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Those of you who pay any attention to the media tabloids would be well aware of the vast array of articles on the topic of sexual offences.

Although it is constant and common to hear of these issues in our society it is very rare for us to take a closer or deeper look at why we see so many issues of perversion, violation and obsession.

Fundamental to all human issues is the inherent lack of understanding of our true self. In this undeveloped and ignorant state we are sorely lacking in social education that helps us grow from youth to adulthood with a deep sense of awareness, integrity and wholeness.

Our indigenous cultures called this rites of passage. It helped every child become acquainted with themselves and with life – exploring all of the wonders, powers and limitations of what it means to be human in every way – and most significantly, in a sacred way. These passages involved a process of cultivating profound respect for our self, each other and life. It allowed each child to embrace themselves first as a child of creation, then as an integral part of a working whole – within family and nature, then as a being of beauty, then as a responsible and valued person, then as a sexual being, then as a creative being, then as a nurturing adult, then as a keeper of wisdom with the responsibility to pass on these sacred ethics. And more specific to sexual development, it was honoured and regarded as something sacred, natural, powerful and beautiful. It was embraced within the holistic framework of what it means to be human. Each person had a deep and fundamental understanding that simply, as a human being they are worthy, beautiful, valuable and powerful.

Our modern society teaches us from the very early stages of development that sex is our most powerful and important quality. If you are sexy you are happy. If you are sexy you get what you want. If you are sexy you will succeed. If you are sexy you are valuable. It’s in our advertising every where, every day. It’s in our music. It’s in our fashion. It’s in our art, our sport and entertainment. It’s everywhere we turn. We have sexualized our humanness. And even more sadly, if you look at our children’s clothing, advertising, music and toys – you see it there too. At a sub-conscious level it drives our most powerful emotions and needs. Yet we are also taught overtly and subtly – that sex is bad, a taboo, something to be ashamed of. These two opposing messages are continuously vying for a position and in the middle is the unaware child, a fragile being absorbing the profound struggle of this contradiction. So is it any wonder as adults our society is sexually disturbed?

I am not suggesting that we can go back to indigenous living. I am suggesting that we need to find a way to renew our developmental experience. And for that we can draw upon the wisdom of our natural cultures. We need to cultivate a way for our children and society to re-unite with the sacredness of being human. Our children and people of the earth need to, once again, feel and know their true nature. We need to share in the power, the purpose and value of what it means to simply be human. We need to cultivate a life of sacred awareness. And we need to give it to our children NOW.

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First of all I would like to acknowledge all of the people who read the blogs. It is wonderful to hear of your own experiences and the passion with which you are all seeking to understand truth in your self. Please feel free to continue sharing and asking questions by sending an email. Although I may not get to all of them – you might find your own question appearing in a blog.

Daniel from Germany asked:

What exactly is Awakening?

Firstly, Awakening has no exact definition. This is because Awakening is about a process of shifting from the unconscious states of the ego driven identity to a conscious and experiencing state of Self as the eternal awareness and Oneness of all life. It is also because it is a state in which we transcend definition and become pure being.
In the ego driven state a person experiences life dominantly through the constructed identity and perception of being separate from others, life and God (the ALL – source and creator being of life). The individual believes in themselves as an actual personality – a ‘somebody’ defined by their body and events of their life. In this state it is the logical left brain activity that is dominant. Life is experienced in dualistic terms: up down, right wrong, me you etc. Consequently, life is constantly defined and labeled. It is believed that life really is what the mind has defined. The individual lives under the illusion of the mind, totally unaware that they are directed by a great big load of stories! This plays out through subconscious and unconscious feedback loops  Hence a person’s life feels like a constant swing between good and bad moments of pleasure and pain. Life is very conditional on circumstances. A person’s happiness is dependent on the circumstances and events of their life. And the person lives in the fog of the mind’s illusion, disconnected from the centred state of the NOW.
Awakening occurs through an ongoing process that integrates over many stages. During this process a person begins to experience direct states of awareness in which there is a remembering – a reconnection with knowing the true Self as eternal awareness and being. Through various direct activities and experiences (such as meditation) the right brain becomes more active. A gradual state of entrainment between the right and left hemispheres results in deeper and higher conscious activity. The mind becomes very still. There is a deep centredness in the moment of the NOW and the individual enters a state free of the mind’s stories and projections. In this it is directly experienced and realized that this Self is vastly beyond the body-mind of the ‘individual’. This Self is infinite and at One with all things. This Self is both the One which is undifferentiated and the manifestation of every unique expression in the universe. It is like a veil is lifted and life is seen in its full glory. All questions fall away, and along with it, the belief in a constructed identity: a ‘somebody’. In this state a profound sense of liberation occurs – there is a realization of the perfection of all things in all moments as being the One Self. Happiness becomes a constant – a realization that the Self is always freedom, peace and love. The person is free of conditional attachments or aversions.

