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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…
There is a practice of noticing within oneself the me-tendencies. Some me-tendencies are loud and obvious, easy to notice, other are subtle, barely noticed and go under the radar. At times noticing the mind going outwards is clear and facile and the mind can be brought back to the silent inward…
The separate self~~~Notice the subtle movement within your being towards and away from any object, experience or feeling. Notice within yourself the tendency, no matter how faint towards an image or a feeling. The very subtle sense of lack and incompleteness that hides beneath and within thinking…
When you contemplate your direct experience
When you contemplate your direct experience, you may notice that there are no borders and that you permeate the entire field of perception. In other words, the entire field of perception is your very self. You are everywhere. You are not any thing and yet everything is your very self. You are not…
We often say ‘I love you’ but what we mean is something else.
We often say ‘I love you’ but what we mean is something else. We mean I love how you make me feel, I love what you bring to me or I love the image I have of myself when I am with you. That’s a different matter altogether. When you are interested in what you are getting or when you are interested in…
Meditation is about the meditator
Meditation is not for the meditator. It is about the meditator. What is it that meditates? Meditation is through you and not by you. It comes to you like a visitor sent by the queen. The I-thought appears. To what does it appear? To That which does not appear. Simultaneously, the me-feeling appears…
Inner chatter is about me, about the separate self. Mistaking myself to be the body mind, mistaking myself to be a dream character maintains, fuels the inner chatter. Contemplate:”what am I truly? ” Notice that which is aware of the chatter. Am I the dream character that appears? Am I the bundle of…
What if we hold no conditions?
What if we hold no conditions? ~~What is it that is impacted by the events which appear in your dream? To whom, to what does the dream refer? When there are personal preferences, when you hold tightly to personal conditions, then depending on the outcome, you are satisfied or disappointed. In such…
We remain watchful not to cultivate a new persona, a new spiritual personal self and we continue to contemplate truth, being aware of the tendencies that arise here and there, we notice the tendency to judge, and the tendency to judge the judging. In time, the me sense arises less and less…
Inner chatter is about me, about the separate self. Mistaking myself to be the body mind, mistaking myself to be a dream character maintains, fuels the inner chatter. Contemplate:”what am I truly? ” Notice that which is aware of the chatter. Am I the dream character that appears? Am I the bundle of…
We love our stories. That is why in listening, we are listening to our story and in fact, we are not listening at all. We are listening to the past which repeats itself: Me, me, me. her, her, her. That is the story. Always me, him, her. What is this me? We are so fascinated by it. But what is it?…
So many manifestations of the One!
So many manifestations of the One! All of which appear intimately As I The intimacy of Self! Complete intimacy. You never experience anything other than Self. What appears Appears to I, as I Arises out of I Refers to I Even when it appears to refer to otherness It refers to I Notice the intimacy 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…
As you remain quiet and still…
As you remain quiet and still, as if 'behind' what is unfolding, without any movement, without any judgment, without any resistance, you will notice a deep sense of peace that is untouched by the appearance. This is an alive intelligent stillness that does not reach for anything. A wide open sky…
You consider yourself to be a person
Notice how without even being aware of it, most of the day and night, you consider yourself to be a person and most of your thoughts are about me, my life, my work, my home, my future, my relationships. So you remain preoccupied caught up in the feelings, the emotions. This spin goes on and on.…
LISTENING I listen to the body without knowing. I notice a burning sensation in the belly. It could be the late breakfast. But it doesn’t matter what the mind says. It is a deepening listening, sensing, feeling, without knowing, openly, freely. I am interested. An ever deepening intimacy. Intimacy…
I notice that there is no difference between me and whatever appears to me
I notice. I notice that there is no difference between me and whatever appears to me. I notice, I know and I feel there is no difference between me and you. You perceive, I perceive. You breathe, I breathe. One breath. I can see how petty you sometimes can be and I know that it is very possible…
RUSHING Rushing. From here to there. From here to here? Going anywhere? Nowhere maybe. Where to? What is it that is driving me? Am I something drivable Like a board moved By the surf Of emotions. Can I notice? Be still. Maybe not. Maybe. yes? Thought after thought What is happening Truly? Beneath…
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…
Notice that within each thought there is the hidden belief that I am a personal body mind. This belief reduces you to the limited self and the limited me-feeling. That is the unhappiness that haunts you in your night and in your waking dreams. As long as you are anchored to this belief and feeling…
Notice that the mind is thoughts, sensations and perceptions.
Notice that the mind is thoughts, sensations and perceptions. Notice that you are the formless silent witness of thoughts, sensations and perceptions. Notice that when you see a Cedar tree, you are not the tree, you are not defined by the tree you witness. Similarly, you are not defined by the…
In your contemplation, it becomes important to notice the me feeling, the unhappiness that arises and is expressed in the body, the internal bodily contractions that refer to a separate me. Releasing them into the transparency of being, into the spacious borderlessness of awareness is a relaxation…
In ignorance we complain about various situations and conditions. In wisdom, we use various situations and events as opportunities to contemplate the source. Notice that whenever you assume a me-position, whenever you choose to perceive according to the belief 'I-am-a-man' or 'I-am-a-woman', you…
Question everything. Question the sky, question the trees, question the breath, question everything. Question questioning, but continue questioning. Remain in the questioning. You are everything, you're the sky, the ocean, the trees, the birds, you are everything. Everything is yourself, you're…
Feelings of guilt, regret and doubt
Sometimes life circumstances trigger old feelings of guilt, regret, doubt, etc. Ancient me-thoughts and feelings are triggered. We feel unhappy. This is an important discernment. Noticing unhappiness and reading the sign posts that maintain the separate me impression allow you to navigate calmer…
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