Meditation – Our thoughts are made of us
08/14/2022
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i as awareness is the reality which perceives the reality which hears these words
that which perceives this moment is not something which appears and disappears
experientially i is this reality which perceives
conceptually i is someone who is born or something that exists a mother a father a son a daughter
experientially i is awareness
conceptually i is a a man a woman
a concept does not perceive
a feeling does not perceive
a sensation does not perceive
a memory does not perceive
an object a form does not perceive
yet there is no denial that i perceive
this i which perceives is not a thought a memory a sensation a feeling
a storyline no
that which perceives whatever that is has no outline
5:06 no no shape
a fruit of a tree the branch of the tree has a certain form and shape
a fig or an orange banana or a pineapple
perceptions the objects of perceptions have a shape and a form
we label them conceptually banana pineapple
but the reality which hears right now that which hears right now which perceives right now
is undeniable it has no shape or color no location
the i which perceives has no shape no size no form no limits no edges no location
thus it’s referred to as the unborn that which neither is born nor dies
the essence the ground of being
thoughts appear to you
i perceive a thought
the only way to perceive the thought is to take on the form of a thought perception is experiential
i perceive the thought as i take on the form of thought i perceive a sensation as i take on the form of a sensation
i this reality is of infinite creativity omnipotent limitless potential
not the i got you imagine yourself to be not the image not the memory not the body not the brain
but this non-phenomenal transparent beingness
what the buddhist refer to as our true nature
what the hindus refer to as brahman takes on the form of this perception that’s what’s called perceiving
10:03 perceiving not reality a perceiving object b or object a or object c
it is not a relationship between two realities
so out of out of itself this infinite invisible reality the reality which perceives out of its very self
as a way of speaking morphs into a thought my feeling sensation
and this morphing into a thought is creation and perception simultaneously creation and perception
and dissolution because this reality doesn’t hold on to anything doesn’t care it’s infinite creation
in ignorance we give reality to the creation and we overlook the reality of the creator
we overlook the reality of the infinite invisible we give reality to that which is created we become fascinated
which is fine as long as you understand experientially that there is one reality one being which is formless invisible borderless limitless and non-local
this so-called local perception appears to you you are non-local
this limited perception appears to you you are not limited
i titled this meeting your thoughts are made out of you because experientially
there are no thoughts out there that we catalogue and pick and choose
which thought we want to view right now that is not the way it is
experientially awareness is infinite invisible presence beingness takes on the form of a thought or a perception
they are not two 15:02 being and perceiving are not two
and given that being is formless limitless and non-local is similarly the form that being takes meaning thought is equally formless limitless and non-local
yet reality likes to play
and creates distinctions like the infinite colors of the rainbow
red and blue yellow of course they are just a reflection of the white light and yet in its creativity distinctions arise
which gives a certain flavor a certain nuance to the play
in the indian tradition there is the festival of colors where people come to the street and dash powders with the various bright colors onto everything to each other onto the walls
a celebration of creativity of distinctions apparent distinctions because all colors refer to the white light to the colorlessness it has no inherent color
color is just a synoptic activity in the the brain the optical nerve
there’s no color to an atom or a molecule or a gluon
so this the distinctions in perception are the play of that which beyond all color beyond all distinctions
so it’s alright to play the game of distinctions as long as you know
being as being beyond all distinctions experientially
so there are various thoughts various sensations
but they are the dance of being which is neither a thought nor a sensation
their reality their essence
this being which is beyond form beyond appearance which is not an appearance not a form
