I Am The Sum Of.... Part Three

I am the sum of the 24 Elders; I am the totality of their fullness, I am the depository of their essence.

All processes, principals and laws that govern the universe are contained in the Great or Spiritual Mind.  It is the Great Mind; pure, without individuality and presiding in a state of natural governance.  It is through this Great Mind that space, time, the Sacred Word and the beginnings of differentiation occur.  These are the seed forms, waiting to burst forth and manifest themselves.  Within each individual the Great Mind becomes the power of intelligence, giving us the ability to discern right from wrong, truth from falsehood, and the eternal from the transient.
  
The seeds of differentiation existing in the Great Mind begin their manifestation at the next level known as Ego.  Through Ego, division occurs in nature, a stage in evolution.  This division of individual realities is not the true essence of the living thing (animal, human, tree etc.) but the point of focus of the Ego that Grandmother and the Great Mind use to manifest.  Through this point of focus the qualities of nature are able to diversify, manifesting the five sense organs, the organs of action and the five elements.
  
Conditioned mind (leading to individual mind) is the next level of understanding.  Ego projects mind, allowing for the coordination of activity and energy at the most minute level of nature.  The conditioned mind, working through the senses connects us to things of the outer world.  This is known as an underlying mind, much different than the Great Mind spoken of earlier.  
  
From conditioned mind we move into the subtle energies of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell.  These energies are a key to the workings of the sense organs.  It allows for their coordination with the sense objects.  These energies of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell are emitted by all living things on a subtle level.  They are the subtle forms of the sense organs, before their manifestation into their physical forms.
  
The five sense organs ears, skin, eyes, tongue and nose follow next.  These five allow us to experience the outer world.  They have subtler forms that are not limited like the physical and are the actions that give extrasensory perception.  These receptor organs allow us to perceive the outer world and at the same time receive at the more subtle levels, therefore they are also referred to as organs of knowledge.
  
Next are the five organs of action; mouth, hands, feet, urino-genital and anus.  These are the expressive organs, the manifestation of ideas such as movement.  The more subtle forms of the organs of action exist and have a direct action on the mind and psychic phenomenon.
  
Following the organs of action are the five great elements of, ether air, fire, water and earth.  So much has been written regarding the elements and the so called effect they have on our lives.  Yet, what of the relationship they have with earth and all living things.

To see an element traditionally means to ‘KNOW ITS TRUE NATURE’.  You can only know A THING by having knowledge and an understanding of what makes it WHOLE.  This WHOLE understanding of the elements consists of knowledge of their development, including the planes of their existence.

The five great elements are so often a place of beginning.  Simply put a place that someone starts from on their journey back home.  They give us a wonderful starting point where we can work forward or backward in our pursuit of gaining knowledge.

Saga Yashka

I Am The Sum Of.... Part Two

I am the sum of the 24 Elders; I am the totality of their fullness, I am the depository of their essence.

The 24 Elders are the story of creation in its fullest sense, everything.  I am the sum of many things; however, my beginning is the secret to all that I need to know.  In the beginning I was, now I am and in the future I will always be.  Our existence is in and because of the 24 Elders.

Imagine... everything in the universe is the essence of the 24 Elders.  Every movement is a reflection of their timelessness.  Everything is because of them, for they were from the beginning.  Life as we know it is their personality.  It is they who show us ‘The way’.  It is within them that we find the meaning to life.

In the beginning is the purest state of being.  It has no beginning or end, It just is.  From this place of complete stillness resides the Grandfather of ALL.  It is not a place in the earthly sense of the word, but rather a state of being.  Grandfather, the Original source, who’s thought vibrations are the beginnings of the entire cosmos.

He is outside of everything created, yet is the reason for its existence.  We are all a part of the Grandfather, just as sparks are of the fire.  We cannot be separated from Grandfather no more than a spark can exist without fire.  However, Grandfather is pure consciousness and seeks Grandmother to manifest the physical.
  
Grandmother is the substance of the universe, the first or Original form, the beginning of matter.  She is not the substance, but the pure potential of all objects present or that can be imagined.  As the first cause of form, life would not exist without Grandmother.  She is primal matter in the purest since of the word.  She consists of the three qualities of harmony, movement and resistance.  These three qualities balance out and uphold everything in the universe.
  
Grandfather and Grandmother transcend the layers or processes of creation.  The idea of Spiritual Mind and Manifestation is passed down to each generation.  This teaching tells us that man (Grandfather Spirit) gives Spirit to the infant while woman (Grandmother Spirit) gives substance.  Yet, boy or girl, man or woman, each carries equally Spirit and substance.  Grandfather Spirit and Grandmother Spirit are the Great Couple whose laws are written and contained within Intelligence.

Saga Yashka  

I Am The Sum Of.... Part One

I am the sum of the 24 Elders; I am the totality of their fullness, I am the depository of their essence.

