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2010-05-21T22:18:00.003-05:00

The Call

"The Call" from keith wyatt on Vimeo.

The Plan

"The Plan" from keith wyatt on Vimeo.

The Prophecy

The Prophecy - "The Awakening Trilogy" Pt. 3 from keith wyatt on Vimeo.

TZM Press Release: "In Response to the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico"

2010-05-13T09:38:00.001-05:00

IN RESPONSE TO THE OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

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(Venus, Florida- May 12rd, 2010) On the Gulf Coast of the United States the shock is now setting in for millions of American citizens as we now realize the true extent of the damage caused by our desire for obsolete and dangerous fossil fuels, and our perpetuation of an outdated monetary world society, where the bottom line has always been profit at all costs, be it human or environmental. It is time for a viable solution to deal with a system hardwired for self destruction.

It is with that very unfortunate introduction that we, The Zeitgeist Movement, now must enter the international conversation to express the need for true change. That word is not some jingoist slogan devised by a focus group, but the evident desire of the public for a meaningful transition out of the destructive legacy, the burden of our past mistakes as a maturing civilization. We only have one Earth; there is no reset button here.

We must break out of our established ideologies that have prevented progress. Ending the political duality, economic stratification and false divisions is key to overcoming our apparent historical bondage that says the future we were promised must remain an elusive dream. We must now rethink our society and outgrow those parts of it that serve to paralyze us.

As of Friday, April 30th it was reported by CBS News (US) that the spill had spread to cover 2,100 square miles and was still spilling at a rate up to 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day. As of today, there has been no progress in stopping this catastrophe. This did not have to happen. It happened because we continue to use an obsolete technology for the sake of maintaining a profitable establishment. An establishment that perpetuates vast inequality in its wages to its employees versus its core owners, destroys fragile and vital eco-systems, and pollutes our air.

It is time for real change, not empty promises. No amount of socialism or free market ideology will save us from ourselves, there needs to be a fundamental re-write of what we think we know, to achieve a sustainable human enterprise.

Our generation has stood and watched as our planet has been raped and pillaged, yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as our government bailed out the very people who created this economic crisis, yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as our rights have been stripped away from us, and yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as we have been handed the problems of the countless generations before it, and we are preparing to do the same to the next generation, and we do nothing.

Let us be the first generation to hand solutions to our children and our children’s children. But we can’t do it alone. Let us break down the barriers we have created amongst ourselves. We need all of you, every last one, to say enough is enough in one voice. Not as Americans or Russians, Christians or Muslims, but as fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. Let us destroy the lines between us and work to create a world where our children are truly safe and free. Let us create a world where we can tell our children that they can be and do whatever their heart desires, and know deep inside us we are telling them the truth. Let our generation be the one.

We have the tools, we have the knowledge, we have the technology. It is time we make the transition to a world, an economy, and a future we all deserve regardless of geographic location or economic disposition. As long as we rely on legacy systems defined in a 19th century mentality all we will do is spin our wheels while a parade of economic and ecologic disasters visits us again and again. It is time to pull the plug on this charade because as you will find out, there is a better way.

We, the Zeitgeist Movement representatives, reach out to you so that we can all work together to do what must be done. Every man, woman and child has a voice, but together we can create one voice so deafening that no one will have a choice but to listen. But it requires you. It requires you put away preconceived notions you have been told about “the way things are” as if it is the only way, because it's not! Our way of thinking will no longer sustain us. We can either remain in the house of cards we have built and watch it collapse all around us, or we can, through the best our society has to offer, begin to construct a stable mature and thriving society so that the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, the Exxon Valdez and many others are nothing more then an embarrassing footnote in history.

The choice is yours.
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Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter 18 April 2010

2010-04-18T13:31:00.002-05:00

by Adrian Cooper

Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter

18 April 2010

Welcome to your Newsletter.

I do hope that you have enjoyed a Wonderful, Joyful and Healthy "week".

As always I would like to welcome the many new members joining us since our last Newsletter.

I would also like to thank those existing members who responded to their inner desire to be of Service to others by referring new members.

Service to Others Before Service to Self is of Principle importance throughout All.

It is impossible to attain Enlightenment in fact without embodying this Truth.

With the exception of Earth and other planets in the physical vibration, for the most part, Beings who have transcended the physical vibration devote their Being in the Service of Guiding those Expressions of Source who have not yet advanced to the same level to Evolve and progress on the Great Path to Source.

In fact through such Service comes Evolution, yet this is not the primary motive.

Service to Others Before Service to Self Embodies the Greatest Truth of All - we are All One, there is no duality, there is no "them and us", there is Only Source of Which "we" are All Divine Expressions in One-Ness.

To deny this, or to focus on Self to the exclusion of others is to deny Who we Are.

I have written this Newsletter almost continuously since 2005, and will continue to do so for as long as it is possible to do so - that I promise.

You can provide a large but simple Service by offering the opportunity to others.

