The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment

by Thaddeus Golas
Table of Contents
Foward.......................................................................................................................................................2
Who are we?...............................................................................................................................................3
Look, Ma, I'm Enlih!ened........................................................................................................................"
#ow !o $eel ood........................................................................................................................................%
Li$esa&ers.................................................................................................................................................'(
#ow we o! here......................................................................................................................................''
)el$*im+ro&emen!.....................................................................................................................................'3
Time and &ibra!ions..................................................................................................................................'"
Goin !hrouh ,hanes............................................................................................................................'-
Wha! is real?.............................................................................................................................................2(
#ow you e! !here....................................................................................................................................22
. Fable.....................................................................................................................................................2/
E&en La0ier..............................................................................................................................................2/
Foward
I am a la0y man. La0iness kee+s me $rom belie&in !ha! enlih!enmen! demands e$$or!, dis,i+line, s!ri,!
die!, non*smokin, and o!her e&iden,es o$ &ir!ue. Tha!'s abou! !he wors! heresy I ,ould +ro+ose, bu! I
ha&e !o be hones! be$ore I ,an be re&eren!. I am doin !he work o$ wri!in !his book !o sa&e mysel$ !he
!rouble o$ !alkin abou! i!.
There is an odd ,han,e !ha! !his is wha! someone needs !o read in order !o $eel be!!er abou! himsel$. I$
you are a kind +erson and wan! !o know wha! !o e1+e,! when enlih!enmen! s!rikes and why i! ,omes
!o you, wi!h or wi!hou! +sy,hedeli, hel+, !his is $or you.
These are !he rules o$ !he ame as I see !hem. I reali0e !ha! many o$ us are o+enin u+ &ery $as! !hese
days, and one o$ !he mos! ,ommon delusions we $a,e is !he belie$ !ha! our sense o$ re&ela!ion is uni2ue.
The $eelin o$ knowin !he !ru!h is no! enouh. My in!en!ion is no! !o +re!end $inal !ru!h, bu! !o sues!
,er!ain sim+le a!!i!udes !ha! will work $or anybody and s!ay wi!h you in !he mos! e1!reme $reak*ou! or
s+a,e*ou!, e&en when your mind is ,om+le!ely blown. These a!!i!udes are so sim+le !ha! I'm
surroundin !hem wi!h a +i,!ure o$ !he uni&erse !o show why !hey work e&en when you don'! belie&e
!hey will.
The uni&erse is so &as! and ,om+le1 !ha! i$ we needed books like !his !o be,ome enlih!ened, we'd
ne&er make i!. 3u! on !he o!her hand !he uni&erse is so sim+le in desin !ha! !here's no reason $or
anyone !o be +u00led or unha++y. I!'s easy !o ,on!rol your e1is!en,e, no ma!!er how ,om+li,a!ed i!
looks. I'&e abandoned !he idea o$ wri!in !his a number o$ !imes, on !he round !ha! +eo+le didn'! know
i! be,ause !hey didn'! wan! !o. 3u! in !he end !here is no more reason $or no! wri!in i! !han !here is $or
wri!in i!.
I am wri!in wha! I will wan! !o read someday when I am s!u,k in a weird +la,e. )e&eral !imes on
bummers I'&e !houh!4 Wha! ,ould I say !o someone in !his s!a!e o$ mind !ha! would mean any!hin?
Tha!'s !he kind o$ !es!in !his in$orma!ion has had. There isn'! a line in !his book !ha! is !here 5us!
be,ause i! sounds beau!i$ul. The in$orma!ion is +ra,!i,al and reliable. I! has !aken me and o!hers sa$ely
!hrouh some e1!reme s!a!es o$ mind, and ,an be redu,ed !o a $ew +hrases !ha! are sim+le enouh !o
re,all in any ,risis.
The $irs! ,ha+!er beins wi!h a brie$ly s!a!ed idea abou! how !he uni&erse is made, and !he res! o$ !he
book dis,usses our li&es $rom !ha! &iew+oin!. I! is a $ar*rea,hin idea, e1!endin in!o e&ery $ield o$
knowlede, and sin,e i! !ook me many years !o e! i! s!raih!, I ,anno! e1+e,! !ha! anyone else should
,asually a,,e+! i!. .ll I ,an do is ask !ha! you +lay !he idea ame, see where i! leads, and ,he,k i! ou!
aains! wha! you know. Wha! has !o be !rue $or !he uni&erse !o look !o us as i! does? Is !here a ,redible
bride be!ween ma!!er and s+iri!? Like many +eo+le, I wres!led wi!h su,h ,on,erns $or years, and !his
book ,on!ains some o$ !he ,on,lusions. 6erha+s !hese ,on,lusions will be meanin$ul !o you only i$
you $ollow your own +ro,ess o$ ,he,kin and +ro&in. I$ so, !he $irs! ,ha+!er ,on!ains all you will need
!o kee+ you busy $or a lon !ime. 7n !he o!her hand, i$ all you wan! is a handy !ri+ uide, you'll $ind
!ha!, !oo.
I'm really no! e1+e,!in anyone !o !ake !hese sen!en,es and e1+and !hem aain in!o a $eelin o$
reali0a!ion. 3u! i$ one o$ you whom I ne&er hear abou! e!s a li!!le hiher and ha++ier, !hen I would
wri!e all !his aain a !housand !imes o&er. I ho+e you $ind !he &ibra!ions +leasan!.
Who are we?
We are e2ual beins and !he uni&erse is our rela!ions wi!h ea,h o!her. The uni&erse is made o$ one kind
o$ en!i!y4 ea,h one is ali&e, ea,h de!ermines !he ,ourse o$ his own e1is!en,e.
Tha! is really all you need !o know !o unders!and !his book or wri!e your own. E&ery!hin I say has i!s
roo!s in !ha! $irs! +arara+h, and i! is +ossible !o resol&e any 2ues!ion by oin ba,k !o i! and !hinkin i!
!hrouh $or yoursel$.
The uni&erse is made o$ one kind o$ wha!e&er*i!*is, whi,h ,anno! be de$ined. For our +ur+ose, i! isn'!
ne,essary !o !ry !o de$ine i!. .ll we need !o do is assume !ha! !here is only one kind o$ wha!e&er*i!*is,
and see i$ i! leads !o a reasonable e1+lana!ion $or !he world as we know i!.
The basi, $un,!ion o$ ea,h bein is e1+andin and ,on!ra,!in. E1+anded beins are +ermea!i&e8
,on!ra,!ed beins are dense and im+ermea!i&e. There$ore ea,h o$ us, alone or in ,ombina!ion, may
a++ear as s+a,e, enery, or mass, de+endin on !he ra!io o$ e1+ansion !o ,on!ra,!ion ,hosen, and wha!
kind o$ &ibra!ions ea,h o$ us e1+resses by al!erna!in e1+ansion and ,on!ra,!ion. Ea,h bein ,on!rols
his own &ibra!ions.
. ,om+le!ely e1+anded bein is s+a,e. )in,e e1+ansion is +ermea!i&e, we ,an be in !he 9same s+a,e9
wi!h one or more o!her e1+anded beins. In $a,!, i! is +ossible $or all !he en!i!ies in !he uni&erse !o be
one s+a,e.
We e1+erien,e e1+ansion as awareness, ,om+rehension, unders!andin, or wha!e&er we wish !o ,all i!.
When we are ,om+le!ely e1+anded, we ha&e a $eelin o$ !o!al awareness, o$ bein one wi!h all li$e. .!
!ha! le&el we ha&e no resis!an,e !o any &ibra!ions or in!era,!ions o$ o!her beins. I! is !imeless bliss,
wi!h unlimi!ed ,hoi,e o$ ,ons,iousness, +er,e+!ion, and $eelin.
)+a,e is a le&el o$ e1+erien,e !ha! any o$ us ,an rea,h, bu! i! is di$$i,ul! !o !alk abou! on our +resen!
+lane +re,isely be,ause i! is unlimi!ed. I! is !ha! whi,h ,hooses limi!s and makes de$ini!ions. We mih!
say4 all e1+erien,es are a&ailable !o !he 7ne Mind, and !he 7ne Mind is all o$ us or any o$ us a! !he
hihes! le&el o$ e1+ansion. 7r we mih! !heori0e4 God ,ould no! ,rea!e any!hin more limi!ed !han
#imsel$ !ha! would +ersis!, bu! i$ #e du+li,a!es #imsel$, #e ,an en5oy a +ersis!en! uni&erse. Ea,h
en!i!y, !here$ore, is a du+li,a!e o$ God, 9made in #is imae.9
I! doesn'! ma!!er wha! words we use4 we e1is! and !he uni&erse e1is!s, and i! is +ossible !o !es! !his
e1+ansion*,on!ra,!ion idea wi!hin !he limi!ed s,o+e o$ wha! is real !o us as human beins, es+e,ially in
a!omi, and sub*a!omi, s!udies.
When a bein is !o!ally ,on!ra,!ed, he is a mass +ar!i,le, ,om+le!ely im+loded. To !he deree !ha! he is
,on!ra,!ed, a bein is unable !o be in !he same s+a,e wi!h o!hers, so ,on!ra,!ion is $el! as $ear, +ain,
un,ons,iousness, inoran,e, ha!red, e&il, and a whole hos! o$ s!rane $eelins. .! an e1!reme he has !he
$eelin o$ bein ,om+le!ely insane, o$ resis!in e&eryone and e&ery!hin, o$ bein unable !o ,hoose !he
,on!en! o$ his ,ons,iousness. 7$ ,ourse, !hese are 5us! !he $eelins a++ro+ria!e !o mass &ibra!ion le&els,
and he ,an e! ou! o$ !hem a! any !ime by e1+andin, by le!!in o o$ all resis!an,e !o wha! he !hinks,
sees, or $eels.
When a bein is al!erna!in e1+ansion and ,on!ra,!ion, he is enery. My uess is !ha! a! !he middle
+oin!, $i$!y +er,en! e1+ansion and $i$!y +er,en! ,on!ra,!ion, a bein would be loi,al, non*sub5e,!i&e,
eoless, and +redi,!able. This may be !he 90ero9 whi,h is one side o$ enery e2ua!ions in +hysi,s, as
well as !he 9eo*dea!h9 we o !hrouh in e1+andin !o hiher le&els o$ awareness.
I! is im+or!an! !o no!e !ha! enery is no! a 2uan!i!y o$ any!hin 9ob5e,!i&e.9 Enery, like s+a,e and
ma!!er, is wha! a lo! o$ li&e beins are doin. Enery beins usually rea,! !o !heir neihbors in a way
!ha! is o$!en +redi,!able and a++aren!ly au!oma!i,, like $allin dominoes. While rela!in !o s+a,e
beins, enery beins will a++ear !o be hih, &ibra!in ra+idly, wi!h a sense o$ in,reasin sub5e,!i&e
$reedom. 7rien!ed !o mass beins, !hey will be low enery, &ibra!in more slowly wi!h a rowin
$eelin o$ sub5e,!i&e ,om+ulsion and disorder.
The uni&erse is an in$ini!e harmony o$ &ibra!in beins in an elabora!e rane o$ e1+ansion*,on!ra,!ion
ra!ios, $re2uen,y modula!ions, and so $or!h.
There is a +ar!i,ular se! o$ $eelins and ideas !ha! oes wi!h e&ery &aria!ion, e&ery ,ombina!ion, e&ery
&ibra!ion le&el. There is also a di$$eren! +er,e+!ion o$ how o!her beins are rela!in $rom e&ery
di$$eren! &iew*+oin!. The !houh! o$ !hese +ossibili!ies is so s!aerin, !ryin !o ,on!ain !hem in
wri!in is so ridi,ulous, !ha! i! is hard $or me !o mo&e my +en any $ur!her. #owe&er, wha! we are a$!er
is !o isola!e some basi, a!!i!udes !ha! will re,o&er awareness o$ our $reedom !o mo&e around in !his
ma0e:or o s!raih! !o !he !o+.
Wha! we need !o remember is !ha! !here is nobody here bu! us ,hi,kens. The en!ire uni&erse is made o$
beins 5us! like oursel&es. E&ery +ar!i,le in e&ery a!om is a li&e bein. E&ery mole,ule or ,ell is a !ribe
o$ beins. Enery is a lare number o$ us &ibra!in !oe!her. )+a,e is an in$ini!e number o$ our bro!hers
and sis!ers in +er$e,! bliss.
There is no im+or!an! di$$eren,e be!ween li&e and dead ma!!er, sin,e bo!h are made u+ o$ li&e en!i!ies.
;o! only is mass ,on&er!ible in!o enery, bu! enery is ,on&er!ible in!o s+a,e, and &i,e &ersa. I! is our
own wi!hdrawal $rom awareness, our own mass ,ondi!ion !ha! makes us see our bro!hers and sis!ers as
ob5e,!i&e ma!!er, enery, and s+a,e. We always ha&e !he e1+erien,es and +er,e+!ions a++ro+ria!e !o our
&ibra!ion le&el.
The same rules a++ly !o all o$ us. The rules do no! ,ome $rom anywhere ou!side oursel&es. They ,ome
$rom !he !ru!h !ha! we are all e2ual, we all ha&e !he same rane o$ +ossible beha&ior and e1+erien,e.
We are $ree !o do any!hin we wan! !o do, wi!hin !he ne,essary laws o$ our rela!ions as e2ual beins.
.nd lo&e mus! be !he $irs! law. Lo&e is !he action o$ bein in !he same s+a,e wi!h o!her beins, whi,h
means !ha! lo&e is real, as real as we are. Lo&e is no! a limi!ed idea, i! is some!hin we do, ul!ima!ely
wi!h our whole sel&es.
6erha+s many o$ us do no! like i! where we are in !he uni&erse now, bu! we ,an all be ,er!ain !ha! we
o! where we are by our own de,isions !o e1+and in lo&e or wi!hdraw $rom i!.
The kind o$ brain and body you ha&e, !he $amily and so,ie!y, !he !ime in his!ory you were born in!o, all
!hese and more were de!ermined by you yoursel$, by your deree o$ e1+ansion, by your willinness !o
lo&e. ;o one did any!hin !o you. ;o one $or,ed you. There is absolu!e 5us!i,e in !he e1+erien,e !ha!
ea,h o$ us is ha&in e&ery se,ond o$ !he day. In one sense we ,an all rela1, be,ause no!hin is se,re!,
no!hin is los!, no!hin is $oro!!en, no one is abandoned.
