Dealing with Reality

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YOU

Qin

Today I would like to write about an interesting “simulation game”.
This game is very similar to another role playing game called SIMS 2. The difference is that YOU will be playing multiple roles at once.

Before playing this game, YOU are formless, which means YOU do not have a physical body. Therefore YOU need a “medium” to play the simulation game.

To start the game YOU carefully choose a “character” and plan his role in the big game. YOU look around in the game matrix to find a suitable family for this character. Since YOU are curious to learn about this game, YOU also set a “mission” or several missions for the role so that YOU will experience certain events through this role. Sometimes YOU can set a mission for the role to cause certain events in the game to happen.

Once YOU have done all the settings, YOU “incarnate” into the baby of the family that YOU have chosen. Now YOU have a “body” to play the role in this game. Let’s label this new born baby as YOUR “extension” since he is literally an extension of YOU in this game.

Since YOU are playing multiple characters in this game, YOU will be controlling many “extensions” in the game.

Time flies…. Woosshhhh

Some of your extensions are now adults. Their lives are getting interesting and YOU just sit back and watch things happen. YOU, as a consciousness, are controlling YOUR extension with YOUR will. Whenever YOU wish an extension to move about, YOU will YOUR extension to do so. YOUR extension will get a “gut feeling” and move according to YOUR will.

Sometimes it is not easy to “tell” YOUR extension what to do as they can be very stubborn. Let’s say that one of YOUR extensions is called Jason. One day Jason is walking back home from college. YOU notice that there are many fierce puppies roaming around the road. They could probably hurt Jason seriously. Jason does not know about the puppies since he didn’t sense the presence of these blood thirsty beasts. YOU tried to warm him about the danger by sending some “wave message” to him.

Jason got YOUR warning. He felt uncomfortable in his heart and stomach. However, his ego causes him to think that he shouldn’t detour just to save time. He thinks and analyses too much and decides to walk the path he used to walk.
AAAAUUUCHHH!!! Too bad Jason got bitten by those cute, blood thirsty puppies and he is bedridden in hospital for a week. From this event he learned his lesson.

Well, sometimes YOU might feel that YOUR extensions are so stubborn to listen to your warnings and hints, which might annoy both parties. YOU know that YOU and YOUR extensions should cooperate well to play the game smoothly.
Now let us use a bit of extended imagination….

Let’s say that Jason, Tom and Lisa are YOUR extensions. One of their “missions” in life is to meet each other and become good friends. YOU carefully choose to incarnate them in the same residential area. One day you manifest an event that interest these three extensions, let’s say a party. YOU will YOUR extensions to walk to each other and YOU will them to have interest to talk to each other, They break the ice and become friends. Congrates, YOU have accomplished something in the game! That is how everything works

(Dear readers, try to imagine you are the will of a few people and imagine willing them to walk to each other and greet each other… or setting events so that YOUR extensions will meet each other. Imagine as clear as possible as if YOU are controlling several consciousness at once)

Jason, Tom and Lisa always hang out together. They always chat online too. They ARE actually the same, which are actually YOU, but due to their “illusionary perception” they thought they are just separated individuals…. It must be fun for YOU to play them without them to notice that they are actually the same

Well, let’s say that I am also a game player, and YOU and I are in the game of another game, and there is another BIGGER YOU playing YOU and I as extension… and this BIGGER YOU is the extension of another BIGGER YOU.. This goes right up to THE BIGGEST YOU, the Will, or consciousness of all consciousness… Some people call this BIGGEST YOU as God, others prefer to label him as universal super consciousness, or whatever bombastic names. However, YOU and I know that there is no separation between both of US and we are just the extension of THE BIGGEST YOU. Too bad OUR extensions on planet earth still live in the illusions, thinking that every extension is separated from each other…

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YOU actually love YOUR extensions. They are cute little people under YOUR care to play their role in the illusionary world. YOU actually hope that YOUR extensions will start to know YOU, say hello to YOU or talk to YOU. Well, if YOU love your “creations” so much that YOU will help them in their path, and if they turn to YOU and request something from YOU, I believe YOU will help them to grant their desire right? Too bad after playing the game for a long time, many extensions still never get to know YOU. They are still living in their illusionary world, worrying about their assignments and work. You can’t really blame them right? Look at Jason, he is listening to his egos all the time and he is playing Britney Spear’s crappy songs respectively all the time in his mental ear. With such low awareness, don’t YOU think it is difficult for him to notice YOU? He needs to put effort to look deep into himself!

