consciousness matters

I'm only an illusion but I like it.

I think therefore I think.

I am codependent on my I.

I have come from nowhere; take me to your dreamers.

I came from a distant galaxy a long long time ago right here and now.

Matter is consciousness. Consciousness is matter.

Consciousness appears to be a tree within these thoughts in which consciousness appears to be me.

God is another name for Consciousness is another name for Being is another name for Emptiness is another name for Nameless is another name.

Matter does not exist in the way that 'science' thinks it does: precursor to consciousness. Matter *is* consciousness and vice versa.

The body-mind is a pattern of Consciousness that thinks... it is a body-mind.

all 'you' can do is *try* to understand until understanding removes the 'you'

returning

it is said that the word in the new testament translated as 'repent' should really be understood as 'return'. it makes a world of difference

return! for the kingdom of heaven is at hand

gone is the guilt. arriving is the here & now.

the -only- thing 'one' can "do" is *try* to •understand•, and even that ultimately is in the of 'understanding' itself

don't try to seek the truth; the truth is seeking you

the moment you stop, the truth will find you

then you will smile to see the truth *is* you

space is the one breathing all of us

used to

i used to know how to spel

i used to know what i knew

i used to fear the fire of hell

i used to think that i was who

a few thoughts on belief

all it takes is one word for the morning to appear; imagine what sixteen can do

thoughts create this world; just one belief turns it all to hell

i suppose there are those that actually believe in choiceless awareness

a theist believes in something while an atheist believes in nothing; it's the belief stupid!

then there's the agnostic who believes in not believing

there's a world of difference between direct experience confirming truth and believing something to be true

5wnd

I + LMFHO = LOVE

no matter where i go, this world goes with me

objects seen in this mirror will appear to be real

within these four walls is the understanding that there are no walls

there's no argument for love.

don't believe a single word.

you are the youniverse

understanding is the key to the door that's always been open

minds just love drama; clean minds love soap operas

the mind acts out of the past; truth acts now

never make up your mind

there are no conclusions so how can you draw them--pointless graffiti of the mind

be being, not a beist

if theism is the belief in a God, then the word 'the' must be an article that points to this God existing in all things

wwwwwnd (what would wei wu wei not do?)

weak self and the deeper fall

the self can't disappear unless it's been developed in the first place; weak egos are incredibly persistent

knowledge of good & bad is the basis of the fall from living our true nature. when this fact is recognized & organized: a new deeper fall!

religions form on the direct understanding by a few that distinction is the error, and then inevitably become the distinct belief of many!

acting out of belief results in thinking how one should act results in a code of morality results in constant failure results in a weak self

religions thrive in a sense of morality resulting in a sense of inferiority in the self; there's no stronger animal than a wounded animal.

(one will act from belief, but direct understanding acts you)

understanding understanding

awareness is understanding; not understanding is not awareness

there is nothing to do but understand, and in that understanding is awareness

the mind cannot understand. the mind can figure it out. but all figuring is in the mind. all such logic is a closed loop.

the mind will never figure out the paradox of being. understand?

understanding is a passage that begins in the mind, passes through the heart, and disappears into the emptiness of awareness

understanding is a lightning bolt that zaps the mind as awareness strikes awareness

standing beneath understanding is like standing beneath the open sky in a lightning storm

the only thing between the sky of awareness and the ground of awareness is the mind

as understanding strikes the mind, that sky and ground grow much less distant, until there is no mind and only awareness--as always is

this metaphor has been a production of understanding inc. and is copyrighted by the disappearing mind. all rights are reserved in awareness.

Meditations in 3D

a snow shower is a wonderful meditation on space

really really look at the world in 3-D

the mind will tend to focus on a single object, thereby flattening perspective and separating one from the totality

but when looking at the world in 3-D, the mind starts to recognize the space instead

this is why a 3-D movie can be initially disconcerting. the trick of cinematography is forcing space onto the mind.

when looking at the world in 3-D, one will begin seeing that all is space--and that objects are patterns of space within that space...

