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“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 paints and inks possess the property of absorbing and reflecting light, mixing them triggers “subtractive”
mixing, causing the color to shift toward black.

Thus, there is a fundamental fact about color: depending on what is mixed, the outcome can be diametrically opposed—either white or black.

Yet, most of us remain unaware of a similar fact regarding our own lives: the world we perceive—and inhabit—shifts completely based on the unconscious assumptions, beliefs, or values, etc. ​​we hold.

In short, we tend to assume that everyone else is seeing and living in the exact same world as we are.

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Spiritual awakening certainly involves emerging—through insight—from the ignorance of not realizing these facts. However, it goes beyond that. It is not about the “I” choosing or constructing a “desirable” world versus an “undesirable” one. Rather, it lies in realizing—through pure awareness—that everything perceived, including the very narrative of “I,” is merely a phenomenon of impermanence.

It is not the “I” or “us” that awakens.
It is not about improving the “I” or “us” to become “good people.”
It is not about the “I “ or “us” striving to gain knowledge or elevate our character.

What is required is a process of “peeling back the layers of a lifetime of conditioning”—scrutinizing, one by one, everything from the “I”itself to the various narratives of “I” or “us,” “my” or “our” experiences, and our human or societal values, assumptions, and beliefs—and seeing through their lack of fundamental basis.

In other words, rather than what you as the “I” are engaging in thought or making judgments based on knowledge, or interpretation by experiences acquired thus far, awareness conducts self-observation and self-inquiry—devoid of any comparison or judgment—through the clarity of the innermost stillness.

Turn inward and pose questions such as:
“Where did that come from?”
“To what extent is it true?”
Or, “Does it align with Pure Presence as divinity?”

However, this is not a matter of losing one’s existence—something the mind (“I,”
thought, the ego) fears.

On the contrary, through this process, the “I” or “we”—illusions merely constructed within the mind—are gradually dismantled and dissolved. Eventually, all that remains is Pure Presence: as the wholeness or perfection, lacking nothing, raw existence.

This is precisely the discovery of pure being within—the unwavering “SELF” that requires neither comparison nor judgment.

It is effortless, absolute openness and unconditional love.

At times, this process can be quite painful; it may bring distress, sadness, and so tears.

Yet, to awaken to the “SELF”—that truth which is the simplest thing of all, and yet is said to be “never easy”—what is essential is not the accumulation of spiritual knowledge or experiences, but rather this steady, painstaking work focused on the narrative of the “I” itself.

Without this, awareness cannot realize—as pure awareness—that phenomena are merely two sides of the same coin, nor can the fundamental ignorance be dispelled.

Furthermore, without such realization, the effortless surrender of the “I” and the letting go of attachments cannot possibly occur; instead, the “I” will continue its desperate, unrewarded struggles, perpetuating a state of unhappiness.

Of course, it is possible to accumulate knowledge and experience, or even to appeal to others and prompt them to act rightly—at least temporarily. Yet, as human history clearly demonstrates, such actions never lead to a fundamental awakening or transformation in people.

Moreover, as long as the “I” possessing that knowledge or experience remains, separation persists, inevitably giving rise to attachment to the “I.” Consequently, even if the mind (“I,” thought, ego) uses unconscious deception to pretend otherwise, “my” or “our” suffering will naturally continue to arise.

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Live each and every moment with care by remaining fully in the “now.”

Even simple acts—such as drinking tea or eating a meal—become forms of meditation when performed attentively while being truly present in the here and now.

By doing so, awareness will naturally gain the insights needed for the present moment.

Conversely, whenever you criticize others (including yourself) or the world, or voice complaints, awareness is completely immersed in thought and identification with it. Become aware that, in such states, awareness is doing everything unknowingly—so deeply engrossed in thinking that awareness has forgotten itself as pure awareness: Pure Presence that exists prior to thought.

Then, Realize, too, that such unconscious resistance and attempts at control stem from fear.

As awareness itself begins to recognize this, the confusion arising from identifying with the “I” naturally dissolves; without any effort, the world that awareness perceives and inhabits inevitably transforms into the raw, pure, perfect, and as-is world. (OM 🙏)