Only the Self

Consider a piece of cloth.
It is only threads!

So all creation,
When you look closely,
Is only the Self.
(2-5)

Arise in Love

May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
—  Mata Amritanandamayi

freedom

reactions

who am I

listening

nature of God

Wholeness

What you are cannot be comprehended, for that requires the separation of subject and object, and you are undivided WHOLENESS. Life Itself.

So there is nothing to blame; everything is the path, everything is dharma.
—  Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

"Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there." — Lao Tzu

"Perception is a mirror, not a fact." #ACIM

ego satisfaction

No to

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

You're doing it now

"Whatever you're doing, you're doing it now." — Pema Chodron

Light

A ray of light cutting itself off from its source cannot BE itself; it would become sourceless. How can it extend its 'own' light?

I do this and that

"I do this. I do that."
The big black snake of selfishness
Has bitten you!
(1-8)

The Buddha does not practice Buddhism.

Now

"Nothing you have ever learned can help you understand the present." #ACIM #quotes

spiritual practice

Resistence

Thankful?

If free will and the grace of being allowed to live is not good enough then one may be unthankful for one's existance and in the ego.

The ego

Do not Embrace the Ego.
Do not Abandon the Ego.

How can the unreal be accepted or denied?

Empty out

We cannot have our heads filled with ideas if we want to discover the truth, just as a cup cannot hold anything if it is already full.

there is no other

remembering a wrong

"Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind."
            — Buddhist Proverb
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#Zen

Everything your friend

"Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done." — Byron Katie

Who am I

Who are you? The answer is not in words. The nearest you can say in words is, “I am what makes perception possible….” Nisargadatta

one illusion no truth

"One illusion cherished...makes all truth meaningless." #ACIM

just observe

Just see.
Nothing is actually affecting you when you just observe,
when you don’t say, ‘This should not be.’
Pay attention to this wonderful power within you
that simply observes without judgment,
intention and attachment.
Feel that space and peace.
Give it a chance.

~ Mooji

The false

Whatever takes form is false.
Only the formless endures.

When you understand
The truth of this teaching,
You will not be born again.
(1-18)

Illusion

"See everything as illusion." — Zen Proverb

Be a passerby

Just be awareness, an observer, a 'passerby' without the need to evaluate, label or judge anything the senses perceive.

Always Free

You are always Free.
There is no teacher, there is no student, there is no teaching.
—  Papaji

Snowflakes

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."
          — Zen Proverb
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Awareness and inner peace

Lot of anxiety and fear in the world today. May all beings regain awareness and inner peace.

Love

Love is really nothing more than the elimination of boundaries and the return to wholeness. There is no self and no other.

Take Refuge

Silence

Blanche

The delusional world

"The world you see is the delusional system of those made mad by guilt." #ACIM #quotes

Heaven

“Heaven is not a place nor a condition. It is merely an awareness of perfect Oneness, and the knowledge that there is nothing else.” #acim

Problems

Ask yourself what "problem" you have right now, not next year, tomorrow, or five minutes from now. What is wrong with this moment?

Not the body

I am not the body.
Nor is the body mine.

I am not separate.

I am awareness itself,
Bound only by my thirst for life.
(2-22)

Truth=no opinions

"Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions."
           — Buddhist Proverb
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intent

"Experience - unlearned, untaught, unseen - is merely there." #ACIM

experience

"Experience - unlearned, untaught, unseen - is merely there." #ACIM

truth is one

"The truth makes no decisions, for there is nothing to decide between." #ACIM

No death. No world

"Without the idea of death there is no world." #ACIM

Let it be

Stop stressing over it and just let it be. Everything will be ok.

life

Life doesn’t happen to you,
for you are the very living-ness
that is this "thing" we call life.
@zen_thinking

the present is forgiveness

"The present is forgiveness." #ACIM

Actors

An actor must identify with the characters he is performing, but not forget who he really is. We are LIFE, not the roles we play in life.

choice

Anger greed attachment

“Anger, greed, & attachment exist but they are just appearances. They are true only for that moment, like thoughts hanging in the sky.” N.

Awareness

We are all One

Who, What

Birth Place:  Earth

Race:  Human

Politics:  Freedom

Religion:  Love

Magic

The world is a magic show!

But in me
There is nothing to embrace,
And nothing to turn away.
(7-5)

The Surrendering of Everything

Detachment

“To give something up is not true detachment. To know and understand that the world is untrue is genuine detachment.”  Nisargadatta

Light

A ray of sunshine shares the will of the sun, to extend light and give life. It doesn't wish to veer off and be separate from its source.

Duality

When a pendulum is swinging to the right, it is gaining momentum to go left.In duality, you can't have one polar opposite without the other.

