Meditation – Effortless Awareness
01/22/2023
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So for some of you who may be new to this meeting
we will start this meeting with a guided meditation and then you’re welcome to explore whatever questions you may have
so to start with you are welcome either to close your eyes or turn your gaze inward and rest welcome yourself welcome your experience as it appears to you
rest as presence
we can let go of the past and let go of whatever tasks you may need to do
you’ll get to them later for now simply come to presence and welcome yourself as this presence
you may notice that your experience
is composed of perceptions
thoughts and Sensations
as well as something else besides that which is perceived
which is the perceiving aspect
the fact of perceiving
the reality of perception
this awareness
which is invisible to the senses
and yet undeniable
and this awareness is effortless there is nothing that you actually need to do in order to hear these words
nothing that you need to do in order to simply be
nothing that you need to do in order to know that you are
that which is also knows that it is
that which is perceives
and knows that it perceives
5:06 your reality and the reality of that which perceives are one and the same they are not two
your reality and the reality of that which knows that it is
are not two
there is a reality to that which you perceive
but at most the reality of that which you perceive is equal to the reality of that which perceives
at most the reality of the world which you perceive
the reality of sensations the reality of the body which you perceive
the reality of your mind of thoughts of memories that you perceive
is equal to your reality
which is awareness consciousness
invisible to the senses
without borders
whenever you look for any limits
to the reality which perceives
whenever you look for any limits to I in fact you don’t find any
you may find thoughts and sensations images but you won’t find any actual borders
you will not find any limits any conditions upon awareness
when you look at effort you will find that effort
is always either on behalf of a fictitious entity
or necessary to accomplish certain practical functions
but you will not find any effort to become aware
effortless awareness
is your true nature
free not dependent
on anything phenomenal
that which understands these words
9:59 that which perceives as perception is awareness itself
we confuse ourselves to be the body mind to be a limited
consciousness to be a male or female form
you’re not anything which you perceive
you are free to define yourself any way you wish
because your freedom is God’s freedom infinite freedom
any way you define yourself is limiting
because you define yourself as a body mind as a person
and you will spend your life living under this limitation
struggling seeking for happiness outside of yourself in a variety of experiences which will not fulfill you but of course you are welcome to go for it
15:04 only your interest in truth and your dedication to the understanding
will reveal to you the garden
will reveal to you the causeless peace that does not come and go
when you are doing any effort ask yourself on whose behalf is this effort being conducted
is it on behalf of your personal self whatever that is
or is it a rising out of love out of joy out of freedom
out of your love for creativity or your love for expression
ask yourself what are you looking for for whom for what purpose
19:47 what really matters to you
allow yourself to be guided by reason intelligence and love
because love is compassionate
fair
non-judgmental
always available
you don’t need to look far it’s right here
the Love is Real
but it shines in your heart a nd through your actions
it enlightens the world
brings solace to people’s hearts around you without any effort
no effort
in time you discover that you are that
that you are love itself
will upon this understanding your body becomes a channel and your mind an expression of this love
which is universal it belongs to everybody
do not confuse yourself to be a limited body mind
investigate that belief so that you become free of this unnecessary limitation
via this understanding without doing anything you heal around you
for all the wounded pained hearts
25:03 you know that I am refers to Universal being
the I that you are is the universal itself everyone is your very self everybody is yourself the same I that I am shines in everybody’s being as everybody’s being
25:35 there is no separation anywhere
be clear that this understanding is yours so that it can spread throughout your entire being and beyond
