The Deeper Silence of Our True Nature

Just as waves rise and fall without disturbing the depths of the ocean, thoughts and perceptions move through awareness without affecting its inherent peace. Peace is not something to be found or acquired through effort – it is what you already are. Soften your attention from the content of experience to notice the ever-present fact of being aware. This awareness illuminates all experience like the sun, contains all experience like space, and forms all experience like the ocean forms waves. Beyond the fragile silence that comes and goes lies the deeper silence of our true nature – ever-present, still, at peace. You need not reach for this peace; simply sink back into it. When attention ventures outward, return home to the silent presence that you are. Learn to participate fully in life without losing touch with this peace, remaining as awareness not just in the absence of experience but in its very midst.

Just as waves rise and fall without disturbing the depths of the ocean, thoughts and perceptions move through awareness without affecting its inherent peace. Peace is not something to be found or acquired through effort – it is what you already are. Soften your attention from the content of experience to notice the ever-present fact of being aware. This awareness illuminates all experience like the sun, contains all experience like space, and forms all experience like the ocean forms waves. Beyond the fragile silence that comes and goes lies the deeper silence of our true nature – ever-present, still, at peace. You need not reach for this peace; simply sink back into it. When attention ventures outward, return home to the silent presence that you are. Learn to participate fully in life without losing touch with this peace, remaining as awareness not just in the absence of experience but in its very midst.