We are beings that seek to define who and what we are and why we are here.  We will go through life searching for the answers, some of us more than others.  However, in our own way each of us seeks to know.  Most of us look towards religion to explain the spiritual complexities of life.  A good portion of us die wondering what all of this means.

We are moved by feelings and emotions.  We have become convinced that the Spirit moves through our emotional nature, therefore it is God; these outward expressions being the sum of our emotional experience.  The Creator is lost in our own feelings.  However, there are a minority of people who follow the ways of earth.

Throughout time there have always been those committed to a higher ideal, ‘A Way’.  The purpose of ‘The Way’ is to preserve the truth of life.  These truth teachings are not limited to one area or a specific group of people.  Rather, they are ‘The Ways’ of traditional peoples the world over.

Within the teachings of ‘The Way’ the individual discovers their true nature or ‘Who We Are’ and ‘Why We Are Here’.  ‘The Way’ is called many things in many languages.  It is a path guided by the natural.  The teachings come from the ancients.  Through these teachings we become one with all of our brothers and sisters.

We cannot contain these teachings within a book, nor can they be limited by the mind’s understanding.  They are truly limitless.  The teachings of ‘The way’ are timeless.  ‘The Way’ is the sum of everything.  They are the source of all knowledge.  They are the beginning of life for they are LIFE.

Ancient traditional teachings are not a religion, nor are they a set of rules to live by.  They are however, directions to life.  They explain in detail the purpose of all things.  A purpose defined by the natural not the imposed.  They teach us the organic structure of the universe as opposed to the inorganic construct.

We are searching to find what is real and tangible, to find that which explains what this is all for.  Knowledge is liberation.  We know that we are alive for we witness it every day.  However, physical living is not necessarily living a fulfilled life.  Fulfillment comes with understanding.

Saga Yashka


 

   

The Difference In The Dawn - Part Four

I am the sum of everything that I sense.  I am alive and dwell within the realms of my senses.  I cannot escape them for they define me.  I am all that I have seen, heard, felt, tasted and smelled.  Yet, I cannot see them for their nature is subtle and outside of the bounds of my limited view.

I walk through fields of sense energies and do not know them.  They internalize the external, revealing a more subtle nature of myself, because ‘I AM’.  Yet, they are a stranger to my conscious mind.  I sense something every moment but it is without physical form.

I am moved by their touch and know it not.  They are my constant companion Yet, I do not know them by name.  Their power is immeasurable, however humble they may be.  I am unaware of their workings in my life.  I am unaware that every answer to the question of life is defined by them.   

The Difference In The Dawn...

They are the force behind creativity and vision.  They are the cause of wrong decision.  They are the difference in you and me.  They are present upon my arising and vigilant in my sleep.  Life speaks through them and yet we see only a figment of their form.  They are....

They are everywhere and nowhere.  Every direction and every place is affected by their force.  They are the language we use to define all things.  They are my compass.  They are my beacon.  I see them, hear them, feel them, taste them and smell them, for they are the energies moving these actions.  They are.... 

They are the reason we seek to find, burn with desire, walk through fire and conquer the demons in our lives.  They are the reason we marry, divorce, move and settle.  They are the reason we define our surroundings.  They are the reason of my reality.  They are the reason I believe.   They are....    

The Difference In The Dawn...

Conn Niul

The Difference In The Dawn - Part Three

Today, like all other days we will experience the world through our sense energy filter.  I could not believe what I saw.  Did you hear that?  That feels great.  I love that taste. Doesn’t that smell wonderful?  Every thing and every moment of every day is recognized, categorized and filed based upon our relationship to the experience.

We see and believe just as we hear, feel, taste, smell and know.  It is within this process that we begin to categorize something as good or bad, pleasant or not; the sense energies playing a key role.  For instance, a smell is neither good nor bad, it just is.  The situation influences our experience.

The first time you smell the fragrance of a Spruce could be positive or negative.  The circumstances of the situation will greatly affect the outcome of your experience.  Yes, there are people who do not like this smell.  Usually the like or dislike is associated with a positive or negative situation.

The Difference In The Dawn...

Whether we are having a wonderful or traumatic experience, the sense energies are at play.  They always are and will always be.  They help us define the world around us.  They are a blessing, being a key to the discovery of life.  Without them we would cease to exist.  

Like breathing, the sense energies are operational around the clock; though they may appear to be insignificant in the grand scheme of life.  Their impact is beyond measure.  They help form our opinions on every subject under the sun, including those that impact our lives the most.

Every single thing that we see, hear, feel, taste and smell affects us each moment.  Our outlook is based upon experience and these experiences come in the billions.  Each day we have hundreds and hundreds of them, there can be no experience without the sense energies.  Imagine that.

The Difference In The Dawn...

