The mind must learn that beyond the moving mind
there
is the background of awareness, which does not
change.
The mind must come to know the true self and
respect it and
cease covering it up, like the moon which
obscures the sun
during solar eclipse.
What
you need
is to
be aware of being aware. Be aware deliberately and
consciously, broaden
and deepen the field of awareness.
Look at it this way. The mind produces thoughts
ceaselessly,
even when you do not look at them. When you know
what is
going on in your mind, you call it consciousness.
This is your
waking state—your
consciousness shifts from sensation to
sensation,
from perception to perception, from idea to
idea, in endless succession. Then comes awareness,
the direct insight into the whole of consciousness,
the totality of the mind. The mind is like a river,
flowing ceaselessly in the bed of the body;
idea, in endless succession. Then comes awareness,
the direct insight into the whole of consciousness,
the totality of the mind. The mind is like a river,
flowing ceaselessly in the bed of the body;
you
identify yourself for a moment with some
particular ripple and call it: 'my thought’. All you are conscious of is your mind;
particular ripple and call it: 'my thought’. All you are conscious of is your mind;
awareness
is the cognizance of
consciousness
as a whole.
consciousness
as a whole.
Our
minds are just waves on the ocean of consciousness.
As waves they come and go.
As ocean they are infinite and eternal.
As waves they come and go.
As ocean they are infinite and eternal.
Know yourself
as the Ocean of Being,
the womb of all existence.
These are all metaphors of course;
the reality is beyond description.
the womb of all existence.
These are all metaphors of course;
the reality is beyond description.
You can know it only by being it."
Nisargadatta
Awareness is primordial;
it is the original state of
Pure Potentiality.
It is beginningless and endless…
it is the original state of
Pure Potentiality.
It is beginningless and endless…
Go behind all perceptions, conceptions
and ideas to that which is aware…
and ideas to that which is aware…
Free your self from preoccupation
with names and forms
and see what remains...
with names and forms
and see what remains...
No Source of illumination is
required in order to see the sun.
One simply turns toward it and
rests in the attention of it.
How can you expect to
see the sun if your
attention is
fixated
elsewhere?
The peace you seek
is where you are.
Merely stop masking
it with thought.
Wu Hsin
Excerpts from
required in order to see the sun.
One simply turns toward it and
rests in the attention of it.
How can you expect to
see the sun if your
attention is
fixated
elsewhere?
The peace you seek
is where you are.
Merely stop masking
it with thought.
Wu Hsin
Excerpts from
Behind the Mind:
The Short Discourses
of Wu Hsin
of Wu Hsin
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