Interesting it is how labels and
accusations are so carelessly strewn about by some against others
without understanding the truth. You see, your observations can only
ever be filtered through your own biases, experience and other psychological filters.
These observations form a perception of a thing or a person, and your
perception, no matter how much you think is the definitive truth, is
nothing but what you want to believe projected outward from within.
This is done commonly and frequently with little understanding
in the absence of understanding these projections upon others in the
form of labels and names. The labels created are not really representative of "the
other" that is the object of your observation but is rather
more descriptive of something much more familiar to you. Namely, what
things lay hidden deep within you that you unknowingly project
outward onto "the other." The question those labelled often think in desperation is,
"Why"? Why would this person or that person label me in such a
hurtful way? Conversely, people can label you in what you think is a
helpful way and still they are no closer to the truth of you. No person
outside of you can truthfully determine your greatness or
inadequacies properly without understanding the paradigm of The Whole. And I'll
tell you, there are few who truly understand the paradigm of The Whole.
Imagine,
if you will, the internet of all things. There are those who study it
as if it is an organism in and of itself. It may be a confusing concept,
but come along with me a moment as it might help you better
understand one of the many metaphors of our existence here in this frame
in the way we project ourselves. So, across the entirety of the
globe (well in most places it seems these days), there are computer servers that
are connected one to another through a vast physical
network that creates the world wide web. The world wide web is a
mass connectivity vehicle for our ability to "tune in" to others in the physical
world. Now, each individual with a lap top, computer or smart phone
taps into that source to connect and most definitely, individually
project themselves into the whole of the world wide web. We are not the world wide web
but the computers we use are a part of it by virtue of an internet
connection. Does that make sense at least at a high-level? Okay, so
stick with me another moment and I'll take you down a curve in the
road to a much broader application of this concept which is not new at
all but very old and understood by the Ancients, the Mystery
Schools and even some great religious/spiritual teachers dating much further back than
our history documents. There is a cosmic consciousness, a single
Source that was the impetus for creation. We each are like a tiny
thought emanating outward from that Source but always and ever connected
to that Source. Through acknowledging connectivity with that
Source we realize the connectivity we all hold similarly with each
other. In this way, we are all one in that we are all the same
thing in a way, thoughts projected from a Source. Now, this Source is
infinitely powerful and creative and as you know from your own mind, your
thoughts come from within you and once you create them, you send them
"out there" and they become a thing unto themselves...energy, magnetic,
emotion producing things we don't understand deeply enough. We are very much like those individual computers that plug into the world wide web. The thing is, we are never not connected to our Source and need nothing physical to connect to it other than understanding. As we connect to Source, we too are connected to each other.
Coming
back to labels now for a moment, as well as observations. If you observe with
your thoughts another part of the connected Whole and ascribe labels to other parts of the Whole, in a way you are
labeling yourself. What you perceive is not necessarily the truth
and doesn't necessarily stand up to the rigor of testing because your
perception can be skewed by assumption taken as fact or truth when
there is not a single thing underpinning solidly the formation of your
assumption or perception. But, because it seems to come from inside
of your own head and maybe those thoughts generate some emotion or
conviction behind it, it seems real enough and true enough. Given the limited
set of facts within which most live and consciously operate, there is
no reason to question the validity of your own assumptions, observations
or perceptions. Truth, however, cannot be readily understood without facts
and understanding. For ages people believed the world was flat and you
could sail right off of the edge into oblivion. That was the common
perception and agreement at a certain point in our history. That is,
until some brave souls sought the truth beyond belief and sailed to the edge of the
horizon and learned that the Earth was not limited in nature by being a
flat 2 dimensional organism but in fact, it went on and on and around.
These souls came back and shared their truth in the form of findings and
then it became readily acceptable that the world was, in fact, round.
Then there was the idea that the sun and the planets revolved around
the Earth. This was held as the only truth in the absence of facts.
Even when the facts began to surface, they were outright rejected and labelled
blasphemous in fear due to many factors but primarily a complete lack
in understanding. But then, times progressed, scientific study
progressed and new understanding dawned. We learned that the Earth
revolves around the sun, and the sun is just the center of one universe
and that there were more universes with suns spiraling through space
by some impetus and force (Source, if you ask me). We then learned to go deeper within
and study matter, energy and force and the things we took for granted
or falsely held as belief were disproved by science. New windows and
doors to the mind were flung open wide with new data and new horizons to
explore and discover.
