Just chatted with someone who ‘got it’ – then – lost it.
The memory remains, but ‘The State’ is no longer a moment to moment reality for them.
After such an experience, and losing it, it sometimes it feels worse than before, – because
of the memory of how fantastic it was. And the more you try to get it back, the further it recedes.
A reminder once again, when one has such a major happening, the mind tends to think
‘this is it’ – meaning, all of It. In my experience, there is always the possibility of another level.
What they said is, they were in the indescribable state – perfection/bliss/timelessness/freedom
from fear, that sort of thing, and then they got the realisation that the mortgage was overdue.
What they said was, they thought it was an either/or – the state, or being practical.
They chose the practical, and lost touch with the state.
(Please to remember this possibility – the state never goes away – it is always there
– we go away from the state.)
Now, after the event, they realise that they could have had both – stayed in the state, and taken
care of the practicals as well. The mind is often very smart – after the event.
There may be a lot more to it than that.
What I have seen is that often when people have that level of realisation, they have an event come
into their lives that either takes them deeper, or shows them what has not yet been let go of, so
needs to be taken care of.
In this case it was a matter of choice, and an old pattern of control. Fear and security.
So if they had remained in the state, choice-lessly, it is possible that all would have worked out
anyway. But of course there is no way of knowing that, so the choice seemed to be, stay in the state
and lose everything, or come down from the state and into the practical. For the person to stay in
the realising of the state, they have to be choice-less – they may lose the house.
It isn’t logical. Afterwards, if asked if they would prefer to be in the state or in their old state of
survival, there is no question – The State. Better to be houseless than in the normal state of fear.
Then they said that they saw what I was sharing, so all they needed to do was to chose to go back
into the state. Not so. The State is not a choice, it is the absence of choice – just letting things be just
as they are. The only choice, is a choice-less choice – to be choice-less.
Once again. The State always is. Without realising it, we are choosing not to be in the state – by
wanting what we want, when and how we want it. And that includes wanting to be in the state.
The realisation of The State happens when one is with the moment, unconditionally, just as it is.
So any want or desire, of any sort – out of the state.
As I have mentioned often, many people drop into the state in the Satori Group.
Trying and trying and trying, then feeling it hopeless and totally giving up. Pop.
At least consider this as a possibility – our natural state is – the indescribable. Delight.
Every and any deviation from choice-lessness, and we are out of it.
“The Great Way is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however
and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood
the minds essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject
that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things,
nor in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things
and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity
your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other
you will never know Oneness.”
– Seng-tsan (Sosan)
Conclusion?
Same old, same old – just be, in the moment, as unconditionally as you know how.
Slow down – so you can be with what is. And don’t take it seriously.