The idea that there is a separate 'you' is just that ... an idea. Where actually do 'you' begin and end? When you cut off 'your' fingernail, is it still yours after it is in the wastebasket? If you were to lose 'your' arm, would you still be you? When you embrace a new idea, is it 'yours'? If we are honest and look in the present moment, we have to admit that we don't know who or where we are.
Searching for ourselves, the truth, or happiness in the world of ideas or things never yields fruit. The fruit that I'm alluding to is that fruit whose nature is immutable, eternal, and whole. Thoughts divide. How can we find wholeness through the process of division?
During meditation just acknowledge how mysterious this present arising is ... it is not in parts! Give up searching and so much dividing. Give up all your words. Give up even giving up and SEE!
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bob
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everything is just a complete mystery. call it life, God, awareness, Buddha, music, enlightenment, meditation, or any other word and it will remain a complete and total mystery. and there's nothing to do or gain from a mystery. there's nothing to be figured out within a mystery...how could there be? it's really freeing to see that in the silence. it means you are completely free to stop demanding answers and just let life be what it is.
ReplyDeletethanks for the clear reminders,
-chris