Am I enlightened?

Am I enlightened?

Of course!

So are You! 

It seems so obvious that the question is already a thing of the past. I say this because there is no more searching, no more waiting, no more need, and no more grasping. Of course these things all still exist, it is just that they are recognized as they are: Paper Dragons.

What I used to live within, the mind, with all it's definitions and separations, I am now, ecstatically transcended, beyond.In the full recognition that what one’s fundamental nature is: Sat Chit Ananda, there is no more separation. Therefore there is no ‘I’ to experience enlightenment. For me this moment is supremely blissful, for you it may fall like a gentle rain, or as the grace of God, or as the dynamic flow of life. We are all on our own paths. We all experience this differently.

Also this is not a final enlightenment if you will, because in the recognition of who we are, even the idea of acheivement melts away to reveal another game of the ego. Either way it is the same, because there is no attachment to the words as they fall from the mind and are captured on this page. There is no grasping, no tension.

So the tension is yours. Release it!

And so it is.

Down a sweet and soft path we must go. It is an inner journey and so must be done alone and in silence. I don’t mean that you cannot speak or sing. The silence is in the mind. Having transcended mind it is abundantly clear that the mind must serve the will of the Self. Otherwise it is a tyrant at the helm. The Self is whispering in your ear. Can you hear its sweet and melodious voice?

Come with me on a journey to the heart. Feel the soft green grass beneath your feet, the rays of sunlight pouring out into the garden, the sound of laughter; these are all images of purity. Follow them. Follow them down into the heart. Sit still and meditate on the sweet color of green. Wash your entire being in this bright green glow.

Now let it all fall away. Loosen the mind. Let the image fade to a clear sky. There is no image.

Only to let the mind relax and to stop interfering in the natural, ever present, unfolding of what Is. It is a deep and slow song. It must be concentrated on in an effortless pose, both in body and mind. So quiet the mind and then listen in utter stillness. This vast stillness, this limitless ocean of bliss, is who we are.

We are the totality that includes all else.

The aspects of ourselves that are transient come and go. Our transitory body is the Earth and all the people and plants and animals and our personal body is our greatest vehicle to truth. Without it we could not taste the sweet nectar of what is. We are humming birds in God’s garden collecting sweet bliss, reveling in the joyous sanctity. Hari Om.

Emptiness

Late at night in the end of September: The dream tonight was of a spot-light looking for the mind. I could not find it. It was emptiness only. It was like a big blank space, a movie theatre. There was no reality to the concept of “I”. There was only emptiness.

 Yet somehow "I" still existed.

Who had I become in the dream? It was as if I had become an omnipresent awareness, without form, without a body or eyes.

If you think critically about the experience of life, you might find that you agree with me: that no matter what is going on, there is always this omnipresent awareness watching what is happening, and soon enough we forget about what was happening and still the omnipresent awareness is there.

This leads me to the notion that emptiness is the truth of the physical universe, and that all we consider material, and even the subtle forms such as thoughts, dreams and emotions are all part of this physical universe. All the myriad of things are in truth empty in nature. Are these things truly empty? This is indeed a hard question to answer.

This seems to be a good first step on the path of blogging, with a gentle musing on the foundation of the cosmos. Is this world "real" or is this all a cosmic dance? Here in the etheric realm of netspace the lines between the two do become a bit blurred..