I lit a candle and it brought me here...

[Alex]

If all is Illusion except the Infinite Creator.....

In the last couple of months, I have been investigating my inability to clearly see/visualize in my mind the things that I desire to have manifested and when I have a glimps, I immediately feel an inability to focus/concentrate on it.

I then tried to experiment with some of the solutions I read about on the Internet; one of these is to choose something to observe/to just look at without thoughts and judgement or labeling. I chose the candle, I lit it and started the experiment. I would try my best to observe the flame for up to 3 minutes but have only managed about one minute or less.

It was during one of my attempts that I started thinking about how my thoughts would always jump from one problem to another. I considered the frustration for a while and I could hear clearly in my mind the words, 'everything is an illusion, even problems are illusory'.

I stayed with this thought for as long as I could before my mind jumped off again and I have since been returning to the thought as often as I can remember to.

One of the ideas that came to me after this is; if all is illusory, including problems, then what exactly am I or other humans trying to solve?, if the problems do not exist, it does mean that there really are no solutions or are there....?

I left the thought and the ideas floating and just looking at them once in a while until, Enoch Tan sent me an email with content from the Hidden Hand, I read through and began to see what seems to be the root of all problems. The Hidden Hand said he knew about a Ra MATERIAL or Law of One and made a statement about it's correctness and this took me to L/L Reseach website and Bring4th.

I have read the Law of One now and other excerpts and I feel very humbled/happy about my new found outlook even though I am still working on the focus thing. I also think it is funny how lighting a candle seemed to lead me to this light.

I would really like to learn more from those that know more and will appreciate comments and new knowledge as I wonder still...

If all except the Infinite Creator is an illusion or a grand dream, should I in realizing this just look at problems and smile; e.g. I am learning to properly focus my mind and concentrate my thoughts and this seems a problem, do I consider it an illusion and quit trying to solve the illusion.

I really would love your ideas ane help with this.

Thank you, and may the blessings of the Infinite Creator be!

[βαθμιαίος]

Hi Alex, and welcome!

I love it that you lit a candle and found your way here.

If all except the Infinite Creator is an illusion or a grand dream, should I in realizing this just look at problems and smile; e.g. I am learning to properly focus my mind and concentrate my thoughts and this seems a problem, do I consider it an illusion and quit trying to solve the illusion.

It IS an illusion, but it's an illusion we've chosen with a specific purpose, so at the same time that I try to remember it's an illusion I also try to embrace it fully, by which I mean be as fully present in each moment as I can and engage with the catalyst, transformations, etc. that it offers as wholeheartedly as possible.

[Alex]

Thank you

[Patrick]

...
If all except the Infinite Creator is an illusion or a grand dream, should I in realizing this just look at problems and smile...

Pretty much yes, that is a very healthy way of looking at "problems" IMHO.

Like Ra said, this density is not of knowing. This much I know!

Smiling at all there is, is really your Self expressing gratitude for all experiences.

Much love and light to you!

[Unbound]

The Four Noble Truths

1. Life means suffering.

To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression. Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive as the opposite of suffering, such as ease, comfort and happiness, life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too.

2. The origin of suffering is attachment.

The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof. Transient things do not only include the physical objects that surround us, but also ideas, and -in a greater sense- all objects of our perception. Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things. The reasons for suffering are desire, passion, ardour, pursuit of wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or in short: craving and clinging. Because the objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is inevitable, thus suffering will necessarily follow. Objects of attachment also include the idea of a "self" which is a delusion, because there is no abiding self. What we call "self" is just an imagined entity, and we are merely a part of the ceaseless becoming of the universe.

3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.

The cessation of suffering can be attained through nirodha. Nirodha means the unmaking of sensual craving and conceptual attachment. The third noble truth expresses the idea that suffering can be ended by attaining dispassion. Nirodha extinguishes all forms of clinging and attachment. This means that suffering can be overcome through human activity, simply by removing the cause of suffering. Attaining and perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately results in the state of Nirvana. Nirvana means freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and ideas. Nirvana is not comprehensible for those who have not attained it.

4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

There is a path to the end of suffering - a gradual path of self-improvement, which is described more detailed in the Eightfold Path. It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The latter quality discerns it from other paths which are merely "wandering on the wheel of becoming", because these do not have a final object. The path to the end of suffering can extend over many lifetimes, throughout which every individual rebirth is subject to karmic conditioning. Craving, ignorance, delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is made on the path.