...that one's self is a pattern of space within that space. and that space is consciousness. and I am That.

when really looking at the world in 3D, when actually meditating in this 3-D, you will literally feel yourself at 1st a wave within an ocean

go deeper and sea

notes to self

note to self: play more air guitar

note to self: renounce renunciation

note to self: do not do

note to self: clear eyes, full heart, can't lose (never lost)

note to self: sing an aria in the shower

note to self: start living in daylight savings time one month early

note to self: write more notes to self

note to self: inquire as to who is writing these notes to self

an effort towards understanding no effort

it's not just that effort isn't needed, but effort itself is of the dual mind resulting in a choice; thus understanding is the only way

to equate 'no effort' with 'already there' is a great mistake of the mind and not an understanding of 'no-mind'

thus it is not written

revelations

*prologue

Two is an interpretation of one; one is the form of emptiness.

I just remembered I know absolutely nothing about today!

Living is the Book of Revelations.


*story

I was standing on a dune overlooking the sea and a flock of geese flew by my vision and I saw the moon for the first time in my life!

That moon was pale and gibbous, barely visible against the powder-blue afternoon sky, but its presence felt astronomical.

Suddenly I saw I didn't know the sea or the waves crashing on the shore or the narrow strand of beach or this height of a dune or me.

And these landforms became colors turned to patterns to energy, emptiness and I disappeared like a grain of sand in the silent wind.

petals

ten thousand skies this morning after the cleansing petals of rain have fallen

all that is holy cannot be written on a single piece of paper

Consciousness in the Self is not self-consciousness

being an easeful warrior

there is only one life

turn the senses outside in

not only is the whole world for you; it is you

choiceless

choose nothing

in the church of the choiceless

x is equal to not x

I've got no expectations
~Jagger/Richards

there is nothing to do but understand

understanding is slow poison to the mind

there is no effort in opening your eyes

easy does it; you don't do a thing

fly like a butterfly, be like a bee

An Unknown Adventure

The only thing that’s known is
what I think I know.
But what I think I know is
only what I think.
Outside of thought awaits
the great unknown.

     (The river knows the way
     inviting one to stay
     within the current of its flow
     from thoughts of highest elevation
     to the unknown sea below.)

     The fire of consciousness
     expresses action thru the body
     as the earth erupting in delight
     of its creation like a child
     before a lava lamp.

Beneath the fault there lies
the core revealing that
there never was a fault
but just a quaking from the lack
of taking heart from heart.


Out of the blue there comes
a flash and everything comes
crashing towards the point
where one is dashing towards—
then clear, it disappears.


~Son Rivers 2010

lifeshine

smile and
feel the sun inside
and know that
you are That

see that
every heartful mindful
action is
a solar flare of love

burn
belief
baby
burn!

3 line koem

just imagine a world without imagination

it's so simple it's unbelievably complicated

there's nothing wrong with talking to yourself--as long as you listen

some factors

six billion minds; one heart

thinking about the now misses the entire point of the now

there is no there

existence is just enough

breath alone is my gospel

no definition is ever definite

if it's logical, it's just not true

this vitual keyboard is too small for my fingertips

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. ~John Keats

what is not beautiful

stay unfocused!

innocence is never lost; it’s just covered up by all this pointless knowledge

the ground is still beneath the snow

paradise was never lost; I was lost in I

Self = innocence = reality = truth = beauty = paradise = NowHere

no word

No words but ones that destroy two.

Your words and thoughts are the most powerful force within your life on earth; in fact, they are your life on earth.

Not only are your words this life on earth, but they help create life on earth for any that may hear them who yet are not aware.

Each and every word you speak and think is equivalent to what the scientific mindset calls the Big Bang.

But I would prefer to have every word I speak and think be Big Love instead.

But no word is best word.

from pulpit rock

seeing seals in a sea of sun

an island floating in a cloud of its reflection

two loons are playing hide-and-seek within a deep blue void

the line that sea and sky decide is neither now is my horizon

not in your mind

looking at the concept of snow outside my window.

throwing snowballs with every circular thought.

this room is full of nothing but the kitchen sink.

yet everything ultimately melts in the heart.

water water everywhere and not a drop to think.