Kathy Smith explores the quotes from Experience Your Perfect Soul and shares from her contemplation of them.
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A universal assembly for true discernment
Kathy Smith explores the quotes from Experience Your Perfect Soul and shares from her contemplation of them.
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Quiet the mind.
Be still.
Listen to peace.
It, too, has a Voice.
In peace, there is all simplicity.
In peace, there are all answers.
In peace, one finds life.
In peace, one knows truth.
How can one worry
when life has no end?
How can one fear
when life is what you are?
In knowledge of truth,
guidance is provided,
because in knowledge of truth,
there is no fear of listening
to the Voice that knows of truth.
~From our Holy Spirit
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 169
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 169
Quiet the mind.
Be still.
Listen to peace.
It, too, has a Voice.
In peace, there is all simplicity.
In peace, there are all answers.
In peace, one finds life.
In peace, one knows truth.
How can one worry
when life has no end?
How can one fear
when life is what you are?
In knowledge of truth,
guidance is provided,
because in knowledge of truth,
there is no fear of listening
to the Voice that knows of truth.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Today’s reading is very powerful and should be read slowly and contemplatively. I also recommend reading it more than once today, possibly once in the morning and once in the evening.
Humans are addicted to self-judgment. Today’s reading points out that if we judge our self as good or bad or simply mistaken, we are not empty. Just as emptiness does not believe the mind’s stories, emptiness does not judge. Emptiness is silent watchfulness, including silently watching the body-mind that seems to be ‘me.’
Focus on the idea of emptiness as silent watching. Can you be empty by silently watching everything, including what your body-mind does or doesn’t do?
The reading says:
Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.
That sentence is not an opening to judge one’s self. There is a balance that only emptiness knows how to maintain. That balance is silent watching combined with discernment and acting based on intuitive guidance. However, silent watching is the over-arching beingness. In other words, silent watching watches the body-mind discern and act based on guidance, or not.
As an example, let’s imagine that someone says something. In my forgetfulness, I get annoyed and say something from annoyance, and then I see that. Immediately, I choose to shift into silent watching—not judgment. As I become empty, a realization that an apology would be beneficial comes from intuition. Abiding in silent watching and without any expectations, I apologize. I remain in silent watching and let whatever happens happen. I am also tuned-inward to intuition for my role in the play. I play my role and silently watch the play, including my role in it, simultaneously.
The simultaneous balance maintained by emptiness is silent watching, discernment and acting based on intuition.
In my example above, I spoke from annoyance, saw that, and then shifted into silent watching without self-judgment. I can do that now, but I admit there was a time when I couldn’t do that. Back then, self-judgment fired so quickly that I couldn’t stop it from happening. At that phase in my journey, I learned to shift into silent watching (or rest-accept-trust) and watch the automatic self-judgment, as well as any emotion that was created by self-judgment. Rest-accept-trust are the training wheels that teach silent watching.
In other words, shift into silent watching or rest-accept-trust whenever you can. If you can silently watch your body-mind without judgment, do that. If self-judgment seems automatic, watch that. If there is a lot of guilt or emotion that you feel nearly compelled to believe, practice rest-accept trust. Whatever you can do to move out of full believing and toward silent watching is beneficial.
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The reading tonight was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, p. 185-187, The Here and Now of Presence.
Homework for the upcoming week:
Homework Assignment A: Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
Homework Assignment B: Thoughts of Awakening, 169-175.
Homework Assignment C: Read NTI 1 Corinthians 10-16.
Listening to the Heart
is letting go of stories.
Letting go of stories
is letting go of judgment and fear.
This is what it means to be still.
This is what it means to be quiet.
This is what it means to be at peace.
One cannot be still while judging.
One cannot be quiet
while listening to the noise of stories.
One cannot be at peace
when the mind is absorbed with fear.
One must choose between one and the other.
One must look and see what each option offers,
and then one must make a choice.
~From our Holy Spirit
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 168
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 168
Listening to the Heart
is letting go of stories.
Letting go of stories
is letting go of judgment and fear.
This is what it means to be still.
This is what it means to be quiet.
This is what it means to be at peace.
One cannot be still while judging.
One cannot be quiet
while listening to the noise of stories.
One cannot be at peace
when the mind is absorbed with fear.
One must choose between one and the other.
One must look and see what each option offers,
and then one must make a choice.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Today’s reading is about our identification with thought. It’s about how thought thinks it is what we are, and we also think thought is what we are. The reading says:
The voice that thinks it is you has convinced you that it is you also, and so you listen to this voice as if it is you.
What is the “you” that thinks it is thought?
We can answer with labels like, “I am consciousness,” “attention,” or “awareness,” but instead of doing that, let’s look.
Can you see what you are?
Can you see how you give yourself to thought as if thought is what you are when thought is not what you are?
Can you see how you can hold back from giving yourself to thought?
Can you see how you can relax into a general openness that is the empty shell instead of being concentrated on thought?
Can you see how in this moment, you actually are general openness, even when some part of you is concentrated on thought?
Nisargadatta Maharaj once said:
I am that which knows I am.
Can you see (be aware of) that?
I recommend practicing a few minutes of awareness-watching-awareness with Self-inquiry before reading today’s reading. If you are clear on yourself when you read, the reading will be clear.
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Fear springs forth from judgment,
and fear spawns judgment.
Both are effects
of believing you need control,
and both feed the idea
from which they originally came.
Stories are in the mind.
Truth is in the heart.
Stories have words and reasons.
The Heart provides simple guidance now.
Fear trusts stories,
and stories are based on fear.
The Heart allows and listens and waits.
The Heart trusts truth,
and gently awaits unfolding.
~From our Holy Spirit