Coming into the natural state, there is a revelation, an awareness, a clarity that takes place.  This awareness is presented in the face of the body of knowledge that is already here, knowledge from the past, and so the intellect expects the awareness to fit into what-was.  But in the natural state, there is very little concern for what-was.  What-is becomes all important.  What-is is so obvious that the past means nothing any more. 
 
Who you are now, is more than who you were before.  Just the process of maturing has changed you.  You have put away many of the childish things, taken on responsibilities.  But it is human nature to cling to the conditioning that you acquired in childhood, and the beliefs and concepts which go with that.  If you become very rigid in that, very structured, you miss what is happening now, for your intellect will picture everything in terms of its concepts, in terms of what the conditioning accepts as possible.  It will deny what-is in order to keep the expectation, the belief, intact.
 
For human beings, the symbology of Life overrides the actuality of Life.  Experiences are understood through symbology, words.  Humans have words for seemingly every experience.  They believe their concepts are valid, that their concepts portray the way it is.
 
I have chosen to expose some of the most cherished beliefs and concepts that humans hold.  Perhaps the biggest belief is "God."  I held that concept in the past.  At the time, it seemed very real.  "Well of course there is God.  There has to be God.  How could any of this take place without God?"  It is much the same as a child saying, "How could those presents get under the Christmas tree without Santa Claus?" 
 
The Easter bunny of course hides the eggs.  And God created the world.  Yet there is a dilemma.  There seems to be either a schizophrenic God, or there are many Gods.  The Jews have their concepts of God, and what is supposed to happen; the Muslims have theirs.  The Hindu have several Gods to cover all the bases.  The Christians have their concepts.  If you talk to followers of these religions, they are likely to tell you that their God is it, is absolute, and all the other Gods are false.  It is easy for the intellect to say, "Well, the other religions have misunderstood; they haven't had the correct experience."
 
The first exposure:  God resides in your brain.  It is a concept with many neural pathways dedicated to sustaining an ideal. 
 
If you will look at this, you will see how God has been created in the human image, fabricated according to the humans' perception of their needs.  Once the perception, the ideal, is established, it is worshipped. 
 
It is possible to be inspired by a belief.  There is nothing wrong with inspiration; it is the belief that it is behind the inspiration that is the culprit, the stumbling block.  A body of believers has created a morphic field, a thought field, and their belief in certain ideals sustains that morphic field.  That morphic field can be contagious because you have the capacity to feel.  You can feel the morphic fields; your intellect perceives them.  Operating through the brain, the neural pathways, the intellect attributes certain feelings to these beliefs, these concepts.  And so God becomes very real to you.  You pray to God, and you get relief -- if it is "God's will."  And you can have an experience of prayer.  You feel better, you feel that someone has listened to you, and you have an expectation that things will be all right.  Often things do become all right, and so "God" has heard and answered your prayer; therefore, God does exist.
 
Yet all that exists of God are the neural pathways in your brain, the God-part of the brain.  When you understand the higher functioning of the brain, which the natural state begins to reveal to you, you begin to see where these neural pathways reside, and you start to understand their functionality.
 
Life does not create things without a purpose.  The brain has the God-part on purpose.  Early in humanity's existence, without the concept of God, the struggle to survive would have been too stressful for the brain.  The God-part of the brain provided relief from this overwhelming stress by assuring humans that they would be safe. 
 
Today, just as was the case in primitive times, when humans are in a state of fear, the God-part of the brain becomes activated.  Endorphins are released.  You may have a body of beliefs around that experience, and you feel that there is help.  And so you give power to the outside. 
 
Humans have become so complacent, so disabled, by giving their power to the outside, that many live in constant fear, looking for some parent to take care of them.  They are still children, living in their childish ignorance, attributing to the outside the power, the control.  "Well, obviously there must be some kind of creator.  How could this happen otherwise?"  There has to be a creator, in humans' image, because humans do not recognize the process of creation.  They attribute creation to some outside force.
 
These beliefs have created individuals who have a purpose, an agenda, and these individuals are very much attached to their perception of things, to the point where they will go to war and destroy other people for the sake of their God, believing that by doing so they will receive a reward.  No religion is innocent.  Every religion has done this, and even continues to do it, and it is done in the name of illusion.  That is the crime of humanity: operating from illusions.

