Remain As You Are

May 12, 2013 - Leave a Response

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Prior to [your] idea of a spiritual nature – that’s [your] nature;

remain as you are.

If you are afraid or confused,

remain as [you] already are.

If you are rich or poor,

remain as [you] always are.

If you are happy or sad,

[you] remain as [you] are.

Though [you] may reach,

seek,

&

apparently

find,

[you] remain as you already/always are.

Whether [you] be filled with ignorance or wisdom,

piety or irreverence;

whether [you] appear to be winning or losing,

[you] are as [you]

already/always are – here/now.

In the

seeking & finding,

in the

reaching & achieving,

in the

kindness & revulsion,

[you]

already/always

are.

The unity [you] seek – is the awareness [you] already are – here/now.

There is peace where [you] already are;

rest as you always are.

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The Primordial Assumption.

May 4, 2013 - Leave a Response

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The primordial assumption:

we imagine we are;

the

assumption

&

belief in a single

“I”

results in the supposition there are multiple “I’s”.

With the apparent rising of a

single

“I”,

an infinite numbers of additional, diverse, assumptions

appear

to

arise

&

subside;

they appear to cause suffering.

“I” assumes there is one substance that becomes two.

“I” assumes it is the mind.

“I” assumes it is the body.

“I” ascribes power to the mind & the body,

where there is none.

“I” ascribes power to thought, thinking, & thinker,

where there is none.

“I” imagines there is

coming

&

going;

it assumes it

comes

&

goes.

“I” imagines there is a doer,

it assumes

there

is

authorship, doer ship, ownership.

“I” imagines there is cause & effect,

it assumes

it

can

do something, think something, have something,

say something – be something.

“I” imagines something needs to be changed, fixed or

transformed;

“I” assumes something can be

gained

&

lost.

“I” grasps & clings to its assumptions – it

fears those assumptions.

Repeal of the first assumption repeals all other assumptions;

repeal “happens” naturally by resting AS awareness until

idea & identification

with/to

the first assumption

 no longer remains.

Rest as the primordial “I”;

rest as the no “me” – “me”:

the “I” prior to

thoughts & words,

ideas

&

beliefs.

Rest as awareness

until it is seen One is already/always One,

even

with the apparent

appearance

of

two.

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What’s Real

April 20, 2013 - Leave a Response

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What [you] think is going on; that’s not what’s going on.

What [you] think [you] understand – that’s part of the misunderstanding.

What [you] think [you] know – that’s not what [you] need to know.

What [you] think [you] see – that’s not what needs to be seen.

What [you] think needs to be heard – that’s not what needs to be said.

What [you] think needs to be touched – that’s not what needs to be felt.

What [you] seek – that’s not what needs to be found.

Hearing, tasting, touching, smelling or seeing are, experienced by nobody, but there’s always hearing,

tasting, touching, smelling & seeing.

In the story of “the perceived” there’s duality, in the actual perceiving – there’s none.

Awareness is completely impersonal, the personal is an afterthought; the editorial commentary of a fictional self.

What remains is what’s already/always real; stay with the real, rest in the real – as awareness.

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Being ~ Here/Now

April 13, 2013 - Leave a Response

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Is Being here/now dependent upon any prior or future experience?

Is Being here/now dependent upon mantra, mudra, yantra or tantra?

Is Being here/now dependent upon idea, thought, feeling, emotion, notion, association, memory, intention or desire?

Is Being here/now dependent upon practice or belief, experience or philosophy, knowledge or understanding, teaching or perception?

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Being here/now:

blind to time – beyond knowledge;

outside circumstance – despite experience;

irrelevant to perception – indifferent to understanding.

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Being here/now:

unconcerned with practice – absent of intention;

oblivious to theology – deaf to ideology;

bereft of outcome.

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Being here/now:

impartial to intention – indifferent to desire;

heedless of thought – aloof to memory;

dispassionate to feeling.

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Naturally mindful,

helplessly responsive,

infinitely creative,

spontaneously sensitive,

unconditionally concerned,

dispassionately involved.

Intrigued with Being/not Being  - beyond Being.

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Prior to the knowledge of Being here/now, who is here/now?