Ea,h o$ us is !he same kind o$ bein, ,a+able o$ ou!$lowin a!!en!ion and awareness, or wi!hdrawin i!.
.nd !ha! is all we need !o do4 Gi&e $ull, +ermissi&e, lo&in a!!en!ion !o absolu!ely any!hin !ha! we see
in our minds, in our bodies, in our en&ironmen!, in o!her +eo+le.
E1+ansion in lo&e is an a,!ion !ha! is a&ailable !o e&ery bein in !he uni&erse all !he !ime. . willin
awareness will !ake us !o hea&en, a lo&in a!!i!ude will make us $ree. ;o!hin else ,on!rols our $a!e.
Good or bad beha&ior is se,ondary. Wha!e&er you are doin, lo&e yoursel$ $or doin i!. Wha!e&er you
are !hinkin, lo&e yoursel$ $or !hinkin i!. Lo&e is !he only dimension !ha! needs !o be ,haned. I$ you
are no! sure how i! $eels !o be lo&in, lo&e yoursel$ $or no! bein sure o$ how i! $eels. There is no!hin
on ear!h more im+or!an! !han !he lo&e whi,h ,ons,ious beins $eel !owards ea,h o!her, whe!her or no! i!
is e&er e1+ressed.
There is no +oin! in worry or wonder abou! worse or be!!er s+iri!ual ,ondi!ions, al!houh !ha! ame is
a&ailable. <ou will no! be able !o rise abo&e your +resen! &ibra!ion le&el !o s!ay un!il you lo&e !he way
you are now.
;o ma!!er wha! your s+iri!ual ,ondi!ion is, no ma!!er where you $ind yoursel$ in !he uni&erse, your
,hoi,e is always !he same4 !o e1+and your awareness or ,on!ra,! i!. .nd you ha&e !o s!ar! where you
are. There is no!hin wron wi!h bein where you are:i!'s one o$ !he in$ini!e e1+erien,es a&ailable !o
us. Wha! you are, I ,an be. Wha! I am, you ,an be.
Wha!e&er we ha&e done in wi!hdrawin $rom $ull ,ons,iousness o$ !he 7ne Mind, we are doin now.
Wha!e&er we are doin will always be wi!hin us !o do, e&en when we are no! doin i!, and !here$ore is
no! !o be resis!ed, bu! !rans,ended. These are reminders I $re2uen!ly use4 "That's always within me."
"This, too, can be known with a fully expanded awareness."
We ,an !rus! !he $low o$ !he uni&erse. I$ !hese rules o$ lo&e are !rue, !hen !hey are e$$e,!i&e whe!her we
aree wi!h !hem or no!, whe!her we are ,ons,ious o$ !hem or no!, whe!her or no! we use words !o !alk
abou! !hem. The reali!y o$ lo&e is some!hin you do $or yoursel$, wi!h or wi!hou! words, and 5ude !he
resul!s $rom your own e1+erien,es. .ll in$orma!ion like !his e1is!s in s+a,e all !he !ime, and doesn'!
need books $or i!s reali!y. I!'s always wi!hin you.
I! $ollows !ha! I am no! wri!in !his book ou! o$ any sense o$ ob5e,!ion !o wha! anyone belie&es now.
3eyond all reason is !he mys!ery o$ lo&e4 you know we are all e2ual, no one in !ru!h needs any hel+
$rom anyone else, no one needs !o be !old any!hin or i&en any!hin:and !hen you do !he mos!
,om+assiona!e a,! anyway, do !he bes! $or your bro!hers and sis!ers !ha! you ha&e in you. I'm relayin
wha! was i&en !o me when I $el! I needed i!4 i$ I $el! !ha! way, maybe someone else does, !oo. This is a
le!!er !o my bro!hers and sis!ers, a lo&e no!e !o !ry !o show how, when we !houh! lo&e wasn'! workin,
i! was workin +er$e,!ly.
I!'s an in!eres!in men!al e1er,ise !o !urn !he whole ame u+side down4 !he +roblem is no! how !o $ree
yoursel$ $rom !he mass le&el, how !o e! enlih!ened. The real 2ues!ion is4 i$ you are a ,om+le!ely $ree
and sel$*de!ermined bein, how did you lo,k yoursel$ in!o a body !o +lay ames on !he ma!erial +lane?
#ow did you e! yoursel$ and o!hers !o aree !o !his ame? #ow did you e! i! !o be ,om+ulsi&e?
)e&eral !imes when I'&e s+a,ed ou!, I $lashed4 Well, i$ i!'s !ha! easy !o e! ou!, I mih! as well o ba,k
and +lay !he ame. Maybe !ha!'s !he ul!ima!e !em+!a!ion. .nd maybe no one really wan!s !o know how
easy i! is, nobody wan!s !o u+se! !he ame. We may all be +layin le!'s +re!end, hide*and*seek.
6hysi,al reali!y is one o$ !he bies! horror mo&ies o$ all, and you know how we lo&e horror mo&ies. I$
!he uni&erse as we see i! $rom our &ibra!ion le&el is illusory, only +ar!ially !rue, !hen !ha!'s all !he more
reason $or en5oyin i! and lo&in i!, ins!ead o$ e!!in $reaked by i!.
E&ery!hin !ha! ha++ens on ear!h ,an be e1+erien,ed on any o$ !housands o$ di$$eren! &ibra!ion le&els,
$rom !he mos! eu+hori, !o !he loomies!. We are en!irely $ree !o em+hasi0e any le&el we wish. We need
,hane no!hin bu! our own a!!en!ion and lo&e, our own e1+ansion and lo&e.
)in,e !he uni&erse is no!hin bu! li&e beins, ea,h ,on!rollin his own le&el and his own rela!ionshi+s,
!here is absolu!ely no!hin in !he uni&erse !ha! needs !o be ,orre,!ed in any way. We don'! ha&e !o do
any!hin abou! i!, wha!e&er i! is. There is ,ons,iousness e&erywhere in !he uni&erse, and we ,an !rus!
all beins !o handle !heir own de,isions. ;o ma!!er how i! looks !o us, lo&e ne&er loses ,on!rol4 !he
laws o$ our rela!ions are as hones! and e1a,! as !he laws o$ +hysi,s.
I ,an'! say I know a! !his momen! wha! all !hese laws are. 3u! on some le&el e&erybody knows !ha! we
are all e!!in e1a,!ly wha! we deser&e.
The harmony is in$ini!e and one and di&ine. Where do you $iure you $i! in!o i!? =on'! be !oo hard on
yoursel$. . li!!le bi! o$ lo&e oes a lon way.
Look, Ma, I'm Enlightened
Wha! do you do !o be,ome enlih!ened? Wha! are !he sins !ha! you are su,,eedin? #ow does your
li$e ,hane as you be,ome more enlih!ened?
There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened.
.ll +o!en!ial e1+erien,es are wi!hin you already. <ou ,an o+en u+ !o !hem a! any !ime, $as!er !han
ins!an!aneously, 5us! by bein !here.
3u! !here's no hurry. To!al e1+ansion is always !here, beyond !ime, wi!hin and around you. <ou need
only o+en your awareness a! !he +a,e you $ind sa$e and ,om$or!able. I$ L)= is !oo $as!, o slower. This
is home. We all belon in !he uni&erse.
;o!hin e!s in our way, bu! mos! o$ us are likely !o o+en u+ in s!aes, radually. We !end !o o u+ in
,y,les o$ emo!ion4 a$!er ea,h burs! o$ eu+hori, reali0a!ion, we may hi! a new and di$$eren! kind o$
nea!i&i!y, !he ne1! !hin we need !o learn !o lo&e. 3u! !he hiher you o, !he easier i! e!s.
The e1+erien,e o$ ,om+le!e awareness bein s+a,e, does no! mean bein +resen!ly ,ons,ious o$ e&ery
de!ail in !he uni&erse, e&ery +ossible rela!ionshi+ be!ween limi!ed, wi!hdrawn en!i!ies. 3ein s+a,e is a
readiness !o be aware $ully o$ any!hin ,on,ei&able. I! means we ha&e no resis!an,e, no denial o$ any
,on,e+! or rela!ionshi+. There$ore, !o a,hie&e enlih!enmen!, we are no! re2uired !o a!her any
+ar!i,ular se! o$ ideas or e1+erien,es, &ir!ues or su$$erins. .ny!hin !ha! e1is!s ,an be e1+erien,ed
wi!h a ,om+le!ely e1+anded awareness.
>eardless o$ how you ha&e limi!ed your awareness, you are a $ree and sel$*de!ermined bein. ;o
o!her li&e bein, nor any rou+ o$ beins, ,an ,on!rol your &ibra!ion le&el so !here is no!hin in !he
uni&erse, es+e,ially !he +hysi,al +ar! o$ i!, !ha! ,an ,oun!er your $ree will.
Tha! means !ha! !he +hysi,al world has no +ower o&er you wha!soe&er4 i! doesn'! !em+! you, i! doesn'!
,orru+! you, i! doesn'! e! in !he way o$ enlih!enmen!, 9i!9 doesn'! do any!hin !o you.
You are !he sole ,ause o$ your le&el o$ e1is!en,e. <our in!ernal ,ondi!ion is ne&er +rorammed. The
e1+erien,e o$ bein $or,ed or ,on!rolled aains! your will ,an o,,ur only when you make yoursel$
dense, when you ,on!ra,! your awareness.
7ur reali!y a! any le&el ,onsis!s o$ wha!e&er uni2ue ,ons,ious beins we +er,ei&e as ali&e, and !he
+ro,ess o$ enlih!enmen! is e1+andin our ,om+rehension o$ o!her beins, un!il we e1+erien,e
e&ery!hin as a li&e in!era,!ion.
The more we wi!hdraw $rom lo&in o!her beins, !he more o$ a 9+hysi,al9 world we will ,on!end wi!h,
!he more mass*obsessed we be,ome. 7n !he o!her hand, !he more we o+en u+ !o our bro!hers and
sis!ers, !he less solid !he world be,omes.
Enlih!enmen! is any e1+erien,e o$ e1+andin our ,ons,iousness beyond i!s +resen! limi!s. We ,ould
also say !ha! +er$e,! enlih!enmen! is reali0in !ha! we ha&e no limi!s a! all, and !ha! !he en!ire uni&erse
is ali&e.
The di$$i,ul!y in wri!in abou! i!, and in all e$$or!s !o !ell how !o a,hie&e i!, ,omes o$ !ryin !o use
limi!ed !erms !o !alk abou! oin beyond limi!s. To be enlih!ened is !o be in a s!a!e o$ $le1ible
awareness, an o+en mind. Enlih!enmen! is !he &ery +ro,ess o$ e1+andin, no! o$ arri&in a! a di$$eren!
se! o$ limi!s.
There is no one ,orre,! way o$ lookin a! li$e 9a$!er9 enlih!enmen!. We are no! oblied !o be or no! be
any!hin, as lon as in our hear!s and minds we are whole.
Wha! does i! mean, !o be whole? I! means !ha! we mus! be willin !o ,on,ei&e o$, !o ,on!ain wi!hin
oursel&es, wha!e&er is 9o!her !han9 any limi!ed idea. I! means knowin !ha! when we em+hasi0e a
+osi!i&e, we are a! !he same !ime ,rea!in a nea!i&e. When we ,hoose an ideal o$ knowlede, !hen we
mus! deal wi!h !he inoran,e !ha! is other than !he knowlede. When we em+hasi0e an ideal o$
holiness, !hen we mus! li&e wi!h !he sin !ha! is i!s ,om+anion, and a,,e+! our res+onsibili!y $or ha&in
,rea!ed i!.
I$ we deny doin so, !ha! is a ,on!ra,!ion o$ awareness8 we be,ome dense, we be,ome mass*le&el
en!i!ies, we are in,arna!ed in +hysi,al bodies. .nd we ,anno! ,on!rol wha! we ha&e denied ,rea!in, i!
is $or,ed in!o our a!!en!ion whe!her we like i! or no!, and so we li&e in a world o$ sin and inoran,e.
#owe&er, i$ we remain ,ons!an!ly o+en and unresis!in !o su,h nea!i&es, we are no! ,om+elled !o
dwell on !hem4 I$ we allow !ha! uliness is always wi!hin us, !hen we are $ree !o ,rea!e beau!y. I$ we
know !ha! s!u+idi!y is always wi!hin us, !hen we are $ree !o em+hasi0e !his in!ellien,e.
Lo&e is !he hihes! and holies! a,!ion be,ause i! always ,on!ains !ha! whi,h is no! lo&e wi!hin i!sel$, i!
always and e&er mo&es !o in,lude !he unlo&in.
#ow o$!en we !ry !o $iure ou! a ,ause*and*e$$e,! se2uen,e in our e1+erien,es, when wha! is
ha++enin is merely a swin o$ al!erna!in ,ondi!ions. We may ,hoose a nea!i&e !ask, like monas!i,
dis,i+line, and !hen $eel rewarded. 7r ,on&ersely, we may +ursue a sedu,!i&e +leasure, and !hen $eel
,hea!ed. We ne&er s!and ba,k !o see !ha! we are 5us! swinin like +endulums.
.nd many o$ us insis! on !hinkin o$ oursel&es as only kind, ood, and wise4 we !ry !o be +endulums
!ha! swin only !o one side.
The remedy $or !his ,on$usion is !o be lo&in, !o e1+erien,e li$e wi!hou! men!al resis!an,e, un!il we
rise abo&e mass and enery !o !he s+a,e le&el. 7n !ha! le&el, where lo&e is ,ons!an! and our awareness
is o+en, we will more easily ,om+rehend !he mira,le o$ ,on!ainin ,on!radi,!ions, o++osi!es, and
+arado1es. We will be $ree !o e1+erien,e wha! we ,hoose, be,ause we will no! deny !ha! we always
,on!ain e&ery!hin other than our ,hoi,e. ?arma is no! 9+ayin $or9 e1a,!ly wha! you did in !he +as!.
