Beyond the Mind

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My friend, it is not reality that is the problem.

It is the lenses through which most of us view reality that is the “problem”.  And it really isn’t an issue of “problem” so much as it is one of skillful versus unskillful.  Skill in what?  Skill in living, in living joyfully, in being free, truly free.

We are trained in so many skills in our schools and Universities, but rarely are we given skills for living well, for being truly free.  This is perhaps because very few of us are truly free, so it is, in a sense, the blind leading the blind.  This is why I have always sought after teachers who seemed the most realized to me and in this pursuit I have been very lucky to sit with more than a few of them.  In their presence you will be given, wordlessly, the transmission you need to see without using any lenses.  Because, in it’s nakedness, it’s rawness, it’s fierce beauty, reality, as it is right now, is completely perfect.

Those who have crossed over, to the other side, as Buddha did, see this truth of reality.  Perhaps the most eloquent description of this truth from someone who experiences it fully is in the book Facets of Unity by A.H. Almaas, a contemporary spiritual teacher who I have had the great pleasure of sitting with for many years.  In this wonderful book he describes many truths of reality including Holy Truth, Holy Omniscience, Holy Transparency, Holy Will, Holy Freedom, Holy Perfection, Holy Wisdom, Holy Work, Holy Plan, Holy Origin, Holy Love, Holy Strength, Holy Faith, Holy Harmony, Holy Law and Holy Hope.   You are in good hands with any book from Hameed (A.H. Almaas is his pen name).

But I bring up this truth of the perfection of reality to explore something specific with you.  You don’t have to believe me or Hameed or anyone that reality is perfect as it is.  I’m sure it will stir up lots of “what abouts” out there such as “oh ya, if reality is perfect than what about rape, murder, wars, pollution, etc…”   That’s fine to ask this, it is a sign that you have a pulse.  My answer to the “what abouts” is a “what if”.  If you are being overtaken with “what abouts” with this writing then I submit humbly and lovingly to you “what if reality was much more mysterious than our puny everyday minds are able to comprehend and in light of that, your what about this, that and the other thing is coming from an insufficiently informed place”.  As Gandalf says in Lord of the Rings – “Even the wisest cannot see all ends”.  Even the wisest don’t have the BIG picture, this might be a good time for a humility check.

So, for this exploration I want you to suspend your sentence on this idea that everything is perfect and just believe it anyway for a few minutes.  So, here we go.  If everything is perfect, then what is there to do?  What is there to think about?  How would you conduct your life if everything was already perfect?  If you notice your mind finding fault with things, passing judgement like it does, you would have to admit that it is your thinking that is wrong, not reality.  And, you would also have to admit that your thinking being wrong is also part of the perfection of reality.  So, in a sense, the street saying “it’s all good” is about the wisest 3 words out there. 

That’s right amigos – it IS all good.  So, if you catch yourself thinking you know better you would have to admit that you don’t, reality knows better, and the fact that you think you know better is ok too.  Reality doesn’t care what you think of believe.  If you catch yourself finding fault with yourself, you would have to admit that the fault is with your thinking, and the fact that your thinking is off is ok too.  Try this on for a few days or hours or better yet, the rest of your life.  You might notice that the shoe fits quite nicely.

Peace

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