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Because the "I" and "me" repeatedly come up throughout the day, we assume that there is a separate person present. But repetition doesn't necessarily infer essence. What is it that does not arise and disappear? That is your treasure.
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Self-enquiry fails for most seekers because they attempt to inquire into who they are, instead of into the whatness of their existence. And this whatness appears to us as utter peace and spaciousness. It is without beginning or end, and no terms, concepts, and descriptions can't even begin capture its fullness and fragrance.
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Apperceiving means seeing through the formations of the "I" with such clarity that your thinking is halted, and you find yourself as Presence itself. It is both a new understanding and a final one.
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Be the witness? You already are the witness! Who is this added watcher that you are bringing into the equation? If you examine the issue carefully, you will see that this appended "me" is just a thought or idea about who you are. It is not Self, itself. It is not the whatness of your existence.
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Understanding leads to direct, natural, and even intuitive actions. There is no person present during such activity, just the actions and responses themselves, in the full sweep of life.
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The richness and spaciousness within seekers is overlooked largely because their attention is given to their thoughts, practices, and seeking, rather than to awareness proper. Such seekers are attempting to attain awareness, rather than simply recognizing it.
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The first step of ninety-nine percent of all meditators is to focus on the mind (or some aspect of it). Then they attempt to either control what is there or to witness it. But any attempts to "tame" the mind or to add yet another perceiver to Reality will, by default, only lead you to a lifetime of striving and disappointment. And by focusing, in the very first instance, on the mind is a supreme error. Your focus should be on presence, and how your feelings, self-concepts, and even consciousness arise within it.
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"Rodney has a clear and simple voice that engages the spiritual dialogue with a profound sense of knowing. The truth of his words penetrates to the depth of our collective Being." -- Bruce Joel Rubin, screenwriter, GHOST, JACOB'S LADDER, THE LAST MIMZY, and THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE.
A Vastness All Around: Awakening to Your Natural State is now available for purchase. Rodney's first collection of essays, discussions, interviews and powerful pointers can be ordered directly from the publisher at Lulu Press.
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