Transformation Happens In An Instant - The Magic Of Change

Transformation occurs in a second.

How do we transform ourselves?

How long does it need to take for transformation to occur?

Do we need 10 years,

25 years,

50 years?

Why do some people change and others keep saying I'll do it tomorrow?

How can you experience freedom in life in a second?

That's a very,

Very deep thing.

So this is what we're going to be delving into today.

I'm sure if you look back on your own life,

You will have had the experience where things were one way,

And then they became a different way.

You know,

Normally we think everything takes time.

Some things do take time,

Like for example,

A plant.

I'm here in Hawaii and there's all sorts of plants growing and trees,

And it's just like a jungle.

So they didn't appear out of nowhere.

They took time to grow.

And some of them,

Like I had a mangosteen the other day.

Mangosteen is a very medicinal fruit.

That's kind of like,

They're very expensive,

Right?

And the reason they're so expensive,

These little purple fruit,

Is because the mangosteen tree takes about 30 or 40 years to grow.

And so you can't get any fruit out of it for a very,

Very,

Very long time.

So that's a tree.

But in our case with consciousness,

Transformation happens in a second.

And many,

Many things in our life happen in a second.

For example,

Perhaps one day you realized that you were not feeling well,

And you wanted to stop eating certain bad foods that are making you sick.

And you might have thought about it for a while,

And it might be nice,

And maybe I should change my diet,

Maybe I should do it.

But then one fine day,

One marvelous day,

You said to yourself,

I'm definitely going to start eating better right now,

Right now.

And that's the magic moment,

Right now.

And then because of that moment,

That instant,

All of a sudden you went and you had a different type of food than you normally would.

That happened in an instant,

That was a choice that happened in a second.

And the same is true for any other practice.

You know,

You might say,

Oh,

I should do more yoga,

I should do more yoga,

I should do more yoga,

And you might think about it for ages.

Some people have been talking about this for years.

And then one day you just said to yourself,

There's never a good time to do this,

I'm just going to do it now.

And that was it.

And then you started doing it.

And if you keep doing it,

You create a habit,

And then you become completely changed from the inside out because of that habit being built.

So there are many,

Many things in our life.

In fact,

Any of the changes we make,

There is this magic moment where transformation happens in an instant.

So it's really that decision,

That awareness,

That moment of enlightenment around whatever it is,

Any sort of transformation happens in an instant.

When it's the time,

Right?

I mean,

Oftentimes there's a lot of life experience and even contemplation that leads up to that instant.

However,

Once we know,

Once we're aware,

Once our mind and our intellect has been enlightened,

And we follow that knowingness,

Then that transformation happens very quickly.

All of the physical conditions and such take time.

The physical level of life is the densest.

So it's often said the drama of life moves like a louse.

That can be slow.

But the transformation in your consciousness can be very fast.

In a second,

In an instant.

And this is so important because some people have been on a spiritual path for 20 years,

25 years.

When you talk to people who've been on the path for a while,

And if you go to a retreat or if you hang out at some spiritual center,

You'll often find people sitting around talking about how they've been doing this for so many years,

And they're just sitting there,

And they've been on this for so many years,

And they don't really feel like they're making that much progress.

I've heard these conversations.

I've had these conversations.

And people say,

I want to be different than I am,

But I'm still stuck in this thing.

And I don't feel like I'm moving forward like I want to be.

And this is very,

Very common.

This is very common.

Just go to any spiritual place and sit around and have something to eat with somebody.

In someone's conversation at some point.

And so what we have to remember is that whatever we want to experience,

These changes in consciousness,

It's never going to happen later.

It never is going to happen tomorrow.

Nothing's going to happen next week.

There's never going to be a good time for us to change our state of being.

The environment is never going to be quite right.

And even if it is,

It will only be quite right for a very short amount of time.

So sooner or later,

We have to go to this different level of awareness,

Spiritual awareness,

Where we say things aren't going to be the perfect environment.

It's not going to be there and everything is not going to be the way I want it.

How can I experience Jeevan Mukthi in a second?

This is an ancient expression.

Jeevan Mukthi means liberation in life,

Freedom,

Freedom,

A feeling of freedom.

Feeling of lightness,

A feeling of complete peace,

A feeling of spiritual love,

Bliss.

In a second,

Right now,

Right now,

Now is the moment of power.

Now is the moment of power.

Now is the moment of power.

And we can feel that shift.