The concept of God has arisen from individuals who to all appearances displayed some supernatural ability.  If primitive people were to see you watching television, they would perceive you as having supernatural ability.  "You are making pictures in that box.  I can't do that.  You must be very powerful!"  The intellect thinks, "Power plus creativity plus control equals God."
 
God was created from the images perceived by the brain.  There is something behind that experience, but it is not "out there," it is in here.  Certain humans are able to form connections, see the bigger picture.  When you know how energy works, and others don't, you can appear to be very powerful.  The simple matchstick is a magical instrument to someone who has not seen it before.  You strike it and it lights up; it brings fire, and fire is part of creation, so whoever has the matchstick must be God.  Throughout human history, such experiences have fortified the concept of God, have embellished upon it. 
 
When bad things happen to you, the belief is that God is punishing you.  You have made God angry, and so now you must figure out some way to appease God.
 
You conquer your enemy because God is on your side.  On the other hand, if you are conquered, then God was on the side of your enemy.  It has always been amusing to me that the same God is on both sides, a schizophrenic God.
 
Individuals have created the concept of God, fulfilling the need of the brain, the God-part of the brain, to experience relief.  You will not like to have that taken away from you.  It is like the first time someone told you, "There is no Santa Claus."  The reaction is, "Wait a minute!  If I believe that, I won't get any presents."  As a child, I kept believing in Santa Claus for a long time, because I was afraid that if I didn't keep that belief, my parents would no longer give me presents.  I thought they would react, "You don't need presents any more; there is no need to keep this up any longer." 
 
I likewise maintained the belief in God for many years.  It was nurturing, satisfying, supportive, inspiring.  But it is a lie, just like Santa Claus.  I was reluctant to give up the belief in God, because I was afraid I wouldn't get any goodies, I wouldn't get to go to heaven, I might open myself to all kinds of punishment.  If you give up believing in Santa Claus, you only lose the gifts; you aren't punished.  But the belief about God is different; there is the idea of punishment.
 
It was a dramatic change for me to come to this realization.  From the natural state, there was no denying the lies; they were very apparent.  I don't expect you to believe this.  All individuals, at some point in their life, must drop the belief in Santa Claus.  You won't let go until you are ready to let go.  If enough people laugh at your belief in Santa Claus, you may let go of it more quickly.  But there are very few people willing to laugh about letting go of God.  "That is sacrilegious; that is dangerous.  And if we let go of the belief in God, there will be a terrible moral decay; people will go around raping each other, killing each other, starving each other, if we lose God.  We need God to make people behave."  Yet we only have to look around us to see that this belief doesn't work.  People are killing and misbehaving.  The most powerful, God-fearing nation in the world now seems to have the attitude, "If any other nation doesn't go along with our way, we will bomb them into right thinking.  After all, God is on our side." 
 
What happened to "Thou shalt not kill"? "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods"?  I would think that any rational being is able to see these inconsistencies, and at least can begin to question religions, spiritual disciplines, beliefs and concepts.  Some time ago, people talked about the idea that "God is dead."  Yet God was never alive, so God can't be dead.  It is the concepts that come and go. 
 
There is a force in the universe, inappropriately named "God" that is an energizing, creative matrix, a synergy of components.  It is not outside.  It is not a controller.  It is an allower.  The energy, the Life force sustains the expressions, and these expressions evolve and learn as time goes on.  You can look to nature, and the intellect says, "Well, there must be somebody controlling nature."  The God-part of the brain dictates that there must be some entity controlling things, because the alternative is far too intimidating to the intellect. 
 
Could it be that this human expression is the creator, creating from the very matrix-core of existence itself, The Consciousness, Life?  Through the thought process, it brings about certain manifestations.  The intellect says, "We don't want people to have that power, because they could not be controlled; they might hurt us, destroy us, bomb us, starve us to death."  Not different from what is already happening, is it?
 
So certain individuals had the appearance of power simply because they had attained a natural state where they understood the universe and became masters of Life.  They weren't teaching from greed, separation, enslavement or control.  There is something about the natural state that embodies the absolute totality of love, compassion, seeking harmonious means for transformation; not control, not manipulation.  Some of these individuals would try to help others, try to assist the human condition, try to bring some kind of inspiration, and others would just go off by themselves, because they recognized the futility of trying to change the conditional mind, the concepts, the beliefs.  It is the individual's choice. 
 
There is nothing in the natural state which would compel you to do anything.  You can go off and seclude yourself on a mountaintop, and live out your time in knowing.  Or you can move into the marketplace right in the hubbub of Life, and live out your time knowing.  The effect is the same.  Whether you are seen or unseen, the effect is the same, and that is the part that humans fail to understand.  The symbology used by the intellect creates the belief that there needs to be some physical manifestation, some validation, something miraculous, and this causes expectations about how it is supposed to be, how it is supposed to work, all of which contribute to the belief-mechanism of the God-part of the brain.
 
An individual who achieves the natural state is very rare, but humanity has never been without some who are in the natural state.  It is difficult from the natural state to tell the truth, because the truth of Life will be in conflict will the beliefs of life.   

The dilemma these days is that there are many pretenders claiming to know, but all they do is revise the past, taking treasures from the past and presenting them as their own.  You can listen for but a few moments and you will recognize the past in what they say.  You will hear about the lineage, the doctrine, you can see the system, the structure, the "thou shalt," "thou shalt not," the promises of reward or punishment.  It hasn't changed.  Only the words have been modified.
 
The New Age takes the various concepts and beliefs, and repackages them in more of a modern spiel.  Now you can "channel" God.  God can come through you; Jesus can come through you; Buddha can come through you.  You can speak those individuals.  You can improve yourself in this world, then leave this world, and, hopefully, return to this world in better condition.  And if you don't get to return, you can be sure that, before long, somebody will be channeling you.
 
The stark realization from the natural state is the appalling superstitions that control humans.  They are appalling.  They are worse than Santa Claus, because they totally derail the empowerment of the human.  They distract and distort whatever good one is trying to do. 
 
From the natural state, there is the clarity that I present to you.  Many have heard, but few really listen, and fewer still act upon it.  I call that the "heartbreak of enlightenment."  It is like knowing the location of a bountiful treasure, an unlimited source.  You talk about it, you draw maps for it; you try to reveal it to others, and they say, "That can't be; it doesn't fit the lineage; it doesn't fit the scriptures; it doesn't fit the religions; that can't be.  It's not about 'God,' so it must be a lie."

In the natural state, one recognizes source.  The natural state is source.  It is the beginning and ending of all (temporary) things.  But within the natural state is eternity.  In the natural state, there are connections, realizations, possibilities, empowerment.  Each person who attains the natural state has to choose how to implement the realization, how to serve.  The natural state cannot be used selfishly.  The moment the self comes into the scenario, awareness begins to drop out.  The experience becomes ordered, crystallized, structured, and it resembles the past.  It is a safeguard that one cannot use the natural state for selfish agenda or benefit. 
 
The natural state can only be shared; it cannot be possessed or owned.  You don't own it; it owns you.  But you have a responsibility, to the best of your ability, to express it, to try to bring about clarity, to inspire others to excel, to give hope to the human condition, to alleviate suffering, to share the compassion and the love that is yours.
 
I suppose one of the neatest things in the natural state is the all-inclusive Is-ness, love, acceptance.  Moving into that, all the rest drops away.  There are no "what ifs", no doubt, no fear, no other, though at times there is intimidation when you recognize the power of it, the responsibility.  The natural state means to be in a context of connection with the universe, to know that you are not alone.  You appear as an individual, but you are not an individual.  You are a unique expression of the natural state, that has its own purpose, its own destination, and it is revealed step by step.  The brain is not overwhelmed with "This is what is going to happen."  Instead it is "Do this," "Take this step."  That is on purpose.  You cannot engage the intellect and manipulate the Space.  The moment the intellect is engaged, it begins to contain, and look for validation, look for opportunity; that is its nature, its job.  The natural state uses the intellect, but it is not controlled by it.
 
I look out on humanity, not down.  I see the complacency, the agendas, the beliefs, the concepts, the suffering, and I am always looking for ways to be of service, to lighten the burden.  I don't think anyone in the natural state has ever purposefully laid any kind of burden on others.  They do not bring "Thou shalt" or "Thou shalt not."  Those commands, again, were created in the intellect because there was no understanding, only misunderstanding.  Those in the natural state have done what they can to lift and inspire and encourage those around them, through whatever means are available. 
 
So what takes the place of "God"?  How is the brain going to function without God?  Actually, very well.  There are so many neural pathways tied up with that concept, that there is no room for the mastership of Life.  The concept of God just creates a dependency.  As you resonate with this (if you do), you begin to access areas of the brain that transcend "God," and you begin to understand how your thinking contributes to Life.  You will understand the morphic fields that hover around various beliefs and concepts, and you will understand why you are inspired by certain scriptures, certain music, certain ideals.  These are morphic fields, energy, and the more individuals who believe in them, the bigger the field.  But just because there is a field of energy does not necessarily mean it is absolute. 
 
Many streams contribute to a lake.  The lake is made or all those streams.  If any one of the streams is polluted, the whole lake can become polluted.  Likewise, the intellect has been polluted by well-intentioned, well-meaning individuals who sought to control things, sought to manipulate, sought to establish themselves in ego-power.  From the natural state, the last thing you would ever contemplate is control, and when you get to the point of contemplating control, you realize the devastation that brings, and you won't do it.  You can't do it.
 
Life is established in allowing, working through compassion and understanding, presenting clarity at every opportunity, remaining in integrity with the unique expression that is happening, without the expectation that people will understand.  Sometimes I feel like the least understood individual on the planet.  I'm strange.  I wear robes, have a funny name, say funny words.  But I am unique; I am me; I am Ishvara.  That is who I am.  I wear robes because I am comfortable in them, not because they come from some past tradition.  The next most comfortable clothing for me is bib overalls; I often wear bib overalls when I work on our grounds.  A person once told me, "You can't be enlightened if you wear overalls."  I don't care.  I wear them because they are comfortable.
 
The real test of my presence and my being is your experience, but you cannot have a genuine experience if you project onto me your expectations of how I should be appearing.  I understand the dilemma that I cause, but many of my expressions just don't have a better word for them.  To consensus perception, my name is Hindu, but to me it is my name.  Life named me.  My parents tried to name me, but they didn't know who I was; they had no idea.  Life said, "This is who you are; this is what you are to do.  No validation, no lineage, nothing to back you up.  Just go out there on the limb and do it, and hope no one comes along with a saw."  I have had many limbs sawed, but somehow they don't break; I remain, because Life and I are one, because I know who I am.  I have no doubts or fears; I just have lots of compassion, a desire to serve, to uplift, to encourage, and to wreak havoc with beliefs, because I recognize that beliefs are the stumbling blocks to human existence.
 
This does not mean that beliefs are bad.  Some beliefs can serve you.  If you believe that you are a loving human being, you have a helpful belief.  But beliefs must be acted upon.  A belief without action is foolishness.  If you believe you are a loving human being, you need to act as a loving human being and display compassion.  If you believe you are a powerful being, you need to act like a powerful being; you need to display compassion. 
 
I seek to inspire and encourage you to excel, to become all you can be, to live in a state of confidence and connection, to see beyond the temporary aspects of this Life, the ups and the downs, the chaos, the negatives and positives, the lack and abundance, and to begin to own the power of being human, the power that comes through the realization of connection, to move ever closer to the natural state, to experience the uniqueness, The Consciousness that you are, that Life expression, and to allow that to fit in this giant jigsaw puzzle of Life, to see that when you fit, Life fits. 
 
When you live in that awareness, you become inspiration, you become compassion.  You go about your life quietly, energetically, compassionately, displaying the power, the awareness that you are, with no fanfare, no agenda, but just doing whatever is in front of you, moment by moment.  Being where you are, moment by moment; allowing Life-as-it-is, moment by moment.  The intellect says, "That is too simple."  It is simple when you think about it, but it is the most difficult task when you do it.  There are so many distractions, so many voices, so many concepts.  Do it, and then tell me how simple it is!
 
I am here to serve you, to inspire you, to assist in this understanding.  I do not judge you.  I love you.  I act with compassion to free you from superstitious beliefs and concepts, to allow your empowerment, the realization of Life that you are; to live fully and completely as Life, the experience of Life, the expression. top of page

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