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CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Q: Is there not an unchanging Self and a changing self?

M: The changefulness is mere thought. All thoughts arise after the 'I'-thought. See to whom these thoughts arise. Then you will transcend them and they will subside. That is to say, by tracing the source of the 'I'-thought, you will realize that the perfect 'I-I'. 'I' is the name of the Self.

Q: But how shall I reach the Self?

M: There is no reaching the Self. If it were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and now, but would have to be gained. What is got afresh, will also be lost. So it will beimpermanent. What is not permanent is not worth striving for. So I say, the Self is not reached. You are the Self. You are already That. 

The fact is that you are ignorant of your blissful state. Ignorance draws a veil over the pure Bliss. Direct your attempts only towards removing the ignorance. This ignorance is just wrong knowledge. The wrong lies in the false identi­fication of the Self with the body and mind. This false iden­tity must go by enquiry into the Self.

The Self is beyond duality. If there is one there will also be two. Without one there are no other numbers. The truth is neither one nor two. It is as it is.

Be always feeling and reflecting on the real Being. Be That. Cling close to It. Let your quest be constant and sustained until you catch the Self and thereby find eternal happiness.

p. 157

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I went looking for Him

And lost myself;

The drop merged with the Sea --

Who can find it now?

Looking and looking for Him

I lost myself;

The Sea merged with the drop --

Who can find it now?

~ Kabeer

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Lies Exposed:

A quiet mind gains insight by allowing your lies to be exposed. This inner place of peace is the place where all truth awaits to be revealed, but only when quietness is the focus.

A true understanding of life cannot be revealed by doing. There are many highly intelligent people who will never understand this. This doesn't mean there's anything wrong with intelligence, but you only know what you can focus on. For me, insights came from the realization that the cause of why I struggled so much with life was because of a selfish view; now the focus is on this. This is what a quiet mind affords a person, it has nothing to do with intelligence.

Focused on quietness is where insight is revealed and when your lies are exposed; this is how insights arise. Use whatever gateway that works to get quiet and focus on that. The mind will settle more and more into a state of quietness that allows insights. Becoming truly insightful isn't for a select few, it's available to anyone. It takes an understanding that quietness has nothing to do with intellect, it's something which occurs as a result of inward focus. The insight that leads to a greater understanding of life can only be realized in quietness so if the focus is on an intellectual understanding, don't be surprised by the lack of insight. To me, you only gain insight by allowing your lies to be exposed, this has nothing to do with intelligence. It's your conditioned lies that block you from love and this block will only be removed when your lies are exposed and the minds focus is on quietness.

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THE SECRET

There is only one secret which is not part of the mind, and that is witnessing, watching. Thoughts are passing, desires are moving, memories are coming and going like clouds in the sky and you are sitting silently simply watching, not doing anything. If you do anything immediately the mind starts functioning. What you do does not matter - doing is part of mind. A non-doing witnessing, just witnessing, as if a mirror goes on witnessing whatsoever passes by - that is awareness. And that awareness takes you beyond the mind. It is true meditation... ~OSHO~

Via Dhyan Avikal

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CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Q: Is there not an unchanging Self and a changing self?

M: The changefulness is mere thought. All thoughts arise after the 'I'-thought. See to whom these thoughts arise. Then you will transcend them and they will subside. That is to say, by tracing the source of the 'I'-thought, you will realize that the perfect 'I-I'. 'I' is the name of the Self.

Q: But how shall I reach the Self?

M: There is no reaching the Self. If it were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and now, but would have to be gained. What is got afresh, will also be lost. So it will beimpermanent. What is not permanent is not worth striving for. So I say, the Self is not reached. You are the Self. You are already That. 

The fact is that you are ignorant of your blissful state. Ignorance draws a veil over the pure Bliss. Direct your attempts only towards removing the ignorance. This ignorance is just wrong knowledge. The wrong lies in the false identi­fication of the Self with the body and mind. This false iden­tity must go by enquiry into the Self.

The Self is beyond duality. If there is one there will also be two. Without one there are no other numbers. The truth is neither one nor two. It is as it is.

Be always feeling and reflecting on the real Being. Be That. Cling close to It. Let your quest be constant and sustained until you catch the Self and thereby find eternal happiness.

p. 157

5

I went looking for Him

And lost myself;

The drop merged with the Sea --

Who can find it now?

Looking and looking for Him

I lost myself;

The Sea merged with the drop --

Who can find it now?

~ Kabeer.

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"Relative happiness, 

that is to say, 

happiness depending on the fulfillment of any worldly desire, 

ends in grief."

~ Anandamayi MA