I!'s 5us! !ha!, as you raise your &ibra!ion le&el, you may en,oun!er !he kind o$ e1+erien,es you
wi!hdrew $rom in !he +as!, or you may run in!o any!hin other than wha! you are insis!in on now. I$
you !ry !o ,lose your mind, you will dro+ ba,k !o a lower &ibra!ion. 3u! i$ you look ,almly a!
undesired e&en!s, absorb !hem men!ally, and love yourself for disliking them, you will kee+ oin
hiher. <ou mih! say !ha! $or a while you mus! !ake your bum !ri+ wi!h your hih.
.s you deal wi!h and lo&e ea,h new dis!urbin +henomenon, you will bein !o reali0e !ha! none o$ !he
!hrea!enin e&il !ha! bo!hered you has disa++eared $rom !he world. 3u! your ,om+ulsi&e $eelins o$
dismay and hel+lessness will be one, you will learn how !o s!eer your way around or !hrouh
!urbulen! &ibra!ions and in !ime !hey won'! ha++en !o you any more. <ou will see how you ,an ,hane
your emo!ions and e1+erien,es by unders!andin !heir rela!ion !o your awareness le&el.
For ins!an,e, i$ your $eelins $ade a$!er a dee+ly lo&in e1+erien,e wi!h someone @whi,h is es+e,ially
likely i$ you were hih on mari5uana or L)= a! !he !imeA, you ,an unders!and i! as a $adin ou! o$
bein in !he same s+a,e now !ha! you are bo!h &ibra!in on a lower le&el aain. When you know !ha!,
and know !ha! !he low mood ,an +ass 5us! as easily as i! ,ame on, !hen you are less likely !o make bi
de,isions and e! in!o arumen!s be,ause o$ i!. <ou 5us! rela1 your mind and wa!,h i! o by.
Burren!ly many o$ us are e1+erien,in !em+orary hihs and $lashes o$ illumina!ion, es+e,ially wi!h
+sy,hedeli,s a&ailable. I$ !hins e! weird in new ways a$!er su,h eu+hori, !imes, you need no! be
dis!urbed. I! may be a sin you're oin hiher s!ill.
Meanwhile we should reali0e !ha! we !end !o re!urn !o !he &ibra!ion le&el where we $eel s!able,
some!hin we ,an 9li&e wi!h.9 I!'s !he le&el o$ s!abili!y, !he le&el where we $eel oursel&es !o be
,om$or!ably on !he same &ibra!ion wi!h o!hers, !ha! needs !o be ,haned. .nd !ha! ,an be done only
!hrouh an unresis!in s!a!e o$ mind, a ,ons!an!ly e1+andin lo&e.
I! is 2ui!e na!ural, in +ursuin enlih!enmen! or 5us! in !ryin !o be ha++ier, !o look !o your e&eryday
e1+erien,es $or sins o$ resul!s. Indeed, your daily li$e is no!hin else bu! an e1+ression o$ your
s+iri!ual ,ondi!ion. <our li$e will ,hane as you be,ome more lo&in, bu! no! in ways !ha! you ,an
e1a,!ly +redi,!. Wha! ha++ens is no! as im+or!an! as how you rea,! !o wha! ha++ens.
There is a ood a!!i!ude !o !ake !owards any oal4 I!'s ni,e i$ i! ha++ens, ni,e i$ i! doesn'!. Lon be$ore
you e! !o where you ,an ,on$iden!ly make ,hoi,es $or !he $u!ure, you may $ind !ha! you are no loner
in!eres!ed in +redi,!in mu,h. <ou won'! mind le!!in o o$ one beau!i$ul e1+erien,e be,ause lo&e will
make !he ne1! one 5us! as rewardin.
)imilarly !here isn'! mu,h s+e,i$i, ad&i,e !o be i&en abou! wha! enlih!ened e1is!en,e should be on
Ear!h, and I am relu,!an! !o make lowin +redi,!ions abou! wha! is +ossible. .s we ha&e seen, as soon
as we are ,om+le!ely willin !o ,rea!e a ,ondi!ion, i! ,hanes in!o some!hin else i$ our minds are
blo,ked !o al!erna!i&es. 7n our mass le&el, !ha! 9some!hin else9 is o$!en likely !o be un+leasan!, and
as soon as we !ry !o wi!hdraw $rom our $eelins abou! i!, we are s!u,k wi!h i!. Tha!'s one way !o
e1+lain why ideal and beau!i$ul e&en!s &anish $rom our li&es, and bad and dull ones las!, and !he same
a++lies in +redi,!in a rosy $u!ure.
3u! no ma!!er how &aue and unwieldy !ha! +ro,ess seems, lo&e will o&er,ome i!. I! ,an be sa$ely
+redi,!ed !ha!, as you row more lo&in o$ yoursel$ and o!hers, you will in !his li$e!ime bein seein
e&ery +erson and ob5e,! as a +er$e,! $orm, 5us! !he way !hey are now. <ou will $eel a ri,h +leasure in
e&ery momen!. .nd sin,e beau!y really is in !he eye o$ !he beholder, your &ibra!ions will be beau!i$ul,
!oo.
How to eel good
I!'s all rih! !o ha&e a ood !ime. Tha!'s one o$ !he mos! im+or!an! messaes o$ enlih!enmen!. We
should !ry !o ,om+rehend !he hihes! +leasure le&el, !he +leasure o$ God, so !o s+eak, in all !ha! we
+er,ei&e. ;o one in hiher ,ons,iousness wan!s any o$ us !o ha&e a miserable !ime on ear!h.
There is a +aradise in and around you rih! now, and !o be !here you don'! e&en ha&e !o make a mo&e,
no! e&en li$!in your eyes $rom !his +ae. <ou ,an o+en yoursel$ !o !he diamondlike +er$e,!ion o$
e&ery!hin you see and $eel. I$ you don'! !hink i! ,an ha++en !ha! easily, 5us! be lo&in, momen! by
momen!, and !rus! !ha! i! will ,ome !o you.
;o one on !he s+a,e le&el e&er +u!s barriers or !es!s in !he way o$ someone who is !ryin !o raise his
s+iri!ual le&el. #indsih! may make i! look as !houh you were bein !es!ed, bu! in !ru!h you are
always bein allowed !o de,ide $or yoursel$, !o de$ine !he uni&erse !ha! is real !o you.
#iher beins are only !oo ha++y when you show yoursel$ lo&in enouh !o rise. <ou will be i&en
e&ery hel+ and ,han,e when you ask $or i!, whe!her you ask by !akin L)= or any o!her way, be i!
sim+le +rayer or wri!in a le!!er !o )an!a Blaus. <ou are ne&er asked !o !ormen! or $rus!ra!e yoursel$.
<ou don'! ha&e !o +ro&e any!hin. <ou can't +ro&e any!hin4 your &ibra!ions always s+eak !rue, you
,an'! lie abou! !hem.
.nd i! is easy !o rise on !he wins o$ lo&e. ;o ma!!er how ,on&in,in any +er,e+!ion o$ any le&el o$
reali!y, no ma!!er how o&erwhelmin, in!ri,a!e and ,om+le1, you are s!ill seein only a $ramen!
wi!hin our !rue reali!y4 bein 5us! us, unresis!in, una!!a,hed, lo&in all.
I! is also all rih! !o ha&e a ood !ime in se1ual rela!ions. In !ru!h, a sa!is$yin orasm is a s+iri!ual
reali0a!ion more !han a !e,hni,al a,,om+lishmen!. The $lesh is no! a+ar! $rom !he s+iri!. The body is an
e,s!a!i, ,rea!ion o$ many beins &ibra!in on o!her le&els o$ ,ons,iousness. . dee+ orasm is a
reali0a!ion o$ lo&e on many le&els, in,ludin !hose whi,h many o$ us now !hink o$ as 9animal.9 Lo&e,
e!!in in!o !he same s+a,e or on !he same &ibra!ion wi!h o!hers, is !he round o$ our bein, and !akes
an in$ini!y o$ $orms. .s in all o!her e1+erien,es, we always ha&e !he se1ual e1+erien,es we deser&e,
de+endin on our lo&in kindness !owards oursel&es and o!hers.
The e,s!asy o$ se1 ,an be ,onsidered a mirror !o our +sy,hi, dissolu!ion in !he s+a,e o$ our di&ine
bro!hers and sis!ers in !he hiher le&els o$ e1+ansion. Makin lo&e is one demons!ra!ion o$ how s+a,e
rela!ions ask us !o surrender in lo&e, and absorb !he di$$eren,es and im+er$e,!ions and beau!ies o$ o!her
beins.
I$ !his is so, why is as,e!i,ism so o$!en re,ommended as a s+iri!ual +a!h, and why does i! some!imes
a++ear !o work? .s we saw in !he +re,edin ,ha+!er, when you +ush hard in one dire,!ion, you are
likely !o be swun in!o a s!a!e o!her !han wha! you in!end. When you insis! on ha&in only sensual
+leasure, you will, unless your mind is o+en, be !hrown in!o a s!a!e where as,e!i,ism seems like !he
rih! ,ourse. .nd when you o $ar enouh in as,e!i,ism, you may be !hrown in!o bliss and e,s!asy, as
many sain!s ha&e !old us.
.lso, i$ you ,om+lain loud enouh, you will be i&en a $lash o$ insih! in!o hiher ,ons,iousness. I$
you deny yoursel$ $ood, se1, ,ommuni,a!ion, or slee+, you are in a way re+or!in !o head2uar!ers !ha!
your li$e $orm isn'! workin, and you may be allowed a brie$ re!urn !o s+a,e !o ,he,k i! ou!. 3u! su,h
$lashes, !houh !hey +resen!ly make u+ mos! o$ wha! humani!y knows o$ s+a,e, are no! !he en!ire lih!,
no ma!!er how ,on&in,in !hey $eel. .nd !hese $lashes are uns!able, !hey are no! !he mos! ,om$or!able
way !o e! home. <ou will no! be able !o s!ay on hiher le&els when you e! !here !hrouh su,h
nea!i&e em+hasis.
;o ma!!er wha! hih*minded ra!ionali0a!ions you ,om$or! yoursel$ wi!h $or ,omin ba,k !o ear!h,
as,e!i,ism will kee+ brinin you ba,k !o !he +hysi,al +lane un!il you lo&e enouh !o rise abo&e i! on a
+osi!i&e +a!h. Indeed, i! is lo&e i!sel$ !ha! is !he +osi!i&e +a!h !o s+a,e. There is no wisdom or holiness
!ha! is e&er an e1,use $or !he $ailure !o lo&e, in oursel&es or o!hers.
.nd in se1ual rela!ions, aain, lo&e o&er,omes !he +endulum e$$e,!, !he yin*yan o$ ,on,e+!s, and a!
las! we ha&e a ra!ional way !o e1+lain why lo&e mus! be !he $irs! mo!i&e in se1. 3u! lo&e in !his
in!en!ion is mu,h broader !han roman!i, +assion, and i! mus! bein wi!h lo&in yoursel$. I$ you lo&e
e&ery!hin you $eel and do, in,ludin your emo!ionally dry and em+!y moods, your +leasure will kee+
,omin ba,k. I$ you $ind se1 unrewardin, i! 5us! means !ha! in !his li$e!ime or ano!her you insis!ed !oo
mu,h on !he o!her side o$ !he balan,e. I! is !he a,!ion o$ ,on!ra,!in your awareness !ha! makes any
,ondi!ion ,om+ulsory.
.lso i! is im+or!an! no! !o 5ude o!hers $or !heir +leasures o$ !he $lesh. Wha! you deny !o o!hers will be
denied !o you, $or !he +lain reason !ha! you are always leisla!in $or yoursel$, all your words and
a,!ions de$ine !he world you wan! !o li&e in. 7ne o$ !he ne,essary laws $or our rela!ions as e2ual
beins is !his4 Wha! you say, oes:bu! only $or you and !hose who aree wi!h you. I$ you say a man
should no! re,ei&e hel+ undeser&edly, i! may no! a$$e,! his li$e mu,h, bu! i! will hold $or you4 you will
no! e! undeser&ed hel+. I$ you say o!her +eo+le's se1ual +leasures are &ular, i! won'! ,hane !heir
e1+erien,es, bu! your +leasures will be,ome &ular. I! is +re,isely your unlimi!ed +ower !o ,on!rol
your e1+erien,e !ha! hans you u+. #ow mu,h ,om+assion and $ori&eness do you wan! $or yoursel$?
Gi&e i! !o o!hers. Go !o !he e1!reme4 $ori&e all beins $or !heir karmi, deb!s !o you. Gran! !o o!hers !he
$reedom, !he lo&e, !he ,ons,iousness !ha! you wan! $or yoursel$.
Musi, shows us how !o main!ain +leasure and e,s!asy. ;ormally we !end !o !hink o$ a momen! o$
eu+hori, reali0a!ion as unbearable and im+ossible !o ,on!inue. I! sli+s away and !hen we +ursue i!
aain. I! does so be,ause we are unwillin !o le! i! o, we are unwillin !o ,on,ei&e o$ bein away
$rom i!. 3u! i$ we !ake !he e1am+le o$ musi,, le!!in o o$ one no!e !o hear !he ne1!, !hen our +leasure
,an be ,ons!an! !houh !he &ibra!ions ,hane.
I$ we 9lis!en9 !o !he world, and le! i! a,! on us wi!hou! ei!her*or 5udmen!s and ideas, !hen we ,an learn
!o ,om+rehend ea,h $lash o$ +leasure as a !one in !he in$ini!e harmony. The or,hes!ra o$ !he world
+lays !he $amiliar melodies aain and aain, and !he old $olks s!and around and !a+ !heir $ee! while !he
youn ones dan,e.
Liesa!ers
3e$ore oin $ur!her, le!'s e1+and on some o$ !he basi, a!!i!udes sal!ed away in wha! has one be$ore. I!
is no! my in!en!ion !o ha&e anyone remember all !he !ransis!ori0ed !hinkin in !his book, bu! I hihly
re,ommend memori0in !he i!ali, lines below. They are sim+le enouh !o s!ay wi!h you and will work
in any men!al ,risis. ?ee+ !hem handy in your mind.
7ne o$ my +sy,hedeli, e1,ursions had o!!en o$$ !o a bad s!ar!, and I was sinkin in!o a really sa!ani,
bummer. .s I looked abou! me a! +eo+le !urnin e&il, shrunken, ,olorless, old, and weird, I suddenly
!houh!, "Well, What did you think it was that needed to be loved" .nd 5us! like !ha!, !he doors o+ened
and I was in +aradise.
