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NURTURING THE DIVINE SELF – BRINGING MEDICINE TO THE HEART

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NURTURING THE DIVINE SELF – BRINGING MEDICINE TO THE HEART

Today I went with my family to the Temple of the Buddha.

This is a beautiful temple, one of my favorites in all of Japan, which has the Five Buddha Families present, so no matter what path we are on, we can find in the Buddhas Hearts and in ours one or more of the five supreme qualities that these Light Families offer to cultivate on our Path.

This could be the wisdom of reflection and diamond consciousness (Vajra Family), or calmness, equanimity, peace and love (Ratna), observation, radiant vision, radiant heart and mind (Padma), or perfect practice (Karma), or the teachings of our path, pure realms, mudra and meditation (Buddha).

I sat there in the temple for just a single breath, as my daughter was adamant we only sit for three seconds, which she counted out loud (she is a very strict master) and yet to my surprise I found the stream of kundalini flowing like a cool stream up my spine instantly in that short period of time.

Such is the wonder of power places, whether human-made or natural.

I was contemplating radiant mind and radiant vision and one morning earlier in the week I happened to be in an office before a meeting and had around 20 minutes just to sit undisturbed.

I listened to the Calm App I use when I am traveling as I find it very soothing to do the practices.

I do it slightly differently than they suggest so I will describe what happened.

I integrate my Daily Practice as I listen and today’s theme was balance and nourishment.

As I have said before I find Yogananda’s Kriya practice so beneficial as it helps me to still the body mind.

So first I need to get the body to be quiet.

I do that through chair yoga, tensing and relaxing and stretching muscle groups starting from the head and working downwards.

Then calming the mind through awareness and mindfulness, which is basically what the Calm App tries to do.

So being aware of and paying attention to the breathing, breathing all the way in until the end of the breath and all the way out until the end of the breath.

The first three breaths I work with the nervous system energies using three Kriya breaths up and down the spine.

At that point my mind lies on a still lake and I surrender.

Surrender is a challenging concept for many of us which is why I have found study of the Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra Tantra and the Vajra practice of bliss and the wisdom of emptiness so very helpful as I have mentioned.

Basically I offer my entire practice and all I am doing for the benefit of others. So at this point my mind is sitting on the surface of a still lake.

Literally.

And it can bring up the most challenging part of all.

To enter into the unknown.

So this time I did.

If I truly surrender everything at that point, and it does take many many attempts at practice, then the radiant mind and deathless state (or the clear light that manifests at the point of death) manifests in the Now.

So it happened again.

In two stages.

The first was, as I let go, my consciousness entered into a vast space, like entering a massive cave that has no beginning or end.

It is an awe-inspiring Vision/feeling as it is like the bottom dropping out of your consciousness as if you are on the top of a rollercoaster ride and as you start to drop you leave your stomach behind.

This is like that except you leave your self behind.

At this point two or three things can happen.

The space can get vaster until there is an explosion of light or sound or you suddenly realize you are in the space and the ‘I’ kicks in and pulls you back to consciousness.

Or as in this case, suddenly, like being struck by lightning, a magnificent vista opened inside the vastness, a radiant landscape, blinding and shocking to behold.

There is nothing like that experience on earth.

And so you realize all that has been spoken of by the Masters is true and everything is in your sacred heart and in the clear light of your infinite mind. God consciousness.

This in turn reminded me of the Medicine King, Bhaisajyaraja.

This Bodhisattva teaches us to have devotion, faith and gratitude for our path and all paths.

Once the Buddha was asked by a Bodhisattva from another world, how does the Medicine King travel between worlds?

In essence the real question was “How does the Medicine King manage to enjoy his journeys in this world and all worlds?”

The key is to know how to enjoy your journey as you walk your path of pathlessness.

Be more at ease.

Life is not a task to accomplish.

Nor is it a scheme or something we have to hurry.

We offer our work and service to others because we enjoy it.

We work without attachment to the outcome.

We work together in a spirit of freedom, liberation and joy.

We are unbound.

To success or achievement.

We do all this with a feeling of contentment or ease.

Like we are on a holiday.

The spirit of liberation is the medicine of the King and Queen in Our Divine Heart.

The Divine Being within us.

We practice non-practice, the action of non-action, doing not-doing.

When someone is in a poor state of being, consumed by negative thoughts, fear and anger, when they don’t have peace or understanding or inclusiveness, then their actions can be harmful.

The quality of our action depends on the quality of our being.

When we are calm, mindful, heartful, fully present, aware, then our presence means a great deal to others, even if we are not physically with them.

This is the essence of non-action.

Our presence becomes crucial for the well-being of others and the world.

We have to look into every moment to see the quality of being that arises from it.

My daughter reminded me of that when she made me meditate for just a single breath in one of my favorite places.

Look into every moment.

See the quality of being in every moment.

Stop.

Pause.

Breathe.

See, hear and feel what is happening to you in that moment.

See the quality of being.

Is it cool, warm, hot, calm, excited, agitated, fearful, filled with joy…

All of this and more is within the One Heart.

All of this is Medicine for the Divine King and Queen Within You.

Learn.

Gain insight.

Meditate upon it.

Free yourself.

Love and Blessings

Altair and Mother

With deep and humble gratitude to one of my teachers Thich Nhat Hanh for his wonderful stories he shared with me about the Medicine King, Bhaisajyaraja.