If you are reading this Newsletter for the first time, you may, if you wish, join us by entering your details at the top of any page of our website at:

http://www.ourultimatereality.com/

For those wishing for a higher understanding of the mysteries of Life, my book, Our Ultimate Reality, Life, the Universe and Destiny of Mankind can be of Service, and is available in Paperback from Amazon.com and other large book stores - details here:

http://www.ourultimatereality.com/our-ultimate-reality-the-book.html

Ego-less Expression

Every week I receive many messages from people who are desperate to improve their "life" in some way.

Two words that feature in these messages are the same two words that do not exist in my daily vocabulary, and neither should they in yours.

These words are "try" and "fail".

People "try" to "do" something, often very hard and over a long period of "time", but yet they still "fail" and cannot understand why this is so.

This week therefore we will discuss this apparent paradox in depth.

A great Truth about Life itself is that it should be effort-less. We are Expressions of the Supreme Power and Intelligence we know as Source - God if you prefer - the name matters not.

This of course, for many, even most, is far from their experience.

Why is this?

Well Dear Reader there are many and varied reasons, but most, if not all arise from the attitude and belief of "modern human" that all achievement and attainment can only "come from" hard work" - physical effort.

This is further compounded by the role "money" exerts upon this process, accentuated by the perceived need to "go to work for a living" to "earn money" with which to purchase perceived needs and desires.

On another level, the Conscious, Ego Mind is always demanding to be allowed to "do" things, to be better than others - to satiate its own self-serving "wants".

Now of course this does not make the Conscious Mind, the Ego, "evil" or undesirable in some way - it simply Is.

In fact the Conscious, Ego Mind is absolutely necessary to our existence in this physical vibration.

The Conscious, Ego Mind allows us to make the decisions we make in order that we may Experience and thereby Evolve - which is our Primary Objective here.

The objective therefore is not to "destroy" the Ego Mind - which is impossible - but rather to Subjugate it - to apply it purely in the direction of Personal Evolution, ultimately leading to Enlightenment and the transcending of the physical vibration altogether.

This accomplished, our Higher Self has achieved this initial stage of its Individual Evolution, and progress to far more glorious pursuits as a Whole Spiritual Being.

I am sure that many of you have noticed that the more you "try", the less you succeed in achieving that which you are "trying" for.

The fundamental reason for this is because in "trying" the Conscious Ego Mind is "blocking" our True Nature, blocking the Natural Expression of Source through us.

If, on the other hand, we simply Be, and Allow, all of our genuine needs wishes and desire can Express to our Reality effort-lessly.

True effort-less Expression must also be Unconditional.

It is the Conscious, Ego Mind that wants to attach conditions such that "if I do this, I will achieve that".

This again arises from a lack of appreciation of Who We Are.

We cannot remind ourselves enough that we are Divine, All Powerful, All Knowing, Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent Expressions of Source - we already have "it" All. So how then can "effort" be required in order to "gain" something?

We cannot "gain" That Which we Already Have.

All we can and need do is to Allow that Which we Desire to Express itself from Within - from Source - from All That Is.

This Truth even applies to Spiritual and Metaphysical "practices".

The more you "try" to meditate, the more you will "fail" to meditate.

The more you "try" to Astral Project, the more you will "fail" to Astral Project.

The more you try to bend that spoon or move something with your Mind, the more you will "fail".

This, Dear Reader, is an absolute certainty.

The same applies to Life itself.

The more you "try" to make money, the more you will "fail" to make money.

The more you "try" to be happy", the more you will "fail" to be happy.

The more you "try" to attain Freedom - everyone should be Free - the more you "fail" in attaining your Freedom.

I could go on, but I am sure by now you understand in principle.

There are famous movies that embody this Truth, knowingly or not, for example:

Yoda, in one of the Star Wars series, said:

"Do or do not, there is no "try".

In the first movie in the Matrix trilogy, Neo was sparring against Morpheus in the combat training simulation in the Dojo. Neo, although his Mind had received all of the technical knowledge necessary for many of the martial arts, could not, initially, prevail over Morpheus, until finally Morpheus told him to:

"Stop trying to hit me, and hit me".

After which Neo was finally able to prevail over Morpheus.

Yes these are simply movies, but the both of these examples are absolutely relevant.

The Truth is simple. Only when we subjugate the Conscious, Ego Mind and allow that which is already within us to Express itself naturally and without "thinking", can those abilities Express to the fullest extent.

The same Principle applies to "attachment". The more you "attach" ourselves to some-thing at a Conscious level, the more distant it becomes.

We can only attract and embody that which we wish to be attached to through non-attachment. When we desire no-thing, we gain every-thing.

Two other words that should not exist in your Consciousness are "hard" and "easy".

These concepts also spring from the Conscious, Ego Mind, from erroneous thinking.

As Expressions of Source Every-Thing should be Simple and Effort-Less.

We are the Eaxact Same Source Energy Who Created All That Is, including the physical Universe with its countless Galaxies, Stars, Planet and other heavenly bodies without "effort" of any kind.