If these extensions want to manifest the lives that they want, or grow spiritually, they need to look deep into themselves and get to know YOU!

YOU want to help them, so YOU come to ME.

I have a wise extension called Prophy. Prophy always listen and connect to ME and I always help him to fulfill his desires. I know Prophy can help YOUR stubborn extension, Jason in his mission to connect to YOU. So YOU and I have made an agreement to let Jason learn spiritually under Prophy. Both of us manifest a situation and let Prophy and Jason meet somewhere….

Prophy and Jason chatted for a long time. Jason was deeply inspired by Prophy. He learns a lot about reality manifestation from Prophy and improves very fast. Under Prophy’s teaching, Jason meditates and stays away from TV and movies. He learns to face his egos and lower emotions like fear and hatred. Prophy teaches Jason to increase his awareness and to get to know YOU. In their world, WE are being called “higher selves” or “souls”, what a weird name for US.

To get to know his “higher self”, Jason learns that his physical body, personality, mental chatter, rubbish memories etc. are not the real him (YOU). He let go his ego and mental thinking, and sinks deep. He stays in the now and feel aware. He feels so calm, crystal clear and suddenly he feels a Zen like realization. He “sees” a big pool of universal consciousness, connected to everything, spaceless and formless. Yes, finally YOUR extension sees YOU. He is waving his hands at YOU…. Wow man, YOU got really excited. Finally YOUR extension has successfully known YOU!

Now Jason feels connected to YOU. He realized that connecting to YOU helps him in fulfilling his wishes. YOU help him in tackling various issues. For example, whenever Jason faces his exam, he let YOU know his problems and desire to do well in exam.

He let YOU know the outcome he desired by imagining the result vividly. He let YOU know more by feeling (emotion) the success of doing well in his future exam. He confirms his desire by having the will of doing well in his exam. He “faxed” this information to YOU in a clean, tidy, clearly described form. Since YOU know exactly what Jason wants, YOU set up various situations where Jason will be successful in his exam. YOU arrange other smart extensions to help him along the way. YOU arrange various events that are not expected by Jason. YOU nourish Jason’s physical body to keep him healthy. YOU let Jason “feel” the questions that might come out in the exam, so that Jason knows which chapter should be learned more. In the end of the day, Jason did very well in his exam. He thanked YOU with gratitude.

Years later, Jason falls in love with Jenny, who is a very pretty girl, who happens to be MY extension. Jason tries to gain Jenny’s heart but failed at many attempts. He asked Prophy for advice. Prophy told him to talk to ME, saying that if I allow Jenny to be his, then they will become a loving couple. Jason asks ME to grant his wish, so I manifest a situation for them to meet and I let Jenny pay closer attention to Jason. Politely Jason talks to her and ask her out. Jenny does not know why she was so turned on by Jason. Finally, they become happy couple 

Years later Jason decides to develop spiritually. He decides to get to know YOU, and also THE BIGGEST YOU. He realizes that he has to overcome the illusions that make him perceive himself as separated from all living beings. First he has to overcome his lower emotions, especially fear and ego. He needs to overcome the mundane entertainment memories that keep droning in his mind. He can’t “see” YOU if he is seeing naked ladies and listening to Britney Spears all the time right? By embracing higher emotions like love and compassion, Jason gains spiritual awareness. With a calm mind and a loving, opened heart, he sees YOU and he realized that YOU or the BIGGEST YOU is always with him. He clearly realizes that everyone in this world is just extensions of THE BIGGEST YOU.

THE BIGGEST YOU is actually “inside” “Jason”.

People, who seek inwards, will finally get to know YOU!

Game over….

Sequel: YOU 2

Here’s an analogy.

We are swordsmen.

The reality (life) around us is like the blade of the sword.
The handle of the sword is our inner state.

How our reality changes depends on how we control the sword.

We need to learn to control the sword and bring the flow of life.
This is an important lesson that we have to learn in life.

We have to learn when to let go and when to attach.

When the flow is there,
events of reality will come smoothly.
Things will manifest by themselves nicely,
even people around us will smile at us for no reason.

When the flow become stagnant
we might face various negative events in life.

Life is like the art of swordplay.
It is about how well your consciousness can control the sword.
When you can control your sword well,
you control not just controllable events,
but also events that seem uncontrollable like possibilities, outcomes, weather etc.
as everything is interconnected.

