Meditation – Is consciousness personal?
11/04/2022
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0:00 okay so it should be okay now
5:44 because it is impossible to to really Express your silence
we use words
but what you are trying to express is the silence which is the Silence of the universe
which may not appear to be silent
and yet it is absolute silence
which is The Silence of our true self
the presence
it is within this silent presence
that the play
which we call life my life takes place within and embraced imbued
by the Silence of presence
our stories about ourselves and our tribe
our emotions
they appear within this silent presence
which is always there throughout our experience
this presence is not my presence or your presence
there are no actual Borders or delineations within presence
there are no links within presence which is one uninterrupted and uninterruptible
so as presence as awareness as this silent beingness there is no beginning no ending there is no separate me or separate you there’s no separation
one borderless field of beingness awareness consciousness
what makes it my consciousness my presence my silence my all else
what is this my-ness my personal aspect
what is that made of
could it be a habitual tendency to resist somehow resisting thoughts appear which say no to this out of
the notion that there is somebody to protect
How can anything be protected from life
being that there is nothing separate from life
of course we like the fire
when it is cold open the windows when it’s warm but there is no resistance in that
15:27 there is a flow easy harmonious flow when we are not trying to maintain or protect our imaginary selves in our imaginary tribe with our imaginary future
things get pretty messy and complicated when we create imaginary borders
imagine ourselves separate separate as a separate self a separate conscious separate from others
which is not necessary for harmonious interaction harmonious life
in fact separating ourselves is the party pooper the spoiler
which leads to aggressive behaviors disharmonious relationships
egoic hurtful actions
but my Consciousness is zero Consciousness is the same we are the same being
the same essence expressing itself in so many different forms
but the multiple expressions of beingness do not imply the separation
20:00 our worries are always about the imaginary me
this belief that I end with my body that I am limited to the body that I am a body-mind character
this belief which we live out every day like a straight jacket which we put on
identifying with a bundle of thoughts and images
feelings
we’ve become some sort of character
which we maintain
with our beliefs and or opinions
while
there are no borders
to be to our reality
no beginning no ending
somehow sometimes we hear that but we don’t trust it
we want to believe it or maybe we even get it but we hold back
how could it be I have no beginning or ending
I get it but I I’ve been so habituated to live as a mortal as a mortal being how can I let go of that
can I hold on to both can I hold on to the understanding that I this silent presence I have no beginning and ending and at the same time immortal
you can’t stand in both camps
that which is can never not be
that which is not has never been and can never be
which are you
that which is and can never not be
or that which is not and can never be