Conn Niul




 

The Difference In The Dawn - Part Two

We move through life, gathering information from numerous and varied sources.  We are able to capture that data at a very minute level.  Constantly receiving, we compile figures, stats and records that become our facts.  This statistical data becomes the basis for our perceived reality.  We do it unconsciously.

We are on auto pilot most of the time, not even aware that we are gathering data.  We all do it every day.  There is not one single moment in any given day that we are not recording something.  The record button is locked in the run mode.  We are an amazing vessel, capable of recording numerous things simultaneously.

The process is quite complex.  However, we do it without any effort.  It is as natural for us as speaking, eating and sleeping.  Unaware, we go through life gathering data from a myriad of sources.  We take this data and compile it into categories to be used as a foundation for ‘Who We Are’.  

The Difference In The Dawn....

Every sight, sound, feel, taste and smell is an entity on its own.  Did you hear what I said?  Every sense energy is alive, affecting us every moment.  These energies are one of the keys to understanding the experience in the moment.  They are ever present, subtly influencing our daily lives.

Is there anything you do in life where sense energies are not present, affecting the moment?  Everything we do is affected by their life force and yet we cannot define them nor fully explain their reason for being.  We just know that they exist.  Have you ever really thought about it?

Every experience exists because of the sense energies.  We associate our experiences (pleasant or unpleasant) with a sight, a sound, a noise, a taste or a smell.  Experience cannot be without sense energy.  We are the sum of the sense experiences.  They shape and define the moment and our perception of it.

The Difference In The Dawn....

Conn Niul



   

The Difference In The Dawn - Part One

Everyone awakens to a different world each and every day.  Your dawn and my dawn are different.  We begin each day seeing a reality unique to our individual perception.  We are so, so different; our processes (accumulated experiences) being as varied as the numerous dawns of our life.

We vehemently hold to what we know to be the truth, after all it is right there before us.  We cannot understand why others do not see it.  The sun rises and we are a witness to its birth.  We can describe in detail what we have experienced and yet others see it differently.

We struggle in our attempt to correct those around us, for surely they are in error.  We have the proof validating our own experiences.  Each moment of each day we gather data (through experience) that is proof of our perception of the experience.  These proofs become our reality.

The Difference In The Dawn...

There are moments in every second, minute, hour and day.  It is within these moments that we experience.  It is within the experience that we perceive.  Our perceptions are the accumulation of data gathered through the experience of the moment; each moment/experience formulating our perceived reality.

Your life and mine, like all others is lived through our perceived reality.  Religious, political and cultural beliefs are based upon our perceptions.  We perceive something because we have an experience or experiences in moments that have given us the proof and validation.

Our truths are as real as the proof within the experience that forms our perception.  You and I are no different within the Center, our difference is within the outer concentric rings of our being.  Our truth is of an individual nature, making it different and unique, distinguishing it from all others.

The Difference In The Dawn...

Conn Niul
 

We're Back

First, I would like to apologize to everyone who supports this blog for our absence as of late.  We have been out of pocket for six months, working on several projects.  We did have access to the internet, but we let our busy schedules interfere.  Shame on us.

Some of you know about much of our work, others do not.  Suffice it to say that we have been working and will continue to work towards our ultimate goals.  First and foremost the preservation of these ancient teachings.

The Khotani ways are about all of life and being in Right Relationship with it.  Our work with people, horses, cattle, dogs and the land are just a few of the areas that 'The Way' has had a positive affect.  We will continue down this path. 

All of us choose the path we will take.  Are there influences, absolutely.  However, in the end it is our own self that chooses.  Yes, we are pulled by numerous energies, but we make a choice.  It is you and I and everyone else.

We are here this time for a reason.  We have an opportunity to do what the elders have taught us to do and that is what is right and good.  We do this by following the Spirits vision for our life.  Which in truth is our Souls own purpose.

Seek it. Find it and you will be liberated.

Saga Yashka 

Food for the Mind

        Just as what we eat and drink provides food for the body, our thoughts and feelings provide food for the mind.  We’ve all heard the saying, “You are what you eat.”  That’s true.  We are also what we think.

        We, as traditional people, need to really pay attention to our thoughts.  Do we think about positive, life giving things?  Do we put good things into our minds?  For instance, what type of TV shows or movies do we watch?  What books do we read?  How do you feel afterward?  Do you feel uplifted, good, etc. or do you have negative thoughts and feelings?

        Another issue that can easily be overlooked is our conversation.  What do you talk about?  Do you like to spend your time in idle chatter, gossip, back biting, spreading rumors or lies or does your conversation bring life to yourself and those you are conversing with? 

        In all these areas, you have been feeding your mind.  Just as a daily consumption of junk food will destroy the body, so will pouring junk into our minds produce a toxic mind.  The result can be many things from negative, sad, depressed people to over-stimulated, chaotic, criminal behavior and everything in between. 

We need to consciously think and speak “life.”