Reinstated - From August 12ish.2008: Samadhi - Beyond Belief

Here is the sticky thing...teaching within a paradigm in which samadhi, or supreme bliss (enlightened consciousness), is the goal, we assume that there are not already masters on the planet.

There have been so many goofy things said--"adages"--as we call them, especially within arenas of spiritual inquiry and travel, that have rendered themselves extra--a waste of energy. They get in the way of clean, clear movement.

I am going to put something out there to my students, particularly of the Indigo/Crystal ilk, that is a little bit straightforward, and it's about time we boldly embody the truth--to not be afraid of your power. We have an amazing group of conscious and admirable people who have gone before us, breaking ground, creating new patterns, or things for our consideration, in spiritual understanding, in truth, and in life, in general. We are totally fortunate and, yet, have the responsibility to stand in the truth of what we know and the gifts we have been given that, no offense, may even blow those predecessors away--the same ones who give us bonuses, raises, passage, disapproval, rejection, etc., or whatever, out of their ignorance or lovingkindness or for whatever reasons.

Do not be afraid to completely show someone up, if it's yours to do.

It's not for you to be afraid or to hide, thinking some guy or girl is the answer to the fact that you're hiding from yourself in other aspects of your life.

Yoga is a gift. It is a way of standing in truths that, formerly, enlightened ones, priest/esses, yogis, sages, etc. alone held down. And, mainly, in societies or cultural contexts in which there was great honor for these gifts. Today, this is not necessarily so. If that enlightened consciousness is part of your natural walking consciousness, be that today. Give that presence, that existence. Be that example. True enlightenment does not come through mimicry. By studying some other sage or guru or reading all of the spiritual classics in the world and calling yourself a "spiritual teacher." True teachers come with this purpose. They are not students on the path, though they are probably the best students by nature of their path. It does not come from following someone else's patterns or "doing as they might do." Think for yourself. And do what's right by the values you have found via your own life's experiences.

Enlightenment authentically expressed through any human being is done exquisitely through their own intelligence, or lack thereof, and dealing with what you end up being, good or bad, for better or for worse. If you are, by all good measure, quite enlightened, then you are that. But, either way, the effort is pure. You see? Copycat and competition-free. When you begin the conscious movement toward total surrender, if you don't just give it up and be that, or give expression to those seed-planting parts of your being-ness, you lose energy. And the other parts of you desiring that freedom, that may need activation from those first-to-go parts may very well become stymied, listless, by your mind saying "it's not time yet." Freedom comes from making the conscious choice and promise to yourself to say "yes" to becoming a 100% conduit of light and God's channel. And not so-n'-so spiritual teacher's medium. The highest of high's.

You desire prana, or some kind of etheric energy, more than food? Then don't eat, and let them call you "crazy" or "weird" for practicing your asana when there's nothing else you'd rather do. When all the ballgames and franks in the world have stopped being interesting. When the desire to make love to your God overrides any earthly desire that keeps you rolling around in stimulation or the opposite, for all the wrong reasons.

Let your silence answer their questions, or assumptions, regarding whether sexual energy is really as good as it gets in this world. Let that silence say that you've found something that renders it disinteresting, if participated in for stagnant purposes, and that they should keep trying because they have wisdom to access.

It may be that all that has formerly been "of heaven" is becoming our earth as we rise into higher levels, not only of belief but the creation of what is possible when we see samadhi, or complete, unfettered, and unsuppressed union with our true, God nature become not so much the goal but the platform from which we do, see, or create much of anything.

Own your best parts and continue on that upward, focused spiral like there ain't nothin' more to do but dance with your maker because, to be honest, there's not.