Our Word 6
We think of You, we concentrate on You, we meditate on You
as Now, the Supreme Pervader, Transcender, and Witness
of Everything; this includes Monuments, Statues,
Idols, Sound, Silence, Space, and Nothing. Thank You for
bringing to our realization the fact that the enemy, if there is
an enemy, is ignorance of who we really are, ignorance of Self.
When we engage in this spiritual practice
of remembering You, we associate with You, who we
meditate on as the Most Pure, the Supreme Witness of the
Most Sublime Energy, more subtle than the Silence.
As we engage in Meditating on You, our consciousness is
simultaneously purified and we transcend the snares and
other traps of Maya.
Through Your association, lower, barbaric, beastly, nature
is cleansed, expunged, purified, out of our consciousness.
Cleansing our consciousness of contamination, Your
association is bringing us back to our original Divine Nature.
We return to our original state of Pure Consciousness,
free from slavery to the senses, including the mind, by fixing
the mind on You in all we think, feel, will, say, and do.
This fixing the mind on You, the all pervasive Self beyond
form and formlessness, is our process of purification. Thank
You for Your Fellowship, the Best camaraderie we can have.
The very basis of true edification, cultivation and civilization,
is purification of the dirty things from our consciousness.
Those dirty things have their roots in anger, lust, and greed.
We think of You, we pray to You, we meditate on You for
purification, protection and all other help in cleansing
impurities from our consciousness.
Upon close, dispassionate, examination, it is revealed
that the suffering that we encounter in life is a direct result
of our association with, and then falling prey to, one of those
brigands: Anger, lust, or Greed. Alternately or
together, they keep us in various degrees of the turbulent
ocean of hell, also known as Maya.
Song of the Avadhut, chapter 2, verse 10
Song of the Avadhut, chapter 2, verse 10
The more we are spiritually and morally strong, by
virtue of Your association, we do not allow the mind to over
whelm our consciousness, dragging and dropping it into
various sorts of unrighteous activity. That kind of activity
leads us into ever more ignorance and suffering.
The more our consciousness is purified the less we suffer. We,
as maturing souls, are experiencing that physical, mental,
intellectual, or spiritual vexation seems worse than death.
Maya, the illusory energy, is more or less terrorism and
various degrees of torture for the embodied and disembodied
soul. All the wealth of the world cannot buy us out of Maya's
slavery. One has to practice remembering You, if one is to get
up and out of Maya.
Remembrance of You, the Greatest Wealth and Strength of
all the worlds is our escape rope, our life vest and
lifeline, our lift out of Maya, and our transportation back to
Home, back to You.
The ignorance of body identification and designations
keep us in the morass called Maya. It entangles us with fears
immoralities and other spiritual vexations. As consciousness,
we must be cleansed if we would be free again.
Thank You for helping us remember You. We have
experience that remembrance of You is truly our
purification, and salvation. It is responsible for our rise out
of Maya's miserable state of affairs back to our natural moral
and reasonable state of consciousness.
Thank You for encouraging us to think for ourselves.
Thinking independently, carefully, clearly, critically, and
analytically, with You at the center, strengthens and restores
us spiritually, morally, intellectually, mentally, and physically.
Always thinking of You, is the sustenance that make us
spiritually, intellectually, mentally, morally, physically, and
culturally clean and strong again. This is the way we are
cleaning squalor from our behavior.
Thank You for helping us be patient, steadfast, and
determined to clean our consciousness, restore our spiritual
and cultural heritage, and come back to You.
Most assuredly, You are the Source of our Cleanliness, and
our Spiritual and Cultural Heritage. With purification
of consciousness we can realize and experience this fact.
We have experience that You are always here, in
this moment. Due to our lack of remembrance of
our spiritual and cultural heritage we are unaware of Your
reality and consequently, we suffer in Maya.
In Maya, all is smoke and mirrors, a mixed phantasmagoria
of horror, temporary happiness, mystery, despair,
and suffering. We seem to think that life in Maya is the
only living there is.