Awakening occurs in so many varying degrees. It is most common that people experience ‘Satoris’. These are moments that can last a second or a few minutes, hours, days or weeks (sometimes even months)– before the person subsides again into the thinking mind of duality. This ‘rise and fall’ in and out of awareness can repeat itself many times – even over lifetimes before there is a sustained integration in which there is no longer a shift from the state of ever present awareness.
When we reach a saturated state of integration we become the living, radiant, constant state of Oneness, awareness and LOVE. We simply enter the beingness of life itself – the play and process of consciousness in the ever-present NOW.

May your journey of awakening continue with innocent delight and wonder.

Love and Blessings,

Isira.

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Well with Christmas coming around again it’s that time of year when everyone starts wondering what gifts to buy – or what gifts they want.

Perhaps it is worth asking then – what is not a gift?

It is as if most people live their life with blinkers on. And, those blinkers seem to be very conditional.

The first condition of those blinkers is the belief that we are all separate, that the self is separate from God; from life.

The second condition is that (given everything is separate) life is seen as a struggle between good and bad; the desirable and the detested.

But if we take off those blinkers we come to see the truth. There IS ONE existence – of which we are all individuated aspects. And instead of a dualistic reaction we see that (as everything is a part of our ONE Self) everything we experience IS our creation. EVERY THING.

We also see how profoundly perfect and intelligent every single thing is: that the universe is an entire intelligent collaboration and that every single thing, every event, every moment is integral to this collaboration.

This means that everything is of purpose. AND that EVERYTHING is actually a GIFT. Every moment is placed before us, by us in order to fulfill our self through life as a process, expression and experience. In this way, everything we encounter is part of this field of context. And, it is up to us as to how we respond (or more commonly react!) to this.

If we continue meeting it with blinkers on we approach it with a prejudiced mind. We judge some things as good (a gift) and some things as bad (a punishment). We spend a lot of time rejecting a lot of things. This creates a life full of resentments. And, it makes it impossible for us to gain anything from whatever was placed before us.
When we push something away we are pushing away a part of our self. Consequently, we continue to feel as if we are somehow less than whole.

When the blinkers are removed we begin to embrace everything as it is. We begin to embrace EVERY aspect of our self. We yield with our self through each moment. As we do we are able to receive the true purpose of each moment. And, through this, we are able to know and discover our true self. Then we are able to express and give our true self to life – we fulfill our very purpose of existing!

So how do we begin to take off the blinkers?

Say THANK YOU. Yes. Thank you!

Start saying thank you to every moment, to everything. Try saying thank you to the person you see as your enemy, or as your grit in life. Of course, start saying this quietly inside your heart first and you will definitely transform your self and the energy through which you are able to meet this person. You will begin to see the gift they really are!
Try saying thank you for the circumstances and events of your life that you resent. As you say thank you, you may begin to see why YOU created the situation. You will come to see that it is a gift to your self – to experience, to discover, to grow and to express… LOVE.
Try saying thank you to every single moment. Not only will it connect you with everything, it will open your eyes to the perfection of everything… and keep you engaged in the moment. You will feel truly, deeply present, connected with life. You will feel whole. You will feel LOVE. And that is the gift of life, in everything.

That means you don’t need to wait for one day out of the year to feel like all of your Christmas’s have come at once!

Blessings,

And enjoy the ever present delivery of life’s gifts,

LOVE,
Isira.

