hello everyone
lovely to see you
hello prem
nathan holger
hello esther shai
hello patrick
so we’ll start this meeting with a brief guided meditation and then you’re
welcome to ask whatever questions you would like to ask
so just for now you can lower your gaze close your eyes or
just turn your gaze inward
and simply be as you are
whatever is appearing to you
whichever way the body is expressing itself
whatever thoughts images memories are appearing to you
simply remain as you are no need to do anything
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whenever you are placing conditions
onto the world
onto others
you’re setting yourself up for disappointment
whatever conditions you place
onto others
onto the world
are false
they maintained a false sense of separation
the teaching is so simple
it’s an invitation to simply be
it is not an invitation for you to
dive into thinking and feeling
and comparing analyzing
judging
it’s an invitation to be
to be not knowing
to be the openness
to be the causeless joy
the causeless freedom
when you don’t super impose the past
when you don’t superimpose your beliefs your stories
then you are fresh this moment
brand new
a brand new moment of being
of presence
not a continuation of
the old feelings and the old beliefs
not a continuation of the old wounds
and the old hurts
but a fresh open
spacious
where there is nothing at stake
nothing that you need to protect
to defend
to maintain
look at how the river flows
no resistance
and if you resist you are bound
to be hurt and to cause hurt
the peace that we seek
does not depend
on any conditions
it does not depend on
the health of your body
the wealth
does not depend on the world situation
you find peace
as pure being
not a feeling
not a sensation
but pure being
when being is transparent
it is not a bundle of thoughts
or a bundle of feelings
it’s open transparent like an open stage
which is consciousness
awareness
the reality that hears these words
but whenever you assume yourself to be a person
and you project another
you are in the sense of separation
it’s unhappy
we get hurt disappointed
we want the others to be
and to act differently
you want the world to
be different
because you’ve separated yourself
you have separated yourself from the totality
and so you believe your happiness depends on others and
on the world and on various situations
so you struggle in your mind
to find a way to find the peace
but you’re struggling in the wrong direction
you need to see that you’re assuming yourself
to be a person
to be a woman
to be a man
to be somebody
and with this assumption
you’ve created the falsehood
you’ve created the sense of separation
and the unhappiness
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but you are not a body
you’re not a man
or a woman
you’re not a person
you are the reality of being
i am
this transparent aware presence
so you don’t need to maintain
your beliefs about yourself and about others
and about the world
with freedom from the past
in this moment of being of presence
it’s just love
oneness wholeness
it’s not
a me and you
a better me or a better you
no
it’s just love
so you let go of the false self
what remains is your true nature
let go of your story
your image
your personal narrative
the moment you see the personal narrative
you do not proceed any further
you stop
because a personal narrative
is based on the belief that you are
a separate person which is not true
… okay so if you have any questions anything that you’d like to explore