Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Pointers

Awareness is the only "I" there is.


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You have overlooked awareness, giving priority to your body, mind, and senses. So work your way backwards: What is it, right now, that is
not your body, mind, or senses? See that there is a subtle, yet boundless presence that has always been in evidence.


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Forget all methods and concepts. Simply understand what
you are at this very moment. I say "what" because there is no who. I say "this very moment" because no time is needed to recognize what you already are. All of your conjectures, entertainments, and philosophizing amount to nothing more than a kind of excuse-making--which is perfectly fine if you only want an academic understanding of Self, rather than a living one.


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Don't bother with trying to "let go of thoughts." How is that going to help you? Thoughts are just temporary appearances in your bare and unchanging spaciousness. Thoughts certainly have their purpose, but they are not what you are. Bring your attention to that which is
between each thought. There you will find your ever-present treasure.


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"I thought" really means "There was the
awareness of a thought." That awareness is you. It is the expansiveness in which that particular thought appeared. Bring your attention that presence and you may immediately perceive that there has never been a moment when you weren't Knowingness itself.


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Unity Consciousness is just another name for your natural state.


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See that the personal pronoun "I" does not stand for any individual entity. It is the cognitizing spaciousness that is within you and around you. Indeed, it is nothing
but you. Its recognition annihilates all doubts, questions, and seeking. And you will wonder how you could have missed for all of this time.


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Awareness radiates through all states and experiences. Ironically, it is so easily overlooked because it is so vividly apparent. Just a moment of attentive seeing or understanding is all that is needed to clarify what is already present.


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The ego is no defined thing or entity. It is only your temporary
sense of an individual self.


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Close your eyes. You will immediately note that there is a definite presence of boundlessness and freedom. Now slowly open your eyes, continuing to
feel what was there in the darkness. See that that sheerness and presence unwaveringly remain. That is it. That is what you are!

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