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All of us have been watching our world shaking and trembling under the tyranny of unconscious egoic measures and the weight of a few corrupt leaders. Perhaps now we are being shaken into awakefulness. It seems that, not only are we recognizing the need to wake up and to change our views but that we, the people, need to command leadership that truly represents a broader vision and common ground for a world of greater harmony and equality.
We have watched our world leaders with a sense of growing trepidation. But perhaps that trepidation has demanded we call on a new leadership: a leadership that is worthy of our investment. The latest events in America, following the election of Barak Obama, are a true reflection of a turning tide. But it is a tide that is only at its most fragile beginnings.

Why? Because as Barak Obama himself said – we are all needed to make the change, for the work to be done. Ultimately the growing concern of our global crisis is not a matter that rests just on the hope of one new leader, or even a collective of new leaders. Rather it is a question of leadership.
Yet who or what is to truly lead us in the right direction?
We are the people of the world……yet are we conscious of what is happening around us every day? Are we conscious of our actions? Are we conscious of their effect? Conscious of our world heading toward an abyss?  Conscious of the imbalances of this world growing from one day to the next?
It has been said we are the custodians of earth and all of its creatures. But what kind of a world are we leaving to future generations of humankind – and how will they reflect on us? Will they reflect that we were the generation who still had the chance to stop the destruction of our planet and each other? That we failed to awaken? Failed to act? Failed to lead a better life? Will WE (each one of us) leave it still in the hands of the illusive unconscious ‘them’?
That we dominantly view each other as separate entities only continues to drive our divisive behaviours, our violations and our lack of responsibility towards each other and the environment. To continue to place the responsibility outside of ourselves, upon one individual or a small number of individuals will be like trying to steer a wild plane to safe landing whilst only looking through a couple of  pinpricks. Every one of us must open our eyes and take responsibility.
Until now the ego has been the source of our temporal pleasure and pain. We have placed the blame outside of ourself. And all the while the ego has been the dominant leader. We have given it so much power and authority that we have looked to it for the answers to even our most important problems. Yet the true answers we seek can only come from our deeper conscious awareness.
Awakened consciousness is our true leader.
In conscious awareness we are no longer separate individuals, but a collective, interconnected whole. And with this awareness we are all empowered with what is needed to lead our own part – responsibly, and with love.
With this awakening we unveil our true capacity and the colours of human greatness: compassion; loving-kindness, equal rights, respect, and constructive change for growth. We uncover our largely untapped potential for true hope, courage, transcendence and higher vision even when faced with the greatest adversities. Underneath our fears lie our one common voice and our true governing and unifying spirit.
I see that we are now faced with a choice: love or fear. We must make a conscious shift – from our unconscious behaviours to awakened awareness. We must awaken humanity, and in so doing place the duty of leadership in the heart of consciousness. The only way to change the world for the better is by lifting up the consciousness and the heart of all people. When critical mass is achieved more politicians will have to follow and the businessmen will then follow. That is when real change will begin.
‘Consciousness’ is the key word – and the only one that really matters. Let us become conscious of our responsibility toward the future of humanity and earth. Let us indeed save the future of humanity – of ourselves and the world we share. It is the simple power, the living essence of consciousness in every one of us that will change our world for the better. It is this, which is the foundation of true strength that will raise us up and lead us to a better world.

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To experience the truth of life fully – the multi-dimensional, we must be utterly transparent and unattached to definition and explanations. We must be surrendered to the unknown, the unexplainable. It is only here that we can see the wonderful truth of all things in every moment. In this aliveness is a wonder that is met, that is touched, yet remains totally unexplainable AND is totally satisfying! We release our self from a life burdened with disappointments, because we have no mind expectations of what ‘should’ and ‘should not’ be.

Expectations arise from explanations. The moment we explain and say – ‘this’ is the truth, ‘that’ is the path of truth, we are full of expectation – the expectation that this ‘truth’ will deliver us with all that is needed to solve every problem of life. And the moment multi-dimensional life/existence does not conform to our uni-dimensional mind’s expectations we are disappointed. We even fight to uphold our ‘true’ path which is the ‘right’ one against other peoples ‘false’ paths! We are tied to our own mind’s misery, our mentally created problems. Why do we need to impose our mind upon the wonder of existence? Why not allow life to have its dance, its song, without any explanations or expectations?

