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Freedom – What’s Does It Mean To You?

By Dietrich on April 5, 2009

Hi, my name is Dietrich Lasa. I have been interested in freedom for a long time and wonder what it means to you.

Money and Being

By Dietrich on July 21, 2009

You see very happy, very poor people who have found Freedom and then you see very happy and rich people who have found Freedom. The difference is on the surface but it shows which of God’s cows are being milked, the cow that has little milk or the cow that has lots of milk. Both are God’s cows.

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We want to like ‘what is’

By Dietrich on June 16, 2009

Our attempts to change our environment have one major purpose: to make us like or even love ‘what is.’ Our responses are comfortable for us if they consist of a big YES towards ‘what is’ and our responses feel uncomfortable if they contain an emotional ‘No’ towards ‘what is.’ A ‘Yes’ is identical to ‘liking’.

It feels comfortable to like something, such as our environment, and it feels uncomfortable to dislike something. This ‘Yes’, this liking of ‘what is’ can increase to a YES that is independent or ‘unconditional’, not depending on any condition, it has become unconditional love, or ‘true love.’ In Tantra, the energies of pleasure are naturally likeable, and they can carry the Yes (liking pleasure) to a big YES, an awareness of unconditional joy or love.

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Comment on a Political Discussions

By Dietrich on May 24, 2009

In our attempts to improve circumstances (political, economic, social, environmental, legal etc) we look at the current, imperfect state of affairs and then we search for and perhaps offer solutions to improve the situation. When looking at imperfections we tend to automatically judge those who contributed to that particular imperfection, and when we look at ‘our’ solutions we tend to automatically imply that ‘we are holier than you,’ we are the ‘better’ person with a higher level of morality.
It is my opinion that the ‘looking at imperfection’ does not need to include judgment; it could be replaced with ‘assessment’. ‘My’ solutions would not need to imply that I am holier than you; they could instead imply that I am equal in value to those who contributed to the imperfection, but that I have alternative suggestions for the situation to consider.
This could improve our relationships as our thoughts would be non-judgmental. According to the law of cause and effect (quantum physics) such non-judgmental, constructive thoughts will not only improve our relationships but they will improve our own individual, mental health (inner world) and they will, at the same time, contribute towards a less imperfect ‘outer’ world.

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Response to a Comment at Huffington Post

By Dietrich on May 23, 2009

You drive on one side of the road and not on the other – there is a distinction for practical reasons. When discussing the psychological make-up you will use words, definitions. As soon as you define anything there is distinction. Let’s not mix up things. From a point of the all-embracing awareness there may be no distinction, but if such an awareness wishes to assist troubled minds then definitions / distinctions may be chosen as tools to facilitate a better understanding of the situation. I appreciate your Zen-like comment, but to be ‘Zen-smart’ is not always the most effective assistance (in case you felt like assisting).
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Comment on an Article ‘Open Mind’ by Gangaji at Huffington Post

By Dietrich on May 23, 2009

Rejection is one major ingredient that keeps us in trouble. I realize that it is beautiful to NOT reject anything, including thoughts and everything that comes along with them, such as emotions, happy and unhappy ones. I also realize that to avoid rejection means not to fall into the traps that are placed before us by our own mind. These traps consist largely of attempts by our mind to fix the Now – which is obviously impossible as the fixing can only relate to the disapproved past (even if the disapproved event or condition occurred just a moment ago). To stop and just see without the ambition to manipulate anything is the most beautiful advice. However, and here I dare to complement the said, I do not discard affirmations as additional measures, because at least affirmations, if applied appropriately, are statements about the present, not about the future. For example ‘I am peace’ is such an affirmation. I realize that ultimately such statements are unnecessary as the truth they point to doesn’t need affirmations. However, in the willingness of the trapped mind to wake up, such affirmations could prepare it to let go of its concerns for the future and let our essential nature take over the reigns. This desired take-over will lead to decisions that WILL include thoughts for the future and related goals, but these will not carry the weight that is usually felt by the time-bound mind.
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Freedom and Love – theoretical ‘BS’?

By Dietrich on May 22, 2009

Which one is more important, which one comes first, Freedom or Love? The very definition of freedom – what the word ‘freedom’ points to in this site – is ‘unconditional awareness.’

‘Unconditional’ means ‘not dependent on any condition.’ Perhaps not everyone likes the idea of an unconditional awareness. If something appears to consist of theoretical ‘BS,’ of empty words, then I don’t feel attracted to it.

When I hear the words ‘unconditional awareness’ or ‘freedom’ it means more to me than anything else. Why? Because love – even the highest form of love – is born from an awareness of freedom.

To make it simple: If you feel restricted by your mind and its limited beliefs that lead to worries, anxieties, fears (of death), do you think you can sense love?

Let’s look at the meaning of love. Pure love, by definition, is unconditional too, like freedom. If I attach conditions to love, then it is not pure, then it is dysfunctional, so to speak, under certain circumstances.

My opinion is that unconditional love can’t operate unless it is a spontaneous outflow of unconditional freedom. Unconditional love is a testimonial for its origin: Inner Freedom.

Conditional love (loving one’s dog, family members, etc) is not to be discarded! Don’t dry out your stream of love into this universe, whether this stream flows towards a dog, humans, or hobbies. In our daily lives we should allow ourselves to do what we love most. In allowing us to do so, the ‘allowing’ will spill over to include others. We start appreciating when others allow themselves to do what they love most, in all areas, privately and professionally.

Unconditional love is not going to take away our personal loves. Unconditional love will allow our personal loves to float in the space of freedom, like beautiful clouds float within the limitless sky.

