The following post should be read in bite sized chunks to fully grasp the implication of it’s meaning. I also encourage reading this post several times to have the concepts really sink in.

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The Game

What if you knew all there was to know and you only knew it as pure thought energy? What if your very existence was nothing more than thought energy? You couldn’t feel anything, you could only think (and speculate) about your existence.  How would you come to know yourself completely, as thoughts and feelings?

Well, if you were omnipotent thought energy you could invent an “Eternal Game” where part of you became the physical world (the realm of the relative) as the created and the creator. “The All in All“.

What if you forgot on purpose (as one of the rules of your game) you did that, the  design of which was to remember (through a process of creation and re-creation of yourself) who and what you really are?  How would you remember?

One way to accomplish this, is to invent a game where the only purpose of the game was to remember who you are, through direct experience (to feel, what you already think). To accomplish this task, one would need a mechanism in which to do this, this is the reason for the S.O.U.L. ~o)

Critical to the understanding of this writing, the following distinction must be understood. Life (capital L, synonymous with source energy ) is the all in all, the beginning and the end,  all there is, the alpha and the omega.  “life” (lowercase l) is animated tissue, plants, animals and humans or anything with a DNA based structure.  Source Energy uses a S.O.U.L. to experience itself  as individual projections of itself. Said another way, the soul is the mechanism by which source energy gets to experience and know itself in the physical (the self, becoming aware of the self), or said another way… Source Energy becoming aware of Source Energy, through the process of life.

Mind Body and Spirit.

One could say that life shows up for us (gets experienced by us) in two ways, as a presence (a feeling) or as a concept (a thought). The notion that sometimes bakes my noddle is this: Not only “do” we experience Life, we “are” (serve as) experience itself . We are all messengers and our lives are a “teaching” to everyone around us. We bring a message to Life, as life, about Life. Said another way… we all play a part in the universe becoming aware of itself through direct experience.

What is the soul?

A favorite teacher of mine, (Neale Donald Walsch) has a lecture and writing on the meaning of the SOUL. Neale calls the S.O.U.L. a Singular Outflow of Universal Life. I differ slightly from my teachers acronym. I prefer to call the soul a Single Occurrence of Unique life. I believe it goes further in drawing a line of distinction between Life (capitol L) and life (lower case l) for the purpose of being able to accurately relate to both terms in a way that is less confusing.

I personally feel, to have altered the next passage in any way would take away from its clarity and simplicity. If you connect with any part of what Neale is saying here, I would strongly encourage buying his book. A link will be provided at the end. So, without further adieu here you have it, straight from the teacher word for word.

What is the difference between the soul and the spirit, or is there a difference?

“Your soul is the individuation of the divine spirit ( said another way… it is the individuation of Source Energy in the realm of the relative) which is all there is. The soul is universal life energy focused, localized and vibrating at a particular frequency in one specific time in space. Energy vibrating in such a highly specific way is a singular out flow of universal Life. You may abbreviate that in English as S.O.U.L.

The S.O.U.L. uses the rest of itself (that is, it draws upon the energy of universal Life of which it is a part) as one of three tools with which to fashion a particular experience (in the realm of the relative). The energy of universal Life is sometimes called the Spirit, the other tools are the body and the mind.

Your S.O.U.L. is who you are, your body and your mind are what you use to experience who you are, in the realm of the relative. The home of your soul is in the realm of the absolute, where Divine Spirit dwells. Your S.O.U.L. is now living in the realm of the relative, and is on a journey home. When it returns home, it joins once again with the rest of itself. It reunites with Divine Spirit, fusing with it to become one spirit once again. In some Eastern mystical traditions this fusing into one is called Samati. Then, having re-experiencing the bliss of Samati and the ultimate knowing of oneness, the S.O.U.L. emerges once more from the “All” (as a individual projection of the “All” ) controlling and regulating its vibration and transmuting its energy at a localized point on what can be referred to as the space time continuum. It’s most recent journey though this never ending cycle of Divinity experiencing itself, has produced the being that you call You.” [-O<

If you connected with any part of Neale's explanation of the soul, I strongly recommend picking up his book. The book will give you a 360 degree view of this topic. I have provided a link to assist you in this endeavor.

The New Revelations: A Conversation with God A must have!

In conclusion, here is my attempt at describing the term, "The Realm of the Relative."

The realm of the relative is synonymous with 3 dimensional time and space. That is to say, we only know something in the realm of the relative by its relation to something else. We only know the term "back", by its relation to the term "front". We only know the term "up", by its relation to the term "down". We only know the term "left", by its relation to the term "right". A thing has height, only in its relation to its width and breadth. Everything we understand, we understand only by its relation to what we do not understand.

In the realm of the relative, everything is relative to something else.

What does it mean to be self aware?

On a smaller scale we as humans achieve the state of Being we call "self-aware", when our conscious mind enters into a life long dialog with our subconscious mind through a direct channel called the Vegas nerve. (This is the voice in your head that only stops "Being" when YOU stop "Being".) Awareness just happens to be the topic of my next writing.

