What im going to say is what i have learnt from being part of the Zen community since 2001.
We are made up of accumulated energy, or accumulated universes, each growing according to the principle of Natural Growth. Embrace this and know the perfection(even if you think are a f*** up,you are perfect its just havent realised it) that you are and will become. Live your life for YOU. Learn from others, but never let them determine your destiny. Your destiny is a choice, a gift from the infinite universe to you. It is the gift of consciousness. Whatever you choose God to be, God is. If you wish, the God of the Bible will be your God or the God of the Koran will be your God. Find enlightening experiences all around you like Buddha, look to Ramtha’s teachings or ignore all of them and go your own way.Whichever you choose, you are right, but for God’s sake niggaz, just choose!
1+1=2 (or 1,1,2) is the answer to life, the universe and everything because it literally represents the foundation of life, the universe and everything. Our lives are completely and entirely made up of this equation and if we can understand its simplicity, we can reach outward to the layers of infinite dimensions that grow out of it. So:
1 Represents your past (the accumulated external knowledge, yin)
1 Represents your present (the internal appreciation of experience, yang)
2 Represents your future (the growth that arises from the two
This is your “three”: Mind, Body, Spirit; Father, Son, Holy Ghost, etc and whatever you wanna call it We play in the realm
of three dimensions which is why this number is so important. Think, for example, about
how much easier it is to remember numbers in groups of three (for example: the number
274365 is far easier to remember as 27, 43, 65). When you are able to understand this and apply all three in your life, then you are conscious.Notice how the internal and the external, male and female, positive and negative, all
operate in the realm of duality. It is very easy to get caught up in this and neglect your own growth, your own development, your own FUTURE. As you fully understand and embrace these first thee dimensions, then you can engage the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension is simply a whole bunch of three dimensional states (a whole lot of 1,1,2’s) strung together by something that we call time.
From 1,1,2 come my three A’s of life: Awareness, Appreciation, Action.
1: Representing the past. Your past is purely the accumulation of your Awarenes, or the external knowledge your have acquired through your five senses: smell, hear, see, taste and touch (let’s just a**ume you only have five senses for now). Do you remember the last time you actually used your sense of smell? Do you remember the last time you were tickled beautifully! The more of these senses you experience, the greater your knowledge base (your past) will become. And the greater your past, the greater your present and that leads to greater growth towards your future intention.
1: Representing the present. Your present is the internal comparison of an
experience that is happening to you NOW with something that happened in your
past. In other words, everything that is happening right now is being <A>ppreciated and is referenced with your accumulated knowledge base.Remember, all your energy can do is combine its present with its past to get its future (the Law of Natural Growth). This comparison is internalised in the human body through emotion. A gunshot gives you a fright because you are comparing it with the silence that came before it. The sunset tonight is beautiful because last night it was raining. The external vs. internal or past vs. present as represented
by 1,1 is the foundation of our being, just as it is the foundation of the universe
(the Garden of Infinite Unity).
2: Representing the future. Your future is determined purely by the combination of your past and present and will not manifest without <A>ction! This is why living in duality consciousness will, by your own choice, restrict your growth.
Until you start <A>cting, you are NOT conscious.Awareness, Appreciation, Action are also referred to as the Science of Knowing (the past),the Mysticism of Being (the present) and the Magic of Doing (the future). People who grow faster than others nurture and grow their energy instead of suppressing their experiences. They do not trap themselves in the two dimensional world of “I’m right and you’re wrong!” Out of duality comes reality: you need to get out there and start doing or
you will not grow. <A>ction is the key!
ZEN IS THE WAY