Expectation, Reaction and Inquisition

Thought which is the accumulation of a life time of experiences, is the store house of all that we have been exposed to. From this bank of memories thought formulates the self which is a continuity that is the organization of thought into the conceptual. Conceptual reality is the content of consciousness that has been conditioned by the self through the duality of opposition (the me and the not me). When one is centered in the self there is the activity of definition according to the limitation of ones knowledge. Defined reality is self enclosing and conclusive.

When there is conclusion there is expectation. One is always looking for conformity to ones own defined reality. When one is caught in the limitation of self and the activity of referencing one is reactive. Reaction is the response of the conditioned self, which is opinionated and judgemental. When one reacts one is protecting the image of self which gives rise to sentiment and emotion.



Armed with the illusion of a self created reality one becomes an inquisitor. Inquisition exist of and for its own sake. One is looking to discredit, nullify, or reconcile that which does not conform. One should not confuse inquisition with iconoclastic questioning. Questioning seeks the truth through the negation of the false. Inquisition seeks conformity to an established belief or opinion. The nature of inquisition is one of suspicion, guilt and violence. Inquisition is territorial in the sense that is an expansion of isolation. One is seeking to justify and give legitimacy to an activity that is born of the will to dominate and sublimate. But its reality is one of self deprecation. The inquisitor is a slave to violent intent. Not only physical violence but psychological violence which is more detrimental to others and to the one who is violent. Ultimately one must come to the realization that inquisition is present in all to one degree or another. To look at one self and realize the truth requires a mind that is acutely aware of the motivation of thought and its subject reality. One must be free from the formulations of mind that is the ideological self. That freedom is realized when thought, which is time, ceases the activity of referencing. Within that silence and stillness is the emptiness of self, which is that which cannot be known. The moment to moment reality of existence, of life as it is without the imprint of mind.

Illumination

One does not achieve illumination. What ever is sought is illusion. Realization is through negation of all image and the process by which thought (which is self) creates image. But it is beyond all realization, which only brings one to the door. Cessation of all activity, which is the aloneness of a consciousness that is wholly destitute, opens the door. It is vulnerability that brings one to the doorstep of death. For death is the illumination, the unknown. One dies to the past, to knowledge which is the self. There is rebirth with consciousness that is pure, unconditioned and selfless. One who dwells in illumination sees all as his equal and does not discriminate nor place himself above as higher intelligence. One who dwells in illumination sees all as having Buddha Nature and seeks only to awaken that nature. Having attained through non-attainment one has broken the wheel of Karma. Do what one will there is no cause and effect. There is only the death of each moment to each moment.

One who lives the illumination of non-attainment is 'known' as the 'Enlightened One' by those who live in illusion. But one is aware that there is no 'Enlightenment' to be attained it is only a word and is without reality. One who lives in the ignorance of self promotion wants the peace and serenity of the illumined, but also wants the percieved security of possession. One who is seeking says give me a system a plan that 'I' can follow so that 'I' can aquire. 'I' must have a method a map with steps, degree's then 'I' will arrive. One who is illumined having great compassion and love for all, teaches the dharma according to the limitations of those who would recieve it. The truth is when all else is not and that is the supreme teaching.

Belief, Desire and The One Who Seeks

What does it mean to believe? Are belief and desire separate from the one who seeks? Belief is an extension of desire. When one is identified and attached to a belief, which can be religious or idealistic, then one creates exclusion and separation. When one is divided and therefore not whole there is the conflict of opposition. One cannot find 'oneness' through the practice of belief in that which divides. The duality that is the process of thought is ever dividing the me from the not me which is the source of conflict. My religion...your religion, my country....your country etc.
The division that is created within each one of us is also the division of the world. The worlds division which is its hatred, prejudice and violence is the result of your division. Seeing that this is a fact, what will you do? Will you continue to be identified as a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, or xyz. Or will you look directly at the truth this very moment and move in a different direction? Will you act this moment, because there is only this moment. If you say it will take time, then you are sunk, you will continue to live with your division. The truth is in the moment. One must take responsibility for this continuity of hatred and prejudice and actually be transformed this very moment.

Can one grasp the enormity of this realization. If just a thousand people could be transformed in this moment it would in turn transform millions. It is possible that there would be a mutation in the human psyche that would result in a totally new being. One who exist in the light of truth. One who is totally selfless. This is not a idea or philosophy, it is looking directly at what is and saying to oneself, I see the truth and seeing the truth I will drop everything and act.
This is the truth of Maitreya. Maitreya is not a person or personality, it is the Buddha within.
The realization of Maitreya is the negation of identification and attachment to all that is the self including Buddhism.