As soon as we remember,

I am not this limited person with problems.

I actually am the seat of consciousness sitting in that place of light.

Right now.

And I am safe and I am secure and I have already attained everything.

Right now.

It's like jumping up and going into the flying stage.

It's like being a bird.

You might be able to hear the birds in the background here.

There's lots of lovely birds.

And if they sit on their little lovely perch on their tree or on top of a roof or something,

They can sit there forever worrying about whether or not they can fly.

But sooner or later they have to jump off and then fly.

And that decision to jump and fly happens in an instant.

It's a little bit like,

I'm sure you can remember this,

Where you've been standing in a pool or near a creek or something.

And you're on the outside and it might be cold water and you're standing there or by the ocean and you think,

Oh,

I'm not sure I'm ready to take the plunge quite yet.

You're sort of getting ready.

But there is an instant where you decide to jump in,

Isn't there?

There's an instant where you just say,

I'm just going to do it.

And then you watch yourself doing it.

And then there's a few split seconds and then you land and then you're now submerged in water and you go,

Ah,

What a refreshing,

Immediate,

Refreshing,

Refreshing,

Refreshing,

Refreshing,

Refreshing energy.

So these are all examples of what we're talking about.

That shift in an instant,

In a second,

In a second,

In a second.

Powerful.

So really that transformation starts as well with our intention and our willingness.

So interesting,

This topic.

I remember reading and receiving wisdom from David Hawkins and he did a lot of,

Had a lot of experience and experiments in consciousness.

And he would say that everything is happening in and of itself and it's one ten thousandth of a second later that the ego takes credit for it.

So it's a wonder too in this is that that transformation is already available and occurring.

If we are available to take it,

To receive it,

To embrace it.

Right.

And when you have that spiritual intention,

That enlightenment moment is available so much as you are available to it,

Right,

To recognize and awaken.

That's fascinating,

Fascinating.

It reminds me of a while,

A couple of months ago,

I was down at the creek,

Crescent moon near Cathedral Rock.

And I went there early in the morning.

It's hot,

Really hot in the morning.

And I crossed the river and then walked on this red rock.

And then there's the deep part of the creek.

I remember standing there,

Not quite ready to jump in because always it's,

You know,

It's cold and I'm not quite sure I'm ready.

And I was standing there and next thing I know,

I watched my body run and jump.

I actually didn't realize I'd done it till after it happened.

It wasn't like I said,

Okay,

I'm going to one,

Two,

Three,

I'm going to jump.

It just sort of happened by itself.

And that's what Ari was just sharing,

That this state is already occurring.

And it's the willingness that we have in our heart,

That decision on a deeper level that I want to experience higher consciousness,

That interest opens the door for these moments,

These magic moments to start becoming more and more and more relevant and more common in our life.

Hmm.

Such a profound,

Profound topic.

I'm feeling to read you all a blessing from a spiritual teaching today that really referenced the value of being available for this transformation in a second.

We cannot always control our environment and the things happening and the situations that karmic accounts coming to be settled,

Right?

Sometimes there's a lot happening all at once.

So this blessing is really acknowledging that and acknowledging the power of being available for this transformation,

This ascension in a second.

May you be an accurate yogi and make storms into gifts with your controlling power.

An accurate and true yogi is one who is able to connect his intellect,

His awareness to wherever he wants,

Whenever he wants in a second.

The situation may be of upheaval.

The atmosphere may be tamoguni and pure and Maya illusion,

Negativity vices may try to make you belong to her.

However,

Even then to be able to concentrate in a second is to use the power of remembrance.

No matter how much of a storm of waste thoughts there may be,

Let the storm become a gift to move forward in a second.

Let there be this much controlling power.

Such powerful souls would never have the thought,

I didn't want it to happen,

But it happened.

So may you be an accurate yogi and make storms into gifts with your controlling power,

With your willingness to have that transformation,

That ascension in a second.

It's so beautiful and I'll read another quote while we're at it.

This is about transformation.

For how long will you continue to say that you would like to change,

That you should be,

You should be different?

You do not say with a sparkle,

We always have that intoxication of higher consciousness.

You only say we should have it.

So how many years do you need in order to become complete?

That is for the words we should be like that to finish and the words we are constantly that to emerge from everyone's lips.

The father is asking you how many years do you need to change?

Ten years or even more?

Do you need more years?

So should all of you become complete in 25 years or do you need more time?

