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In ignorance, I am a mortal body mind
In ignorance, I have accepted that I am a mortal body mind, a person. Once that assumption is established and not questioned, thoughts arise all of which refer to this me, the body mind I feel I am. Judgmental thoughts. Blaming thoughts. Praising thoughts. Hopeful thoughts. Regretful thoughts.…
When you identify with the body
When you identify with the body, you take on all the concerns of the body. When the body has a flu, you have a flu. When the body is tired, you are tired. You are taking on unnecessary burdens that belong to the body and not to you. Trust the body. If it knows how to navigate its way from the…
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…
Living according to your conditioning
As long as you continue to live according to your conditioning, you will experience the numerous unhappy conditions of the carnal mind. You will continue to experience the human roller coaster, the violence, the neglect, the abuse, the exploitation as long as you do not look deeply into your…
There is only one perceiver, one reality.
There is only one perceiver. One reality. Once the belief in a personal perceiver completely dissolves, ignorance is gone, but the body mind functioning is not impaired. Quite the opposite. The contractions in the body are overall gone. One could say that the body is happier and the experience of…
How about living as universal awareness?
As long as you continue to live according to your conditioning, you will experience the numerous unhappy conditions of the carnal mind. You will continue to experience the human roller coaster, the violence, the neglect, the abuse, the exploitation as long as you do not look deeply into your…
Mistaking awareness to be mind is ignorance.
We associate awareness with I as awareness and not with me as a body mind appearance. Mistaking awareness to be mind is ignorance. Although the substance of mind is awareness, awareness is its own substance and is not known via the mind. You know the tree. The tree does not know itself nor does it…
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…
The conditions that arise to you are like the weather
The conditions that arise to you are like the weather. None of it is personal. What seems personal is meant as an invitation to look deeply into the reality of the person you believe and feel you are. It is not meant to punish you. There is no one to punish and no punisher. Punishment is made out…
Although you experience the world via the body mind, it does not mean you are the body mind instrument. What appears to you is meant for your awakening from the belief and feeling that you are the body mind instrument. Your innate freedom is veiled by your identification with/as the body mind.…
Associate awareness with I as awareness and not with me as a body mind appearance. Mistaking awareness to be mind is ignorance. Although the substance of mind is awareness, awareness is its own substance and is not known via the mind. You know the tree. The tree does not know itself nor does it…
Difficulties and challenges at the body mind level do not refer to unhappiness and suffering. The complete ending of the me-identification is the end of suffering. Post awakening, the body mind continues to be subject to cause and effect. But the thorn of misery and suffering is removed with the…
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…
The I-thought reduces you, that which is irreducible, diminishes you, that which is undiminishable, defines you, that which is undefinable. Without the inquiry into the I-thought, you become its prey. The wheel of samsara spins endlessly until you inquire into the belief and feeling that you are a…
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…
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…
When you say reality is ‘this’ or ‘this is it’, you may be on point or you may be off
When you say reality is ‘this’ or ‘this is it’, you may be on point or you may be off depending on what you are referring to. If by ‘this is it’ you are referring to body mind matter, you are off since you are referring to manifestation, you are referring to nama rupa (name and form) which are mind…
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…
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…
There is this inner knowingness, A silent inner light, That has no name and no form
On some level If you insist One could say that We are human beings Why not? We name everything Since we can We do Why not name this realm As a human realm Since we can name, we do But what does it mean? There is this inner knowingness A silent inner light That has no name and no form Cannot be…
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…
The root cause of unhappiness is the belief that ‘I’ refers to a mortal body mind. As soon as you are identified as a person, you become an object among infinite objects and subject to myriad conditions that affect you. How happy is that? How desirable is that? As Bob Newhart so well said: Drop it!…
Look at nobody and no one as your guide. Above all, realize you are alone, completely alone as all-one. Your all-oneness is complete and lacks no-thing. You are everything and nothing is possible without you, as everything and everyone is you. Don't worry about the labels of the mind. They are…
About ignorance, thought and action.
About ignorance, thought and action. ~~~ First, thought is a subtle object. And like all objects, it is known but it is not knowing. Second, ignorance refers to mistaking oneself to be an object of perception. Mistaking oneself to be a mortal body mind. Lastly, there is ignorant thought and…
THE SENSE OF SELF. BEING-KNOWINGNESS
THE SENSE OF SELF. BEING-KNOWINGNESS There is little doubt that there is what appears. There is also little doubt that there is this sense of self. The sense of existence. What we call I. One could say that what appears is interrelated to self, to I. One could see it for oneself. This intimacy…