Equanimity Is The Key To Sleep

So rare is the magnificent power of imagination. Indeed, it can give you anything you want. And what you want is so alluring that it can keep you awake at night! So, when wanting arises, rest as awareness. When aversion arises, rest as awareness. When restlessness arises, rest as awareness.

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Thoughts about today.

Thoughts about yesterday.

Thoughts about tomorrow.

Thoughts about yourself.

Thoughts about others.

Thoughts about the world.

Thoughts about desire.

Thoughts about aversion.

Thoughts about practice.

These all have but one taste in awareness.

When you identify with thoughts,

Sensations,

Events,

Things seem to be different to one another.

For example,

As a parent,

You are responsible.

As a worker,

You are obligated.

As a citizen,

You are respectful.

But there is a common ground to all these experiences.

And that ground is simple awareness.

So intimate,

It cannot be touched.

So empty,

It cannot be known.

So clear,

It cannot be seen.

So flawless,

It cannot be valued.

Indeed,

All touching,

All knowing,

All seeing,

All valuing,

And all feeling,

All thinking,

All moving,

All being,

Depends upon awareness as its basis.

So don't fret when you cannot sleep.

Just rest as awareness.

Rest in the infinite evenness that subsumes everything.

Awareness does not discriminate.

Discrimination is a function of the thinking mind.

Awareness does not describe.

Description is a function of the thinking mind.

Awareness does not even label.

Labelling is a function of the thinking mind.

Awareness does not seek.

Seeking is a function of the thinking mind.

So,

When these functionings occur,

Behold them as awareness.

They are wondrous,

Marvellous,

Amazing.

So rare is the magnificent power of imagination.

Indeed,

It can give you anything you want.

And what you want is so alluring that it keeps you awake at night.

So,

When wanting arises,

Rest as awareness.

When aversion arises,

Rest as awareness.

And when restlessness arises,

Rest as awareness.

Rest.

Reviews

Thank you!!🙏🏼

Beautifully spoken, transformative.