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Quality of Life Experience

By Dietrich on May 4, 2009

What is the ingredient that supplies us with the sense that life is beautiful? The ingredient is definitely a positive feeling. The question is: what makes us feel good? The answer is not as simple as we may think. It’s not only heaps of money, heaps of sex and heaps of power. There are people out there who have all of this and are still unhappy, perhaps because of some other aspects in their lives, such as a bad relationship, a death in the family, bad marks of their children at school, no time for the family, stress in the work environment, fear of death, jealousy, being overweight, being unhealthy, being NOT the best expert in the field, having lost an election etc.

So what makes us feel good? Raymond Aaron would simply say: Do what you love. I used to say: Love what you do. Raymond’s statement seems to be conditional as we’d be selective in what we are doing. ‘Love what you do’ is unconditional as it suggests that it is possible to love whatever we are doing. When I met Raymond Aaron, I really had to re-think, because I was conditioned to believe that it is my responsibility to love what I am doing, NOT to do what I love! Can you see the difference? Doing what we love respects our preferences and that means there will be more love, compared to just loving what we are doing, no matter what. I remember the movie ‘The Incredible Lightness of Being’ in which a qualified medical doctor was put into the position where he had to clean windows to make a living. He did this without a sense of despair, without falling into the ‘victim trap.’ He was my Hero with his accepting attitude. Then, Raymond came along and told me to do what I love most, not just anything. I have to say that this felt like an invitation to a birthday party – I was encouraged to choose the cake that I liked the most! It has already (after one month) inspired me to finally start this blog website, and to publish my ebook: ‘Happiness Unzipped – unveil yourself.’

I wrote this booklet some years ago, and when I looked into it again (after meeting Raymond) I saw that I had acknowledged preferences as valid factors in our decision making. With Raymond, this factor is crucial – in my case, preferences were, at the most, flowers at the side of the road to happiness. Raymond’s approach is very natural as it takes into consideration what we particularly like (love) doing. He empowers us to express our loves. The world is a better world when we express love by doing what we love most.

Of course, our greatest love could be to discover who we are in essence, and we would sooner or later stumble upon unconditional happiness that we ARE. Just imagine a life in which you are unconditionally happy AND on top of this you follow your ‘other’ preferences, your other loves that have to do with your DOING, not merely with your BEING. If both Being and Doing are loved, then this is the highest ‘Quality of Life’ experience. Love is the most delicious ingredient in our lives. It not only fuels our doing with positive energy, it also synthesizes Doing with Being.

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Comment on a woman’s report about victimization

By Dietrich on May 4, 2009

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To which extent will I sacrifice my happiness for the sake of being right?
Perhaps there is the assumption that by being right one gains in satisfaction. Perhaps we feel it is good for our self-image to be right, rather than wrong. However, isn’t it a beautiful feeling when we allow ourselves to be wrong? Why on earth do we make ourselves dependent on the idea that we have to be right? The most successful way to sort ourselves out needs a bit more courage than just taking revenge or upgrading our level of physical protection: We have to face ourselves more than the enemy ‘out there.’ The enemy out there is usually not as big and insistent as the internal enemy, the part of our mind that tells us so often that we have to be unhappy, and then it lists all the terrible things that were done to us victims. What a terrible world to live in, indeed, the world of our dark minds. The intellect will find innumerable reasons why we are not only entitled to unhappiness but even forced to live unhappily.
This is our own intellect’s conclusion, our own assumption, our belief! How limiting this is! How about turning the content of our minds and hearts around without denying the past? How about allowing us to sense love and peace and forgiveness, in spite of it all! It is our choice. Peace is not blindness in the face of reality. Peace is the waking up to a more profound reality within ourselves that will become stronger and stronger if we give it our attention. Equipped with the power of peace, we’ll see a change in the way the environment treats us. Check it out for yourself before you try to dismiss this opportunity to wake up to your innate beauty, the beauty of recognizing your free and loving spirit.

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Women and Men

By Dietrich on May 4, 2009

Not sure to which extent the attitude ‘I am a victim’ will solve problems. The subject ‘animal instinct’ goes beyond the conclusion that all men are bastards. The woman’s sense of emancipation needs to evolve beyond mere rejection of the ‘negative’ in men.
To give an example I wish to quote my mother who told us children how her mother dealt with the soldiers during war time when women are particularly subject to rape. Her mother stayed untouched by such events due to her ability to trigger peaceful feelings in the potential molester. As soon as soldiers entered her home, she’d sit at her piano and play Bach. I wish that women replace their resentment with inner peace and then see what happens. At least, when we act from a point of peace, our reactions to the environment are not blind. If I lose my peace, I am most likely the victim of my blaming mind, my revengeful mind, my own mind.

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Money and Happiness

By Dietrich on May 4, 2009

It’s all about happiness, isn’t it? Whatever promises us happiness, we tend to go for. And if we are ’selfless,’ then we still want happiness, just for ‘others’, perhaps, particularly our children, relatives, or for people in need who don’t even know us. The bottom-line is happiness, including physical, emotional, mental and spiritual satisfaction. Improving other people’s lives is deeply satisfying for us too and makes us feel happier.

It’s up to the individual to choose a convenient or inconvenient life style. Happiness is not necessarily in the money, but we can turn our mind away from unpaid bills and send the stream of your thoughts into more interesting areas if we have plenty of funds. I think it is rather natural to opt for convenience. There are minds that are corrupted by a questionalble conditioning that promotes self-denial as a virtue. I know it too well from my own story. Let’s encourage everyone to initiate a change within their storyline.

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