Existence/Truth is a tremendously beautiful mystery. Life itself IS Truth. And so too, Truth is a mystery. The mystery of it all IS its beauty, its joy, its wonder and delight. Mistakenly we have thought that because existence is a mystery we have needed to solve it or explain it. But really the mystery can only be lived and experienced. The moment we even begin to say “ah – this is what ‘it’ truly is”, we put a dull cloak around it and the beauty vanishes before our eyes. The moment one even starts to explain this existence one is no longer being the experience. One is half dead. What all of us are really seeking is to be fully alive – to be utterly present, at-one with the mystery – to experience it so deeply that we never miss a thing!

To experience the wonderful endless Truth of Life as it is, in its purity, we are to be fluid like the river. We are to be as light as a feather and as colourful as a rainbow. We are to be the joy of children laughing, the song of birds in the morning and the freedom of the clouds in the evening. And instead of needing explanations or solutions, or the ‘right path to Truth’ we require only one thing to see and know Truth as it is: an open heart of conscious presence, living in the now. As this open heart of conscious presence, living in the now, we live what we are seeking. We are fully alive – completely at-one with the mystery – experiencing so deeply that we feel the radiant truth of every moment. Then we are no longer on a path TO Truth, we are the living life that IS already Truth. This is the essence of what all the sages have been meaning…

I AM the way, the Truth and the life.

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The quest for the true meaning of life is as old as humanity. Throughout the ages we have been driven by a deep yearning to know and understand what life is really about. We have asked: What is THE Truth? What is the True nature of life? Why am I here? What is my purpose? What does all this REALLY mean? What is my True path?

All of these questions are driven by the mind trying to explain or define something. The mind’s very motion is linear and assessment oriented. The reality is that Truth, as we experience it, is both ever-changing and constant, something which cannot be explained or defined! It is alive in the ever transient dance of life – never the same from one moment to the next, and in the constant presence – the source of life itself in which all things are drawn from and moving – that which is eternal and can never be named.

Yet because humanity is so conditioned to explain things we are constantly focusing on this attempt to define and to make reality/God/Truth known. We have become obsessed with this quest – looking for the ‘right’ answer or the ‘right’ path. We are so driven by the fear of ‘not knowing’ that ironically ‘our path to truth’ becomes a mechanism in itself to protect us or to solve the ‘not knowing.’ As long as we are attempting to follow the ‘right path’ to truth we are following a line in the map of the mind – referenced by the past and trying to live in the future. Truth, conceived of through references of past and future is the language of the mind – and the mind creates problems. All the problems that humanity is burdened with are the mind’s inventions. They are not reality itself.

In our mind’s quest to know the true meaning of life or define a path to Truth we are always looking from a certain standpoint and determining aspects. The tendency of the mind is to proclaim its aspect as the whole truth. Yet the moment this one aspect is claimed as the whole, the very connection with true life is lost. One’s life becomes a little dull bubble; it becomes encased in a fragile thin line that will burst under the slightest pressure. And once the bubble has burst our mind clings onto the next ‘new aspect’ which is just as fragile and just as disconnected from the whole of life. We are missing the dance of the whole. Consequently our life feels very poor and miserable because every aspect, at the most, can only ever be one-dimensional, whilst the true nature of life itself is multi-dimensional. 

Isira is a being of Divine Love, who lives and radiates Presence. She is here to raise the level of consciousness globally and enable all people to live in Presence in all that they do so that they impact the earth and humanity positively. As one of the modern world’s spiritual masters Isira has been teaching meditation and inspiring self-realisation for over 20 years. She is a global peace ambassador whose work is inter-faith, inter-cultural and inter-spirit. Her inspiring teachings unify science, religion, social/cultural differences, and personal development – in the context of peace within the collective whole. Her core teaching, The Presence, is a living meditation, enabling us to experience and access the power of true presence within.  Isira delivers teachings regularly in Australia and overseas. Next program is 23-24 Feb in Sydney

Final part of this article forthcoming 14-Feb-08

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