Otherwise when this,

If you have one year and then you have another year,

Then when the second year finishes,

You'll still be singing the same song.

We need more time.

So this is a very deep thing just for us all to contemplate.

What do we need more time for?

Because transformation happens in an instant.

So what we're delving into today is really a shift in awareness.

Instead of thinking it's time,

It's effort,

It's going to happen later,

It's going to be a slow grinding process.

That's one way of thinking.

The other way of thinking is inside of me already right now,

Today,

Is a higher state of consciousness somewhere hidden away inside right now.

And am I willing to surrender lower consciousness?

Am I willing to let go of things that no longer serve my highest good?

Am I willing to experience higher states of being?

And am I willing to do that right now?

And then am I willing to do it again and again and again,

Little by little,

Every day?

One of the things that I mentioned fairly often on these sessions is when I had a spiritual awakening,

I was pulled out of my body,

Saw myself walking down a path,

And then I saw my future,

Two potential futures,

And I had to decide which one I wanted,

To have a life of higher consciousness or to carry on the way I was.

And when I decided that I wanted to have higher consciousness,

I took one step on that new path and in an instant,

Literally in an instant,

My whole life completely changed.

In an instant.

Because after that moment,

I gave up everything that was previously my whole life revolved around all these bad habits and that all just disappeared.

I'm not saying that I never had any problems after that,

But a lot of things came up that when you're on a spiritual path,

You start to really face yourself at a much deeper level over time.

But that happened in a second,

It happened in an instant.

That wasn't a process of thinking about it,

Tuning into it,

Writing journaling entries.

You happened immediately just like that.

And even with meditation,

I'm sure everyone here does meditation,

You've probably noticed that you might be sitting there in meditation,

This is my experience,

Sitting there a little bit vague,

Not necessarily having the experience I want straight away.

And then in an instant,

Something shifts,

Something happens all of a sudden.

And then you notice that there's this wonderful change in consciousness.

All of a sudden,

You go into this different state,

It's like entering another realm.

In a second.

And then also,

It happens the other way.

I've had this experience many times going to the Buddhist stupa here in Sedona,

Where I'm not there now,

But I used to go every morning.

And I would go there,

Do my meditation.

And then it would get to the point where it gets very,

Very deep,

All of a sudden,

Something would happen,

Go really,

Really deep into this very radically different state of consciousness.

And then I would stand up and I'm still in the state and I walk around and I'm still in the state and I might walk back and I'm still in the state and I'm driving a car back home and I'm still in this state of consciousness.

And getting the house and I'm still in the state and then I see something or I think about something else related to something and all of a sudden,

Next thing I know,

I'm not there anymore because I'm focused elsewhere,

You know,

Or some shift happened.

So we can go into that higher state in a second and then we can also come out of it in a second,

Which is quite funny.

So all these shifts,

They all happen in a second.

So really,

You can bring this awareness today into multiple levels of your life.

Deepest level we're talking about is that level of consciousness,

That level of awareness,

That willingness,

That availability to the love and the peace and the power that is present right now.

You can of course bring this awareness as well to any changes you need to make in your life on any level of life.

There is wisdom and that yes,

There is a timing for everything in life and right now in this moment at this time,

You can ask yourself what transformation wants to occur?

What transformation,

What change can I be available to for the highest good of all on any level of my life?

To really open yourself to that awareness to be known,

Revealed,

Experienced and then acted upon.

It's true,

There are secrets and things down the line that haven't been revealed to you yet.

They will in the right moment.

And as long as we stay available to transformation in a second,

Then again and again and again,

Second by second,

Day by day,

We'll have those moments in an instant of transformation,

Of ascension.

To really tune in with in consciousness beneath all of the noise of the world is that infinite silence,

The field of endless divine love.

So in consciousness,

That field is always available.

So much and so deep as we're willing to let go into it,

Surrender and ascend.

So let's take a few moments now to surrender into that higher space of consciousness.

And open ourselves to be available to any and all transformation in a second.

I've heard before there was a brother struggling with something,

Some negative energy,

Some advice and a teacher said to him,

It's really very simple.

When you're ready to let go of it,

You let go of it.

So it's that instantaneous transformation.

So let's take a few moments now to surrender.

Let's take a few moments now to surrender.

Let's take a few moments now to surrender.

We've had some lovely comments from Brenda,

Which we can read from Austin.

You want to share our all about your experience at Barton Springs.

