What do you Want in Life? Really?

What do you Want in Life? Really?

Where does fear rule your life? Where do addictions to old thoughts or unfilled desires keep you cemented in a quest to prove something to yourself? To prove that “I get everything I want?” Or that “No one can tell me what to do, or that I can’t do something” sort of energy? In life we so often find that the opportunities we ask for come to us likened to an “all you can eat buffet.” If you want a black pair of shoes for $30 you’ll probably find them somewhere for $20, or if you’re looking for a two bedroom condo a block from the beach, you’ll find one right on the water in an area better than you’d imagined for yourself. These synchronicities are blessings that reveal to us the greater powers we hold within our positions here on the Earth, within our Spirits and co-creative potentials within the hologram of Reality; Love; Divine Intelligence/God. The questions and focus we should hold lays not in questioning whether or not we can get what we want, but raising our consciousness enough to a greater understanding in discovery asking ourselves “Is what I want, the best thing for me?” Anything we desire we get; it is Natural Law, all in alignment.

Within this frequency, we find that there are measures a Master must take to reflect in silence as to what in our lives and in our minds and imaginations that we want, are indeed those things that serve our Spirits and growth on all levels. Although every movement and every action, every thought and ever breath are the right paths one is to move through, we must also understand that there are vibrations likened to a musical scale that reveal to us those states of being which connect us through Love to our Homes; Within. And then there are those vibrations which keep us stagnant within the illusions of movement or lower our vibrations pulling us farther “away” from the Truth of Love that resonates within us all. This pull thus pushing those things that connect us to the Peace, Bliss, and Joy off of a ledge that doesn’t exist, making them seem as unreal as the fears, pains, and injustices are in a moment to you as real. Do you see? Sometimes the steak, lobster, and spicy fried food that Mr. X so enjoys and desires perhaps may not be the best path or course of action to take seeing as he’s had two double bypass heart surgeries in the last 5 years. Or to the compulsive gambler who follows his “hunches & feelings” once every 1^st of the month as he places all his money on the same #5 black roulette square at the casino, only to lose again and again finding himself without food or the peace that comes through taking care of his responsibilities.

There comes a time that each on their path begins to ask questions; and then there is that instance they embark on asking the right questions. For when we ask the right questions we begin to receive the right answers. But when we ask for answers, we must be open enough in love, setting our egos aside to receive the guidance we have asked for. For it serves the gambler no good if he has asked for and been given ideas by friends, family, and other professionals (gamblers) as to how maybe gambling on different squares would change his “luck,” or budgeting his funds to say only spending half the rent money could be better for him, or even having enough courage to bypass the casino altogether this time around; only to find himself at the casino on the 1^st of next month penniless once again. Or to Mr. X after the doctors prescribe him a new diet to recoup and maintain a new level of health that he has so willingly asked for proclaiming: “I’ll never do that again,” finds himself following his 2^nd bypass surgery traveling straight to the greasiest fast food joint he can find, and gobbles down 4 burgers, 3 sets of fries, and 1 case of fried chicken wings with extra, extra hot sauce. Do you see now?

If we already know everything, then why do we continue re-cycling the same emotions and experiences? And if we know everything and we are truly happy, why do we continue asking ourselves for something different? The answer is found within the question itself. It is because we know everything; and perhaps the facades of presence we often put up to tell the world "we are all right," are thin shells and screens hiding a not so hidden state of unhappiness calling out from a cracked window. Only you know, and only you can determine the degree of true happiness you have accepted and will accept. And to this degree, the value of your True Presence in Love.

To truly know something, we must be open enough to know nothing. For the ego this is hard, because it operates on survival and what is known. So it, only to maintain its security and peace (although its often not peace at all), will accept only the experiences that it has traveled through before, as "real" and "valid" experiences or paradigms. If the grass is always greener on the other side, then this is what a person will accept and believe until the day they realize that the grass can only become greener from within. Yes? If an individual moving through ego has only known a member of the opposite sex to be untrustworthy, then by law through their acceptance, this will become again. So it is to the day their Eye becomes clear enough through self reflection and new knowledge (perhaps a suggestion from a friend, or a direct “chance” experience) that will beckon a transformation of what they know, now; through a new first hand experience. Do you see, now? How can a baby walk without taking its first step, or how could man have ever reached the venues of flight without first imagining that they could fly; and then experiment until the experience became manifest? These unknowns became known first in mind through a thought, and then translated into the physical realm of existence. We may not always know how we will fly, but if we believe that it is possible and are open enough to allow its presence into our lives, voila! We taste the gentle cool of the clouds in motion; indeed.

To become everything, we must know nothing; and in knowing nothing, we allow ourselves to truly know all things.

And here these expressions of consciousness become known as Love. They become known as Self.

As we begin to love ourselves through deeper and deeper expressions within self moving out of feeling as victims to some persistent cycles that seemingly “happen to us;” we start to understand that these events have but been chosen by us, through us. The gambler although following his intuition and passion which are both driving forces of Creation, may perhaps discover that his intuition can become clearer, and his passions redirected; or revealed through quiet contemplation why they are his passions in the first place. In this he may truly clarify in a moment if indeed this is a passion or an addiction, or if his intuition in relation to gambling is but a programmed response placed in motion based on a collection of past (known) experiences and his current belief system. Many times we too find that we’ve given so much emotional energy to a relationship, or an unfulfilled desire or dream, that our ego in its deluded stubbornness will not give it up until it is “gotten.” This often leads to an endless quest of a “never achieved” notion which is followed by guilt, low self esteem or senses of abandonment by experience or relationship; person or thought. Or if the sought desire is finally attained through sheer will, a long struggle and process, found here often becomes a disappointment which is rooted in and as a result of unfilled expectations, attachments, and a simple recognition that this thing wasn’t really what you wanted in the first place. We find that the process to attain this “thing” was but a means to an end to experience fulfillment. Is this Love? Or rather is this the type of Love that you truly know within yourself; inherently? Truthfully?

