Estado de la cuestión sobre el Reino Nazarí y la Vega de Granada

If you want one practical key for quickly reaching the Goal, I would recommend that you take full responsibility for everything that happens to you. We have lost sight of our mastership and have deluded ourselves into thinking we are victims in a World that controls us, that pushes us around. It isn’tso!Wearecausing whatishappening to usby giving power,ourpower,to theexternalWorld.If you want to regain your control, you must take full responsibility.

How to regain your control? Examine your thinking and correct it. Develop the habit of honest introspection by asking yourself,“Wherein did Icausethisto happen to me?”Then hold ituntilthe thought that caused the happening comes out of the subconscious into the conscious plane. Then you recognize your mastership, that you caused that pleasant or unpleasant experience to happen to you.

Themoreyou do this,theeasieritbecomesand themoreableyou become,untilfinally—you recognize that you were always the master.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: So I myself am my own block, and other people do not influence me?

Lester:Yes.It’snotwhatotherpeoplesay;ifyou follow theirthinking,it’sbecauseyou wantto.

Q: Because I think they know more than I do?

Lester:You know everything.You’vegotto acceptthisasapremiseatleast,ifyou wantto grow.

Q: Well, I can accept that a part of me knows everything, but that part of me does not appear to be operating, because my World out there is not in good shape?

Lester:Itdoesnotappearto beoperating? You don’toperatethatpartofyou? Thatistheway you’retalking!No,you operateit.You choosenotto useyouromniscience,yourbasicnature.You chooseto beignorantofyouromniscience,by saying,“Iam alimited mind-body.”That’syourchoice. When you chooseto identify with yourrealSelf,then you’llseethatyou alwayswereomniscient,are rightnow,and alwayswillbe;and you’llstop saying you’renot.

Q: You mean I can actually make that choice?

Lester: Yes, not only can you, someday you will. When you get tired enough of all this limitation you havesetup foryourself,then you’llmakethatchoice.

Who thinksallyourthoughts? You do!It’sallyourdoing.Whatweacceptiswhatwechooseto accept.It’salwaysourchoice.Itisnow ourchoiceto beextremely limited bodies.And when you don’tacceptyourresponsibility forthat,you haveno possibility ofgetting outofthatextreme limitation.

Q: I say I want to get out of that limitation and think I want to get out of that limitation, and then when certain thingshappen,Ijustdon’tgetout;I’m righttherein thatlimitation.

Lester: What you need to do is not to say it, but want it so strongly that you override the contrary unconscious habits and do it!

Q: Overriding the unconscious habits is hard to do because they keep sneaking up on you and you don’trealizeyou’vegotthem.

Lester: It depends on how strong your desire is for the thing that you want as to whether the unconscious habits override it.

Wehaveinfinitepower,infinitewill— and when man so wills,he’simmediately setfree. Q: Gee, that sounds so easy.

Lester:That’stheeasiestway to do it.Justwillit!And it’spossibleforevery oneofus,because weareinfiniteand thereforehaveinfinitewillpower.And thereason wedon’tdo itisthatwedon’t have enough desire for it. We still have more desire to be limited bodies.

Q: I believe that anyone would take the other choice, if he really had a choice.

Lester:Oh,ifyou had achoice,pardon me!(Laughter)You seewhat’shappened? You’re convinced wedon’thavethechoice.

Q: No, speaking from experience, sometimes when you really want something, it seems like the opposite happens.

Lester: Everything you really wanted strongly in your life you got, because the mind is only

creative.Thesearethingsyou havegotto dig outand recognizeforyourself.You’regetting exactly

Lester: So, they stay operative all the time. Thoughts have no will of their own. You have the will.

Unlessyou pullthem up into consciousnessand look atthem,you can’tletgo ofthem.When you see a lot of unnecessary living out karma. Honest introspection works quickly and beautifully like a

surgeon with a knife.

