Peoples´ difficulties are lying in, that they identify themselves with their problems

Peoples´ difficulties are lying in, that they identify themselves with their problems, and that the identification prevents the stream of thoughts and feelings.

So with identification is here meant: assumption or denial, condemnation or comparison - which distorts the understanding.

The thinker is the creator of the one or the many problems

The creator of the problems is the thinker.

The problems don´t exist separate from the thinker.

The thinker is the creator of the one or the many problems.

When the thinker places himself outside the problems, the facts, then the problems will continue, because he creates the problems, precisely by differentiating from them and concerning himself with them, by comparing the facts with earlier and by hoping and desiring something else.

He is then the facts absent by being either in the bygone or the coming time.

It is an absence of something for the thinker hidden, an absence of something complicated, veiled, an absence in uncertainty.

But if the thinker is the thoughts, the problems, present in passive listening, then he can – because he himself is the creator – begin to realize himself, without concerning about the problems, or the thoughts.

You are then totally existential present in the Now.

Most of us are so eager after solving a problem without investigating it deeply

Most of us are so eager after solving a problem without investigating it deeply.

In order to be able to investigate deeply, you must have energy, intensity, passion; but most of us are indolent and lazy – we want another to solve the problem for us.

But none other than ourselves will in depth be able to solve a single human problem, whether it is of conceptual, political, religious, ethical or existential character.

You must have more than a little vitality, passion and intensity, in order to be able to be the problem present in passive listening, and then, while you observe and feel passively, the answer is there, quite clearly.

You must observe the mind as it is, and not as you think it ought to be

As a  Life Artist you must find out what the mind - the mind which you daily make use of, and also the mind about which existence most of us know nothing - is doing in relation to your problems.

You must observe the mind as it is, and not as you think it ought to be.

The challenge never ends, because every moment in life is a challenge

The challenge never ends, because every moment in life is a challenge.

Challenge and reaction is life itself.

Life is, and must be, a line of challenges and reactions.

The challenge doesn´t direct itself after the desires and dislikes of Man, or after his special wishes, but it takes different forms to different times.

And if Man had the ability to meet a challenge completely and directly, there would be no problems.

A problem arises when the thinker distances himself from the Now by comparing and desiring

In the Now there are no problems, only facts, existential conditions.

A problem arises when the thinker distances himself from the Now by comparing, wishing etc.

The thinker slides off from the Now´s facts.

And the Now´s facts, seen from the thinker´s perspective, the past and the future, thereby become a problem.

We are used to be told what we shall think, but we don´t know what thinking is

In philosophy as an art of life it is not so important what you ought to think about each problem, or how your attitude ought to be facing the problem, but what means something is how you think about it.

We are used to be told what we shall think, in which way we shall solve a problem, but we don´t know what thinking is.

In art of life it is therefore very important to find out, what rational thinking is, because the various problems, which appear, the problems we constantly meet, require rational thinking.

In art of life such a rational thinking is a self-forgetful way of thinking.

The now´s facts are only a problem when seen from the thinking´s past and future

When you are sitting silent and are becoming absent in mind, you discover how the thinking sucks life and energy out of the present.

Past and future become reality, while reality becomes emptiness.

You discover how the thinking analyzes, separates and divides in order to evaluate, understand.

You discover how the thinking removes the mind from the Now, and creates the inner calculator, the experiencer or the thinker, who compares with earlier, or who hopes and desires something else; the thinker, who slides off from the Now´s facts.

And you discover how the Now´s facts, seen from the thinking´s past and future, can become a problem.

You have pure and simple discovered the cause of your problems.

We want to deduce a result of a problem. In this way we begin to tackle with the problem

We dont know how we unprejudiced can observe a problem.

We want to deduce a result of the problem, we want an answer, we have set us a goal when we seek to solve it; and we try to interpret the problem from our joy or pain; or we already have an answer to how the problem can be treated.

In this way we begin to tackle with the problem, which always is new, and treat it from an old pattern, our images of life.

And in that way we are the problem absent, we are outside it as theorists, and then you have the opposition between the observer and the observed.

And this is to have your identity in an absence.

The ability to see our problems - without in any way being distracted - is the only solution

How can the mind be completely empty?

