The Fire of Now

The Fire of Now
This sacred moment of Now is the only door to freedom. How long has it been since you first heard this truth?
Many of you have been seekers for decades. You have acquired spiritual knowledge and had profound experiences, but the fulfilment of freedom has yet to embrace you in it’s sublime ecstasy.
The words of teachers are beautiful and logical and you understand perfectly, yet the invitation to burn in the fire of now remains just an invitation. The fault is not yours. You are sincere and willing to try almost anything to help with your growth, except the one thing that really works – consciously opening to the reality of Now.
Your inability to remain present is not your creation, nor do you have the capacity to transcend your dreams and live in the fire of Now. Your program for mind games is still too strong.

Truth is the ultimate nondual consciousness of God; it is also what’s so. This moment of Now in you is your truth. Your mind loves future fantasies and you spend lots of time dreaming about what might happen. Everybody is programmed for planning and improvement.
Sometimes your plans come to fruition, but it is not directly because of your planning or desires. It is the other way around: your future is already there, like a move waiting to be played. Its in the can. Sometimes your plans coincide with future events – often the outcome is completely different. ‘Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.’
Everything is and always has been in the hands of Source.
When your destined time of freedom draws nearer, your priorities will miraculously change, and the pull to live in the eternal presence of Now will consume you. You are all destined to grow and flower into Buddhas – it is inevitable.
Before that day of total liberation, there is certain to be lots of drama as your program for identification, judgement, clinging and reaction creates the suffering that almost everyone has to endure. This drama of separation is at the root of all suffering and creates the dramatic contrast necessary for the eventual bliss of re-union with the One.

Enlightenment is a gift from God. It is given when the time is right, and that time is already predestined.
This doesn’t mean that you can just stay in bed. You are programmed to make every possible effort to attain enlightenment, but your effort does not directly cause enlightenment. Purification of all individual systems with meditation, self-enquiry and other methods is essential. When your time of liberation approaches, you will be firmly committed to your quest for truth.
Spare no effort.
Be total, and remember that you are not alone.
The gift showers on you when most of your spiritual and worldly experiences are complete. Totality is the most significant quality for a seeker of truth – it moves you through these necessary experiences quickly.

Many teachers disagree on the peripheral aspects of religion; Jesus, Krishna, Buddha and Osho diverge, yet they all share a common experience of being fully aware, loving
and at one with the Whole.
Awakened teachers receive their cosmic knowledge from Source; cosmic knowledge can be verified only by God. No human can know how to create a universe.
Peripheral information is given to all teachers to keep the drama of separation going. My guru is better than yours. This has been the pattern in the kali yuga, the 4,000 year age of darkness about to dramatically come to a close.
If all teachers agreed on everything, the result would be unity. Unity is scheduled for the immanent new dawn, the sat yuga or coming age of light, and not before. The new dawn calls for a shared understanding based on nonduality, meditation and trust in God.
During the kali yuga there is significant confusion about destiny, free will and responsibility; hence the divergent teachings of different traditions.
Most teachers say that your effort and intention affect the time of your awakening. Advaita teachers say there is nothing to do. Effort and intention have their essential place in developing the positive aspects of the ego and are necessary precursors to the final surrender. But the story of your life is already written and all of your destined experiences are waiting for you to discover. Krishna understands the law of destiny perfectly. He counselled Arjuna to play his predestined part in the Mahabharat war that destroyed the last age of peace 4000 years ago.

Beloveds, the truth is that your time and place of awakening is already fixed by consciousness. Your effort, responsibility and let-go are pre-programmed by Source, as is every microscopic detail of everything.
You are already in the hands of Source. This means that you are already out of control.
Source never lets you know the details of life in advance; it spoils the fun. God can knock on your door at any moment - it will take you by surprise. Live with such presence and totality that you are prepared for the unexpected at every moment.
God, the beyond is waiting to welcome you home.

Love
Maitreya Ishwara