Recent Writing
We Can Never Lose What We Are
When we feel anxious for any reason, we can fall into the trap of chasing a state of mind that is blissful and peaceful instead to try and replace this uncomfortable feeling. Here, we equate enlightenment with a transitory state. In this case, we will permanently lose enlightenment and forever chase it.
The Natural Flow
As we can let go of attachments to thoughts, bodily sensations and perceptions that otherwise define us, we can return to the pure openness of our being where life flows. Recognising the key to this openness is the ordinary awareness we experience; we can all access it.
Beyond The Politics Of Duality
Let us not be under any illusion the radical right (I am talking extremist right-wing groups that promote all sorts of instinctual politics) is very much alive and kicking. They represent the unadulterated animalistic instincts of people. They hate the left because they consider it intellectual, ideological, and incompatible with “human nature”.
Transforming Work Into Play
It's always been my experience that there is no perfect job, and it's not a job’s job to make us happy. If we are unhappy and think we will be satisfied in another position, we must examine if we believe our environment is the source of our happiness. Different jobs indeed bring different situations and opportunities for us to use our skills and do what we most love, so we must consider that too.
Tasting What Is Eternal Within You
It seems to be the case that reality is eternal, and we all have a place of eternity inside of us we can find that is totally free of any fear. So though the body dies in essence, we deeply realise and feel we are eternal beings and with this realisation, how we live tends to change.
The Power Of Innocence
As a child, hopefully, we had the opportunity to play without self-consciousness. As we became adolescents and, for many of us, self-consciousness, our ability to play became restricted as we became subject to the internal master of "should" and "must". How can we as adults live with the freedom of a child that is not self-conscious and overcome any sense of lack that has to be fulfilled through some object?
Don’t Reject The Symptom Of Fear
As we investigate fear to deeper levels, it mainly comes to the point where we discover it is triggered by thoughts that tell us they know we will cease to exist. In other words, the Self will cease to exist. At this point, our ability to liberate ourselves from fear depends upon our work and the experience we have resulting from investigating the nature of our Self-sufficiently.
We Are The Glimpse Of Reality
As we recognize ourselves as the “flow of aware experiencing” and not a body or a mind, we glimpse the reality we are. This glimpse is the taste of freedom, beauty, intelligence, love, wisdom, and courage, among other qualities. These qualities are echoed in both our body and mind but are not of them.
The Invisible Cloak That Could Never Exist
We imagined an invisible cloak that could never exist,
Called it the Future and Past and Space.
Keep Letting Go
Again, this morning, let go of any story in your mind; however, it manifests in yourself as a separate being. Observe the thoughts you have that take you backwards, searching for answers to any current discomfort, even if it is very subtle or forwards, comparing yourself to others and worrying about your prospects. See how these thoughts take you away from the present.
The ‘Forget Me Knot’ Of Limiting Beliefs
A universal experiential truth shared by people the world over time is the experience of feeling at one with the world around them and, even if for just a moment, feeling boundaryless. This feeling of oneness is not something we need anyone or anything to achieve. It is as natural as falling off a log.
Beyond Words
When we say we understand each other's words, we are saying that we share the same experience of meaning way beyond words. When we share an understanding of meaning with another, we call it love. There is always something much more than words. What is it that creates the continuity of meaning? Words are not enough.
The Natural Self Is Our Ace In The Hole
When I was a child, I used to listen to a lot of music played by my father. He was a fan of Jazz and Classical music. It was such a pleasure to listen to this music, and listening to music has remained an important part of my life. One of the tracks I fell in love with then was a version by the late great Humphrey Littleton of a very old traditional Jazz track called “Ace In The Hole”.
Let The Child Play
Ever since I was a very young child, I have been aware that though I love people, I naturally prefer and feel more at peace on my own. Not understanding psychology and before I met a deeper understanding of Self, I used to judge myself terribly for this, but fortunately, I do not do this anymore.
We Don’t Need To Know
We don't need to know that the home of the self that is consciousness is infinite. There is no way to meaningfully prove that even to ourselves. All we need to know is that on the level of actual experience it isn't limited to the body.
Universal Love
The recognition of that which cannot be experienced as a conceptualised internal limited object such as a thought, feeling, sensation or perception, or a limited external thing such as a tree, house or another body, is still experienced as the very experiencing of these objectifiable experiences.
We Are The Flow
Allowing ourselves, if possible, the privilege of 20 minutes of letting go of the requirements of our life to conduct this experiment to see what impact it has on our daily activities. In this experiment let us stop trying to go with the flow and instead see that we are the flow.
