Meditation – The cosmic joke
12/15/2024
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Welcome your experience as it is.
Without the past without a goal without any effort.
Invite your mind to relax and rest. It is not needed right now.
There is nothing you need to do during this meeting.
Let things be as they are.
Notice, that you are effortlessly aware. Meaning, awareness is effortless.
The reality which perceives is effortless.
This reality is unaffected by That which it perceives.
The images on the screen come and go. You don’t.
And this you is this formless awareness.
Not a male or a female entity. Not something which you perceive.
You, refers to knowingness the perceiving aspect the noumenal aspect non-phenomenal.
Which means timeless eternal. Formless. Not a thing.
We are habituated to rely on the senses for understanding.
But the senses are simply a tool used for perceiving thoughts bodily sensations and world perceptions.
They are not that which perceives.
In ignorance we mistake ourselves to be an instrument of perception.
We believe ourselves to be a bio computer with a beginning and an ending with a name with personal qualities.
These qualities apply to the body-mind.
Some are tall some are short some are more sensitive than others. Different skills.
But the qualities of the body-mind, do not refer to you. What is appearing to you does not define you.
You are this vastness this formless presence beyond words beyond description. The unborn.
When it comes to That there are no issues.
No existential angst. No existential problems when it comes to your true self which is this transparent, invisible reality. That which knows it is.
There is nothing lacking. There is nothing we must accomplish. Nothing that we need to resist or hold on to.
Because there is nothing outside of your true self. Nothing outside your reality.
It’s non-dual. One reality One ocean.
And in your contemplation there is understanding.
The understanding that you play the game of being somebody.
You play the game of being a man a woman a person with a personal history.
While in fact you are this formless awareness which does not exist in time and space and is not in the realm of history.
You play the game of being somebody with a personal narrative. Identifying with a certain imaginary form separating yourself from the totality.
And seeking your unification with the totality which you have never left. The totality which you are.
You play the game of seeking the wholeness which you are the freedom which you are the peace which you are.
And you do so by believing yourself to be somebody. Somebody in time and space: Oh my goodness what’s going to happen to me tomorrow? What will my life be like downstream?
The game of time the game of limitation.
And in your contemplation you contemplate the contemplator. The reality which perceives. You investigate the Source.
And in this investigation you move from form to formlessness.
You move from illusion to reality.
You move from that which is impermanent to that which has no cause.
And in this contemplation the sense of separation it is seen to be a hoax a cosmic joke.
You giggle in the recognition the recognition of your non-dual nature your non-dual reality.
You giggle at the game of separation: Seeking happiness in relationships seeking happiness in personal accomplishments seeking happiness in family relationships seeking happiness in health in wealth in accumulation of things. … to no avail.
Worrying wondering about your fate giving that so much importance. Too much importance.
Maybe giving the world-body-mind all the importance. That’s what we do in ignorance!
So can we tend to the world-body-mind lightly? Gently.
Without compromising our innate freedom. Without making ourselves vulnerable to… to what?
What are we holding onto? What is it we are grabbing? A purer experience?
What is a happier experience? Can you hold on to anything?
Maybe you will find happiness in not holding on to anything?
In peace in stillness in non-resistance.
But is that possible while you are holding on to the belief that you are a separate entity? Holding on to the belief that you are a limited awareness a limited consciousness a personal something?
Is it possible to let go and hold on at the same time? Holding on to our narratives to our stories our beliefs?
Or can we explore being open innocent not-knowing?
To comprehend the cosmic joke you have to comprehend your absolute freedom your unconditional freedom.
No things outside of the one reality. The reality of consciousness. Your reality!
Which is you apart from everything and nothing.
