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November 2009 
Spiritual Enlightenment: Freedom is Instant
Posted on Dec 26th, 2008
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Kip Mazuy
Kip Mazuy
Question:
How do I overcome depression?
I know you talk about allowing
yourself to experience what is here,
but for someone who is depressed
this seems difficult.
Answer From Kip:
"The difficulty
is not in experiencing
what is here.
The difficulty is
because you have already
defined this moment
before you have even
experienced it.
You have brought in
your memory of past experiences
(which are nothing more than
memories of other past experiences)
and placed these memories
on top of what is here.
If you try and experience
this moment with your mind,
then all that you will experience
are interpretations,
descriptions, and judgements.
None of it
will actually have to do
with what is here.
If you truly experience
this moment,
what is here?
If you say 'depression'
then you are in your mind,
you are trying
to place your past
on to this moment.
So be very Zen:
what is the sensation
that you are feeling
in this moment
that you call depression?
It is not to define it
but experience it.
Because really,
that is all
that it comes down to:
sensation.
And sensation is energy.
And if you allow
yourself to experience
that sensation
then your experience
is energy.
Beyond this awareness,
all that is here are thoughts.
Thoughts from the past,
that you use to try
and define this moment.
They are not of this moment,
they have nothing to do
with what is here
in this moment.
To truly be present
does not mean analysis,
or emotions
or remembering some story.
If you really look
what is here and now,
in this very moment,
there will be no words for it,
there will be no one
to describe it or own it.
There will only be
that which is self evident,
without cause
and without reason.
This is the doorway,
and this is the only thing
that is real here and now.
If you do this,
then there will be
no coming out of depression.
There will be
no getting better
or becoming enlightened.
There will only be
that which cannot be
described or defined
and that is freedom itself.
Blessings,
Kip"
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To Your True Nature
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How do I overcome depression?
I know you talk about allowing
yourself to experience what is here,
but for someone who is depressed
this seems difficult.
Answer From Kip:
"The difficulty
is not in experiencing
what is here.
The difficulty is
because you have already
defined this moment
before you have even
experienced it.
You have brought in
your memory of past experiences
(which are nothing more than
memories of other past experiences)
and placed these memories
on top of what is here.
If you try and experience
this moment with your mind,
then all that you will experience
are interpretations,
descriptions, and judgements.
None of it
will actually have to do
with what is here.
If you truly experience
this moment,
what is here?
If you say 'depression'
then you are in your mind,
you are trying
to place your past
on to this moment.
So be very Zen:
what is the sensation
that you are feeling
in this moment
that you call depression?
It is not to define it
but experience it.
Because really,
that is all
that it comes down to:
sensation.
And sensation is energy.
And if you allow
yourself to experience
that sensation
then your experience
is energy.
Beyond this awareness,
all that is here are thoughts.
Thoughts from the past,
that you use to try
and define this moment.
They are not of this moment,
they have nothing to do
with what is here
in this moment.
To truly be present
does not mean analysis,
or emotions
or remembering some story.
If you really look
what is here and now,
in this very moment,
there will be no words for it,
there will be no one
to describe it or own it.
There will only be
that which is self evident,
without cause
and without reason.
This is the doorway,
and this is the only thing
that is real here and now.
If you do this,
then there will be
no coming out of depression.
There will be
no getting better
or becoming enlightened.
There will only be
that which cannot be
described or defined
and that is freedom itself.
Blessings,
Kip"
Discover How to Awaken Yourself
To Your True Nature
Visit the Enlightened Spirituality website
Free Teachings on Meditation, Awareness
& Self Realization
Visit the How To Become Awakened website
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I agree. Another way to put it is that we to some degree identify with our viewpoint. Viewpoint isthe spirit’smeans of seeing into this world as a spiritual being. Added to this viewpoint over time are ideas, opinions and judgmentsrelating topast events which are carried into the now. We use this viewpoint therefore not only to see what is there but to decide what is there. Instead ofjustseeingwe look through this viewpoint, like a binoculars or a kaliedescope and base our opinion and thoughts on this vision instead of simply onwhat is there.
It is one thing to carry about such a decison machine as a spirit. But when one believes one is a body all sorts of issues arise. Such as one’s very survival depends on the rightness of ones ideas and the wrongness of others. Add to thatthe helter skelter of self as spirit trying to make sense of all ofit and you have a real mess.
There is a way to figure this out. If one gets the idea howviewpoints happen and the method of progression forward things get easier. The whole system can be viewed and understood. And, understanding and love is who we are. www.themodeloftheuniverse.com