Be a good controller of your own sword
so that you can deal with reality well.

To deal with anger, the first thing you need to do is knowing that you are angry.

People let their emotions and voices in head (mind) control them.
They unconsciously choose to do whatever their emotions and inner chatter tell them to do.
To deal with your “inner” self,
you have to observe your mind and emotion with your consciousness.
By doing so you start to become aware of your mind and emotion.

(for example) Many people who get angry do not really realise that they are in the state of anger.
They simply do whatever that comes into their mind and emotion.
They lack the will to control themselves.

Whenever you face negative emotions,
simply observe your inner state
as if you are the third party who observes your mind and feelings.
Observe and realise that you are in negative state.

After that calm down and choose to let go all attachment towards the negativity.
Do not think of the things (stimulus) that cause the negativity.
Think of something positive,
like imagine lying down gently and happily in warm water.
Choose to control your mind and emotion.
Gradually you will develop will power to overcome yourself.

A good exercise to deal with yourself is meditation.
While meditating, we are focusing and observing something with our consciousness.
The inner chatter (mind) and emotion will arise
and we will have to observe them with our consciousness.
After that we either choose to ignore them or having control over them.
Simply apply what you do in meditation in real life and learn to control yourself.

It is not easy to conquer yourself at first but practice makes perfect.
Being able to deal with yourself is an important step to control your own life.

Many people have the concept of the mind = inner self

Actually, the consciousness is the real you.
The mind is just a tool.
Both are not the same.

The mind is a useful tool. It can analyze and interpret things when we need it.
The consciousness is the one that observes and make choices.
It chooses whether to accept things suggested by the mind or emotion.

However,
The mind is a good servant, but a bad master.
Many people let their inner chatter (mind) lead their lives,
Without realising that inner chatter is not the one that makes choices
It is your consciousness that is the master of your life.
You can choose to accept or ignore your mind or your emotion.
You have the will of making choices.

People who meditate know that when they observe with their consciousness,
the mind (inner chatter) arises and gives a lot of distraction (suggestion)
It is for us to build our will power
so that our consciousness can overcome the influence of the mind and control it.

Use your mind well.
If you treat your mind well, it will serve you well.
Learn to control your mind with your consciousness (will).
Use it only you need to.
Your consciousness alone can observe things objectively.

It is beneficial if you are able to control your mind well,
instead of being controlled by your own inner chatter (mind).

The person who can control his own mind, desire and emotion
is the person who conquers (her)his “inner” self
(S)He is a wise chooser and controller of (her)his own life.

Let’s perceive life as a game of table tennis (or any ball game)

There are people, who do not focus on the game,
they let their mind drift elsewhere.
Possibly they are dwelling in past memory or daydreaming,
or they are worrying about the outcome of the game.
End up they just let their body respond to the ball automatically (mindlessly) and they make mistakes in the game.

While playing the game one should focus on the now and think only on how to play the ball smoothly.
One has to focus entirely on how to catch the ball, hit the ball, think about the angle and tactics and many other aspects.
One should not think of the outcome, just let it flow smoothly.
One should not worry about the game, dwell in the past nor day dreaming.
One should just let go all these thoughts and focus on the game, and stay in the now.

When one manage to do so,
one can control the game well and master the flow of the game
and things will flow smoothly.

Game is to enjoy,
so there is no need for us to feel stress while playing it.
Let go the expectations and just play the game with flow.
Enjoy the game.
If possible, smile while you play

Do that in your life too

Observe the people around you.
Many people seem to be living their daily lives but actually they are daydreaming.
They are dwelling in a state of daydream instead of focusing on what they are doing now.

For example,
when they go to school,
instead of being aware in the now, they are busy “thinking” something else.
Either they are dwelling in their past memories, worrying about future events or daydreaming passively.

*Note : daydreaming is passive because the consciousness is not really participating in the imagination actively.

Although they seem to be “awaken”
most of their non sleeping time is spent on passive dreaming,
that means, they are not living in the now and being aware of their present lives

The problem of these pajama people is that being in a state of passive daydream make them not aware that they are living by accepting their realities and drift like a piece of unconscious wood in the river stream,
instead of living in the now and realising that they can choose.

Wake up pajama people and start to realise that you have to be aware and live in the now
and start to choose consciously in your life.
You only live once in this lifetime,
why allow yourself to live in passive daydreams all the time,
when you can live in the now ?