*type type type* All separation is imaginary. THIS is beyond comprehension.
Human beings are one-with THIS, but are not the totality of THIS (in the same way that a wave is one-with the ocean but is not the ocean).
Humans who perceive the totality of THIS are filled with awe, humility, reverence, love, and gratitude. One glimpse of the totality of THIS renders one a servant for life.
Poetry is the only form of language that can remotely capture the flavor, feel, or ineffability of THIS
There is just THIS. THIS may be lost in thought or THIS may be aware of what is seen, but there is no entity separate from the action. Because adults often stay lost in thought with no sense of their surroundings, when attention shifts back to sensory perception, there is often the thought, "OMG, I haven't been here for a while; I've been lost in thought." This often happens while driving on the highway. If a substantial period of time has elapsed, it may be shocking to realize that "I wasn't present for the last twenty minutes." Or, "How did the car navigate the highway safely when 'I' wasn't directing it?" Ha ha.
In fact, there is never an "I" who is directing anything. That is the fundamental illusion that underlies all other illusions. THIS is the only actor. THIS drives cars, pumps blood, transmits nerve impulses, contracts muscles, thinks, gets lost in thought, shifts attention away from thought, sees, hears, goes into samadhi, has visions, dreams, etc.
When THIS shifts attention away from thoughts (including the thought that there is someone shifting attention) to what can be seen or heard, it helps erode the structure of thought supporting the sense that there is someone separate from the action. Attention is key.
After the illusion of selfhood evaporates, then it no longer matters whether the body/mind is lost in thought or is silently aware. It will be realized that there is no person behind either activity. Until selfhood evaporates, recognizing shifts between thought and no-thought is only a distraction.
Human beings are one-with THIS, but are not the totality of THIS (in the same way that a wave is one-with the ocean but is not the ocean).
Humans who perceive the totality of THIS are filled with awe, humility, reverence, love, and gratitude. One glimpse of the totality of THIS renders one a servant for life.
Poetry is the only form of language that can remotely capture the flavor, feel, or ineffability of THIS
There is just THIS. THIS may be lost in thought or THIS may be aware of what is seen, but there is no entity separate from the action. Because adults often stay lost in thought with no sense of their surroundings, when attention shifts back to sensory perception, there is often the thought, "OMG, I haven't been here for a while; I've been lost in thought." This often happens while driving on the highway. If a substantial period of time has elapsed, it may be shocking to realize that "I wasn't present for the last twenty minutes." Or, "How did the car navigate the highway safely when 'I' wasn't directing it?" Ha ha.
In fact, there is never an "I" who is directing anything. That is the fundamental illusion that underlies all other illusions. THIS is the only actor. THIS drives cars, pumps blood, transmits nerve impulses, contracts muscles, thinks, gets lost in thought, shifts attention away from thought, sees, hears, goes into samadhi, has visions, dreams, etc.
When THIS shifts attention away from thoughts (including the thought that there is someone shifting attention) to what can be seen or heard, it helps erode the structure of thought supporting the sense that there is someone separate from the action. Attention is key.
After the illusion of selfhood evaporates, then it no longer matters whether the body/mind is lost in thought or is silently aware. It will be realized that there is no person behind either activity. Until selfhood evaporates, recognizing shifts between thought and no-thought is only a distraction.