Now, considering all of this, what if I
were to tell you that what we perceive as real here, is still just an
observation based on the limited or incomplete "facts" we hold as
our beliefs about reality and what reality is? There is so much more
than what meets the eye. There is a world of consciousness we are not
yet conscious of and the energy in the universe is connected and
connected by the same Source that created all of it. That means we are
all an integral and important part of the Source, a collective of
existence with individualized points of focus in an agreed upon reality. The illusion of reality (life) as we perceive it is called
Maya by the Hindus. (Check out the Rigveda for more understanding of the meaning of Maya). Life as we know it is a grand illusion and to a great
extent we are all delusional in our thoughts that what we see is real
or that what we see, assume and perceive is representative of the truth
of a thing or a person, is the truth. If you look back at all the
explorations into the various aspects of life, existence and conscious
understanding, you will see that the truth is not easy to discern by
relying on our projected senses, our projected ideals, our projected
morals and representations of belief we hold as truth. Our beliefs dissolve in
the light of understanding. Why? Because we are growing and
beginning to leave behind us the time of small-minded thinking. Some of
the Whole is aware of its delusion and thus seeks the freedom from
it through understanding. Some of the Whole is unaware of its delusions
and strive all the harder for the security of making their worlds more than real without understanding how that undermines their own limited perceptions of and about existence.
Coming
full circle, realize that to perceive or label a thing does not define
its truth. There is only one truth upon which we can rely and that
truth cannot be defined by me for you. You must learn to understand
the truth for yourselves. However, you will not find the truth of you
in labeling your brothers and sisters who walk this Earth with you.
In either positive or negative labeling, by raising others up higher
than you or lowering them beneath you, you actually cage yourself in a
prison of your own mind. The All is Mind, the Universe is Mental
(Hermetic principal from the Kybalion). This "physical life" is a
construct of our making, collectively creating as we have been
created. Sometimes trying to wrap your physical and limited mind around
this concept makes you feel "mental" in a whole different way.
However,
through patience, perseverance, allowing resonance, congruence, love,
forgiveness, gratitude and an intent to understand, you can free your
mind, body and soul from limited thoughts and embrace the whole of
existence in a more liberating manner. The truth then is much better
understood and the lesser acts of limited labeling or trapping
yourselves in the veil of the ego would seem entirely insane. Our
assumptions and the need to label to begin with comes from illusion. The
illusion of whatever it is the ego wants only seems real but it isn't.
The ego cannot tell the difference between a fact or an assumption and
will line up emotions with either. But, there is a deeper knowing
part of your being whether you are in touch with it or not (your spirit)
and it is the only thing that can guide you to the truth. The
truth is more intuitively felt than understood with limited human
words. We are by far above the limits of labeling even if we sometimes refuse to act like it. Attempting to
become greater at the expense of another (which is a colossal
illusion with quite fleeting benefits for the greedy ego) is
meaningless and doesn't support you or secure your stature in a meaningful way that is everlasting.
If
you tire of the victim-villain struggle for power, the only way to
freedom is to understand you can't know what you don't know, so go and
seek to understand the truth. Learn that what you give out to this
world becomes you. Question the beliefs you assume or hold as truth. Offer this world forgiveness and love, offer this
world peace and understanding and refuse to play into old programs that
don't seem to get you anywhere. You end up chasing your tail for an ego
feed that will never truly fulfill your deepest needs. Your deepest
need is understanding, to belong (and you belong to a very big
Oneness in Source alone) and for love. You are love. Let that come to
your mind first before labels, before negative self or other judgments. Seek understanding and it will come and if you embrace it, you will be free.
© 2014, Jaie Hart (photo and words)
The more you begin to become familiar with the filters
through which you view all of your experiences, the more you may begin to
wonder what is true and what is not. You
also begin to see the filters through which others judge not only themselves
but others too. When you gain this tiny
little bit of understanding, the tiny cracks in your heart that created these
filters through which you often mistakenly view your worlds opens wider. They open wider and more light floods in
leaving with you ever greater and ever expanding compassion for your self and
the journey you have made and others as well.
You may come to a point where your every motivation, interaction, desire
and even dreams begin to slowly disappear like morning mist as the sunrises. As the bright golden light of a brand new day
dawns you care less about the things that seemed to matter so much before. Even love transforms and changes into
something much more universal and less possessive.
