Lesson from Djwhal Khul July 2009 Lesson

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

July 2009 Lesson
Date: June 29, 2009

Beloved Students:

Greetings, blessings and the recognition of all things beautiful to each of you as we enter a new month, July, 2009. Those of you who hail from the U.S. will certainly recall that July is the month of liberation – well, at least for your national ego. In July teachings for a number of years, I have held out the opportunity for each of you to use the energy (which is quite strong in the U.S.) to enter the field of liberation at a personal level, as well. Thus, I hope you will bear in mind previous teachings as we focus on the teaching for July of this year.

In considering how to put together our focus for July of 2009, several considerations came to mind. First of all, liberation is truly “at hand” when one’s inner and outer worlds are completely congruent. When all the parts of your being actually are as they appear to be, there is profound freedom from the tyranny of appearances, be they instigated from within or without. This freedom, when realized, accounts for the great and luminous presence experienced when in the presence of spiritual giants. But further, it allows for a softening of the ego, which in turn opens the heart.

Secondly, if I were asked to select a single focus as an example of supreme balance, it would be the synchronization of inner and outer “realities.” Through my own experiences, and through watching the experiences of my students, I can assure you that attaining this level of balance is truly inclusive of all others, even the provocative relationship, and somewhat precarious balancing, of masculine and feminine energies. Of course, one must first see all those abundantly diverse forces for imbalance (as well as their seemingly infinite strata) that operate in the conventional reality before one can cut through their tremendous impact. In the working out of this kind of seeking, multiple realizations of liberation open along the way to the Realization of Liberation.

Thirdly, I have noticed that a number of you who were on our last teleconference have had significant shifts in both your awareness regarding inner and outer synchronization, and in your practical application of the same. Hence, l have decided to use the recorded version of that lecture for the July monthly teaching. Additionally, since only about half of those who subscribe to the Teaching-of-the-Month were actually on that conference call, I wanted to make the lecture available to the entire group of our subscribers to this service. Indeed, it has been rewarding for me to watch the internal response of so many who were on that call, particularly those who are new to our collective service through focused study.

Thus, please join me this month in listening to Balancing Inner and Outer Worlds, the recorded lecture for the last teleconference. This lecture is critical to our 2009 work on balance and equanimity. I believe that even those of you who were on the teleconference will still find plenty to harvest from revisiting this lecture. I am hopeful that each of you will look even more deeply into the rich and compelling dawning of your personal congruency between these “realities.” Most people, of course, have no idea of the relief that is felt when these two very powerful creative realms are unified. When one’s inner and outer realms become congruent, one’s power to manifest is increased markedly, as is one’s capacity for satisfaction and contentment.

Indeed, just what is this illusive “liberation” that spiritual teachers of so many traditions have taught? While terminology may differ from tradition to tradition, and while the parameters for determining the liberated state may vary somewhat, still, when you are around someone who has attained “liberation,” it is palpable to the deeper senses. While there are, of course, many ways to describe the state of mind that liberation brings, all pale in the light of the actual experience. Indeed, it is the realization of this goal to which the aspirant of wisdom charts his/her course. To the one who has realized it, there is no hindrance remaining in life that can tarnish the mind that has been freed.

You, perhaps like many others, may be wondering just what one is freed from in the course of realizing liberation. Well, you could say one is freed from the tyranny of ego mind, with its continual complaining, demanding and overt manipulation. But you could just as well say that the freedom gained is from the domination of samsara, or the destructive influences of those trapped in samsara. Of course, both the ego and the world of samsara are busily trying to convince you that you are not under any kind of control outside yourself. While this is true in the deepest sense, it certainly does not appear to be true in the inner space of the mind.

Have you ever asked yourself what it might be like to awaken each morning to a mind space that is completely at peace with itself, the Divine and the conventional reality? The world would be the world, and you would note that its being just as it is has nothing to do with who you are, nor how you might choose to live on any given day. The physical beauty, or the apparent nature, of everything in the world would inspire you as you search out the true nature of everything. Life would quite likely be different for you than you now experience, although trying to say how it might be different is probably an exercise in one type of illusion or another. After all, deciding how it might appear before it actually appears would likely close the doors to certain possibilities for being and seeing.

However, there are certain things we could say about the liberated state that are both true and uncompromising of any future experience. For example, I think it is safe to say that your liberated heart would be utterly full with the continually arising beauty that is trying to reveal itself in every moment. Having cut through illusion in your own mind and life, you would witness others breaking the bondage of their particular illusions, and you would take such joy (inexpressible joy, in fact) in being so fortunate as to witness the miracle of consciousness expanding.

The petty complaints about your own life will have been dissolved in a sea of gratitude for the profound wonder of life in all the many levels through which Consciousness expresses and partakes of Itself. You would savor the preciousness of physical form, and you would celebrate the dance of emptiness and karma in all its manifestations, as well as that of form and emptiness. You would allow for the presence of illusion at every turn, and marvel at the power of its ability to replicate itself again and again, generation after generation.

You would also be aware of the many opportunities that arise for cutting through the illusions and delusions that afflict all beings with whom you share this planet. You would be saddened by the many opportunities missed by most people. You would see how hard they strive to overcome limiting patterns, but also see how they then march headlong into them, being both aware that change is possible while also believing that the change they seek is quite impossible for them. You would hold this paradox (and many others) in your heart as a precious and lovely quality to the human condition.

You would want to see the eradication of pain and suffering from all levels of consciousness, and you would feel a compelling urge to change everything that lay within your power to change. However, you would also see that to do this, it would be necessary to change the way others perceive their world and relate to it. This, you would note, is impossible, and you would simply love them all the more for their confused attempts to master their own karma. You would not only see the inner place where they “live,” you would see just how they prevent themselves from living (being) in any other mind state. There are always reasons why people are where they are in life, and you would realize there is wisdom in the way their own karma is playing out, even it painful for them. With that realization, you would be able to see the perfection of that karma, and a profound respect would arise for the creative process (even if is seems more like blindness) that brought it all forth. Your sensitive, intelligent heart would feel as if it were about to burst open with love and compassion.

Some people believe that achieving spiritual liberation is merely a means to inhibiting their own pain. In other words, they see the enlightenment process as something they do for themselves. While there is, of course, personal benefit to attaining liberation, to hold such as the primary cause is managing to miss the point. Of course, there are a few who achieve liberation purely as a personal accomplishment, without being particularly concerned about others. However, while this may be possible from a mental standpoint, without the compassion of a bodhisattva, the heart does not fully mature into the heart of a Buddha.

I would like to suggest that instead of celebrating your liberation this year with noisy explosions from various incendiary toys (which have been known to start wild fires and harm people – particularly children), you might want to spend the day in silence, contemplating balance between your inner and outer worlds. Make a list of the areas that you see needing attention now, in order that they may not become obstacles later as you move forward toward realizing your own liberation. Where does it seem the most difficult to bring your worlds into absolute congruency? Next, investigate why such might be so for you. Call yourself to the highest standards for personal transparency, and learn to enjoy lessening the weight of the karmic baggage you now carry.

Know that the contributions you make in elevating your own thoughts, words and actions is a great gift for the planet at this time. It may seem like all the internal work is overbearing at times, but remember, you are taking the internal workshop of the mind. Even if there is none around to stroke your ego for all your hard work, still, your gift to the planet and Her process is immeasurable. Thus, keep on keeping on!

Your loving Teacher,

Djwhal Khul