Tony
3rd February 2013, 11:51
Change the world by changing yourself.
We can either spend our precious life in recognising our true nature and
seeing clearly, or continue running around complaining about everything
and everyone, and so creating more havoc. The very reason to recognise our
true nature is to be aware of the games being played by our consciousness.
Consciousness is the mechanics of the mind.
Until we can recognise this, we will be manipulated.
You Know.
We have always known, we know now, we always will know.
That's what we are - Knowing!
So what's the problem? We think we don't know, and so we complain.
What has happened is that we created a duality - pure knowing and
the knower (a big me). There is a very subtle difference, but this has a
huge effect.
Let's look at this more closely: a red car comes into view.
Knowing silently reflects the appearance of a red car.
Chattering-knower-me says, “Oh, there's a red car!”
Knowing already knows.
Sports people and artists know this silent zone.
“Two birds sat in the same tree: one pecked at all the fruit, while the other
sat and watched.” It's like that.
There is knowing, a knower and the thing known.
The knower and the thing known are conventional truths, and have no inherent existence; they are temporary events.
This is subject and object relationship which keeps running around complaining and reacting.
Knowing is absolute reality. It is just there. It just is – non-duality.
Knowing is pure awareness reflecting what is taking place, without
getting involved or manipulating.
This is silent intelligent space -wisdom!
To take a closer look.
It is like saying, “I know the present moment.”
This sounds right, but a moment can be broken up into a hundred parts,
with an I observing...now. Which one of those parts is now? Now? Now?!
There is no present moment to be found - or a past or a future.
The moment that a moment is recognised, it has gone!
There is only timeless awareness.
This makes a huge difference to our experience of 'being'.
It is very, very subtle, and can only be recognised in silence - merely being - barely being aware.
If one is too aware, it would become too active and conceptual.
It's like that - and it's important to see this balancing act.
Of course we can continue running around, complaining about everyone
and everything.
Or we can exchange our mind-made selves for our true nature.
Then we can exchange self for others.
First we need clarity, and then we can see clearly what do.
Doing is then the expression of wisdom, rather than an emotional reaction.
We can either spend our precious life in recognising our true nature and
seeing clearly, or continue running around complaining about everything
and everyone, and so creating more havoc. The very reason to recognise our
true nature is to be aware of the games being played by our consciousness.
Consciousness is the mechanics of the mind.
Until we can recognise this, we will be manipulated.
You Know.
We have always known, we know now, we always will know.
That's what we are - Knowing!
So what's the problem? We think we don't know, and so we complain.
What has happened is that we created a duality - pure knowing and
the knower (a big me). There is a very subtle difference, but this has a
huge effect.
Let's look at this more closely: a red car comes into view.
Knowing silently reflects the appearance of a red car.
Chattering-knower-me says, “Oh, there's a red car!”
Knowing already knows.
Sports people and artists know this silent zone.
“Two birds sat in the same tree: one pecked at all the fruit, while the other
sat and watched.” It's like that.
There is knowing, a knower and the thing known.
The knower and the thing known are conventional truths, and have no inherent existence; they are temporary events.
This is subject and object relationship which keeps running around complaining and reacting.
Knowing is absolute reality. It is just there. It just is – non-duality.
Knowing is pure awareness reflecting what is taking place, without
getting involved or manipulating.
This is silent intelligent space -wisdom!
To take a closer look.
It is like saying, “I know the present moment.”
This sounds right, but a moment can be broken up into a hundred parts,
with an I observing...now. Which one of those parts is now? Now? Now?!
There is no present moment to be found - or a past or a future.
The moment that a moment is recognised, it has gone!
There is only timeless awareness.
This makes a huge difference to our experience of 'being'.
It is very, very subtle, and can only be recognised in silence - merely being - barely being aware.
If one is too aware, it would become too active and conceptual.
It's like that - and it's important to see this balancing act.
Of course we can continue running around, complaining about everyone
and everything.
Or we can exchange our mind-made selves for our true nature.
Then we can exchange self for others.
First we need clarity, and then we can see clearly what do.
Doing is then the expression of wisdom, rather than an emotional reaction.