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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When we are looking from the mind, meaning via the senses and via thinking, there are numerous forms, numerous options, preferences, as well as numerous impressions. The senses and thinking can be misleading. One may perceive an orange only to find later on that it is a persimmon. One may also…
There is no mind. What we call mind is thought. God is the creator of all thoughts. The creator of the wind, the breath, the oceans and galaxies. Problems are due to the belief that I am a mortal form. A separate self. A mortal reality. This belief overlooks the eternal and universal reality of…
Wanting to share and looking for validation and support seem natural. Insights into our true nature have a profound effect. Sometimes the effect of a glimpse are noticeable sooner and at times later. It is like an irreversible crack in the shell of separation. The mind is altered and recognizes a…
I, awareness permeates the entire experience
When the mind is silent as well when the mind is active, I/Aware presence permeates the entire experience. One could say that when the mind is silent, I/aware presence permeates experience knowingly. When the mind is active, although I/aware presence does permeate the entire experience, the…
I do agree that clarity is helpful for a more harmonious living. When we confuse the content of our experience (which is constantly changing) with the changeless reality of experience, we are missing the core of the teaching. The non dual teaching does speak of the principle of non-doing (non…
Sensations appear to us, which we refer to as body. Perceptions appear to us, which we refer to as world. Mentation appears to us, thinking, feeling, sensing, imagining, which we refer to as mind. Contemplation reveals that consciousness/awareness, which we know as I, is the reality of…
When you drop the critical mind
When you drop the critical mind, when you do not maintain the judgemental mind and remain as you are, the wholeness of being/awareness may be available to you. There is no separation in gods eyes. You need to uproot the old tendencies of differentiation and nurture the love that unites us all. The…
You are the light of being, transparent presence. In spite of the mind impressions that mislead you into separation, nothing is really in the way of the wholeness of being which is awaiting your realization. Contemplate your experience directly without mediating it via thinking and feeling. Thus…
Whenever we live from the sense of separation, we are overlooking the holiness/wholeness of love and we are misguided by the monkey mind and the negative emotions. The challenges and the unhappiness we perceive and feel are meant to remind us that we are walking in the wrong direction. God's…
Consciousness stands prior to mind
Consciousness stands ‘prior’ to mind, like the dreamer stands ‘prior’ to its dreams. To assume a human or non human reality is mind. There is no such thing as personal consciousness. Whatever appears in your dreams, no matter how real it may seem, is dream stuff. To assume that consciousness abides…
There are a lot of things you know. But do you know your true self? You are not the bubble of your mind and feelings. You are not defined by anything you dream or imagine. You are not defined by your projections. Suffering is your lighthouse. It advises you that you have given reality to the…
The effect of any cause is fleeting.
When we are looking for fulfillment in the world body mind, we are often disappointed as we are trying to find peace and happiness in the impermanent. We may find a certain pleasure, a fleeting sensation of happiness, and since it is dependent on an object, we feel the tension of needing to…
Depending on the conditioned mind
When you depend on your conditioned mind, you experience the false. You experience time and space as well as birth and death, both of which are false. You have to go to the source in order to free yourself from ignorance, misery and confusion. You have to go to that which is real. The light of…
The innate peace of being/awareness
Everything that appears to you refers to the innate peace of being/awareness. The mind that looks outwardly overlooks the Self, overlooks the transparency of being/awareness which is the knowing spaciousness of being. When you contemplate the true I that I refers to, you will come to realize…