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From the mind perspectiveThere is good and badAnd a personal selfAs well as others. From the perspective of presence/awarenessIt’s a unific field of peace and stillness. Contemplation of the basic assumptionsReveals that the bases are loadedWith the belief that I am mortalThat there is something at…
Like on a foggy day we cannot perceive the firmament, inside the dense bubble of thought we cannot perceive our true nature. Living the me-assumption, we are deluded in believing and feeling mortality, birth and death haunt us. Under the spell of personhood, the shining light of awareness eludes us…
About 'Hereness/Presence'~~~ In 'Hereness/Presence' there are not two. 'Hereness' is quite different from I am here as someone (a body mind object) existing in some physical location. The statement: 'the oak tree is in the yard' refers to an object in relation to another object. Hereness/Presence…
While dreams appear to you You do not appear
While dreams appear to you You do not appear While body mind impressions appear to you You do not appear All appearances arise out of you and are at zero distance from you Like heat appears out of fire Like wetness appears out if water Like words appear out of silence Zero distance. One whole…
While dreams appear to you You do not appear
While dreams appear to you You do not appear While body mind impressions appear to you You do not appear All appearances arise out of you and are at zero distance from you Like heat appears out of fire Like wetness appears out if water Like words appear out of silence Zero distance. One whole…
The scent of the ripening fruit
THE SCENT OF THE RIPENING FRUIT Isn't amazing And quite mysterious This tendency To take a stand To defend a position Behind it A feeling of vulnerability? or a nameless contraction That I do not want to see Old habit To retreat To hide behind a certain stand Hide oneself Where? From whom? After…
Consciousness does not depend on its creation
Like the wide open sky does not depend on its clouds, consciousnesses does not depend on its creations. It remains as it is, borderless impersonal presence. That is what I is. The fact that what appears disappears, does not imply that their reality appears and disappears. What is the reality of…
About memory ~~~ memory arises as a current thought and gives rise to the impression of time. In fact, all appearances refer to the eternity of presence in which and out of which they appear and are made of. Memory does not affect presence. Memory may be a useful tool for navigation purposes. It…
Being knowingly the Self ~~ Indeed, "fascination with objects" does not remove presence. Nothing does since there is nothing apart from it to remove it. . In essence and in appearance, all is presence. (All events are none other than presence). And yet, there is quite a difference between "being…
Indeed, "Fascination with objects" does not remove presence. Nothing does since there is nothing apart from it to remove it. . In essence and in appearance, all is presence. (As you say, that event is none other than presence). And yet, there is quite a difference between "being presence knowingly"…
Pure presence, formless, boundaryless…
Pure presence, formless, boundaryless. Appears as all dreams As all minds, as the world, as the breath, as a smile. Never leaving the causeless peace that it is. In your recognition It shines unimpeded Enlightening the myriad realms. The background of everything is pure presence. The foreground of…
Squirrels hopping from branch to branch chasing each other.
Squirrels hopping from branch to branch chasing each other. The Kwak Kwak Kwak sound of the crows in the distance. Birds at the birdfeeder and the gentle swing of the bare branches in the winterours space. What a wonder! Not apart from breath From the taste of tea Fingers on the keyboard The soft…
Old patterns lose their grip as I am no longer party to their charade…
Old patterns lose their grip as I am no longer party to their charade. I recognize the wholeness of being, undivided, indivisible. I recognize the abundance of the Self That appears as the sunshine As the smile of a child, as the song of the birds As the reflection of the sun onto the surface of…
SIMPLE PRESENCE Although it seems that experience is complex Thoughts, memories, concerns, feelings, worries, plans There is also this moment of presence Like a virgin screen Peaceful, tranquil We notice the hum of the refrigerator The shining light of the sun onto the deck The squirrel hopping on…
What we refer to as the body is an open borderless space of awareness that embraces everything. Within this space of being/presence, awareness is everything, without any separate doer or observer. The breath, thought, the swinging branches of the trees, the song of the birds in the distance…
Whenever the wind of change appears in your life, you run away
Whenever the wind of change appears in your life, you run away and hide behind your complaining mind and your thinking, but this doesn’t help in any way. Whenever you meet change with your complete presence without playing the tricks of thinking, blaming, whining, regurgitating, you will find a…
COMPLETE CERTAINTY The brain, the world, sense organs, light enters, light exists. Is this really what is going on? Could be. What would the snail or the chameleon say? What is it that we can be absolutely certain of? What is it that we can point to beyond any doubt whatsoever? I cannot name it. Or…
Breathing, shared breath. Containing everything, embracing everything. One breath. Feels like no breath. And yet, yes there is breath and strangely, simultaneously there is no breath. Such intimacy, such mystery! We call it breath. What is it we are calling breath? What is it? The mind is satisfied…
COMPLETE CERTAINTY The brain, the world, sense organs, light enters, light exists. Is this really what is going on? Could be. What would the snail or the chameleon say? What is it that we can be absolutely certain of? What is it that we can point to beyond any doubt whatsoever? I cannot name it. Or…
THE LIGHT OF BEING Step out into the shining light It shines through you Onto everyone and everything Revealing true nature As nothing and everything Step out into the shining light Nothing to hide Nothing to protect All is revealed As it is Step out into the shining light It may not seem easy Yet…
When you are arguing, you have assumed yourself and the other. Assuming yourself is empty and void of reality. Whatever you assume is fiction. Thus your unhappy argumentation is empty and unreal. Why get so worked out? Instead, can you see through the charade? Can you remain still and in this…
Do you believe in the existence of a soul?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF A SOUL? Whatever one believes does not matter since it does not reveal what is real. What matters is to know what is real and not to hold on to beliefs which vary from tribe to tribe. If 'soul' is real, then 'soul' would be real right now, in this very instant…
You are resisting God’s invitation
In the investigation of the I that I AM, you only find God's I AM. Universal I AM. You will not find any personal I AM. The personal I AM is revealed to be a download and not the real I AM. You will not find Santa Claus. The Self is universal Beingness, transparent infinite aware presence. The…
IS IT OK TO COME BACK INTO THE RELATIVE?
IS IT OK TO COME BACK INTO THE RELATIVE? In your experience, is there such a thing as coming in and out of the 'relative'? Maybe thought is arising speaking about relative and absolute. Or maybe there is peace and stillness and the complete absence of duality, the complete absence of relative or…
THE SPACIOUSNESS OF AWARENESS Awareness is real. What could deny it? Awareness is like the wide open sky ever inviting you to the revelation that there is no form that is beyond awareness. The wide open sky being formless and undivided cannot conceive of separation, cannot conceive of this and…