Sekhem: Waking Consciousness Beyond Desire

This lecture explores waking consciousness, freedom from fear and desire, and staying present through the breath. Readers also meet the All Love mantra, samadhi, and the practice of listening for the eternal inner sound.

Becoming Conscious in the Dream

Dreams can give you insight and confidence. Most of the time, while you are dreaming, you do not know that you are in a dream. You talk to people and do many of the same things you do in this dimension.

As you become more conscious, new possibilities may appear. You might fly or do things that you cannot normally do here. It is becoming conscious within the dream that begins to wake you up.

If you become conscious enough to ask a question such as, “I want to know God,” very interesting things can begin to happen. There is also something that can accelerate the process. Become conscious in the dream, and do not want anything. Do not even want to do anything.

This can be difficult because, once you realize you are dreaming, you also realize you can create. You can have anything you want. But if you can consciously recognize that you need nothing and already have everything, it is like moving to another level.

Okay, there is nothing that I need; I have everything.

When you realize you are dreaming, become conscious of where you are.

Notice the temptation to create, act or obtain something within the dream.

Consciously recognize that you do not need anything and already have everything.

Remain without wanting or trying to do anything.

Waking Up in This Dream

The dream dimension reflects this dimension. You are in a dream right now, and you can wake up in this dream just as you can wake up within a sleeping dream. When you are inside a dream, you usually do not recognize it as a dream. The same can be true here, even when someone is speaking to you about it.

It is all about waking up now. In this life, you can live without wanting anything, knowing in your consciousness that you have everything you need. This is not simply something to believe. It is something to know. You are completely taken care of.

You can manifest something if you want to, but you do not need to manifest because you already have everything. As this becomes part of your consciousness, it begins to appear more clearly in your dreams.

Meditation is a time when you can simply be and know that you have everything you want. Eventually, this consciousness can become part of daily life. It is no longer a routine or a practice you perform. You can feel it while walking down the street. You have everything. Nothing can harm you, and you do not need to be afraid. Then you begin to see the world shift. This dream begins to change.

It’s all about waking up now.

In meditation, allow yourself simply to be.

Know that you already have everything you need.

Let this knowing move beyond meditation into daily life.

While walking or going about ordinary activities, feel that you have everything and do not need to be afraid.

Notice how your experience of the world begins to shift.

Walking Without Fear

Patrick remembered walking along a beachfront boardwalk in Brazil just after a class. He felt expanded. Crowds of people were around him, and he was simply feeling his energy. He did not need anything. He only wanted to take a little walk along the beach.

As he walked, he felt something poking him in the back. He turned and saw a man holding a knife. Patrick was feeling so good that the moment reminded him of the film Crocodile Dundee and the line, “That’s not a knife.” He had recently told someone dealing with stress at work not to take it so seriously. In that moment, he almost felt like laughing.

Patrick had taken about a year of kung fu, not enough to say that he really knew it. Still, his body responded. He moved his arm and knocked the hand holding the knife so that the blade turned back toward the man. It was not going to hurt him, but it frightened him and he ran away.

The knife had been a distraction while another man tried to take Patrick’s phone. Patrick felt the approaching hand, responded with a quick movement, and the man collapsed. Patrick did not even stop walking. After about twenty more feet, he realized they had been trying to rob him.

There had been no fear. The response simply happened, almost as his kung fu teacher had once described: at some point, you will just do it. Patrick offered the story as an example of how consciousness can change the way events unfold in your world.

I didn’t have any fear. I just kept walking.