Simple Peace

When Life Is Overwhelming….

Bruce Davis — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:39:38 +0000

When life is overwhelming, we are living in a state where there is no time or space for ourselves. This is literally our state of being. There is no time to be with our self. Our awareness is full of everything and everyone but our direct experience of the sweetness of life. The demands of our daily world have taken over. To get back to ourselves we seek time and space, literally time and space to freely breathe again, to feel ourselves. We want to have ourselves again, not overcrowded with pressures of the world. Most people spend their lives somewhere between being overwhelmed by the world and having some free time from the world. But meanwhile, their awareness is rarely explored as a treasure in and of itself.

Our awareness is not known for its vast potential beyond juggling the demands of everyday life or enjoying some leisure and free space. Awareness is a doorway into a universe of experience, especially when awareness is brought into our hearts. Here, life becomes very different. What is important, what we choose to do, who we choose to be with, how we want to live all find a new path when heartfulness has taken root in our lives.

What is heartfulness? This is a meditative life where our awareness is washed by having new heart, simple joys, from finding a vast space within ourselves. The tools for this new heart are our intention, silence, meditation of offering ourselves deeply and receiving fully. Nature and life’s beauty nourishes this pure place within us. True friends, the heart to heart contact embraces something deeply within us. The key is finding space inside free of the details of life. This is the fruit of our meditative practice. Slowly between the thoughts, we find valleys and oceans of being, simple peace….Slowly, our awareness lets the thoughts pass by like clouds as we focus on the sky. Here there are qualities of love for us to absorb more fully through our entire being.

Unlimited Space….

Bruce Davis — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:54:12 +0000

In meditation, a large lake of white light is found deep in the heart. This light is like molten lava, thick light reaching, spreading very far. Above the lake extending through my heart, body, coming out of the top of my head is a silver channel. This channel has no substance, no content just is. And at the top of the channel is a light filled presence, seemingly a Goddess, Divine Mother. She rules. She is. I give everything to her, all my mental being, all my psychic states, every mental structure within flows up the silver channel to this presence which if sensed more then seen but felt as if She is. Divine Mother….The meditation continues….

Next day the Divine Presence is still here above the silver channel. And at the bottom of my heart is the lava light lake. My awareness sits in this experience until I notice the lake is opening up from the bottom. The light is dissolving, falling, disappearing into “lower” realms. The lake has opened up into a large space of darkness, thick, seeming all lower realms, all Hell realms, darkness of fears and violence, realms glued together, entangled, trapped, frozen, locked in a network of darkness. This universe of darkness is in my belly extending forever yet it is held! The hell realms are held in the lightness of being, held in the arms of God! All devils, all fears, everything bad, the terrible darkness is held as if a precious baby in the hands of God! The light lake is rivers of love, peace flowing through the Hell realms, giving to these realms and holding them, protecting them, giving them limits….Everything negative can be in my belly. No reason to reject anything, push away anything, fear anything. All darkness entangled in screams and pain is still held within a universe of light….the darkness is held in the softest hands, the hands of perfect light, God.

Next day, the dark realms open and fall through space like the light lava lake opened up a couple days ago. All the darkness realms, hells of fire, ice, fear, and pain are expanding, spreading, dissolving as the dark realms become less intense, thick, just being. The dark realms are slowly spreading towards the stars, galaxies of planets and stars. And as the hell realms spread into the unlimited universe. Hell is dissolving into nothingness, beingness, peace….unlimited peace….

The experience of unlimited space continues…..

Inner States

Bruce Davis — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:34:04 +0000

In the beginning meditation calms our mental states, lessening stress, softening our awareness.
But with practice, meditation actually clears the mind, giving an experience of empty awareness, being without thoughts.
Many people think this is the goal of meditation. But actually this is an important beginning of developing internal states.
Awareness without thoughts focused in the heart opens a vast treasure of spiritual experience. There are many inner states which awaken a deeper since of ourselves, inner states which reinvigorate our identity of peace and love as our essence. These inner states transform our everyday identity by the sheer beauty and strength of the experience. Our inner reality in its true fullness and grace changes our sense of trust and truth in daily life. The potential of inner states is not necessarily to enhance our identity in this world but to give us glimpses into eternity, who we are in other realms. Inner states provide a bridge to our greater identity as our awareness settles into an ocean of very bright light at the base of our heart or expands into a star filled sky in an ever expanding heart. There are many dimensions of direct experience which awareness unencumbered with worldly thoughts can embrace. These dimensions are the next universe for us to explore, discuss, and support one another. These inner states call us to find time and take retreat from this world to find the ultimate reality within each of us.