By comparison, how can any-thing be "hard"?

It is not when we allow that same Source to Express through us. Only the Conscious, Ego Mind makes it hard.

In fact in many cases the Conscious, Ego Mind likes to believe some objective is "hard", that it may feel "good", "brave" even "heroic" in "trying" to "achieve" them.

It matters not, Dear Reader, what you wish to "achieve" in Life - you have already "achieved" it. All you ever need to do is to allow yourself to Experience it.

It is always of value to examine your motives for "wanting" something.

For example - do you wish for a newer car because it will bring you Joy and Freedom, or because a neighbour has just purchased a newer car, and you do not wish to be seen to be a "poorer" neighbour?

The latter springs firmly from the Conscious Mind - the Ego.

In order to Express some-thing in to your Experience, it should be Ego-Less. If it is not Ego-Less you are placing an attachment which will prevent you from Experiencing it.

The same is True if you seek to attach conditions to Experiencing some-thing. If you say to yourself - "I can get this if only that happens", then you are applying a condition.

True Expression, like Love, is Unconditional, arising from Faith.

Let us conclude this Newsletter then by reviewing the conditions associated with Ego-less Expression:

1. Implicit acceptance of the Truth that we are all Expressions of God, Source Energy, First Cause, "God Principle.

When we Express our wishes, needs and desires in to our material, experiential reality, we do not do so through our own "power".

We rather decide, of our own Divine Freewill, and then through our thought processes, emotions, feelings, expectations and above all Conscious Intent, which is then Expressed, not as an individual personality, but as an Expression of God, in to our Conscious Awareness.

We are not attracting any "thing" from any "where".

We are already Whole in every possible way - The Kingdom of God is Within Us.

No-thing exists apart from us.

We are simply Feeling that which we wish to Experience, which is then Expressed in to our Sphere of Consciousness through Source, Creative, God Principle.

The Master who became known as Jesus taught this Truth thus:

"I and the Father are One".

"The Father within me doeth the works."

When Jesus uses the singular "I" or "Me" he means "You and I".

We are all Infinite, Immortal, Divine Expressions of Source, God, and All Co-Creators in the Universe.

Our Experiences here on Earth are very simple but necessary.

Upon completing our missions here we move on to Experiences as Expressions of the Divine Which are Glorious, far beyond the comprehension of Mortal Humans as we take our place in the Great Works of God, which are Splendid, perfect and Eternal.

2. Faith. Perfect Faith is the most important Principle behind Expression.

Faith can have two polarities - Positive/Creative and negative/destructive.

Faith is the Evidence of Things hoped for but not yet seen.

Faith is therefore the certain feeling that we already have everything we could possibly wish for need and desire, and that all we need do is to "take delivery" of it.

Faith is a very large and crucial subject, that cannot properly be summarised.

Suffice it to say - true Faith is immensely powerful as opposed to bind faith which is powerless.

3. Expectation. Expectation is Faith in progress.

Expectation is therefore the Faith that whatever you are Expressing through Divine Energy will soon be delivered in to your Experiential Reality.

4. Belief. Belief goes hand in hand with Faith, which is why Jesus also spoke of Belief so frequently, often in the context of Faith.

Belief is the unshakable Belief in Who we Are as Expressions of the Divine, and therefore the Certain Belief that all is possible with Perfect Faith.

5. Trust. Trust is Trusting in our own Infinite Potential as and Through, The Divine, Source Energy, God.

Trust is necessary to support our Faith and Belief.

6. Acceptance. As we know that the Expression of our wishes, needs and desires are already part of us, we must Accept our Good with Gratitude.

7. Gratitude. Gratitude is Expressed in the certain knowledge that as we are already Whole, and that we have the Perfect Faith, Expectation, Belief, and Trust, that we are already Grateful that our Expression has duly arrived in to our Conscious Awareness and accordingly our Experiential Reality.

Gratitude therefore is an Energy that recognises that the Expression of needs, wishes and desires has already been Realised through the Expressive Energy of Divine Providence.

These final three factors are not States of Consciousness in the same way as our first seven, they are rather Expressive Forces or Energies that give Power to the Expressive Principle.

8. Imagination. Imagination is an important Expressive Energy that Conceptualises, Consolidates and Crystallises, the Nature of that which we are Expressing in to our Experiential Reality.

The clearer we can Visualise, Feel, Hear, Taste and Smell within the aspect of Mind Principle that corresponds with their equivalent corporeal senses, the more the resultant Expression will correspond to our wish, need or desire.

So do not leave God guessing. Make your Wishes Known, and as Jesus said " It is God's good Pleasure to Give You the Kingdom.

It is impossible to Imagine anything that does not already Exist within the All of the Eternal Now.

So it is impossible to Imagine something "too big" to Experience. Our only consideration is to Express the factors discussed in 1. through 7 above to the maximum possible extent.

Never be afraid of being "greedy", or "unworthy" or minimalistic.

If you are going to Express something at least Express it gloriously.

