[hara-minea]

" "

When they say "This" is freedom, they want you to abide in the one thing that remains constant and unstained by experience. And just rest in what simply is. Awareness is without form or thought.

If "This" is without form or thought, It is automatically always whole, free, and fulfilled in the sense that it cannot even conceptualize ideas such as lack, fear, etc.

When a thought arises, the one who rests in what is actual knows it is just an appearance within Awareness. It is recognition of Self that instills a knowing that whatever the contents of the dream, it does not matter because you are never not Awareness and you cannot be rid of Awareness. It will never touch what is your true, essential nature.

It's not resignation or complacency to difficult circumstances, but with recognition of Self, you will find that none of these were ever a threat to your true Being and it is an awareness of such that can rearrange the illusion and appearance because how does a threat appear if you didn't become aware of such. How does anything come to be within the illusion, were you not aware of such?

And Mind might get excited at this appearance and forgo this recognition in a forceful effort thinking "How can I do that again," in favor of serving a self that was never real and reinforcing misidentification with the weight of humanity when it was never serious; "This" is all there is.

This is why non-dualism blogs don't like to talk about manifesting, "hacking the dream," and etc, you will believe yourself to have manifested and satisfied a desire through non-dualism and then miss the point entirely trying to cater to a false self.

Because freedom didn't appear in a physical, tangible reality by way of manifestation. Freedom is what was always there, just recognized.

[ko-existing]

Fred Davis

[divatakesontruth]

WATCH THIS.

[hara-minea]

LOL

[radical-revolution]

Awareness is very important. We are here, nowhere else. Since we are here, why not be here?

Chögyam Trungpa

[unknowable-known]

describe direct seeing

Seeing that it all comes down to nothing. Seeing that there’s no internal-external dichotomy. Seeing that everything is irreducible being. Seeing that any and all perceived dualities are illusory—big or small, restricted or expansive, me and others etc. it all comes back to itself when you look.

This isn’t like a checklist btw. It all sort of falls like “dominos” as one is seeing past the layers of perception by effortless noticing. Tracing all seeming “activity” back to the source, you.

Eventually all these words pointing to what is become meaningless. There’s no real explanation for this. It just is. Seeing that the moment you try to grasp or define you’ve re-introduced a misperception made up entirely of what is being sought, you. Seeing that this is not a destination, it’s merely all that you are, when you stop trying to go somewhere…

Seeing that it only seemed like you were lost, but it was always you already.

[hara-minea]

How Do I Move From Understanding to Knowing?

A good video. It's that simple.

[unknowable-known]

There is no opposition between "personal will" and the will of THAT; the "entire world" is none other than yourself (SELF)

-Being_is_it

Read this!

[divatakesontruth]

Nothing is that serious

‘You’ might feel like it’s the end of the world if you do not get what your heart so longs for, or that you can’t just understand this teaching no matter what and you feel stuck and demotivated but desperate as well.

Well guess what? All of those , as complex as they seem

Are all nothing.

They’re no-thing, just empty blank appearances (I use that word so much lol but it’s describes it well enough)

Was that freeing?

‘You’ could be trying to view all these thoughts or whatever it is as just appearances or trying to force that ‘belief’ then getting sad when it doesn’t feel real

But guess what? That’s another empty appearance

Do you see it now? Everything besides the space unto which all of this is, everything but the awareness of it all is simply just an appearance within That

Including your 198 worries and doubts, they’re all nothing

All BORING,thank you next

Even the joy that may be arising from hearing none of this matters is also

WHAT?! You guessed it

An appearance.

Now what? Now nothing

Now be

Love, me

[immortal-essence-unveiled]

"Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough".

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

[hara-minea]

Nothing In Form

[divatakesontruth]

I’ve been reading up on nd for almost a year and I’ve tried to have ‘direct experiences’ and every conclusion I come to is just accepting these terrible circumstances and just hope for better in the next life haha. If anything things have just been going downhill and I’m even more confused than I was before.

I don’t want to go back to loa I tried that shit for 3 years and it did nothing. Especially after learning that loa is also just appearing within awareness it doesn’t actually mean anything.

I’m at a point where idk if I can or want to live anymore im so exhausted.

Trying to have direct experience sounds funny to me, this isn’t something you have to struggle to obtain, direct experience is simply just Being as Self, that’s it. It’s not an elevated “state of consciousness where the universe’s deepest secrets are revealed to you” stop seeing it as so grand

It’s clear to me from this ask that your interest in ND is to change circumstances and I hope you see why that cannot fly. This “important” need will always cloud your seeking making you feel like it’s all just failure

Which seems like the case

When I say to go Self, to drop the attachments and meanings you give to experience and for once just DIRECTLY experience the untainted (by your stories) reality that is Self i mean it.

You cannot serve two gods, it’s either you’re resting as awareness or you’re striving to use awareness as a method to reform your life, I can’t say the latter will bring you much satisfaction but the choice is yours

I can only advise you and my advice for you rn is to drop it all, idc if it feels like it’s not working, idc if you fell back into old patterns

Drop it all

[hara-minea]

I feel like the illusionary self that “ “ animates that believes in separation is only ever truly chasing “ “, like a dog chasing its own tail. Like when looking at desires and sees it as something to grab… what it’s reaching for is “ “ never the thing itself. Because often times the thing that it’s after is always assumed to bring something deep down. Like the sentiment of “I need a house” when in essence and truth, it’s looking for reliability or safety or comfort… which are all things “ “ is. So is this what people mean when they say, you are your desires or you are what you seek?

