Meditation – Why am I disturbed by others and by world events?
12/29/2022
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So to start with it if you would sit comfortably
you’re welcome to either
close your eyes or turn your gaze inwardly
and welcome welcome yourself welcome your experience without any expectation without any conditions without any judgments
simply be this welcoming presence
whatever Sensations appear to you whatever thoughts perceptions appear to you
simply be
it is so lovely to just be rest restful resting presence
without any need to know what you are without no need to figure anything out
presence is peace
Universal peace that we know as simply being
not being somebody not being someone good or bad but the simplicity of being to be effortless being
which is not trying to improve itself
or to solve any problem
there is no separation in presence there is no separation in being
there is no me and you it’s just peace and love and tranquility
no effort
it is awareness the reality which hears these words effortlessly
5:00 is this presence this being beingness which we are we’ve always been
it is within this effortless presence that sounds appear thoughts appear bodily Sensations appear within this transparent presence
and this presence this awareness is always there does not come and go
in spite of appearances appear and disappear
presence being neither appears nor disappears
which we refer to I am this amness knows it is
I am and I know that I am
they go hand in hand
there is no disturbance in the ocean
it is the mind that may say
this is disturbing or that is disturbing
but presence awareness is not disturbed and not disturbable
it is only upon identifying yourself meaning
only upon identifying awareness as being a separate limited entity
only upon believing yourself to be a body mind will you experience the sense of limitation
as a bodily sensation as a Feeling
you will experience the sense of lack the fear of ending as feelings and thoughts
bodily Sensations
but that which perceives the bodily sensation is not a sensation
that which perceives thunder is not the thunder it’s pure tranquil aware presence
9:59 which perceives feelings and emotions
and the feelings and emotions are the result of your identification identifying yourself as a woman mother a father a particular Body Mind identifying yourself with certain images
it is awareness Consciousness which is identifying itself you consciousness you identify yourself as a limited form
when you experience disturbance
immediately as soon as you identify yourself as somebody you will experience yourself existing as a limited entity in time and space with personal worries and personal concerns and hopes and regrets
the mind becomes confused by the belief that it is somebody
it struggles internally struggles with itself
but this struggle is just a body mind impression dreamlike which has nothing to do with you
because you are not an entity in spite of the body having particular characteristics in particular limitations these characteristics and limitations do not apply to you
so it is you as consciousness creates a sense of limitation creates inner demons and inner angels all of which are fiction
the illusion occurring in the mind
these inner battles of identity
they’re like waves in the ocean like clouds in the sky
the ocean is unaffected except when you identify yourself with particular waves then you experience the impression that something is happening to you you the ocean
we start to experience worries and concerns about that which you imagine yourself to be
but that which you imagine yourself to be is not that which you are
no matter what you imagine yourself to be
you don’t need it
you don’t need to know what you are it is sufficient to be clear that I am
I know that I am I being the reality which perceives
not I being something which you believe yourself to be
so you can invite yourself to remain unknowing to be Unknowing to be not knowing of that which you are and completely clear that I am I being reality being
and to live as best as you can according to this new understanding.
