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Things I know to be true :

1. I am not this body and I am not the thoughts. I have no control over them.

2. There is a consciousness which when I am aware of, everything else feels like drops falling on a vast expanse of satin cloth.

This consciousness is not polluted by anything external. This consciousness is always present.

3. It's when I get embroiled into the external factors like emotions sensations etc that I forget about this consciousness.

4. Meditation - or just going in at any point brings me back to this consciousness. This consciousness is available whether I close my eyes or not.

5. I feel happy and contented when I am in this fabric of consciousness. Everything else feels small.

6. However, it's not easy to stay with this consciousness all the time. What I have noticed though is that the more I read about it, and more importantly, the more I practice, the more I am aware of it.

7. Meditation reduces the thoughts that can come in at any time - and brings more focus to the awareness. But it doesn't show the awareness - the consciousness is always present.

8. When I am with this consciousness, the sense of ego falls away. But as soon as I am with the emotions, desires, thoughts my ego takes over again and I become a character in my own movie.

9. When I see the sensations , desires, feelings etc from a distance, my choice over them increases. In other words, I am more in control when I let go of the ownership of these elements.

10. The world is real, but the conditioning and the resulting viewpoints create a unique viewpoint for all of us. We are bound by our view of the world. This is still sinking in, but it has helped me unlock myself significantly over time.

Things I don't know:

1. Was this consciousness always there?

2. What happenes to this consciousness when I die?

3. Will I ever be with my consciousness forever? Should I ever be - or my goal should be to improve, but still continue to do my work in this world?

4. Are we connected by the same fabric of consciousness?

5. And I don't know what I don't even know.

https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/article/escaping-the-observer-trap

Life's challenges are not equally distributed, by the power of choice is the great equaliser

Thoughts are just chemical blips in our brain. We give them power when we call them ours.

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Difficulties are an opportunity to better ourselves. Welcome them.

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Meditation is not about being passive, it's not about dulling the senses, and it's certainly not about not having thoughts.

It's being active in the moment, being aware do your thoughts, sifting the wholesome from the unwholesome, being aware of the presence and the absence of the unwholesome, and taking the actions to nurture the conditions for more wholesome thoughts.

Meditation is about re-conditioning the mind, and taking positive, wholesome actions.

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Love , no matter what.

It's easier for most of us to be empathetic when someone is in pain, is troubled and going through a bad patch.

However, when the person is angry, shouting and bad mouthing, it triggers adverse reactions. Empathy isn't the first feeling we have.

At this stage, when we change the paradigm - and see that the anger is a manifestation of a deep hurt, and couple it with not taking that anger ourselves personally - we can develop deep Empathy.

In essence, there are two insights here -

1. See anger in others as a sign of deep hurt

2. Do not attach to their anger, see it without ego - a more difficult thing to do.

And empathy = love for others.

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It's not you, unless you make it about you.

Self esteem and confidence are two very different things.

And self esteem and ego have an inverse relationship

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We can only give what we have.

If we love ourselves, we can give that love to others.

If we respect ourselves, we can give respect to others.

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Actions must not be measured by their success or failure, but by the motivation behind them.

Felt a feeling of jealousy today.

And I did three things -

1. Became aware that it was just a thought. Took out the attachment - it was thought and feeling. It just arose.

2. Kept on noting that there is a feeling.

3. Went deeper and saw there was also sadness and regret. Thought about it and felt - I couldn't have done anything better with what I have worked on - but can always go more with what I know now.

I could have been miserable before but not now.

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The true joy is in the mystery.

Life is not a puzzle that can be solved one time and it's done!

You wake up every day, and solve it again. And again.

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There is only one time that is important. Now. It is the only time when we have any power.

Tolstoy

A thought is just that, a thought. A simple chemical blip. We attach importance to every thought by making it "our" thought. If we objectively see every thought without this attachment, then we have the power to choose the thoughts that are beneficial and reject the ones that aren't.

We are weighed down by our thoughts, and when we remove our attachment to them, we are free to choose.

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