Hmm.. The phrase "You are your desires," is a bit off-putting for me, but only because I just don't want it implying there is someone present actually being anything and attempts of being fulfilled in imagination or being the desire, which was personally a headache for me when I used to follow LOA because I was trying to convince myself of something.

When abiding in your true Self, as Awareness, the nature of its formlessness, being without thought and the vast infinity of its emptiness, you'll see everything is just illusory.

Prior to birth, in the dreamless state of sleep, what is there to be aware of? What remains when everything is stripped of what we call "reality?"

When you take that state, going back to "zero," and recognize that is your true Self, this nothingness, that you are nothing more than " ," the effect it has on Mind is realizing that it's all just an appearance in which nothing is really is happening to You.

Awareness is whole because it just is.

What gave me a better understanding is like.. if you take an inanimate object, say a wooden table. A wooden table doesn't think thoughts or conceive of lack, pain, happiness, it just is and simply there. It can't give labels to anything. I wouldn't call Awareness an object, but you get what I mean.

In the same manner you can be indifferently, quietly aware of words on a text, the road while you are driving, washing dishes.. You are aware of a thought, but You are not the thought, nor does anything you're aware of ever has permanence. Awareness is the only truth and certainty as it's the only thing that never ceases.

I agree though, with desire, no one is ever actually desiring the thing itself, it's always wholeness, safety, free from suffering. Awareness is free for being free from the labels and everything that seems to occur becomes impersonal.

It's more so of its labeless-ness and nothingness that it is free rather than it actually encompassing the things or concepts we seek. For it can't be anything but " "

But yes, we are what we seek. We are only ever seeking for ourselves, for " ," for certainty.

Sorry this took awhile, I was trying to formulate my thoughts to answer this the best way I can.

[bunnybeyondtwo]

from nothinginform

[bunnybeyondtwo]

In relation to permanence, a constant state, certainty.

To address this there are two points.

1. There is nothing other than Heaven. Which is eternal.

That is permanent, constant, certain.

2. To involve perception at all removes any certainty or permanence. For perception, by its own limits, is uncertain and changing. You cannot perceive that which is unlimited from a view point that is limited.

In this way, certainty and permanence are complete.

But there is no permanent state of perceiving that.

Perception is an interpretation of Heaven, often thought to be Hell.

Because of the uncertain, inconsistent nature of perception, it is open to question.

The question mark removes the conviction. It shines light on it being an interpretation. Interpretation is not truth.

Perception is not knowledge.

We do not know.

The confusion of perception is stabilised through this unknowing. Peace is found in the freedom of unknowing because it is as close to certainty as perception can get.

Its not the question that is causing the suffering, it is the conviction. What is the statement? What do you believe to be true?

The question usually looks something like this: "How do i become rich?"

But the statement, the belief, the conviction usually looks something more like this:

"I need to become rich to feel safe."

"I need to become rich to prove myself worthy"

"I need to become rich because the economy is crashing."

"Becoming rich will fix all of my problems."

"I would be happier if i became rich."

It is this hidden conviction that makes it seem as though there is something to do, become or fix.

This is where the "?" begins.

And remember, we are only looking for undeniable truth and certainty here so that if found, we can continue being justified in our suffering.

Is it absolutely true that becoming rich will solve all of my problems? Can i know with complete certainty that being rich will make me feel safe? Do people have to become rich to be worthy?

These statements when left unquestioned, make it seem as though they are true and therefore real.

The gift of the "?" is that clarity is closer than we think.

— NothingInForm

[hara-minea]

can you explain why cause and effect isn't a thing? btw is hara minae u name? its cute

I can answer this in two ways. Cause and effect isn't a thing because nothing is really happening to You/Self/Awareness. You're not the person, You are aware of the person, so everything that appears isn't really happening to your true self. Think of it like a passing dream without permanence that was never really serious.

The other explanation is that nothing seems to exist/appear without your Awareness. So if a cause and effect appears, it's only because you were aware of such. If you failed an exam because you thought to yourself you could for not studying, then the idea itself had been brought to Awareness.

But your focus shouldn't be on the appearances but the reassurance that no real harm is occurring or has an effect on You as Awareness.

Also thanks! My username is actually from a character in a Filipino fantasy/action show. xD

[hara-minea]

There's a post I really liked from @/ko-existing where it really got the ball rolling in my understanding of non-dualism (plus deep diving into some Rupert Spira videos and reading posts from @/divatakesontruth)

"Change what, for whom?"

"You can cry about a missing package if you want; it's still entertainment."

[hara-minea]

When they say there is nothing to do, you don't have to take it so literally. If you are inclined to action, do so, but there's a difference in just letting a sequence of actions arise versus having it with the true intent and urgency to change something and intervene on the behalf of a "self" that is believed to be present. When there is no "self" here or anything to change.