!o resistance. This does no! mean !ha! you mus! be +hysi,ally +assi&e or meekly +u! u+ wi!h bad
&ibra!ions or ri+*o$$s. This means no resis!an,e in your mind. 3e $ree in your head, a,! ou! o$ lo&e, and
do wha! $eels ood. There is no a,!ion !ha! is always rih! or wron4 !he only !rue &ariable is !he lo&e
wi!h whi,h you a,!. .s you o+en your awareness, li$e will im+ro&e o$ i!sel$, you won'! e&en ha&e !o
!ry. I!'s a beau!i$ul +arado14 !he more you o+en your ,ons,iousness, !he $ewer un+leasan! e&en!s
in!rude !hemsel&es in!o your awareness.
"ove as much as you can from wherever you are. This line is es+e,ially ood !o re,all when you $eel
$rih!ened, ,ra0y, or ha&e !aken some bad do+e. Wri!e i! on !he wall o$ your room. <ou may no! wan!
!o lo&e wha! you $eel or see, you may no! be able !o ,on&in,e yoursel$ !ha! you ,ould lo&e i! a! all. 3u!
5us! de,ide !o lo&e i!. )ay ou! loud !ha! you lo&e i!, e&en i$ you don'! belie&e i!. .nd say, ''I lo&e mysel$
$or ha!in !his.9
"ove it the way it is. The way you see !he world de+ends en!irely on your own &ibra!ion le&el. When
your &ibra!ion ,hanes, !he whole world will look di$$eren!. I!'s like !hose days when e&eryone seems
!o be smilin a! you be,ause you $eel ha++y. The way !o raise your &ibra!ion le&el is !o $eel more lo&e.
)!ar! by lo&in your nea!i&e $eelins, your own boredom, dullness and des+air. I!'s hard !o belie&e,
bu! ,hanin !he content o$ your mind does no!hin !o ,hane your &ibra!ion le&el.
For !he +ur+ose o$ raisin your awareness, i! is useless !o ,hane your ideas, your $ai!h, your beha&ior,
your +la,e o$ residen,e, or your ,om+anions.
I! is no! arbi!rary nor an a,,iden! !ha! you are where you are, so you mih! as well e! your a!!i!ude
s!raih! be$ore you make a ,hane. 7!herwise you mih! $ind yoursel$ ,hasin all o&er ,rea!ion
lookin $or !he rih! +la,e, and no! e&en !he )ea o$ In$ini!e 3liss will $eel rih! !o you.
<ou !ake yoursel$ wi!h you where&er you o. .s !hey say in Cen4 i$ you ,an'! $ind i! where you're
s!andin, where do you e1+e,! !o wander in sear,h o$ i!? There is ne&er any+la,e in !he uni&erse !o be
e1,e+! amon your e2uals. The dire,!ion o$ ,hane !o seek is no! in our $our dimensions4 i! is e!!in
dee+er in!o wha! you are, where you are, like !urnin u+ !he &olume on !he am+li$ier.
"ove yourself. 3u! isn'! !he de$ini!ion o$ lo&e bein in !he same s+a,e wi!h others .,!ually mu,h o$
wha! we now !hink o$ as our sel&es: our bodies, our minds, our emo!ions:in&ol&es billions o$ o!her
beins. 3ein !he eo ,ons,iousness o$ a human body is a li!!le like bein Mayor o$ ;ew <ork Bi!y.
The eo is no! !he only awareness ,on,erned wi!h !he sur&i&al or $un,!ion o$ your body.
We are $ree, as indi&idual, uni2ue en!i!ies, !o lea&e any rou+, su,h as !he rou+ !ha! $orms !he body,
bu! we will $ind o!her beins !o harmoni0e wi!h on any le&el we o !o.
When you lo&e your self you are in !ru!h e1+andin in lo&e in!o many o!her beins.
.nd !he more lo&in you are, !he more lo&in !he beins wi!hin and around you. 7n all le&els we are
mu!ually de+enden! &ibra!ions. 6lay a ha++y !une and ha++y dan,ers will 5oin your !ri+.
In ano!her sense, lo&in yoursel$ is a willinness !o be in !he same s+a,e wi!h your own ,rea!ions.
#ow ,on!ra,!ed would you be,ome i$ you !ry !o wi!hdraw $rom your own ideas?
Lo&in yoursel$ is no! a ma!!er o$ buildin your eo. Eo!ism is +ro&in you are wor!hwhile a$!er you
ha&e sunk in!o ha!in yoursel$. Lo&in yoursel$ will dissol&e your eo4 you will $eel no need !o +ro&e
you are su+erior.
How we got here
We ha&e a $lood o$ ideas and names $or many di$$eren! kinds o$ human beha&ior, bu! mu,h o$ wha! we
do obeys ,er!ain ,ommon rules o$ e1+ansion and ,on!ra,!ion. .s I said, !he rules do no! ,ome $rom
anywhere ou!side oursel&es. I$ we ,on,ei&e !ha! we are e2ual beins, !hen ,er!ain !ru!hs mus! $ollow
abou! our rela!ionshi+s wi!h ea,h o!her. We may ,all !hese !ru!hs !he sour,e o$ $airness and 5us!i,e, bu!
su,h names do no! ma!!er. I!'s 5us! !he way i! has !o be i$ !his uni&erse o$ li$e is !o e1is! a! all. I! seems
+oin!less !o !ry !o be ,on&in,in abou! !his in words, ,om+ared !o wha! you will ,om+rehend when you
$lash on !his di&ine order and 5us!i,e $or yoursel$ when you are medi!a!in or hih on +sy,hedeli,s. I
,an o$$er only limi!ed s+e,ula!ion on how !hese rules show u+ in our human e1+erien,e.
The idea o$ e2uali!y has o$!en been !aken !o mean dro++in !o !he lowes! ,ommon denomina!or, or
se!!lin $or !he ,hara,!erless ,ommon middle. E2uali!y as I am sues!in i! is our ,omin !oe!her a!
!he le&el o$ hihes! awareness, +ure s+a,e, wi!hou! a!!a,hmen! or resis!an,e, wi!h ,om+le!e $reedom o$
e1+erien,e and ,ons,iousness, merin wi!h o!hers in wha!e&er e,s!asy or ,alm we ,hoose. In all !he
&ibra!ion le&els less !han !he hihes!, !here are illusions o$ 2uan!i!y and &alue, o$ rea!er and lesser
lo&e, in!ellien,e, and +owers. We a++ear !o ea,h o!her a,,ordin !o !he &ibra!ions we ,hoose !o
em+hasi0e, bu! we are e2ual in +o!en!ial.
I$ !ha!'s !rue, how did we e! so dee+ in!o mass !ha! +hysi,al reali!y looks like !he only reali!y? .nd
!ha! !hese ,ommen!s on s+a,e sound like a +e,uliar and un&eri$iable $an!asy? .s ,on,erns &eri$i,a!ion,
I belie&e !ha! !he ,on,e+! o$ e2ual en!i!ies ,an lead !o a rein!era!ion o$ ,urren!ly a&ailable da!a in
+hysi,s, and !ha! we may !hen e1!ra+ola!e $rom !ha! in$orma!ion !o des,ribe !he laws o$ our rela!ions
on a uni&ersal s,ale. Meanwhile I mus! indule in some rouh uesswork abou! how we o! !o !he
mass le&el in !he $irs! +la,e.
We ,an s!ar! wi!h a +arado1 a! !he hihes! le&el4 e1+anded beins, ,om+le!ely unresis!in, are also
,om+le!ely irresis!ible. )+a,e beins are en!irely +ermissi&e !o o!her beins, bu! when one o$ us
,on!ra,!s, he be,omes dense !o !he e1!en! o$ his ,on!ra,!ion, and is !hen in a++earan,e propelled by !he
s+a,e beins. The e1+erien,e o$ bein +ro+elled and la!er ,om+elled is due en!irely !o !he densi!y o$
!he ,on!ra,!ed beins. )+a,e beins ha&e no in!en!ion !o +ro+el or ,om+el anyone !o do any!hin.
.ll ,on,ei&able uni&erses in all ,on,ei&able dimensions e1is! in !he 7ne Mind as +ure idea or
ar,he!y+e. When any o$ us wi!hdraws $rom a willingness !o ,rea!e any as+e,! o$ !ha!, we dro+ !o a
lower &ibra!ion le&el. For !his illus!ra!ion, imaine we are a rea! number o$ enery beins who are
indi$$eren! !o !he idea o$ 6lu!o !he =o. )in,e we are denser !han s+a,e beins, !hey would +ro+el us,
and we would a++ear in s+a,e as a $lowin, $lashin imae o$ 6lu!o !he =o, lookin like a $ireworks
dis+lay, +erha+s.
Imaine, !hen, some o$ us, more !han indi$$eren!, who deny !he ,on,e+! o$ 6lu!o !he =o, wi!hdrawin
!o !he mass le&el. 7ur mass, bein e&en denser !han !he enery, is ,om+elled !o !ake !he $orm denied,
and behold !he +hysi,al mani$es!a!ion o$ 6lu!o !he =o. In !his manner, wha! is denied on !he
,on,e+!ual le&el, !he s+a,e le&el, be,omes mani$es! on !he +hysi,al +lane.
7$ ,ourse, !he !ru!h is no! 2ui!e !ha! ,u!*and*dried, bu! i! will i&e you !he idea. )+a,e a++ears !o
+ro+el enery, and enery a++ears !o ,om+el ma!!er. 3u! !hese rea,!ions ,anno! o,,ur wi!hou! !he
densi!y o$ !he more wi!hdrawn beins. 3y denyin your ,a+a,i!y !o ,rea!e a ,on,e+!, or by denyin
someone else's $reedom !o do so, you dro+ !o a &ibra!ion where no! only 6lu!o !he =o is e&iden!, bu! a
lo! o$ o!her ma!erial $orms also. =enyin !he !ru!h is wha! o+ens 6andora's bo1.
<ou don'! ha&e !o assume !ha! you +ersonally denied e&ery miserable !hin !ha! ha++ens on ear!h4
when you deny ,o$$ee you also be,ome ,om+ulsi&ely in&ol&ed wi!h !he reali!y o$ !ea and ,o,oa. There
was something !ha! $reaked you, or more likely a whole series o$ ideas !ha! you were unwillin !o
,on,ei&e o$ or lo&e, so !ha! radually your &ibra!ions dro++ed !o a mass le&el, and you $ound yoursel$
bein a body. 3u! !here's no!hin holdin you down !o a mass le&el, reardless o$ all your e1+erien,es
o$ bein +ushed and +ulled by o!her masses, by enery, and by s+a,e. I!'s your own inoran,e, your
densi!y, !ha! makes i! +ossible $or you !o be +ushed. <ou ,an'! $eel +ain un!il you're s!u+id. 6ain is !he
e1+erien,e o$ no! bein able !o e! in!o !he same s+a,e wi!h o!hers.
3u! all you need do !o e! $ree o$ +ain, !o e! un*s!u+id, is !o be willing !o be aware o$ any!hin !ha!
en!ers your ,ons,iousness.
There are many e&en!s ,loser !o ear!h in whi,h we ,an see !he ,om+ulsion*by*denial +ro,ess workin.
7$ all !he +arado1es wi!h whi,h we s!rule on !he ma!erial le&el, !he $ailure o$ ood in!en!ions is
+erha+s one o$ !he mos! ba$$lin. Good +eo+le !ry !o do ood !hins and e! bad resul!s. 6ea,e$ul
you!hs are 5ailed, s+iri!ual ,ommunes are a!!a,ked, and $lower ,hildren be,ome bombers. 7$!en in
his!ory s+iri!ual re&i&als ha&e been $ollowed by bloodshed and +erse,u!ion. 6erha+s we ,an now
unders!and why !hese !hins ha++en.
Wha! you ,anno! !hink abou!, you ,anno! ,on!rol. Wha! you ,anno! ,on,ei&e o$ in your awareness, you
will s!umble o&er in your +a!h. Diolen! human beins are +re,isely !hose who re$use a! some !ime !o
,on,ei&e !ha! !hey ,ould be &iolen!. I! also ha++ens !ha! i$ you are unwillin !o ,on,ei&e o$ +eo+le
bein !he &i,!ims o$ &iolen,e, you may be,ome a &i,!im yoursel$, $or you will no! be su$$i,ien!ly aware
o$ how i! ha++ens !o a&oid i!. E&ery!hin !ha! is mani$es! beins in !he s+iri!4 e&ery e&il !ha! is mani$es!
!o us is !here be,ause we re$used !o ,on,ei&e o$ ,ausin i!, or denied someone else !he $reedom !o
,on,ei&e o$ i!. The way ou!, as hard as i! may be !o belie&e, is no! by resis!in $ur!her, by mo&in !he
$urni!ure around, bu! by bein willin !o ,on,ei&e o$ i!:by lo&in i!, in shor!. .s we should ha&e done
in !he $irs! +la,e.
En$or!una!ely, mos! +eo+le wi!h ood in!en!ions are !ryin !o deny or elimina!e wha! is already
mani$es!. .nd many s+iri!ual re&i&als are a dee+er denial o$ !he $a,!s o$ our &ibra!ion le&el.
Wha! ,an we do abou! e&il? . rea! deal, i$ our heads are ,lear. My ,a!,h*all +hrase is4 9I wouldn'!
deny that e1+erien,e !o !he 7ne Mind.9
7n,e you ha&e ,leared your head on !he ma!!er, !hen do wha!e&er $eels rih! !o you. E&il o,,urs as a
se,ondary reali!y, a$!er you ha&e wi!hdrawn !o a low &ibra!ion le&el. The sedu,!ion o$ e&il is +re,isely
in !ha! i! in&ol&es us in !ryin !o elimina!e i!.
When your ,ons,iousness is o+en, any a,!ion you !ake in re$eren,e !o e&il has no more sini$i,an,e
!han diin a di!,h !o ,hannel $loodwa!ers away $rom a house. 3y all means, o !o !he do,!or when
you are si,k8 disable someone !ryin !o hur! you8 ask un+leasan! +eo+le !o lea&e your house8 s!ar! a
re&olu!ion4 5us! kee+ your awareness o+en all !he while, and know !ha! your e&il has mani$es!ed i!sel$
in your li$e be,ause o$ your la,k o$ lo&e. The !rue enemy, i$ !here is one, is in yoursel$, in your $ailure
!o lo&e enouh. 3u! !here is no moral 5udmen! in our in&ol&emen! wi!h e&il. I$ you re$use !o admi!
