Tim Rowe

(I’m the one with the blonde uke, bright green T-shirt, and maroon skater shoes.)

In case you havn’t seen it elsewhere – or heard it for that matter, I’m a Russian narrator “Uncle Ivan” in this production.

http://thebabayagasaga.podbean.com/2011/05/18/the-baba-yaga-saga-trailer/

Having spent over 20 years and several times that in Pounds Sterling on books, the (thankfully) occasional course and (even more, thankfully) occasional visit to a Guru (most of whom these days are the “false coin”) I thought it was time to share my accumulated – and more importantly, personally experienced wisdom so that you can save time (possibly) and money (definitely) in your journey through this dream we call life:

There follow two sections: The first is essential, the second highly recommended.

Section 1.

1. Find out who you truly are, have always been, and always will be, for ever and ever. Amen: The easiest and most direct method is some form of self-inquiry. The simplest form is to ask oneself the question, when a thought arises: “To whom does this thought come?” The obvious answer is “To me!” (sometimes accompanied by a “Duh!”) Then inquire, “Who is the ‘I’ – whom am I?” Don’t answer that! Stop! and experience a non-answer. That’s right ‘ nothing, stillness, “The Gap” – call it what you will. Repeat as often as you remember. There are other methods which I won’t bother to go into here.

Meditation is another method. It at least tends to make the mind more quiescent. Personally I use it sometimes as a quick precursor to self-inquiry or for longer periods to help create Theta brainwaves. Remember though that the real advantage of meditation is to make contact with The Self. Why? All else is illusion.

Basically you are either seeing “through a glass, darkly” (your conditioning) or you are seeing with as much “God Consciousness” as you have been able to “embody” (a bad term – as “It” is Omnipresent, but it serves here.)

If you find self-inquiry as described above difficult you are welcome to contact me via the contact form on this site, so that I can elaborate or show you another method.

2. Be very aware that you are, most of the time, operating out of a conditioned mind: This will be an accumulation of societal, parental, educational, cultural and other conditioning. Possibly even more importantly, whether you “believe” in it or not, is pre-natal or past-life conditioning.

You will also be massively conditioned by a Core Belief (in my experience, sometimes more than one) which is unconsciously running the show you call your life. It may be something like “I’ll always fail / never win” and it will be holding you back, albeit unconsciously until you a) become aware of it and b) heal it by some form of integration / letting go / acceptance / forgiveness. This is likely to be a belief which lead to your demise in a past life. Whether you believe in them or not, is not the point here. For example: Your tribe abandoned you and this lead to your death due to a hostile environment with nothing to sustain you, which lead to the belief that “I will always be abandoned” (and it will kill me.)*

However, the most important belief that it is vital to heal is your imagined separation from God / Self. That, and the fear and guilt you feel because of it,  is the real cause of all your pain and suffering.

3. Acceptance / Letting go / Forgiveness / Call it what you will. You will also be hampered by stuff that you are attached to or that you have an aversion to – people, places or things. If you can’t let them go, they will eat you up over time. Enough said.

Section 2.

1. Hang out with like-minded (hearted) others. The best way to do this is in a democratic way with no leader or guru. The simplest way is to sit together in silence with the intent of “Just Being” and connecting the Your Self / Selves. This is incredibly potent if done on a regular (weekly or more) basis.

It has to be said that it is more potent if there is at least one person in the group who has some measure of what some have called “Universal Consciousness” or “God Consciousness” in the group, but sometimes that can be fraught with problems. However this usually happens only when there is a more obvious leader who sets themselves up as a “guru type.”

2. Find a confidante / confessor. This can be anyone from a trusted best friend or even life partner (not always recommended due to possible lack of impartiality!) Spit out your crap at them from time to time. Just make sure that you have chosen someone who is a good, unconditional listener – someone who is able to be present and really “hear” you.

There may be more added to this later, but this is the skinny.

* My thanks to the late but ever-present Barbara Mary Muhl for this insight.

A while back I recorded a part as a slightly camp Star Ship Captain for a spoof audio drama. Well, it’s finally been released. You can find both current episodes here: http://www.psiphiaudio.com/shows/psi-phi-shenanigans/