Unrighteous activity, that mental, physical, intellectual or
spiritual busyness which is unedifying to ourselves and
others, blocks our ability to experience Your
Omnipresence.
Unedifying thoughts and behavior keep us in
bodily identification and deeper into Maya. It
is identification of the Self to be Spirit, Energy, or Soul, and
always thinking of You that cleans our consciousness. As this
happens, we come out of Maya and return to the true
freedom and bliss of the Self.
We think of You as the Core, the Root, Ground, and Power of
all beings. Although all things are made within You, no idol,
no photograph, no image, no statue, no thing made from
earth, water, air, sky, mind, intelligence, nor ego can be made
in Your likeness.
Verily, we think of You as the Supreme Absolute, Pure
Awareness, more subtle than air, either, or space. Thank You
for showing us how to pick ourselves up, turn around to
truth, and build on the eternal foundation of Your
Truth, Righteousness, Love, and Peace.
We think of You as the Most Subtle,
permeating and simultaneously beyond all bodies, no image
can contain You. You pervade and transcend all. Thank You
for showing us the way to knowledge of Self, Prosperity,
Security, Freedom, and Peace.
Unquestionably, You are the Matchless One, the Most
Subtle One, freer and More Subtle than space. Thank You
for helping us to remember You and thus return to common
decency.
Always thinking of You purifies our Pineal gland and
consciousness. Gradually we suffer less because within
purified consciousness is purified intelligence and mind.
With Purified intelligence and dominion over our own mind,
we are able to turn from our wicked ways and gradually
experience You, the incomparable, the Most Just, the way out
of the illusions of Maya.
We are responsible for our present condition. Others are
merely instruments through which our Karma returns to us.
Our own thinking, feeling, willing, and doing causes us to
make and suffer or enjoy the results of our own doing.
This is Karma, our own doing.
Thank You for showing us how to purify our consciousness
by submitting to You. This is a major part of our purifying
process. As the consciousness is purified of lust, anger, and
greed, we are able to treat others with Compassion and
Justice.
We reap what we sow. This is the Law of Karma.
However, we treat others as we would like to be
treated not only because we reap what we sow. To the degree
our consciousness/heart is clean we automatically treat others
with love and respect, oftentimes, better than we expect to be
treated.
You are the Source of all intelligence, strength, goodness, and
mercy. It is our righteous submission to You that
purifies our consciousness, empowers us to
transcend Karma, good or bad, and proceed straight on the
path of freedom and union with You.
To reiterate, it is not just a matter of doing good,
reaping and sowing, that frees us. We still have to come back
to get the good Karma. The hazard there is that we can
become attached to the good and start doing bad to maintain
our lifestyle.
So, our good works cannot free us from Hell, Maya. We have
to do good as offering, submission to You. In this way, we
transcend Karma and proceed straight on to You.
This prevents cultural regression, enhances cultural
progression, enlightenment, and union with You.
You are the Greatest Consciousness, the Most Pure Love, and
Most Sublime Truth of life. This consciousness is not taught
through books or people. It it reveals itself as our
consciousness is purified and is at more sublime levels as a
result of our spiritual practice of always remembering You.
Wisdom demands that we strive and always remember You.
This is the wisest course of action that we can embark upon.
As consciously awakening souls, we are seeing that it is Your
magnificence working through the Pineal Gland that is
cleaning us of contaminated consciousness.
According to the degree of decalcification of the Pineal
Gland, energy and intelligence radiates through
every vibration in the body, mind, intelligence, and ego. It is
in this light that we are further seeing how crucial it is that
we fix our consciousness on You. We know from our meager
experience that spiritual practice is working for our
consciousness purification, sanctification and our personal
salvation.
We are spirit, never created nor destroyed. Creation and
destruction is of the material world. It is definitely not of the
Spiritual World. We are not the material body. We as Pure
Energy, permeate and are beyond the material body.
The biggest fallacy that many of us are struggling with, and
within, is the illusion that the body is the self. From that
erroneous belief arises the other illusions that we suffer with
while trying to make life real in the illusory worlds of matter.
