The interesting thing about intangible notions, is that they are often found in the backdrop of what seems to be playing out on the screen of one’s experience. They cannot be touched, tasted, or perceived by the senses. They have an “unreal” quality to them. It’s as if one can only observe such a notion if metaphorical glasses are placed over the eyes, filtering the entirety of the experience. Once this kind of “sight” appears to the consciousness, it may become all the seer observes for some time. All else is unconsciously rendered as unimportant. What was once hiding in the backdrop of experience is now the sole focus, gaining momentum and attention until it becomes part of the overall experience, part of the characterization of reality itself through that particular point of consciousness. This is how bias and belief become “realized” and play out on the stage of reality. In this, the cause and effect relationship between the notion and its “reality” are taken for granted as truth.
This whole process is happening unbeknownst to the individual who appears to be perceiving his or her flavor of reality, of course. All is assumed and attributed to causality. That cause and effect, as a whole, are relative to the individual point of perception is typically not in the forefront of the awareness. This is a very interesting thing to understand in reference to “how reality is made”, or how reality appears. A seed (in the form of a notion, a thought, etc) is subtly planted in the perception, and the individual is either attracted or averse to — allows or resists — its potential reality. This process seems to happen so fast that it is nearly impossible to notice, outside of obvious or special circumstances. If the duality (yes or no, good or bad, truth or lie, fact or fiction, possible or impossible, etc) of the potential reality were immediately highlighted in the presentation of the seed, perhaps it would be easier to see through the trap. Alas, unless a certain awareness is present, this doesn’t seem to often be the case.
So what does all of this imply? Well, it implies that the resistance and/or allowance of every seeming potentiality in the presentation of one’s reality is what constitutes the lived experience. And that truly comprehending this can offer quite a bit of power over what seems to be the circumstances of life, unfolding on the screen. Because all of what seems to be one’s circumstances are inherently being filtered. From the perspective of the individual, it appears that circumstances in the lived experience are unfolding, and that in turn causes certain effects. But what is being presented here is that the truth is actually in reverse. It is rather that one unconsciously creates what seems to be circumstances of life based upon the filtering, or level of awareness through the presence of resistance or allowance.
Looking into the daily experience of the individual, let us pick apart an interaction. A husband and wife seem to be having a disagreement and perceiving different realties. From the perspective of the husband, the wife is causing him frustration because she is demanding too much from him. He says to her, “I need more time for myself.” From the perspective of the wife, her husband is causing her frustration because he does not offer enough help with responsibilities and tasks. She responds, “You spend the majority of your time doing the things you want to do!” The husband feels overwhelmed, and like the wife doesn’t understand his experience or respect his personal needs. The wife feels overwhelmed, and like the husband is self-centered. What both of them fail to recognize, is that neither perspective reflects the truth of what is.
What is, is that both perspectives are based in lack, and therefore indicate resistance. That “lack” is projected onto the seeming other person, and given a cause and effect. It is given a “reality” in the lived experience. The husband thinks, “If only my wife simply allowed me more time for my own needs, I wouldn’t feel frustrated or overwhelmed.” She is associated with the CAUSE of his overwhelm and frustration in his reality. The wife thinks, “If only my husband weren’t so selfish, all our responsibilities would be taken care of and I wouldn’t feel overwhelmed.” He is associated with the CAUSE of her overwhelm and frustration. Yet the overwhelm in both cases is only an emotional reflection resultant from the self-identification with the resistance to what is. It is a limiter placed over infinite being. What is, is there is no lack — it is a fabrication within the play of perceived reality. The lack only exists as long as it is given a “life” through the filter of the ego and projected onto the reality. That is the way it is “seen”. This happens, so that the point of consciousness can potentially become aware of this phenomenon and release its resistance. Every seeming “conflict” which appears within the play of experience is purely an opportunity to resolve the internal resistance to what is. That is what experience is for. The so-called events which are attached to certain relative ideas of cause and effect are pure fiction. Imagination. They only have a “reality” because they are attached to a contraction of infinite potentiality and unconsciously identified with.
If we think of it kind of like a tangible object held in the mind, let’s say one’s lived experience is like the flow of a river. We could say that the flow of said river is determined by the landscape in which it passes through. In this analogy, the landscape is resistance. If theoretically, there were no resistance, the flow would be infinite potentiality. In actuality, this is already the case, but from the limited perception of the individual, it does not appear to be so. There appear to be rocks and banks and mountains and various things which obstruct the flow. What is not seen, is that all of these seeming obstructions are self-created. They are the metaphorical glasses referenced at the beginning of this essay. For if all resistance in the form of unconscious material held in the experience of the body/mind were brought into conscious awareness and released, all that would remain is the unlimited field of potentiality. The truth of what we are.
All possibility would immediately, or rather beyond time and space, be realized.
This sounds like an implausible notion to the ego, which is a function built upon limitation. It is a function born from resistance for the purpose of survival of the so-called individual. This thing is good/useful, that thing is bad/not useful. This thing is right/true, that thing is wrong/untrue. This reality is better than that reality, and so on and so forth. It requires limitation in order to remain dominant in the processing of “reality”. These unconscious limitations of reality go on unto infinity, until the whole charade is realized. If left unconscious, the individual will continue to identify with the limited reality and assume its perspective to be the truth of “what is going on” here. The whole process actually serves to perpetuate itself, with built-in failsafes. “Of course my experience is real and true, and these other people just can’t see” the person thinks to themselves. There is no real reason to question the direct experience, especially when all of the other seeming individuals are in a sort of general agreement about “what is and isn’t going on” here — it’s cause and effect, of course!
This is quite brilliant and innocent. But it is also a delusion. A collective one — but that doesn’t mean it can’t be seen through. And fortunately, it only takes oneself to do so. It matters not what the collective appears to do or hold as true, awareness is all there is. If one is able to bring this understanding to the forefront of one’s field of awareness — that the levels of resistance and allowance held within consciousness create the play of what seems to be reality — the entire game will begin to transform.
One great thing about recognizing this, is it produces what is experienced as greater degrees of freedom/abundance in the case of allowance, or else greater degrees of limitation/lack in the case of resistance. This can be observed as tension held in the mind/body, or so-called circumstances in the lived experience. It is particularly helpful when one can observe any kind of pain or tension in the physical body, as this is always a direct correlation to resistance in the consciousness. If one attributes this pain or tension to some outside cause, this indicates unconsciousness, which itself can continually be brought back into the awareness. This alone can begin to point the individual in the direction of greater and greater realization of Truth beyond relativity. It is important to note that there should be a natural movement in this towards non-attachment to the appearances and sensations of experiential reality. When resistance is seen, it is not to be judged or identified with, it is only to be impersonally observed and released so that one remain continually aware of Truth — the true Self — in the foreground.
Which ultimately will reveal that there’s no one there. No person doing anything at all, and therefore absolutely nothing happening. That is, outside of the projection of reality through the contracted ego, or sense of a limited self. The ego which utilizes resistance and limitation to construct an “image” pulled from infinite potentiality, which one may then unconsciously adopt as his or her self-identity. And attach a name and bodily appearance to, accompanied by an inherently biased life story. And certain opinions, characteristics and dispositions, based on this centralization of reality relative to its survival. A “me” dwelling inside a “person”.
Viola! Reality.
It’s absolutely amazing. But it’s not what IS. What is, is purely “I”.
Love, is all there is. Not attached, conditional, personal, or limited love. But pure, unadulterated, non-filtered and absolutely allowed love. That love which cannot be found in form.
This is our true identity.
