Question: "Ishvara, could you talk about the importance of being it, rather than 'about' it".

Ishvara: I’ve consistently found in the various teachings and spiritual disciplines that there is so much talk “about” The Consciousness, "about" Life, "about" direct experience. Much is written about it. There is a great deal of knowledge and information about it. People read about it and study it, and can parrot the information back without ever having actually experienced it for themselves.

Upon awakening I saw that there was a need for someone to be an example of living it moment by moment, instead of talking about it. It’s unavoidable to talk about it in language. Yet I feel that human communication is taking place beyond language, that there is also a physical, bodily communication that takes place. When other bodies are around this (Ishvara’s) body, those other bodies say, “Well, something more is possible here, genetic enhancement is possible, other ways of seeing things are possible.” This supports physical transformation. So it seems that, instead of talking about it, now is the time to exemplify it, to literally be the example of The Consciousness, to be the example of presence and to let individuals see that it actually works; to demonstrate that there is Life after enlightenment and that we don’t have to go somewhere else. We don’t have to be something else to be the embodiment of The Consciousness. We are that embodiment already, and we just need to be it.

It’s fun to talk about it, to explore possibilities, but one must get down to actualizing it, living it, actually proving it, testing it in the laboratory of Life, to see that this actually works. This is a stronger testament for The Consciousness than all the words we could possibly say or write about it.

When one is actually living it, there is a definite change in one’s life. One exemplifies a sense of peace and allowing. One experiences less illness and disease, or none at all. When one is living The Consciousness, one is the same with everything. This means that one does not react. One responds to Life consistently, instead of constantly reacting to opinions and beliefs and concepts. Another tangible thing that occurs is that one’s life works; it just works. One consistently seems to be in the right place at the right time. One finds oneself content, but not complacent, with what-Is. One finds oneself co-participating, moment by moment, in discovery through experience and example, seeing that things work. Everything that I talk about is what I’ve experienced. I’ve tried hard not to talk about things I haven’t experienced.

I see that one stagnates when one does not keep an open mind, even about the direct experience one may be having. So often, we experience simply what we believe. In the past, I caught myself experiencing what I believed. I questioned, “Who gave me that belief.” That changed the experience totally.

The direct experience of The Consciousness requires that we actually live it. If I develop a theory of living from my experience, I demand that the theory work, that it fits with whatever comes up. The moment it doesn’t fit whatever comes up, then it is time to evolve. I’ve seen this evolution occur often. I see, “Here’s another piece that changes the whole synergy.” So it is a matter of always being open to what might be. I feel that, if we are to continue to evolve, we need to keep an open mind and be receptive to all the different inputs of Life, to let them merge, and to see how they fit into what we’ve experienced. Sometimes one may find that something has changed, that one has to adopt another theory which one didn’t know existed before. To me, the beauty of Life is that it is always changing.

I feel that everyone can demand this example. If you have an idea of Life, you can demand that it work, instead of letting it be something that you are hiding behind. So much of the spiritual search has become just an escape. People are escaping from Life, escaping from the day to day experience. One of the biggest escapes is the belief that the physical Life is all “maya,” that it is all an illusion. Life cannot work when we have that escape

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