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AMERICAN BUDDHA NEWSLETTER
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A Personal Message from Stuart Mooney

Many
of us spend our entire adult lives seeking to achieve Spiritual Enlightenment. We travel around the globe and spend
large sums of money following great spiritual masters, with great
teachings, in hopes of becoming "innocent like a child" again.
Please listen carefully.
"There
is only one thing that is real. There is only one thing that will
always be tangible. What you are experiencing right now, in this
moment, is the only truly spiritual thing you will ever experience in your life.
Live
your life!
Live what is happening, as it is happening to you right now. That is the Goal of Goals. That is the essence of Spirituality.
The Present Moment is always available to you..... for free.....any time....anywhere. It is God's greatest blessing and it is the final solution to ALL of your problems."
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Welcome
to the American Buddha Newsletter for July 2009. This Month's
newsletter is devoted to an analysis of the nature of the mind. The American Buddha Programs were created as a vehicle
to dispense information regarding the true nature of the Awakened
experience and its practical benefits in the modern world. The American
Buddha Programs were created as a resource for those in need of
counseling or healing on all levels; physical, emotional, and
spiritual. Be sure to check out all of our programs at our websites at:
americanbuddha.net. or at stuartmooney.com
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is it in us that
causes us to be so discontent with what is?
Mind is the
source of our discontent. Mind is the cause because mind is constructed
with only one purpose. Mind is a mechanism for movement. Its purpose is to move
us from where we are now..........to somewhere other than where we are now.
Mind cannot, by design, hang around and just soak up the vibes. Mind must be
continuously active. Mind tells us that it is there to help us solve our
problems. But perhaps the mind has a vested interest. You see, if mind is not
engaged in, planning, analysis, discrimination or action......mind simply does
not exist. Mind is out of a job. Mind dies. So mind must constantly be
identifying problems. Then mind can be
busy helping us solve the problems that it identified. But not before it has identified
new problems..........so it can remain alive. The mind's true interest is to
perpetuate problems because the mind's very survival depends on it. I am not
saying that the mind is, by nature, bad. The problem occurs when we believe
that the continuous mental narrative going on all the time in our heads is
actually who we are. The problem occurs when we believe that the noise in our
heads is actually pro-active towards creating personal happiness for us. The
truth is that we are not the mind.....we just observe it. Mind is a very old
construct. Mind is very useful. But it is only useful when we are able to first
disengage ourselves from identification with the mental chatter. If we can
culture our nervous systems to witness the chatter, then the chatter can no longer
control our choices. The Witness in us has the ability to accept or reject any
thought. The Witness in us cannot be overshadowed by any thought. We can then
ride the mind. The mind is no longer able to ride us.
As I
mentioned before, mind is very ancient and it has its own agenda. You see, mind
is not our personal mind. Please understand that there is a single archetypal
human mind which is orchestrating everyone's thoughts. All thoughts from this
one mind are then in perfect synchrony, perfect harmony, with all of the other
thoughts, of all the other humans....everywhere! This is a big thought!
Lastly, mind
cannot feel. Mind, unfortunately, can only comment on what the senses are
feeling. This is because the mind exists only as symbols. Language is the mind.
Feeling is not the mind. Feeling is the raw data of the senses. Feeling can only
exist in the Present Moment. Mind cannot be immediate. It needs TIME to process
data, i.e., the raw, sensory, in the moment, information into symbolic mental
language. Mind cannot directly experience. Mind simply comments on sensory
experience. So, what you have just read is, at best, only an emotionless, linguistic
representation of what I was actually feeling at the time that I wrote this.
What can I do about this?
You should learn to culture your nervous systems to directly experience the
Divine.....in this present moment....because that is the only goal of
this process known as living. You can accomplish this by
systematically enlivening your sensory apparatus to FEEL "what is"
exactly as it is. As your "in the moment" sensory experience increases,
your mental activity will naturally take a back seat. This requires two
components: Grace and Attention. They act synergistically. Therefore,
it is not so important what you "think" about what you are experiencing.
That is just the mind's symbolic interpretation of your experience. It
is based on what has happened to you in the past. It is only important
that you are FEELING the "full value" of your moment to moment
experience....because the "full value" of your moment to
moment experience can only blissful....can only be Divine.
Technique: Feeling the Moment
Have
you ever just stopped? Just stop for a moment. Just be. Thoughts will come and
go. Let them. Become aware of the ever-present Now. It flows. You may notice a
flowing pleasant sensation. You should be in the moment at least 10 minutes a day. Bring
yourself, easily, into the moment right now. Miracles happen here. Miracles are just the
children of the present moment.
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Upcoming Events
American Buddha Workshop Date: August 31, 2009 Time: 7PM to 9 PM Location: Yoga Soup - Santa Barbara, Ca. Topic: Course One - Releasing Your Inner Guru through Sensory Enlightenment Training
American Buddha Workshop Date: September 28, 2009 Time: 7PM to 9PM Location: Yoga Soup - Santa Barbara, Ca. Topic: Course Two - How To Become Who You Already Are
American Buddha Workshop Date: November, 2, 2009 Time: 7PM to 9PM Location: Yoga Soup - Santa Barbara, Ca Topic: Course Three - The More You Know, The Less You Know
American Buddha Workshop Date: November 30, 2009 Time: 7PM to 9 PM Location: Yoga Soup - Santa Barbara, Ca. Topic: Course Four - The Natural You Is The Divine You
American Buddha Workshop Date: Late August Time: to be announced Location:: Lake Tahoe, Ca. Topic: Beyond the Pathless Path
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Contact Info
Stuart Mooney Jr. MA stuartmooney.com americanbuddha.net americanbuddha@gmail.com 805-709-0143
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