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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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE. THAT WHICH CANNOT BE DENIED Absolute knowledge is the collapse of all parts. What remains is absolute, without parts, non segmented. Whatever thought segments, I am not. Everything that you know, you know via your mind. Thoughts, images, memories, sensations, perceptions are…
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…
The Self is beyond all realms whether they are material, mental, rational or emotional. While the Self is the source of all impressions, it is not downstream of its impressions. It remains its own source, its own reality standing on its own as the one and only reality. The reality of…
What is this separate self that haunts you?
What is this separate self that haunts you, this person that you believe you are? What is this me and you that separates that which is inseparable? In the absence of the I-thought and the You-thought, in the absence of the old story that divides us, in the absence of images that we identify with,…
DEAR I DEAR EVERYONE DEAR ONE. We are this one ocean. The ocean of love and bliss. The ocean of love and kindness. The ocean of sweetness and gentleness. The creativity, the amazing wonder of creating/creation. Being Awareness May we awaken to grace. To honor it, to care for it, to die into it. all…
All obstacles are seeming obstacles. They are mind impressions that point to the illusion of duality. They point to the erroneous belief that there is a separate subject. Obstacles lead us to struggle with them, a dream struggle that does not reveal the innate happiness of the Self. Sooner or later…
Do not forget what you truly yearn for.
Do not forget what you truly yearn for. You yearn for God. You yearn for truth eternal. You yearn for the bliss of the Self which is beyond any personal mind. The journey is in this lifetime. The path is the Dharma, the contemplation of the Self, the contemplation of truth. What is it that does not…
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.…
As long as you are interested in the world body mind, you get the roller coaster ride.
Yes. As long as you are interested in the world body mind, you get the roller coaster ride. There is no way around it. Up and down you go. Then you get off the ride and get on another one, like in the amusement park. There is no way out as long as your interest is in what appears. You have tasted…
Can the perceiver be perceived? Can the seer be seen?
Can the perceiver be perceived? Can the seer be seen? ~~~ The perceiver is the Self. Meaning it is You (I) that perceives, whatever that You (I) is. You (I) perceive perceptions, thoughts, sensations. Those are phenomenal events that appear to You (I). But that (I) which perceives is not phenomenal…
Consciousness knows itself without the mind. I know i am. So what? How is this helpful?
Comment: Consciousness knows itself without the mind. I know i am. So what? How is this helpful? ~~~ When you believe yourself to be the mind, when you define yourself by thoughts and sensations, by the mind, you are overlooking your Self-knowingness and you are relying on what you experience to…
The spinning of the mind only leads to more spin
The spinning of the mind only leads to more spin and does not reveal the peace and immutable light of Being/Awareness. Your interest in the myriad forms and in all sorts of arisings keeps you bound to that which arises and dissolves, leaving you dissatisfied and unfulfilled. A clarity of mind and a…
Is there beauty outside the realm of opposites ? ~~ The realm of opposites is the realm of personal preferences and the realm of dualist thought. It is impermanent and shifting. Beauty is not dependent on any alignment or conditions. It is recognized as the absence of duality. There is no beauty…
There are no teachers and no students.
There are no teachers and no students. The Self is absolute and non dual. Talking about teachers personal traits is an empty dual dream conversation that refers to the weather. The weather, like everything else is void of personal traits. It is universal, impersonal, cosmic. When you personify the…
For the eyes that can see, Everything points to the Self
Suffering is the illusion of separation. A dream character cannot save another dream character. An illusion cannot help an illusion. Helping someone is a dream inside a dream. Only God's help is real, infinite and Eternal Appearing as everything and everyone Rarely recognized. Appearing in the form…
Shining brightly Hidden in full view The formless Self Appearing without appearing Dreaming all dreams Unmoved Unstirred.
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…