What we're really being invited to when it comes to self-realization and the highest resolution is to be open to that which we already are,
Always have been and always will be,
And is always untouched,
Unmoved,
Unblemished,
Essence,
Awareness,
Infinite,
Silence.
And it's that,
The fact that one is already that,
Is why it's ultimately profoundly simple.
What gets in the way,
As I've already said,
Is our beliefs.
Beliefs in the case of mistaken identity.
And those beliefs may be conscious or unconscious,
But whichever they are,
And there'll be a mixture of both for most people,
They are what get in the way of the realization.
So to help us move through this little journey and explore,
Rather than it just be a simple set of paintings from me,
What I'd like to do now is take you on a little bit of a meditative journey,
As I said,
And as part of that I'll ask,
I'll invite you to just be open to questions that are posed in the meditation,
And just make a mental note,
If you like,
Without trying to analyze what arises as we go through that process.
So I'll guide you into meditative space and then at some point we'll raise,
We'll do what I call the Who Am I meditation in various forms.
So if you're good to go,
Get yourself comfortable,
Close your eyes and just simply and silently begin to notice what's here now.
And simply and silently accept that there may be sensations,
Emotions,
Feelings,
Breath,
Just let all of that be here without any judgment about it.
Simply,
Silently watching,
Witnessing whatever's here now.
Nothing to do,
Just watch,
Just witness.
And as you watch or witness,
You may notice phenomena changing,
Maybe emotions emerging,
Changing,
Increasing,
Decreasing,
Maybe feelings,
Sensations,
All being watched.
And have you noticed how all these things,
These phenomena change over time?
One minute there may be no emotion and then something happens and emotion is here.
Eventually,
Maybe after some time,
Emotion dissolves,
Goes.
All phenomena are like that.
What is it that sees that,
Witnesses that,
Notices the changes in the phenomena,
Can report those changes?
That is awareness.
And being with this awareness,
Noticing now,
Being open to this,
Is that awareness affected by the changing phenomena,
Feelings,
Emotions,
Or does it just watch,
Witness and is untouched,
Unmoved,
Unblemished by the changes eventually?
You'll come to see awareness is always here,
Always unaffected by changes,
Feelings,
Emotions,
Always untouched,
Always unblemished,
Always unmoved,
And that you are this unchanging awareness.
Just resting with this now,
Nothing to do,
Just witness.
And now asking inside,
Who am I?
Who,
And if something comes,
That's fine.
And be okay if nothing arises,
That's fine too.
And now I'll ask inside,
Who am I without memory?
Who am I without memory?
And just be with that,
And just note if anything emerges.
Don't analyse,
Just watch.
And now asking inside,
Who am I without belief?
Who am I without belief?
And just be with that.
And now asking inside,
Who am I without goals?
Who am I without goals?
And just be with that.
Who am I with nothing to prove?
Who am I with nothing to prove?
And now without any need or attempt to visualise,
Just be open from your heart to connect with the energy of what I call the spheres,
To connect with the spheres,
Or spheres of light.
Just rest with that,
Nothing to do,
Nothing to see.
And this energy of spheres of light is the same as the pure universal state,
I am a pure being,
Universal being.
And even this state,
I am,
Is witnessed by what I call the silent witness,
Just resting as this silent witnessing presence.
And even this now is like some ice in a vast ocean,
And it's melting,
Dissolving effortlessly,
Silently,
It's becoming one with the ocean.
And the ocean is an ocean of infinite silence,
Or infinite awareness,
Merging completely with that now.
In silence,
You will realise truth,
In truth you will realise you are silence,
Infinite silence,
Infinite awareness.
Be still and know this infinite silence,
This rarefied atmosphere of silence transforms,
Transmutes,
Dissolves all that you are not,
And thus everything dissolves into silence,
Infinite silence,
Infinite awareness,
Untouched,
Unmoved,
Unblemished stillness,
Infinitely powerful,
Graceful presence.
Be still and know eternally this now forever.
And know now this awareness,
This infinite silence is never not here,
Always present in you,
Through you,
As you,
Simply a matter of realising this highest resolution.
In a moment now,
I'll ring the Ting Sha bells three times,
Just keep your eyes closed for now,
And just like the sound of the bells has faded to silence,
Know all phenomena which are vibrations inevitably return to silence,
Infinite silence,
Or infinite awareness,
And you,
Through you,
Are that always.
And just gently now,
Aware of your body,
The chair you're sat in,
Or whatever you maybe lay on,
Aware of the space,
Aware that this awareness is unchanging,
And you are it,
Always it.
And when the moment is right for you,
Just gently opening your eyes.
Namaste.
To integrate and profoundly deepen your spiritual journey,
Use the other resources and the 2022 live stream Self-Realisation Programme,
All on Insight Timer.
