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You inhale I exhale That is how it is in truth. You perceive a tree in the yard I am resting in the same yard That is how it is in truth. You rest in bed I rest next to you That is how it is in truth. You love to laugh and smile It is the same laughter we share That is how it is in truth. Let's…
Self-love or self-development?
Awakening to the true Self. We mistake the Self to be the personal self which we imagine ourself to be. In doing so, love which is universal and unconditional, becomes personal and discriminative. Our task is to realize the true Self, our true nature. Rather than being concerned about the personal…
DESIRE We imagine a separate object that we imagine to be apart from our experience and simultaneously, we imagine ourself to be a separate subject that lacks the imagined object. Desire is a dualistic imagining that separates us, but not really. Separation is imagination. This internal mechanism…
Internal harmony and external harmony are both essential for the paving of the Way. One without the other is like a bird flying with one wing. Correct conduct is harmonious, Dharmic and is a reflection of clear mind. Conduct reflects mind. A student of the way contemplates the Dharma, reflects upon…
Most of us suffer from the mental disorder of believing that we are the body mind and that we are born. I would even say that most of the 7 billion folks on this planet adhere to this belief. Given this disorder, it is not surprising that our actions reflect this belief that we are the images, the…
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…
Over and over you are told to be still, to rest as Being Awareness, not to move towards forms and objects and yet you continue to chase experiences, relationship and situation and thus, the sense of lack and incompleteness continues to haunt you. Come into the light and wisdom of the Dharma that…
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…
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…
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…
Until we realize the Self, we are seekers in one way or another. We start the journey seeking peace and happiness in objects, in relationships and in worldly situations. Eventually, via grace, we turn inward and start to contemplate causeless peace and happiness. It's a long journey from here to…
TURIYA. What is the experience of no self?
TURIYA. What is the experience of no self? Turiya cannot be comprehended by the mind. It cannot be comprehended by a separate self since Turiya is the absence of separation, the dissolution of the veils of duality. The ending of the subject-object dichotomy. Turiya is not an experience as we…
THE INITIAL VEIL The veil of our true nature is the superimposition of ‘I am the body mind’. This initial assumption gives rise to the I-me-mind and me-feeling that triggers the I-thought and enivrates it. The mind becomes like a drunkard who is rambling at no end unaware of reality. Upon inquiry…
Maintain your gaze onto the divine
Maintain your gaze onto the divine and you will be guided to her. Do not rest, do not celebrate too early as you will be cutting yourself short. Do not be content with intermediary stages that compromise the absolute. Remain on the path until you are completely unmoved by the world body mind.
The worldly path of samsara and the senses keep you in the illusion and you do not get off the roller coaster ride of mind impressions. As long as you do not actively engage in the contemplation of the Self, the Self will continue to elude you and you remain entangled in the phenomenal world body…
LEFTOVER VASANAS You can fool so-called others, and you can even fool yourself but for only so long. Eventually, the leftover vasanas that are not being addressed, which remain veiled by the partial understanding that we hold on to, will start to decay and the foul smell of ignorance will rise. The…
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…
There is nothing you perceive That is not you. How could there be anything else But you? Have you ever experienced anything else But you? Have you ever known anything else But you? Think about it. It is all you. Never anything apart. You try very hard to separate yourself. But it is in vain. It is…
The love that we celebrate in relationship has its source in love itself and not in any object or situation. True love stands on its own and is Self sufficient, celebrates itself as itself and as everything, including relationships. In True relationship, the subject and the object do not exist.…
THE FIRST AFTERTHOUGHT In love, there is no me and you. No concerns. The me and you is an afterthought. Time is an afterthought. 'Me and you in time', is an add on. It is the result of thinking and separating yourself as a subject experiencing external objects. The concerns, the fears are a result…
FEAR What is it? What am I? What is happening? I want to know. What for? To know what? What is there to know? What is it to know? Wanting a story Wanting a narrative That I can flip and flip As it flips me I want thought and more thought So I can remain on the roller coaster Of the winds of thought…
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…
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…
HIDING I hide. What am I hiding and what am I hiding from? What is it that is hiding? . In plain sight, I am. Am I not? Hiding, in plain sight? Hiding that I am hiding? Maybe I am not hiding. Maybe I am playing the hiding game. Playing it so well that I forgot I am playing. Hum. Maybe I am. And…
The clarity of Self recognition
ABIDING IN THE CLARITY OF SELF RECOGNITION I read somewhere that in abiding in the clarity of self recognition, dysfunction is seen,and the truest version of myself is continuously revealed. What is this truest version of myself that is continuously revealed? ~~~ I have no idea. I don't perceive…