I am the boundless ocean

Ashtavakra Gita bot‏ @_AshtavakraGita

I am the boundless ocean. This way and that, The wind, blowing where it will, Drives the ship of the world. But I am not shaken. (7-1)

Only Being

Lord Shiva

You are Pure Awareness

Thoughts

Tao

"Colors blind the eye.
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart."
      — Lao Tzu

Lust

Feeble with age,
Still he is filled with desire,
When without doubt he knows
That lust is the enemy of awareness.

Indeed how strange!
(3-7)

Cat chasing tail

Like a cat chases its tail, our search for our true nature is really a case of the seeker being the sought. We are Life yearning for Itself.

No problem

"If we live, we live;
if we die, we die;
if we suffer, we suffer;
if we are terrified, we are terrified.
   No problem."
Alan Watts

Soul

“I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of All.” ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

Light

The power of one mind can shine into another, because all the lamps of God were lit by the same spark. #ACIM

No body

The body is false,
And so are its fears,
Heaven and hell, freedom and bondage.

It is all invention.

What can they matter to me?
(2-20)

Truth

“Truth cannot be an object of knowledge. Only something impermanent can be an object of knowing.” Nisargadatta

Heaven

"There is no life outside of Heaven." #ACIM

The All

The idea of progress & becoming something other than we are now is nothing but actions in a dream. We are NOW, & have always been, the ALL.

Now

You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.

Being in unchangeable

As we age and the fortunes of our lives constantly change, only one thing remains the same: the Being Awareness in which it all unfolds.

Peace

Regardless of any conflict your eyes may perceive 'out there,' if you make inner peace your deepest desire and top priority it will be so.

infinite self

Now I have given up The body and the world, I have a special gift. I see the infinite Self.

Play of the mind

Life is all a play of the mind, and it sets in motion all that we think, do, and believe. Our very reality is its creation.

can't lose you

"You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are." ~ Eckhart Tolle

Improve the silence

Don't speak unless you can improve the silence.

Unlearning

"[Taoism] isn't a process of learning more facts or greater skills.
It is the unlearning of wrong habits and opinions."
     — Alan Watts

Meditation: Starting as Awareness

who causes suffering?

Be here now

Be here and now, bringing nothing from the past. Just show up with an open mind, a sense of wonder and the light of your full awareness. ✨

Awaken

When assigning meaning, let all things be to serve your waking from the dream and not to go deeper into it by separating, defining, judging.

The Self

For he knows he is the Self,
One without two,
The Lord of all creation.
(4-6)

soul having a bodily experience

"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul." ~ Wayne Dyer s

Precious moment

Once realized that we are life itself, we know there is nothing to prove or accomplish other than being fully present each precious moment.

Get it?

Whenever you think you GET IT, ask yourself WHO is getting it.

Death

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to 'die before you die' and find that there is no death. — E. Tolle

now

Awareness is the Dreamer

just be

no thought

Papaji - Its So Simple

Eckhart tolle - how to stop self talk in the head

gift of grace

The Secret To Happiness (Rare Eckhart Tolle Teaching Must See)

give up thoughts

life

a masterpiece

pain body

What is the process? First, to see the pain-body for what it is. When you are engaged in negative thinking or talking, stop right there and say (out loud, if you wish), "These are not my thoughts of choice, these are the thoughts of the pain-body, which is addicted to negativity and unhappiness. I choose happiness. I choose peace. I choose to be free of the pain-body."

soul identification

Seek the nectar of truth,
Of love and forgiveness,
Simplicity and happiness.
(1-2)

Falling

The bad news: You're falling through the air with no parachute. The good news: There's no ground. — Chögyam Trungpa

Mindfulness

All that matters is mindfulness, total awareness of oneself,
or rather, of one’s mind.
—
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Trouble

Know with absolute certainty that nothing can trouble you but your own imagination.
—  Nisargadatta Maharaj

Already here

We have all been seekers at one time or another, yearning for freedom, but it forever misses the fact that we are already free.

No judgement

“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Deny the impulse to label & judge.

keep quiet

‘Keep quiet’ means
stop pursuing thoughts.

Me everywhere

All biographies ever written. everyone's story, good or bad, are your very own. Everywhere you look, it is only yourself that you see.

Space

Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement.
—  Tsoknyi Rinpoche

My nature

Your nature is pure awareness.
(1-16)

Nothing disturbs your true nature

forgiveness

"To set up what you like against what you dislike, this is the disease of the mind." ~ Zen Proverb
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The way out is the way of grace. The way that is beyond earning, being worthy and deserving. The way of open hands humble enough to receive.

Nature

Not everything happens for a reason. Nature is not rational. Just make peace with whatever happens.