Pointers

You are present. You are aware of being present. You are awareness. Full Stop.


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"Full Stop" means exactly that: Stop completely and see the significance of what is being pointed to. I tend to capitalize both words to emphasize that there should be a total pause at that point. Optimally, you are halted by the clear recognition of nonconceptual awareness or by the sudden understanding that your body and mind has never been what you are.


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I call them the Three P's: Paths, Practices, and Purification. You require absolutely none of them to recognize your natural state. Indeed, you are the very essence of moksha and liberation. No awakening is required. Why are you looking beyond yourself, beyond your very own beingness, which holds the answers to all your questions?


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Your true Self has to 1) Be that which is aware of even the coming and going of consciousness; 2) Have no beginning or end; 3) Be ever-present; 4) And be peace itself. Does your thoughts, body, feelings, sensations, habits, or personality harbor even one of those qualities, much less all of them?


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Some seekers attempt a kind of nondual meditation where they try to be "open to their source" or "delve into the silence of their hearts." While all this sounds well-meaning and elegant, it is a froth of error. You are the "source," and you are the "silence." But because you are approaching it as an individual/meditator, you will fail to see what is directly in front of you.


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I love the title of Nisargadatta Maharaj's Prior to Consciousness. It is such a beautiful and effective pointer in itself. Few people can imagine that there is anything prior to consciousness. The very idea of that stops you in your tracks, gives you pause. In that cessation, go beyond any mental wrangling and allow yourself to see what is what. The simplicity of this is as compelling as Nisargadatta's title. See the present reality of what you are. For you have never been anything other than this radiant, immensity of peace.