The  Inner  Self  -  What  IS  IT

THIS CONCEPT OR BELIEF OR IDEA OR WHATEVER THAT WE ARE TOLD TO SEEK ? HOW DO WE GO ABOUT SEEKING IT AND WHAT IS IT WE ARE SEEKING?  IS IT “GOD” -- OR SOME VERSION OF THAT IDEA THAT MIGHT ALSO BE CALLED : THE PATH---- BUDDHA---- TAO --- JEHOVAH --- COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS-- AWAKENING --- REALIZATION --- ENLIGHTENMENT --- QUICKENING ?  WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS TERM MEANS -- UNTIL IT IS CONTEMPLATED.

IT  HAS  BEEN SUGGESTED IN THE LITERATURE OF  TWELVE STEP  PHILOSOPHY -  THAT GREAT   HEALING TOOL  WHICH  SEEMS TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN HELPING TO REMOVE  DAMAGE TO OUR SOUL BY  CONDITIONING OF  LOWER-MIND-LOGICAL MENTATION- THAT:

"Prayer,  Meditation, and  Self-Examination"  are an unbeatable combination"......

 FOR CLEANING  THE PSYCHOLOGICAL  AND BIO-LOGICAL  SYSTEM  OF  DAMAGE DONE BY  THE CONDITIONING PROCESS WE  HAVE ALL  HAD TO ENDURE FROM SOCIETY AT LARGE IN ITS  REPRESENTATIVE COMPONENTS OF PARENTAL,  EDUCATIONAL,  RELIGIOUS, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER BIG MONEY  PROGRAMMING-FOR-PROFIT.

 WE ARE USED TO THINKING IN SOMETHING CALLED “LOGIC” - A MAN-MADE SOFTWARE PROGRAM WHICH SEEKS TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT WHICH WE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND AND HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR. i.e. “WHY DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM THAT NO MATTER HOW CAREFULLY I PLAN MY LIFE -- IT NEVER TURNS OUT THAT WAY” ?  MANY  HAVE  HAD  THIS  REALIZATION ALREADY.

AND  THEN  THE QUESTION  MOST ARE READY TO ASK BY AGE 50  OR LESS:  "IS THIS  ALL THERE IS ?"  MEANING, OF COURSE THAT  WE MAY HAVE ACHIEVED MATERIAL SUCCESS  ONLY TO DISCOVER  THE  SENSE  OF EMPTYNESS THAT ACCOMPANIES IT.   OR  MAYBE  WE HAVE SURVIVED THE STRUGGLE OF SURVIVAL  BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEATH OF  SPIRIT - THE WEARINESS OF  DOING- THE LOSS OF LIFE   PURPOSE.

SO HOW THEN SHALL I  FIND THIS MYSTERIOUS "NNER BEING"   IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR ?  IS IT SUBJECT  OR VERB ?  IS IT A CONDITION OF LIFE -- AN IDEA -- A THOUGHT WAVE -- AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC BEING LIKE MYSELF -- OR IS IT ATTAINABLE TO HUMAN UNDER-STANDING AT ALL. ?

 IF  ALL THOSE "CONDITIONING QUESTIONS"  ARE BEING RAISED IN YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW  IT WOULD APPEAR THAT YOU ARE ON TRACK ALREADY.   THIS IS  A TRULY  NEW ERA  WE ARE ENTERING   NOW.   SURVIVAL REQUIRES   WE DISCARD ANSWERS  PROGRAMMED  INTO OUR BELIEF SYSTEM BY THOSE SOCIETAL FORCES MENTIONED ABOVE.  

 ALL OF THESE ARE  PROGRAMMING US  WITH  THEIR  BELIEFS.  IF WE NEVER QUESTION, QUIETLY ACCEPTING  ALL,  WE  EVENTUALLY  REALIZE   WE  ARE ACTING OUT OTHERS    BELIEF SYSTEMS  AND  HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH OUR OWN.  WE ARE LISTENING TO THE NEGATIVE  VOICE  OF  MATERIALISTIC MIND WHICH VALIDATES  US NOT AT,  TELLING US  INSTEAD TO  ACCEPT  FEELINGS OF LACK AND UNWORTHINESS,   OF  A-LONE-NESS AND  SEPARATION---   BUT,  OF COURSE ! !   TO KEEP STRUGGLING- KEEP  SUFFERING !  !  TO KEEP DOING WHAT  WE  HAVE ALWAYS DONE;   TO LISTEN TO  THE VOICES THAT HAVEN'T  SEEMED TO WORK.

 BY STILLING THIS LOWER VOICE THROUGH MEDITATION WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE IT AS SIMPLY THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS,  THE VOICES OF MANKIND TRAVELING DOWN RIVER.  WE CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS A WAY TO STAND ON THE BANK AND WATCH -  WITHOUT BEING SWALLOWED BY THE DRIFT.  THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR SEPARATED MIND AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF CONNECTION WITH WHOLE MIND AND PEACE.

 IN THE OPINION OF MUCH OF THE ENTIRE WORLD NOW AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY,  AMERICA  IS  SEEN AS  TOTALLY MATERALISTIC  AND AGGRESSIVE.   WE HAVE LOST  WORLD RESPECT  THROUGH  ALLOWING OUR ELECTED  OFFICIALS TO LEAD US EVER DEEPER INTO  ACQUISITION  AND DOMINATION.  THEY, IN ESSENCE  THEN ARE PROGRAMMING OUR LIVES  FOR US;  FOR AS ONE THINKS -  SO THEIR LIFE PATTERNS ARE FORMED.

EVEN THE CHURCHES - NOT ALL FOR SURE - BUT MANY APPEAR TO  HAVE LOST THE INITIAL VALIDATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND START US OUT IN LIFE BY TELLING US WE ARE "SINNERS"  AT  BIRTH.  THAT WE CAN ONLY "BE SAVED"  BY CONFORMING TO THE SPECIFIC DOCTRINE THEY ENDORSE.   AND WE ALL  KNOW TOO WELL TODAY, THANKS TO THE INTERNET AND WORLDWIDE MEDIA AT WORK THAT WHILE TELLING US HOW SINFUL WE  ARE- ONE WELL-KNOWN  CHURCH  WAS  KEEPING SECRET THE WIDESPREAD PRACTICE OF  MOLESTATIONS OF GENERATIONS  OF LITTLE BOYS;     THEREBY DESTROYING  ALL PROSPECTS   OF  NORMAL LIFE FOR THE  YOUNGEST AND WEAKEST. 

AND SO IT GOES - ON AND ON -  UNTIL  WE  SEE THE PICTURE AND DECIDE TO OPT  OUT.   THEN THE JOURNEY BEGINS.  IT BEGINS  WITH SLOWING DOWN,  TRYING TO GET A NEW APPROACH VIA  SELF EXAMINATION . FINDING PERHAPS  A SMALL GROUP WHERE THESE  IDEAS CAN BE EXCHANGED -  BE IT  A  TWELVE STEP  GROUP,  A YOGA OR MEDITATION GROUP;  A PARTICULAR THERAPIST/ A CHURCH CENTER THAT OFFERS ACCESS TO  TEACHINGS CONCERNING VALIDATION OF SPIRIT RATHER THAN SUPPRESSION OF SPIRIT (LIFE & FEELING)

IT HAS BEEN OFTEN SAID THROUGH THE CENTURIES:  "WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY THE TEACHER WILL APPEAR"

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