Maya's nature is that of the material world, a place of
suffering where repeated birth and death are constantly
occurring. Fixing the mind on You, our consciousness is
slowly purified.
As we practice remembering You and our consciousness is
enlightened and purified of ignorance. Gradually, we
stop making bad Karma; concurrently we are raised out of
the suffering of Maya.
Verily, You are the Life of our life, the Supreme Truth
around whom we are uniting, and the Supreme Love of
our life. By our spiritual practice of always thinking of You,
we master the mind, sober up, shed ignorance,
and consciously reconnect with You, the Most Pure, Most
Perfect, Source of our being.
In the final non-bias analysis, we see that we are ultimately responsible for our suffering. People, places, things, or
circumstances are merely instruments which channel our
Karma, good or bad, back to us. Purification of our
consciousness is how we really improve, uplift, know the Self and do the best for our ubiquitous community.
In the final non-bias analysis, we see that we are ultimately
responsible for our suffering. People, places, things, or
circumstances are merely instruments which channel our
Karma, good or bad, back to us. Purification of our
consciousness is how we really improve, uplift, know the Self and do the best for our ubiquitous community.
You, Pure Awareness, the Supreme Unity within our selves,
are beyond impersonalism and personalism. Beyond birth,
death, monism, polytheism, manifestation and voidism,
universalism and all other dualities, You never change and
You can never leave us. This is an experiential fact.
By virtue of Your association, consciousness is controlled, cleansed, and focused evermore on You. It regains its union with You. At the same time, it regains its moral character, and its highest Awareness. Consciousness also regains its original confidence, courage and strength of character.
By virtue of Your association, consciousness is controlled, cleansed, and focused evermore on You. It regains its union with You. At the same time, it regains its moral character, and its highest Awareness. Consciousness also regains its original confidence, courage and strength of character.
Yes, at last, we are the witness of the covered awareness. Just
as the sun is never covered by the clouds, we, in quality one
with You, are never really covered by the illusory energy.
The wonder is, we think we are covered and we struggle to come back consciously to our primordial completeness. At this point, uncovering our original awareness of You is the ultimate goal of our life.
Yes, at last, we are the witness of the covered awareness. Just
as the sun is never covered by the clouds, we, in quality one
with You, are never really covered by the illusory energy.
The wonder is, we think we are covered and we struggle to come back consciously to our primordial completeness. At this point, uncovering our original awareness of You is the ultimate goal of our life.
To us, returning to conscious completeness makes the best
sense when compared and contrasted with the vast and
varied choices of suffering we are offered by the aversions
and desires of Your illusory energy. We protect ourselves
from these variegated kinds and degrees of suffering by
taking shelter in You through constant remembrance.
The beginning of this shelter taking process is engaging our
mind in always thinking of You, the Most Attractive; the
more we do this, the better we can control our mind.
The better we control the mind, the easier it is to meditate on
You. The more we meditate on You the more our
consciousness is purified and we are cured of consciousness
depravity, soul sickness.
You bring the light of true knowledge to our traditional
beliefs by inspiring us to search deeper and more critically
for the truth of who we and You really are.
As we more critically deconstruct and reconstruct this light
of knowledge offered by You, the deeper we go into the truth
about Self, life, and the nature of You, Supreme Being.
We are following this ancient spiritual practice of fixing the
mind on You. In the light of our knowledge, observation, and
experience, this is the most practical process for cleansing our
consciousness, at the same time, detaching it from the
entanglement of Maya, the illusory energy.
experience, this is the most practical process for cleansing our
consciousness, at the same time, detaching it from the
entanglement of Maya, the illusory energy.
You are the Most Virtuous. Always thinking of You is fixing
the mind on You by associating with You. Gradually, this
association makes all levels of our consciousness virtuous
again. Thus, our thinking, feeling, willing, and doing are once
again totally edifying for the love and welfare of Self and our
universal community.
This consciousness cleansing process is rekindling and
increasing our dormant respect and love for You, and
through You, to all sentient beings. Such an enlightening
process brings in its wake a greater appreciation of who You
are and where You are in all worlds.