We discover that no “thing” can fulfill us but that substance which is found within. It is as intangible as the sky, but as presently tangible as your Breath. Is the sky not the Breath? Yes? A paradox like many movements within physical experience, but a moment which may be known in Peace and Love to those who perceive it as such; Love.

Building on the concepts of “no-thing,” we see that no lover creates your sensuality and passion; this but comes from within your own heart and mind. Although they can share in and catalyze or enhance this vibration, and journey through the sheer magic of the Kundalini Fire in all of its wonders of expression and blessing, it exists not in them outside in the world, but within you, inside of your-self. As one follows the deluded process of outward searching and verification, things become less and less about meaning and more and more about attaining. Its like the professional athlete who loses the love and passion for his sport because he never achieves a championship. Do you see? The love and passion don’t come from the trophy or title of being a Champion, it comes from the Love that is cultivated from within; the appreciation, and the joy. Here all athletes shall forever be known as Champions, for the moment of action is fulfillment, not the subsequent result; win or loss. Although the ego would not accept this, Love gently reveals this fine Truth. This is how true love is re-kindled, and why many who journeyed away from their true passions, find themselves re-aligning to them coming out of re-tire-ment as the fulfillment of the Love of just being in the moment of their Passions is remembered once again. Many relationships between souls flow through this energy of pursue and achieve, command and conquer where the emotions one feels are not genuine vibrations of Love, but have become masked delusions of an ego conquest. And then upon separation one asks: “Why is this happening to me again!?”

If we kick a ball, it moves; normally. Once we kick the ball and know it moves, it is a registered “fact” within the subjectivity of our reality. It becomes a re-enforced known for the subconscious mind which will now re-create this over and over in your mind and reality until a new known is discovered. And what is a new known? First there is new information presented (new knowledge), and then through courage there is experimentation. Once a new experience occurs, your current reality and belief is either enhanced by a new variable adding to its strength and versatility, or released to the wind as this new experience presents a different reality more aligned to the life you have been working to realize. Do you see? So the ball we’ve kicked 1000 times will be expected to move the 1001^st time as we step up to its presence once again. But on this day, the ball that we normally kick isn’t a normal ball, it doesn’t act the way we expect it to act. It is cemented on a stick in the ground, and as we kick it, it does not move. Now in the brain a new variable is added. The ball we knew no longer always moves when kicked. Yes? Here we find an infinite amount of new courses of action that one may take in reference to the ball; in perception and new experience. Simply use your imagination and many will be revealed.

So in relationships with our internal realities we must begin to take a deeper look with courage into the movements of our thoughts, intentions, addictions, and set paradigms. Like water, or an empty slate we must each travel flowing and open to new experiences. For if the door we have knocked on continues to be closed, or the street we normally take has potholes that we have so willingly run over for so long of which have been slowly deteriorating our modes of transportation, what harm would come of taking a new direction? Perhaps the fear of the unknown is overwhelming, or perhaps we shall try and convince ourselves that the potholes will fix themselves. But a Master, will know that he may purchase cement to repair the potholes, or find a new route and direction. The key here in his choice is not which direction he chooses to go, but the intention behind the direction of his consciousness; his movement; his awareness. And if like a worn pair of shoes whose soles have burned down beyond repair, and the road and potholes do not stay filled, the Natural Intelligence of Spirit would but seem to be guiding him to a new road; in a new direction.

But to Know Spirit in a deeper sense and the symbols and guidance that flow through in Clarity, we must become silent enough to see them. We are all powerful intuitives and all One in and as this Great Spirit, but the potency of probability and our abilities to co-create and/or envision and understand the frequencies we so desire to become through our free-will do but make themselves more readily accessible through an Open Heart, Open Mind, and Open Connection to God/Divine Intelligence/Spirit. Metaphorically speaking, Spirit (consciousness) is likened to a Sniper awaiting with finger on trigger to hit a target. As seen in the tandem union of a Sniper and Navigator, we through our Vision and Imagination communicate the coordinates as Navigator to Sniper. This role for we are One, is indeed directly interchangeable as we as Spirit pull the trigger from the Navigations given within self. But the important thing to know is that the Clarity and Accuracy of the Sniper hitting his mark will be but as Clear as the Communication and Vision of the Navigator. This here revealed lays the importance and true paramount presence of a Conscious Connection from One to One. Indeed, the best Sniper teams, or any greatly efficient and successful team or relationship for that matter are most often collectively known and referenced as acting as One Mind, One Body, or One Being. Beyond coincidence, this reflection is but one of many symbolic clues to the Greater Presence of our Union and movements within Love.

As we slow down our breathing, and quiet our minds, we shall forever attune to the facets of True Mind. Here in this Mind, we no longer shall encounter the delusions of a reality cemented in limitation and addiction, but rather embrace the Infinite resonance of our Limitless Love. Now, take a look at your life, and ask yourself:

“What do I really want?”

And So It Is.

© Copyright Rev. Nick Byrd 2009