The Unmaking of the Nightmares. Part One

This is PART ONE of a series.

(There's an important vBLOG post that wants to come through on this meditation.)

Our Source, the eternity of Universal Consciousness, the Heart of Compassion reaches out to communicate (commune) with us in countless ways. Like a loving canine or feline or other non-human companion, persistently employing tactics to affectionately gain our attention... sometimes the strategy is simple, waiting, patience, being in a state of rest, because sometimes the only thing that can sufficiently gain our attention is the absence of something: Loss. We will all notice a vacuum in the heart and soul. Even Nature notices vacuums, as demonstrated consistently in physics.

Right awareness can help us fill what in some schools of thought is referred to as a "God-Sized Hole." Suppressing or resisting facts of our experiences of loss, or something missing -- often called "denial" in modern psychology, only serves to deepen rifts in the psyche, and can generate ever increasing sensations of discomfort, frustration, anger, pain, and ultimately dis-ease and dis-order of all kinds. Fear of loss in a dynamic, changing universe/world is another generator of a disconnect from our center, from the Heart of Universal Consciousness. I like how I have heard Rev. M. Beckwith of Agape International refer to it - the divine love-intelligence of the universe.

It is in this disconnect that the warping of consciousness occurs, and nightmares arise - both the imaginary metaphysical kind, and the material, physical manifestations of those. It is in the reconnection that the dream arises and the reality of healing, longevity, protection, health, and wholeness comes into being.

So what causes the distractions that cause such extensive grief and vexation in the first place? Very simply put, it is being out of balance in the survival-pleasure matrix. For many this may invite further discussion and explanation. So the most important consideration here really, is less about understanding the problem right away, and more about the keys to the solution. The way out. And the first key is distinguishing the balancing effects of MODERATION, and how to navigate the mind-body engine to get there.

When I was practically "forced" into meditation this morning (a story unto itself), what I connected to was an expansive mental state, and a flow of wisdom, understanding, realization that is profound, and extensive. When completed my experience and my "listening," I had fully expected much more physical time to have past. Maybe 40 or 45 minutes. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the clock, and saw that only 12 minutes had gone by. Thoughts at the deep levels of the unconscious mind proceed at speeds thousands of times faster that those that occur on superficial levels of mind. And even superficial thoughts are hundreds of times faster that the speed at which we can speak or type. And this constraint is not necessarily such a bad thing. (Another topic for another day). So accepting that part of the "rules" of physical life are constraints of space and time, I have accepted gladly that I will not be able to "output" the nature, information, possibilities and practical applications for living that I "brought back" from my engagement with what I'll call for now, "Intelligent Eternity."

I have attempted so far to map "markers" or "guideposts" into this first article, to help me find my way to recollecting and sharing with you as many illuminations as I can try to recreate in space-time. One beautiful guidepost, is the contemplation of gratitude for all the ways Universal Wisdom and Compassion has showed up through and as, all the teachers, loved ones, and strangers who have contributed to the well of knowledge, love and understanding I draw from to this day. Also, to be glad for the gifts I give to others, to the world; then to remember disengage from resentment that I am not getting "my share" or my due. The mind likes to play tricks on us in many ways, for many reasons. The amazing brain we have can spend it's time thinking of lots of ways to justify or excuse any of our faulty thoughts, mistakes, or misunderstandings, and to make up not so nice things about others based on distorted evidence, or no evidence at all. So it's particularly important to remember that the voice of the source speaks often through those closest to us, usually in between words, and to remember to be grateful too for the gifts they give us. Especially the small or unseen ones. Remember to stop being a jerk, and making excuses for that. (If you are human, this applies to you, universally. If you don't think you have been or acted like a jerk at some point in your life, you haven't looked deep enough.) There is no justification for punishment in teaching/learning, in living. None. It is No-one's job to punish others. This doesn't mean there aren't consequences, but it also doesn't excuse behaving with a lack of compassion, and becoming bad actors ourselves, inflicting more pain and suffering into the universe.

As you read on in this series, I continue to channel my reflections and meditations on this subject, we will be going into deeper and deeper conversations that take us into the dimensions of myth and story, as well as a dimension of applied metaphysics, that applies simple, established principles of physics for understanding our experience of existence, the causes of the state and condition of life we are living in at any given moment, how social and emotional experiences can be understood and transformed, and how to magically transmute the nightmares into our dreams of harmony, beauty, and fulfillment - filling the "God-Sized Hole."

We'll explore how we can each become "receivers and transmitters" of the unmaking of the nightmares, and the making of a world of beauty, where things work out, where we are in an empowering metaphysical (and physical) "dance" with what it takes to be alive, our ordinary daily tasks, our responsibilities, the uncovering of our tremendous individual potential, beauty, space and time. Can the future reach out and heal the past? 

This series is really about the dance of the "spirit" through life, and it is how we can make it a joyous one.