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Nondual Guided Meditation with Michael Taft

Let’s begin. What I would like you to do is solely, type of, settle once more into your seat, your asana. I would like you to easily look at in along with your self to see what it’s want to be you correct now, feeling your physique and your emotions and taking the local weather report in your ideas and your full being. Regardless of’s occurring merely let that be completely okay, even when it’s truly unpleasant for now, merely let that be merely one of the best ways it’s and that’s very good. So we’re checking in with ourselves, seeing what it’s want to be you correct now, and nonetheless that’s, is superb for now.

Good, and now I’d reminiscent of you to easily do a slight imaginal journey with me proper right here and film that you just simply’re sitting like an ocean, like a boundless, big ocean. It has that gorgeous placidity and remainder of water, there’s zero strain in any part of it. It’s truly free and open. We’re not transferring in any method anymore we’re merely resting as water, big, open, and on this case, fully clear water. So merely pretend to be sitting like an ocean irrespective of which suggests for you and see if yow will uncover that sense of rest, that sense of relaxation, and ease, and some sense of precise openness and readability. And spot that highlight or focus may be tight nonetheless consciousness itself is like this ocean. 

Consciousness itself is in fact relaxed and cozy, naturally huge open and simple, naturally clear. And allow consciousness to notice, with out effort and with out focusing, with none consideration the least bit, merely allow this wide-open consciousness to notice the rising and falling of the breath. In case you want to you probably may even see it as a wave inside the ocean nonetheless minimally, merely let your already huge open, wakeful consciousness merely uncover that the breath is rising and falling. Don’t put any strain on it, no tightness, no focus, merely huge open, noticing that the breath, the wave of the breath rises and falls inside the big ocean of wide-open consciousness. It doesn’t take any effort the least bit. It’s easy and relaxed.

I would like you to easily preserve allowing consciousness to notice that breath wave, as soon as extra, with out strain, with out focus, merely know that it’s happening. And also you’ll preserve it practically similar to the heartbeat or background of the observe. And as you’re doing that I invite you to do some bodily relaxation beginning alongside along with your head and face. So merely invite significantly your face to easily let go of any mounted expression or tightness or strain, not stretching or transferring, nonetheless merely allowing strain to empty from the face and get changed with a approach of ease and peace inside the face. So that you just simply uncover your forehead muscle mass stress-free barely bit and feeling type of good in your eyebrows and significantly the tense muscle mass spherical your eyes launch and loosen up, your eyelids let go, your cheeks and mouth and lips loosen up, and your jaw releases to the place the place your increased and reduce enamel are normally not touching. And easily uncover that that already brings a deeper sense of ease, a deeper sense of letting go you’ll be able to tune into. It doesn’t require any effort, it’s solely a type of letting go of effort, letting go of tightening on purpose, merely releasing that.

After which, let’s do the similar issue with our neck and throat, and shoulders, releasing any strain and altering that with openness and ease, and home. Now what usually happens is: if people uncover strain in a spot, they’ll start to battle it, and try and cast off it and all that, and that’s not what we’re doing. It’s merely irrespective of you’ll have the ability to uncover you’ll be able to merely let go, merely let go and experience that. And one thing that stays–needs to stay tense, then don’t battle it, merely let or not it’s one of the best ways it’s. 

If you find yourself getting drowsy, go ahead and open your eyes and sit up barely straighter. It makes it barely less complicated. You perceive there’s the muscle in your throat that for individuals who loosen up, it makes your voice deeper. It’s solely a type of relaxation. So for individuals who can loosen up that, go ahead and do that. And easily actually really feel now how your face and neck and throat and shoulders are. There’s only a bit further ease. There’s barely further house. And allow your arms and wrists and arms and fingers to easily go completely limp, limp like moist noodles, zero strain. No need the least bit to do one thing alongside along with your arms or arms or fingers. And spot how good that feels, you might even actually really feel barely additional blood transfer, or some tingling in your arms because of the aid. And so now merely uncover that the arms actually really feel good and the shoulders and neck and throat actually really feel good and the face feels good, or a minimum of barely further relaxed, barely further open. And easily tune into that as a type of elementary expression of the relaxed ease and openness of your already current spacious consciousness which is kind of an enormous open ocean. Merely tune into that. And drop now further deeply into letting go, noticing the rising and falling of that breath wave with none effort, and the best way good it feels to easily launch and open. Wakeful, very clear, very good, and actually relaxed.

