THE
TRUTH IS HERE! And it can only be HERE, NOW. It is in Understanding what is
happening. In the True Understanding of what is happening (and not in the
distortion of perception that can happen for many different reasons). The Only
Way to Understand Rightly (and not be Deluded) is to Be Truly Aware, Here, Now.
Let's Be Present. To Be Constantly Careful. To be really and completely attentive
to what is happening. It seems easier to automate our perception and to
identify this automated perception with reality, but what we do this way (when
we do it) is not real life but daydreaming. It is, among other things, a waste
of time.
TRUTH
IS WHAT HAPPENS! It is in Understanding what is happening. Obviously our
PRESENCE in what is happening (in "us" and "outside of us")
does not depend on something stable, since everything is constantly changing,
like a flow of phenomena. Life is this movement, a stream of experience and not
fixed things.
THE
TRUTH IS IN THE FLOW OF PHENOMENA! In the Flow itself, in Change, in constant
movement and not in something stable, not in phenomena that are constantly
changing. PRESENCE, WHAT WE LIVE IN, exists, manifests itself, regardless of
specific phenomena. The phenomena themselves are not an obstacle. They become
obstacles when we "hold" them, or "hold on" to them. Then,
instead of Flowing as Life, as something alive, we are immersed in a virtual
constructed (thought) world. We dream. Staying HERE, Aware, Paying attention to
what is happening, Flowing with everything, we truly live, in the only time
that exists, in the Now that flows into Eternity, regardless of the
ever-changing phenomena (and may even not exist, to " disappear").
And when we say that we don't "hold" anything or we don't "hold
on" to anything, we mean (and we really mean it) not only the
"external phenomena" but also the internal states of the perception of
the "self".
IN
SUCH A STATE, living in this way, there is neither subject nor object but an
open, boundless awareness that treats all that enters its bounded field as
streams of phenomena, 'experience' that does not 'hold'. This is the Life of
the Present, of Eternity, of the Timeless.
"SUBJECT"
IS A CONSTRUCTION, a constraint, structured with some "informational
elements", which we "hold". Any existence of a subject implies
the object, that which is opposite. Duality, in whatever form we experience it,
is not Reality but a construction we make with our thinking. So, we must be
Alert, Pay Attention, Be Life and Flow with life and phenomena and not
"hold on" to anything.
HOWEVER,
WHAT HAPPENS when we have already created our dream world, the duality, the
separation of subject, object and we experience life in the world through this
schizophrenic perception? There are various actions and behaviors. Sometimes
the subject is projected, sometimes we are absorbed in the object, sometimes
both are projected (in a sense of euphoria and power), sometimes neither (in a
state of weakness and "faintness"). Actually all these are misleading
and do not give us the true knowledge of reality. We're just daydreaming.
Reality, real life, real right experience is a State of All, a State of
Awareness that faces all without distinction, a Universal Consciousness. This
is the First Step, the transition from the state of reverie, confusion and
fiction of thought, to the Real, to the all-encompassing Presence.
HOW
IS THIS DONE through the present consciousness that is encased in "I"
and experiences duality? In reality (to someone observing from the
"outside") things are simple. The actions and reactions of the
trapped consciousness are immature and childish. Why? Because it doesn't pay
attention. When consciousness is limited to the "self" it experiences
the All, That which Exists, Reality (the God of Religion) as the Outside, the
Other, the Object. It tries to approach It, to rise to It, to experience It, to
realize It. But in reality "this outside", "this other", is
a construction of thought. There is no such thing. Thus, the "ego
consciousness" tries in vain at a dead end. Apparently there is nothing to
reach, nothing to become, nothing to accomplish. We just have to give up the
illusion of the separate ego and the futile attempts, that false ego, to become
the Truth, the Real. We must recognize the lie at its root, where it is
created. How? Paying attention to exactly how it is created, the moment it is
created, the moment we start to "hold" it, to strengthen it, to
accept it, to make it our "truth". If we do not "catch" it
here, at its "birth" and sink into schizophrenic duality, then again
there is the alternative of "Meditation". But of the True, the Real
Meditation, which leads to the overcoming of the separation of subject, object,
to the Awareness of the Unity of Existence, to Universal Consciousness. Most
people are casual about Meditation and pass off various childish silly
activities as Meditation.
