Reality and Simplicity

When mind ceases the activity of divisive self promotion then 'true' reality and 'intelligence' of simplicity are the outcome. If one observes ones daily routine in a manner that is awakened and sensitive to the fear, conflict, and confusion that is actually ones life, then it may be possible to discover the source. One must be totally aware of the movement of the 'one' who is the me, the center. The center requires protection and insulation from threat. All activity generated from the center is of and for the center and its proliferation as identity. We are not denying the existence of self for it is a necessary component of consciousness. But one must realize the nature of self and its activity as the source of compulsion, confusion and disintegration. The self or center is always seeking advantage and comfort that will bring a sense of security. The self is forever engaged in the activity of gaining that which will eliminate threat and bring temporary feelings of social acceptance. A society that values appearance and material accumulation is a society of corruption and exploitation. Society is a reflection of the individual. Only the individual can experience transformation. Transformation of the individual is transformation of society.

One who has realized the truth is no longer influenced by the petty opinions and conclusions of a mind that is caught in illusion. Many habits and preference's fall away and the mind finds clarity in space that was previously occupied by the perceived complexities of relationship and its demands. In a second one can realize the futility of thought and thinker and come into a state of complete silence in which there is only awareness. Now awareness realizes awareness and one enters deep meditation in which there is purity of the unknowable.

One finds simplicity as the highest intelligence. Accumulations, material and spiritual fall away as dead leaves. It is as though there is a higher consciousness at work which the self has no control or influence over.....It just happens without thought or regard for consequence. Because one has had full realization of the 'source' of all conflict and misery one lives outside the influence of a society that exist in ignorance. One sees that it is not denial or suppression, but simply the understanding of truth.

One has seen those who carry the badge of asceticism and denial. They seek to change the inward by outward expressions of humility and simplicity. But the inward must undergo change before the outward can express the truth. They are still lost on the inside with the same fear and craving as the businessman in the office. They are no different, they just as greedy and aspiring as any stock broker on Wall Street.

If one has passion and intensity. Passion for the truth and for understanding that is not a tradition or a conformity, then it is possible for you realize that truth by your own efforts. One's effort is original and without conformity. It is your understanding of truth not someone Else's.
One cannot know the mind of Buddha, but one can be of the same mind.