| It must be said, I did very little wandering on the | | | | yet another Message of No-thing out there. In the |
| short Journey to Nowhere. The first few months | | | | short time I have begun to share, the claims of the |
| revealed only a sliver of the chaotic confusion that is | | | | fantastic are what makes the 'headlines' and the |
| rampant in today's spiritual marketplace. It was | | | | mystical phenomena seem to lead the show. I can |
| enough to have me ready to head for the highest | | | | certainly understand the lure and excitement, but I |
| peaks of oblivion in order to escape the often | | | | also know its a dead end that leads nowhere, save |
| contradictory and far fetched allegations of truth in all | | | | to more and more vortices; none of which will reveal |
| its diverse and strange packages. Once I found a | | | | the Simple Truth of the matter. |
| Teacher that seemed about as ordinary as this Path | | | | I was sharing the spectacular drama with another |
| would allow, and that also sang sweetly to the Heart, | | | | friend, which also has Understanding of Nothing, and |
| I settled down and refused to look to any other | | | | we proceeded to laugh and silently weep at the |
| teaching or teacher for fear I would end up | | | | absurdity and labyrinth of the pathless paths. We |
| manifesting jewels on the roadside and selling them | | | | were discussing the attraction to phenomena and all |
| for money. Granted, it was also pure Grace that such | | | | things mystical. There are thousands upon thousands |
| a Teacher was found and for this I have nothing | | | | of such stories which include manifesting gold, floating |
| more than Gratitude to give back to the Universe | | | | on air, out of body experiences, telepathy, ESP and |
| and its mysterious ways. | | | | on and on. I said to him, "Yes, its the fantastical |
| It was only through the stories from students that | | | | claims that gather attention. Jesus may well have |
| would wander in to share their wild spiritual tales that | | | | walked on water; I don't know. But that has nothing |
| I was aware the spiritual bazaar was even more | | | | to do with This [Truth]." |
| bizarre than initially suspected. After No-thing | | | | Jesus. A real stand up guy. Surely, if we are to |
| happened and All was Understood, I still managed to | | | | believe the writings of his mission, we can certainly |
| stay away from the 'scene', giving back to the | | | | agree that he was a man of True Wisdom and most |
| Universe with the few students my Teacher leads | | | | certainly Understood That from which ALL is born. |
| and only occasionally sneaking a peek at various | | | | However, the claims of his supernatural abilities would, |
| teacher's writings, videos and sites. Some of these | | | | I'm sure, send the man to go and turn over the |
| teachers were not teachers - - but wolves dressed | | | | bookshelves and bring down the roofs of those |
| up in sheep's clothing. Unfortunately, there are many | | | | wishing to capitalize, profit and duplicate those |
| who would attempt to fool themselves and any that | | | | mysteries. He would most likely scream from Moses' |
| will listen. This is normal - - it happens not only in the | | | | mountaintop: "My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom... |
| spiritual world, so to speak, but in all avenues of | | | | My Kingdom is not of this world!" |
| humanity: politicians pretending to be righteous; | | | | Phenomena, dear friends, is just another |
| managers pretending to be capable; husbands and | | | | manifestation of the Universe. God, Truth or your |
| wives pretending to love. It's the way of human | | | | True Nature rises above it ALL. What will you find in |
| nature, really. | | | | a vortex? Another vortex. What will you gain from |
| There were also Teachers that share this Simplicity | | | | manifesting gold? I guess you could buy something |
| as Simply as they can. This was and is always a joy | | | | tangible with it. What will you achieve from floating |
| to behold. There aren't talks of crystals, vortices, | | | | out of body? You could explore more of the subtle |
| levels to ascend, phenomena to manifest, gods to | | | | realms of the Universe, I suppose. But none of |
| chase, demons to avoid, portals to cross through or | | | | these, not a single one, are TRUTH. |
| majestic feats to accomplish. The Message is simply | | | | There is so much wandering, so much chaos and |
| to stop. Stop moving, stop chasing, stop recreating, | | | | confusion, so much suffering in Spirituality - - and |
| stop manifesting, stop accumulating, stop avoiding, | | | | none of it, not a single piece of it, is needed or |
| stop gathering, stop talking, stop searching, stop, | | | | necessary. If someone says you need to ascend to |
| stop,stop. However, this Message doesn't seem to | | | | something, run! If someone tell you that you need to |
| satisfy most of the spiritual community, who | | | | be able to leave your body, hit the ground running! If |
| eventually bore of the simple rhetoric. Instead, they | | | | someone says manifesting is a sign of spiritual |
| are distracted by the hopes of 'changing the world', | | | | progress, wish them well and run! If someone says |
| 'creating a bigger and better me', becoming 'more | | | | you must pay exorbitant amounts of money weekly, |
| spiritual' or 'ascending to the 9th dimension in Portal | | | | bi-weekly or monthly to have access to wisdom or |
| 56'. It would be sad if it weren't so funny; it would | | | | to show commitment to your spiritual progress, run! |
| also be funny if it weren't so sad. | | | | Truth won't be found in the world; It gives rise to |
| For whatever reason, the Universe has decided it's | | | | the world. Be in the world, but not of it. |
| time to once again brave the 'marketplace' to put | | | | |