Always remembering You, by calling out Your name and
offering You everything, cleans our consciousness and gives
us direct experience of our true relationship You.
Moreover, we understand evermore how to approach You,
who we are, and the true nature of this situation we refer to
as life. Most importantly, we learn, by Your Grace, how
to gradually transcend Karma and unite consciously with You.
Always remembering You, by calling out Your name and
offering You everything, cleans our consciousness and gives
us direct experience of our true relationship You.
Moreover, we understand evermore how to approach You,
who we are, and the true nature of this situation we refer to
as life. Most importantly, we learn, by Your Grace, how
to gradually transcend Karma and unite consciously with You.
You are the Source of the real Love in our life. You are our
love, entertainment, education, edification, and our
only real inspiration to be self productive. By thinking of
You constantly we are ever victorious over Maya in any state
of consciousness.
We organize around You, the Source of Everlasting Love, the
only real Love there is because it keeps on giving, never ends,
and never demands. Thank You for helping us to be thankful.
You are the only Good, the only strength worth having, the
ultimate goal, and the only one we can truly depend
on. You are the only reality. Everything else is Maya, the
ultimate goal, and the only one we can truly depend
on. You are the only reality. Everything else is Maya, the
illusion.
Always thinking of You, in the light of Your revealed
scriptures, Your Messengers, Avatars, Prophets,
Incarnations, Messiahs, and our personal experience, is our
way of fixing the mind on You. Thus, we purify the Pineal
gland and, via it, consciousness.
The Supreme, Divine Ground of all Being, You, the Most
Gracious, within and beyond these Cosmic Manifestations,
are the only reality; everything else is temporary, Maya, the
illusion.
The Source of all loving kindness, all auspiciousness,
all power and glory, is You, Supreme Consciousness of
all. You are all mighty in all respects. Although all are within
You and You are within all, all can never surpass You.
We think of You as the Everlasting
Source of true love, kindness, and generosity.
All auspiciousness has its source within You. It is through
our purifying association of submitting all to You that we
take control of our lives and begin to experience You.
Always thinking of You, submitting all to You, is our
way out of Maya. Thank You for accepting our humble
offerings to You with all the gratitude and love we can muster
at this time.
You are the source of all auspiciousness, auspiciousness itself,
and the possessor of auspiciousness. Pervading and
transcending time space, and all consciousness, how can
anything contain You. Definitely, You are Love itself and the
only one who loves us naturally, completely, unconditionally.
You are the Most Excellent, Supreme Spiritual leader, the
greatest Spiritual Master to whom other masters come to
learn. Our innermost urge to do right is driven by You, the
Most Righteous.
Thank You for teaching us how to take complete
responsibility for our lives. We cannot change our
past, but we can change our future.
We change our future for the better by remembering You.
Thus we clean sin producing anger, lust, and greed from our
heart/consciousness.
This changes the condition of our heart/consciousness
from dirty to clean, from negative to positive. Consequently,
we change the result of our own doings/Karma.
We reap what we sow. this is Karma. Therefore, we are
responsible for our past, present, and future. We are "They."
Always thinking of You, in the light of Your revealed
Scriptures, Prophets, Sages, Saints, Incarnations,
Messiahs, Preachers and Teachers is bringing us out of
misery. We are changing the condition of our life, from
negative to positive, by this self purifying process.
The above mentioned activity, along with our other spiritual
practices, helps us come back to our natural quiet and
stillness. It is here that we can hear and obey,
most easily, Your calm, confident, and
Most Righteousness guidance. This makes our life better.
Thoughts of You, the Most Pure, associate the mind with
You. This process rids the lower consciousness of the misery
of Maya. Thank You for helping us to always think of You.
Thoughts of You rids the consciousness of the misery of
Maya by cleansing lower consciousness of sins committed
when it was ignorant of Your Eternal presence within these
temporary material bodies. We did not know then how to
cleanse our consciousness by association with You.
