Monday, May 14, 2007

A Call Out to the Integral Evolutionary Siddhas



Artwork by Alex Grey

"I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without rules or controls, borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you."

Neo

Hey Joe Perez :)! What do you mean by Involution? Can you define the term?
Hey Ken, buddy:) ! Has Involution been thrown out as "The Myth of the Given"? Does it still fit into your map? ?What? are the Metaphysical assumptions that are still left? Eros?

I seem to be crossing a threshold. It seems high time that we start these dialogues. Come on now, Andrew, let's get into some serious cr8ive friction. 51% :)! Heh. Heh.

I seriously love you guys. So fucking inspiring!

So let's push that edge! Let's dive deep into the Heart of that Amrita Nadi & the AQAL matrix.

Andrew, Why are you not a part of Integral Spiritual Center?
Ken, What is this study about the relation between stages of development ( structuralism) & meditation & how it moves you two stages you keep refering to?

I saw this show yesterday about how the center of our galaxy is a super massive black hole & that it was responsible for the stars being formed. What does that mean?

Stayed tuned for Integral Evolution in real-time @ vjohnbaker.com & biospiritech.com. Coming soon to a Kosmic Address near U!

I'm coming to interview you awesome teachers for the sake of us all :). For the NEXT generation of teachers & seekers. FOR US!

My Heart shoots out rays to the Bodisattvas & Absolute Bodhichitta prevails.

My Praxis will be recorded.

Sorry if this post is hard to understand....... I'm just in a playful mood of spontenaiety of sorts & well..... It could be that glass of Wine. :).

My Being rests in the Secret Intention.

May beings rest in the Secret Intention.

All is offered.

Thank God for my girlfriend. MWahhhhh!

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Friday, May 11, 2007

Facing the Darkness




Here She breathes,
Caught about in tight griped fear.
Nothing smiles.
Eternity kisses the ground.
Lightning strikes our ideas.
All is what it is.
Hope is beheaded.
Blood spills from the Heart.
Rapture.
Death.
Love.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Limits of Meaning-Making, The Perfection of Imperfection, A Love Beyond Boundaries, & Ordered Chaos



Manjuvajra

I can't help but try to make meaning out of all that arises moment to moment. That is what we do. We tell stories. Just know that everything you percieve is colored, flavored, & nuanced by your cognitive framework. There is immense freedom here. But, even that freedom is a conception. That is Freedom. It is self-offered & self-released. We are Evolution. We are limited & divinely human imperfect perfection. All is well. All is well. Even unwellness is well. You are Home. I am a servant of evolution, cr8ion, transformation, & possibility. You are my Love. I am human. I will die. I-I always am. & so what? :). I offer it all & give it all away. May all Beings know this. May all be free. May all have their deepest Secret Truth realized. So be it.

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Dear Andrew Cohen; Spiritual Inquiry and the Evolution of Consciousness



"The Truth cannot be formulated, it cannot be defined - it is to be lived."

- The Mother

In the spirit of spiritual inquiry;

Please read Andrew Cohen's post Spiritual Inquiry and the Evolution of Consciousness

In holding to that call I offer;

From Andrew Cohen's A Declaration of Integrity

“Ego is the deeply ingrained, compulsive need to remain separate and superior at all times, in all places, under all circumstances. In contrast to the inherent freedom of the Self Absolute and the fearless passion of the Authentic Self, ego is experienced as an emotional quagmire of fear and attachment. It is the part of you that has no interest whatsoever in freedom, feels victimized by life, avoids anything that contradicts its self-image, is thoroughly invested in its personal fears and desires, and lives only for itself. Ego is an anti-evolutionary force of powerful inertia in human nature—attached to the past, terrified of change, and seeking only to preserve the status quo.
Ego is the one and only one obstacle to enlightenment. If we want to be free, if we want to be enlightened, we have to pay the price. The great wisdom traditions have always told us that the price is ego death, and in evolutionary enlightenment it is no different: if the Authentic Self is going to act through us as the uninhibited expression of evolution in action, then our attachment to ego must be transcended.”

Dear Andrew,
I have to engage this position because the stakes are so high. What part of me engages this position? Could I possibly be wrong? Could you possibly be wrong? Could it be that the deeper Truth can only be known dialogically though enlightened debate & in Mutuality with other realizers. Could it be that this ego itself is necessary for evolution to occur? Could it be that these incessant internal wars are a microcosmic reflection of the macrocosmic external wars? Maybe that is not necessarily a problem & perhaps this tension itself is in a way exactly what needs to be. The evolutionary tension seems to be created by the very sense that “something is wrong”. It is at the core of our very existence. Maybe there is nothing wrong with that sense that “something is wrong”. Maybe that Core Crux is the hallmark of evolutionary development.

“It may sound good in theory, but the ability to recognize ego for what it is, in all its gross and often very subtle manifestations, to “accept” it and simultaneously not act out of it, requires a level of self-mastery that, to be brutally honest, is attained by very few.”
Andrew

What if this level of self-mastery were possible in the context of Mutuality? What if the overcoming of the “ego” you speak of is a level of self-mastery that maybe none have ever achieved? What if it isn't possible?

If fear, attachment, & inertia are entered into with full consciousness & not denied, suppressed, or “transcended”, perhaps they have lessons to teach & will self-dissolve as opposed to becoming split off as shadow that comes to bite you when you are not looking. Isn’t fear of fear, fear? Isn’t attachment to an idea of acting authentically or ridding ourselves of attachment, attachment? Might there not be a time when the feeling of inertia is a prompt from Being that a deeper truth is at the core and our own incessant need to get away from this “inertia” is what keeps us in the quagmire? Could it be that you are really on to something so profound & beautiful, but the communication & skillful means being used are preventing some from really getting this? Personally, I have gained so much from your teaching & I carry your transmission with me. I find myself constantly defending what you are doing & I think it is a crucially important piece of the unfolding of Mystery. I am sincerely engaged with the realization of the Secret Intention. I ask that you consider these statements. I am drawn to your passionate & relentless inquiry. Perhaps you could devote a future issue of WIE to the subject of Upaya & Skillful Means.

For ALL OF US,
John

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