The intellectual would probably claim, in order to defend his theories, that an empty mind is the same as being in a condition of apathy, idiocy, or what he might call it, and he would probably react instinctively by disclaiming this condition.

But a mind which is extraordinary silent, a mind which isn´t being distracted by its own thought, a mind which is open, can see the problems much more directly and simple.

It is in other words immensely reasonable.

And it is this ability to see our problems - without in any way letting yourself be distracted - which is the only solution for the Life Artist.

A silent mind, a mind in peace, is a requirement.

If the thinker is the thought present in passive listening, then this will be a presence of clarity

Far most people think that the thinker is separate from the thought – and it is precisely this, that all the images in time, all the theories, ideas, religious persuasions, political ideologies, etc., are based on.

But when the thinker places himself outside the thought, the problem will continue.

However if the thinker is the thought present in passive listening, then this will be a presence of something, which not is hidden.

It is a presence of something obviously, something you have a clear understanding of. 

It is a presence of something straightforward, a presence in naturalness.

And herein you will become released from the source of all problems.

In meditation you discover how the Now´s facts, seen from the thinking´s past and future, can become a problem

When you are sitting silent, but then suddenly are becoming absent in mind, you discover how the thinking sucks life and energy out of the present.

Past and future become reality, while reality becomes emptiness.

You discover how the thinking analyzes, separates and divides in order to evaluate, understand.

You discover how the thinking removes the mind from the Now, and creates the inner calculator, the experiencer or the thinker, who compares with earlier, or who hopes and desires something else; the thinker, who slides off from the Now´s facts.

And you discover how the Now´s facts, seen from the thinking´s past and future, can become a problem.

You have pure and simple discovered the cause of your problems.

If you have the full understanding of one human problem, then you understand all human problems

The Life Artist seeks to enter a problem without waiting for a result, a definition of what is the right to do.

The right action will emerge, naturally and completely, as the problem becomes unveiled.

The discovery of the problems´ importance and consequences is the central, and not the final result.

Any answer will only be a new conclusion, a new opinion, another good advice, which not at all will solve the problem.

It is the problem itself, which must be understood, and not how you shall react to the problem, or what you shall do in order to solve it.

The right understanding of the problem is of importance, because the right action is lying in the problem itself.

If you see one movement completely - that is to say: where you are one with the movement, and there is no displacement or distortions between the realizer and the realized – then all other movements are included in this wholeness.

If you have the full understanding of one human problem, then you understand all human problems, because they are all mutual related.

If you study a problem philosophical, explore it, you will see, that the answer is lying in the problem

When people ask questions, they are generally more engaged in finding the answer than understanding the problem.

But if you study the problem philosophical, explore it, investigate it very closely, understand it, you will see, that the answer is lying in the problem.

The Life Artist will therefore seek to understand what the problem is, and not seek an answer, neither in the books, or from one or the other professor or lecturer.

If you really can understand the problem, the answer will come by itself; because the answer is in the problem, it it is not divided from it.

We tackle problems, which always are new, from an old pattern. This causes absence

We don´t know how we unprejudiced can observe a problem.

We want to deduce a result of the problem, we want an answer, we have set us a goal when we seek to solve it; and we try to interpret the problem from our joy or pain; or we already have an answer to how the problem can be treated.

In this way we begin to tackle with the problem, which always is new, and treat it from an old pattern, our images of life.

And in that way we are the problem absent, we are outside it as theorists, and then you have the opposition between the observer and the observed.

And this is to have your identity in an absence.

As a Life Artist you must find out what the mind is doing in relation to your problems.

What is the function of the mind? Is the function of the mind reason? And in that case: does it then function reasonable and clearly?

In order to find out you must, as a Life Artist, know what the mind in fact is doing. What is it that engages your mind? As we have seen it is usually the thoughtprocess. If the thoughtprocess is quiet, the mind is no longer present as we know it. When the mind is not engaged by thinking, conscious or unconscious, the mind shortly said is something else than what we usually understand by it.

As a Life Artist you must therefore find out what the mind – the mind, which you daily make use of, and also the mind about which existence most of us know nothing – is doing in relation to your problems. You must observe the mind as it is, and not as you think it ought to be.

As a Life Artist you must find out what the mind is doing in relation to your problems.