ZAK:
What I have to say about this is: slow down. Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts – that is what I hear when I
tune into humanity at large. Even
to those whose thoughts are directed towards working on higher aspects
of oneself, I say: thoughts,
thoughts, thoughts!
The problem is not the walls, because the walls do not exist;
the problem is the thoughts of “walls” and “running into
walls.”
When
you are quiet and centered all is well. Is this not true? How
can anything not be well when you are quiet and centered and connected
to All That Is? What
I hear you asking, at a deeper level, is how can I “be” in this
place of quiet and centeredness throughout my day?
The
answer here is in continually moving back to that space of quiet and
centeredness. In truth,
you never left, though you often get caught up within the illusion (or
thought) that you have. What we are really talking about is what you call
“enlightenment,” and much of what I have to say is no different
from what many human masters of enlightenment have said.
On
a practical level, the best suggestion I have is to consciously return
your thoughts to the place of quiet centeredness. It will become habit after some time. And soon you will begin
to operate from a much larger field of
feeling/thought/emotion/creativity. It is all about opening to the fullness of who you are. You
already know this; my words serve as a reminder.
Another
aspect to be addressed is to be found in the nature of the question
itself, for the answer is always in the question. Thoughts create our reality. Thoughts are the precursor to manifestation. Just as you need
to take care thinking your thoughts, take care in asking your
questions.
Perhaps
you ask a question of an animal or of another human or even of
yourself which is seemingly open and full of the desire to learn.
Yet even then, there are many areas you sense (intuitionally)
that you don’t want to know about, so you are often more careful
than you realize in asking your question. Ah ha! Do you see the way this works?
You have learned how to pose questions so carefully that
sometimes a part of you that you are not even aware of uses this skill
as well. It is a subtle
form of control, a subtle form of “not seeing.” How to get beyond the “walls” of that?
It is a matter of opening your questions to a layer which is
beyond your carefully maintained comfort zone.
The
entire world is now dealing with this issue of “The Comfort Zone”
-- and the answer is not about going to sleep. The answer is about expanding and walking past the boundaries
which are so heavily guarded right now.
Who
are these guards that protect the individual/cultural/world collective
boundaries of the Comfort Zone? The
guards are manifested by fear, self-doubt, ego control, manipulation,
and many other aspects of the self. The guards are the shadow “You,” the you which performs a
very important function in preventing you from opening too quickly.
At the same time, there is a point at which the guards must be
challenged. What are the boundaries? They are the very walls you ask about, the very walls you
create. You ask a deep question, and so the answer is deep and
multilayered.
The
most important thing I can tell you is to trust yourself more. To begin to walk with courage and an open heart past your own
comfort zones. Become the
wide-eyed child, but grasp firmly the hand of the wise and ancient
one. What you will all
soon be working with is uniting selves – joining the inner child
with the wise shaman, the rascal urchin who knows the way of the
streets with the old woman who feeds the birds and speaks their
language, and so on…the artist with the scholar, the scientist with
the magician. This is all
about joining and integrating selves to come to a place of very clear
consciousness of and within your multidimensional self.
And
– how do you do that? By coming back to the place of quiet; the space of calm being
and centeredness. By returning to the flow. That place is the open heart, the center of the diamond, the
core of the sun, the eye in the sky, the tail that wags the dog!
It is the flow through which all selves spring. Becoming conscious of this is coming home to spirit in the
flesh, and operating from and with all levels on this earth.
