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“THE EASIEST PATH”

For a person, the “easiest path”—or the easiest way of living—contrary to what the mind (“I,” or thought) imagines, consists of criticizing and blaming others and the world based on value judgments one holds to be “correct,” while clinging to the belief that “‘I’ am living rightly.”

Of course, this way of living relies on extraordinary effort to “be right”—strictly policing and managing, or controlling “I’s” own words and (re)actions—and it is certainly a painful process.

Yet, because emotions and thoughts are categorized into “good” and “bad,” and those deemed “bad” are suppressed or denied, one never fully experiences emotions or simply observes thoughts as they arise and vanish within consciousness.

Consequently, emotional energy that has lost its outlet naturally and constantly seeks a release, while one is attached with “correct” thoughts, so thought energy as well inevitably accumulates, thereby creating a compulsion to prove that correctness (as the energy is released the moment it is proven).

This sometimes manifests as domestic violence or sudden, violent emotional outbursts. These incidents become layers of personal shame, thus they often drive further efforts to more rigidly eliminate the triggers that caused them.

Furthermore, one ends up living within a contradiction—a Möbius strip with no exit—where reflexive reactions are internally rationalized away as non-events or momentary lapses, while externally, by gaining validation from other minds, who identify with the “I” or thought, that also crave “correctness,” thereby one further reinforce one’s identification with the “mind” (“I”, or thought).

This is one pattern of living, constructed by the narrative of the “mind” (the “I”, or thought).

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When you as Awareness clearly sees through yourself walking along this Möbius strip, that inescapable contradiction finally comes to an end.

In that moment, “awareness” will finally realize the truth: that everything was created (percieved) by itself, and every event leading up to this point is precisely for the sake of that insight.

Only then does Awareness realizes that the notion of “‘I’ am walking a difficult path” was merely an unconscious assumption; only then is awareness truly prepared to live the raw reality.

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When awareness lives the raw reality, it recognizes thoughts simply as phenomena that arise and vanish within consciousness, without latching onto them or identifying with them.

Emotions are not judged in the slightest; each one is simply felt fully and completely (as a result, no emotional energy accumlated, and fade up smoothly and naturally).

There is no need to cling to anything, nor is there any attachment or claims for ownership.

Even experiences are made use of something as opportunities to recognize unconscious assumptions, beliefs, or projections by the narrative of the “I”; none of them become “mine.”

Consequently, there is no cause for pride or shame.

Yet, awareness continues to take full responsibility for all phenomena manifesting as “I’s” own words and (re)actions, whether internal or external.

It is because awareness does not introduce any concept of the “I”—personal, powerless, and pitiable, but insubstantial (or its counterpart)—into pure presence.

However, those many minds (the “I” or thought) that cannot see through essence—that cannot yet see the “I” without judgment purely—may well level various criticisms.

At times, awareness might face fierce condemnation or rejection.

Even in the face of such phenomena, however, awareness can see itself in that minds (“I”, or thought) as well because it knows such words and reactions naturallly happen as condition, as it, too, once identified with narrative of the “I”.

Moreover, because the “I” is absent, awareness always remains unhurt; there is no need to flee, justify, or defend itself. Instead, awareness can abide at the wholeness of pure presence—filled with compassion and unconditional love—as pure awareness.

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Attempting to attain enlightenment or acquire spiritual insight by controlling the “I” you believe yourself to be—or by trying to improve it through effort—does never make it possible to purely be as awareness; in fact, it drives further and further away.

Everything happens (perceives) in the world so that awareness may realize this very fact.

To realize it, awareness needs only turn attention inward; no judgment whatsoever is required.

Furthermore, take this to heart: “Seeing” does not mean looking at others or the world in order to judge them—driven by a need for them to change to suit the world “I” wish to inhabit. Rather, it is about seeing oneself—“I”—exactly as it is, in order to gain a deeper understanding of pure “presence.”

By the time this fact truly sinks in, it will be natural and obvious to the “awareness” that the vast difference between abiding as “awareness” and being “I”—as well as the alignment with pure presence, the so-called “right path,” as the sages say—is something entirely distinct from “correctness” within duality. (OM 🙏)