!ha! au!o*mobiles e1is!, you're oin !o e! hi! by ,ars, no! be,ause you are sin$ul or neuro!i,, bu! 5us!
be,ause you are no! lookin a! au!omobiles. <ou won'! see !hem ,omin.
)ome +eo+le !hink !ha! 9!houh!s are !hins9 and !ha! you mus! a&oid nea!i&e !houh!s or !hey will
ha++en. .s we ha&e seen earlier, !houh!s are ,er!ainly +ower$ul when ,on,ei&ed by e1+anded beins.
3u! !ryin !o wi!hdraw $rom !houh!s is wha! o! us in,arna!ed on a mass le&el in !he $irs! +la,e. I$ you
a&oid nea!i&e !houh!s, !hey will sooner or la!er mani$es! !hemsel&es +hysi,ally. I! is your resis!an,e
!o !he nea!i&e !houh!, whe!her you brin i! !o ,ons,iousness or no!, !ha! makes i! mani$es! in your
li$e.
What am # doing on a level of consciousness where this is real Tha! is !he $irs! 2ues!ion !o ask
yoursel$ when you be,ome aware o$ some!hin uly or e&il or s!u+id. We are always in a ,on!e1! o$
our e2uals, and !he 5us!i,e o$ lo&e is always +er$e,!. The uni&erse is an in$ini!e !a+es!ry o$ +er$e,!ly
ordered lo&e rela!ionshi+s, and when you are lo&in enouh, you rise. I!'s no! e&en a ma!!er o$ wai!in
un!il your li$e!ime is o&er. <our mo&emen! as a bein is no! hori0on!al !hrouh !ime, so !o s+eak. .ll
s!a!es o$ ,ons,iousness are a&ailable rih! now. E&ery +ossibili!y in !he +as! and $u!ure e1is!s
!imelessly, i!'s always !here, and you a,!i&a!e your le&el o$ reali!y by your own &ibra!ions.
There is a 5ewel o$ +er$e,! e,s!asy o$ bein who you are. <ou are a! !he le&el o$ ,ons,iousness !ha! has
!he rea!es! +leasure and e,s!asy you are ,a+able o$ a,,e+!in. >eardless o$ wha! I !ell mysel$, or
wha! I ha&e a! !imes e1+erien,ed, my rea!es! +leasure rih! now is !o be +enniless in a room in )an
Fran,is,o wri!in !his book.
Try !hese sayins durin medi!a!ion4 # surrender to this reality. # have no resistance to this reality. # am
one with this reality. # surrender to the $ustice of our e%uality. # have no resistance to the $ustice of our
e%uality. # am one with the $ustice of our e%uality.
"el#im$ro!ement
I ho+e you will $ind i! en,ourain !o learn how !hese eneral ideas a++ly !o elimina!in e&ils in
yoursel$, !o s+iri!ual sel$*im+ro&emen!. The more bad !houh!s and $eelins you !ry !o weed ou! o$
yoursel$, !he more !here will be.
)in,e I mysel$ ha&e ,er!ain +re$eren,es $or wha! I wan! !o do, I mus! be wary o$ +assin !hese on as
ha&in !he dini!y o$ law. There$ore I mus! ne,essarily be,ome e&en more +ersonal in !his ,ha+!er, and
make my bias ,lear. I am la0y, and i! bo!hers me !o see +eo+le s!renuously +ursuin sel$*im+ro&emen!
oals by me!hods !ha! will no! work, and urin me !o do !he same. They are o$!en !he lo&elies! o$
+eo+le, and I would lo&e !o 5oin !hem i$ I !houh! !hey would su,,eed. 7n !he o!her hand, +erha+s !hey
know !he oal will ne&er be rea,hed by !heir means, and I am !he $ool $or e1+osin wha! e&eryone
se,re!ly knows. I$ we didn'! ha&e !hese ames, !ha! would lea&e a Doid, wouldn'! i!? I am +layin !he
ame o$ re$usin +oin!less ames, whi,h may be !he mos! +oin!less o$ all.
7b&iously !here is a daner here o$ wanderin in ,ir,les, bu! i$ someone else knew wha! was in !his
,ha+!er, I would wan! him !o !ell me, so I mus! !ake a small risk.
. s!ru,!ure is any rela!ion be!ween en!i!ies !ha! a&oids dissol&in. The sel$ !ha! you know as a human
bein is a s!ru,!ure, an orani0a!ion o$ billions o$ en!i!ies.
.n odd !hin abou! s!ru,!ures is !ha! !hey will dissol&e bo!h $rom su,,ess and $ailure, so !he +roblem,
i$ you wan! a s!ru,!ure, is !o main!ain a !ension somewhere be!ween !he !wo.
The idea !ha! s!ru,!ures will disin!era!e when ,om+le!ely su,,ess$ul s!ru,k me as +e,uliar, and I made
a lis! o$ has!y e1am+les4 a &i,!orious em+ire ine&i!ably breaks u+ in!o +ar!s or ,olla+ses when i!
rea,hes i!s +eak and is uno++osed. . man inheri!s weal!h and 9ruins9 himsel$ wi!h dissi+a!ion. The
enius oes insane. 96ower ,orru+!s.9 9The ood die youn.9 >eliions break in!o s,hisms and
heresies. . dominan! s+e,ies mys!eriously be,omes e1!in,! . ,ell di&ides in !wo. The mai,ian oes
mad.
#en,e +eo+le are ,au!ious abou! su,,ess or +ower !oo easily ained on some le&el. 7n some le&el, !he
s!ru,!ure in&okes a sel$*im+osed limi! on su,,ess, in,ludin su,,ess in +ursuin s+iri!ual awareness.
)+iri!ual leaders kee+ !ellin us !he eo mus! die !o be reborn, bu! we hold ba,k. The s!ru,!ure
+reser&es i!sel$.
The eo, !he men!al s!ru,!ure, 9$eels be!!er9 when i! has !o ,on!end wi!h !he !ension o$ !hrea!s !o i!sel$.
We $eel 9hih9 and enere!i, when !es!ed by nea!i&e +ossibili!ies4 hard work, dis,i+line, sky*di&in,
ra,in, wars @un!il Die!nam:!he ;or!h Die!namese o! hih o$$ !ha! one:!he E.). didn'! be,ause i!
wasn'! !hrea!enedA, illness, $as!in, as,e!i,ism, amblin, drus, ,areless dri&in, aruin, +aranoia
@in&en!ed !hrea!sA, ,on!endin wi!h !he de&il and bla,k mai,, and so on.
7$ ,ourse, i$ !he nea!i&e de$ini!ion oes !oo $ar, !he s!ru,!ure will ,olla+se, bu! somehow !ha! doesn'!
bo!her us. We lo&e !o worry abou! daners !o human sur&i&al. @Enless i! is a real one, like !he a!omi,
bomb or erm war*$are. Then !he risk is 9unreal,9 we are relu,!an! !o !hink abou! i!.A
.s a normal +ro,ess, we de$ine oursel&es, we $ind ou! who we are, by wha! we disaree wi!h. .nd we
iden!i$y o!hers by wha! is wron wi!h !hem4 we kee+ lookin un!il we $ind some di$$eren,e be!ween
9us9 and 9!hem.9 Dir!ues in o!hers are in&isible, no! really in!eres!in .
We human beins, almos! alone amon s+e,ies, ha&e sol&ed !he +roblem o$ main!ainin nea!i&e
!ension by bein our own wors! enemies. We ,an ne&er ,om+le!ely o&er,ome 9human na!ure9 in
oursel&es or o!hers, so !he ame oes on. I! is +lain !ha! we are e!!in a reward $rom all !he has!ly
$a,!s o$ li$e we ,om+lain o$4 !ha!'s wha! sells news+a+ers.
;ea!i&e em+hasis resul!s in an in!ensi$ied s!ru,!ure and a s!roner eo. E&en !houh some o$ !hese
a,!i&i!ies, like sel$*denial, are ,arried on under !he banner o$ s+iri!ual sear,h, !he resul! is !he same. 7n
a sub!le le&el we know !ha! mos! s+iri!ual endea&ors will no! su,,eed, bu! we o on main!ainin !he
$an!asy !ha! !hey are admirable. Many o$ us ha&e no in!en!ion o$ really su,,eedin in dissol&in our
a!!a,hmen! !o s!ru,!ure and oin !o ano!her +lane o$ e1is!en,e.
3u! wha! o$ !hose, wise and serious, who 0ealously +ursue enlih!enmen! by !radi!ional me!hods?
)in,e we know !ha! nea!i&e me!hods o$ e!!in hih will no! lead !o a s!able e1+erien,e o$ s+a,e,
wha! is i! !ha! makes yoa rewardin?
The reason yoa works when i! does is in !he lo&e e1+ressed be!ween !ea,her and s!uden!, and in !he
s!uden!'s willin +la,emen! o$ a!!en!ion. I$ you limi! your e1+erien,e !o +henomena you are ,om+le!ely
willin !o ,on,ei&e o$, su,h as !he ,on!en!s o$ a ,a&e in Tibe!, you will ,er!ainly e! hih sooner or
la!er.
3u! as soon as you walk ou! o$ !he ,a&e, you will $ind +eo+le beha&in 5us! as !hey did be$ore. .nd i$
you are no! willin !o be !he ,ause o$ !heir beha&ior, and lo&e !hem as !hey are, your &ibra!ion le&el
will dro+. .nd !hen you may +rea,h abou! how e&il !he world is, how ,orru+! ,i!ies are, how sin$ul
+eo+le are.
Inso$ar as we are seriously ,on,erned abou! e&il, no! 5us! as a nea!i&e*!ension ame, we should see
!ha! we need no! be ,on,erned wi!h e&il as a physical mani$es!a!ion4 i! is !ha! su,h mani$es!a!ions ha&e
!heir sour,e in s+a,e*le&el ,on,e+!s !ha! e1is! in !imeless +ossibili!y. I! is as a concept !ha! e&il is real
and is always wi!hin us. I$ we ,anno! learn how !o deal wi!h i! on ear!h, we will be +laued wi!h i!
e&en in hea&en.
E&en i$ you are no! 5us! !es!in your s!ru,!ure, !he motive $or +uri$yin yoursel$ :!ha! you $eel
s+iri!ually im+ure:will +re&en! any enuine ain un!il you learn !o lo&e !he im+uri!y you s!ar!ed wi!h.
Ban any bein seriously !hink !ha! he is oin !o +ass !hrouh !he in$ini!y o$ !ime wi!hou! e&er makin
ano!her mis!ake?
Fui!e o$!en a $lash o$ enlih!enmen! will i&e you !his messae4 Go ba,k !o where you s!ar!ed and
learn !o lo&e i! more.
There is ano!her handi,a+ !o ,on&en!ional me!hods o$ sel$*ele&a!ion4 i$ you iden!i$y wi!h a s!a!us
sys!em o$ s+iri!ual &alues, i! ,an +rodu,e unlo&in snobbery !owards your bro!hers. The 5us!i,e o$ our
rela!ions is e1a,!, and i$ you are unlo&in !he resul!s will mani$es! e1+li,i!ly. <ou may !hen ,om+lain,
9I$ I'm workin so hard !o be +ure, why do !hese !hins ha++en, why do +eo+le ha!e me?9 3u! !here is
no +uri!y rea!er !han lo&e, e&en when i! is ,orru+! and unwashed.
The +osi!i&e way !o de$ine your eo is !o be one wi!h !he ,ause o$ i!4 lo&e i! !he way i! is, !hen $reely
,hoose wha!e&er beha&ior $eels ood !o you. <ou won'! blow away8 you ,an e1+erien,e your +resen!
s!ru,!ure as a s+a,e*le&el in!era,!ion, and !hen o hiher only i$ you wan! !o.
Bhanin your &ibra!ion le&el, raisin your lo&e le&el, is !he only a,!ion !ha! resul!s in a real ,hane
$or !he be!!er. Grou+ en,oun!ers, se1ual $reedom, re&olu!ion, yoa, die!s, as,e!i,ism, ro,k musi,, do+e,
all means are de+enden! on your in!eres! and ,rea!i&e +ower !o be e$$e,!i&e. These are all ood ames,
bu! don'! !ry !o $or,e yoursel$ +as! !he !ime when you are really in!eres!ed. They work only while your
a!!en!ion !o !hem is aroused. .nd when !hey work !oo well, !oo su,,ess$ully, you are likely !o 9lose
in!eres!.9 When you $eel your s!ru,!ure !urnin in!o enery and !hen s+a,e, you are likely !o +ull ba,k,
unless you a,,e+! wha! is ha++enin and s!abili0e a! a new le&el.
There really are more lo&in ames !han im+ro&in yoursel$ or re$ormin o!her +eo+le, or o!herwise
usin nea!i&e !ension !o harden your s!ru,!ure.
?ee+ in mind !ha! your sur&i&al does no! de+end on any s!ru,!ure. <ou are a uni!y, an en!i!y 5us! like all
!he o!hers in !he uni&erse. When you ain'! o! no!hin you o! no!hin' !o lose.
There isn'! any!hin 9wron9 wi!h usin nea!i&e e&en!s !o de$ine your eo, as lon as you do i!
,ons,iously, be,ause you wan! !o. The only wronness in any a,!i&i!y is bein wi!hdrawn $rom
awareness o$ wha! you are doin. We ,an +lay !hese same silly ames wi!h a lo! more +leasure when
we are aware o$ wha! we are really doin.
When you o$$er +eo+le s+iri!ual solu!ions :or solu!ions o$ any kind $or any!hin, $or !ha! ma!!er:you
are askin !hem !o i&e u+ wha! makes !hem $eel a,!i&e, ali&e, de$ined: !heir eo s!ru,!ure. 3e ,are$ul
:it's dangerous&
Well, 5us! $or s!ar!ers, !ake i! !ha! e&ery human bein is a +er$e,! wha!e&er*i!*is rih! now. E&ery s!a!e
o$ ,ons,iousness is +er$e,! and ,om+le!e, and does no! need !o be ,haned. .nd e&ery ,hane o$
,ons,iousness is +er$e,! and ,om+le!e, and does no! need !o be s!a!i,.
