Hi,
I'm Angie Gowen.
Come with me,
As me,
For a few minutes and deeply explore what is here,
What has always been here,
That has never changed.
In this exploration,
Please don't listen with your mind.
Don't try to make sense of what's being said.
There are no concepts here that are any more than grossly inadequate pointers.
If there's confusion,
That's absolutely fine.
What I'm trying to evoke in you is something that is so simple,
So obvious,
And so close that the mind cannot possibly get a handle on it.
So listen to this as you would listen to beautiful music.
Just let it float through you however it will.
No agenda,
No need to understand,
No learning.
This is already known more deeply than any knowledge a mind could reflect.
So take a nice deep inhale and exhale.
Close your eyes and allow the body to settle.
Attention can now drift to the sensory act of seeing.
Keep your eyes closed and notice the color behind your eyelids.
If any words or labels come in,
They're allowed to be here,
But they don't need your attention.
Notice that seeing is happening all by itself.
For a moment now,
Allow that attention to drift to the sounds in the room,
Even the most subtle ones.
If the mind identifies and labels the sounds,
That's absolutely fine,
But that thought does not need your attention.
Notice hearing is happening all by itself.
Perception and perception are happening in a continuous flow that is constantly changing.
But what is here right now that has never changed?
This is not a question with a conceptual answer,
Even if your mind is scrambling to reply.
Mind activity is also this flow of movement.
But what has always been here that is more primary than any movement?
Take a few minutes now to deeply feel into this inquiry.
This nameless,
Placeless place has been branded with many names,
But it is not separate from the act of naming.
It is unborn,
Unconditioned,
Mysterious,
Yet more familiar than familiar.
To attempt to speak about it is folly,
Because that implies a separation that is not possible.
You are not separate from it.
Nothing is,
Including separation.
These paradoxical words sound like a riddle,
But there is nothing here to solve.
What is always and already here,
Before,
Beyond,
And within all experience?
Load your attention wide open and see how it moves as and within this unchangeable,
Spaceless space.
Be here and everywhere,
Now.
Notice that as the senses pick up and perceive these words,
That there is no change in this conscious awareness.
There is no change in this essential beingness.
As you move about your day,
Take this awareness of awareness itself with you.
Come back to this meditation as often as you'd like to explore this simplest knowing.
Remember,
Awakening can only ever happen right now.
Until next time,
Peace and love to you.
