Do You Look Through the Self?

What is the relationship between the movement of time and the known? What is the result of that relationship? Civilization and culture are the result of the minds perceived need to conform. That conformity bridges the illusion of perceived individuality and the consciousness of a collective. It is the relationship that exist and is projected in the nominal activities of a conditioned consciousness that is both individualistic and collectivistic. Time as a movement through space is the result of thought as the self. The self is identity through memory as the known. If there is no self is there time? Obviously not, time/space is the result of the illusion of self. What is observed as time/space is the reflection of thoughts movement as the self. If one tries to idealize this as a concept, it cannot be understood. It must be realized directly, bypassing the self that is attempting to create the psychological ideal. In the absolute moment there is no time as the self. There is only the truth of what is. The truth is in the stillness of the moment. But mind cannot capture it, because thinking involves thought which is time as a movement of the self that is seeking to understand through its conditioning which is the past.

Realization is through the negation of the self. The outcome is understanding that is an intuitive insight into whole field of thought. It is "looking" without the self that is conditioned. To see the reality of the moment one must first be aware of the self that is projecting opinion and conclusion. If one is completely aware then there is a dissipation of the self. Then it is possible to look without discrimination and see the true reality of the moment, not the self created reality of the conditioned mind. Most of us go through our entire lives in one mind set. We are the sum total of the interpretation of all we have experienced. We have never looked or realized except as the mind that is caught in its own destructive illusion. What we are, our views, our responses are all the product of our own self created neurosis. Through counseling and mediation we may modify that neurosis, but we remain the same, filled with fear and conflict. We are doomed to the repetition of the content of our own conditioned consciousness.

Is it possible for the mind to realize its own predicament? How that it is trapped in the reality of its own making. Is it possible to see directly the truth of the self in the absolute moment? For the mind to be in a state of non-movement so that something totally new is possible? Perhaps you have had some realization and have sought out answers in religious or spiritual practices'. But there is no lasting or meaningful change, you just accept it and practice some meaningless ritual that gives you a sense of accomplishment or gratification. But you have not been able to break free from the tyranny of self.

If there was a formula that could be followed or a system of meditation and self realization then one could just follow steps to realize the truth and find illumination and enlightenment. But there is no "true path". Paths and systems only reinforce the self that is seeking. One is only furthering ones illusion. For one to be completely free one must walk alone and blaze a new trail in the realization of the true self. Each person must find their own way without the crutch of "booby brained guru's" who live in the illusion of their own self importance. The first step in freedom is the letting go of all outside influences. This sounds counter productive because how can you seek and find if there is no one to guide you? One must realize that truth is found through the negation of all that the mind has created as answers to perceived problems. This pathless way is not easy, it involves catastrophic psychological transformation, in which the old and repetitive self is totally realized with all its conflicted and violent tendencies. Seeing the self without the veil of its illusion of respectability and justification is a disturbing and unsettling realization. But it is the beginning of a new intelligence, one that is totally free and totally in the moment. It is to be reborn anew in each moment and to realize the dynamics of an intelligence that is not a repetition of what has gone on before, ones historical self. To look at each encounter with a fresh and youthful mind is to be open to the possibility of change that is without precedent.