I ha&e !ried !o ,o&er all !he +ossibili!ies a! on,e wi!h a ,ou+le o$ ma1ims4
Whether # am conscious of it or not, # am one with the cause of all that exists.
Whether # feel it or not, # am one with all the love in the universe.
Time and !i%rations
We ,an &ary our e1+erien,e o$ !ime by ,hanin our &ibra!ions, 5us! as we al!er our +er,e+!ion o$ !he
res! o$ !he +hysi,al uni&erse. 7ur ,on,e+!s, $eelins, and limi!ed rela!ions ha&e beinnins and endins
in !ime, bu! we do no!. 7n !he s+a,e le&el, when we are ,om+le!ely e1+anded, !he !ime is always now.
When you look a! a lake, !here is no wa!er in your mind. 6u! ano!her way, !he awareness o$ a hard
ob5e,! has no hardness in i!. The awareness o$ ,on$usion is no! ,on$used. The awareness o$ insani!y is
no! insane. The awareness o$ !he +assae o$ !ime !akes no !ime, !here is no !ime in i!.
We 9measure9 !ime by !he ,om+ulsi&e re+e!i!ion o$ in!era,!ions on !he mass le&el. .nd !he more
e1+anded our ,ons,iousness, !he less ,om+ulsion we are in&ol&ed in. 7ur sub5e,!i&e awareness o$ !ime
is o$!en a! &arian,e wi!h !he ,lo,k.
Many o$ us by now are $amiliar wi!h dis!or!ions o$ !ime when hih on mari5uana, and o$ ,ourse !he
s!roner +sy,hedeli,s o !o rea!er e1!remes. #ow does !his ha++en? . brie$ uess a! !he sour,es o$ !he
!ime e1+erien,e is hihly wor!h while, be,ause i! sues!s how +ra,!i,al i! is !o look !o your own
&ibra!ion le&el be$ore rea,!in !o wha! you !hink is an e1!ernal reali!y.
Think o$ +er,e+!ion as a kind o$ radar4 your wa&e oes ou! and boun,es ba,k $rom an ob5e,!. ;eedless
!o say, !he $a,!s are more ,om+le1 !han !his illus!ra!ion, bu! i!'s ,lose enouh !o ser&e.
Le!'s say someone is shakin a !able and a ,u+ is s!ar!in !o slide o$$. I$ your +er,e+!ual &ibra!ions are
&ery slow, your wa&es will i&e you one messae abou! where !he ,u+ is when i! s!ar!s $allin, ano!her
$lash when i! is hal$way !o !he $loor, and ano!her when i! hi!s. 3u! i$ you are &ibra!in 2ui,kly, you will
e! many messaes as !he ,u+ s!ar!s !o $all, !ellin you !he dire,!ion i! is oin, and you will $eel as
!houh you ha&e +len!y o$ !ime !o rea,h o&er and ,a!,h i! i$ you wan! !o.
;o!e ,are$ully !ha! when your &ibra!ions are slow, e&en!s seem !o ha++en $as!, and you will $eel !ha!
e&en!s are ha++enin !oo $as! $or you !o ,on!rol !hem. .nd you may !here$ore $eel im+elled !o !ry !ha!
mu,h harder !o e1er,ise ,on!rol. <ou may !ry !o es!ablish habi!s o$ orderly beha&ior, and you may
resen! disorderly +eo+le. This is one oriin o$ !he +ower !ri+. <ou may !ry !o e! away $rom dis!urbin
e&en!s by mo&in !o !he ,oun!ry, or !urn o$$ your ,ons,iousness wi!h hard drus or li2uor.
3u! !he $as!er you are &ibra!in and !he more messaes you e! ba,k $rom your en&ironmen!, !he
slower e&en!s will a++ear !o be ha++enin, and !he more you will $eel you are in ,on!rol. The more you
lo&e, !he $as!er you &ibra!e, !hen !he less need you $eel !o ,on!rol any!hin, and you are no! $ear$ul o$
,hane and &arie!y. <ou e1+erien,e e&ery!hin dee+er and slower and more lo&inly.
The hiher !he ra!io o$ e1+ansion !o ,on!ra,!ion in yoursel$, !he more e1+anded and lo&in you are, !he
$as!er you &ibra!e.
The se,ondary reali!y is use$ul in !he sense !ha! i! will always i&e you a ,lear +i,!ure o$ your &ibra!ion
le&el. I$ !he world looks beau!i$ul and sa$e, you are &ibra!in $as!8 i$ i! looks loomy, dull, or
$rih!enin, !hen you are &ibra!in slow, and you need !o lo&e yoursel$ $or &ibra!in !oo slow.
Inside yoursel$ or ou!side, you ne&er ha&e !o ,hane wha! you see, only !he way you see i!. I! is useless
!o !ry !o es,a+e any di$$i,ul!y by ,on!ra,!in your ,ons,iousness. <ou will ha&e !o ,limb ba,k u+ any
hill you roll down, you will ha&e !o do i! sooner or la!er, in !his li$e!ime or ano!her, be,ause our !rue
na!ure is beyond !ime.
;e&er +ull your a!!en!ion away $rom a s,ene im+ulsi&ely be,ause i! looks uly, un+leasan!, or +ain$ul.
Make a ,ons,ious de,ision, !he words are enouh, !o lo&e yoursel$ $or seein i! as re&ol!in. I$
+ossible, kee+ your a!!en!ion on i! un!il i! !urns beau!i$ul, or a! leas! un!il you are indi$$eren! !o i!.
<ou don'! ha&e !o o lookin $or bad s,enes !o !es! yoursel$, or remind yoursel$ o$ all !ha! is wron in
!he world, bu! on,e a s,ene mani$es!s i!sel$ in your +resen,e, be,ome as $ully aware o$ i! as you ,an.
)!ayin wi!h i! is im+or!an!. <ou may hide in your room or lea&e !he ,i!y, bu! you as an en!i!y will s!ill
be s!u,k on a low &ibra!ion le&el o$ denial i$ you +ull away suddenly. I! will seem like !he s!ranes! o$
,oin,iden,es when, ha&in wi!hdrawn your a!!en!ion shar+ly $rom one un+leasan! s,ene, you kee+
runnin in!o o!hers like i!. Tha! will ba$$le you, and kee+ ha++enin un!il you ,ome !o an
un+leasan!ness you ,an !olera!e or lo&e, and your &ibra!ions o u+.
Look a! i!, lo&e i!, and then e! awayG I!'s all rih! !o ,hannel your a!!en!ion !o wha! is +leasan! $or you.
Wha! else is $reedom $or? .nd as lon as !here is $ree will, !here are always oin !o be some beins
,rea!in &ibra!ions you do no! like, no ma!!er wha! le&el you are on. The +oin! is !o !ake your lea&e in a
way !ha! doesn'! han you u+.
.$!er a $ew e1+erien,es wi!h lo&in weird e&en!s, you will be !uned in enouh !o e! early warnin
when someone is likely !o ri+ you o$$ or o!herwise s!ir u+ bad &ibra!ions, @when !he ,u+ is s!ar!in !o
$all, so !o s+eak,A and you will be able !o make !he rih! mo&es be$ore i! e!s !oo in&ol&ed.
=on'! $eel !ha! i! is 9uns+iri!ual9 !o +er,ei&e unwholesome +ossibili!ies in o!her +eo+le4 i! isn'! +aranoia
i$ !he ob5e,! o$ your $ear is real.
I!'s 5us! ,arelessness karma i$ you inore early warnins. ?ee+ your mind o+en and unresis!in !o any
+ossibili!y4 !ha!'s wha! i&es you !he in$orma!ion !o kee+ e&il $rom mani$es!in in your li$e. 6ay
a!!en!ion, here and now. I!'s all rih! !o say ;o.
;o ma!!er wha! o!hers are doin, you are !he only one who is res+onsible $or wha! ha++ens !o you.
There is no!hin in !he e1!ernal e&en! !ha! in !he leas! way de!ermines your $eelins and e1+erien,es4
your li$e is en!irely o&erned by your &ibra!ions, wha! !hey !ell you and how you res+ond.
The slower your &ibra!ions, !he more un+leasan! your li$e4 you will ,on!end wi!h more ,on$li,!, mass,
and +ain. E&en!s will ha++en !oo $as! $or ,on!rol, ye! !ime will seem in!erminable be,ause you ,an see
no way ou!.
3u! when you raise your &ibra!ion le&el, you ,an nea!ly sides!e+ ,ollisions, bo!h +sy,hi, and +hysi,al,
and 2ui!e li!erally ,hane !he world $or !he be!!er. Lo&e is !he s!rones! mai, o$ all.
When you learn !o lo&e hell, you will be in hea&en.
Going through &hanges
I$ no!hin is holdin us down !o !he +hysi,al +lane, !hen wha!'s holdin us? Why are we a!!a,hed !o
s!ru,!ures? Why do we s!i,k !o our &ibra!ion le&el? Why do we $ear ,hane?
To answer !hese 2ues!ions, le!'s s!ar! a! !he !o+ on,e aain. There are a lo! o$ words $or how i! $eels !o
be ,om+le!ely e1+anded4 !o!al awareness, ,om+le!eness, $reedom, lo&e, e,s!asy, ,er!ain!y, s!abili!y,
su+reme in!ellien,e, ,om+assion. I !hink i! will be leas! &aue in !his ins!an,e !o dis,uss our
in!era,!ions in !erms o$ s!abili!y.
.bsolu!e s!abili!y e1is!s na!urally a! !he s+a,e le&el, be,ause all relationships are persistent to the
degree that the beings involved have the same expansion.
3u! on !he more ,on!ra,!ed le&els, where !here is by de$ini!ion some wi!hdrawal o$ awareness, we
a,,ordinly ha&e less ,on!rol o&er how lon !he s!able ,ondi!ion las!s. .nd when we are rela!in !o
beins whose &ibra!ions are hiher or lower !han ours, we $eel uns!able and un,er!ain.
In an uns!able rela!ionshi+, we ha&e basi,ally !wo ways !o o, reardless o$ !he sub!le!ies o$ !he
,hanes4 one way is !owards s!abili!y, rea,hin a ,ommon le&el o$ &ibra!ion, !he o!her way is !owards
disin!era!ion, e!!in so $ar a+ar! in &ibra!ions !ha! we are no loner aware o$ ea,h o!her a! all. )in,e
we are un,om$or!able in !he +resen,e o$ &ibra!ions hiher or lower !han our own, we !end !o make
,er!ain 9na!ural9 res+onses. I$ !he o!her +erson is lower, we will enerally !ry !o e! him u+ !o our
le&el, !o hel+ him and ,heer him u+. 3u! i$ !he o!her +erson is hiher, we will o$!en, a! $irs!, !ry !o brin
him down and e! him !o lower his &ibra!ions. ;o!e !ha! when you !ry !o hel+ someone you are
workin aains! his na!ural, +erha+s un,ons,ious e$$or! !o brin you down. The lower &ibra!in +erson
@and !his ,ould be any o$ us de+endin on !he ,ir,ums!an,eA will a++ear !o be drainin !he enery o$
!he hiher +erson, o$!en wi!h !he bes! moral and so,ial mo!i&es. This e$$or! ,an !ake !he $orm o$
e1aera!ed +raise, sly +okes disuised in +oli!e words, +leadin $or hel+ wi!h +roblems, showin $ear
and de+ression, $reakin ou!, s!ar!in an arumen!, 2uo!in be!!er au!hori!ies, and a !housand o!her
$orms, all !he way down !o +u!!in !he hiher +erson in +rison or killin him.
7n !he o!her end, i$ you are $a,ed wi!h su,h beha&ior, !he remedy is !o kee+ on ou!*$lowin lo&e, !o
ha&e no resis!an,e in your mind. The lower &ibra!in +erson may rea,h $ar!her and $ar!her !o brin you
down, bu! when he $inds you will no! ,ome down, when he senses !ha! you ha&e no in!ernal resis!an,e
!o him, he will ha&e !o rise !o your &ibra!ion le&el !o $eel s!able and ,om$or!able, i! is !oo +ain$ul !o
s!ay where he is. .nd he will rise unless o$ ,ourse he oes !he o!her way, and disin!era!es $rom !he
rela!ionshi+. <ou are no!, howe&er, oblied !o wai! him ou!4 i$ you sense !ha! he is no! oin !o do
any!hin bu! !ry !o brin you down, you are $ree !o e$$e,! !he disin!era!ion when you ,hoose. In
,urren! lanuae, 5us! s+li!. =on'! dwell on i!, and don'! $eel uil!y abou! i!. I!'s in !he na!ural order o$
!hins.
I$ you are oin !o !ake +sy,hedeli,s or medi!a!e and o+en yoursel$ !o ,ommuni,a!ion wi!h beins on
hiher le&els, you should be aware o$ !he im+li,a!ions o$ !hese au!oma!i, in!era,!ions be!ween
&ibra!ion le&els. <ou are likely !o $eel o&erwhelmed, dri&en, ,om+elled, deraded, $ull o$ +sy,hi,
!error @!he bummerA un!il you dro+ your resis!an,e, e1+and in lo&e, and mo&e u+ !o !he &ibra!ion o$ !he
hiher beins. They ha&e no in!en!ion !o s,are you or !es! you, i!'s your own densi!y !ha! is makin you
ha&e !hose $eelins.
.ny!hin !ha! really $rih!ens you may ,on!ain a ,lue !o enlih!enmen!. I! may indi,a!e !o you how
dee+ly you are a!!a,hed !o s!ru,!ure, whe!her men!al, +hysi,al, or so,ial. .!!a,hmen! and resis!an,e are
a++earan,es wi!h !he same roo!4 when you resis! by +ullin away your awareness, !he emo!ion is one
o$ $ear, and !he ,on!ra,!ion is e1+erien,ed as a +ull like mane!ism or ra&i!y8 !ha! is, a!!a,hmen!.
Tha! is why we o$!en $ear !o o+en our minds !o more e1al!ed s+iri!ual beins. We !hink $ear is a sinal
!o wi!hdraw, when in $a,! i! is a sin we are already wi!hdrawin !oo mu,h.