As Jesus said - even something as tiny as a "Mustard Seed" - and he was not referring to "mustard seeds" as in "mustard and cress", he was referring to a large tree that grows in the Middle East, the seeds from which are very tiny. But as Jesus said, if you can Imagine it, and have the absolute Faith, it will be expressed as a magnificent tree.

9. Emotion. Emotion is a state of Consciousness that influences our Experience in accordance with the quality of the Vibration of the Emotion.

Emotion can therefore be thought of as E-Motion, or "Energy in Motion".

The more Positive Emotional Energy we Experience in the context of the Expressive Nature of our needs wishes and Desires, the "faster" relative to the concept of Earth "time", will those needs, wishes and desires be Expressed in to our Experiential Reality.

Such Emotions are for example Excitement, Joy and even Euphoria.

10. Feeling. Feeling goes alongside Emotion in that the more you can Feel that you are already Experiencing the Expressed Fruits of your Imagination, the sooner you will realise those Feelings in your Experiential Reality.

So you see Dear Reader, when you are Ego-Less, Life is Effort-Less.

Conversely, only when the Ego Mind seeks to engage itself and exert its influence does natural Expression from the Infinite All Inclusive Whole-ness that is our True Divine Nature become "trying" or seem "hard" in some way.

Every-thing in Life is only as "hard" as the Conscious, Ego Mind makes it, often through misguided vanity - comparing ourselves to "others".

From "failure" springs bitterness, resentment, hopelessness - all arising from the activities of the Conscious, Ego Mind.

When we cease "trying" to simply Be, then we are Whole, Joy-Full and Free.

And so it is.

Until next Sunday, I wish you a most Joyful, Healthy, Abundant and "effortl-less" week.

Brought to You In Divine Love, Light and Service,

Adrian.

The Mechanical Clock

2009-11-22T20:11:00.002-06:00

BY EDEN SKY OF 13MOON.COM

THE MECHANICAL CLOCK:

The clock was the first automatic machine -
going on to become the heart of all machine technology to come.

As George Woodcock wrote in 1944: "The clock, as Lewis Mumford has pointed out, represents the key machine of the machine age, both for its influence on technology and its influence on the habits of men. Technically, the clock was the first really automatic machine that attained any importance in the life of men. Previous to its invention, the common machines were of such a nature that their operation depended on some external and unreliable force, such as human or animal muscles, water or wind.

"It is true that the Greeks had invented a number of primitive automatic machines, but these where used, like Hero's steam engine, for obtaining 'supernatural' effects in the temples or for amusing the tyrants of Levantine cities. But the clock was the first automatic machine that attained a public importance and a social function. Clock-making became the industry from which men learnt the elements of machine making and gained the technical skill that was to produce the complicated machinery of the industrial revolution."

The presence of the clock gave birth to the notion that time lies outside our bodies - that it can be tracked by a machine, and that we can sit and watch it "fly" by tick-tock as though it is something linear, containable, and separate from the organic, flowing process of life. The adherence to the clock for our sense of time and timing is noted as the greatest obstacle to allowing the full telepathic abilities of the human to flower.

"The clock turns time from a process of nature into a commodity that can be measured and bought and sold like soap or sultanas. And because, without some means of exact time keeping, industrial capitalism could never have developed and could not continue to exploit the workers, the clock represents an element of mechanical tyranny in the lives of modern men more potent than any individual exploiter or any other machine... Now the movement of the clock sets the tempo men's lives - they become the servant of the concept of time which they themselves have made, and are held in fear, like Frankenstein by his own monster." -George Woodcock

As a 6-year old girl once said: "The clock wants to turn everybody into a machine."

The Mayan Calendar

2009-11-19T09:13:00.002-06:00

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Ian Lungold Secrets of the Mayan Calendar Unveiled 1 of 3

Ian Lungold Secrets of the Mayan Calendar Unveiled 2 of 3

Ian Lungold Secrets of the Mayan Calendar Unveiled 3 of 3

Ian Lungold The Mayan Calendar Comes North 1 of 2

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Ian Lungold The Evolution Continues 1 of 2

Ian Lungold The Evolution Continues 2 of 2

Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter 25 October 2009

2009-10-25T19:36:00.011-05:00

by Adrian Cooper

Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter

25 October 2009

Welcome to your newsletter. I do hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful, health joyful week.

First of all I would like to advise you that my inner guidance has prompted me to move home after 19 years of living happily in my present home.

As this is a big move for us back to the UK, involving a sea crossing, myself and family will be completely focused on all that needs doing to complete the move. During the move and for a time after the move we will be without access to the Internet.

I would like to advise you therefore that this will be your last newsletter for a few weeks.

This is the first time since I first started publishing your newsletter in 2005 that there has been a break, but I trust you will understand.

You can be absolutely sure, in fact I promise you, that once myself and family are established in our new home and we have Internet connectivity, your newsletter will continue as ever, and will continue for as long as is possible during this transitional era.

