Life is infinite.
It only takes forms to experience itself as something.
But no form has its real quality of being infinite.
That is why the spiritual path exists.
For us to recognize our own infinity,
Our own being.
As the years pass,
We accumulate conditioning and beliefs.
But no belief can be an accurate representation of life itself,
Because any belief is a form.
In order for the body-mind to express life most fully,
We have to continuously question our beliefs and assumptions,
Moment by moment.
Even the truths that I share,
Even the non-dual teachings,
However clear they are,
They can lead us to become stuck.
For example,
The belief there is no free will.
Yes,
That is true.
Everything is unfolding on its own.
However,
When the ego takes over the understanding,
When it becomes a belief,
Then there can be a tendency to not act,
To wait for things to happen,
To become more passive in life.
No free will really means things are happening.
It is simply an explanation of how things unfold.
It is not there to create shoulds and shouldn'ts.
It gives no indication for how to act,
Or when to act.
In its pure form,
What this statement leads to is being fully present,
Fully here and now,
Watching,
Observing,
Listening,
Being with the body,
Being with the mind.
It leads to an active presence,
Not a passive surrender or letting go,
Not a detachment from life,
But a full embracing of all that is.
This is just one example to illustrate what the practice that I am about to share with you would do for you.
The practice itself is very easy.
It is just to be with the mind,
Be with the thoughts that unfold in the moment,
And call each of them a story.
It is not true,
It is not real.
It is a belief that you have gathered from somewhere.
So notice how you are in this moment.
What is present here,
In terms of thoughts,
In terms of sensations?
What are you believing?
What are you holding on to?
How are you limiting yourself from experiencing life fully,
In this moment?
Whatever is here,
It is a story.
It will change,
It is not permanent.
I will share a few of my thoughts in the moment.
Just to show you how to practice.
I am a spiritual being having a human experience.
That's a story.
In fact I don't know what is true,
And in the not knowing I am free.
I am a human being that has spiritual experiences from time to time.
That's a story.
Again,
In fact I don't know,
Things are just unfolding and changing constantly.
I am awareness,
I am consciousness,
Experiencing all that is arising in the moment.
That can become an intellectual understanding,
Not a felt experience,
So it is a story in that sense.
I have to exercise more,
I have to eat healthy,
I have to find the right partner,
Stories.
Let them go.
Be in the moment,
As it is,
This is freedom,
This is what you truly want.
As you practice this way,
You will recognize eventually that any belief you hold is there temporarily.
At first maybe it's an expanding thought,
It makes you feel good,
But eventually since it is limiting life in one way or another,
You have to go to its opposite,
To recognize that that is also true,
And then you are closer to experiencing,
To being the full spectrum of life.
Nothing is true,
Nothing is untrue,
It's just stories coming up in the moment,
For life to experience itself from one particular perspective at that particular time.
Thank you for listening.
