The belief that reality cannot exist without mind assumes mind to be larger than reality itself. As if there are two realities: the reality of consciousness and the larger reality of mind.Upon…
From the personal self perspective, it is not possible to speak about consciousness with any authority. Why so? Because, as a personal self, we are starting with the unexamined belief that…
Friend: If perhaps appearance is all there is. What need is there for anything more? Reply: One could say: 'appearance is all there is'. The question which follows would be: What is saying that?…
The intimacy of being/awareness. Although the ‘content’ of awareness is limited, awareness is not. In fact, awareness has no ‘content’. That is simply a way of speaking. Awareness does not have a…
You ask: What is sweet sorrow? A sweet feeling of sorrow/sadness that is not triggered by a personal story, desire or sense of lack. Rather it is the recollection of love that was shared. This may…
Surrender goes hand in hand with the recognition that there is one reality. I/consciousness. In this understanding it may become clear that resistance and seeking is an overlooking of truth, an…
The main hurdles, the main barriers are at the mind level. A certain resistance that is awaiting your releasing. Noticing the inner position, the warrior position within and having the courage and…
The mind is always doing something
The mind will always be doing something. Meaning the activities of thinking and feeling may go on. Sometimes sweet and gentle. other times thunderous and loud. That is how thinking feeling operate.…
This entire realm is dream like
This entire realm is dream like. It’s gone in a flash. Why trouble yourself pursuing dream objects? Contemplate the Self, the reality of consciousness and profit from this opportunity to awaken to…
About being here. Here is not a place. Here is being. Being is not being somebody; it is being being, being presence, being the nameless wordless totality. The love, the beauty, the sweet…
Sometimes the word awareness can lead us into confusion as to what we mean by it. If I may propose:Rather than the word awareness, we can turn our attention to the word reality. Via contemplation,…
You never leave yourself. You never cease to experience yourself. The content of your experience is intimate with your very self, which you never leave, which you are. Our shared dream is…
Personal love as a state is temporal and is not true since behind such a love hides the separate self with all its conditions, demands, judgements and expectations. Love is eternal, all embracing,…
Is experience the cause of suffering?
Is experience the cause of suffering? Perceiving a butterfly is an experience. Drinking a glass of water or recollecting my sweet cat is also an experience. There is no suffering there. Suffering is…
The focal point is a superimposition
Once you cease referring to yourself as some sort of manifestation, the states appear to you like the weather appears to you, like the wind and the sunshine appear to you without any 'external or…
How come I perceive San Francisco but not Paris?
How come I perceive San Francisco and not Paris? From the perspective that I am Joe/John/Mary, I cannot perceive Paris since I live in San Francisco. From the perspective of consciousness, I perceive…
Throughout all experience, I am there. The light of awareness. Irrespective of what has been my experience, painful or not, I have been present throughout all aspects of my experience. Present as…
Examine your suffering closely
The gardens of Versailles belong to the Republique of France. ~~At the core of your experience, there is silence and stillness which permeates your entire experience and yet, this silent stillness is…
Beyond the mental understanding
A truth lover is well served by being careful not to remain with the mental understanding. It is one thing to know about the ocean and it is another thing to be the ocean. Once ignorance is removed,…
No matter how many orbits around the cosmic universe, I will continue to seek you. My body mind and heart are dedicated to you as there is no other love, no other passion, no other reality but your…
Can we drop the label ‘separation’?
Can we drop the label 'separation'? How can there be a 'separate I' when I am I? How can I be separate from I? Can you separate the rose from the rose or your nose from your nose? If there is…
In your comment, you seem to refer to a body as something existing with its own 'individual reality', so to speak. In fact, all we know of a 'body' is the content of our mind. Meaning, we know bodily…
There is one reality. It is neither mind nor world. It is neither this nor that. Neither movement nor non movement. Beyond opposites. It is itself, complete onto itself. The reality of I. The reality of minds and universes. Like water is the reality of both steam and ice. I/reality/consciousness is…
The belief that reality cannot exist without mind assumes mind to be larger than reality itself. As if there are two realities: the reality of consciousness and the larger reality of mind.Upon contemplation, we realize that mind (thoughts, sensations and perceptions) is an appearance within…
A comment about fate. Whose fate? Fate is on behalf of someone, on behalf of a separate person. Fate falls under the impression of me in time and space. Past and future which are both the product of thinking and feeling. Consciousness is reality and does not exist in time and space. There is no…
From the personal self perspective, it is not possible to speak about consciousness with any authority. Why so? Because, as a personal self, we are starting with the unexamined belief that consciousness is limited and personal. This belief gets in the way and veils (infects) our capacity to…
Friend: If perhaps appearance is all there is. What need is there for anything more? Reply: One could say: 'appearance is all there is'. The question which follows would be: What is saying that? Appearance does not say anything. Appearance does not say: 'Appearance is all there is. 'Something is…