We control the unconscious; we keep back there all that we want to keep back there, and then when we want it up in the conscious, we pull it up.

Q: You really believe that we control it?

Lester: Do I control your unconscious?

Q:No,Idon’tthink you do.

Lester: All right, a minute ago that was unconscious, and now it is up in your consciousness, right?

Do you have control of your unconscious? Can you pull things up from it? You did just then!

Q: But, you see that does not have any emotional impact, what I had for breakfast.

Lester: It had a good emotional impact. You showed you liked it. However, it does not matter whether there is an emotional impact. What matters is the desire to pull up something from your unconscious.

Q:Butyou triggered herbringing itup.Shewouldn’thavebroughtthatup otherwise. Lester:Yes,butso can she.Shewanted to.Ifshehad notwanted to shewouldn’thave

remembered. Pleasant things are easy to bring up and unpleasant things are difficult because we have little desire to bring up the unpleasant.

Q: Do you have to go through this phase of clearing up the unconscious before you can accept the theory that you are unlimited?

Lester: It is necessary in the beginning and it also makes for rapid progress. Later, after much progress, you can will it out. There are basically two ways of growing: one is eliminating the mind, the sub-conscious; the other is putting in the positive, by seeing who and what you are.

Q:When you putin thepositivedoesn’ttheoppositeseem to takeeffect?

Lester:Sometimes.However;when you seeyourrealBeingnessyou’llscorch theopposite.You’ll say,“That’sridiculousto remain miserable,sick,unhappy,etc.”and you’llbegin to scorch it.Thereis atendency in thedirection you’reasking.IfIsay “hot”you think of“cold”,right? IfIsay “up”it implies“down.”Thatisin thenatureofthoughtitself.ButIwouldn’tusethatto imply thatwecan’t wipe out the negative by seeing the positive that we are, because we can.

Q:Well,Idon’tknow.You see,atthehospitalIwentaround trying to uselight,loveand peace because I thought that these were the things that were essential. And it seemed like the more I tried to dwell on light, love and peace the worse things got.

Lester:Loveissomething thatcan’tbeturned on and off.Eitheryou’vegotitoryou haven’t.If you haveloveyou may say horriblethingsto peopleand they don’tmind it.So thisthing called love isn’tsomething wecan turn on and offlikeafaucet.Wecan only expressitto thedegreethatwehave it. Now, if you have love for these people you would want them to have what they want.

Q:So whatI’m doing isplaying an ego game?

Lester:Yes,Can you seeit? When you seeit,that’sgood.Then you will,Ihope,letgo ofit. Q: By the way, you mentioned before that by bringing up the subconscious you could eliminate karma. How?

Lester:Karmaisin thethought,notin theact.When you do something,it’sthethoughtthat’s

carried over in the subconscious that instigates the act next time. Eliminate subconscious thought and you eliminatefuturekarma.It’sthethoughtthatcarriesoverfrom lifetimeto lifetime.So ifyou bring thethoughtup and you reverseit,karmically it’sgone.

Q: I want to know how to control what I think. I do not feel I can control how I think.

Lester: You do it by first accepting the idea that you can. Then you try it and when you succeed once; when you succeed once then you know you can try it again. When you succeed twice, the second time is easier. The third time is yet easier than the first two, etc. The more you do it the easier it gets.

This leads to complete control and freedom.

Q: By control you mean changing your thinking?

Lester:Yes.Wecontrolallourthinking.IfIdo something wrong it’sbecauseIdecideto carry out something wrong,that’sall.And ifImakeitunconscious,Ido it.

Did Ihearyou say,“Takefullresponsibility?”— that’sit!Ifyou wantto grow you musttakefull responsibility for everything you do, for everything that happens to you. Trace all happenings to their originating thought in your mind. you, to your ears, and you felt first sad, then happy. You did all the doing there. Can you see that?