I'm sure she knows what you're talking about.

Jumping in.

Sure.

Right.

Barton Springs in Austin is a glorious place.

That's for sure.

I used to live in Austin,

Brenda,

And I think anyone who's been to Barton Springs knows and appreciates that experience of just jumping in that cold water and experiencing transformation in a second.

You know,

On a physiological level,

I know that the cold spring water transforms the body and the brain.

And certainly if we take a dip with spiritual intention as well,

It can be powerful.

So Brenda says,

Freedom can happen in any moment once a surrender happens.

A willingness to let go of my own story and how life things,

Situations should be according to my self-identification or ego,

The story of all habits.

I call the programming must be tended to from the power of the soul place,

Creating new habits and new neural pathways,

Practicing being the witness of my story and giving it little power as quickly as I can,

Opens the doors to be free.

It's just as Michael says,

At any moment,

Freedom can be experienced.

And she says here,

I used to say that I am doomed as looking out from the outside in the witness of myself,

My self creation,

The entanglements created in this lifetime,

The story,

The Maya.

Now what I do is I say one word,

Either stop or love.

This habit pattern interrupts the story,

The preference out of the moment,

Bringing me to center,

To moment in this,

I am able to do anything,

Create anything,

Be present to what is called for now.

So beautiful.

Thank you,

Brenda.

It's just perfect.

So this,

This is the shift that happens in a second.

And what it also means is let us not be disheartened if we make a shift in a second and then we find ourselves in a different state the next second.

It doesn't mean that it's a failure.

It just means there's these different channels and one part of us is addicted to one channel and then we're trying to create a new channel and we go back to the old channel.

But that change still does happen in a second again and again and again and again and again.

So our wonderful practice is to realize the power we have and to keep coming back to that higher channel where we feel blissful,

Loving,

Relaxed,

Content and free.

Powerful,

Powerful exploration today.

To continuously be available to that transformation,

That highest state of consciousness in each moment is kind of the game of life.

Human soul is presented with so many moments,

So many decisions in each moment.

And on one hand to rest in knowing it's all happening on its own.

But on the other hand,

In a very real experience,

It does feel that we're presented with millions,

Millions of little decisions.

Every moment.

How we're going to move,

How we're going to breathe,

How we're going to speak,

What we're going to think.

So there's such a grand opportunity here with this transformation in a second.

Because we can make that choice,

We can have that availability,

That commitment to the higher state,

Higher choice.

And then that leads us more and more on that most elevated trajectory to our highest state,

Consciousness,

Karma teet stage.

And then that karma teet stage,

Jiva mukti,

Liberation in life is built drop by drop by these jiva mukti moments in a second.

Drop by drop by drop by drop.

And that total surrender to the supreme,

The seed of life.

God,

The one.

I love the name Shiva because it means point like the seed.

Shiva,

Seed,

Benefactor,

Supreme.

As we tap into that one's love,

Perfection,

Power,

Purity.

More and more we become like that,

Returning to our own highest state.

Ah,

Yes.

And an easy,

Easy practice to help with this transformation in a second is just to choose a word that represents that change in consciousness.

It could be bliss,

Bliss,

It could be love,

Peace,

Karma teet stage.

Karma teet stage is a Sanskrit word which means the state being free from karma,

Negative karma so you're completely free,

It's the highest state of consciousness.

Jiva mukti,

Liberation in life.

You know there's all these different words in English or in other languages that have very deep meaning.

And so what you can do is you can just choose a word that represents that shift in consciousness for you,

Touches your heart,

Meaningful word.

And the word is only pointing towards something else,

The word is not the actual thing but it can trigger within you the shift or the state change.

So for example you might think the word infinite peace,

Infinite peace,

Infinite peace.

And you could think this a few times and if you keep doing it you're moving in a second into that and then again in another second and then again because it's always one second at a time.

Just because we experienced or said something in our mind before doesn't mean that's enough.

We can do it again and we come back to infinite peace or love or freedom or bliss in a second and then in the next second and then in the next second and then in the next now and then in the next now and the next now.

And you keep going like that again and again,

The same thing over and over.

And what happens is that moment that it's like opening the door to a mini moment of higher consciousness which then if you do it again opens the door to a little bit deeper and then opens another door to an even deeper place and then another door and another door and you keep going deeper and deeper and deeper through these sacred gates,

Sacred doors.

