You [have to be willing] to ask "Who am I" or "What am I"
without any script or role, without the story, about who or what
you are, releasing the script of what you think your life is about.
Every sense of identity has its script.
you are, releasing the script of what you think your life is about.
Every sense of identity has its script.
...what am I, and who am I without my story, without my
demands upon the moment, without any hope of this
moment, without my script?
demands upon the moment, without any hope of this
moment, without my script?
The mind would answer, "I don't know", because the mind
does not know when it is disarmed, it doesn't know who or what
it is without its role or its character to play.
does not know when it is disarmed, it doesn't know who or what
it is without its role or its character to play.
The actor who is acting this all out is named "me."
The actor keeps maintaining itself. It will do whatever it takes
to keep the ball called "me" rolling.
The actor keeps maintaining itself. It will do whatever it takes
to keep the ball called "me" rolling.
When this disarming happens you are allowing the wordless
experience to present itself. This is the wordless experience of
being. You realize it's not a script or role, it carries no agenda,
and has no demand upon the moment. It's also not the actor.
What you are is prior to your idea of you.
experience to present itself. This is the wordless experience of
being. You realize it's not a script or role, it carries no agenda,
and has no demand upon the moment. It's also not the actor.
What you are is prior to your idea of you.
What you are without your role [identity] is often assumed to
be hidden somewhere. And so when you let go of your role
[identity], when you look past the character called "me" for the
truth of your being, you may look for the Self, the Truth, the
"enlightened me." Looking for the "enlightened self" is just
another role, another script. It's part of the spiritual seekers
script. If you drop the script - now what are you?
be hidden somewhere. And so when you let go of your role
[identity], when you look past the character called "me" for the
truth of your being, you may look for the Self, the Truth, the
"enlightened me." Looking for the "enlightened self" is just
another role, another script. It's part of the spiritual seekers
script. If you drop the script - now what are you?
Of course the reason I ask you to inquire into what you are is
because, at this moment, you are living the answer. Nothing I
would tell you is a substitute for that Aliveness, for that living
of the answer. That is why it has been said many times that
only the people who don't know who they are, are "awake."
Everyone else knows who they are - because they are their
script, whatever their script is, [which includes their "spiritual"
script], or "I'm not awake" script. Awakeness is to have no
script, to know that ultimately a script is just a script, and a
story just a story.
because, at this moment, you are living the answer. Nothing I
would tell you is a substitute for that Aliveness, for that living
of the answer. That is why it has been said many times that
only the people who don't know who they are, are "awake."
Everyone else knows who they are - because they are their
script, whatever their script is, [which includes their "spiritual"
script], or "I'm not awake" script. Awakeness is to have no
script, to know that ultimately a script is just a script, and a
story just a story.
There is a state of mind in which the mind says, "I have no
idea who I am," because it can't find the right script.
Awakening is the realization that happens after the mind says,
idea who I am," because it can't find the right script.
Awakening is the realization that happens after the mind says,
"I give up. I just have no idea who I am." When you start to
understand this, you realize that if you put down your script of
being someone listening, and if you put down your script of
someone saying something, [or being a "spiritual" someone]
and you just drop these roles for a moment, you realize you are
not who you have taken yourself to be; this idea of a "me" that
thinks it's going to get its happiness through changing the script,
its role, its identity - even if its identity is to have no identity
[no-self]....
understand this, you realize that if you put down your script of
being someone listening, and if you put down your script of
someone saying something, [or being a "spiritual" someone]
and you just drop these roles for a moment, you realize you are
not who you have taken yourself to be; this idea of a "me" that
thinks it's going to get its happiness through changing the script,
its role, its identity - even if its identity is to have no identity
[no-self]....
Adyashanti
From: Emptiness Dancing
From: Emptiness Dancing
~
Play life intuitively
not pre-scripted
not pre-scripted
~
Photo - Mystic Meandering
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