say a lot in a short amount of time, but you’ll find a lot of interesting exercises to do this. Because when I say reinvent your body, I mean it literally. I am 63 today, and I am reinventing my body. And I am inviting you to do the same. Okay? So you cannot do it though, other than being in touch with your soul. With your core consciousness. And just like there are 5 breakthroughs in the body, there are 5 breakthroughs about the soul.

"Five Breakthroughs of the Soul"

So the five breakthroughs of the Soul is when you are in touch with this core consciousness, then your life is:

First breakthrough is one of effortless spontaneity. Which means you should wake up every day and ask yourself only three questions: Is it fun? Is it easy? Am I getting results? And if you can’t say “yes” to all three, then you are not in touch with Soul, period.

Second breakthrough of the Soul is when you are in touch with your Soul you spontaneously feel joy, love, compassion, kind[ness], because you are connected to all of life. It’s not an effort. It’s who you are.

Third breakthrough of the Soul is that you have access to unlimited imagination and creativity. Because in the discontinuity is the field of infinite possibilities.

Fourth breakthrough of the Soul, you experience what all religions traditions call the “State of Grace”. Or in psychological terms it’s called, “Synchronicity”, meaningful coincidences.

Fifth breakthrough of the Soul or the core consciousness is that you recognize what the power of intention is. What we in the ancient Indian traditions call “Sung Cult”? Subtle actions, subtle intentions. And you choose evolution over atrophy.

[ljwheat]

Fundamental premise in science = The accentual nature of the physical world is that, it is not physical. The accentual nature of the material world is that its not, material. The accentual stuff of the universe is none stuff. Everything is subatomic particles, vibrating so fast our minds can not see or grasp the endless spaces between each vibration going on and off. Between each ON - there is an off. At blurring speeds our minds leave out the off. And we only see or perceive the constant elusions of the ON. Looking threw "stuff" as if it were invisible, yet with the outline of its references or foot print. Like picking up a solid steel ball that ways twenty pounds, but if this same steel ball were mad of honey comb spaces in side that you couldn’t see. It would only way a couple ounces. Learning to look at stuff in this manner as non stuff, as only a goast of its self. It would seam is now our quest. A way of looking at the "Off" that gives the "On" life. A tall order when, threw out our lives, 100% has been devoted to the "ON" switch a very long time indeed. John xxx

[ljwheat]

Just a friendly bump here for those who have been busy elsewhere, and may have missed this important remembering of who and what our existence consists of.

Thank You WhiteCrowBlackEeer for your work in transcribing the OP video into bite size gem’s. I’ve printed out a few of them as daily reminders or little alarm clocks I’ve placed along frequented paths of my day.

Staying awaken on a planet that’s set up to keep one asleep, is dauntingly difficult endeavor, if anyone has ever been under in a surgery of any kind and coming out of the effects of anesthesia is a similar example of trying your best to wake up, it feels like some one or something is shutting everything from with in is pulling you backward into a deep pit and you simple haven’t the strength to maintain your hold on awareness.

Devouring these bite sized gem’s give me the energy to help maintain my Barings in a very dark and disorienting world of slumber. So a bump for those who haven’t commented yet. John xxx

[RunningDeer]

I'm bumping this as my way of saying thanks, ljwheat.

Your commitment to assist everyone to awaken is amazing.

Just how do you manage to find these vids? I think you've got special powers that allow you access to the YouTube matrix.

[Fred Steeves]

No rotten tomatos please, but as far as I'm concerned Deepok is nothing but a schill, bought and paid for, whether knowingly or not. Yes he can say some very wonderful things, but what the man says, and what the man does, are two very different animals.

Sorry...

Cheers,
Fred

[DeDukshyn]

Posted by Fred Steeves (here)
No rotten tomatos please, but as far as I'm concerned Deepok is nothing but a schill, bought and paid for, whether knowingly or not. Yes he can say some very wonderful things, but what the man says, and what the man does, are two very different animals.

Sorry...

Cheers,
Fred

You don't have to like it ;-) Thanks for your personal opinion Fred. I personally try not judge messengers, but rather take their message and research it, compare it, analyze it, until it is either mine, or discarded. Try not to shoot the messenger. ;-)


While I'm here:

I found this little, very metaphorical (don't try to understand this literally, lol) tidbit on "the present moment ..." (it was actually in my windows clipboard and I accidently hit the paste button while responding to Fred ... I don't believe in accidents that much so here it is!)

"Can you see more clearly now why it is essential in
these closing years of the cycle to release your interpretations?
They belong to the past. And Life exists eternally
in the present. You were intended to share in this eternal
Life. But to do so, you must release identification with
the past, release identification with the material
garments you wear, and accept the creative definition
that Life gives to you in this present moment.


What doyou call Satan? His body is the past, his breath, the
future. Energized by your past-oriented guilt and your
future-oriented fear, he follows you around like some vast
cosmic shadow. He casts his nets of fear on the waters of
your awareness, then draws them with ropes of reason,
back into a guilt-ridden past.


For the sake of illustration, your presence could be
compared to an inflatable membrane, designed to be filled to
the full with the energy and power of Life. Like two enormous
rips in the side, guilt and fear allow the precious
life-substance to escape, leaving you withered, ineffectual
and short-lived, all the' while, using your own life
substance to energize everything that you fear.


It is easy to reverse the situation. Let yourself die to
the past and wake up in the present moment. Why should
you hesitate? Are your past experiences really comprehensive
enough to provide a basis for understanding
everything you encounter in the present? Do they truly
deserve the authority and credibility that you give them?
How attentive were you to all the factors that were present
in the moment of their occurrence? If you are preoccupied
with "experience", how attentive will you be to
what is occurring in the moment? Where is your attention
now?"