Who Knows?

Who Knows?

True humility is a prerequisite to genius. With the surrender of what one believes, life changing transformation, insights, inventions and connections come as if out of nowhere. There’s a shortcut from the illusion of suffering, (ego) to the joy of being (presence). The shortcut is: Who Knows? Contemplating this question, Who Knows? and keeping it in the forefront of mind allows for the fluidity of belief, identity, and perspective, the attainment of higher states of consciousness, and the transcendence from what one knows and the search for who knows, to what is. 

The question mark is more important than the words. The empty page and space upon which it appears is more to the point. The point is, there is no point. If you can accept that, you can accept anything, which appears to be the whole point. Peace allows for innerstanding and arises through trusting, surrendering, and letting go. This includes letting go of attachment to the energy behind judgments, limiting beliefs, fear of death, and the idea of knowing anything, and also fully accepting that there are judgments, limiting beliefs, fear of death, and the idea of knowing anything, and letting it all be as it is. When the love of power and control are surrendered, we experience the power of love, and peace, which arises through presence.

Only after the lotus of the heart takes bloom, can the serpent can enter the kingdom of heaven. Through self-initiation in altered states, one learns to stay curious, and to see things from multiple perspectives simultaneously, vs. adherence to one or mostly one perspective which looks through the the confined lens of a familiar past. As we become masters of intention, the inner world, we become more aware of what we focus on in the outer world, and see that the two and all things are one. 

Altered states such as dreamwork, meditation, and breathwork allow for consistent connection to ones soul and internal guidance system. This requires an altered mental and emotional state, one in which the egoic mind is still enough to allow for clear guidance to come through in dreams, intuition, and an intimate connection with one’s heart, soul, and divinity. The journeys into altered states reveal how to see beyond limiting beliefs, and to embody one’s highest truth, which is another way of saying living in alignment with or manifesting it. Manifestation has nothing to do with what we want, and everything to do with who we are. At its highest expression, it is total accountability for creation. True knowing helps us see that what we perceive in the mirror of the tangible world around us is us and not what we want. Freedom comes through presence, and the acceptance of what is. 

Someone seeking coaching may say they want help in attaining a goal such as financial security, abundance or a romantic partner etc. What is really yearned for is not the thing, it’s the feeling. For example, a coach might ask: What if you thought you wanted a new car and once you got it, you discovered it is uncomfortable to sit in for a long time, or maybe after a few weeks you decided you want another car instead? It is a good start to see that what you really want is a state of being, a feeling, to feel good, feelings of peace, love, joy, inspiration and freedom etc. Over time one begins to see that what they really want is not to want anymore, and they begin to focus on who they are, who knows?, and what lies beyond that. Spiritual teachings direct us to focus on our inner world over the outer world and that what we are seeking can only be found within, and in the present moment. Maybe what we really, really want is to know and find union with the Source or what some people call God. 

Creating from the ego’s identity of perceived scarcity, insecurity, or need for control is possible but not sustainable or recommended. It takes longer, is not much fun, and negatively impacts one’s relationships with oneself and others. As one’s dominant level of consciousness rises to higher energy fields, identity becomes more fluid and begins to dissolve. They begin to perceive from the perspective of the witness of the experiencer, instead of the experiencer they believed themselves to be. Some people call this witness their higher self or soul, their immortal and immaterial essence. For a time, it can be helpful to adopt this point of view, give it a name, and keep it front of mind in one’s awareness. This helps to remind our-selves that the soul hidden deep within the heart of man sees that which the eyes of man cannot, and the necessity to harness the ego, and devote one’s intention towards cultivating and honoring a relationship with the soul and something even beyond that. Dreams are known to be the language of the soul, and a human being’s built-in way to commune with this eye of the “I”, every night, totally free, wherever we are. They will help us see that everything is like a dream, reflecting back to us a projected perception of reality and belief, and helping us know ourself and everything in creation as an equally divine expression. Our soul will speak to us in dreams to help us know the truth of who we are, and the one who knows, and when we are quiet enough, we will know anything there is to know directly from the Source.