Meditation – The true meaning of I is not in the dream
01/18/2022
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So welcome
first we welcome ourselves as presence
which is the recognition that everything is effortlessly welcomed
and this welcoming is our true self
not some decision we make not some effort we exert rather it is simply how these words you hear this perception you proceed this sensation you sense
by your very nature choicelessly
because there is nothing at stake for anyone
like the surface of the pond is available to the sunshine
you are this availability
everything appears to you in this moment
moment by moment
like the sunshine appears
like clouds appear
like the wind appears
you are transparent
to whatever appears
whatever appears to you
is not separate from you
like the ripple on the surface of the pond appears but it’s not separate from the pond
like a sensation appears to is not separate from you
you being this awareness
so invite yourself to simply rest as awareness
not as any form or any object not as any person with a history or a future
but as awareness which is not in time
awareness does not appear as an object as a form as a sensation as an emotion
it is beyond appearance and yet no appearance is beyond it
like the pond does not appear within the ripples on its surface
there is no ripple which does not appear within the pond
when you’re confuse yourself to be somebody who’s appearing as an object in the world as a mind
you’re overlooking your reality as this transparent awareness
so, invite your experience to be a floating
a floating experience within the space of awareness
without focusing on anything in particular
so that your experiences nourishing dancing floating
and because you’re not focusing on any particular aspect of your experience
it merges into awareness
because in fact it has always been awareness itself
this moment taking on the form of hearing sensing perceiving feeling
borderless awareness
there is only one I one self one reality
and this I is that which hears these words right now
it’s not made out of flesh and bones it’s not made out of memories and hopes and despairs
which is not male or female
awareness
and this I is not located inside the body or inside the room or inside a world
whatever is located inside the room or outside the world or inside the body is that which we perceive
which we refer to as mind
the concept of a tree concept of the lake
the conceptual world thoughts sensations
they have no existence of their own outside of awareness
the body meaning bodily sensations and perceptions appears in the same space where a thought appears. a sensation appears in the same space as a memory as an image
if thought appears in the same space that the oak tree appears in
there is not a separate space called the world and a separate space called the mind and the separate space called the body
the separation the world the body the mind is a conceptual classification
while in fact our experience which is always this moment is not divided into world body and mind
the division is an afterthought a conceptual classification
it serves its purpose it is like dividing the ocean into the northern sea and the southern sea
or dividing the body into various parts
or dividing yourself into me and not me
all these divisions are conceptual and when we don’t realize the conceptual aspect of the division of consciousness into me and not me then we feel that we are some form we share that we are within a certain balloon or cocoon living inside the body facing an external world we feel we exists in time while time is your dream
a thought appears to you from yesterday about your grandmother about when you were a young boy or girl thoughts appear to you
The impression of time appears to you
nothing wrong with that except when you believe yourself to be inside time to be the subject of time or a product of time
time is a concept when we are hungry we eat and when we are tired we rest and when we feel happy we dance we feel lonely we seek company when we feel the need for bonding we reach out to friends lovers
where is time in all of that
now, our society is ruled by time not by happiness not by joy, freedom celebration and beauty and friendliness
it is ruled by time
hurry hurry because we believe we exist in time
you’re possessed by time and worry and concern and fear
but you do not exist in time you exist period
time appears in existence existence does not appear in time
the oak tree in the yard has no age it was never born the entire universe is contained in the acorn
where is the acorn contained?
Do not consider yourself to be somebody do not consider yourself to be a son or a daughter. Mother a father men and women.
let the body be what it is do not define yourself as the body or the mind do not define yourself period
you’re not worried be not concerned about feelings and emotions and thoughts
they are just appearances they do not define you
they do not limit you you being this not knowing beingness being not knowing open field of knowing not knowing I know I do not know
it is so perfect
turn your attention not downstream but upstream
not where you are going not where you’re coming from
everything comes from you not your mind not your body.
There is a question that was sent to me which I will address at some point but for now, are there any questions please make sure to unmute yourself