I would as usual like to welcome all new members to this newsletter.

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I will continue to do all I can during this great transition, but I still need others to make others aware of both the changes occurring and this newsletter that they may understand, keep informed, and above all be fully prepared for the coming changes.

The Zen Mind

After last week's newsletter I received several messages from newsletter readers on the subject of Zen.

These messages varied from asking for further information about the philosophy and practice of Zen, to questioning how Zen relates to the Buddhist culture.

These are excellent questions which I will address in this week's newsletter.

First I would like to make what might appear to be a surprising, even controversial statement:

Zen is not Buddhism and Buddhism is not Zen.

Any practice that requires a philosophical approach, practice or idolisation of a central individual is not Zen and never can be Zen. Even calling Zen "Zen" is to misunderstand the very nature of Zen, because the word "Zen" originates from a non-Zen state of Mind.

"Buddha" is not a person, but rather a state of Being or not Being.

Every human being can be Buddha just as every human being can be Christ.

Zen is not something that can be "learned" at a philosophical, academic or intellectual level, because to do so would be to completely misunderstand the true nature of Zen.

The person who became known as the "Buddha" attained Enlightenment through the practice of Zazen, now associated with Zen. Later the Buddhist culture arose, which can be likened to the rise of Christianity after the passing of the person called Jesus.

True Zen is at once a state of Being and not Being which cannot be described but only experienced through Zazen. Zazen is the basis of Zen but is not meditation. The phrase "Zen Meditation" is therefore a contradiction in terms and in realty does not exist.

Although I never advocate the practice of any particular religion or culture, I regard what we may refer to as Zen as neither of these, but rather Experiencing a state of Being and not-Being which anyone can experience through the dedicated practice of Zazen.

Ultimately Zen ceases to become a practice as it merges with ongoing Life Experience.

Zen is the purest state of Mind that a human can attain, leading to Enlightenment.

In order to begin to attain Zen Mind it is crucial to approach with zero preconceptions of not only what Zen is or is not, but also what human "experience" is or is not. The human experience of most is a learned, duality based state of conscious Mind and Ego, that has been accumulated over a lifetime of parental and social programming.

All this must be set aside so the Mind is pure with no barriers or pre-conceived ideas.

In Japan there is a word for this Pure State of Mind and Being - "Shoshin" - the closest translation of which would be "Beginners Mind".

The Mind of a "Beginner" has Infinite Potential. The Mind of an "expert" in contrast has none until such a person realises this, and is ready and willing to become a non-expert.

Beginners Mind is not an observation that the practitioner is a Zen neophyte, or just "beginning" Zen - far from it. Rather that the aspirant approaches Zen with the Mind of a new born child. No other approach will do - it is an absolute perquisite.

Before I continue I would like to make it clear that even writing about and describing Zen is not Zen because describing Zen it is dualistic and not of the Zen Mind, but since this is all we have in the context of this newsletter it will have to suffice. I can show you the Path, but it is for each to step on to and walk the path.

So to step on the path to Zen requires a totally void, Beginners Mind. No more, no less.

In Zen there is no thought of "achievement" or "pride" because they are not of Zen. As progress is made in Zen, to acknowledge such progress or achievement is not Zen.

True Zen is the Realisation and Expression of our True Nature - there is no "other" True State - there cannot be. Any other state would be based in a duality based existence.

Zen does not recognise "life" and "death" - only Now - Being and not Being.

Before I continue, lest you think that Zen is to simply "exist", then let me tell you that Zen can be your ongoing Experience. Instead of behaving in a conscious, dualistic, Ego oriented manner, our Life is Zen and thereby becomes Infinite and Effortless.

In Japan the "practice" of Zen is experienced through many activities, which, although outwardly appear to require physical and mental action, actually requires none.

Zen in Japan is approached not only through Zazen - which is "sitting" - but also through painting, calligraphy, flower arranging, archery, the martial arts and other activities.

The Zen martial artist defeats his opponent seemingly without effort, no matter the "size", strength" or experience of the opponent. If the Zen martial artist where to "try" and defeat his opponent through strength and skill alone, he would often fail.

You may well have noticed in your own experience that the more you "try" to "do" something, the more you fail to achieve that which you are "trying" to "do".

Only by completely dissolving the conscious Mind can you achieve that which you wish to achieve effortlessly, because Zen is always effortless and limitless.

But always be aware that to approach Zen with the idea of achieving something is not Zen. The Central principle of Zen then is No Mind. Only then is your Mind truly Zen.

All the great Masters and Avatars taught this Truth, but those who followed failed to understand, which is inevitable once they tried to "understand".

As we discussed last week, the person known as Jesus knew this:

"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?" -- Matthew 6.27

and:

"And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?" -- Luke 12:25

This means quite simply that you cannot achieve anything by thinking about that which you wish to achieve and by taking actions by which to achieve it at a conscious level.

By "achieving" nothing, your life does not become empty, but rather Infinitely Full.