#ere are some lines !ha! ha&e made me $eel ood, bo!h in !imes o$ emo!ional !urmoil and in
medi!a!ion4
# am nothing, # am empty, # am silent.
# have no resistance to the vibrations of other beings.
# have no resistance to the expansions and contractions of other beings.
When we are a$raid !o see wha! is hiher, we may !hen !ry !o buy a $eelin o$ sa$e!y or +ower by
kee+in our a!!en!ion on wha! is lower. This +ro,ess !akes many $orms in human li$e.
Bhari!y ,on,ei&ed as an im+ulse !owards !hose lower !han oursel&es o$!en has unha++y resul!s. Many
o$ our im+ulsi&e $eelins ha&e !heir sour,e in erroneous assum+!ions abou! !he s!a!us o$ o!her +eo+le.
There is no!hin wron wi!h $eelins:!he $eelins on !he s+a,e le&el are in,redibly ri,h. 3u! i! is wise
!o +ay a!!en!ion !o where our $eelins are ,omin $rom, and where !hey are leadin us. We may be
sedu,ed by a $eelin o$ $reedom, +ower, or amusemen! by rela!in !o !hose we !hink are weaker8 or we
may re,oil $rom !he $ear and de+ression we $eel in !he +resen,e o$ !hose we ,onsider s!roner.
The +rin,i+le o$ e2uali!y is a sa$e uide, bo!h in sa&in us $rom $oolish ,ondes,ension !o dis!urbed
+eo+le, and $rom sel$*limi!in awe !owards su+erior +eo+le.
The solu!ion !o all our +ush*+ull !ensions is !o !rea! e&eryone, e&ery bein you re,oni0e !o be ali&e, as
e2ual !o yoursel$. .lways look dee+er !han any e&iden,e !ha! you are une2ual. I$ ano!her +erson
dis+lays rea! wisdom or enius, +rodu,es rea! +ain!ins, or e&en in$la!es himsel$ !o wri!in books o$
ad&i,e like !his one, 5us! =7;'T 3ELIEDE i! is any e&iden,e !ha! his +o!en!ial is hiher !han yours.
?now !ha! any!hin he has done, you ,an do:no! in !he sense o$ debasin him bu! o$ ele&a!in
yoursel$. =on'! 9admire9 him e1,essi&ely:!ha! se+ara!es you. Le! him be wha! he is, lo&e him as your
bro!her, en5oy wha! he +rodu,es, !rea! him as an e2ual. .nd wha!e&er you see on a +sy,hedeli, !ri+,
5us! say, "#'m e%ual to that' we are all e%ual to that."
7n !he o!her side, i$ a +erson dis+lays si,kness and insani!y, derada!ion and emo!ional dis!ress,
hel+lessness and des+air, 5us! don'! belie&e i! is any e&iden,e !ha! his +o!en!ial is lower !han yours.
?now !ha! any!hin you are doin, he ,an do. =on'! blindly aree wi!h his ame8 don'! rea,! as !houh
wha! he is doin is real. Le! him be wha! he is, lo&e him as your bro!her, ha&e ,om+assion $or him,
!rea! him as your e2ual. 3ein wi!h !he knowlede !ha! he ,an brin himsel$ ou! o$ i!. =on'! inore him
ne,essarily, unless you know !ha! he has been runnin !he same mo&ie o&er and o&er and are bored
wi!h i!. <our a!!en!ion is always li$e*i&in8 i! will make him $eel s!able and lo&ed, and he ,an o u+
$rom !here if he wan!s !o. <ou ,an e&en !ell him in words !ha! you don'! belie&e his ame4 do i! while
you are bandain his wounds or $eedin him or i&in him money. =on'! a,! su+erior !o him4 you
aren'!, you're his e2ual. Inore !he sin and lo&e !he sinner.
I! is no! a +ersonal a$$ron! !o you when someone is bein dis,ordan!, i! is a measure o$ his +ain. #e's
showin you how mu,h he hur!s, and how mu,h ,om+assion he needs. 3u! kee+ in mind, !oo, !ha! no!
all &i,!ims are inno,en!. In a ,er!ain karmi, sense, no &i,!ims are inno,en!, bu! !ha! doesn'! mean we
shouldn'! hel+ !hem, $or i! is our $a!e !o e1is! in a rela!ion !o !hem, and how we beha&e de!ermines our
own karma. 3u! we should i&e hel+ in a way !ha! does no! e1!end our a!!a,hmen! !o low &ibra!ions.
Tha! means we should i&e wha! we would e1+e,! !o e!, ood or bad, in !he same ,ir,ums!an,e, and
bein wi!h !he knowlede !ha! all beins are e2uals.
While we s!ill belie&e !here are +eo+le rea!er or lesser !han oursel&es, we will !end !o han on all !he
more !ih!ly !o our ,urren! &ibra!ion le&el, we will be $as!ened !o !he +eo+le who make us $eel a! home.
We will be s!u,k wi!h our ideas, our emo!ional habi!s, our 5obs, our bodies. We will be a$raid !o ,hane
be,ause we will $ear !he uns!able e1+erien,es we ha&e when we !ry !o rea,h a 9hiher9 le&el. We will
be a$raid o$ $allin !o a 9lower9 le&el i$ we le! o o$ our ,urren! s!abili!y.
7n,e you bein !o beha&e in !he knowlede !ha! no bein is rea!er or lesser !han you, !hen you are
$ree !o ,hane, be,ause you will $eel s!able no ma!!er wha! le&el you are on. <ou will $eel ,alm and
sure o$ yoursel$ wi!h or wi!hou! a body, wi!h or wi!hou! a 5ob, a brain, a book !o read, or a book !o
wri!e.
Wi!hdrawin awareness $rom !he e1+ansions o$ o!hers, and kee+in a!!en!ion on !he ,on!ra,!ions o$
o!hers, $as!ens us !o !he world o$ ma!!er. I! is reassurin !o know !ha! !his +ro,ess, whi,h o! us
in,arna!ed in bodies in !he $irs! +la,e, is also ha++enin in our daily li&es, and ,an be re&ersed &ery
easily, s!ar!in now.
I! is a ni,e !ru!h !ha! !he way !ha! will relie&e your woes on !he +hysi,al +lane will also !ake you !o !he
hihes! s+iri!ual reali0a!ions. .nd !he way is sim+le4 !o resistance.
What is real?
The ,on,e+! !ha! we li&e in a uni&erse o$ e2ual beins ,an make sense o$ all reliions, and ,an ,on!ain
all me!a+hysi,al a!!i!udes. I! is !he easies! ra$! !o dis,ard when we rea,h !he o!her shore !ha! is no
shore. I! ,an !ell us how !o li&e on !his +lane, i! ,an in!era!e our s,ien!i$i, knowlede, i! ,an show how
our +hysi,al e1is!en,e is !he e1+ression o$ s+iri!ual laws. I! i&es us an absolu!ely ,on$iden!
unders!andin o$ wha! is !rue and wha! is real.
E2ual and uni2ue li&e beins are all !ha! is $ully !rue and real in !he uni&erse. We are !he uni&erse.
We e1+erien,e !he dee+es! sense o$ reali!y only a! !he hihes! e1+ansion in +er$e,! lo&e. 7n lower
&ibra!ion le&els, we see o!her beins rela!in !o ea,h o!her in a way !ha! is no! en!irely !rue or real.
For a down*!o*ear!h e1am+le, le! us ,onsider !ha! !he +eo+le in an audien,e are real, bu! 9audien,e9 is a
name $or some!hin !ha! will disa++ear when !he +eo+le o home. In !his sense, !he audien,e is an
illusion4 a !em+orary, +ar!ial and limi!ed reali!y:i! has no inde+enden!, ,ausa!i&e e1is!en,e.
We ,an ,ons!ru,! a s!a!is!i,al +robabili!y abou! how !he audien,e will beha&e, bu! ea,h member is $ree
!o ,ome and o a! will, 5us! as !he a!oms $ormin our bodies ,ome and o. I! is in !his meanin !ha! we
,an say !ha! !he +hysi,al uni&erse, in,ludin our bodies, is an illusion.
We are real4 !he beins +ar!i,i+a!in in !he uni&erse:us, !he +ar!i,les in !he a!oms, !he enery and
s+a,e beins, all are real, all are e2ual, all are o$ one kind.
3u! !he rela!ionshi+s, rou+ins and massins are illusory as we see !hem $rom any i&en &ibra!ion
le&el. Thus, as !he audien,e is $ormed o$ +eo+le, illusions are $ormed ou! o$ real beins. Indeed, !here
is no o!her way !o $orm an illusion e1,e+! by usin wha! is real, !here is no o!her ma!erial around.
#owe&er, ra!her !han s+eak o$ !he world as illusory, whi,h ,an be in!er+re!ed as a li,ense !o s!eal and
be o!herwise unlo&in, and ,an only be annoyin when you $eel s!u,k where you are, i! is be!!er !o ,all
i! a se,ondary reali!y. The world is real enouh when we are &ibra!in wi!hin a +ar!i,ular rane, bu!
only while we are doin so.
Fa,!s are limi!ed !ru!hs4 !he way rela!ionshi+s be!ween o!hers look !o us when we ha&e limi!ed our own
awareness and lo&e, or when !hey ha&e limi!ed !heirs. 3u! $a,!s ha&e roo!s in !he !ru!h4 we may ha&e
only a limi!ed &iew o$ !he beins in&ol&ed in wha! we see as ma!!er, bu! !hose beins are real, !hey are
sel$*de!ermined and are a,!in in harmony.
#owe&er, we don'! need $a,!s !o be wise and lo&in. =i$$eren! se!s o$ $a,!s are real a! di$$eren!
&ibra!ion le&els. The !ru!h is !he same $or e&eryone, !he $a,!s are always a li!!le di$$eren! $or e&eryone.
Fa,!s are ,er!ainly $as,ina!in, like ossi+4 who's doin wha! !o whom, wha!'s doin wha! !o wha!. 7$
!he a!herin o$ $a,!s !here is no end. )ome!imes we $eel !ha! i$ we had enouh o$ !hem, we ,ould e!
a! !he !ru!h. )ome!imes we madly !ry !o deny !hem e&en !houh we are a!!a,hed !o a &ibra!ion le&el
$rom whi,h !hey will no! disa++ear.
Illusions, $a,!s, are reliable !o !he e1!en! !ha! !hey ha&e !ru!h in !hem, bu! !hey are also somewha!
delusory.
=elusions are denials o$ !he !ru!h. I$ we use !he +hysi,al +lane !o deny hiher reali!y, we are deluded.
3u! i$ we deny !he reali!y !ha! is in !he ma!erial world, we are deluded also. We ,anno! rise abo&e !he
+hysi,al +lane by denyin i!s reali!y4 we mus! lo&e i! and a$$irm !he reali!y o$ !he li&e beins who $orm
i!.
)ome o$ us row dis,ouraed wi!h s+iri!ual e$$or!s be,ause enlih!enin e1+erien,es don'! always hel+
us handle !he $a,!s o$ +hysi,al e1is!en,e any be!!er. We may e&en mess u+ more4 an L)= !ri+ may
show us how &a+orous !he world is, and !hen we e! annoyed be,ause hard, mass*le&el reali!y is s!ill
!here when we ,ome down.
Enlih!enin e1+erien,es ,an hel+ in dealin wi!h $a,!s by showin you !ha! you are a ,om+le!ely
$le1ible wha!e&er*i!*is, ,a+able o$ e1is!in on many di$$eren! &ibra!ion le&els, bo!h wi!hin and abo&e
!he +hysi,al +lane.
7n,e you know !ha! !he $a,!s will be di$$eren! on e&ery le&el, you are less likely !o $ih! !he $a,!s o$
any +ar!i,ular +lane. .s your awareness o+ens u+, you will be able !o ,hoose !he le&el you wan!, and
you will ha&e more en5oyable $a,!s !o deal wi!h.
There is no bein in !he uni&erse more +ower$ul !han you, bu! !here are also none less +ower$ul !han
you. This should be !he s!ar!in +oin! o$ all your beha&ior !owards o!her +eo+le. I o$!en say !o mysel$4
"et my intentions not attempt to contradict the necessary laws of our relations as e%ual beings. @. lon
sen!en,e, bu! I do say i!.A
)in,e e&ery bein is sel$*de!ermined, you ,anno! ,hane anyone else's &ibra!ion le&el aains! his will,
nor are you oblied !o. <ou ,anno! in reali!y hur! or hel+ o!hers wi!hou! !heir areemen! !o +lay !he
ame, nor ,an anyone hur! or hel+ you wi!hou! your areemen!.
Indeed, your +er,e+!ion o$ o!hers is ,olored by your own limi!ed &ibra!ions un!il you rea,h !he hiher
le&els, so you ha&e no way o$ knowin e1a,!ly wha! i! is you are !ryin !o ,hane. 7n !he o!her hand,
you do ,on!rol your own &ibra!ion le&el absolu!ely, and !ha!'s all !he $reedom you need !o o&ern your
own rela!ionshi+s and e1+erien,es.
<ou are $ree !o be anywhere you wan! !o be in !he world !ha! is real !o you now. .nd beyond !ha!, you
are ,a+able o$ bein in any !ime, on any &ibra!ion le&el, in any sys!em, wi!h whome&er you like.
>eardless o$ how !ra++ed you $eel, how weihed down by one day a$!er ano!her, your $undamen!al
$reedom is no! a$$e,!ed.
I$ you look a! your en&ironmen! now, you may see a rea! deal o$ 9reali!y9 !ha! makes you $eel se,ure
e&en when i! hur!s or !ires you ou!. I!'s all rih! !o hold on!o !ha! while you !hink !his o&er. ;o!hin is
oin !o ha++en une1+e,!edly 5us! as a resul! o$ readin abou! how $ree you are.
In any ,ase, you're ne&er alone:!here are many beins aware o$ you a! all !imes, lo&in you, ready !o
make you $eel i! whene&er you are ready !o o+en u+ !o i!, !akin ,are !o see !ha! you don'! e! in !oo
dee+, en,ourain you !o lo&e yoursel$.
The world you see is in !ru!h a reali!y o$ ,on&enien,e:in a sense, !he uni&erse will ,om+assiona!ely
arrane i!sel$ in!o any!hin you need i! !o be !o work ou! your +re$eren,es. <ou ha&e an in$ini!e ,hoi,e
o$ worlds !o li&e in.
