THE TREASURE OF GOD CONSCIOUSNESS
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Robert Farmilo
From my point of view life has not always been a cake walk. I have had to endure my own special blend of private torments. Many of these extra special bonus rounds have been influenced by my own peculiar penchant for making things worse.
To put it in the simplest terms: I was born to a life of relative privilege...compared to the vast hordes of the Great Unwashed. I was raised within the boundaries of the safe, mostly white-skinned, middle-class, urban confines of the True North Strong & Free, also known as Canada.
Ah, by my way of thinking, I squandered many of the advantages that were my birthright. Yes, it is true that I had many a great adventure...but...and yes, it is a big but, as I look back on this wanton self-indulgence...there are casualties.
So, what is the greatest treasure?
An interesting question to just throw in this article.
I think it is the inner voice of God speaking to me...encouraging me, succouring me, and guiding me, in the moment, moment-by-moment.
For some of you reading this article, this process that I am telling you about may seem like abjuring your personal choice...and relying too much on some sort of projection from within...that may well NOT be of God, at all.
Here's where the sparks fly...when I am having a really hard time...and my feelings are negative...horrid...ugly, and the grinding unpleasantness is all too real in my body and mind.
I bind back to the source, and rely on simple bromides to keep me from the brink. What this means in specific, concrete terms...I use the techniques from the book, “God Consciousness,” to help me...in the moment.
This is NOT always an easy thing to do when my feelings and thoughts are blighted with latent tendencies that seem to have their own agenda. And that seems to be a whittling away of...joy, happiness, liveliness, inner contentment, and...positive growth.
And the math involved seems to add up to more suffering and unhappiness...being short-tempered and mean-spirited...and a dose of mediocre maligning self-pity, too.
Now, you may wonder why I would confess to such appalling character defects...after all, I am the one and only me me me! Shouldn't I hold myself up as the Great One...and never admit the flaw of negative thoughts and feelings?
Well, here's the thing...I had a TERRIBLE bout of ugly-mind yesterday, and what I did to meet it was a curious mixture of acceptance and technique: I just added my conscious focus on specific words that I threw into the fire raging within me.
Words like: God, eh-oh-ah, eemm-mmaa-aann....
And phrases like, “I love you,” repeated as needed.
When in the grip of the horrible mindset, I have found that sometimes there isn't much I can do about it...except to use my conscious awareness and deliberately think of words and ideas that directly contradict the inferno of negativity raging within me.
The process is simple: When I become aware that I am no longer with the focus, I quietly come back to it.
This is especially difficult when my mind is at war with me...and doesn't even seem to be interested in taking prisoners...except maybe to torture them...slowly.
Okay, okay...I think this is the main point of what I am writing about in this article...and that is the treasure of “God Consciousness,” is found through the use of your own conscious awareness to focus on specific words and thought constructs throughout your day...while you are awake.
I know that by deliberately using your own awareness to be with the ancient sounds, thinking the word “God,” and saying, “I love you...” in the privacy of your own mind...what happens is you strengthen that and draw closer to what you are focusing on.
There are many, many words and thought-constructs that you can introduce to this practice of focus during the time you are awake during your busy day.
The book, “God Consciousness,” has 40 chapters chock-a-block with examples that you can put to immediate use...along with some tips and guidance to give your personal practice more traction.
As you use this on-purpose practice and dig into it...by doing it, over a period of time...what happens is you get into a habit of being with your own version of “God Consciousness,” that is intimate and personal.
The more time you spend doing these simple techniques, the more incredible the process of direct communication with God. This manifests as a TELEPATHIC relationship where you literally have God thinking directly into your own mind, free and clear of your own doubts, reservations and mental turmoil.
And when you are having those great days, when you are doing just fine, thank you very much...this innocent expression of guidance from God helps very much, too. It keeps a fine sense of perspective...and the deep engagement with “God Consciousness,” has a unique blend of joy, freedom...and growth.
I have found that this does NOT mean I become a bland, boring, banal and grey personality...oh no, far from it! The full range of me me me gets expressed, and sometimes it is dynamic and soaring, other times...quiet, thoughtful...soulful.
This treasure is there for anyone and everyone...as long as you can think a thought...you can do this practice. There is NO course fee...and no big guru person...and the really cool thing about “God Consciousness,” is that you already have it going on...even if you don't “believe” in it, or want it.
What you do...is...when you are ready to start...when you become aware that you are not with the focus, quietly come back to it.
That's really all there is to this whole deal.
For those of you who want to delve deeper into all this stuff, there is a POWERFUL courses you can plug into...called, “DEEP MEDITATION.”
The lessons are being posted online every Saturday...and each lesson is PACKED with step-by-step instructions...and are easy to follow as falling off a log...or closing your eyes. IF you can think a thought, make a noise, close and open your eyes, lie down, or sit in a chair...you can use these lessons.
Here is a link to Lesson 4, Deep Meditation.
What I like about all this “God Consciousness,” stuff is how in-your-face it all is...that you CAN have this going on, in your life, right now...IF you want it. There is no prerequisite that you believe, or have faith, or join something...or try to get other people to jump in your boat...or dance to your own tune...or...any of the usual clap-trap of trying to control other people, places and things.
The closest I come to any of that is offering an invitation to anyone to take a dip in the divine...and it is only an invitation...and I hope it is made without the force of coercion, guilt, shame, fear...and other squiggly nasty bits.
Okay, here is my invitation to you...get the book for free, and read it, and give the simple techniques a go...and see what it's like to think with your awareness...instead of just having your thoughts take charge of your mind.
What is it like when you deliberately think something else...something...different?
Let me know what you think of this article.
All the Best,
Robert Farmilo,
Admin, TGCP
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