𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 – 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞; 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
We learn from chaos only if we go inwards, if we enter into the chaos consciously, deliberately, knowingly.
Close your eyes and let your mind function as a screen of a movie or a television, and whatever passes on the mind you simply remain watchful, doing nothing, not even judging.
The simplest method of meditation is just a way of witnessing. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.
You are seeing a tree: You are there, the tree is there, but can’t you find one thing more? – that you are seeing the tree, that there is a witness in you which is seeing you seeing the tree.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬….
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠… 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 – 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡? – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬.
There is no need to say, “I am sad.” The fact is that you are a witness that a cloud of sadness is passing over you. There is anger – you can simply be a witness. There is no need to say, “I am angry.” You are never angry – there is no way for you to be angry – you are always a witness. The anger comes and goes; you are just a mirror. Things come, get reflected, move – and the mirror remains empty and clean, unscratched by the reflections.
Witnessing is finding your inside mirror.
And once you have found it, miracles start happening. When you are simply witnessing the thoughts, thoughts disappear. Then there is suddenly a tremendous silence you have never known.
When you are watching the moods – anger, sadness, happiness – they suddenly disappear and an even greater silence is experienced. And when there is nothing to watch – then the revolution.
Then the witnessing energy turns upon itself because there is nothing to prevent it; there is no object to your witnessing, it simply comes around back to yourself – to the source. And this is the point where one becomes enlightened.
Then there is no misery, no frustration, no meaninglessness; then life is no longer an accident. It becomes part of this cosmic whole – an essential part. And a tremendous bliss arises that this whole existence needs you.
Time and place are not there in being — space and time both disappear there. You will be grounded only when you come to a certain state within: where you cannot say who you are, where you cannot say where you are, where you cannot say when you are. Everything has stopped; time does not move.
The clock may be moving: tick-tock, tick-tock; it may be moving. You can listen, but time does not move — only the futile gesture of the clock. Something deep within you has stopped. That is the point I call ‘the point of no-when’. And there is no space.
You can look at space, but you are not in space; you can look at time, but you are not in time. Then you are grounded. This is what I call ‘being’; this is what Jesus calls ‘the kingdom of God’: this is what Buddha calls ‘nirvana’.
But it would be better to say, “You are already grounded. You just need awareness.”
💓𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒐
