Ever
since the experience of accelerated awakening I had 17 years ago,
my knowing has been that I am on a mission, but the mission is not
defined. It is made up as I go along. I make it up from
direct experience. The things that happen in each experience
inform me of the next step. I don't know what the next
step is ahead of time. I rely on a circular thing that
happens with people; it is like a feed-back loop. When someone
gets it, when someone truly experiences Life directly, everything
moves up another notch. So the experience is constantly moving
upwards.
You have to do things to keep up with this movement, otherwise
you will be left behind. This is fast-forward, and it is going
to get faster. It is not about attracting large numbers
of people; it is about the quality of people who can resonate with
this expanding awareness. It is also about the place where
people are in their lives. People may be able to resonate
with this, but still not be able to make use of it. They may
not be in the position in their life where they are ready for
that to happen.
There is no force, no control in this, no "supposed to"
at all. I see it as refreshingly new, because everything
in the past has been a system, a structure, a "thou shalt."
Past teachings have been about "what you should do."
I don't see that there is anything you must do; I see there are
things you can do. As you reach the place in yourself where
you can access that, it starts happening. My work is about
shining the light on that, holding you in a place where you can
be nurtured, inspired and encouraged, moment by moment, to go as
far as you can. Not to push you, not to direct you, not to
control you, but just to keep inspiring you to be all you can
be.
The only thing I "forbid" is putting any kind of ceiling
on what you can be. There is no ceiling, no stopping place.
My work involves encouraging each of you to go for it, to go as
far as you can in it, and not to become complacent, not to become
dissatisfied with where you are at any moment, because wherever
you are is the direct experience of presence. Wherever you
are in the moment is what is happening. Yes, there is always
more; you are never going to get it all, because you are always
getting it. If it were possible to "get it all" you
would come to a ceiling, a stopping place. I see no stopping
place for this; no boundary, no border.
It requires inspiration and encouragement to keep going in the face
of upsets. Allowing what-is keeps you fresh, keeps you vital,
keeps you connected. When you get to a place where you hit
a wall, you can't allow what-is. That blocks you; it distorts
things, and you slip off into an intellectual quagmire, becoming
temporarily lost. But if you are truly sincere about
being all that you can be, you will find yourself again.
If you merely want to be what your expectation holds, you are
shit out of luck, because that is very limited. On the other
hand, if you can just keep going for being all you can be, moment
by moment, without being anxious or attached to that,
you are "there." And "there" is always
evolving, changing and becoming. You are not stagnant, you
don't become structured, you just stay fresh, vital, bending;
you bend with what-is.
Life is not going to make you a wimp. Life is going to
fill you with confidence and awareness. Life doesn't settle
for less; it keeps going for more. When you are present and
allowing and being inspired, you keep doing that. That blows
the mind; it blows the intellect, it blows the concepts about what
that is, because there is no label, there is no way to define this.
You can talk about pieces of it, but the pieces come together as
a synergy, and that synergy expands and becomes a part of an even
greater synergy. There is no end to the becoming.
Allowing is really the process.
As a unique expression of Life, you will find yourself inspired
to do something, and that will be an experience. That's all.
You don't do it because it is a "should" or a "shouldn't."
You don't do it because you are going to get anything out of it
other than an experience of energy, an experience of how things
work. You can live in presence and awareness that way, and
have the experiences that are necessary for your life.
Each individual has a unique perspective, unique possibilities to
fulfill. You hope you are not the person who has
to fulfill the responsibility of being locked up in prison for 20
years, but part of Life is doing just that. There are circumstances
in Life that are there to be worked through. As you are allowing,
aware and connected, you find that you stay on the "upper side"
of that. If you become bogged down, separative, concerned
with "me first," you experience a slower level of existence
where the experiences are not so much fun. The moment you
recognize you are having a not-fun experience, you know it is time
to speed up. It is time to realize, "OK, I've got that,
now it's time to move on." The key is not resisting things,
not being attached to things.
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