Today's topic is Lucid Living. It is a topic that pops up quite often in the book Awaken the Living Awareness Within - Discover the Keys to Happiness, Inner Peace & Harmony. Before we start, I would like to say that there is much more in-depth material available on the website, named Infinite Quantum Zen, where you can find plenty of amazing insights of various kinds. That said, back to today's topic, that of Lucid Living. So, what is it, exactly; and what does it mean? In short, Lucid Living is the implication of experiencing deeper levels of awareness. The term itself goes hand in hand with the idea of Living Awareness (which we covered in the earlier blogpost last month).
In a nutshell, Lucid Living refers to a state of being widely awake, vividly clear, and totally lucid, while at the same time being empty and receptive. Imagine for a moment, if you will, that you would be able to be fully present in the moment, without the interference of thoughts, feelings and emotions. Now, imagine for a moment that you could live your life in this state; then, ask yourself: What are the implications and benefits of living life in such a state? To get a glimpse of what Lucid Living is like, one would need to expand their level of awareness way out of the norm to experience it for themselves. With Self-Mastery, it is possible to awaken to the Living Awareness that dwells within — this happens through one’s own free will, which is, in turn, aligned with the Divine Will, you see? Living Awareness opens up the doors of perception for a wider reality and to deeper levels of understanding. With this, the journey within begins. The journey always begins from the Self; it happens through the Self; and ends with the Self, you see?
The beautiful Art of Lucid Living arises from the conscious realization and acknowledgement that life is a continuous process of evolvement and development — a process of becoming, of attaining new levels of existence and organization; the process itself includes different cycles of learning, integration, and expression — these cycles consists of different stages that direct the evolution of a living being. As one goes through this process, it is possible to awaken and become aware of myriad things — within and without, you see? As one awakens to one’s true nature, one comes to realize that life isn’t a material, but rather a spiritual experience. In other words, spirituality is the crystallization of whole existence. This deep realization brings out the curiosity to investigate the Divine World that surrounds and interpenetrates everything in a reality we call the material world.
Those individuals who are willing to daringly explore new frontiers of their own consciousness, of their inner world — Innerverse, and are ready to go fearlessly beyond their usual limits, will eventually find the Key that unlocks the Mysteries of Lucid Living within — in so doing, the courageous individual enters to the world of extraordinary and arrives at the forefront of Creation, where all the new and exciting is discovered and created; this is the Sacred Place within the Self where only the worthy may enter — a place of Divinity, Infinite Love, Peace, and Serenity; in this place, the unknowable is made knowable, the unimaginable becomes imaginable, and the unbelievable becomes believable. The beginning steps may be difficult, yes, but the process gets easier as the individual begins to walk the walk instead of just talking the talk — so to speak. If the journey would be easy, everyone would be pursuing it, wouldn’t they? It is for this reason why the path of Self-Mastery is often a lonesome one, as it eventually involves the spiritual aspect as well — Awakening From the Dream of Life, you see?
If one were to use an analogy to describe Lucid Living, they probably would use the following one: this type of alive and vivid experience of life can easily be compared to viewing a film in an Ultra-HD resolution with stunningly high refresh rate — an experience that has not only more depth and variety in colors than the ordinary normal resolution, but also more temporal resolution which allows one to notice more detail. The most amazing thing about this type of living is the truth that the experience isn’t only richer in color and sound, but that the experiencer is embedded in the action and creating the story in real-time, you see? In mastering the Art of Lucid Living, it is essentially important to remember that the past is history, the future is a mystery, and this very moment — here and now, has been given to us as a precious gift from life; that is the reason why this “now” moment is called “the present.”
2021-03-02, Best wishes, Sambodhi Padmasamadhi