Living the Esoteric

Esoteric comes from the Greek "Eso" which means "within". In recent history it has been associated with a kind of "secret" knowledge that is available only to the "enlightened", "initiated", or to one of advanced intellectual capacity. To this writer "esoteric" means to realize the truth that is within and to live that truth. To live within, is to live a life of total awareness. It is a state of consciousness that transcends the self. That which is a sober realization of the consequence of the absolute moment and thoughts movement within that moment. One assumes total responsibility for the activity of self. There is no projection of the self as victim or beneficiary. There is only the truth of what is.

It makes no difference what line of work one is employed in or what has been ones past accomplishments or failures. Married or single, have children or not, religious or non-religious, believer or non-believer all this is of no consequence. To live the esoteric, awareness that is the truth within requires nothing save the passion to want to understand the self and its motivations. Understanding that is not the accumulation of knowledge, of a psychological profile of yourself, which means nothing, but understanding that is seeing directly. "Directly" means seeing without the intervening self with its conclusions and opinions. To look without the self means that one stays in the moment and understands the moment as the only truth and the only reality. This direct experiencing of truth can only occur when one is not referencing and projecting thoughts movement as the self absorbed, as that which is caught in time.

If one can realize this very simple truth, not as concept but as actual in the moment direct action then life will change of its own accord. The peace and tranquility of the unknown will enfold you and one will realize the beauty of just living. It will not matter what comes your way, there will be no perception of good or bad, right or wrong , only the love and joy of existence. One who lives such a life will affect all that one touches, even those who one has never met.