So what then does Zen "mean". Keeping in Mind that "mean" is not Zen but rather a word I use for the purposes of this newsletter.

To help us answer this question, the following series of pictures and commentary by a fifteenth century Zen Master symbolises Zen from neophyte to Enlightenment. The pictures follow an ox herder and the untamed, wild ox

1. Undisciplined

With his horns fiercely projected in the air the beast snorts, Madly running over the mountain paths, farther and farther he goes astray!

A dark cloud is spread across the entrance of the valley, And who knows how much of the fine fresh herb is trampled under his wild hoofs!

2. Discipline Begun

I am in possession of a straw rope, and I pass it through his nose, For once he makes a frantic attempt to run away, but he is severely whipped and whipped; The beast resists the training with all the power there is in a nature wild and ungoverned, But the rustic oxherd never relaxes his pulling tether and ever-ready whip.

3. In Harness

Gradually getting into harness the beast is now content to be led by the nose, Crossing the stream, walking along the mountain path, he follows every step of the

leader; The leader holds the rope tightly in his hand never letting it go, All day long he is on the alert almost unconscious of what fatigue is.

4. Faced Round

After long days of training the result begins to tell and the beast is faced round, A nature so wild and ungoverned is finally broken, he has become gentler; But the tender has not yet given him his full confidence, He still keeps his straw rope with which the ox is now tied to a tree.

5. Tamed

Under the green willow tree and by the ancient mountain stream, The ox is set at liberty to pursue his own pleasures;

At the eventide when a grey mist descends on the pasture, The boy wends his homeward way with the animal quietly following.

6. Unimpeded

On the verdant field the beast contentedly lies idling his time away, No whip is needed now, nor any kind of restraint; The boy too sits leisurely under the pine tree, Playing a tune of peace, overflowing with joy.

7. Left Alone

The spring stream in the evening sun flows languidly along the willow-lined bank, In the hazy atmosphere the meadow grass is seen growing thick;

When hungry he grazes, when thirsty he quaffs, as time sweetly slides, While the boy on the rock dozes for hours not noticing anything that goes on about him.

8. All Forgotten

The beast all in white now is surrounded by the white clouds, The man is perfectly at his ease and care-free, so is his companion; The white clouds penetrated by the moon-light cast their white shadows below, The white clouds and the bright moon-light-each following its course of movement.

9. Solitary Moon

Nowhere is the beast, and the oxherd is master of his time, He is a solitary cloud wafting lightly along the mountain peaks;

Clapping his hands he sings joyfully in the moon-light, But remember a last wall is still left barring his homeward walk.

10. Both Vanished

Both the man and the animal have disappeared, no traces are left, The bright moon-light is empty and shadowless with all the ten-thousand objects in it; If anyone should ask the meaning of this, Behold the lilies of the field and its fresh sweet-scented verdure.

This then is the Zen Mind after taming the Ox - the Ego Mind - nothing remains yet All is Complete - as it is meant to Be in its natural state without the intervention of Ego Mind.

Notice how the Ox changes colour from black to white while becoming Zen Mind.

This then is Zen Mind and ultimately Enlightenment.

What then does this story mean in practical terms?

When you Experience Nothing You Have Everything.

The Universe - Universal Mind - is Truly Infinite and Complete. The Infinite only becomes finite when it is made finite through limited human thought arising from the activity of the Ego - the conscious Mind - which believes only action can bring results.

When the conscious is rendered Subconscious we are Complete.

Now of course we must "exist" in a physical world.

Well actually our objective is Enlightenment which is to transcend the physical world but first we must attain Enlightenment at which Moment we choose whether to remain at the Vibratory Frequency of Earth to fulfil some purpose of the Higher Self, or to "ascend" to a Higher Vibratory Frequency of Universal Energy.

People in the physical world today still strive to attain their needs, wishes and desires through physical effort known as "work" which is "rewarded" by the transfer of "money".

Such people measure their "wealth", social status and happiness in the context of physical possessions acquired through the transfer of money, to the point obsession in many cases, this being a major factor of suffering in the world today.

In Zen Mind we have no need of "work".

In Zen Mind we are already Complete, Lack no-thing yet Encompass Every-thing.

Through Zen Mind therefore we Express All Experience.

We cannot say "any experience we wish", because "wish" is not of Zen Mind.

In Zen Mind All is Experienced or not Experienced Effortlessly and without thought.

In our next newsletter we will look more closely at realising Zen Mind both in the context of Enlightenment and Earthly Experience.

As mentioned before, due to my impending home move, I am not yet certain when the next newsletter will be published, but suffice it to say that it will be as soon as possible.

In the meantime understanding the basis of The Zen Mind is most valuable.

As this is the last newsletter for a few weeks there is plenty of opportunity.

Until then I Wish you every Joy, Health and Fulfilment.

In Love and Light,

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Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter 18 October 2009

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by Adrian Cooper

Our Ultimate Reality Newsletter

18 October 2009

Welcome to your newsletter. I do hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful, health joyful week.

