Meditation – Freedom from the feeling of agitation and lack
07/12/2022
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welcome lovely to see you
to be with you and lovely to be
what is it that we are looking for
peace and happiness
when there is peace all is well
the peace that bypasses the mind the peace of being
god’s peace
on the surface there may be all sorts of events
thunderstorm sunshine earthquake
the body may be experiencing some pain
but the peace of being is not dependent
on the weather it’s not dependent on the health of the body
it’s not dependent on world politics
because these are surface superficial events
5:04 but when our peace and our happiness depends on anything
we are cooked
there is this metaphor of a large oak tree and a blade of grass
in the storm the oak tree standing tall and strong but as the wind gets stronger the oak tree is toppled down to the ground
while the blade of grass which is barely perceptible
is dancing in the wind
so when we take the position of being an oak tree a large solid oak tree
we better hold on tight to our roots because that wind is coming
somebody told me recently i know i am not the body you know i’m not a woman a man i know i’m not a person
i know i’m not an object
but i’m not satisfied because i need to know what i am
what is it that needs to know in this moment
what is it that is not known in this moment
10:47 the mind complicates things
while presence simply being is not lacking anything
there is a freedom in the understanding that this i is this infinite beingness
the reality of being the reality of our experience in this moment
that the the mind thoughts and perceptions sensations like a floating dream the passing dream within this reality the reality of being the reality of presence
which doesn’t know the sense of lack
you have to go to the mind you have to go to stories and images to experience the sense of lack
that this is missing and that is missing
it’s a movement of thought
with a belief in a separate i
the belief that i is some objective physical reality
but in being in simply being there is just being not being a a woman or a man or somebody
a mother a daughter in this moment of eternity
this moment of eternity which has no dimension
it’s just awareness
everything is complete in perfect order
because there is no mind that is trying to impose its conditions
here are my conditions i want this and i want that
15:06 i don’t like this and i don’t like that
this is how the sense of separation is formed it is it is made out of these conditions
and these conditions they reside in the body as feelings
i don’t feel too good about this i feel better about that
and this bundle of feelings make the sense of me they compose the sense of me as a so-called person
who knows how things should be
how the world should be
it’s a bundle of feelings sensations within the body
they they come together to create a sense of a physical a physical entity
this physical entity is some sort of imaginary reality becomes our reality but not really because there is one reality
and that reality is not an object
that is born and will die
it’s the reality of being the reality of consciousness
and yet we we live as a person we live as a woman as a man
we believe in we feel we are this person we are a limited form a limited object
so we live as if we exist in the limitation of the world in the limitation of time and space
see that’s it at the core of our being we have adopted deep within us this belief of being a limited entity
deep within us there is this falsehood
and as a result
the events in the world the events in the body
they seem to affect us
there is an inner agitation
20:36 the surface the events of the surface they reverberate deep within us and we feel agitated
concerned worried troubled
we don’t want the world to be how it is we want it to be peaceful
we struggle we feel agitated when the world is agitated we feel agitated when the body is ill or sick or agitated
we feel agitated when our children our family our parents are agitated
we become like a a fire a fire fighter
we are constantly working on putting putting out the fires one fire after another fire after another fire
there is no rest no tranquility no equanimity
no peace
because we have objectified ourself as a woman as a man as somebody
we’ve we’ve materialized ourself
we’ve materialized consciousness awareness that which we are that which we are is this transparent beingness intelligence reality which is not a male or a female
the body the world thoughts they are appearances
like in your night dream there are so many appearances like butterflies and elephants
all sorts of appearances in your dream but you are the dreamer you you are not an appearance
similarly in this moment in the waking state you are not a female or male appearance
you are that same reality the reality of awareness
the same reality in the dream state the waking state the deep sleep state you are not in the state you are not an object in the state you are the aware presence
the states that appear to you like this perception is appearing to you
and that the reality which perceives is not an object is not phenomenal
and it’s not disturbed it’s not disturbable
you can only disturb a form you can only disturb an object but you cannot disturb consciousness
you cannot disturb reality
and you are this reality you that which hears these words you know what you are you know you are this consciousness you know that but you are playing the game of being a woman or a man
you have been acting like you are an object like you are a body but you know you are consciousness
you know that
and you know that there is one consciousness there isn’t my consciousness and your consciousness and his consciousness and her consciousness
there is one consciousness you are you have never known any other consciousness it is just one reality it’s a knowing reality you know i know i know what i am i know i am i know i am that which i am
the amness i am this amness this presence this beingness
whatever the words are not some object appearing in time
appears in you
appears in you
right
whenever you are disturbed it’s because you are assuming yourself
at that moment to be somebody
as soon as you assume yourself to be somebody
a man a woman mother father a neighbor a person
the full potential of unhappiness the full potential of unhappiness is available for you
the full unhappiness of anger jealousy madness the sense of lack depression worry the full spectrum of the negative emotions is available to you because of that belief
it’s the game we play we play the game of being somebody
consciousness’ play the play of consciousness
but consciousness also plays the game of knowing itself
the end of the roller coaster ride the end of the roller coaster ride
and the celebration of life of beauty of friendship of creativity of love
the celebration the celebration of freedom of being an effortless effortless being