It does one no good to be a seeker. What ever you seek is just a projection of your desire which is an extension of you belief. For the new, which is without the self and its baggage, to come into fruition one must drop it all so one can look with a fresh mind. Leaving all the minds accumulations behind, look without reference and realize the truth of your own being and the truth of the world you have created.

Om Shanti.

Accumulation, Attachment and Identification

Accumulation is both of the material and the psychological. They are both related to a mind that is seeking identity through attachment to that which will provide a sense of self. That which further defines individuality and self importance. The result of this is the ego/centric activity of
comparison, conclusion and control. One associtates the content of memory with the reality of the moment. This assoctiative process is what causes the confusion of emotion and fear. One attaches significance to a material object or a psychological experience that brings to the conscious level memories of events surrounding the acquistion of the object or the experience. One is attached psychologically to the object or the experience because it has been made part of identity. It gives a sense of continuity to the self. Mind is caught between reality and the phantasy of what was and does not want to accept what is. Memory and reality cannot exist simultaneously. One is the past and one is the present. The process of attempting to reconcile the present with the knowledge of the past is the basis for the conflict and fear of psychological escape. One must recognize this referencing activity, and be aware of how it creates division and emotional instability.


When one is identified with material possessions or psychological events that are imprinted on the mind, then one becomes attached and is now a prisoner of the self imposed limitation of minds accumulations. Attachment to the known, to knowledge, to the self is the single most distructive force. When one becomes a prisoner to identification and attachment then one is caught in the fearful and violent need to protect this accumulation which has given one a false sense of security. If one is aware of this activity without making a judgement or reaching a conclusion then it is possible to experience without attachment. Seeing the whole field of mind/thought activity and its relationship to identification is to negate its effects. When one is aware one is free to recognize the truth.


One may ask, is it possible to live in such a state of complete freedom? Actually one is free, but mind is caught in the illusion of attachment and identification. To have the realization of this illusion and stay with the reality of 'what is' is simplicity its self. But mind has been so conditioned that it is unable to stay with the fact. Not only the conditioning of a life time of experiences but also the genetic conditioning of the survival instinct. This instinct over time has been encoded into thought as one matures. One cannot overcome conditioning through an act of will, because that is simply another facet of self motivation and thus attachment and identification to the 'idea or concept' of freedom which is not the reality of freedom.


Meditation that is an awareness of the complexity of mind and thought, may bring about a stillness, a non-movement in which there is a silence. Silence that is not contrived, and within that silence there is complete understanding that is not an activity of the thought.

Iconoclastic Truth

What do we mean by iconoclast? Can one know truth in advance of events and circumstance? Is there a 'universal truth'? A connotation of the word iconoclast involves one who destroys religious symbols and or religious beliefs। There are schools of Buddhism that are thought to be iconoclastic i.e. Zen and some Ch'an disciplines of the Mahayana sect. But all these concepts must be avoided if one is to truly understand the essence of the state of the iconoclastic. The Buddha of pure liberation is without attachment or identification. One's mind is totally free of all conceptual images of religion as an institution or organization. Free of the idea of divinity or of god. All are projections of a mind that exist in illusion. Buddhism as it exist today with its many sects is a religion of tradition and conformity. It has been watered down and modified by the quest for fulfillment of perceived spiritual needs of cultures requiring the crutch of religious institution and authority. Ultimately one is iconoclastic only to the self, the ego. For it is within the self that resides the center that is deluded. One rejects and negates inner bondage to the self and its identifications. Truth is found through the negation of the false. One cannot know truth directly. The 'known' is memory, that which has passed and lost the validity of the moment. The truth is the unknown from moment to moment. To be an 'Iconoclast' is to negate the false, through understanding of the true self.

This negation is not a conclusion based on experience and opinion. It is the direct realization of the unconditioned consciousness which is devoid of self. To be iconoclastic to be completely and totally free from all conditioned thought and to see each moment as it actually is without the divisiveness of a mind that is seeking conformity. One must be constantly aware of the movement of thought (Meditative Mind). Awareness that is without choice or discrimination, that makes no judgement or reaches conclusion. Iconoclastic truth is not an opposition, nor is it a concept to be understood, it is a state of awareness that is the stripping away of all attachments to symbols of authority.