The Knowing Without Words

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The Knowing Without Words

by Pratika 'Sahayak' Kshemya

Type

talks

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

The Knowing Without Words We live much of our lives through language - naming, interpreting, comparing, remembering and anticipating. But what is present before the mind gives experience a name, before the mind has time to interpret, to focus? This meditation invites you to explore the knowing that is already present before words arise. Not by trying to stop thought, but by becoming aware of what remains when the mind becomes quiet, behind the arrival of thoughts. As silence becomes more familiar in meditation, we may begin to recognize that awareness does not need language to be present. It does not need to explain itself, define itself or become something. There is simply a knowing... This is an invitation to rest in silence, stillness, presence and awareness, and to discover directly what has never needed words. Knowing without words.

Resting As Awareness Direct Recognition Awareness Silence Meditation Thought Observation Nonjudgmental Observation

Meet your Teacher

Pratika 'Sahayak' Kshemya

1074 Tawapiban Soi 12, Tambon Nai Mueang, Amphoe Mueang Roi Et, Chang Wat Roi Et 45000, Thailand

Meet your Teacher

Pratika 'Sahayak' Kshemya

1074 Tawapiban Soi 12, Tambon Nai Mueang, Amphoe Mueang Roi Et, Chang Wat Roi Et 45000, Thailand

Transcript

And welcome. Moment and simply notice what is present in awareness. There may be thoughts, Images, Memories, Sensations. And in a commentary describing what is in your mind. The mind is constantly naming, Interpreting, Comparing, Remembering. You see something and almost immediately the mind gives it a name. But the experience was already present and felt. Before a word appeared. The word follows. So for a moment, Don't try to stop thought. Don't try to create silence. Simply notice what is here before the mind focuses. There is a knowing without a word describing what is known. This knowing does not need language. It does not need to explain itself. It does not need to say, I am aware. Awareness is simply here, Inseparably present. Notice again how quickly the mind wants to return to naming. There is nothing wrong with this. Thinking is simply a conditioned movement. Appearing within one's knowing awareness. And do you notice that awareness itself doesn't need thought to be present or felt? This is why silence becomes increasingly important in our meditation practice. Not because we are trying to escape thought, Not because thought is a problem. But because in silence there is less for the mind to tell us about who we are. Or to interpret. In the silence before the arrival of language, We can begin to notice what has never needed words. Pure. Awenas. Not an idea of awareness, Not an understanding about awareness, But the simple knowing the truth of what is timelessly present. Simply notice there is knowing. And who is the knower? Don't answer with a word. Don't search for an idea. Simply notice in stillness that knowing is without the silence before a word appears. Nothing needs to be understood. Knowing is already present. Rest here for a while without needing to call this spacious reality anything. Just this knowing without words. And when thoughts return, As they naturally will, Simply notice. They too are appearing within the awareness of knowing, Quietly present, Without language, Without beginning. Without an end. Just here. As knowing.