<ou are also $ree !o li&e a,,ordin !o many di$$eren! ,osmi, +lans. The $a,! !ha! you ,an ,hoose doesn'!
make any one o$ !hem less &alid. <ou may li&e in a uni&erse in whi,h !here is a God a! !he !o+, wi!h a
hierar,hy down !o souls in ou!er darkness. 7r a ma!erialis!i, world in whi,h you e1+erien,e no li$e
a$!er dea!h, 5us! a ,om+le!e wi+e*ou! o$ !he +as!. <ou may ha&e a hea&en and hell.
Wha!e&er your ,hoi,e, wha!e&er &ibra!ions $eel rih! !o you, you will !une in and s!abili0e wi!h o!hers
belie&in !he same !hin. 7n !he s+a,e le&el, like usually a!!ra,!s like.
<ou ,an !une your &ibra!ions !o Bhris! ,ons,iousness or 3uddha ,ons,iousness and e1+erien,e
su+ernal ,om+assion. <ou ,an !une yoursel$ !o bla,k mai, and li&e in a world o$ weird sha+es and
&iolen! $or,es. <ou ,an !une in on Mi,key Mouse or Mr. ;a!ural in !he ,osmi, ,omi, book. <ou ,an
be,ome one wi!h !he =i&ine Mo!her and dwell in in,redible sensuous lu1ury.
<ou may ha&e all !hese e1+erien,es and more when you medi!a!e or !ake +sy,hedeli,s. <ou may no!
remember !his book !hen, bu! you will be able !o remember !wo words4 !o resistance. These !wo
words a++ly e&en more im+or!an!ly on !hose le&els !han on !his one, i$ any!hin. >emember !hem
es+e,ially when you are dyin.
)in,e we aren'! oin anywhere, wi!h s!abili!y, any $as!er !han our lo&e will !ake us, and we ha&e !o
lo&e i! where we are $irs!, !here is some!hin !o be said $or no! e!!in !oo ambi!ious abou! !he in$ini!e
+ossibili!ies.
3u! i!'s ni,e !o know !ha! !here is more !o i! !han wha! you see in $ron! o$ you now, and !ha! you ,an
e1+erien,e your +resen! reali!y on mu,h dee+er le&els o$ +leasure and ease.
How you get there
There are many +a!hs !o enlih!enmen!. )ome o$ us who ha&e e1+anded !o a deree o$ illumina!ion
ha&e !herea$!er +rea,hed !he doma!i, ,er!ain!y o$ one +ar!i,ular +a!h.
3u! enlih!enmen! doesn'! ,are how you e! !here. .nd i$ you aren'! oin !o be !hinkin abou! i! in
+aradise, !hen don'! worry abou! i! now.
My sues!ions in!end only !o show why you mus! a,!ually do i! yoursel$. .,! $rom wha! you know !o
be !rue. My own a!!i!ude, arri&ed a! wi!h an e1,ess o$ labor and doub!, is !ha! I will no! se!!le $or any
+a!h !ha! makes i! di$$i,ul! $or mos! +eo+le as I know !hem !o be, or +erha+s e1,ludes !hem en!irely $or
li$e!imes !o ,ome.
For mysel$, I mus! !ake !he +a!h !ha! is a&ailable !o e&eryone. When I e! !here by L)= or o!her +a!hs,
I $ind mysel$ ,omin ba,k !o hel+ !hose who are no! s+iri!ual a!hle!es. 3y !akin !he +a!h o+en !o all, I
will know !ha! !hose who ha&e s!ayed behind are doin so o$ !heir own $ree will, and I won'! ha&e !o
,ome ba,k aain.
.s !here is +er$e,! enlih!enmen!, so !here is a +er$e,! means !o enlih!enmen!4 a sim+le +a!h !ha! is
a&ailable !o e&ery bein in !he uni&erse all the time. Lo&e is !he +er$e,! means !o enlih!enmen!. I! is
a&ailable a! all !imes !o e&ery bein4 no!hin, no one has !he +ower !o s!and in !he way.
.nd as soon as you ,hoose !o !ake !he +a!h !ha! is a&ailable !o e&eryone, !ha!'s i!4 you are on !he +a!h
!ha! is a&ailable !o e&eryone.
This book re&ol&es around !he hy+o!hesis in !he $irs! +arara+h o$ Bha+!er 7ne, bu! le! i! be ,lear !ha! I
ha&e many !imes a,!ually been in all !he s!a!es o$ ,ons,iousness dis,ussed, as ha&e many o!her human
beins. I'm no! 5us! uessin. These s!a!es are no $ar!her $rom us !han a brea!h o$ air. .nd o$!en I ha&e
had !o le! o o$ !his ,on,e+! i!sel$, and ,an !here$ore say wi!h ,on$iden,e4 Go beyond reason !o lo&e:
i! is sa$e. I! is !he only sa$e!y. Lo&e all you ,an, and when you are ready all will be shown !o you.
The s!a!e o$ mind !ha! mos! needs enlih!enmen! is !he one !ha! sees human beins as needing !o be
uided or enlih!ened.
The sin !ha! mos! needs !o be lo&ed and $ori&en is !he s!a!e o$ mind !ha! sees human beins as sinners.
Those o$ us who arri&e a! a $lash o$ s+a,e !hrouh a nea!i&e em+hasis may !ry !o ,om$or! oursel&es
!ha! we are on a 3odhisa!!&a !ri+, ,omin down !o hel+ o!hers. 3u! we should be !hen e&en more
dis,rimina!in o$ our mo!i&es.
E&ery +erson who allows o!hers !o !rea! him as a s+iri!ual leader has !he res+onsibili!y !o ask himsel$4
7u! o$ all !he +er,e+!ions a&ailable !o me in !he uni&erse, why am I em+hasi0in !he inoran,e o$ my
bro!hers? Wha! am I doin in a role where !his is real? Wha! kind o$ s!andards am I ,on,ei&in, in
whi,h so many +eo+le are seen !o be in su$$erin, while I am !he enlih!ened one?
These 2ues!ions ,ame !o me wi!h a rea! sho,k, and !his is one way I mih! answer $or mysel$4
E&ery!hin !ha! is ha++enin in your body is ha++enin on an in$ini!e rane o$ &ibra!ion le&els. I$ you
lo&e your la,k o$ in$orma!ion be!!er !han I lo&e !his knowlede, !hen you are on a hiher le&el !han I.
There is absolu!ely no e1!ernal e&iden,e !ha! will !ell me how mu,h you lo&e yoursel$, be,ause I am
seein you wi!h !he limi!ed &ision o$ my own &ibra!ions. In !ha! sense, wha! I see is mysel$.
;o ma!!er how ,on$used or s!u+id or unlo&in o!her +ersons may a++ear !o us, we ha&e no rih! e&er
!o assume !ha! !heir ,ons,iousness is on a lower le&el !han ours. They may be reali0in $ar dee+er
dimensions o$ lo&e. The way we see !hem is an e1+li,i! measure o$ our own &ibra!ion le&el.
The &ery +eo+le we now see as &ular, unenlih!ened, s!u+id, ri+*o$$s, insane:!hese +eo+le, when we
learn !o lo&e !hem and all our feelings about them, are our !i,ke!s !o +aradise. .nd !ha! is all we need
!o do:lo&e !hem. We may e1+ress !ha! lo&e or no! as we wish, in any way we wish. I! doesn'! e&en
ma!!er how we !rea! !hem. 3u! we mus! see !hem and lo&e !hem as !hey are now, $or we ,anno! deny
!hem !he $reedom !o be wha! !hey are, 5us! as we mus! lo&e oursel&es as we are now.
Le! us remember !ha! ea,h +erson is some kind o$ o++osi!e o$ wha! he insis!ed on in !he +as! or ,ould
be in !he $u!ure. .s lon as we ,on,ei&e o$ oursel&es as limi!ed beins, we are all !he same dis!an,e
$rom !he ,en!er, whe!her we are ood or bad, sane or mad.
I$ a man has some awareness o$ hiher le&els and knows !ha! he is $ree !o be anywhere in !he uni&erse,
he may !hen seek !o 5us!i$y !akin +ar! in a +hysi,al ame. The mos! sel$*$la!!erin way !o disuise his
a++e!i!e is !o see himsel$ as a briner o$ enlih!enmen!, o$ +uri!y, o$ &ir!ue. ;o one, no! e&en he, will
2ues!ion his mo!i&es and resul!s4 isn'! he doin wha! he says he is doin? I$ o!hers $ail !o rea,h his
heih!, i!'s no! his $aul!:and !hus he kee+s !he ame oin $ore&er. I!'s sel$*renewin as lon as he is
unwillin !o see !ha! his own &ibra!ions em+hasi0e !he e&il and inoran,e he sees. The more he ha!es
e&il, !he more e&il !here is !o ha!e. The more he ad&ises +eo+le !o resis! !he ma!erial world !he more he
binds !hem !o i!.
.nd e&en !hese ,ommen!s are !he ,onse2uen,e o$ my own resis!an,e !o !he 9error9 o$ resis!in e&il.
This is a +er$e,! e1am+le o$ how we are always uil!y o$ wha! we ,ondemn in o!hers. Wha! we see is
always oursel&es. I! is useless !o ,orre,! anyone's beha&ior. I$ he knew wha! he was doin, he wouldn'!
be doin i!, !rue enouh, bu! he is 5us! as ,a+able o$ knowin i! as we are. I$ he doesn'! see i! o$ his own
$ree will, is he any more likely !o do so when we !ell him? 3y denyin him his $reedom !o be wron,
we are e2ually wron. Gi&in o!hers !he $reedom !o be s!u+id is one o$ !he mos! im+or!an! and hardes!
s!e+s !o !ake in s+iri!ual +roress. Bon&enien!ly !he o++or!uni!y !o !ake !ha! s!e+ is all around us e&ery
day.
Those o$ us who +re!end !o rea!er knowlede !han our bro!hers, who re+or! more enlih!ened
e1+erien,es, ha&e more !o e1+lain +re,isely be,ause we know more.
This book is !he des,ri+!ion and edu,a!ion o$ my own inoran,e. .nd beyond !he in$orma!ion herein, I
am !ryin !o show how a human bein ,an handle !he kind o$ e1+erien,es I ha&e had wi!hou! layin
s!rane !ri+s on his bro!hers and sis!ers. Whene&er we hand on wha! we are shown, we mus! do so wi!h
!he same di&ine lo&e wi!h whi,h i! was shown !o us. We are bu! ,hannels o$ s+iri!ual 5oy, and !o
,on!inue !o ha&e i! we need only be o+en ,hannels.
I$ we always s!and $a,in !he hiher lih!, like lookin in!o !he sun, our &ision o$ !he +eo+le around us
will be dis!or!ed. 3u! i$ we ha&e !he lih! ,omin o&er our shoulders, shinin !hrouh us, we will see
!he beau!y o$ o!hers, we will be o+en !o !he lih! ,omin !hrouh all $orms, and know !he lory o$ !he
,rea!ion.
.nd I say i! o$!en4 Thank you, brothers and sisters, for letting my consciousness be in this place.
While we ha&e humili!y and +ride enouh !o a,! on !he knowlede !ha! we e1is! in an in$ini!e harmony,
!ha! we are nei!her rea!er nor lesser !han any o!hers, we ,an en5oy e12uisi!e s+iri!ual weal!h and
+leasures.
Le! e&ery 5ewel remind you o$ !he diamond lih! o$ lo&e. ?now !ha! !he smalles! kindness is a $a,e! in
!he in$ini!e 5ewel o$ enlih!enmen!.
' Fa%le
7n,e u+on a !ime !here dwel! an old ?in in a +ala,e. In !he ,en!er o$ a olden !able in !he main hall,
!here shone a lare and mani$i,en! 5ewel. Ea,h day o$ !he ?in's li$e !he s!one s+arkled more
res+lenden!ly.
7ne day a !hie$ s!ole !he 5ewel and ran $rom !he +ala,e, hidin in a $ores!. .s he s!ared wi!h dee+ 5oy a!
!he s!one, !o his ama0emen! !he imae o$ !he ?in a++eared in i!.
9I ha&e ,ome !o !hank you,9 said !he ?in. 9<ou ha&e released me $rom my a!!a,hmen! !o Ear!h. I
!houh! I was $reed when I a,2uired !he 5ewel, bu! !hen I learned !ha! I would be released only when I
+assed i! on, wi!h a +ure hear!, !o ano!her.
9Ea,h day o$ my li$e I +olished !ha! s!one, un!il $inally !his day arri&ed, when !he 5ewel be,ame so
beau!i$ul !ha! you s!ole i!, and I ha&e +assed i! on, and am released.
9The 5ewel you hold is Enders!andin. <ou ,anno! add !o i!s beau!y by hidin i! and hin!in !ha! you
ha&e i!, nor ye! by wearin i! wi!h &ani!y. I!s beau!y ,omes o$ !he ,ons,iousness !ha! o!hers ha&e o$ i!.
#onor !ha! whi,h i&es i! beau!y.9
E!en Lazier
( selection of reminders from the text)
We are e2ual beins and !he uni&erse is our rela!ions wi!h ea,h o!her.
Wha! am I doin on a le&el o$ ,ons,iousness where !his is real?
;o resis!an,e.
Lo&e as mu,h as you ,an $rom where&er you are.
Whe!her I am ,ons,ious o$ i! or no!, I am one wi!h !he ,ause o$ all !ha! e1is!s.
Whe!her I $eel i! or no!, I am one wi!h all !he lo&e in !he uni&erse.
Lo&e is !he only dimension !ha! needs !o be ,haned
Go beyond reason !o lo&e4 i! is sa$e. I! is !he only sa$e!y.
.ll s!a!es o$ ,ons,iousness are a&ailable rih! now.
I!'s always wi!hin us !o rela!e !his way.
Enlih!enmen! doesn'! ,are how you e! !here.
Wha!e&er you are doin, lo&e yoursel$ $or doin i!.
There is no!hin you need !o do $irs! in order !o be enlih!ened.
This, !oo, ,an be e1+erien,ed wi!h a ,om+le!ely e1+anded awareness.
I wouldn'! deny !his e1+erien,e !o !he 7ne Mind.
Wha! did you !hink i! was !ha! needed !o be lo&ed?
When you learn !o lo&e hell, you will be in hea&en.
Thank you, bro!hers and sis!ers, $or le!!in my ,ons,iousness be in !his +la,e.