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"The Source"
Are you perfecting your life?
By
Rich J. Van Donk, Shihan
Is
the path you have chosen your own? Are you following the
beat of a different drummer or living by other's rules?
Does your religion control you - or empower you?
Socrates
about 2,000 years ago philosophized that the greatest
gift you could give yourself would be to know yourself
fully. "Know thyself". Many a soul has pondered on that
aspect for eons of time. Once in awhile it is a good idea
to look at our relationships to how we live this life
and make sure that we have chosen our paths well.
To
me life is precious, very precious. And time is far to
short for all that can be experienced in this great life.
Some systems like Zen tell you to sit still (zazen) for
hours a day. They tell you to give up all desires. What
a dichotomy, obey the desire of no desires to get enlightenment.
Huh? They say if you love playing your guitar then you
should give it up because it may give you attachment.
They even suggest to give up your family like Buddha did
because the highest thing you can do for your family is
to someday give them a life free from suffering. I say
Hogwash. This is all done by immature controlling minds.
Show me the graduates. I say give your family the
gift of a great life. Yes it can be a great salvation
to take refuge in abstaining from some outside worldly
influences and to strip away the layers of unwanted thoughts,
gaining clarity for your life purpose.
But
this life is meant to be lived. Meditation is a great
path to this salvation. I meditate at least daily (more
accurately I seldom leave the state). My meditations have
set me free, even free from restrictive religions. In
Zen one must clear ones mind and become still so that
the great cosmic voice will sound in you. What will they
do if it keeps sounding forever? Well, I can state from
experience that once this channel opens the Omkara state
that these celestial sounds and voices are continuous
and are very dynamic, not static at all. There are visions
always there with the sound vibrations. Inside your being
is not dark, but full of light. Anyone with a little training
(in as short as 1 hour) can experience inner light, holy
sound , holy breath, pulse with their existence and taste
the sweet holy nectar of life when shown secret ways to
activate these things.
Very
few religions, including Zen, teach these active sacred
meditations. They are kept very secret. Why do they hold
back these innate states of consciousness? Most practitioners
of meditation, even Zen, seek this enlightened state.
Unfortunately, when it finally happens for some seekers
they will try to erase these great truths without knowing
their wisdom, because some monk must tell them what to
experience and how it will be obtained. The problem is
that most of these monks have not experienced it either
and wouldn't know what the state is to teach it to others.
I wish I had a device that filmed what I experience inside
my mind. In the near future I will do the best I can to
create it on film.
Now,
I talk from experience here in regard to this enlightenment
knowledge. I sat under the Bohdi tree in Bodgaya, India
in the same spot that Buddha obtained enlightenment (actually
on the same day of the year it happened for Buddha, Dec.
8th) while over 150 monks sat chanting. Note: I was the
only one inside under the tree at the time; the monks
were outside the fence. There was an actual physical fence
but unfortunately also a mental one that kept them at
distance. They were there to celebrate Buddha's achievement.
I was there to experience what Buddha did and beyond.
I merged my essence with his and experienced his truth
directly from him, understanding how he arrived at his
Noble Truths. Sitting there I heard the internal cosmic
Omkara sound vibration that was louder than loud itself.
I was filled with a divine breath that breathed the entire
universe in and out of creation. Light exploded in my
head like a flash of lightning filling me with a brilliant
golden light. I was shown many, many truths, some of which
took years to understand.
Buddha's
enlightening truths were personal to him and at first
even he hesitated to tell others but Buddha taught his
experiences and his teachings spread throughout the entire
world over time. One deep truth of mine was that life
was meant to be enjoyed (in joy) while maintaining balance
and sustainabilty. Everything is dynamic. Nothing in this
life really remains still. Everything is in a constant
state of change or motion resonating with different frequencies
and vibrations. So wouldn't it be better to spend time
in nature observing life than to give control of your
life to a practice that cuts you off from life. This Life
is too short as it is. This is one reason that I prefer
dynamic meditations over just sitting still.
Now sometimes I start with emptying myself and just being
with my breath. True zazen practice was originally only
a first step towards more advanced meditation practices.
Most of the time I go to the source of my existence and
merge with the divine essence that created me in the first
place. I have been initiated into these master practices
and am empowered to give the initiations myself. I call
it Sourcing.
My
new audio tape (Enlightenment Now) releases basic but
once very secret techniques of knowledge because in this
time of planetary evolution humankind needs ways of Sourcing
the divine within, of knowing ways to obtain peace and
inner truth that no one can take from them no matter what
happens. We must give peace a chance. One day the world
will learn that peace is ten thousand times more powerful
than war. No Guru or teacher can put into you that which
is already there (whether they are enlightened or not).
They can only awaken in you what has been dormant or as
in my case give you the tools to open your own being to
cosmic knowledge and enlightenment.
I'm
going to be bold here: until you know how to run your
own 6 senses efficiently, optimize your neurology, activate
your nervous system at will and run your own brain efficiently
you have no business looking for a path or belief system
to follow. It would be like trying to drive a car with
no oil, no gas, and not even putting the key in the ignition
to start it. Once ready to go you have to know the destination
-you look at a map AFTER you know where you want to end
up. And even following the map may change as the scenery
or your desires do.
While
sitting on top of Machu Pichu in Peru an Incan Priest
told me that the Incas had 3 great laws or truths that
they all agreed to live by and I would like to pass them
on to you. They are as follows:
- 1.
Do not lie. (to yourself or others)
2. Do not take that which is not yours.
3. Do not be idle.
Are
you perfecting your life?
Be
fulfilled in the joy,
Richard
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