Thinking, feeling and willing in a spiritual and daily matter

[Ming the Merciful]

I think that most Westerners approach Meditation from the wrong perspective. What is suppression? It is not allowing your, (Natural), Spiritual Reality to become the normal part of daily life. The West is more bogged-down by Materialism that in the East. This is based on historical facts, because the West has always been more abundant Materialistically than the East, and that has become engrained in the culture and how it is interpreted. The same applies to the difference between Materialism and Spiritual Values. How do you separate yourself from Materialism? Once a person comprehends the values of living a more Spiritual life, everything falls into place naturally.

Then how does a person develop a more Spiritual life. Meditation does not have to be something that must be done daily. Every action can be achieved in a meditative state. The simple act of walking is the perfect example. Instead of walking somewhere with a "Cluttered Mind". Or, when walking allow yourself to go into Still Mind and stop thinking. Be aware of what is happening around you, (but), at the same time be silent. Silent Mind. It can be any action or nonaction. We are naturally Spiritual, except most people do not recognize it. We only alienate ourselves, because that is what the "I" wants. Do we control our Mind, or does it control us? I decide when I want to think. The "I", (Self-Consciousness or Self-Awareness), is more powerful than the Mind.

Again i fully agree.

But it is not done with separation from materialism - you must separate from the complete way of a "actual normal life".
That's only possible when you are aware of the installed and accepted mechanisms of this life.

January 2, 2016, Saturday Meditation

Group question: In 64.15, Ra said: “In observing the allopathic concept of the body complex as the machine, we may note the symptomology of a societal complex seemingly dedicated to the most intransigent desire for the distortions of distraction, anonymity, and sleep. This is the result rather than the cause of societal thinking upon your plane.”

Q’uo, our question today is: What is meant by “distraction, anonymity and sleep.”

Also, Ra said that our society’s dedication to the desire for distraction, anonymity and sleep is intransigent. Intransigent is defined as “unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.” Why is the desire for comfort, pleasure, sleep, distraction so strong and intransigent on this particular planet?

(Jim channeling)
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However, for the great majority of the population of this planet, there has been the inability to focus the inner energies of inspiration and intuition, those basic qualities brought into the incarnation from those areas where pre-incarnative choices are made, hopes are built up, and dedication is made. And once again the veil of forgetting is drawn as these hopes and dreams and inspirations must find a way to be realized within the third density illusion—this heavy, dense, chemical illusion which seems to shade and shadow so much of what you see and feel.

And when these entities, the great majority of the population, have continued upon the path of the mundane, shall we say—the culture of accepted norms, the ways to become an accepted member of the society—this path usually leads to those qualities of anonymity, of sleep, and of distraction, for as this pattern of inability to choose one path or another repeats itself, there is less and less opportunity and possibility for such entities to make positive progress upon their path, for the opportunity becomes less and less as it is exercised less and less. In your holy works it is said “To him who has, more shall be given; to him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away.”[2] This is an illustration of this principle; it is a kind of inertia, a, if you will, backwards momentum, that inhibits the ability of entities to become conscious of who they are, of why they are here, of what they seek, of how to do anything that resembles traveling a spiritual journey.

There are so many other journeys that are available as choices that are easier to make: to seek ambition, to seek money, to seek fame, to seek position, to seek acceptance—this is what your cultures teach, this is what is valued, this is what is desired, and this is what is practiced. It is no wonder that those who do find themselves consciously aware of the process of spiritual evolution are frustrated when they see so many about them that do not wish to become conscious, that do not wish to become aware of what it is that they are here for, why they are here.

These questions [pertaining to spiritual evolution] are unnerving and perplexing, and are, if ever considered at all, pushed aside, for they make one uncomfortable when one wishes comfort. The spiritual journey, my friends, is not always comfortable. You know this well. It will make a difficult time for you at various times, for it is necessary from time to time to pass the challenge, to engage in the initiation, shall we say, to graduate from one level to another within your own third density that marks your progress upon your conscious spiritual journey. There are times when catalyst is misapplied, misperceived, missed at all perhaps and not used. When this happens, there is no end to catalyst; it will come again and again and again. Thus, the catalyst must be processed in some fashion else one tends to become as others—numb and oblivious and perhaps even seeking recluse and reclusion from such a journey.

Your path within the third density illusion is the most difficult path that you shall ever travel for only the third density illusion has the veil of forgetting. Only in this illusion is it not completely apparent at all times that you are part of the One Infinite Creator. Because this veil is so thick and so prevalent, it offers you the opportunity to make great progress if you are able, consciously, to penetrate any portion of this veil; it takes effort, it takes conscious effort, it takes inspiration and motivation, it takes persistence.

The other mistake that people make, is to put Spirituality onto a pedestal. As if it was some greater higher force, and something that cannot be achieved. Spirituality and Physicality are the same thing, except on different levels of vibration. We set ourselves goals, and a point which we want to achieve, (and therefore I become Enlightened). Or, a sudden Spiritual discovery or understanding becomes a milestone, and is seen as a great achievement. It can also be a downfall, because it can be a point where we stop investigating further and deeper. It is the same with Meditation. We develop unhealthy habits and expectations that a specific goal must be overcome, and deeper Meditations. The purpose of Meditation is to find Inner Stillness and reach the Higher Consciousness. It then becomes repetitive and a sameness, and the original goal at the beginning has become lost in the analytical theories we create to explain what is happening, (or not happening). The best way to overcome this, is to vary the forms of Meditation we use. I use the Still Mind technique, and I am happy with that. Other people prefer Mantras, and my advice for that, is the vary the Mantras, so that it does not become repetitive. Accept your Physicality. It is you. You will never overcome your Physicality by denying it. When you are rejecting your Physicality. in an indirect sense, you are also denying yourself. The complete person is both Physical and Spiritual, and we must create a balance between the two aspects of ourselves.