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“PURE PRESENCE”

When abiding as awareness (pure presence), there is no self-definition or identification with being any specific “someone.”

Such concepts hold absolutely no meaning for pure presence, nor do they carry any significance for the reality of what is.

Engaging in such activities is merely an addiction—an immersion in thought driven by the mind (the “I,” thoughts, the ego) that desires to be “someone.”

In other words, awareness needs to recognize that it is held captive by such things (identification, attachment, or unresolved issues) by its own confusion; by seeing through to their roots, the identification with the unconscious mind (the “I,” thoughts, the ego) inevitably dissolves.

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The mind (the “I,” thoughts, the ego) uses imagination to miniaturize and define everything unknown, and strives desperately to ensure reality of what is conforms to its interpretations.

As long as things seems to align with these interpretations, there are no problems and the mind (the “I,” thought, the ego) feels happy; often, thinking one has achieved self-realization, one begins to act as an intentional doer, seeking to teach or convey this understanding to others.

However, the moment the mind (the “I,” thought, the ego) encounters something that differs from and fundamentally shakes that interpretation, anxiety instantly arises, often triggering an unconscious, reflexive reaction to protect the “I.” It is so-called suffering.

In other words, a narrative of “justice” for the victimized “I” emerges there—the idea that “I” became unhappy because of that “something,” and therefore, that “something”—which undermimes “my” happiness—must be eliminated.

Alternatively, the “I” might tightly close off the mind, distancing oneself from anything that provokes anxiety.

Or, the “I” might cling to the notion that “the state aligned with my interpretation must be permanent because the “I” am right,” turning one’s eyes increasingly away from the actual facts.

In this way, resistance to the raw reality as it is emerges and continues unconsciously.

However, the fact is that no phenomenon—whether an experience, state, emotion, thought, sensation, or memory—ever becomes permanent, the “I” imagines that its interpretation is the very opposite of impermanence in duality and therfore the “I” clings that the “I” must achieve it.

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Attentivey and continually keep directing attention inward.

See through as awareness that no matter how much the “I” define the self, the narrative of the “I” is something that constantly fluctuates and shifts; see through the facts that the narrative of the “I” is merely a collection of phenomena—thoughts, emotions, sensations, and experiences—that appear temporarily and have nothing to do with pure presence and reality.

Also, see through that any happiness “of mine” gained by changing others or external phenomena is merely temporary and superficial, which is egotistic and childish desire of the “I.”

Furthermore, see through that simply memorizing the words of sages or living according to interpretations of it by the “I” is not “living” at all; rather, it is falling into an even deeper sleep—more into the thinking.

Moments of true realization and insight always carry a sense of “suddenly snapping back to reality as it is”—much like waking up from a deep, unconscious slumber.

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See through that good and evil do not exist within as mine or ours; rather, all phenomena regarded as good or evil are merely phenomena as dependently originated, and simply appear and disappear within a field of consciousness that holds infinite potential.

Pure presence is neither that good nor that evil.

Pure presence is the very awareness that perceives these phenomena without any judgment.

If awareness is truly awake (abiding as awareness), awareness will sense—without effort or intention—a vast, open, boundaryless space like a sense that the gentle breeze can always pass through; which exist as divine, far beyond, deeper and more profound than the narrative of the “I”; a completely pure sense of “just being” that is prior to thought.

It requires no comparison or judgement.

It is not something achieved through effort by an imperfect “me” trying to improve. It is not something that “I” can be attained through spiritual knowledge or experience.

Pure presence not only entails a complete absence of such doership, but also requires absolutely no doer whatsoever—whether a thinker, a realizers of ideals, an experiencer, an awakened being, or the like.

It is complete and whole—a realm, which is completely unaffected by anything and where all phenomena simply manifest as it should, either good or bad. (OM 🙏)