Authentic S(s)elf Expression

The Mangrove Seed proclamation regarding human existence focuses on

1. Creative individual expression, unfettered by guilt and shame, is the primary purpose of physical human existence.
2. The authentic pathway to creative individual expression requires a balanced S(s)elf realization that simultaneously respects both the person and all other persons.
3. Inner peace flows from a balanced S(s)elf expression of both the rational and intuitive minds and is maintained by outer peaceful living.

What does all this mean for daily living? How do I know when I am authentically expressing who/what I really am?

1. It is unique to the inner boundaries and beliefs of the individual.
2. It is integral to the person, yet respectful of other individual and group ways of expression.
3. It is attainable by an inner balancing of both the rational and intuitive minds. All external S(s)elf expression emanates from an emotionally balanced interpretation of fear and trust.
4. It is achieved in every present moment, not in a future time.

Authentic S(s)elf expression is not a struggle between now and later, doing and being.

It simply means . . . Being in Joy, Now!

Absolute And Relative Truth

THE ABSOLUTE--- PRIMARY EXPERIENTIAL TRUTHS

There are two absolutes for human existence. They are uniformly verifiable by each human, and have been so since the beginning of the human species. All other truths are relative, not absolute to human understanding. These other truths are uniquely relative to personal perception and interpretation. Through individual consensus, personal truth may become consensual truth for a social group. The group truth, however, is often thought to be absolute; however, it is not. Only personal truth is absolute.

The two absolute truths are

1. The body form begins and ends its physical existence. It is a container for a Life Force. The beginning and ending of this Life Force, or not, are issues for debate in other areas of inquiry into human understanding and behavior.
2. Between the beginning and ending of the body form, both the inner and outer worlds of the body form are in constant transformation. This change produces an environment of uncertainty for the survival of the body form.

THE RELATIVE ---SECONDARY CREATED TRUTHS

There exist an infinite number of relative truths. Each human perceives and interprets its inner and outer worlds in patterns of understanding unique to each person. From pure sensory perception to mental constructs of understanding, each person has its own unique experience. No other person can have the identical perception of another person by definition of its physical uniqueness.

However, different persons can have the same mental understandings because of consensual interpersonal communication forms. The willingness of a person to agree with another person and thereby form a common understanding about any-thing does not, in an of itself, create a valid and universal Truth. Consensual truth is only a group illusion created by individuals.

Therefore, ALL social control structures, from mythology to legality, are based upon relative truth.

The dilemma for the individual is: to what degree do I abrogate my absolute personal Truth in favor of the relative collective cultural truth?

Herein lays a source of cultural stress in everyday living.

Most Important Law Of The Ocean

THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW OF LIFE . . . S(s)ELF ACCEPTANCE

You are both the cause and the effect of your life situations. Your total world, both inner and outer, is created by your two minds. Your reaction, and its consequences, to this created world are your personal responsibility.

• The ocean of life always flows with uncertainty. Its currents and wind changes are beyond personal control. Your reaction to this uncertainty is fundamentally prompted by your fears, and created by your rational mind (that wants certainty and predictability for your survival).
• Other creatures also live with fears because they also perceive the ocean with uncertainty.
• Moreover, others are responsible for the both choice and consequences of their behavior in reaction to uncertainty as you are responsible for your own.
• Any person always has, within limits, a choice about how to respond to the ocean and the behavior of others. However, finding these choices is often difficult.
• When you feel disturbed, it is because you are unbalanced within your S(s)elf. You may believe that others cause your disturbance, but the cause is really the skewed interpretation of their behavior by your two minds---the rational and intuitive. Your deep inner fears created solely by your rational mind will prompt a projected, unbalanced perception of your world. The rational mind dominates and often prevents a balanced perception that would include the intuitive mind.
• When you want to judge and blame others because of your inner unbalanced S(s)elf, examine your own minds, not that of others. Often, your own un-released fears and resentments are the true cause of your judgment and blame, and vice versa.
• Acceptance of your S(s)elf, and the same acceptance of all other S(s)elves, is not an easy path to follow in an uncertain ocean. Balancing your fears with trust, and with non-judgment, requires continued practice in every present moment.

Believing In No Coincidences

Why do we believe in no coincidences?

Why do we often accept the good (and sometimes bad?) consequences of everyday living with the explanation:There are no coincidences?

There are four aspects to the answer:

1. The law of intention
2. The law of attraction
3. The law of manifesting
4. The law of accepting/giving

Now, what is this all about?

Very simply, every human has needs ...and unfortunately created wants... that seek fulfillment for its survival (meant in the broadest sense of the word, i.e, not just physical).

How, then, does EACH HUMAN get these needs and wants satisfied?

1. The first step is to CONSCIOUSLY DESIRE that these needs and wants be satisfied. Many practices exist that allow the person to EXPRESS them outwardly to the Universe. Obviously, the assumption operating here is that the person will be heard by the Universe....(an assumption obviously open to debate!)
2. The second step is to continue this expression of desire, to COMMIT TO ATTRACTING the resources that a human needs to satisfy these needs/wants. Through this continual expression of desire/intention, more thought energy radiates into the Universe, for a connection with the energy fields of other humans who are also emitting their desires. This connection of human energy is occurring continuously and simultaneously in the total Universe presently known to Man.
3. The third step is WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION of these desires/intentions in some perceivable form. In time, after an active and conscious search, the desires/intentions will manifest themselves. The key point here is: You will ALWAYS get what you want and/or need, but not necessarily in the form that you have desired it! In other words, the Universe is listening, and through other humans (and non-humans) each person is granted its desires (needs/wants).
4. The fourth step involved in the law of no coincidences is ACCEPTANCE and its corollary, giving. Each person has a choice, whether consciously or unconsciously realized, to accept this manifestation of intention, in the form that was presented to it! (Or to reject it, but this choice is a decision to not align oneself with the flow of the Universe!) More importantly, to continue this law of no coincidences, a receiving person MUST give away a similar gift to the Universe Why? to complete the energy cycle of asking, receiving, and giving (to another person, somewhere, who is asking).