You Can't Drive

[Max Power]

Sometimes analogy's can help us understand stuff better. This is a long post, but worth the distance if you know how to drive

Everything you want from life means you have to take a journey to get there, so that means jumping in the car of momentum, time, growth and off you go.

Now this is how it usually works. You (your ego/mind/body) jump in the driver's seat and take off, but the problem is, you are not a very good driver. In fact you got your license from the driving school, SCMMIP which means the school of Social Conditioning, Media Manipulation and Illusionary Power.

The SCMNIP teaches it's driving students all the wrong and bad habits of driving, it's not accreditied and it's run by crazy people who have no real driving experience, these so called instructors include your parents, your teachers, your friends, your government and even your loved ones.

When the ego (the you in the mirror) drives, it drives like a maniac, it talks on the phone, it notices things outside, it listens to the radio, it goes too fast, it cuts people off, it road rages, gets in trouble with the police and worse of all has a few beers and then drives home often running over other people.

This ego driver is completely useless at drving and it really shouldn't be trusted to drive at all, it really should have it's license suspended. But if the ego wants to get somewhere, who's going to drive? Well it just so happens that in the back seat, sitting there, is an excellent driver fully trained in the skills of reaching destinations in an easy and safe manner for the benefit of all especially the ego driver wannabe.

This excellent driver sitting in the back seat, ready to take over, ready to get you where you want to go, is more than happy to take over, but unfortunately the ego driver has such a big head and a bigger ego it actually thinks it's a good driver and capable of reaching destinations.

So who is this mysterious back seat driver?.............

The Big C, Your Consciousness.

Your consciousness will take you anywhere you want to go, on time, safely and enjoyably, then you just jump out and say 'what a great ride, I made it' Doesn't matter if you want to go to the love shop or the bank or the gym, your consciousness driver will gladly take there and anywhere else you desire.

Here's the hard part. Most ego drivers think they are great drivers, they incorrectly think they are the only driver and that there's no one in the back seat and/or if there is someone in the back seat, they are obviously not a better driver, because why are they in the back seat? The ego is in such denial that it can't remember shoving consciousness into the back seat and pushing it's way to the driver's seat to create such havoc.

Worse still, the ego driver sometimes looks in the rear view mirror actually hoping someone will be there to take over, but can't see another driver (more denial) so continues to take on the driving role even though the ego driver (you) can't even get out of the driveway without hitting something.

But it's not all bad, because thankfully when the ego driver (yes you) can admit (at anytime) the truth, look in the mirror and see consciousness sitting there smiling back at you, ready to jump into the drivers seat at anytime, all the ego has to do, is admit it's a crap driver (you are) and hand over control.

"But I want to be in control, I want to driver" I hear you say, Yes of course you want to be in control and that's a good thing, but you don't want to drive, what you want to do is seat comfortably in the back seat, instruct the driver, enjoy the ride and view (observe) as you look out the window and let consciousness do all the work, then when you get to the love shop, the bank, the weight loss farm, you can say "that's great consciousness, thanks I had a great ride" Unfortunately, some people can't see consciousness in the back seat, they think they're all alone in the car, they either deny it's there or see it and won't give up the drivers seat.

Consciousness is your best friend, it's only skill is driving and it's the best driver in exsistance, but the ego (you) are very stubborn and are fearful that if you let this excellent driver take control, you want have control, but in truth, you don't want control and that's the problem. Most drivers are so in love with driving no matter how many crashes, how many speeding tickets, how many road rage incidents, they still want to drive.

How many times are you going to crash, before you say "Ok, I'm obviously crap at this driving business, I don't like it anyway, I'll jump in the back seat, give instructions about where I want to go and just observe"

So here's the choice for you to make. There's a way to get somewhere, you have to take the car (your physical body) on a journey to the desired destination (your goal) and you want to get there as fast and as easy as possible, so who's going to drive?

You? (ego) your driving history indicates that sometimes you've got where you wanted to go, but there were accidents and breakdowns and a few crashes and a few run ins with other drivers and the authorities, quiet often you never made it, you ran out of gas, fell alseep at the wheel and basically got lost and went back home.

Consciousness. This driver is perfect, flawless and faultless, it never makes a mistake, it never breaks down, it can't crash and it will take you where you want to go by the fastest and most enjoyable route possbile, but there is a trick to getting this most excellent driver to be your chauffeur......

You have to tell consiousness where you want to go, get out of the driver's seat, jump in the back seat and be prepared to observe all the stuff passing by as consciousness takes you to your destination. You can't be a back seat driver, which means don't annoy and/or distract consciousness from the journey you've chosen, because back seat drivers are the worst right?