And then those seconds get more rich and more profound until you're fully embodying a very significant shift in consciousness.

So just pick a word and stay with that again and again if you like.

So tune into that and that really you can bring that shift into any moment.

Of course it's easier when everything's just just right,

You know,

But then sometimes there's we're late for something or we're in a more intense situation,

Whatever it is,

But we come back to that and then we actually transform the situation and the atmosphere by our own shift in consciousness.

You know,

Just a small example,

Like before this podcast,

It felt like a little bit of a scramble for me.

My Girls in Kauai,

We haven't really recorded this before in two different places.

It's recorded professionally and on the phone,

It's slightly intricate and it's a little bit of a scramble on this end.

But you know,

By coming into this space and this consciousness,

It transforms whatever energy was chaotic or whatever word we want to use,

You know,

So it isn't that the conditions have to be right,

But you are the creator,

You transform,

You create,

You make the atmosphere by your presence.

Second by moment,

Drop by drop,

Second by second.

So this is the great game for us all.

It's the same no matter how long you've been doing meditation and spirituality for,

Or how long,

It's second by second,

Again and again and again.

It's not a laborious thing,

It's just because we're only in the now,

We're only ever living in the now.

So really all we're saying and doing is let this now moment,

Let me choose this to be sacred like it is right now.

And then let me choose again,

May this moment be sacred,

Because it's not the same moment when I was just speaking just then,

That's in the past.

So now let this now be sacred and that's gone now.

So what about this now?

Well how about making this now be sacred?

And then this now.

And so we're only here now and we can experience higher consciousness in the now,

For a second until the next one.

So it makes it very easy because you're just in the now experiencing who you are for a very tiny fraction of a moment.

So that takes the pressure off the rest of your life in years and years and it's just the now and the now,

Sacred now after sacred now.

Beautiful,

Beautiful.

So Magdalena is sharing,

I am that yogi.

It takes time for embrace it,

For allow myself to be who I really am.

She's acknowledging she is that.

Love is our nature always,

Allow our minds to sink it,

To allow it to sink in.

It's only about love.

Catherine was sharing thank you so much for a powerful reminder on being available to remember.

Blessings and thank you as always.

And Brenda thank you both,

So deeply grateful.

So grateful for you as well Brenda,

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's always beautiful to connect with everyone and be here on these sacred Sunday calls.

And we made it work,

Don't we Ariel?

Different places,

So thank you.

Yeah.

So and just to close I see that Anju wrote in,

I want to be more near to Paramatma,

Supreme soul god.

So what is the proper time to meditate?

I think the short answer is now.

Now.

Now would be a good time for that.

The proper time.

In the now.

Yeah,

In the now.

And then the next moment,

Then the next moment.

Really not to get so caught up on time.

There's certainly great benefit in Amrit Vela,

Early morning hours,

Most definitely.

And really though don't get caught up on time,

It's now,

It's right now,

And right now,

And right now.

Well,

It's raining here.

I don't know if you can hear it,

But it's pretty serious rain.

We love the rain.

It's having been in Arizona,

We had a lot of lovely monsoons.

But that doesn't,

That's not a continuous thing,

And it's quite interesting being in a place where there is so much rain.

Rain of knowledge is coming down on us in our consciousness.

So thank you so much everyone for your beautiful presence.

We'd love to Ken and to Amy,

Anna,

And there's other people we don't know your name,

But we send you lots of love in our heart to you.

Well,

In love from Sedona,

We've got the blazing sun going here.

We did have a monsoon yesterday,

Ken would know.

But yeah,

It's all dried up,

I'd say.

It doesn't take very long.

Sun's back out.

It's funny because I'm sitting here in the rain.

If I look out the one side of the window,

It's completely blue skies,

But it's totally raining.

So it's very interesting.

We have a bit of both going on over here.

And Harry's here.

Harry's here.

Hello,

Brother and sister.

Certainly silence and extending silence and deep meditation allows to clear the pathway to higher consciousness.

Dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Dot,

Dot.

Much love,

Much love.

Much love,

Harry.

I met Harry in Hawaii many years ago.

We had some good meditation together.

He's in Australia,

That's right.

He's in grace.

He's in grace.

Well,

Experiment with the power of silence,

Certainly,

Harry,

Everyone.

And to make that transformation in a second,

May it be a blessed week of glorious ascension,

Transformation and joy.

So much love.

Talk to you soon.

Many,

Many blessings.

Many blessings.