Discard the Temporary; Your Self Remains

Consider your fundamental experience, ‘I’. Let all aspects of ‘your self’ arise – thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations. Discard what’s temporary; your self remains. This self is awareness, not confined by experiences. In removing the inessential – sounds, sights, sensations – ponder what’s left. Like emptying a room, even demolishing its walls, space remains, unchanged. Similarly, stripping away experience reveals your self: aware, present, silent. This self isn’t affected by changes in thought or emotion, just as a room’s space is unchanged by its contents. A self cannot be enlightened or unenlightened; it simply is, eternally peaceful and open. Without these sense perceptions or the sense of a body, our self has no size or shape – it’s beyond characteristics. There’s nothing to do to become this self; it is already what we are. If our self could speak, it would say it is at peace; lacking, seeking and knowing nothing.

From event 24 January, 2024 Webinar – Wednesday, 24 January

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