Lesson from Djwhal Khul August 2009

Plane-to-Plane Memorandum
To: My Beloved Students
From: Master Djwhal Khul
Subject:

August 2009 Lesson
Date: July 27, 2009

Beloved Students:

Greetings, and wondrous blessings to each of you as we begin the month of August. May your summer experiences continue to provide you with countless good things, and may you enjoy the summer months of 2009 immensely. I hope each of you has been considering carefully all of our previews of various aspects of balance. I also hope all of you are finding ways to enhance your own personal levels of balance, as well. May you continue to grow in peace and equanimity throughout the coming months.

In our recorded lesson for this month, Balancing Karma and Emptiness, we are carefully exploring the conventional reality and attempting to add at least one new way of observing it. Indeed, I hope this lesson strikes a note with each of you that will aid you in cutting through the illusions of the physical plane.

As you know, our 2009 annual Peace Convocation will be here soon. You can expect another (hopefully profound) look at the power that attaining balance has in the enlightenment process. While I have not spoken directly to this matter, it should be obvious from many of the affirmations provided in the daily thoughts, that balance is unequivocally tied to realizing enlightenment.

Of course, we will be exploring this facet in depth at our Convocation, and I am hopeful that we will have a strong field of potentiality in which to progress. To prepare yourselves for this work, I would suggest that each of you begin making the link between what we might call “supreme balance,” and enlightenment. Indeed, they are powerfully locked together, for none can achieve one without the presence of the other.

In our Convocation, we will also be looking at the ever-present influence of confusion, since such is the general state of those locked in the realm of samsara, and because it is necessary to recognize the level of con-fusion in one’s own life if spiritual liberation is to be attained. Of course, it should go without saying that I hope each of you is diligently working for the liberation of all sentient beings, including yourself, of course, and that our time at Convocation will be especially meaningful to each of you this year.

As you will note in our recorded lesson for this month, quite a bit of attention is given to the conventional reality with the idea of helping each of you trust your own intelligence as regards all that you are hearing about the current economic situation. I want to urge each of you to throw off the trance of believing that you are not sophisticated enough to fully understand what is going on. While there are, of course, multiple opinions being put forth (each with great authority), I challenge all of you to carefully observe the situations that arise before you. Then, make your own decisions as to what is actually taking place. While it is tempting to simply believe that the economy is “in the tank,” I think it wiser to use your native intelligence and decide, based on your direct experience, what you will hold as “true.”

Just in case any of you have missed it, I’m issuing a wake-up call to all of you. In critical times, it is very tempting to slip into one kind of trance or another, which renders one unable to see the true state of anything, let alone draw upon the wisdom to proactively chart one’s own course through the maelstrom. However, most of you know me well enough to know that I truly want each of you to take your power in all moments, but particularly those wherein you might be tempted to fall into a cozy (or so it may feel) trance state. Simply stated, you are all capable of more than that, and I am here, conveniently enough, to remind you of that truth.

As you listen to the lecture for this month, I hope it will be quite clear that something is expected of you at this time. I say this not to complicate any of your already notoriously complicated lives, but to remind you that there are reasons why you happen to be occupying space upon the planet at the current time. These are great times for developing (and deepening) your mudita, metta, karuna and upekkha. In trying times, you will discover that the pressures which appear to arise from the world around you, or the conventional reality, are the very forces needed to launch you forward in these spiritual qualities.

What are the hidden potentials within the events and occurrences arising to greet you at the present time? What do you think the great lessons are for the mass of humanity now inhabiting the planet? How will the planetary process be different for the fact that you, and many others, are now facing these lessons? As you have probably noticed by now, these are the times in which to ask the difficult questions, and if you do not ask them, who will seed the planetary consciousness?
Indeed, for your life to attain some precious meaning (over and above the space of your years), you must en-gage questioning mind in order to grasp the full scope of the meaning you are capable of creating. You see, a meaningful life is not a matter of destiny so much as a matter of creation. Each person must come to realize that s/he is the creator of whatever meaning will be established in his/her own life. While this may seem obvious, I challenge each of you to consider the matter deeply, and then use your intelligence and your creative intent to build, or construct, the meaning you want to set forth in your life.

To accomplish this, you will need to scrutinize your self-reflections on your life. You will need to discover clearly just what the blocks are to your seeing through the veils of illusion that confront you. After all, your own karmic projections are part of the mass illusion, whether or not you have fully realized it by this point. Analyze carefully just why it is that your own mind persists in its dualistic preoccupations, ignoring the fact that all beings are manifestations of the divine force that holds the universe together.

Of course, we have been working on expanding your capacity for upekkha for the previous seven months. I would like to suggest that each of you use the questions above (or similar ones) to consider the depth of your upekkha, or equanimity. It is always the perfect moment to deepen upekkha, and there is never a time when it is not needed, both for your own growth and enlightenment, and for the healing of the planet, as well. Who, after all, is in charge of your spiritual development? Who is in charge of directing your mind into Essence? None can want your own fulfillment more than you.

How expansive, and expressive, is your mudita (sympathetic joy) these days? Are you happy with those who are doing well, or is it easier for you to fall into negative thinking and talking with those who are having a hard time. This latter state will invite some of the difficulties you witness in the lives of others into your own life. Rather than falling into the trance of hardship, difficulty and poverty, why not simply invest great amounts of metta (loving kindness) into the lives of all with whom you share your existence? That certainly beats the trance of hardship and poverty.

This is an excellent time to spread the energy of karuna, (compassion) among all sentient beings. For those who are suffering more than you, offer compassion in the journey they are taking. They, too, fall prey to the karmic bakchaks they have carried, and focusing on compassion prevents your mind from falling into dire straights, or opting for a trance that may take tremendous energy to break. It is important to continually think in terms such as these in order to keep your mind pointed in the correct direction of your enlightenment. I realize this sounds like an arduous task, and to some extent, it actually is. However, it is highly important that you awaken from the trances that confine you in one sleep state or another.

It is important to remember that no matter how difficult the times may be, you are held in beauty and grace. It is important that you actually look for the beauty and grace, because if you cannot see their presence flowing through your life, then you miss the benefits these energies provide. Of course, these are both qualities of your true nature, so even if you have not as yet observed the creative manifestation of them in your daily life, it is important that you act as if you are highly aware of their continued creative presence.

Frankly, the conventional reality is likely to appear a bit confusing for a while. Yet, nothing forces you to be a part of that confusion. You possess your intellect, the vast experiential presence of your collective lives of learning, and you have the ability to stay awake and observe the situations you experience. Use these precious mental qualities. In so doing, you actually strengthen them, and that is, of course, desirable. But further, when you actually reject those old familiar trances that arise to keep you asleep, you empower yourself immeasurably.

You have it within you to realize your enlightenment, and perhaps this is the time you will do so. In truth, most of the great ones who realized their fully awakened states did so in circumstances that they regarded as difficult. Of course, when the mind opens to see the true nature of everything, all of your predecessors could see there was much more going on than the misery they suspected prior to awakening.

I do hope all of you find the type of learning that is now greeting you to be stimulating and in some way, wonderful. While the ego mind may have its moments of stubbornness, try to have a sense of humor at all it uses to dissuade you on your path. Above all, do not let its continual quest for sleep hinder the brilliance of your perfect mind. Even if you have not as yet discovered its luminous quality, I can assure you, its radiant nature is simply disguised by one illusion or another. Cut through; let that cutting through be the reason for your joy and the enthusiasm you offer all other sentient beings!

Your loving Teacher,

Djwhal Khul