Q:Well,ifIcan’thurtanyone,Ican’thelp anyoneeither! Lester: Right! When the conscious desire to let go is stronger than the unconscious wish to hold on, then you let go. These habits are very strong; the unconscious wish for them is very strong. The conscious wish has to be stronger to override it.

Q:Then ifyou haveaconsciouswish and you’retrying to accomplish something and you can’tdo it,it’sbecauseyou haveasubconscioushabitthatisblocking you.So how do you getrid ofthat subconsciouswish that’sblocking you?

Lester: By making the conscious wish stronger. Or, by pulling up the unconscious wish to the contrary and looking atit.When you seeit,you automatically letgo ofit;you won’thold itdown any more.

Q:Iwantto meditatewelland Ican’tseem to.

Lester: How many hours a day do you practice meditation?

Q:Three-quartersofan hourin themorning.When I’m working Ican’tdo any more. Lester: How many hours a day do you do the opposite?

Q: An awful lot of hours.

Lester:That’swhy it’sdifficult.Now,outofasixteen hourday ifyou spenteighthourstrying to meditateand eighthoursin theworld,you’d havean even push forand againstitin yourdaily doing.

Meditating is quieting the mind. Activity in the world is doing the opposite.

Q:Buteven during theday when Itry to think ofGod,Ican’t.

Lester: Because your mental habit is so strongly on things of the world and every day you develop thathabitfurther.So when you takesomeshorttimeoffand try to do theopposite,you don’tfind it easy.You’vegotto takemoreand moretimeoffformeditating untilyou succeed.

Q: You mean by increasing the desire for meditation, the opportunity will present itself?

Lester:Yes,and thereforeyou willsucceed.Ifyourdesireformeditation wereintense,you’d be meditating rather than doing other things. Then, you would become able to keep your mind on God while in the world.

Q: When you reach Oneness in meditation, do you have to regress back into your separateness?

Lester:Yes,when you firstseeit,it’satremendousexperienceand you’llneverforget.Butthe mind has not been undone and therefore re-emerges. But seeing it scorches a good part of the mind each time you see it.

Q: The more you see it then...

Lester:Themoreyou scorch themind,untilthemind istotally undone.Then you’rein thesteady state. You regress no more.

It’spossibleto seealltheway,seetheOneness,by momentarily submerging themind.Butaslong asthatmind isnotundoneitwillre-emerge.Butyou’llneverletgo onceyou drop into thatstateof Oneness.You’llgo into itagain and again untilitbecomespermanent.

Q:You can’twillthat?

Lester:Oh yes— by wanting itthatmuch!Thereason why it’sso difficultto wantitthatmuch is thatwehavebeen wanting theillusory world forso long thatwedon’tletgo oftheillusion very easily.

Even though intellectually we know the illusion causes the misery, through long-time habit of thinking thatthejoy isin theexternalworld,wejustdon’tletgo ofiteasily.

Q:That’swhy peoplesay traveling isafool’sparadise.

Lester:Yes,it’schasing rainbows.Theultimatejoy iscloserthan flesh.How fardo you haveto go to getit— thatwhich iscloserthan flesh? It’sthe“I”ofyou.Find that“I”and you’vegotit.So the place to go is within.

Q: Is isolating running away?

Lester:Itcould be.Ifoneisisolating justto getaway from theworld,that’sescape.Ifoneis isolating to diveinto one’sSelf,thatisnotescape.

Q: How do you know which one you are doing?

Lester: By being honest with yourself.

Q:There’ssomething aboutbeing nextto nature.

Lester: The nice thing about nature is it gets one away from worldly restimulation.

Q:That’sescaping though,isn’tit?

Lester:Right,you go outinto natureto enjoy nature;whatyou’rereally enjoying isthefreedom obtained by thedropping away from alltheunhappy thoughtsand pullsofsociety.And that’sescape.

Q:You mean you can’tenjoy nature,and atthesametimego within?

