November 2007

If its true that the universe is a positive form building system (no energy lost) then negation in our own minds is useless. Focus on what you want instead of what you don’t want because both will produce results. Negative, or “no” states are as much an action as anything. Our movement through time is still forward. The essence of Akido is the redirection of momentum. This is a great model for all of our actions. If we see events as moving, dynamic processes we are less likely to get emotionally caught in the repetitive cycle of negation as a means of escape. Instead, if we can learn to think of ourselves in a stream of moments and our actions as the redirection of moment-um we can take the next step in a positive direction. I feel that negation may be a script to retire as I attempt to work in more harmonious ways with my environment. I can’t change the things that I know are not good for us but I can avoid producing more of those things. Peacefulness is an action.

This video is a wonderful example of the process of enlightenment in action. It shows in slow motion a transformation from one state to another. The process of emergence is whats interesting. The popped state always existed in the kernel as metadata but it took specific environmental circumstances to bring about the new form. Contained within those circumstances are the things that had been overcome, things taken for granted. (dryness of the air) Plus the energy that needed to be put into the kernel (heat). Its conditions plus energy that bring about the radical change of form. This is true for us humans as well. I call it getting out of our own way. Setting the conditions. Tuning your perceptions. Simply living in a state of awareness. If our common end point is that transformation, its in our interests to create the conditions that would allow it to manifest. The only thing that keeps us from achieving the enlightened transformation is the noise of the karmic process that living eventually overcomes. I have said it before, our actions feed back and create who we are. We must live through actions that produce the conditions needed to bring about enlightenment. The energy is in the universe around us but its up to us to focus on creating the pathways for that energy. Hence the innate stress that wrong action brings. We are like compasses with our direction built into our structure. Learning how to read your own personal compass is a life time lesson.