The Ultimate Unfolding


Below is the conclusion of a message I have transcribed and edited from a talk Ishvara gave on December 26, 2004. - TG.

Ishvara:

The opening of the rose takes time. Your opening takes time. For some the opening will be quicker than for others, but it comes from within. It is not a matter of confidence or ability. It is not a matter of what you know or what you have learned. Those things are fertilizers. They can assist, but they are not really it. They can help, but you can't get the experience through those things. On the other hand, you may not have the experience without those things, so it is a bit of a paradox. As you become silent and present, you begin to understand the "no way-ness" of Life, that there is not a process, there is not a way, there is just the stillness, being OK with what-is, stopping the struggle.

Accepting what-is is not complacency; it is a kind of surrender, surrender to the unknowingness of existence, surrender to the realization that there is within you an ultimate power, an ultimate place that is pure existence, and from that place comes revelation, connection, awareness of greater connections, awareness of possibilities, awareness and embracing of uniquenesses, the ultimate connection, the ultimate unfolding. You find you have talents and gifts; you have qualities you can share with the rest of Life.

The ultimate sharing is the sharing of yourself, the sharing of the direct experience, which is mostly beyond words, through acts of kindness, acts of inspiration, connection, a supportive awareness of another individual's possibilities. Yes, you see the selfishness, the stinginess, but there is no point in focusing on that when you realize that whatever you focus on, gets the energy. In every human being, there is that core that is often starving to death, in need recognition, and you find that in others AFTER you have found it in yourself. If you haven't found it in yourself, you can't find it in others.

Once again, it is an inside job. Through patience, perseverance, and allowing, you begin to experience the direct knowing of Life, the very core of your existence, and then you begin to dare, to dream, to move, to expand experience in an inclusive outward way, which is different for each unique expression of The Consciousness. You can't compare it to another, because it is so unique to the individual. That is why there is no way. What is good for one individual, may be very disruptive to another. What works for one, may not work for another.

If Life wanted to create itself in sameness, everyone would look alike and talk alike; everyone would have the same feelings, the same problems, and the same experiences; it would be one experience. Yet what could such sameness tell Life about itself? How can something be experienced fully through just one little taste, one little look? Why should Life be any less than unlimited experience? Life has created itself uniquely as expressions, individualities full of possibilities, and these are realized and accessed through silence, through presence, through being.

Be slow to have judgments; be quick to offer praise. It is magic. You can love or you can hate. When you hate, all you really do is slay yourself; you diminish your being. When you love, you expand, you find even more to love, even greater connections.

When you hold an opinion that is separating, in a way you are annihilating; you are destructive. When you hold an ideal that is connective, compassionate, accepting, you expand, you add to Life. It is actually a very simple way of being. You can't really sit still. You are either adding to or diminishing; that is the nature of Life. You may think, "Well, rocks sit still." Not really; you just don't see them move, because they are pretty slow. All of Life is a movement, a dance, and the music is silence. The experience is silent, the sharing becomes the words, the sharing becomes the joy, the sharing is the gift of silence.

You speak from a place of silence that is peaceful, serene, loving, and that establishes greater connections. When you speak from the place of the intellect, it can be conditional, judgmental, opinionated, separating, and very noisy. Silence doesn't mean that the intellect stops, or that there are no thoughts. Silence arises when the intellect begins to serve the awakened Life, enhancing the experience and the gifts that are inherent within beingness. The intellect begins to look for ways to establish a greater connection, greater possibilities. It tries to extend the connections to be more inclusive of these possibilities. So the intellect truly begins to serve the greater awareness, but it doesn't scream or complain about anything; it just serves, it just is there, and you hardly notice it working, because it is silent. There is no argument, no contest, no competition; it just is. That is Life. That is the awakened Life, present as True Nature, and from the place of direct experience of The Consciousness, you find that Life is truly unlimited, that Life has no problems, that Life just has possibilities.

Your resistance, or attachment, or judgment makes Life into a problem; your acceptance, allowing and embracing make it into an opportunity, so it becomes your choice. You can choose to remain in separation, living in consensus reality, doubts, beliefs--all of that; or you can choose to embrace the direct experience and begin to expand with the unlimited possibilities of existence. In that process, you might even find that you love yourself. You might realize that you are not such a bad person after all; you just acted badly, and deep down, at the core of your existence, you remained pure, the Life Force waiting to blossom, waiting to bear its fruit, its gift to the whole universe. It happens in a moment. It happens in a stillness. It is an experience, an experience that changes your life forever, an experience of awakening to True Nature, that unique manifestation of Life, The Consciousness that you are.

Written and transcribed by Terry Grant

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