Ought to you’ll be able to merely launch any strain in your diaphragm, in your abdomen, let that loosen up and be comfy. Your lower once more space to spherical your kidneys merely opens up, takes half inside the respiratory, lets go barely bit. After which uncover, inside the pelvic space, any strain there stress-free and opening, and your hips–your hip joints–releasing. Maybe your legs fall, merely naturally fall open, merely barely further and your legs themselves become limp like moist rags, no strain of any kind.

And in addition you uncover how this kind of relaxed, tension-free openness brings you to a spot of sitting nonetheless with none strain the least bit. That’s the sitting nonetheless of letting go and releasing.

And spot how, as your physique turns into further spacious feeling and open and releases and lets go, the core of your ideas can merely type of loosen up and practically soften, maybe merely soften into the ocean. So that the core of the ideas itself is spacious and cozy grabbing onto nothing, holding on to nothing, releasing and opening, and letting be.

And let’s merely sit with that collectively, wakeful, good and clear, a vast ocean of consciousness noticing the wave of the breath rising and falling with none effort. Must you uncover the ideas grabbing onto one factor, merely loosen up allow it to fall once more open with none effort. And irrespective of it was grabbing onto merely toddles off. Each time the ideas grabs on, merely loosen up, let that open, and let irrespective of it grabbed onto merely go on its merry method. 

The ideas proper right here is kind of an enormous spacious open ocean, grabbing onto, hanging onto nothing the least bit, merely noticing the rising and falling of the breath with none strain or consideration. Good, glorious, now let go of even noticing that breath wave and easily allow consciousness itself to rest in itself, noticing the tremendous openness and ease of consciousness. It’s already there, there’s nothing to do, it’s already present however moreover it’s tremendous stability. If, for irrespective of motive, that’s too tough, merely preserve noticing the breath wave. In some other case, we are going to use consciousness itself as its private meditation object, merely resting in consciousness of itself with none effort, it’s already aware, nothing to do.

Now, if I was a traditional coach, I’d yell truly loud correct now nonetheless in its place, I’m merely going to ring this bell. We’re going to proceed meditating nonetheless I’m merely going to ring the bell as quickly as merely to type of brighten points up in proper right here a bit. So bell’s coming. Let’s take heed to that bell. 

Good. Now we’re going to do one factor barely further energetic. I would like you to simply uncover irrespective of emotions are arising, if any are arising, and see that these emotions that are arising are empty. Which implies: they’re there, you’ll have the ability to actually really feel the emotion nonetheless it’s moreover type of not there, it’s like a reflection in a mirror, or like a rainbow or a cloud. There’s a way tone of emotion that’s there and on the similar time, it’s acquired a certain type of nebulosity, which we traditionally identify emptiness. And if there will not be any emotions there, then uncover that feeling of emotional peace or rest, and see the emptiness of that as successfully. So each time emotion arises of any form, no matter how small, we’re merely noticing its emptiness, very merely, very naturally. It’s not one factor you probably can seize and grasp on to. It’s not one factor you probably can put in a area. It’s not one factor you probably can label and place in a present case, it’s repeatedly transferring, altering, and in a way, practically like a reflection of an emotion–there and by no means there. Although you already know you’re feeling points, you’ll have the ability to not at all truly define it or pinpoint it or determine on a closing description. It’s repeatedly transferring and altering and nebulous. Uncover that property of any emotions or moods or feelings that are arising. In our conceptual ideas we want to make them into distinct points however after we’re allowing consciousness to contact it freely and overtly and immediately we uncover it isn’t an element.

Good. Now persevering with to do that, uncover the similar issue about any pondering that’s occurring, any type of pondering. Concepts are arising, nonetheless we are going to’t inform the place they’re coming from, they’re staying for a short time, nonetheless repeatedly altering after which they vanish and we don’t know the place they went. So, similar to with the feelings, with the emotions, it’s very laborious to say {{that a}} thought is an element or one factor we are going to seize onto. And significantly for individuals who’re using thought constructs to aim to data your meditation, or do it correct, or determine your self about it, all of that’s merely the similar issue; merely the arising and passing of a approach of movement inside the ideas nonetheless nothing you’ll have the ability to grasp on to. Likelihood is you’ll try to understand on to it, it’s attainable you’ll try and rest in it nonetheless it not at all rests, it’s not reliable like that, it’s empty. Concepts are like shining projections on nothing, merely there, however moreover type of not there.

