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Continue reading →: “As insight deepens”“AS INSIGHT DEEPENS” As keep attention turned inward and deepen self-observation and self-inquiry through the clarity of profound inner stillness, awareness increasingly gains simple insights that remain uninfluenced by any judgments, knowledge, or interpretations. As awareness deepens these direct and immediate insights, the “I” that needs defending and the preconceived…
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Continue reading →: “Color: two sides of the same coin”“COLOR: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN” In the realm of light, mixing the three primary colors—red, green, and blue—results in white; this is known as additive color mixing. Conversely, when you mix all paints or inks together, the result approaches black, turning into a dark, murky, grayish-black hue. Because…
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Continue reading →: The changing and the unchanging”“THE CHANGING AND THE UNCHANGING” The world you inhabit is an accurate reflection of the concepts you hold—whether consciously or unconsciously. This implies that if your concepts change, your world changes simultaneously. So, what about you? Is the “I” that you identify as “myself” not also undergoing change? To be…
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Continue reading →: “Only the now exists”“ONLY THE NOW EXISTS” We—consciousness of oneness, Pure Presence—exist only in this very moment. Not in the memories of yesterday, nor in the imaginings of tomorrow. Only in the now. The “flowing time” that the mind (the “I,” thoughts, the ego) is captivated by is merely a concept; while thought…
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Continue reading →: “Judgment and Love cannot coexist”“JUDGMENT AND LOVE CANNOT COEXIST” Judgment is merely a thought—linked to the various values that the mind (“I,”thought, the ego) labels as “mine.” Love, on the other hand, is another name for Awareness—pure Presence, openness itself—and carries no narrative of the “I”attached to it. Therefore, when judgment occurs, love is…
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Continue reading →: “What is ignorance?”“WHAT IS IGNORANCE?” Ignorance (avidya in Sanskrit, mumyō in Japanese)—which, in Japanese, is written with characters meaning “absence of light”—does not simply mean a lack of knowledge (intellectual or conceptual understanding). Rather, it refers to being blind to the true nature of reality and the truth of the “True Self.”…
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Continue reading →: “If you want to change the world.”“IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD” Observe yourself, the “I”. Delve deep—far, far down, into the very root of “I”-being. Without any judgment whatsoever. Without trying to improve “I” through that doing. ࿓࿓࿓࿓࿓ As long as one directs one’s attention outward in an attempt to change others (including “oneself”)…
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Continue reading →: “On Openness”“ON OPENNESS” Openness is not something that “I” acquire through effort or achieve; rather, it refers to a quality of awareness itself—of pure presence. In other words, to abide in openness means that the “I” is absent; it is a matter that awareness is utterly humble before the fact that…
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Continue reading →: “Becoming aware of the unconscious”“BECOMING AWARE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS” The mind (the “I,” or thought) tends to become engrossed in interpreting events and devising solutions for the people and the world it perceives as problematic. In doing so, Beingness identifies with thoughts—such as “‘I’ am grasping reality” or “‘I’ have devised a solution for…
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Continue reading →: “There are no problems in life”“THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS IN LIFE” There is not a single problem in life. All that exists is the thought that deems something to be a problem. As thoughts—or judgments—arise one after another (labeling one idea right and another wrong), while awareness fails to recognize them as “merely thoughts,” the…