IF
AND WHEN WE PASS THE FIRST GATE, beyond duality and the separation of subject,
object, into a Unified Consciousness, into UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS, then we can
"Deep" into This PRESENCE, "CONSCIOUSNESS", Recognize ITS
NATURE OF EXISTENCE, of this INNER SPACE. At the "End" of this inner
journey it is revealed to us that CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE SOLE REALITY. This is
the Second Step, the Passage to SINGULARITY. We have passed the SECOND GATE.
ALL
THIS, yet, moreover, still remains external, a "Phenomenon", in
"relation" to THAT which Causes it (the Phenomenon). All This
Existence (the Phenomenon) may or may not exist. THE ONLY TRUE IS THIS, THE BEYOND.
There's No Room For Anything Else. Because THIS IS EVERYTHING. This is the
Third Step, the Passage of the THIRD GATE.
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All
that we are trying to describe is the EXPERIENTIAL TRUTH of which All Real
Sages who have Awakened to Reality have spoken. And all those who lived in Real
Life and not in the dream of the world (in the schizophrenic duality)
Constitute the Real Natural Human Family, the Real People, the Sacred Group of
the Children of Light, the Sacred Tradition.
This
Sacred Tradition reaches down to our days from ancient times, through people
who truly Awakened to Reality and Experienced Truth (whatever that means), not
through human organizations, religions, philosophies or cults. Actually we are
not talking about anything new. There is nothing new. The same things Orpheus
said at the Foot of Olympus, the same things Lao Tzu taught in China, the same
things Buddha revealed in India, the same things Jesus "confessed" to
his disciples in Palestine, the same things he "expounded"
Krishnamurti in his Discourses. Wise Men will say the same things after
centuries. The Ancient Wisdom, the real living and practical transition from
reverie to Real Life is the LIVING TRUTH, the ETERNAL TRUTH, passed down from
generation to generation in the Gulfs of Real Sacred Tradition, away from the
outside world and its madness. TRUE RELIGION IS THE RELIGION OF EXPERIENCE, of
the Living Transmission of Life, of Practical Transition to Real Life. It is
neither a religion (as people understand it, that is, the worship of some
External Power, or some God), nor a philosophy for approaching reality, nor a
belief, nor behavior, nor an external ritual act. Certainly LIFE, TRUTH, is
Expressed at all the levels in which man functions and in being and in
perception and in thought (reason) and in consciousness and in external
activity (in actions), but it is Expressed as Light Action and as Enlightenment
Activity , as something real that flows with life and not as something
fossilized, knowledge, religion, philosophy, belief, or repetitive action. The
God of men is an idea of human thought, a petrified idea. Their philosophy,
their theology, their ideology, is structured by dead concepts and not by the
living flowing reality (which is constantly renewed and is always
"fresh"), it moves in the space of imagination, of duality (of the
separation of perception into subject , object), in mythological thought, in
mythology, in "fairy tale" (in both the good and the bad sense).
People's efforts are dead ends and their external activities are a struggle to
manage the resources of life. How are humans different from herds of animals?
Civilization is not seen by technological progress but by our behavior towards
our fellow human beings (and especially those who are in need).
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The
people who "represent" the Sacred Tradition today do not claim any
exclusivity or "ownership" of the Truth and do not exclude anyone - indeed
they cannot - from Awakening to Reality. But they retain every right to have a
"reason of humility", since "audacity" also has a
"reason of omniscience". The reason the Academy was
"created" is precisely so that we can, in an age of ignorance and confusion,
speak again of the Same Ancient Eternal Truth, of Practical Real Awakening to
Reality, beyond daydreaming within schizophrenic duality. In the Program of the
Academy, if one reads carefully (in the article "Studies of
Esotericism") it appears our intention to Show what man is, how he works,
how he can perceive correctly. We are referring to what the Ancient Sages
really Taught, what they really said and did and not what they preach who,
using their Name, created religions, theologies, communities, temples and
cults, like profit-making enterprises. We try to Show the True Way of Life in
the darkness of the world by dispelling myths and misunderstandings and finally
we show in a practical way how someone can and should Awaken to Reality. In a
purely practical (and personal) way and not as a theory or as a teaching,
another fairy tale to lull people to sleep. This Period the Academy still
"trains" its "own" people (those who joined us early) to
prepare for public action, in private spaces. Soon, we hope (when the time is
right), a public space for open talks and discussions will also be available.
But anyone who wants can contact us on our e-mail and come, if he wants, in
personal contact with us.
TRUTH
IS HERE, NOW, in ACTION, in ATTENTION, in REAL LIFE, Not in Dreaming.