Once again many new members have joined us since last week - all most welcome. I do hope you enjoy this newsletter, published almost every Sunday since 2005.

As I have mentioned often, there is a truly great awakening taking place right Now - a defining era for humanity which our Higher Self has chosen to Experience.

I saw a trailer for a movie recently due for release in December, simply entitled "2012".

This appears to be the first in a series of movies that depict 21 December 2012 as a day of catastrophic destruction for mankind - the "end of the World".

This type of movie usually has an agenda, and can be very destructive on the consciousness of humanity. Whatever the collective consciousness of humanity focuses on and accepts as truth will manifest as Experience - through Universal Mind Principle.

Should you choose to watch this movie, do so as a science fiction novel - not fact which it is not unless humanity chooses. We always have a choice - choose Enlightenment.

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It is very difficult to know the innermost thoughts of a person and whether they are truly open to these Higher Truths. Many more are than may seem immediately apparent.

The Conscious Paradox

Over the years I have received countless emails from people telling me that they have "tried" to do this, or "tried" to do that without success.

The "try" comes from the conscious Mind and is always bound to fail every time.

As Yoda said to Luke in Star Wars:

Do or do not - there is no "try".

Wise words indeed.

The fact is, throughout my excursion here on Earth this has always been totally True.

The moment we "try" to do something we fail - it is inevitable.

So why is this?

Well "try" is of the conscious sphere of Mind activity which erroneously believes that "effort" brings "results" - it never does or can in absolute terms - at least not enduring or worthwhile.

Many have observed in fact that that the more they "try" to "do" something, the more they fail. This is no surprise at all.

All the wisest cultures of the World know this to be true, none more so, in my view, than Zen - an offshoot of Buddhism.

Now I never promote any culture over another because we all have Freewill which must be exercised as an integral aspect of our Experience here, but if you were to ask me to suggest a culture whose practices are closest to Universal Mind Principle I would respond with Zen.

Actually Zen is an offshoot of Buddhism and the only one that I am aware of which preserves the original values of Buddha himself. Many branches of Buddhism have become a religion like Christianity, following the "teachings" of The Buddha instead of those of Jesus,

The Truth is it is impossible to achieve anything worthwhile from an intellectual level because it engages the extremely limited conscious Ego Mind.

True Buddhism is a state of Being, never a state of "learning".

True Buddhism can only ever be experienced through Zazen.

For followers of the Christian system of belief, the person known as Jesus once said:

"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?" -- Matthew 6.27

and:

"And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?" -- Luke 12:25

What was meant by this?

Well quite simply that "thinking" about something can never result in actually achieving anything worthwhile.

My own life experience over the decades has always aligned with this truth and does so today. To "think" is to deny the Infinite Power of Source Mind that flows through us because it takes it out of the Realms of the Infinite and in to the realms of the limited consciousness.

A fundamental aspect of Enlightenment is transcending the conscious, Ego Mind.

The main vehicle for Expressing our Experience is the so called "Subconscious Mind".

As we have discussed previously however, there is no distinct "Subconscious Mind", it is rather the Subconscious, Subjective Sphere of Mind Activity, or to put it another way our Personal Aspect of Source Mind. Subconsciousness is Source Mind, with All the same Powers, All of Which we have the Potential to Express.

So how then do we Express our desired Experience?

The first thing we should always know beyond any doubt is that the entire Universe and everything within the Universe at all levels, all dimensions and all manifestations is "Mind".

Everything, without exception is an Expression of Supreme Mind - Source Mind, First Cause, most know as "God".

The Entire Sphere of Activity of Source Mind is Universal Mind.

The extent to Which we can Express Source Mind is the extent to Which we have control over our Personal and Individual Experience, the main power behind which is Faith - True Faith - not the blind faith of religion.

As human beings we are individuations Source Mind within the context of Universal Mind.

As Expressions of Source Mind through Universal Mind, Source Mind Expresses and Experiences through each Expression, Expands and the Universe Expands in All Spheres of Vibratory Frequency culminating with the Physical Universe of Matter - which actually is an illusion of the physical senses, still Being Pure Energy.

The immediate Expression is Higher Self - Individuality - which then mirrors Source Mind by "sending" numerous Expressions of Itself to Earth. Almost everyone on Earth is just such an Expression, the exceptions Being the "Ascended Masters", Avatars etc Who already have a complete Higher Self, and consciously manifest as such by lowering the Vibratory Frequency of their Spiritual Body. They can dematerialise just as easily by raising their Vibratory Frequency.

This Infinite Mind of "Source" through which "Source" Experiences and thereby Evolves and Expands.

The entire Universe is in a perpetual state of expansion and evolution.

It also is important to keep in Mind however that although we are ultimately "Individuations" of The Source, i.e. individuated Energy Fields within the Universal Energy Field of Universal Mind, we are also still Integral, Inseparable Aspects of this Energy field and therefore of Source.

There is no separation in the Universe - All is One.