Have you ever let consciousness drive before? Take a look at when anything you've ever accomplished has been easy and enjoyable, if it has, then consciousness was driving, you were merely the observer enjoying the ride. If achieving something has been difficult and unenjoyable, then you (ego) were driving and you've usually made a mess of it and it took forever if you got there at all.

The trick is to admit you can't drive, say "look consciousness, I'm obviously a crap driver, can you jump in the driver's seat and take over, I'd much rather just sit back relax and observe the journey, I know and trust that you'll get me where I want to go, so please take the shortest most enjoyable route"

Once you admit you aren't a very good driver and there's this really great driver in the back seat, but you've been ignoring it and/or pretending it doesn't exist, then you can give up control and enjoy the view and the ride.

Technically your skill is observation only and you're a fantastic observer, you love to observe, love to look out the window and see all the wonderful things going past and you are very good at giving instructions, but sometimes you become a back seat driver and then push consciousness out of the drivers seat and then you're all over the road again, crashing and getting in trouble with other road users, pedistrians and the authorities.

So who's going to drive? You or consciousness? Do you want to have to drive, worry about all the driving issues and also have to observe it all? or would you rather sit in the back seat where it's nice and comfy and tell consciousness exactly where you want to go?

"Consciousness, I'd like to go to the bank and observe that $5M that's gone into my account, then can we stop by the love shop, because I'm all out and I'm a little overweight so we need to get to the weigh loss place, oh and can you get me to these places as fast as possible please, I'm in the back seat and I'm ready to go"

Be warned though, you're expertise is in observation, not driving and consciousness's expertise is in driving and you can't ever have two drivers and not expect trouble.

Here endth the driving lesson

Max

PS, Have you ever been driving you car (the real one) and your mind drifted off, then you 'woke up' and realised you'd gone a really long way, but you couldn't remember very well or at all? That's what happens when you let consciousness drive your real car, now all you have to do, is let consciousness drive your life to where you want to go in lfe.

[absvan]

HAHAAHA

I enjoyed it Max...As mentioned before nice analogy.

[Max Power]

AB,

We've just got to admit, we don't create, we observe and then get out of the creating seat so consciousness can do it's job. At best we get in the way, at worst we crash into stuff

Max

[openeyes]

Sometimes it's fun to drive (I grew up in a racing family), but most of the time I'm quite happy to sit back and observe, or take a calmer path on my bicycle. This fits my life in the larger sense as well.

Most of the time I'm quite happy to simply watch everything fall into place, and much of the rest of the time I'm apt to be gently moving along barefoot or on two wheels, leisurely taking in the beauty of it all while others get stuck in traffic.

I'm largely non confrontational and feel little need to be the one who officially accomplishes something. Somehow whatever needs to get done is always taken care of. Often when I have a thought if I wait a while someone else will express it.

[MrBig]

Originally Posted by Max Power

Here endth the driving lesson

Good lesson, thank you. I'm not sure if you saw my question in "To plan or not to plan?" so I'll ask it here again:

Where do our thoughts come from in your opinion?

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by MrBig

Good lesson, thank you. I'm not sure if you saw my question in "To plan or not to plan?" so I'll ask it here again:

Where do our thoughts come from in your opinion?

The eternal question........

If thought is creative, then thought must come from the creator and that means you. Where do thoughts come from? You. Who is the creator of thought? You. So who is the creator of everything? You

Congratulations! You are the creator of everything. Don't believe me? Here's proof What happens when you're not around? Nothing.

"Wait Max, that's crazy talk!, when I wake in the morning, I wasn't around, but everything changed"

Really?? How do you know that you (as the creator of everything) just didn't create the difference? You've created the perception that everything has changed, created the perception that everything has advanced.

In answer to your question, thoughts come from the creator.

The real challenging question is.............how many creators are there?

How you answer that question will help you understand your creative power.

Enjoy!
Max

[MrBig]

Originally Posted by Max Power

You are the creator of everything. Don't believe me? Here's proof What happens when you're not around? Nothing.

"Wait Max, that's crazy talk!, when I wake in the morning, I wasn't around, but everything changed"

Really?? How do you know that you (as the creator of everything) just didn't create the difference? You've created the perception that everything has changed, created the perception that everything has advanced.

Okay, so if that is true, you did not actually answer my question. I have created the perception that the question has been answered by someone with a name Max. Right?

[Positive180]

There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question, there are no more to ask...

Out of the depths of unbroken Infinity arose the Question. Who am I? and to that Question there is only one Answer -- I am God!




(I pulled that one out of my Meher Baba hat)

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by Positive180

There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question, there are no more to ask...

Out of the depths of unbroken Infinity arose the Question. Who am I? and to that Question there is only one Answer -- I am God!

