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What is it to be awake? What is it that is awake? ~~ When you imagine yourself to be a character, you are dreaming yourself. You dream the character, you dream its activities, you dream its awakening. Everything about the character is dream. What is awake is awareness. Truth is Isness/Awareness,…
We only experience now. Comparison is dream like, illusory. How can we compare anything outside of our current experience? When we are comparing, we are comparing our current experience with our current experience since we know nothing else but this current experience, as awareness. The problem is…
This journey is brief, like a dream
This journey is so brief. Like a dream. When we ask ourselves what it is truly about, we find ourselves embarked on a journey of contemplation and meditative inquiry. That’s so beautiful. In spite of the many moments of confusion and darkness, once the interest in truth awakens, we are on our way…
Every moment you have the opportunity for stillness.
Every moment you have the opportunity for stillness. The contemplation of the unmoved peace of being. It is this contemplation, this sort of return to your true nature, the recollection of the peace and stillness of being, which establishes you as the transparency and peace that you have always…
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?…
The Self shines onto itself by itself from itself.
The Self shines onto itself by itself from itself. You are this shining light Not any object upon which the light is shining. Contemplate the source And all forms are revealed To be manifestation of the one source Do not mistake yourself To be the manifest You are the manifester Not the manifest…
REMAIN AS YOU ARE Within thought, there is an imagined me, a personal self in an imaginary future. But not really. There is no time. Time is thought, mind impressions. Floating images in the open space of awareness that dreams all dreams without ever being affected by its infinite dreams. Remain as…
Expecting that the dream will satisfy you is like expecting Santa Claus to bring you the bicycle or doll you hope to get. Only by the contemplation of truth may you awaken to the fulfillment that you are, to the inherent bliss of the Self. All else is spin. The wheel of samsara. Namaste
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The world of form Appears Thus it is an appearance Like all appearances It disappears What is the substance of that which appears and disappears? Like all night dreams Like the weather The substance of the world body mind Is its dreamer. We have never known a world Outside of ourself. The home of…
Sooner or later, you realize that you must stop spinning this spin.
Like the pink flying elephant seeks to lead the herd of pink flying elephants to better pastures, in the dream, the dream character you imagine yourself to be, seeks to better itself and its dream. When we attribute reality to the dream character and its illusory dreams, we get entangled in the…
Sooner or later, you realize that you must stop spinning this spin.
Like the pink flying elephant seeks to lead the herd of pink flying elephants to better pastures, in the dream, the dream character you imagine yourself to be seeks to better itself and its dream. When we attribute reality to the dream character and its illusory dreams, we get entangled in the…
Life is about happiness and our ‘mission’ is to awaken to causeless happiness
Life is about happiness and our 'mission' is to awaken to causeless happiness and go beyond the (so-called) happiness that depends on objects, that depends on relationships, that depends on experiences or situations. Only upon becoming free from all conditions are we able to celebrate causeless…
Since everyone is busy with their minds and all what appears, it is your business to bring in the contemplation and to awaken to the reality that is beyond the dream. Although empty, the concerns of the mind are very powerful and not easy to overcome. You contemplate the Self on behalf of everyone…
Expecting that the dream will satisfy you is like expecting Santa Claus to bring you the bicycle or doll you hope to get. Only by the contemplation of truth may you awaken to the fulfillment that you are, to the inherent bliss of the Self. All else is spin. The wheel of samsara. Namaste
How unhappy separation is Me, me And not you Me, me Apart from you Me, me What can I get from you Me, me Beware of me Beware of you Such unhappiness Such madness You haunt me In my waking dreams In may night dreams With your images With my images Haunting images Haunting you Haunting me You haunt…
Doing and non-doing refer to the dream character that is imagined to be the Self.
Doing and non-doing refer to the dream character that is imagined to be the Self. The Self rests as it is beyond mind, beyond description, beyond coming and going, beyond gain and loss. You recognize yourself as That. In this recognition you rest as the Self, one beyond a second and you contemplate…
Devote yourself to awakening from the dream
Devote yourself to awakening from the dream. Dedicate yourself to the freedom from the illusion of the separate self. Being distracted by thoughts and feelings, you stray off the path and get entangled in the myriad empty forms. Images and stories do not free you, do not deliver you from bondage.…
What is the purpose of visual experience?
What is the purpose of visual experience? ~~~ Visual experience refers to the reality that perceives it. Like your night dreams refer to the reality of the dreamer. Upon waking up you realize that the pink flying elephant in your dream was not real and only you (the dreamer) is real. Appearances…