| Imagine being so high in your awareness that | | | | Living The Libertarian Way means transcending |
| taking substances to get high actually brings you | | | | pain and suffering--experiencing pleasure and |
| down. The lowest state of awareness is having | | | | ecstasy on a daily basis. |
| your mind firmly planted to the ground. You see | | | | Methods for transcending lower awareness and |
| over nothing. You are totally in a world of illusion. | | | | discovering the higher self |
| Of course anything you consume that makes you | | | | |
| feel good is better than where you're at. | | | | 1. By now you would think that everyone is |
| Unfortunately the good feelings are only | | | | aware of the benefits of meditation. |
| temporary--as you discover when you come | | | | Unfortunately, I have discovered that many think |
| down. | | | | that it's something only "far out" people do or if |
| Now see yourself at the highest levels of | | | | they understand the importance of it they aren't |
| awareness. You can look anywhere you want | | | | disciplined enough to stick with it. Most don't |
| without obstructions. Your mind and spirit soars | | | | realize that meditation not only results in a higher |
| higher than the any bird will ever know unless of | | | | spiritual awareness--but increases the power of |
| course the bird is Jonathan Livingston Seagull. | | | | reason. Discovering joy, happiness and peace of |
| What is the point of consuming intoxicating or | | | | mind will be rather difficult if you remain in the |
| mind expanding substances when you've already | | | | lower levels of consciousness. I recommend |
| achieved the high states of mind--the states drug | | | | starting your meditation program with a 5 minute |
| addicts, hippies and other adventurers only dream | | | | session then increase it one minute per day until |
| about? | | | | you're meditating at least 24 minutes per day. A |
| In metaphysics it is said that there is a lower and | | | | word of warning: Don't get hung up in whether |
| higher self. The lower self is what you become | | | | you're doing it right or not. Just go with flow and |
| from all the negative things you've been taught | | | | offer no resistance. You can't help but discover |
| and experienced. It's all the illusions you believe in. | | | | universal harmony and personal fulfillment. |
| It is all the negative emotions of hate, anger, | | | | 2. Releasing and letting go of the past helps you |
| envy, etc. you experience. It's the self defeating | | | | enjoy your present moments. If you're living in |
| actions you take. Basically it is neurosis--separation | | | | the quagmire of hate, lack of forgiveness, guilt |
| from God. the universe and the realities of | | | | and other negative emotions your present |
| existence. | | | | moments are spoiled. During your moments of |
| The higher self sees through all illusion. It | | | | meditation release anything that's bothering you. |
| recognizes the difference between truth and | | | | Breathe in deeply. Hold for 3 seconds. Then |
| falsehood. When you are acting from your higher | | | | breathe out all of your negativity. Visualize it |
| self you experience all the positive emotions of | | | | dissolving into nothingness. |
| love, joy, kindness, happiness etc. You're not | | | | 3. Enjoying each moment of your life means living |
| caught up in the collective consciousness of | | | | The Libertarian Way. Discover what your values, |
| untruth. You take self-enhancing actions. You are | | | | passions, desires and fantasies are. Then live |
| one with all there is. | | | | them. Life is meant to be pleasure and |
| Most people are a combination of the higher and | | | | ecstasy--not pain and suffering. Your life is too |
| lower self. They vacillate between illusion and | | | | valuable to be squandered away in misery and |
| non-illusion. They experience a conflicting array of | | | | frustration. Happiness is the way. |
| emotions depending on their immediate | | | | Once you rise above most of your illusions and |
| circumstances. Of course the more you | | | | spend a great deal of your life in higher |
| experience higher awareness the better your life | | | | awareness, your limitations begin to fall away. You |
| is and the happier you are. On the other hand | | | | become a being who can accomplish most of |
| experiencing lower awareness most of the time | | | | your dreams and desires. You find whatever you |
| guarantees a life of pain, suffering and frustration. | | | | are seeking. You live The Libertarian Way. |