𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 ❦

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

“My insides are shimmering. I am reconfigured.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

[patheticpoems]

for some, shedding the illusion in imagination step by step is necessary, however, I'd like to remind that you are not starting out as something and evolving to Self. You already are Self. There is no continuity. Anything you perceive as truth is only so because you continue to keep it alive. It only exists in this moment because you perceive it, you give it validity.

This identity, it is not you. You know this but I want you to understand that you were never it. You're not dropping it, you're not shedding it, not in actuality, because nothing is happening. Nothing can happen when there is only now.

[divatakesontruth]

Hi diva,

i know you dislike it when people ask questions that are concepts oriented/ trying to make sense of this using finite resources.

But i don’t know how to approach it any other way, i don’t understand how to stop identifying with this body appearing and knowing without a single doubt that it isn’t me.

and i don’t mean that in a manifestation way, to try to get some things.

i’m trying to understand what i am, what’s this existence that i associate to myself,

i know i AM, but i don’t know what i am,

i notice that when i try to answer those questions, some images appear but i still am observing them, which would mean that it is not me, but how could i be sure ?

it is so confusing

Okay so, the thing is you don’t actually know any of these concerns are true, you have absolutely no idea if you’re struggling with misidentification or any of these other things you mentioned.

What is your proof? The appearance of a convincing narrative that suggests it is so is not nearly enough to indicate that this is an actual predicament. You couldnt even be identified with the “body” if you tried why? Because there is no body and there is no one to identify with it and there is no actual such thing as identification. These are all made up ideas that you seem to take as truth.

The Self remains untouched, you couldn’t even have problems— it is impossible. What you define as identification to the body is probably a strong sense of attachment or worries that indicate you take your seeming self serious but what makes that feeling/idea true?

No matter what I seem to feel or I seem to do, no matter how in touch with my feelings I seem to be, no matter how worried I seem to be I could never truly be ‘misidentified’ because I am not even the body in the first place, it’s hilarious really, what is there to be bothered about? All these seeming worries aren’t true anyways so what is there to be worried about?

[unknowable-known]

Apparent constraint, lack of capability

Is there any raw, uninterpreted access to “matter” or “the physical”? Really reflect on this. Is there any actual separation that one can truly verify? You can’t, in trying to find this separation all you inevitably get is a never ending back and forth oscillation of the mental engine.

No truth is found in the so called mind. No separation found in what is labeled as “mind, physical, personality, etc” There may be an appearance of specific function to these phenomena, but they are irrevocably entwined as one and none other than being/infinity itself. Again, all you’ll find is the circular oscillation of thought in attempting to find anything as separate.

So what “changes” when nature is evident to nature if there’s nothing to actually change? Nothing really. You’re right to infer this. There is no actual capability gained, no power to be had, no authority granted and the mental list goes on…

However, “no change” is not a determination, it’s simply that there’s nothing that needs to change. No capability needs to be granted. It’s merely seeing the absence of constraint, and this isn’t an actual change. It’s just you noticing that you were never constrained in the first place. This is why the only thing that matters in these discussions is to see this directly. No separation, no actual ontology to anything, only being/nothing—self evident.

Since there is no actual individual or solid mind and all these interpreted phenomena are naturally one this, the self verified lack of constraint can appear as an understanding:

You notice your actual capacity

No experiences are resisted

No outcomes are treated as serious, ultimately

Less fear around so called imagination and desire

(No need to take this list as gospel or an expectation, all lists are infinite at the end of the day anyways. This is just to give context in limited language)

So “more” can “appear”—but not because:

Self is choosing by force

Awareness is activating

Mind is being used and abused

It’s because nature is seen for itself. You don’t need to go digging in the so called mind to try to find all this constraint or lack of capability or power, none of this is actually there. You don’t need to try to be less fearful or not take things seriously, all you’ll precisely get is the mental oscillation. You see that nothing was ever separate even in the most seeming minute details of being. That’s all. That there was never anything constrained in the first place, and capability was never needed.

“Experience happens” naturally and precisely. Not because of a “doer” forcing an awareness. There’s no solid authorship. Just this. Whatever you’re treading in right now is perfection, and I mean everything (and yes this especially includes what appears as “desires”). See that you were never constrained, see that nobody can actually be constrained, that’s all this is…is open ended, and never any actual conclusions

[expressions-of-nature]

Chuya River, Russia by Andrey Polyakov

[expressions-of-nature]

by Tatyana Biryukova

[expressions-of-nature]

by Vladimir Ryabkov

[i-amyou]

“This recognition does not stop challenges you face in your life but it removes the psychological burden of believing they are your identity and belong to you.”

does this mean that the challenge of daily anxiety that makes it difficult to do anything will never go away? Even if this supposed freeing recognition happens?

Who can say? The statement you quoted is a pointer, not a verdict, so treat it as such. It simply points towards the emptiness of the idea of being someone living an actual life with actual problems.