In order to understand this better we only need look at Quantum Mechanics.

Because the Universe - Universal Mind - is Infinite Intelligence of which we are All integral aspects, Quanta of Energy are influenced by Mind at Personal, Individual and Collective levels, Thought itself also Being Pure Energy.

Whenever you look at a physical "possession" such as a house, a car, a television set, they are in fact nothing more or less than an arrangement of Energy, or "Quanta", ultimately created by thought processes of the Mind through the local, temporal collapsing of the Quantum Wave to particles - or more properly the illusion of particles. It is only the physical senses that perceives particles as such.

If an "object" was scrutinised very closely, for example through an infinitely powerful electron microscope, it would very soon become apparent that it is not solid at all but are rather composed of Quanta of Energy Vibrating and moving at extremely high frequency rates in an out of the object being observed, as the Quantum Waveform collapses from a Wave to Particles and back when "observed" - under the influence of Mind.

Nothing can exist permanently unless it is observed because it is Mind that influences the way Quanta of Energy are perceived by the physical senses. Without that focus of Mind the Quanta revert to a Wave of "quantum potential" for something else.

Quantum physics completely confirms this by recognising that some "thing" can only actually come into "existence" when observed as a local, temporal event.

To "create", or more accurately Express our desired Experience we must focus our thoughts accordingly, causing Quanta of Energy to "collapse" and Vibrate in harmony with the desire.

This "focus" is the "observation" and is of the Subconscious Sphere of Mind activity.

So where does the conscious sphere of Mind come in to this?

Well therein is the paradox referred to in the title of this article

Where most people "go wrong" in "manifesting their desired reality" is that they have little or no control over this creative process.

The conscious Mind, our everyday, waking Mind is heavily influenced by the demands of the Ego, expectation of family, friends and society, pressure to conform to perceived socio-economic "norms" and so on - which are actually completely arbitrary - seeking to filter and logically analyse everything presented to it through thought processes or any of the five senses, only allowing thoughts to persist that are consistent with what it considers to be "logical" and in accordance with the "norm".

This is why so many people today are constantly creating unwanted experiences without ever realising why.

The solution therefore is to bypass the filters of the conscious Mind in order to access our infinite and unlimited personal Sphere of Universal Mind activity - Subconsciousness, usually known as the "Subconscious Mind".

Increasingly more people are becoming aware that they can "create" their own "reality", thanks to the movie "The Secret" and masses of information on the Internet on the "Law of Attraction".

What they do not realise is that there is no "Law of Attraction". "Attraction" is impossible because it implies some "thing" exists outside of us in some way, floating around in the ether, which can be "attracted" using the prescribed methods.

In fact even as humans on Earth there is nowhere in the entire Universe that we do not already concurrently exist.

Awareness is simply focusing the Mind on one aspect of that Wholeness as opposed to "moving to it" or "attracting" it in some way.

This then is where many traditional methods of "creating" either fail or bring transient results.

Where there is success it is due to invoking other powers of the Mind, notably Faith, in the process.

Affirmations are often intercepted by the logical, Ego driven conscious Mind, analysed and then rejected as being "impractical" in some way.

For example, repeating an affirmation such as "I have a new house", the rational conscious Mind immediately says "don't be ridiculous, you are still living in the same place"..

The immediate objectives are clear therefore.

The rational filters of the conscious Mind, built up over a lifetime, must be bypassed.

The paradox is that any "attempt" to do this is also of the conscious Mind.

What is needed then is a complete shelving of the conscious, Ego Mind, instead to Express the Power of Source Mind through Subconscious Mind activity.

Now there are pitfalls here in that the moment you begin to "think" about your perceived wishes, needs and desires, your conscious Mind has taken over once again.

Whatever you desire must therefore be an aspect of your Being through which it is Expressed.

Once this is accomplished simply choosing to become aware of a different aspect of yourself - the aspect you wish to Express and Experience.

The more Source Energy you can assimilate and become One with, the more power and success you will enjoy.

This was a main basis of the teachings of the person who became known as Jesus.

As long-term readers of this newsletter will know, we are only interested in the Spiritual, never the religious.

However, the words of Jesus were turned in to a religion for the purposes of power and control by the Romans three hundred years later, thus obfuscating the true meaning of the teachings of this Master.

We will conclude then by considering the following verse:

"Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do

shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son". -- John 14:10 - 14

This literally means that we as individual Expressions of Source have no inherent powers whatsoever. All powers originate from Source and Expressed through us to the extent we have the ability to Express such Power, the main factor being True Faith.

This is what Jesus meant in the final part of the passage, going on to state that he is subject to the same Universal Principles, and that we will all go on to Evolve to greater things as Evolution brings the capacity to Invoke and Express Source to ever Greater.

In a future newsletter we will look more closely at this process.

As many long-term readers will know, I have offered an alternative phrase to the "Law of Attraction", and that is "The Principle of Expression" for which there are 10 main factors.

Until next newsletter, I wish you a healthy, happy, abundant week.

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