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By-the-way! I am of the belief that nothing I write is true. My writings are nothing more than the rantings of a pseudo eclectic and are therefore only "my point of view" to be tried on or not, with no more thought than you would try on a coat for functionality in your life.

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From the instant my identity sparked into “Being” at 4 years old, I can distinctly remember having the crystal clear thought’s in that moment in time, “Who am I?” “What am I?” and “What am I doing, right now?” (In the thoughts and vernacular of a four year old.)  And, if those questions weren’t enough to bake the noddle of a 4 year old, they were immediately followed by “Seriously, who am I?” “Seriously, what am I?” and the most important question to me at that time was “Was I even a who or a what before this moment in time?”

Seeking the answer’s to understanding that moment in time became my carrot and stick in life, little did I know, finding the answers would be the booby prize , it was however the beginning of my journey into “Mastering the Moment”.

The first thing there is to understand about mastering the moment, is…there is only the moment, and nothing else. One could say that life is an omni-present, multi-dimensional, ceaselessly flowing field of all possibility. Said another way, life is a series of moments strung together, only experienced in the occurring as a right now phenomenon, period. The concept of linear time is an illusion, a man made mental construct to mark and keep records of our existence. The past never existed, the future hasn’t happened, there is only, right now… and right now… and right now. If you can wrap your head around that, you’ve got a shot at “Mastering the Moment.

“What do you mean, the past never existed? I know it did because I remember it! You’re crazy!”

Really, consider this. In the “occurring” of the past, it was the present. You and I relate to the past as though it were some place we could travel to with our notions of “time travel” and such, the ruthless rules of reality dictate, that simply isn’t true. The past only really exists in the memory of those who experienced the “occurring” event or have some memory of the “story” of the event (and of course in our writings).

“Leonard, this heady stuff is great, but what is the practical application to mastering the moment?”

That heady stuff was to serve as a background of relatedness for you to understand this. You have the power to choose any state of being you wish and all you ever had to do to experience it (in your occurring moments) was to call it forth (to be experienced by you right now).

When we move into any moment, we rarely do so with our state of being determined “ahead of time”. Instead, we wait to see: One, how the moment shows up for us. Two, how others are re-acting to the moment. Then, at the speed of thought, a judgment or assessment dictates “who” we get to “be” in that moment and more important than that, how that moment gets experienced by us.

What if you took the point of view that you were going to determine “who” you were going to “be” before the moment showed up? What if you took the point of view that you were going to be loving, ahead of time? What if you took the point of view that you were going to be excited, ahead of time? Do you think that point of view would alter the way you experienced that moment? Said another way, do you think that point of view would alter your occurring of that moment?

You bet it would!

I can hear the Cup-O-Joe gallery saying to me as I write this: “Leonard, I could simply meditate to experience mastery of the moment. I could ride a bike, jog a 5k or do an activity that is pleasing to me, to experience being excited or loving.” Yes you could, and all of these things are great. The conundrum in this, is that one can’t do these things all the time, all day long. It would be impractical to attempt to meditate, ride a bike or jog a 5k all day every day to get to experience mastery of the moment.

(Critically important to the understanding of this writing) When one chooses the moment to move into ahead of time, they shift the axis of their experience of that moment from being “at the effect of” to being the “cause of” their experience of that moment, and that very simple act of creation will alter their occurring.

Here’s why: Meditation, jogging a 5k or riding a bike all live in the realm of doing something to get to a state of being. One can not do excited, one can only be excited. One can not do loving, one can only be loving. Remember this always, what you are being is who you really are, not what you think you are, nor what you are currently doing. You are not a “human doing” you are a “human being”.

Learning to master the moment begins with the acceptance of the responsibility of being cause in the matter (of the moment) of one’s own life and that is the beginning of mastery of living. True mastery in life is a continuous contiguous secession of these moments.

It is my opinion that: “True nuggets in life can be experienced by seeking out and playing with those who are looking for the meaning to life. Run, run very fast, away from those who say they have found it.” You may quote me… Seek the teacher who tells you, he has not the answer to your questions in life and points to you and says “but you do.”

The age of the single messiah to come along and change the world has long since passed. For the collective called “Humanity” to evolve and graduate from it’s infancy to adolescence, a global shift in awareness is what’s needed. You have the answers to all you could ever want or need in life contained within you and all you need to do to have access to them, is remember.

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I am of the belief that nothing I write is true. My writings are nothing more than the rantings of a pseudo eclectic and are therefore only “my point of view” to be tried on or not, with no more thought than you would try on a coat for functionality in your life.

On Happiness – One of my favorite teachers once said. You will never, ever “get” happy. By accident, anything else may leave you feeling happy, but the “pursuit of happiness” is the only guarantee against it. Warner Erhard – Landmark Education

Happy, happy, happy! We all go nuts over the “Pursuit of Happiness”. I agree with Warner. “The Pursuit of Happiness” is the only guarantee against it. Here’s what I mean by that. The very phrase itself is given life from the assumption that you don’t already have it!

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