Congratulations, you're off to the winner's circle and your fabulous prize.......Awesome cosmic power and self limiting human experience.

So how many creators are there? One

How many Consciousness (God) is there? One

Observers? One

Experiences? One

In the end there can be only one.

Enjoy!

Max

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by MrBig

Okay, so if that is true, you did not actually answer my question. I have created the perception that the question has been answered by someone with a name Max. Right?

Correct, there's not much point having all these people in your awareness unless you give them something to do.

Max

[Chinese Dragon]

Great post! It was really interesting to read.

Originally Posted by Max Power

PS, Have you ever been driving you car (the real one) and your mind drifted off, then you 'woke up' and realised you'd gone a really long way, but you couldn't remember very well or at all?

This sounds kind of random but I read in a book somewhere that that's a great way to get creative ideas in fact. You give your thinking brain something to do, like driving, and your creative brain can do whattever it wants without getting distracted.

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by Chinese Dragon

Great post! It was really interesting to read.
This sounds kind of random but I read in a book somewhere that that's a great way to get creative ideas in fact. You give your thinking brain something to do, like driving, and your creative brain can do whattever it wants without getting distracted.

Yes, when we can let go of ego (some call it the conscious mind) then pure consciosuness can work better.

That is why we must relax and get out of the drivers seat and hop in the back, but the problem is that pesky driving school (society, parents, friends, loved ones) want to encourage us to drive.

Too bad we suck at it, but great there's always a fantastic driver sitting in the back seat ready to take over, but letting someone else drive is very challenging, especially if you're a male.

Max

[ShiningLight]

Max, love your post. Good read and explanations. Here's some questions for you (us, me) : In your previous post, "your true power," you say consciousness is the creator. If the ego is flawed, i.e. a terrible driver, why would the consciousness create this? Why couldn't consciousness create an ego that simply observes and doesn't try to "drive?" Is there some practical reason for this?

Second part, who is the decision maker - Consciousness, or ego? You talk about conscious choice being the creator, do you mean that it decides or chooses for us? But then you say, that the egos job is to observe and decide. Sorry, if i'm reading your thoughts incorrectly, just like some clarification.

Thanks for the interesting discussion. Don't mean to sound interrogating or anything, I value your thoughts and point of view, so that's why I'm asking you.

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by ShiningLight

Max, love your post. Good read and explanations. Here's some questions for you (us, me) : In your previous post, "your true power," you say consciousness is the creator. If the ego is flawed, i.e. a terrible driver, why would the consciousness create this? Why couldn't consciousness create an ego that simply observes and doesn't try to "drive?" Is there some practical reason for this?

Yes, it's called imperfection. As I believe consciousness is perfect, then on some level I'm guessing that it would like to enjoy imperfection, hence the need for the physical reality/observer deal. The trick is to remember that your real identity is consciounsess and therefore you are actually the back seat driver all the time, but for the sake of the perception/illusion you perceive that you are the front seat driver. The more you identify with the back seat driver (consciousness) the more the front seat driver (your physical body/mind) can get out of the way of creation.

Second part, who is the decision maker - Consciousness, or ego? You talk about conscious choice being the creator, do you mean that it decides or chooses for us? But then you say, that the egos job is to observe and decide. Sorry, if I'm reading your thoughts incorrectly, just like some clarification.

They are not two seperate entities, I know I explain it as back and front seat driver, but it's the same thing, the one thing. Physical reality/avatar is an expression of consciousness, you are that consciousness. If you think about where thoughts and decisions truly come from, you'll see that it's not your physical body/brain, there's something else running the show (consciousness) and your body and physical output is creation, not creator, try to think of it as the real you is just having this incredibly detailed and dense experience called physical reality and the only way to enjoy that experience is to place an observer there (you, your physical body) to observe all your creation.

Thanks for the interesting discussion. Don't mean to sound interrogating or anything, I value your thoughts and point of view, so that's why I'm asking you.

You're welcome, feel free to ask me anything, me no stupid

[ShiningLight]

Yes, it's called imperfection. As I believe consciousness is perfect, then on some level I'm guessing that it would like to enjoy imperfection, hence the need for the physical reality/observer deal.

I have this thought similar to yours, where since consciousness knows everything, it has to know what it is to not know, and thus physical reality/observer. On the flip side, we're here "not knowing" and our goal is trying "to know." Consciousness is the "creator" as you say, but what it creates is "lies" since anything manifested is "not real," we are here to try to figure out the "truth" and the only way to do that is by "destroying" the lies. Consciousness is the "creator", we are the "destroyer." But like you say we are one in the same, there is no distinction. We are both "creator" and "destroyer." We are both real and not real at the same moment. Whaddaya think?

try to think of it as the real you is just having this incredibly detailed and dense experience called physical reality and the only way to enjoy that experience is to place an observer there (you, your physical body) to observe all your creation.

