Rising Above Human Mind …. Why and How to do it
by Jim Cleveland
(From “Beyond Baggage,” a stage play and essays on the theme. Visit Jim at www.jimclevelandauthor.com)
Common sense is sometimes revered, but not what we need; it’s often false. Our infantile minds can’t overcome the partisan rhetoric from which we’ve always been constantly infected. It’s extremely difficult to find the rational center, a product of critical thinking.
That’s why they say we humans have “feet of clay.” We are apt to fall at any time, failing to know and face reality as it is, and not that of our false creation.
Our minds are also clay — to be molded from our experiences, and what we learn.
If we were to rise above our material, mortal mind, where would we go then?
To Inner-dwelling Spirit. In quiet times. Ask our questions and express our anxieties. And listen. Higher insights come when we make a divine release.
We can learn to know ourselves as the Spiritual beings we will eventually become, not the flesh we inhabit temporarily — for its educational experiences.
We can then remain physically in the world, but not of it. We would assume our higher identity, when we are eventually fused with our spiritual energy, to leave our materiality behind.
Surely this isn’t completely possible in this relatively short lifetime. No. We are who we are in the ascension plan, and where we are in the quest for higher identity. Our generation will serve and move on.
So can we actually rise above human mind? Assuredly. We can strive to reach its enormous potential and received a generous share of it.
Normal minds use a fraction of their capacity. There are barriers. Lack of connection to Spirit, and its generous, soul-growing insights.
Of course, bias and acrimony intrude on us at every turn — animal mind, lower mind, urging our fear and feeling of separation. We can be free of this and think more rationally.
Critical thinking is not the norm among the masses, and the masses are important to move the whole. We must champion clear minds moved by loving spirit.
We can avoid jerking our knees at events and explore them critically instead. Observe, discern, evaluate and judge the values therein. Do this in order.
The human mind does truly have untapped powers. In times of silent rest and worship, you can achieve an energized relaxation that opens your mind to new insights, new ways of looking at the exact issues in your lives. This is no coincidence.
You can rise above the usually dominating analytical mind as well, by engaging your imagination to see what inspirations and visualizations come to you in the silence and on the panoramic canvas of the mind-scape.
Many minds have untapped creativity. Many great artists are curtailed in their physical manifestations, but they are eternal ascending personalities and their artistic expressions live on with them. Death is only a transition … a passageway.
While you are here, you can shuck the cacophony of a planet comprised of the confused.
Know that God is Love. This is your daily, hourly Mantra. Dogma scripture has no real value; all the spiritual wisdom you need is within you.
Develop your gift of Cosmic Mind by learning to think with cosmic logic. The Universal Father and the time and space worlds for ascending humans make perfect sense.
Develop your intuitive powers, for they represent the balancing beam that colors your logic and gives it meaningful expression.
Develop the ability of instant Stillness — to quickly go into a moment of faith connection and personal recognition of God and become re-centered on the ultimate reality of your spirit identity. God, the Father, loves your company.
Develop a lifestyle of mental and physical health, allowing your mind, body and spirit to be your source of wisdom. Each of them speaks to you. They live best in balance, an enticing challenge for your life.
Develop a perspective shorn free of the partisan baggage that has been thrown on your life cart from the beginning. Recognize the marketers of myopia, the dupes and their clay feet, the con men, the whores, the punks and the addicts, the zealots of narrow mind and clandestine racism, the ego engorgers and their insatiable appetites. Understand the pitiful hordes of homeless and hold empathy for them, and good will.
This is life, a glorious garden of blooming discoveries. Full of disintegration. Full of new growth.
Yet we all should examine our baggage cart now and then, and see if we should consider a clean start on some of these issues. In history, we have been lied to at every turn. It continues daily, all over the news and all over the ridiculous scenarios of the advertising industry.
It’s time we turned to our inner authorities to show us the real truths of life. We are more than happy shoppers. We are more than rubes or demagogues.
Our inner spirit never fails to accurately appraise the situation and urge us in the right direction. Often we aren’t listening. We should withdraw, be quiet and give full attention to our Universal God. Then everything else will go away for you to hear from your Father.
The practice of Stillness in the quiet time of devotion where meditation meets God.
SIDES
We and they.
That’s us and them.
My heart’s astray
Over divisive hymns
Pundits of prickery
Sages of trickery
Tell me lies
That twist all history
Puking their sanctimony
Grinding their axes
Upon all decency.
We and they
Can have our say
Noise in air
Ideas as snares
Twisting simplicity away.
They speak out on facades
Sentences like rods
While we stew as listeners
Truth and lie christeners
Reality fades.
We and they
And them in between
Habits to wean
Dulling the sheen
Very paradoxically.
The goal to embrace
The human race
All in one place
Seamless, joyfully
Separation being the atrocity
We and they
According to plan
Evolve yourself
Burn your brand
The fire of breath
A mind of stealth
Take your place
As a grain of sand
Shining multitudes
Here at hand.
Us, them, divisive speech
Shrieking at us as they preach
Their pointless pride
arrogant stride
Too noisy for me to reach.
We together could
Make a difference
If we relegate beliefs to added reference.
Listen to our hearts
That speak within
Safe, secure from frantic din.
Love light is your inner kin.
Your very essence.