Lester:No,Idon’tmean that.Alljoysshould bebeing whatyou are.Weshould neverenjoy anything. In order to enjoy something we have to go into the illusion of separateness. The joy should be independent of things, independent of people. However, when one sees the Truth, one can choose to enjoy, and the closer one gets to Truth the more one is capable of enjoying. One becomes sensitized and everything becomesfarmoreintense.Butthere’sno need to go outand enjoy naturebecauseyour basic nature is joy. You are the ultimate joy. Looking for joy would be me looking for Lester. I am Lester.Idon’thaveto go outthereand look forhim.IfIam joy Idon’thaveto look foritoutthere.

Lester: Yes, it is an aid. The only thing anyone else can do for us is to point and support us in the direction.And when wearepointed in thewrong direction,it’svery good to havesomeonepointusin the right direction. Mirroring your thoughts back to you, helps you see your wrong direction, so that you may change it.

Q:How do you know ifyou’repointed in therightdirection?

Lester: Intuitively, or by the results achieved. Unconsciously, everyone is seeking his infinite Self.

We call it happiness. When we beat ourselves long enough and hard enough, we begin to open ourselves to the right direction. Then a Christ, a Yogananda, a Ramakrishna, a Budda comes into our experience. Becoming acquainted with these Great Ones is no accident. They point to the right direction.

Let me conclude with the following: You are responsible for everything that you feel. They are your feelings; they are your thoughts. You turn them on; you think them, and no one else but you does it and you act as though you have no control! You turn a faucet that flows on your head and you say,

“Oh,someoneisgetting meallwet.”It’syou who’sturning on thefaucetand getting yourselfwet. So,yourdirection should betaking fullresponsibility forwhat’shappening to you.Then you’llseeby looking in thedirection of“Iam doing this,”thatyou are!Then,when you seethatyou’retorturing yourself,you’llsay,“My gosh,how stupid can Ibe?”And you’llstop.Instead oftorturing yourself, you’llmakeyourselfhappy.

No one is an effect of the unconscious mind, the unconscious habits and tendencies, unless he choosesto be.You arethecauseovertheunconsciousmind;you setitup;you’rechoosing to follow it.Theday you decidenotto,thatday you’rethrough with it!

It’ssimple.When you don’tlook atwhatyou aredoing,it’saforeverprocessofbeing miserable.

You think miserablethoughtsand you feelmiserable,and you don’ttakeresponsibility forthinking these thoughts. So what chance have you got for getting out of it? Once you take responsibility for yourthoughts,you’vegotcontrol.You can turn them off,changethem,putin good thoughts,untilyou overcomethebad thoughts.Then you’lldrop thoughts.You’llseehow stupid itisto think.All thoughtsarethingsoflimitation and you’rehappiestwhen thereareabsolutely no thoughts.And when thereareabsolutely no thoughtsyou arein thetop state.So what’sdifficultaboutthat?

Q: The unconscious mind.

Lester:No.Itisyou!It’snottheunconsciousmind.ThisisthepointI’vebeen trying to get across.It’snottheunconsciousmind.You would liketo makeittheunconsciousmind.You would liketo makeitotherthan you.That’swhy you wanttheMasters,oryou wantLesterto passawand overyou and do itforyou,butyou don’twantto do whatmakesyou happy.You’rechoosing to do whatmakesyou unhappy.Can you seethis? It’sso simple.Whosethoughtsdo you think they are? Why alltheseunhappy thoughts? Themomentyou choosenotto havethem,you won’thavethem.

Q:We’lllook to you and we’lllook to us.

Lester: Look to you, look to you. Look to find out who and what you are. Only when you know who you are, will you know who I am. Only by discovering what you are will you understand what thisuniverseis.Untilyou understand whatyou are,you cannotseethisuniverseclearly.It’sahazy

Lester: Look to you, look to you. Look to find out who and what you are. Only when you know who you are, will you know who I am. Only by discovering what you are will you understand what thisuniverseis.Untilyou understand whatyou are,you cannotseethisuniverseclearly.It’sahazy