The Mystic Channel

There is only one way to attain peace and that is to release all that is not peaceful. Let it all go. All of it. Fill yourself with emptiness and you will fill yourself with peace. To have anything in you is to be full of something and something will always lead you somewhere, it will have some effect. Something generates movement. Peace is non-generating. It is passive; inactive, tranquil, serene. Peace is hard to find because society is not geared for it. Society is run on frantic energy; racing to make ends meet. Racing to do all the physical activities that need to be done so that you fit into the round hole that society wants you to fill. You’re only a peg in society’s eyes, you see. And if you conform to society’s thoughts and beliefs, you are a round peg and you will fit nicely into the hole they made for you. Should you be a square peg, you will not fit society. This will make you outcast. Alarm bells will ring. You will be ostracized. You must not stray from the...

Thank you for your question. I do not know the teachings of Buddhism because those teachings rely heavily on the interpretation of the many, many facets of the Buddhist religion as interpreted by their individual leaders. I have read about the teachings of the first Buddha though. The Buddha traveled the globe and discovered much misery that was self-inflicted due to harmful thinking and an attachment to harmful thoughts. He was so affected by this that he withdrew from the world and began his own practice to cleanse himself of all that he had seen. His endeavor was to reach Nirvana; a state of peace that is free from harmful thoughts and the craving and clinging that these thoughts cause which ultimately results in pain. Buddha observed life around him in order to gain insight and knowledge from what he experienced. So too, did he observe the universe, from his own seat, when he looked into the night sky. The universe was not troubled but man was very troubled. The st...

The nature of reality is that all things will pass away. In the teachings of the Buddha, clinging and craving create the pain that fills human life because all things pass away (in some form) and humans (due to their attachment to things) cannot understand, cope with or bear the loss. Loss is frightening, disturbing, upsetting and often devastating to such an extent that the human mind will focus on what is absent and will not be able to refocus on what is still present. People pursue states of fulfillment according to their own attachment to their own ideas of what is satisfying. It is like this: First you see something you cannot live without. Something that may be animate or inanimate, living or material based. You begin to pursue this thing first in your thoughts. “I must have this.” Then you plan how to get it and begin your physical pursuit to obtain it. Once you have your perceived “treasure” you are elated for a time as you experience its presence in your life...

The self is an idea. It is only a thought. The self becomes important only because you attach importance to it. The self is you, it is me, it is I. But now carry the thought through. Who are you? Do you see where this is leading? If you seek to let go of the idea of a self, you must first understand what the self is and why you attach importance to it. In order to do this, you have to understand your thoughts. It is your thoughts that are attached. You have the free will to examine your thoughts and get to know yourself and understand what you think about and why you think the thoughts you do. Use one to understand the other. Use free will to help you understand the self and why you are attached to the self. Perhaps you don’t need to be attached to the self any longer. If this turns out to be your new thought, you will have truly experienced the will to be free.

As the principle teachings of the original Buddha are all for relinquishing attachment, I do not think Buddha would think it wise to consult cards for prophecy. This would establish a need for the cards and as there was a need to have the cards, there would be an attachment to the cards. Speaking only for the original Buddha’s teachings, it would be far better to meditate and clear the mind of all false messages, ideas and thoughts and allow the emptiness of clarity to lead you to Nirvana (Peace). You travel with your mind which is what you are. Only your thoughts are baggage. Non-attachment is the primary goal of the true Buddhist practice, for in non-attachment, the mind is free to reach Nirvana. If the mind is cluttered by need or cravings, then the mind is weighted down by baggage and Nirvana is lost. To sit and ponder a future is to worry over what will come. Peace is the only state to aspire to. All others are corruptions leading only to further corruptions.