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.
Thoughts of Awakening # 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
Homework for this week
- Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
- Practice the “Loving All” Method.
- Thoughts of Awakening, 162-168
- Read NTI 1 Corinthians 3-9
- The reading shared on Tuesday night was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, 178-184, The True Dreamer (completed)
- Exercise: Tune in and notice, from time to time, it’s now and I’m here. Go about your day to day activities, they may change but notice… it is always now and you are always here. When you notice that, you are actually noticing the self in a different way. The timeless, placeless presence.