The feeling of being a person is effortlessly replaced by label-less beingness, it's seen that the substratum for every appearance is the same. How concerned are you with the problems when you're imagining a scenario? Or when you're watching a movie? Or in your dream last night? What you call your life is no different, and that becomes effortlessly obvious once you realize you are the SOURCE for all. Not tied to any experience, yet no experience can be without YOU.

Also, the recognition doesn't have to look a certain way, that'd be just another appearance. Some feel ecstatic, some feel underwhelmed, for some it might appear as love and for some nothing changes at all. It doesn't matter because it is all just an idea appearing in the moment, a story.

That is to say: Don't chase a feeling and don't take anyone's words to be final. No experience you read about can define your own.

[expressions-of-nature]

Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana by Lana Gramlich

[bunnybeyondtwo]

how to realize self & how to rest as awareness & how to stop desiring and how to achieve what i want and how to understand i’m awareness

these are my most asked questions and i’ve been meaning to write this post for the longest time. today, i saw this quote by nisargadatta:

What was never lost can never be found. Your very search for safety and joy keeps you away from them. Stop searching, cease losing.

all of the questions above emerge from a place of “there is something missing that i need to conquer so things can be fine and under my control”. this way of thinking is the default at first, but when getting to know this truth, we learn that there’s no magic key that will fix everything — because there’s nothing to be fixed in the first place. there’s nothing broken and there’s no lack to fulfill. i’ve said this a million times before, but have you ever reflected on what that means? have you asked yourself what it means to be awareness? what that implies about the things you worry so much about?

i always get asks demanding for a tutorial on how to “rest as awareness”, and my answer always is “just be” because that’s what resting as awareness means: simply being yourself. you don’t need to become anything, or learn new skills or change your mindset.

you are this truth, you are the way.

whenever i say “see through it, ask yourself, reflect on this”, that is merely me trying to get you to look at yourself. but know that, ultimately, you don’t have to do anything because you already are. nothing will ever change that.

you will feel that there’s is something missing/wrong for as long as you keep telling yourself that this story is true. but in the end, there’s no true story, no story and nothing at all besides awareness.

when you stop blindly believing in every thought that pops up in your head, what is left? it’s not your job to overcome this reality or to fix this world. ask yourself why do you even want to do it, ask yourself if it’s really you that are worrying about all these problems. who are you, after all? do you really need salvation? are these doubts really coming from you? do these answers that you seek even matter?

there’s no i and no real storyline. always question the thoughts that come your way and the stories that seem so real, don’t live bowing your head to them, thinking that you’re trapped and need a way out. there’s no immovable truth that defines you, not even this persona that seems to hold your identity.

[divatakesontruth]

There is absolutely no blockage to break, no barrier to cross, no goal to achieve

When we say that what You define instantly is , a lot of times people tend to see this as a practice to master that will eventually lead them to the instant direct experience of what is decreed

But this analogy perfectly underestimates the nature of Self.

There is no experience except the one You define. Without definition and determinations, how would there be a describable experience? That’s right , there wouldn’t be

That is because everything experienced is Mind, the world is mind, you are of the mind

This is why the only absolute reality is the Self (the indescribable no-thing that gives mind the ability to express)

That means, every single experience is a direct product of mind—this tangible changeable ‘thing’

Nothing in it’s fullness exists outside of Mind (except self but even the current understanding of Self is still a product of mind) so exactly what is developed in mind can ONLY be what’s ‘true’

To rely on ‘sight’ is to take an idea (created by mind) as absolute truth

If you observe the idea of lack and regard it to be a hopeless reality, then that is instantly what is

But to observe abundance and regard it to be a truth then again, instantly that is what is . If you go on to bring in the idea of not instantly experiencing what is preferred, well well well , I’m sure you know how it goes

So what does this tell us? That there is absolutely nothing to be done except freely enjoy the boundlessness of this fake reality

Because it is within reach now , in fact it is already within your grasp. You just have to turn your hand around and look at it

Look at the truth staring right back at you

[verdantude]

when you guys say step back what do you actually mean

Get out of your own way.

Stop being so in your head like “oh poor me oh this oh that oh I can’t oh it’s been 67 years”.

You’re not a limited person, you are God / infinite awareness / labelless existence.

As in, step back from deluding yourself and remember who you actually are / what Is.

Then you see there was no actual person who struggled at all in the first place.

[divatakesontruth]

There is no independent existence beyond consciousness or awareness

Reader: Once upon a time Master Wang Yangming was visiting the south mountain, a friend of him pointed to the flowers and trees in the rocks and asked Master Wang, although you said that 'there is nothing in the world outside of the mind', these flowers and trees bloom and wither on their own in the deep mountains, so what do they have to do with my mind?" Master Wang replied, Before you saw this flower, this flower and your mind were both in silence, e.g., oblivion; when you came to see this flower, its color suddenly became clear. Then you knew that this flower is not outside your mind.

Can you please talk about the case of the flower in the rock by Master Wang Yangming?

