1.) Wake up!
Think for yourself! The single most important
factor in decision making is to be cognizant.
Being mentally agile will allow that light bulb
that appears over your head to blink on more
often. Be smart... Incorporate the concept of
Intelligence-Increase into your daily life. How
can you drive down the highway of right action
if you're asleep at the wheel?
2.) Turn on your
Lovelight!
Of equal importance as item #1. In
everything we think, say or do, we must come
from the heart. Temper your thoughts with
feeling so as to balance your perceptions. Your
heart is the mechanism by which you apply
intuitive discernment. Trust your heart to guide
you through life's ambiguities. When making
decisions, do you listen to that calm, quiet
voice within?
3.)
Leave it on!
Consistency in heart-felt action is key. Once
you get there, the idea is to stay there as much
as possible. Once you feel the groove, use your
head and stay with it! Remember, the heart isn't
wishy washy... And it is always right! A balance
of head and heart will allow you to be in the
"eternal now" more frequently. How often during
the day are you in the eternal now?
4.)
Do unto others.
The Buddha claimed that compassion is the
highest form of human emotion. Compassion here
is defined as a marriage of concepts #1 & #2…
using your intellect and feeling with your heart
to formulate a "Right Thinking" and "Right
Action". Think for yourself in order to discern
all the options, and trust your heart in order
to make compassionate choices. The golden rule
applies here... Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you... When interacting with
others, do you see a separate being, or a
mirror?
5.)
Nothing is so sacred that it cannot be made fun
of.
A well developed sense of humor is indicative of
a well developed intellect. Have fun with this.
If you are having fun in your endeavors, then
chances are you are learning. If you quit having
fun, you quit learning. If you quit learning,
then you will be left with only boredom. Every
school child knows how intolerable boredom is.
Are we having fun yet?
6.)
The circumstances are necessarily perfect.
All is chaos under Heaven and the situation is
excellent (Chairman Mao)!!! Be mindful of
the situation. Events in life arise. The myriad
of variables associated with specific events are
not always easily discernable. Be open to the
possibility that events, whether good or ill,
may come about in some measure independent of
your trajectory. Often, when confronted with a
situation, how we perceive and react to the
situation will dramatically alter the outcome.
Is the cup half full?
7.)
Dare to be naïve!
This famous quote from R. Buckminster Fuller is
apropos. Our outlook toward life and the
inevitable emergent situations we confront is
the determining factor in how we proceed.
Cynicism can be a cruel master. If we fall into
the bad mental habits of gloom, doom & disdain,
we will surely bring those attitudes about.
Beware negative vibrations! Be like two fried
eggs and keep your sunny side up! Is it
disquieting to be perceived as naïve?
8.)
We're all Bozos on this Bus.
We're all in this together. There is no "them",
it's only us. No one is really any cooler or
smarter or holier than any one else. The best
and easiest way for us all to make it (wherever
that is) is to help each other. Lend a hand. If
you see someone struggling with partial
awareness, help them if you can. Wit and humor
are our ammunition in this enterprise. A good
delivery is our weapon. Can you launch a humor
bomb without hurting anybody's feelings?
With the abundant wealth our planet has to offer… continually compromised by human mismanagement …it's a wonder that we're still here at all. With that said, the proverbial “seed of opportunity” resides deep within the current dangers.
Contemporary tekgnostic adepts do not for one minute claim superior gray matter… or to have a better fix on the dilemma surrounding the current human condition… but we think ways exist to improve on our situation. Utilizing the three tekgnostic mind-sets of awakened action (or doing): acceptance, enjoyment and enthusiasm (appropriated from the work of Eckhart Tolle), we can effectively alter the vibrational frequency of our consciousness. As we shall see, a combination of mindfulness, humor, acceptance of the moment, and creativity will prove to be cornerstones in our endeavor.