We think of you as our Supreme Friend, Parent, Sibling,
Companion, and Divinity. We regulate ourselves by always
thinking of You through our praise and thanksgiving. Thank
You for showing us how to cleanse and sharpen our
intelligence by always thinking of You.
We think of You as within and beyond all shapes and
forms, and as our Greatest Security. It is Your Perfect Love
that frees us from fear and fulfills us. This is the Love we
must have, if we are ever to be content. We are this Love, this
Pure Being, this Preme.
We experience this Love/Preme to the degree our
consciousness is purified through our association with You.
Of anything great, whether small or large, to us You are the
greatest.
We think of You as the Undisputed, Most Perfect
Love. The Source of all knowledge, purity, intelligence,
creativity, power, thought, and Preme is You.
We think of You as pervading and
transcending all shapes,
forms, formlessness, and varieties. In the final analysis,You
are the only one deserving of praise for any marvelous, or
credible, person, place, event, or thing done.
Thank You for accepting
our humble attempts to praise and
thank You. It is through these
efforts that we understand who
we are and how to truly take the best
care by working out our
own salvation with diligent practice and detachment.
Praise be to You, Supreme Awareness. You are The Super
Soul of all, the Eternal Sameness spread throughout and
exceeding all diversity. Surely, You are Invincible, Infinite in
Capability, Intelligence, and Creativity.
We think of You as full of unlimited Knowledge and Bliss;
Eternally beyond the cycles of past, present, future, You are
our All in All, beyond all, the only One worthy of Praise. It is
through our devotion to You that we regain control over our
intellect, mind, and body.
Thank You for revealing to us the fact that our true Self is
not the ephemeral body made of earth, water, air, fire, and
ether. The true self is not the mind, intellect nor ego. It is
Eternal Spirit, in quality one with You, Supreme Spirit.
We are, by Your Grace, restoring ourselves to our original
consciousness and leaving a legacy which others can follow
and benefit from. This is the way we share that which is
priceless and eternal, that which is most
beneficial, to our children, our descendants, and our
Universal Community.
We think of You as the Source of mother, father, family
relations, all ancestors, children, descendants, and all
sentient beings. When we submit all to you by offering
everything and singing our song of praise and thanksgiving to
You, You we are paying homage to all while purifying our
consciousness with thoughts of You.
We study and practice this ancient spirituality of our most
righteous, intelligent, and Supremely Aware ancestors.
righteous, intelligent, and Supremely Aware ancestors.
Doing this, we reclaim our previously forgotten heritage,
rebuild our consciousness, and are restored to our
Original Awareness of You.
This is the way we really help, repay, leave a
priceless inheritance to our children, Mother, Father,
siblings, our Grandparents, our Ancestors,
and Descendants.
This spirituality of our most righteous and Supreme Being-
Aware Ancestors, which You are revealing to us, consists of
calling out a name of Yours that is most attractive to us.
Partnered with that is offering Divinely centered Praise and
Thanksgiving; Prayer, Study, Sacrifice, Service; Right
Association, and Meditation.
We can extrapolate from past and present experience of
where we were, and where we are, that application of this
spiritual practice will continue bringing us back to our best
Self, You.
We think of You as Omnipotent, Omniscient,
Omnipresent; most dependable and Supreme; Immanent,
and Transcendent, the Most Dependable One. Thank You for
everything, just as it is. Thank You.
We come to You for Protection, Justice, Victory, and
Fulfillment over the ignorance and wickedness that entraps
us in Maya. Thank You for providing purifying shelter,
protection and elevation out of Maya.
Truly, we come to You for the enlightenment of Self
Knowledge and experience of You. This is the way we
transcend the wickedness of ignorance and overcome Maya.
This spiritual practice begins, progresses, and ends with
always thinking of You. Beyond always thinking of You
is Meditating on You, this leads to union with You, the eternal
One who pervades and transcends Silence and the
Infinite Stillness of Being.
This Spirit or true Self is Home. You are our Home.
Where we want to be, where we belong. You
are our Supreme Being of Peace, the place where self
ignorance is vanquished by Enlightened Self Knowledge and
experience. When we are consciously here with You, we
are consciously Home again.