Meditation – Is there a physical reality out there?
06/15/2024
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Welcome.
So let’s welcome our experience as it appears to us effortlessly
Notice that whatever you perceive appears to you within the spaciousness of awareness.
Hearing this voice Sensations within your body The light shining through the window The breath.
Notice the effortlessness The silence The stillness.
Everything appears within this silent stillness.
Which remains undisturbed.
It is a sort of formless unconditional openness borderless awareness.
No gates no borders no barriers.
It is as if everything we experience everything we perceive is intimate with this borderless awareness.
Thoughts which appear to us are not separate from the awareness of them.
And there is no personal doer One could say that doing is universal Universal happenings.
What we refer to as our life is in fact a universal happening.
We experience ourselves as being separate from the world simply because we believe it to be so.
But in the absence of such a belief it’s just sunshine the singing of the birds breathing thoughts appearing to you in the absence of the belief that you are a material entity.
In the complete absence of the belief that you’re a person existing in time and space.
And the mind is wordless silent still.
We cannot conceive or perceive anything ‘out there’ because in the stillness of presence what is the significance of ‘out there’? What is the reality of ‘out there’?
The separation between this so called me and an outside world is fictitious.
Experientially we never experience an outside world.
Conceptually there are names and labels Nama rupa [name and form] which is not a problem.
This conceptual distinction does not imply duality it does not imply separation.
It is the belief in separation which implies separation The belief that you – meaning the reality which right now hears these words –
You meaning this aware presence which knows it is and knows it is aware.
The belief that you are born and is bound to die That is what separation refers to what duality refers to what unhappiness misery, fear, worries, and concerns refer to,
We are rooted in that belief but you never experience anything ‘out there’
You don’t experience a mountain out there The reality of the mountain is I am your very being which is God’s being which is the universal being.
The reality of the mountain the reality of the river is consciousness.
If the river was truly separate from consciousness we would never be talking about a river.
If we were truly separate we would never be together here understanding, sharing and exploring together.
There are infinite shades of colors infinite nuances but one reality.
With the limited human eye we perceive such a narrow field of perception which is sufficient for the functioning and survival of the human organism.
But we should not mistake that which is perceived through the limited body mind organism to be the totality.
In fact, the white light is made out of infinite shades of colors.
We say white light but in fact it is colorless.
We say blue sky but in fact there is no color to the sky.
Everything that is perceived has a relative aspect to it in relation to the instrument of perception.
But that which is absolute is this invisible aware presence which you are which is aware that is aware.
I am aware that I am I’m aware that I am aware And this awareness has no beginning and no ending.
It’s not a male or female awareness It doesn’t belong to somebody It’s an open field.
Things, thoughts, perceptions appear and disappear within awareness but awareness always is
Time does not apply to consciousness.
It’s only relevant in the field of perception and mind.
But when you’re contemplating truth you’re contemplating reality you’re contemplating the source you find yourself beyond the images on the screen. You find yourself as this restful aware Presence.
And you find yourself expanded and expanding Beyond any limits.
And your experience shifts from I am this and not that
To: I am neither this nor that and: I am all of this and all of that, without exception.
The mind comes to rest in this understanding the body is gently released from its contractions.
Contractions which are rooted in the belief that I am a mortal entity Judgments of oneself and others dissolve and are released They are no longer of interest.
The World is our body and the Universe is our mind
We are this fullness awareness this fullness presence awakening to itself.
So if you have any questions anything you would like to explore make sure you unmute yourself
Any questions?
