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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…
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…
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…
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…
Be watchful that you are not merely living according to your comfort zone.
Be watchful that you are not merely living according to your comfort zone. Oftentime challenging situations may arise in your life that will invite you to surrender and contemplate truth. Take advantage of such godsent opportunities and do not retreat into your personal mind and emotions. Allow the…
This is a wonder full journey we are on.
This is a wonder full journey we are on. Together. We are contemplating this journey. Each one of us is looking in a certain specific direction and sharing their journey. It is transparent. I can see many folks preoccupied. In a sort of a bubble. I don’t follow their journey since it does not seem…
Our true nature is not material and cannot be explained
Our true nature is not material. So how can it be explained? Whatever is explained, is downstream. Although truth, reality cannot be explained, once it is deeply recognized, it can be alluded to metaphorically and it can be experienced in/as the silent presence of the awakened mind and in/as the…
Acceptance and non acceptance are a myth. Upon closer scrutiny, it is revealed that there is no acceptor that chooses to accept or reject. Like Santa Claus does not choose when he leaves the North Pole, similarly you never choose anything. Either you recognize your choicelessness or you ignore your…
Once you imagine consciousness to be mortal
When you imagine consciousness to be mortal, you have stepped away from the divine wisdom of the Self. When you imagine yourself to be born, to be a man, woman or any gender, you have adorned the unhappy cloak of mortality. The contemplation: ‘What am I truly? ’ ‘What is the reality of my…
The peace and happiness you seek
The peace and happiness that you seek in the world requires your deep inquiry into your true nature and your complete surrender. You may follow the guidance and get inspiration from a fellow traveler, but the inquiry must be your own. Question and investigate your beliefs and assumptions.…
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…
Some folks say that the only thing that does not change is change itself. They foolishly speak that the only thing that is permanent is impermanence. If you believe this statement, you are believing a falsehood. In fact, reality is changeless. In your experience, the reality of…
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…
When you imagine yourself to be born, to be a man, woman or any gender, you have adorned the unhappy cloak of mortality. The contemplation: ‘What am I truly? ’ ‘What is the reality of my experience? ’ bypasses thought and reveals the source. Without such contemplation, without complete surrender,…
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…
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…
Thought is a manifestation of the stillness of awareness out of which it arises and by which it is permeated. Awareness is infinite potential, like a tree and its leaves. Knowing the true nature of thought reveals the silent stillness of awareness, independent of thought. Self knowledge is void of…
You are where you are meant to be
You are where you are meant to be. There are no accidents. Everything that is required for your unfolding is right here right now. This is the totality, the globality, the entirety. Nothing missing. Dive deeply into the inquiry of the reality of your current experience. Thus you awaken to the Self.
Until you awaken to the non dual nature of the Self, remain watchful not to prematurely declare victory simply based on the clarity of your advaitic understanding. Until you are established in your true nature that is causeless peace and happiness continue to study the way and the guidance that…
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?…