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Water: Awakening

April 6, 2013 - Leave a Response

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What’s real and already here is everything, and everything doesn’t need anything. There is only arrival; it’s a gentle, naked attention communing within the here/now Self. Consciousness is not interested in unity/not unity; it is and you are. Unity is a fictional story created by a “me” that lives in a story called “outside”; it does not exist and neither does the you – you imagine yourself to be.

Abide: To remain; continue; stay; dwell; reside; to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship etc; last.

Awakening does not occur in thought/thinking; awakening is not an event. Awakening is concurrent with the absence of thought/thinking/thinker. Awakening is concurrent with the here/now Self; it thrives in the gap between thought, thinking, and so-called thinker.

There is a time of so-called ignorance when we appear to ignore the reality of our true existence and Who We Are, and there’s also a time of so-called awakening when we appear to acknowledge/recognize the light of awareness and Who We Are. The time of ignorance and the time of awakening are equally valid: so-called enlightenment is seeing/knowing that it’s all just Being – being – Being.

When you’re awake it’s not necessary to have reasons for Being; Being itself is enough, just as you are already enough. Being awake does not require esoteric understanding, mystical practice or transcendental experiences. Being awake simply means Being present with the here/now Self and what is, not sitting with or fixating on trendy ideas we may momentarily have of Self.

How to dwell?

No conviction or practice is needed, you’re already/always IT. When it’s suggested you find out Who You Are, it doesn’t mean the mastery of Mantra, Mudra, Yantra or Tantra. Finding out Who You Are has nothing to do with the mastery of knowledge, practice, philosophy or lifestyle; it’s not some certification event.

To find out Who You Are is the instantaneous, spontaneous, recognition of what you’re not – here/now. Only a “me” is concerned with something, which distracts you from everything; you’re not something – you’re everything. Instead of reaching for an idea of wholeness/perfection, notice the here/now Self which is already/always whole and perfect.

What’s needed is not what you think is needed. The here/now Self needs nothing – although a thought that something is needed may arise. Nothing is needed by that which is already/always everything. What’s needed is already/always what’s “got”; better said: see what is and let go of false pursuits, false understandings, and false perceptions.

There is no place where consciousness, wholeness or unity, begins or ends; it’s equally everywhere, in everything, it’s inherently un-divide-able. The false constantly breeds the false and we wonder why the world is in such a delicate condition; can you see it?

Dwell in the sweetness of an unspoken story, here/now.

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When I AM

March 30, 2013 - Leave a Response

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When I am, there is always fear, doubt, confusion, expectation & speculation; when I am not, there’s peace here/now.

When I am, life is filled with silent desperation, want, need &

desire; when I’m not, perfection is the silence within.

When I am, life begs for meaning & purpose, destiny & order; when I am not, life is its own meaning, purpose, destiny & order.

When I am, life needs to be understood – there are always

questions about this & that; when I’m not, there’s the wisdom of awareness.

When I am, there’s a need for Gods & Goddesses, karma &

reincarnation, past lives & futures lives; when I’m not, there’s only the divine – here/now.

When I am, dogma, belief, & philosophy, occupy the centre of my attention & the neurosis of a “me” story; when I’m not,

here/now is enough.

When I am, mantra, mudra, yantra & tantra always come first; when I’m not, the sacred IS the wonder of Being here/now.

When I am, there is always separation – a need for salvation,

integration, & transformation; when I am not, ever-present unity resides.

When I am, the unreal appears real, there appears to be choice, preference & distinction; when I’m not, what is – is what matters.

When I am, there’s deferral to external sources & grasping for

understanding; when I’m not, there’s the spontaneous simplicity of

Self referral.

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Drink Deeply

March 26, 2013 - Leave a Response

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How deeply

do [you]

attempt to poison

the

here/now

of

[your] heart,

by

the

stories

[you] tell [yourself]

about

[yourself]?

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How deeply do [you] divide

the

undividable

fullness

of

Soul

by

the stories [you] entertain

about others

&

the

world [you] appear

to live in?

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Drink deeply

from

ever-present awareness

here/now;

remain outside

the

seduction

of

all stories.

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