The intimacy of being/awareness. Although the ‘content’ of awareness is limited, awareness is not. In fact, awareness has no ‘content’. That is simply a way of speaking. Awareness does not have a door and windows. Does not have an inside or outside. Awareness is the undeniable reality of experience…
You ask: What is sweet sorrow? A sweet feeling of sorrow/sadness that is not triggered by a personal story, desire or sense of lack. Rather it is the recollection of love that was shared. This may be towards a friend who has left or passed or towards a pet we shared some time with. It is different…
Surrender goes hand in hand with the recognition that there is one reality. I/consciousness. In this understanding it may become clear that resistance and seeking is an overlooking of truth, an overlooking of the reality of infinite and eternal consciousness. That is why it is said: There is no one…
The main hurdles, the main barriers are at the mind level. A certain resistance that is awaiting your releasing. Noticing the inner position, the warrior position within and having the courage and the inner strength and maturity to expose it, to expose yourself and to surrender your position. This…
The mind is always doing something
The mind will always be doing something. Meaning the activities of thinking and feeling may go on. Sometimes sweet and gentle. other times thunderous and loud. That is how thinking feeling operate. When we remain as we are, meaning when we are not defining ourselves via the activity of thinking and…
This entire realm is dream like
This entire realm is dream like. It’s gone in a flash. Why trouble yourself pursuing dream objects? Contemplate the Self, the reality of consciousness and profit from this opportunity to awaken to truth. Truth is what IS, that which you ARE and not what appears or what you seem to be. That which is…
About being here. Here is not a place. Here is being. Being is not being somebody; it is being being, being presence, being the nameless wordless totality. The love, the beauty, the sweet not-knowingness of presence, of awareness. Being here as absence is seamless presence. Resting as being, there…
Sometimes the word awareness can lead us into confusion as to what we mean by it. If I may propose:Rather than the word awareness, we can turn our attention to the word reality. Via contemplation, inquiry, reflection and reasoning, we can come to the understanding of the undeniable reality of…
You never leave yourself. You never cease to experience yourself. The content of your experience is intimate with your very self, which you never leave, which you are. Our shared dream is precipitated from the same universal field of knowingness which we are. Like in a dream, we dream ourself. We…
Personal love as a state is temporal and is not true since behind such a love hides the separate self with all its conditions, demands, judgements and expectations. Love is eternal, all embracing, unconditional and unwavering. It is our true nature. States are coloring of mind and represent Shiva’s…
Is experience the cause of suffering?
Is experience the cause of suffering? Perceiving a butterfly is an experience. Drinking a glass of water or recollecting my sweet cat is also an experience. There is no suffering there. Suffering is the sense of separation, which is the belief and feeling that there is a separate personal…
The focal point is a superimposition
Once you cease referring to yourself as some sort of manifestation, the states appear to you like the weather appears to you, like the wind and the sunshine appear to you without any 'external or internal' reference. The focal point returns to its true nature which is similar to a sphere without a…
How come I perceive San Francisco but not Paris?
How come I perceive San Francisco and not Paris? From the perspective that I am Joe/John/Mary, I cannot perceive Paris since I live in San Francisco. From the perspective of consciousness, I perceive Paris, I perceive San Francisco. There is only one perceiver, one reality. the reality of…
Throughout all experience, I am there. The light of awareness. Irrespective of what has been my experience, painful or not, I have been present throughout all aspects of my experience. Present as awareness, as presence. Even when I believed and felt that I am a person, happy or unhappy, I was there…
Examine your suffering closely
The gardens of Versailles belong to the Republique of France. ~~At the core of your experience, there is silence and stillness which permeates your entire experience and yet, this silent stillness is overlooked. And whenever the silent stillness is felt, it is not clear that this silent presence is…
Beyond the mental understanding
A truth lover is well served by being careful not to remain with the mental understanding. It is one thing to know about the ocean and it is another thing to be the ocean. Once ignorance is removed, and Self/Awareness is revealed, it does not matter whether mind exists or not because the mind is an…
No matter how many orbits around the cosmic universe, I will continue to seek you. My body mind and heart are dedicated to you as there is no other love, no other passion, no other reality but your being. Although you grace me with your presence as my own, it is thy will which is. Ignorance of…
Can we drop the label ‘separation’?
Can we drop the label 'separation'? How can there be a 'separate I' when I am I? How can I be separate from I? Can you separate the rose from the rose or your nose from your nose? If there is separation, then it can only be an impression and not truth. The impression of separation. Thus, we are not…
You seem to refer to a body as something existing with its own 'individual reality', so to speak. In fact, all we know of a 'body' is the content of our mind. Meaning, we know bodily sensations, images, feelings, perceptions, all of which are 'internal'. In other words our experience does not…
In your comment, you seem to refer to a body as something existing with its own 'individual reality', so to speak. In fact, all we know of a 'body' is the content of our mind. Meaning, we know bodily sensations, images, feelings, perceptions, all of which are 'internal'. In other words our…