Meditation – Consciousness is self knowing and all knowing
01/05/2023
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so if we can start this meeting by resting
inviting ourselves to Simply be
being is our true nature that which we are and this beingness is not personal
it is in religious terms God’s beingness God’s presence which is our presence which is the only presence there is
you are this presence which is peace
it’s the only presence there is which means it’s love
love does not know an opposite it is the Oneness our Oneness our totality our wholeness
so we acknowledge this effortless presence that shines as awareness
this knowingness that is completely free does not depend on any object
no conditions are placed upon yourself upon this open space of being
this open field of awareness
it is freedom
and love
so when you open yourself to the unknown there is no objective there is no direction to this openness
like the sunshine there are no obstructions
the sun shines in all directions
and everything that appears is the modulation of the sunshine
you are not an object a form a limited entity
5:04 that is an old folklore it does not apply to your reality your reality as awareness as consciousness
you are not anything which you perceive you are not anything you conceive
you don’t need to fix your experience but to recognize yourself as this
not knowingness this eminence this presence
which the mind cannot describe in any way
so you can allow the sensations for your body to float in the space of awareness
without any direction without trying to pin things down
your experience is composed of thoughts which appear in awareness and dissolve in the same space
and your experience is made out of bodily sensations
and perceptions
which appear in awareness
but there is no separation anywhere
there is no separate entity anywhere
so your body in fact is that spaciousness
borderless field of knowingness beingness
9:58 without any borders
no opposition anywhere
you don’t need to know what you are
because that would be some limitation
the mind trying to pin you down
I am beyond any doubt I am
wherever I is
does not need to be defined by the mind in images and concepts
presence is real – reality
reality is beyond any formulation or any definition
because reality is one
Sat Chit Ananda
Sat being being sat is being
Chit is knowingness awareness
I am and I know that I am
they go hand in hand
this is why we say Consciousness is self-knowing I know that I am and I know that I know
there is nothing outside of Consciousness that knows consciousness
because there is no separate reality outside of the reality of consciousness
the knowingness of Consciousness is by Consciousness itself
as soon as you know Consciousness as something you have split it you have split consciousness into a subject which knows it and the object which is known
but consciousness knows itself within itself without splitting itself
you know yourself as this presence which is the same as presence knows itself as I it’s the same
in presence consciousness is not a female or male body
it’s not a feeling or a sensation or an image because feelings Sensations and images
15:01 are a dime a dozen Consciousness is one
it’s not something you imagine it is that which imagines
is not something you perceive but it is that which perceives
formless
infinite invisible
not a limited entity with limited perception and limited point of views and limited field of sensations and limited objectives
you don’t need to make a problem out of the body or out of the world
or out of the mind
you don’t need to make a problem out of the cherry tree or the oak tree
you don’t need to make a problem out of the lake or the ocean the volcano or the raindrops
you don’t need to make a problem out of thoughts and sensations images and memories
you don’t need to make any problem at all except if you like to play the game of problem solver then of course you’re welcome and free to conceive and create problems and solutions
that it’s just your play not for real like children like to play in their imaginary world creating all sorts of creatures heroes and dolls to play
because there is complete freedom freedom to play but the freedom is not the freedom of the body or of the Mind it is God’s freedom within you which is your freedom
your true freedom is infinite
