Upasana Meditation
Dive deep into yourself using the qualities of silence, space, and consciousness. Being led through the microcosm to the macrocosm you land in the centre that is Self. Closer than the closest. The light of who you are never dim. Join John and find yourself deeply nourished and relaxed
Transcript
So please be as comfortable as possible,
Lovely to see you and let's settle down and get comfortable.
And just let's close our eyes and then just tuning into the breath,
Peeling the breath,
Moving through the nostrils,
Again just focusing on the breath,
Feeling its coolness in the nostrils,
Already conscious,
Already present.
Nothing changes in consciousness.
Everything is changing in consciousness.
Consciousness never changes.
Self remains the same,
Always.
Just feel your body resting on whatever you are resting on.
Feel the earth beneath you,
Supporting you unconditionally.
There is no conflict anywhere in nature.
Our relationship with nature and the universe is conflict-free.
Only one thing is getting conflicted,
If at all,
Anything is getting conflicted,
And that's the I-thought.
Everything needs something to complete itself.
Everything stands in its way because already complete,
There is nothing but completeness,
Wholeness,
Before we can even think of completeness,
Already we are that.
Completeness we are seeking and looking for in everything.
Now just moving our awareness to the back of the throat,
Feel the breath moving in the back of the throat,
Feel its coolness in the back of the throat.
Just focusing on the breath focuses the mind and reminds you already present is the truth.
There is no other truth anywhere.
Earth's gravity embracing the body,
Drawing it like a huge magnet,
Earth's gravity draws the body,
Embracing you unconditionally,
Earth,
Nature supports you in everything you do.
But we take the earth for granted,
We take our own presence for granted,
Thinking everything else is more important,
We forget the importance of ourselves.
Before anything can be important,
First you are important,
First you matter,
Then everything else,
First you are here,
Then comes everything else relative.
Now just feeling the breath in the lungs,
Feel its coolness is now in the lungs.
Just moving the awareness,
To be the awareness you don't have to do a thing,
All we are doing is moving our awareness.
Heart beating effortlessly,
The whole arrangement,
Existence is going on effortlessly.
Now just coming back to the nostrils,
Feel the breath through the nostrils again,
Feeling its coolness,
No longer in the lungs,
Coolness is in the nostrils.
Let go the need to do anything,
Let go the need to undo anything,
And let go the need to let go,
Feel your effortless presence here and now.
There is nothing but presence,
That presence yourself,
The ever fresh,
Ever permanent,
Always whole and complete,
With or without anything.
The self doesn't need anything to complete itself.
Now let's just listen to the sounds around us,
It can be any sound,
Any sound is good enough,
The sound of my voice,
The sound of a bird or traffic in the distance,
Any sound,
Focusing on the sound,
We forget about the silence,
Behind the sound.
Once the sound disappears,
Silence as love arrives,
But with silence ever missing,
Always present,
There is nothing but silence,
Accommodating all sound,
Giving dimension and volume to the sound,
Is the fullness of silence,
Although it appears as though to disappear,
When the sound disappears,
It appears to leave a vacuum,
All that is left is nothing but the fullness of silence,
Which is always there,
Facilitating and accommodating all the sounds.
Silence remains ever full,
Whole and complete,
With and without the sounds.
Silence never changes,
But we take the silence for granted,
Just like we take the silence for granted,
We take the fullness of ourselves for granted.
Maybe before we can think of fullness,
Already you are the fullness itself.
Just like silence,
All the objects appearing in space and disappearing,
When the object disappears it is as though there is a vacuum in space,
But space,
The fullness itself,
Having given dimension to the form,
Is always full,
Never empty,
The fullness itself,
Space never changes,
Just like silence,
Space remains always whole and complete,
Despite everything coming and going in space.
Space doesn't change or disappear,
While all the objects appear only to disappear.
Space giving dimension to all the objects appearing in it,
Having no appearance,
Can never disappear,
Just like space,
Consciousness,
In which all the thoughts,
Ideas,
Notions and concepts,
Identifications,
Keep appearing and disappearing,
Memories of all kinds.
Space never changes,
Although it appears as though when a thought or the memory of the person comes up and the person is no longer there,
It seems as though there is a vacuum,
There is no vacuum,
Always full,
The fullness itself,
Consciousness,
Accommodating all the thoughts,
Facilitating all our identifications and ideas,
Ever complete,
Whole,
Permanent,
Ever fresh,
Self never changes,
Nothing changes in the ocean when a wave disappears,
So too,
Nothing changes in consciousness,
No matter how many thoughts have come and gone,
No matter how many memories,
Emotions,
Ideas,
Consciousness,
Awareness,
Remains the same,
Unchanging,
Changeless,
In all the changes happening in it,
Like silence and space,
Self,
Ever fresh,
Still,
Ever complete,
Has no need to change,
Nor can it ever change.
Going back to silence,
How old is silence?
When did silence appear?
Will it ever disappear?
How many sounds have come and gone in the silence?
Where did silence begin?
Where does silence begin?
Where does it end?
When will silence end,
Having never begun in time?
Silence never ends in time.
Beginningless,
Endless,
Ageless,
Timeless.
When the sounds keep coming and going,
Silence remains the same,
The same silence now,
The same silence that's ever been and will ever be.
Just like that,
How old is space?
How many forms have come and gone in space?
Where does space begin?
Where does it end?
Having no beginning,
No end,
Timeless,
Changeless,
Beginningless,
Endless.
Space remains.
Regardless of all that's happening in it,
Space never changes and can never change.
While all these forms and shapes,
Objects appearing in space keep on changing,
Space accommodating all change,
All objects never moves,
Never changes.
Consciousness,
Timeless,
Ageless,
Beginningless,
Timeless,
Endless.
Forever an unchanging principle in which all change takes place.
Self,
Atma,
I,
Consciousness can never and will never change.
How many thoughts have come and gone in consciousness?
How old is consciousness?
Was there ever a time when consciousness was not?
There never was a time when consciousness like silence and space was not or will not be ever existing,
While everything else has a time frame,
Everything relating to consciousness has to change.
There has to be something changeless for change to appear.
There has to be something changeless,
Absolute,
Already that,
Before you can even think of the absolute,
Already gained the destination and everything is already reached.
You cannot escape.
No one would want to.
The waves trying to escape the ocean can never escape.
So no thought can ever escape the truth in which it appears,
Especially this I-thought rooted in consciousness,
The I-thought rooted in the changeless,
Getting lost in all the changes,
We forget ourselves,
The changeless,
Ever present,
Ever constant,
Ever fresh.
Be that which you are effortlessly and all times in through everything.
There is nothing but consciousness,
Coming back to the breath,
Just feel the breath in the nostrils again,
Feel its coolness,
Feel how the breath comes and goes effortlessly,
Feel how the body rests on the earth effortlessly.
Consciousness is effortless,
Being in the truth,
The absolute is effortless.
To be that doesn't require anything.
AnnDEBUG shanti shanti shanti there's nothing but peace nothing but peace peace call it truth call it absolutely call it any name you like it's all one and the same