BeingIs: I'll be more direct: seeing and being seen are the same seemingly energetic effect. Therefore, there is no so-called independent existence of such an object as "flower" without having seen the image of "flower" first. Many people ask curiously whether there is a certain distant place that exists completely independently of your imagination and completely independently of your "awareness". No, there is no such place because being imagined is the same energetic effect as imagining, and perceiving is the same energetic effect as being perceived. Being imagined rises together with imagining and being perceived rises together with perceiving. In other words, If there is no imagination at all, where is the "imagined object"? The effect of imagination instantly, synchronously and seemingly presents the effect of seemingly objects being imagined. If the effect of imagination is gone, then all seemingly objects being imagined are gone too. All is SELF. This SELF is beyond the effect of imagination, and this SELF is not an object or a thing. Seeing and being seen, imagining and being imagined, are all seemingly, temporary, and spontaneously energetic impressions. Although these energetic impressions seem very real, they are completely insubstantial energetic effects.

The boundless universe only seems to be there because of your awareness. This seemingly boundless universe is precisely reflecting the effect of being aware. Without your being aware in the first place, how can there be a so-called "boundless universe"? Most people also take for granted to believe that the world has been there for eons of time before they were born. The Mind implicitly assumes that the world has a history of billions of years. They also firmly believe that after they disappear, the world will continue to be existent independently. Actually, it is not the case at all. Every morning when consciousness (awareness) seems to rise, the entire universe seems to rise instantly. There is no such object as the universe existing independent of consciousness (awareness). Therefore, you are not actually seeing a universe right now. Actually, you are experiencing only the energetic effect of yourself (SELF). Such energetic effect can also be conveniently named as "consciousness" or "awareness". There has never been an independently existing "universe" or "world", and there has never been an independently existing "you" either. All of this is the energetic impression of SELF, which seems to be passing by like a revolving lantern.

Is there a world existing right now in front of your eyes? The Mind thinks it is the "world", but it is not what the Mind thinks it is. What the Mind thinks it is - is just a seeming only. Just like everything in a dream is a seeming only. The Mind in the dream thinks everything in the dream is happening inside a certain world. Now you are no longer in the dream, where did the dream world you just dreamed of go? In fact, regardless of the present moment or the dream last night, there is never really any world, all that you seem to experience is your own energetic impression passing by, that's all.

Most immature people would wonder curiously, what was the situation before this world was created? This question itself is based on a ridiculous logic of illusion. Where is this world from? When is the "creation"? What is there "before"? What will be there after the "destruction"? Can you see? these concepts such as creation, destruction, before, and after are completely illusory concepts similar to questions being asked in dreams. These questions are based on absurd assumptions projected by the Mind. Don't take these questions seriously! It has always been just you (SELF) alone. You (SELF) have no creation and destruction, and you (SELF) don't have before and after.

You may be curious, since there is no independent existence beyond consciousness or awareness, then SELF is the only independent existence. Please note, although this statement sounds reasonable, it is inappropriate to describe SELF using concepts such as "existence" or "non-existence" because SELF is not an object and not a thing, so SELF transcends the concept of "existence" and "non-existence". The Mind always interprets SELF to be an object or a thing, so it implicitly uses the illusory logic of "existence" or "non-existence" to describe or imagine SELF.

How the Mind interprets doesn't matter, your sensitivity will automatically increase, and at some point, you can keenly discern that the Mind getting fixated in such logical analysis. When you discern such an illusory joke logic, just laugh it off. -BeingIsIt on x

[soft-lovely]

foxgloves

[unknowable-known]

Sure - "I don't know Myself" is a thought, but it also seems to be true when we try to choose our experience and it doesn't happen > it seems like you do have to reach full realization/know yourself without a doubt, before free choice is unlocked ¿

It’s already open ended (“unlocked”) you’re just thinking there are parameters around it and calling it “reality,” notice this

It was never locked, never needed to be unlocked, never even needs to be noticed by anyone actually. You’re just seeing it as evident.

No such thing as “full realization” it’s just the immediacy of this. Sometimes it seems like we’re lost, that’s all.

[divatakesontruth]

How do i come to ‘know’ something without it feeling like i’m trying to convince myself?

Like within loa i was always trying to force an assumption lol and that had me stuck for years until i finally discovered nd and i don’t really interact with loa stuff anymore after learning this.

Knowledge can only come from understanding. Do you understand what it means to be Awareness ? Do you understand what it means for reality to be unreal based on the fact that it must rely on Awareness to have an observable existence ? Do you understand what it means to not be the “I” and every concern that is related to it?

Non duality is an exposure of truth, you must make a deliberate and conscious decision to know yourself, you must transcend the mind’s useless chatter and remain on the unmoving truth.

After understanding one must also have direct experience, which is simply just actualizing all one has intellectually understood

If you comprehend why the mind is unreal, then you must no longer be controlled by it ; you must continuously and alertly not be swayed by it

[bunnybeyondtwo]

HOW do you rest as awareness? Like is it just constantly remembering that I am aware? Please tell me before I complicate it again

by being who you are, i swear it's as simple as that

you don't forget what you are, you don't forget your name for you think it's you. when it comes to this, it's not different

reflect on who you are