Weekly Message, September 23, 2006
Seeing What Is Hidden
Written and transcribed by Terry Grant.
This is a continuation of a message I have transcribed and edited from a talk Ishvara gave on May 28, 2006. - TG.
Ishvara:
This realization requires that you recognize what is missing. What is missing really isn't missing. It is just hidden. It's not out in the open. Perhaps instead of saying, "Something is missing," we should say, "Something is not seen." It's not invisible, it's just not seen. Those who have eyes to see, will see it. And those who have ears to hear will hear it. They will hear what is seen, and see what is being heard. Complicated, isn't it? It is a cross-over of the senses. You will get it. It will come to you.
Seeing what is hidden involves realizing that there is no boundary, no ceiling, to the discovery, the experience, the evolution, and the transcendence for the human, and as far as that goes, for all the rest of creation, all of Life. All of Life has that capacity, because that which is within it, the spark of the universe, is continuously evolving and becoming. It can be problematic at times, because you know something deep within yourself, but you can't seem to place it here. You feel like an alien. You feel as if you don't belong in this system.
When a person has that feeling, the person often tries to escape it, because there is no real help to embrace it. You grow up thinking there is something wrong with you, because you don't seem to fit into the conditional, consensus world. You see things differently. You know other things. But when you try to address that knowing with other people, they deny that it exists. Their response can be: "Well, you shouldn't be thinking that way; that's going to get you in trouble. That will cause you to be a non-conformist, to be different, and the world just doesn't like 'different.' Everyone is supposed to be the same. Follow the rules, stay within the lines."
The new human is that individual who follows the real, the actual, even though it goes contrary to the conditions, systems, structures, beliefs, and concepts all around. The new human, as the New Consciousness, gathers itself up from the old. It is not something alien; it is the same "something" that has finally found itself. Waking-up, becoming-aware, and transformation are about finding your True Nature, finding the real, the real that has been so layered over with beliefs, concepts and conditioning that it is hard to believe it even exists.
My work is about revealing this truth. The revelation of this truth will set you free. It is written: "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." So the measurement is: Are you free with your beliefs, your concepts, your religions, your spiritual disciplines? Are you free? Or have you just traded one escape for another, one addiction for another?
You can look at people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and things like that, and you may think they really have a problem. But there are worse addictions: being addicted to drama, to fear, to doubt, to separation, to escapes, to "This isn't it." These things all fit into that category. So there is no innocence. The wake-up, the realization is to come to the Self that you are, and recognize that there is something there that is solid, something that is knowing, something that is permanent, something that IS.
The teaching of impermanence is simply a teaching about conditions. Conditions are impermanent. Conditions are fleeting. Consensus reality is fleeting. Humans cling to it, desperately trying to make it permanent, but it is slipping right through your fingers, because the Self is waking up. The truth is awakening.
Nineteen years ago, the truth awoke. It woke up, and that is when I realized what had been happening. That is when I saw the enslavement that has been the restraint of humanity. That is when I understood what needed to be done to wake up. I saw very clearly, I heard exactly. I knew what had been hidden. I realized what had been so fearful to the controllers, for when you truly come to yourself, you can no longer be controlled. You can no longer be conditioned. You see right through consensus reality. You just laugh at beliefs; they have no power. You realize there are no boundaries, there are no limits.
(To be concluded next week).
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Seeing What Is Hidden
Written and transcribed by Terry Grant.
This is a continuation of a message I have transcribed and edited from a talk Ishvara gave on May 28, 2006. - TG.
Ishvara:
This realization requires that you recognize what is missing. What is missing really isn't missing. It is just hidden. It's not out in the open. Perhaps instead of saying, "Something is missing," we should say, "Something is not seen." It's not invisible, it's just not seen. Those who have eyes to see, will see it. And those who have ears to hear will hear it. They will hear what is seen, and see what is being heard. Complicated, isn't it? It is a cross-over of the senses. You will get it. It will come to you.
Seeing what is hidden involves realizing that there is no boundary, no ceiling, to the discovery, the experience, the evolution, and the transcendence for the human, and as far as that goes, for all the rest of creation, all of Life. All of Life has that capacity, because that which is within it, the spark of the universe, is continuously evolving and becoming. It can be problematic at times, because you know something deep within yourself, but you can't seem to place it here. You feel like an alien. You feel as if you don't belong in this system.
When a person has that feeling, the person often tries to escape it, because there is no real help to embrace it. You grow up thinking there is something wrong with you, because you don't seem to fit into the conditional, consensus world. You see things differently. You know other things. But when you try to address that knowing with other people, they deny that it exists. Their response can be: "Well, you shouldn't be thinking that way; that's going to get you in trouble. That will cause you to be a non-conformist, to be different, and the world just doesn't like 'different.' Everyone is supposed to be the same. Follow the rules, stay within the lines."
The new human is that individual who follows the real, the actual, even though it goes contrary to the conditions, systems, structures, beliefs, and concepts all around. The new human, as the New Consciousness, gathers itself up from the old. It is not something alien; it is the same "something" that has finally found itself. Waking-up, becoming-aware, and transformation are about finding your True Nature, finding the real, the real that has been so layered over with beliefs, concepts and conditioning that it is hard to believe it even exists.
My work is about revealing this truth. The revelation of this truth will set you free. It is written: "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." So the measurement is: Are you free with your beliefs, your concepts, your religions, your spiritual disciplines? Are you free? Or have you just traded one escape for another, one addiction for another?
You can look at people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and things like that, and you may think they really have a problem. But there are worse addictions: being addicted to drama, to fear, to doubt, to separation, to escapes, to "This isn't it." These things all fit into that category. So there is no innocence. The wake-up, the realization is to come to the Self that you are, and recognize that there is something there that is solid, something that is knowing, something that is permanent, something that IS.
The teaching of impermanence is simply a teaching about conditions. Conditions are impermanent. Conditions are fleeting. Consensus reality is fleeting. Humans cling to it, desperately trying to make it permanent, but it is slipping right through your fingers, because the Self is waking up. The truth is awakening.
Nineteen years ago, the truth awoke. It woke up, and that is when I realized what had been happening. That is when I saw the enslavement that has been the restraint of humanity. That is when I understood what needed to be done to wake up. I saw very clearly, I heard exactly. I knew what had been hidden. I realized what had been so fearful to the controllers, for when you truly come to yourself, you can no longer be controlled. You can no longer be conditioned. You see right through consensus reality. You just laugh at beliefs; they have no power. You realize there are no boundaries, there are no limits.
(To be concluded next week).
Copyright © 2006 by Alaya®.
All rights reserved.
Alaya® is a registered trademark and service mark.
If you forward this message, please include the copyright notice.
This message comes to you from Alaya, a nonprofit organization. Alaya depends upon financial contributions for its continued existence. Follow this link for information on how to make a tax-deductible contribution to Alaya.
Thank you for your support.
To learn more about Ishvara and the Alaya Community, visit our website at www.alaya.org
To subscribe to this message list, send an email to tgrant@alaya.org with the word "Subscribe" in the subject of your message.
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