3.28.07 Airport, Lima Peru. Journal

Author Notes: This was written on 3.28.07 in my journal. Reflections and observations as I move from the jungle of Peru, to the modern jungle in America.....

·International Airport Lima Peru: 3.28.07: cloudy afternoon 3:30pm

away from San Francisco and the Shipibos,

away from the busy jungle city of Pucallpa,

and back into the Modern World.

busy travelers, western culture, expensive fast food,

and overpriced last minute souvenirs.

it is a challenge to see life the way I know it exists.

the magic of creation, and of spirit,

is much easier to see when submerged within the perfect simplicity...

of life outside of Materialism.

the magic is still happening everywhere.

however, it is a challenge to see it....

through the thick plastered material western world.

creation is everything.

where logic fails, the magic of spirit thrives...

ideas such as coincidence, synchronicity, dejavu, imagination, inspiration

all belong to the realms of spirit, of creation

and cannot be grasped within the limits of LOGIC.

LOGIC has run its course within the annals of human history

and it is now coming to an end.

LOGIC is not based on unfailing TRUTH

LOGIC has limitations as it is based on judgments

LOGIC has turned into its opposite: INSANITY

Everything that is not based on TRUTH

is without a foundation with which to stand.

LOGIC has been used to gain material possessions.

LOGIC has been used to strengthen the ego.

logic is coming to an end because it has no future.

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"nothing" is not an object of knowledge

it cannot be made into something,

otherwise it becomes something.

it is equal to spirit, energy, god, creation, unmanifested, space.

space has no existence....

however it allows everything else to exist.

silence has no existence either.

nor does the unmanifested.

what is the essence of a room....empty space.

space is nothing

what is not there, is more important than what is there.

think about nothing, do nothing,

be silence

be space

after becoming still,

just be.

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"if there was no illusion

there would be no enlightenment"

-the Buddha

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physical pleasure

outward gratification

happiness from physical pleasure

psychological gratification

....short lived, fulfillment seeking somewhere in the future,

taking the power away from "the Now".....

happiness is only gained in the present moment.

time is the greatest obstacle to salvation

i am there

there is no need to seek god

the only point of access to god is the NOW

[notes from Eckhart Tolle, the power of now]

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