I AM THAT I AM, אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה ’ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh

I am here to do the work of Our Mother by walking the Path of the Bodhisattva, Archangel and Elder in assisting all beings to find Krishna’s Bliss, Christ’s Light and the Buddha’s Heart and Healing within.

gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā

ག༌ཏེ༌ག༌ཏེ༌པཱ༌ར༌ག༌ཏེ༌པཱ༌ར༌སཾ༌ག༌ཏེ༌བོ༌དྷི༌སྭཱ༌ཧཱ།

“go, go, go beyond, go thoroughly beyond, and establish yourself in enlightenment”

THE SACRED FLAME IN THE HEART OF ONE

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THE SACRED FLAME IN THE LIGHT OF ONE

This is my experience, humbly shared in the interest of Wisdom with you.

To touch the Light of God in our hearts is simply reaching out to our self with Love and Kindness and embracing all that we are. 

The One Shared Heart has many forms to guide us there, with some more suitable for us than others, just as the sun’s rays find different spots on Mother Gaia’s body to shine, each of them just as beautiful and filled with wonder. 

We often begin with inspiration driven by love and passion for something or someone.

It ignites our inner fire. 

The fire is the Light activating.

The signs and synchronicities are ways of the Light and our Light Body “illuminating” our path by going into our future and making sure we wouldn’t miss the important relationships.

Because in the ultimate continuum there is no past present or future.

We have done all this before and we have fulfilled all the conditions already for awakening in our future.

We just need to remember.

An opening or awakening of the heart begins and a desire for Union (yoga, Tantra, Alchemy) with someone or something arises. 

We see the path unfold in front of us and a variety of Union Paths or yogas are revealed.  

These yogas could include Deity, Emptiness, Kriya, Inner Fire, Illusory Body, Clear Light, Consciousness Transference, Transfer Into Other Bodies, Dream, Divine Consort and Intermediate State or Bardo Yoga (which is the direct perception of reality that occurs between death and rebirth). 

Fundamentally most of us follow similar practices to these in our paths of pathlessness. 

We prepare the mind and heart with initial practices like mindfulness and heartfulness of the Sacred Breath. 

“Breathing in I am aware I am breathing in Love, breathing out I am aware I am breathing out Love”

Which simplifies to “Breathing in, Love, Breathing out, Love”

We receive initiation in some manner from a physical guru or teacher or our own inner guru or God within or without. 

This enables us to purify negativities and enter a mandala or realm of protection with our Light Family. 

Many realizations awaken at this point.

Visions arise, elements dissolve within, winds activated by the sacred breath are absorbed into the central channel or sushumna in our spine of Light and healing manifests in ourselves and others. 

The Inspiration of the Inner Light fills our Being and we receive many initiations and guidance from the teachers within or without. 

We begin to transform death from awareness of the present, or Presence and we gain insights into our many births and arise as a divine being, a Christ, Divine Mother or Buddha. 

We see the true nature of the body/mind and their value to our practice in this incarnation as a human being. 

We awaken the Diamond Body, practice keeping this human body healthy, merge the channels and chakras into the One Chakra and manifest Light Language, Blissful Syllables and Light Mandalas within the One Chakra to help liberate others. 

These are interdimensional pathways that allow us to walk between worlds and draw upon our many modes of existence without grasping or attachment. 

The Sacred Breath or God Breath through Presence and Divine Magnetism attracts Great Beings to breathe within us as we begin to invite All the Buddhas and Wisdom Mothers within us. 

The Inner Fire liberates us into the Mother and Child of Clear Light, the Pure Light of Being, the Holy Spirit, as we realize that everything that happens to us “good” or “bad” is merely our perception, is our co-creation, is the same One Essence, and that we are simultaneously birthing Great Bliss and Divine Wisdom from this Emptiness, non attachment and surrender. 

We become and realize I Am that I Am (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ehyeh ašer ehyeh) Vajradhara, the Diamond Consciousness, I AM Presence, Pure Love Incarnate. 

PRACTICE

My practice these days is very simple.

I see each living being I meet as the Buddha or Divine Mother, each step I take is on a Lotus Mandala of Light, each breath is a sacred breath of enlightenment in the Heart of One.

There is a certain “pace”, a rhythm or frequency your Light Body and physical body interact with in this dimension on earth, that you need to walk and breathe in, so as to be fully aware of all the Buddhas you meet and all the Lotus Fields and Pure Lands you walk in.

See if you can find it.

Thich Nhat Hanh speaks about this as the “universal gate” or the “universal door”. Where the actions of an enlightened being, an Avalokiteshvara/Guan Yin, can respond to the needs of any being and any circumstance, can cover all ground, all time and space.

To enter this gate and alleviate suffering requires Presence.

Presence requires being totally present in the now, slowing down to your natural, divine pace, free from the distractions around you, able to look deeply and attain the insight to free yourself and all others around you.

You do that when you can really hear the sounds of the world, can see the Buddhas, and walk on its Lotus Fields.

For example, mine is the exact speed of the Heart Sutra chanted by the Dalai Lama.

https://soundcloud.com/user-153473361/shambhala

As I write this, in this very instant, the Dalai Lama, who has just started streaming live, appeared on my desktop in confirmation, teaching Tsongkhapa’s “Concise Stages of the Path to Enlightenment”.

A Sign on the Path.

When I walk I chant, breathe, see and liberate. 

We carry the sacred flame of enlightenment, the inner fire of bliss, within us.

Let it shine.

This is the mantra of the Heart Sutra, the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the Sutra of the Blessed Mother.

ག༌ཏེ༌ག༌ཏེ༌པཱ༌ར༌ག༌ཏེ༌པཱ༌ར༌སཾ༌ག༌ཏེ༌བོ༌དྷི༌སྭཱ༌ཧཱ།

Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi swāhā

Go beyond your self, go beyond what you know, go beyond the breath, empty yourself, bathe yourself in the fire and bliss of Divine Love and Light.

Love and soul blessings

Altair and Mother