Change that is not a Result

Is transformation a change in the self? Is there something that occurs as the result of a cause and effect relationship? Is there a relationship of opposition that exist between that which is conditioned and that which is unconditioned? The self is the accumulated, that which the mind creates as the continuity of thought. The self is the defined and the identified. Memory is its mutually exclusive domain. The self is a fundamental expression of ones division, as such it cannot be other than what it is in the moment. All that can occur within the self is the modification of its identification. The self is the minds identity, it is the minds instinctual processes for survival. Without it you would not be able to react to the signs of danger and the need to seek shelter and sustenance. The self cannot change or transform. What understands the self as a division and separation is an intelligence that is outside the known. It exists as a consciousness that realizes its self and in so doing sees directly the illusion of the projected. The outcome of this seeing or realization is a consciousness that is not conditioned. But it only is in the absolute moment when there is a cessation of all division and conflict. The known and knowing ceases to exist, there is only the unknown.

The conditioned consciousness is the result of ones accumulations. That which is unconditioned is the outcome of the realization of freedom from the known and from the perception of knowing. Consciousness that is unconditioned is not the opposite of the conditioned, there is no defined relationship that is the causation of one over the other. If the mind creates a comparative relationship then one has not truly realized. One has only modified ones conditioning to accept the "idea" of the unconditioned. The unconditioned is realized only in the moment, the truth of it cannot be bottled and sold as a formulation. If a person "thinks" they are unconditioned then they are not, they are deluded.

When a person has realization of the true self and exist as a consciousness that is unconditioned, then a new process in the psyche takes place. The self that is the continuity of what was is displaced by an intelligence that sees into the nature and origin of thoughts movement as the self. As such one realizes that the observer is the observed. It is the fusion of thinker and thought. One sees into the illusion of the separated and divided. One becomes aware of the projection of the mind as the interpretation of what is. One sees the true nature of existence in the absolute moment without the distortion of minds accumulations. Outwardly ones actions take on a new direction. When one is free of the conflict of what was then the outcome is a love that transcends all other human inclinations. All attitudes and actions that are destructive and exploitative in nature fall away. One sees and understands completely the nature of fear in ones self. When there is no fear there is no conflict or violence. If one is illuminated then the change that is observed is not the result of an activity of mind, it is the realization of freedom from knowing and as an outcome of that freedom, the cessation of all conclusion and judgement as the projected self. One has an understanding of a given moment that is the transcendence of thought as an individualistic being. There is no prescribed direction because there is no movement. There is only the timelessness of the moment.

Change that is the manifestation of a transformation is not the result of some practice or belief, which is simply the glorification of the self absorbed. It is the outcome of total freedom. Freedom that is the realization of a consciousness that is unconditioned. But one will discover that it is very difficult to be free. One is so controlled by ones own conditioning that it seems almost impossible to realize that freedom. Many "Buddhist" systems and practices have emerged over the centuries to try and suppress and subdue the conditioned mind, but it all results in a mind that is dysfunctionally caged and artificially made to conform. One becomes a prisoner of a suppressed mechanistic community. The conformity of rituals and practices turns one into a drone. One seeks to acquire illumination through suppression. Suppression of the mind and its desires can never result in freedom. It is all done for self gratification. One has to live life as it actually is, not escape from it by jumping into some ridiculous religious practice that simply covers up your greed and violence or worse justifies it. To be free, means to be totally free from all systems and practices. Direct realization is the only way in which one will be free. The mind is its own bondage and filling it with knowing and the known only creates further barriers to an understanding that is not of the mind and its minion, the ego/self. One needs to start with a tiny hole in the fabric of ones conditioned consciousness that allows one to start to see the truth of the moment. It will eventually grow to the size of a doorway, and one day one will step through the doorway and experience total freedom and total peace.