We choose to be born, we choose to die, we choose everything in between ... choose well

We often get swept up in our illusion and believe that reality happens to us.  We believe in duality where there is a me and an everything else which is separate from that me and out of its direct control.  We totally forget that we chose to be here, we chose every detail for our launch into this epoch ... time, place, parents, even our name ... and similarly we choose how and when we exit (aka die) and wake up to our Real Self.  As Edgar Cayce has said, life is the experience of our choices ... from start to finish and everything in between.

We chose to be here when humankind and Gaia starts the process of waking up.  It pays to remember that and to make beautiful choices along the way that help us all have a more elegant ride

"It is not understood that before life an individual decides to live.  A self is not simply the accidental personification of the body's biological mechanism.  Each person born desires to be born.  He dies when that desire no longer operates.  No epidemic or illness or natural disaster - or stray bullet from a murderer's gun - will kill a person who does not want to die.

"... This does not mean that such individuals make a conscious decision to die, in your terms: But such decisions are often semiconscious."

(The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 801)

The Self Outgrows the Flesh

In many ways, we're in Kindergarten in terms of dualistic, linear reality manufacturing.  Basically, we're using stick figures and thick crayons to portray the vastness and delightful complexity of All That Is.

There's so much more out there, but first we need to get a grip on this basic level of manifestation and own the implications of our actions before we're ready to graduate and move on.  In the meantime, life's moments really are about the subjective experience of our reality and to see the underlying love, vitality and exuberance in everything around us.

It's important for Kindergarten to function that we graduate and move on.  It's also important for us to put down our crayons and explore the universe. 

So much for Ray Kurzweil and his attempts to "hack" the body to achieve immortality in flesh ... that's a bit like having an unlimited supply of crayons in Kindergarten!

"Dying is a biological necessity, not only for the individual, but to insure the continued vitality of the species.  Dying is a spiritual and psychological necessity, for after a while the exuberant, ever-renewed energies of the spirit can no longer be translated into flesh.

"Inherently, each individual knows that he or she must die physically in order to survive spiritually and psychically.  The self outgrows the flesh."

(The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 801)

Roses or Thorns

Today's Seth quote is from The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.  In many ways, it reminds me of Edgar Cayce's statement that life is the experience of our choices.

Enjoy roses ... thorns are overrated!

“You cannot begin to understand the nature of mass events of any kind unless you consider the even greater framework in which they have their existence.

“A person’s private experience happens in the context of his psychological and biological status, and basically cannot be separated from his religious and philosophical beliefs and sentiments, and his cultural environment and political framework.

“All of the issues form together to make a trellis of behavior.  Thorns or roses may grow therein.  That is, the individual will grow outward toward the world, encountering and forming a practical experience, traveling outward from his center in almost vine-like fashion, forming from the fabric of physical reality a conglomeration of pleasant or aesthetic, and unpleasant or prickly events.”

(The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 801)

How to find your psyche

Today's Seth really makes the point that if you want to know yourself, know the moment. 

Each moment is an expression of that Self that we're all seeking, expressed in symbolic terms and in a context of our choosing.  On one hand it seems obvious, on the other hand it seems way too simple.  Of course, we get blinders and filters installed throughout our life by our thoughts and cultural surroundings ... so knowing the Self really requires cleaning house in order to get a clearer perception of the wonder of Our Being!

Taste the coffee, smell the roses .... and LOVE! 

"You cannot find your psyche by thinking of it as a separate thing, like a fine jewel in an eternal closet.  You can only experience its strength and vitality by exploring the subjective reality that is your own, for it will lead you unerringly to that greater source of being that transcends both space and time."

(The Nature of the Psyche, Session 800)

Seek Exuberance

If we had to pick a single word as a mantra to hold in each moment of life, it would be “exuberance".  I think that word best expresses the absolute creative joy and love of All That Is.  The true state of All That Is is unknowable from our conscious perspective and our Inner Self spends an eternity in its exploration (though it never left being one with All That Is).  What a beautiful journey.

I picture Seth now as the most interesting man in the world (a beer commercial) who sums up by saying “Stay thirsty my friends!”  Seth would instead say “Stay exuberant my friends”.

“You are a portion of All That Is; therefore, the universe leans in your direction.  It gives.  It rings with vitality.  Then forsake beliefs that tell you otherwise.  Seek within yourself – each of you – those feelings of exuberance that you have, even if they are only occasional, and encourage those events or thoughts that bring them about.”

(The Nature of the Psyche, Session 800)

Desire

Today’s Seth shows the importance of desire and being here now. 

Over the years I logged a bit of time at a couple Buddhist temples and there it often seems that the object of meditation is to eliminate desire … part of Buddha’s eight-fold way (or something like that) recipe for non attachment.  

Today's Seth quote speaks to the importance of desire and having a healthy lust for living in each moment in the Cosmic scheme of things.

Enjoy your moments!

“The greater sweep of the seasons represents the reaches of your soul.  You will not attain spirituality by turning your eyes away from nature, or by trying to disentangle yourself from it.  You will not “glimpse eternal life” by attempting to deny the life that you have now – for that life is your own unique path, and provides its own clues for you to follow.

“All That Is vibrates with desire.  The denial of desire will bring you only listlessness.  Those who deny desire are the most smitten by it.  Each of your lives are miniature and yet gigantic episodes, mortal and immortal at once, providing experiences that you form meaningfully, opening up dimensions of reality available to no one else, for no one can view existence from your standpoint.  No one can be you but you.  There are communications at other levels, but your experience of existence is completely original, to be treasured.”

(The Nature of the Psyche, Session 800)

Being in your own reality

A little known thing about manifestation is that the issues that you came to experience most are always closest to you physically.  This is important, and is the basis of Seth's comment. 

It is important for each of us to fully experience our own physical "Now" moments.  This is the base from which our thoughts and feelings radiate to influence the course of humanity and the planet Gaia.  It is also the base from which we create new possibilities (for us and the world) and the base from which we select each and every "Now" moment. 

So, it is vitally important to stay grounded in our personal reality and to own the fact that we chose this experience.  Taste the coffee, smell the roses, love the moment exuberantly!

"Despite all appearances, conditions of an exterior nature do not cause wars, or poverty, or disease, or any of the unfortunate circumstances apparent in the world.  Your beliefs form your reality.  Your thoughts generate practical experience.  When these change, conditions will change.  To add your own energy, focus, and concentration to dire circumstances in other portions of the world does not help, but adds to such situations.

"To close your eyes to them in an ignorant fashion, to wash your hands of them, so to speak, is equally short-sighted.  To pretend such situations do not exist, out of fear of them, will only bring the feared reality closer.  It is far better to situate yourself firmly in your own reality, acknowledge it as your own, encourage your strength and creativity, and from that vantage point view those areas of the world or of your own society that need constructive help.  Purposefully in your own life, in your daily dialogues with others, in your relationships through your groups or clubs, reinforce as well as you can the strength and abilities of others.  That reinforcement will add to the personal power of all other individuals with whom those people come in contact."

(The Nature of the Psyche, Session 800)