The Pursuit Subsides in Understanding

To describe the room we’re in, we’d refer to shape, size, contents, etc. But the space is the largest element. We take it for granted because it is so close. And although we experience it all the time, we cannot see, touch, hear or smell it. It is transparent, empty. If asked to describe our self, most would not refer to the presence of awareness, the largest – in fact, the only – element of our experience. Meditation is simply to recognise that awareness is our natural condition, which we overlook in favour of experience content. We are always naked awareness, even when clothed in experience. We seek enlightenment an exotic experience but overlook our self, which is always present, simple and familiar. The idea of pursuing enlightenment through searching for something, or indeed doing anything, subsides in this understanding. Just come back to the self that you never left.

From event 12 April, 2012 Live Webinar (167)

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