Pointers

From moment to moment, what is it about you that Does Not Change?


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Why get bent out of shape about duality? It is simply an appearance in Reality. Objects, lives, and occurences are manifestations, giving rise to the concepts of space and time. Beyond and within all of this is a timelessness that defies all description. And you are That! There is not the slightest separation between you and awareness. Ponder this fact throughout day and evening until you are suddenly clear on its magnificent reality.


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The mind is no distinct entity. Rather, it is a functioning that occurs within the brain. And that functioning includes thinking, feeling, intending, guessing, reasoning, and imagining.


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Consciousness, among other things, is the sense of existing and the sense of being present. There is an "I-am-ness" quality to consciousness that is not there with awareness. As a sentient being, you know that you exists, that you are sitting, right now, directly in front of your computer screen, as you peruse these sentences. But when you are awake to your actual nature, you not only know that you exist, but that you are Existence itself.


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Sentience/consciousness is an aspect of awareness that allows awareness to recognize itself. Pure presence, which you ultimately are, does not know that it exists.


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There is really no "relationship" between awareness and the universe. Such topics may (seemingly) make for entertaining debates with a lot of weighted--but not necessarily correct--conjecture. But the bottom line is that awareness and all worlds are one. No matter the distance, the dimension, or the condition, all is presence.


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Your unexamined, day-to-day living amounts to you taking yourself to be something that you are not.


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One of the great myths of enlightenment (which is another myth in itself) is that, upon its occurrence, all notions of dualism cease. There still may be the occasional--but brief--identification with thoughts and feelings. But essentially, your life becomes rather like a lucid dream: You know that you are dreaming, but you still react to the sudden and on-coming bus or return a beautiful person's smile and gaze. But all is seen for what it is--temporary appearances in the dream. So ultimately, nothing is held, only enjoyed, steered cleared of, or reacted to normally.

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