Makes sense to me.

me no stupid

Of course not, since you are actually me and I no stupid either.

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by ShiningLight

Consciousness is the "creator", we are the "destroyer." But like you say we are one in the same, there is no distinction. We are both "creator" and "destroyer." We are both real and not real at the same moment. Whaddaya think?

SL, Nice analogy, but I prefer the perfection/imperfection analogy. Although the line in bold above that you stated is very interesting. We are not real as in physical and that is our power. The non physical seems to be where all the power is. the body, human body doesn't seem to create anything and considering that it does, seems to place a lot of stress on it.

When you identify yourself as a human body and mind, that means you have to compete with all the other human body/minds as they are not you, so it's always you vs that other person. But when you identify with consciousness it's all you and it all works better. Getting another part of cosnciousness to work with you is easy and enjoyable.

Of course not, since you are actually me and I no stupid either.

Exactly. Other people are only ever a part of you, so if you find a stupid person, it's the stupid part of you, that's why it doesn't make any sense to dislike anyone no matter how dumb, annoying or angry for they are you, you're only ever disliking yourself. it's ok to dislike a part of yourself, but you have to wonder why you would do that.

Max

[ao2007]

MAX

Are you referring to choosing then letting go and entering the "flow state" or something different?

Thank you.

ao

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by ao2007

MAX

Are you referring to choosing then letting go and entering the "flow state" or something different?

Thank you.

ao

AO,

I basically see the whole concept of physical reality as one big CM.

Choice - Manifestation.

It happens instantly as such a powerful thing like consciousness is capable of, but consciounsess is playing a tricky game. On one hand it can and does create instantly, but then it chooses to place an observer there to observe creation and then in lies the problem.

Not only must the reality be maintained as acceptable, but the observer must sense that stability also and that's why you won't be flying unaided any time soon Of course that's possible, nothing is impossible, but instant manifestation (outisde your current belief system) is hardly going to maintain a stable reality is it.

There are rules (you made them) some can be bent, some broken, but there are rules. Our task is to manifest everything we desire, while still maintain an acceptable reality. It's a fine line, but that's life! There are a whole range of beliefs that people have about manifesting stuff and most are either wrong and/or troublesome.

Most people don't trust conscious choice, conscious power, they put all their faith and thought into their physical environment and yet everything that is ever created starts out as thought as choice a very unphysical thing.

Max

[torilink]

hey max,

I just wanted to reply to your words on rules and limitations...

We each have our own unique rules/laws which we believe in, resulting in limitations. One person may be able to consciously create within a few hours or a couple days, while others experience months or years of waiting for manifestation to occur. It all just depends on the personsonal belief systems of the one putting forth a desire.

Obviously, those with many limiting beliefs or negative self talk, will have a more difficult time manifesting.

I am most grateful to my mother for raising me to believe all things are possible, it has helped me even before I knew of the process of conscious creation to manifest those things I desired.

The gift of an open mind and untethered imagination are the highest gifts we can give to ourselves and our children.

Now, taking this a step farther - I do think a day will arrive & time will come when there are those with the power of instant manifestation. Will it be soon? Will it be us Max? I can only imagine it at this point, but I do believe it is possible.

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by torilink

hey max,

I just wanted to reply to your words on rules and limitations...

We each have our own unique rules/laws which we believe in, resulting in limitations. One person may be able to consciously create within a few hours or a couple days, while others experience months or years of waiting for manifestation to occur. It all just depends on the personsonal belief systems of the one putting forth a desire.

Obviously, those with many limiting beliefs or negative self talk, will have a more difficult time manifesting.

I am most grateful to my mother for raising me to believe all things are possible, it has helped me even before I knew of the process of conscious creation to manifest those things I desired.

The gift of an open mind and untethered imagination are the highest gifts we can give to ourselves and our children.

Now, taking this a step farther - I do think a day will arrive & time will come when there are those with the power of instant manifestation. Will it be soon? Will it be us Max? I can only imagine it at this point, but I do believe it is possible.

TL, Well said! You're right!! I tell people there are rules (but there aren't any really) because people want to have rules to govern the system, to control their lives. Most people are in fear of what may actually happen if they themselves take control, like Steve said "maybe the universe would break!" if you tossed out most or all of the rules.

The rules are nothing more than self imposed limitations to maintain the reality, the secret to life is how far can we bend and break them and the results of those beliefs and actions.

There are no rules, but you break them at your peril

Max