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THOUGHT AND IGNORANCE Does the arising of thought signify the arising of a separate self? Does it imply ignorance? ~~~Not necessarily. Thought requires a knowing of it but this knowing does not necessarily need to be separate from the thought that is known. Ignorance refers to the knowing being a…
Everything you know, you know within yourself, awareness.
Everything you know, you know within yourself, awareness. All that which is known, is known as your very self, awareness. There is no knowing outside of awareness. Awareness is knowingness. Awareness is intimacy of knowing in which the known, the knowing and the knower are one. In fact, there is no…
Does the arising of thought signify the arising of a separate self?
THOUGHT AND IGNORANCE Does the arising of thought signify the arising of a separate self? Does it imply ignorance? ~~~Not necessarily. Thought requires a knowing of it but this knowing does not necessarily need to be separate from the thought that is known. Ignorance refers to the knowing being a…
You create everything out of yourself
You create everything out if yourself. You create all sorts of subselves out of yourself and via the numerous subselves you experience others, worlds and minds. You choose to forget that you are everyone and everything. Instead you choose to be one specific character of your infinite creation and…
We get so wrapped up in our feelings
We get so wrapped up in our feelings and concerns about other people's feelings. We romanticize them and give them power. Sometimes they scare us. It is such an unhappy spin. It is possible to look into feelings and see how we nourish them, how we maintain them, reinforcing the me-story. You…
You will not find happiness in material comfort
You can pursue material comforts, material gains, fame and health, but you will not find the happiness your heart desires. There is no shortcut around awakening to your true nature, dropping the illusion of separation and being free from the impression of mortality. What you truly are awaits your…
You can pursue material comforts, material gains, fame and health, but you will not find the happiness your heart desires. There is no shortcut around awakening to your true nature, dropping the illusion of separation and being free from the impression of mortality. What you truly are awaits your…
One could say that there is one freedom and that this freedom is absolute and does not belong to any imaginary dream character. It belongs to consciousness. By choosing to identify itself as a separate character, consciousness is exercising its free will, its final choice, so to speak. until it…
As long as there is the impression of someone, there is the impression of choice.
As long as there is the impression of someone, there is the impression of choice. ~~Someone shared with me the following: “if you have the impression that there is a choice to be made, make the right choice. ”~~Until the separate chooser is completely dissolved, saying that ‘there is no chooser’…
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…
At every moment you have the choice of catering to your emotions or contemplating the Self.
At every moment you have the choice of catering to your emotions or contemplating the Self. In continuing to cater to your emotions and in continuing to manage your feeling states, you maintain the impression of a separate self and the impression of vulnerability does not leave you. Knowingly or…
When you perceive others Separate from yourself Your innate vision is lost You are looking with Diffracted eyes And you have left your innate wisdom The knowingness of your globality Your innate unicity When you perceive a world Separate from yourself You have transgressed In the realm of desire…
Be clear about what you are seeking and honoring.
Be clear about what you are seeking and honoring. If it is on behalf of the me, it maintains the unhappy sense of separate self and other. Contemplate the belief and feeling that I am a mortal body mind, that I is a form that is born. As long as this position is not investigated, it continues to…
The separate self you take yourself to be is a mind impression
The separate self you take yourself to be is a mind impression that is maintained in thoughts and feelings but that is not found anywhere else. Getting lost in world, thoughts, emotions, feelings and sensations does not reveal the Self, does not clear the stage, does not bring you the tranquility…
Worrying about tomorrow is something you do
Worrying about tomorrow is something you do. Thus you avoid knowing yourself. You assume a separate self as a hoax that you play, while you are the only player. Thus you temporarily forget yourself, assume a personality and experience the angst of separation and forgetfulness. Returning to…
A seeming arising Like sunshine Thought arises Like breath Mentation seemingly appears Like mist A seeming arising The stirring of separation I am an object A mind impression arising In so called time and space Thought impression And so-called feeling That echoes a personal self Echoes And echoes…
Why do we feel separate When we share the same dream.
Why do we feel separate When we share the same dream. We talk together. We shop from each other. We harvest the same fields. Breathe the same air. Why do we feel separate When we are made out of the same stuff, digest similar foods, love kindness and compassion, enjoy laughter and the song 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…
Before thought becomes an object which relates to a separate subject, thought is intimate and impersonal. Thought is cosmic, like the weather. The personal identification is an add-on that creates the unhappy illusion of a separate subject. From a conversation with a friend: What is thought? Is it…
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"…
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…
We are one as everything. Aren’t we?
We are one as everything. Aren’t we? We share the same feelings and so much more. We recognize each other. My sorrows. Your sorrows. Same same. We are more similar than we think. Like two drops of water. We play the game of being separate. But it is not so. The truth is so much deeper than the…
The belief that I am a separate self is accompanied with the me-feeling of isolation and separation.
The belief that I am a separate self is accompanied with the me-feeling of isolation and separation. Believing that I am surrounded with angels can provide some temporary relief like a Band-Aid. But the core angst is not cured by the application of a Band-Aid. Deeper inquiry into the belief that I…
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…
WHAT IS MIND REALITY? There is but one reality which imbues everything with itself. It manifests as everything, embracing everything and everyone in its selfless unconditional love. The mind separates creating the impression of separate realities and imposes conditions on the unconditional. It…