Why God seems far away…

Bruce Davis — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:49:13 +0000

When our awareness is clouded with the business of life or pulled in different directions by life’s details, God seems very far away. When our awareness is pulled down with worries or jumpy with excitement and wishes, the peace of God can be far away. But when our awareness is clear, empty, gentle with little or no thoughts, God is like water, natural, everywhere. This is why meditation, silence, and consciousness is so valuable. Natural awareness extends forever, running as water forever, soft in simplicity, understanding, compassion. This simple awareness is lightful, free. Instead of searching it is full in being. God in these experiences is as normal as sunlight during the day and darkness at night. Awareness is simply itself, joining itself in others, nature, in the presence of silent awareness everywhere. To be in simple awareness is to be in the abundance of everything good, grace, love….ie. God

The Disappearing Mirror

Bruce Davis — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:08:05 +0000

Sitting in the silence in the beginning we see all the distractions that keep our awareness busy. It seems the mind can not just be in the soft light of silence but needs something to hold onto. So our thoughts turn to worries or desires. Our mind stays separate from the gentleness resting deep in the silence of the heart. Details of life turn around and around in our awareness until we let go and be, just be in the silence. This seemingly endless merry go round of our thoughts circling circling the openness, the hole in the silence continues until our awareness settles or rather sinks into the peace within us. The mind lets go to the reality of the heart, the seat of our awareness, the home of a greater reality.

In these moments the mirror in the silence begins disappearing and we are in the sea of lightness which is the silence itself, all around us and forever in our hearts. In this sea, our personality, identity sits as a small island. Each of us have an island of identity but it is only an island in the great sea of gentle lightness of love. The mirror disappears as our awareness spreads. Our identity, this small island of personality in the great sea is seemigly committed to grasp for attention, for affirmation of its existence, for self importance. But our everyday identity is just a blip in the silent sea no matter how substantial it makes us or others feel. Ultimately, it disappears. Our awareness spreads and absorbs its true nature, this gentleness, this fluffy light, love which carries all…..

Silence is our best friend if we want to become free of the mirror, watching our thoughts and feelings act and react, stand out, briefly disappear only to return in another crusade of thoughts. The silence frees the mind to the great reality of our hearts. This is heartfulness, offering everything within and receiving the depths of being found in the simple silence…This is not contest to try to stop the mind. This is a journey becoming free of the mental filter which limits our experience of the true reality, the presence of great love…This is the beauty of meditation to witness the disappearing of our small self and the emergence of something far greater we all are part of….

A River of Silence

Bruce Davis — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:49:47 +0000

We are on a journey down a river of silence. No matter how much activity is on the shores around us, no matter how busy we are and how noisy our thoughts and the thoughts of others appear to be, we are all on a journey down a river of silence. Our hearts are like a lantern in the center of our boat. Deep in our hearts is a burning light. This light is our soul.

As we flow down this river of silence, the light in our hearts keeps us warm, secure. It lights our way. We may think our daily lives are controlled by the news, the weather, the challenges and joys which come our way. But it is all a dream. The dream is happening all around us and in us. Meanwhile we are traveling down this river of silence. The more we become aware of our hearts, the lantern lighting our way, the more we trust, live, and be in the great silence as it is. Silent.

There is a great peace. There is a very great peace. There is this endless peace…

The river is black. Everything is black. Only silence. I don’t know if I am moving or not. There is only silent darkness, black. The only light is the lantern in my heart. Everything is dark, nothing, black. The lantern of my heart is strong. The soft light invites my awareness. This light is my home, my way, my all. There is nothing else but the lantern of my heart. As I draw closer to the lantern, the lantern lightens my awareness, my body. This light is supremely loving, clear, peaceful. The lantern of my heart is the only light. It is true. Everything outside my heart is dark, silent. I sit with my lantern in my heart in completeness, wholeness, security. I know this light is God. God is my center, my all, my only, lighting my heart. This is my source, my blessing.

Endless darkness…endless silence…and the lantern of my heart. This light quiets every question, gives everything good, is now eternity’s presence…

Stopping the Inner Dialogue, Coming into Presence….

Bruce Davis — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:37:59 +0000

Stopping the inner dialogue and coming into presence is what brings spirituality out of the realm of belief into direct experience. The mind stays busy out of habit. Prayer and meditation slow down the mind and between thoughts we find space. As our awareness goes into this space a beautiful openness unfolds, a pure experience awaits us.

The practice is to be within and explore our hearts. Here mental realms recede and direct experience of peace and simple being grow. As most people expect changes in their daily life to calm and satisfy their restless minds, spirituality invites us into the depths of our heart to find the calm and satisfaction which is beyond words. A oneness is just beneath the busy filter of our minds. A vast experience if light is just under our seemingly unending thoughts.

The path in our hearts is offering our thoughts and letting our awareness rest in our heart, to receive the depths of our hearts moment to moment. Here the inner dialogue stops and the spiritual life begins. As our mind quiets, our true radiance and life’s brilliance is present. This light washes our thoughts putting our awareness into a realm which includes a unity and at the same time expansive awareness of everyone, the earth, planets and stars all sharing the same presence, in the same presence of God.

Spirituality of The Heart

Bruce Davis — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:58:56 +0000

Spirituality of The Heart

Spirituality of the heart is a path to come to the great love inside which is God. Touching the heart in anyplace is to touch God within us. Love, compassion, peace, forgiveness,surrender, devotion, prayer, meditation, service, enjoying beauty, play, gratitude…there are many places in the heart to renew, restore, and rejuvenate. We are building a life of great heart. Anyone of these practices and/or all of them free us from mental realms which have crowded and hardened our hearts. This includes letting go of our judgements, not holding so tight our attachments, loosening our everyday identity by lightening our fears and softening our desires. A heart practice for example of sending our love and light to loved ones and friends and then to all beings is like a waterfall for our awareness, washing away our doubts and negativity. Our heart practice brings us to a special place in the heart. Actually it brings us to the heart inside our heart.

The heart inside our heart is a gentle, soft opening in our heart which when approached becomes more and more brilliant, light, very bright, solid white. There is a fullness of love which is beyond words, beyond our normal experience, yet familiar. This heart is our true home with all the acceptance, love, and security a true home would have. As we go further into our inner heart, this light, into this space, it opens to more and more space, a vastness inside of us. One one hand this vastness is like a great emptiness where all our mental structures, normal identity dissolves. And on the other hand this emptiness is like a vast sky with all the stars and planets. When our awareness is in this inner light full vastness all questions are answered. All prayers are answered before they are asked. Everything is present. There is no need, no progress, no regression, no separation. There is only completeness. Everything is more real then real. A love that is endless, full, holds our awareness totally, surrounding us like being in a love filled garden. There is no time. Movement forward or backward is hard to describe yet there is movement. The realm is so completely different from our normal reality. Yet, this heart inside our heart is inside each of us. Being in this realm everything is accomplished, whole, done. There is no getting to one place from another. No healing because everything is already whole, true. From this realm it is clear, why teachers say our spiritual progress is made in the normal world. In the heart inside our heart which is also the other side it is very difficult to make any advancement for the soul. This heart inside the heart and the other side are the same. Now and eternity are in the same awareness. The light is so brilliant just moments can change our entire perspective of life, our purpose, what we want, and what is important.

Our true joy is to keep our awareness in the heart inside the heart. Our practice and daily life are challenged by all the mental activity and demands upon us. But no matter how challenged we are, our heart inside our heart is greater, stronger, ultimately cannot be hurt or destroyed. Our awareness can separate from this place a thousand times, for days or years but it is still here. The truth is that we are this heart no matter how far we find ourselves from this gentleness within. We all are born in this well of peace. In little children you can feel their original heart as a reservoir of innocence. As we grow older slowly this innocence, our original heart separate from our awareness. We have brief experiences of this joy. Our inner life becomes harder, more fixed, and less liquid and golden. It is our heart practice which brings us back to this inner child, this heart of our true essence. The heart inside our heart is our shelter, security, source, inspiration, potentiality, true wholeness and forever well being.

Taking our mental temperature…

Bruce Davis — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:11:14 +0000

Most people live in stress and think this is normal. We can measure the stress by how busy, thought full are our minds. Many people think a busy, constantly active mind is normal. No! A busy mind comes from a busy heart. The over flow from a complicated heart is a constantly active mind. To be thinking all the time is not normal just routine in western culture. True normal is a quiet mind. We move our arms when we have something to move them for. Similar we move the muscle of our mind when there is something to think about. Normal is silent, clear, open mind. There is no reason our thoughts should be moving all the time.

Our busy minds coming from our complicated hearts is from losing touch with the softness of our heart. As we join the softness in our hearts, our awareness slows down, thoughts decrease. We are more and think less. The soft place in our heart lowers our mental temperature. If we know the softness of our heart, we do not let our mental temperature get out of control in fits of anger or headaches and other symptoms of great stress. As a culture we need to lower our mental temperature.

In the softness of our hearts our awareness connects to our spiritual being. Here is our journey…

Who we are….Spiritual answer is spiritual awareness

Bruce Davis — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:01:00 +0000

When we leave this world we leave our body. This is like leaving the car which gets us around. When we leave this world we also leave our personality. This is like leaving the interior of the car. After getting out of the car, leaving the car behind what is left? Who is leaving?

Most of us spend our lives busy with our bodies and our physical world. Others are busy managing and trying to change their personalities including their intellect and emotions. The car’s exterior and interior can occupy our entire lives and we have little idea what else there is.

Through meditation on God (love) which is found in the softest part of our hearts, our awareness reunites with our essential being, our original innocence, the body of our soul. This is our home, eternity.