Uncover that now. It’s practically like on this big open ocean of good clear consciousness that could be very awake there are merely ripples of thought and ripples of feeling, nonetheless merely further ocean, not ultimately completely completely different, nothing to carry onto. Now let’s do the similar issue with any concrete seeming physique sensations, all that discomfort in your legs, or some feeling in your once more, or irrespective of is occurring merely arising in consciousness like ripples inside the water, not ultimately completely completely different than the water, not ultimately able to injure the water or damage the water, there nonetheless not there. Concepts, emotions, physique sensations all merely like needs, like clouds, like reflections inside the water, there however moreover not there. Merely let go, don’t grasp on, there’s nothing to carry on to. If it’s tightening, merely loosen up. Uncover that the large home of consciousness, the ocean of consciousness is undisturbed, it’s completely comfy, open and restful it doesn’t matter what’s arising. Emotions are empty, concepts are empty, physique sensations are empty. 

Now uncover that even that sense of being you has that exact same prime quality, it’s like a reflection in a mirror, there nonetheless not there. That full story of you; likes and dislikes, your historic previous, the what you’re like, and the place you’re coming from all of that’s merely a reflection inside the mirror of consciousness. It’s positively there, it’s merely moreover type of not there. It’s like a dream, needs are there nonetheless when you rise up the place are they? Uncover that that full sense of self is kind of a dream. Don’t be the sense of self. Be what notices it. Uncover that even the idea you’re doing a meditation, am I doing it correct? am I doing it incorrect? how am I doing this? its going successfully, this isn’t going successfully, that’s all merely empty concepts, just some passing thought and feeling, like ripples inside the ocean of consciousness, completely empty, completely to not be held onto.

And after we lastly actually uncover our private already present, completely easeful, open awakeness it’s on a regular basis been there since beginningless time, we uncover that that’s merely very good, that’s at peace. However it’s moreover playful and spontaneous and actually alive, not caught up in a story, current and present and pure. It’s not at all not been there, it’s not at all not been the underside of your particular person being, nothing to restore, nothing to differ, huge open, completely present.

When consciousness acknowledges itself, acknowledges what it’s on a regular basis been it feels a type of pleasure. It’s merely the enjoyment of openness, the enjoyment of no constriction, and likewise the enjoyment of connection. There’s no lack of connection and togetherness. Merely uncover that kindness and pleasure and connection radiating out in all directions, bringing assist in all directions to all people everywhere. Kindness, peace, and ease to all beings everywhere.

Good. Go ahead and let go of the observe. Be glad to maneuver and stretch. 

Dharma Talk about 

You may additionally uncover that the spaciousness, the openness, the wakefulness, the eye doesn’t go away, didn’t go wherever. It’s nonetheless there on account of we’re not producing it, or ultimately by getting in merely the acceptable spot of meditation making it happen, or one factor like that. It’s on a regular basis there. We’re merely getting nonetheless adequate to notice that. In case you tune into that again and again, on account of it’s on a regular basis there to tune into, finally, in its place of the considered you tuning into it, you type of perceive that you just simply’re merely returning to the place you’re already at, or type of recognizing what’s already there. The additional that happens the additional it’s type of a humorous issue.

I imagine I was mentioning this verse from Rumi Jalaluddin the alternative day. It’s pretty well-known and I gained’t quote the poem precisely nonetheless you already know the poem is describing the anguish and angst and vitality of knocking on the door and knocking on the door trying to get inside after which realizing, oh, I’m knocking from the inside, already there. All of that was merely type of like a mistake or a humorous recreation, I’m already proper right here there was nothing to do and that’s the feeling. That’s the feeling after we acknowledge our private awakeness. It’s reminiscent of you’ve been trying to do the meditation correct, and in addition you’ve been trying to get concentrated, and in addition you’ve been, you already know, you’re warring with distraction, in any other case you’re warring alongside along with your kleshas, in any other case you’re warring with you’re feeling too drained in any other case you actually really feel too–what’s the fitting time interval I’m looking out for proper right here? the phrase that’s growing is feisty that’s not the exact phrase I’m looking out for. Flighty, barely flighty, you already know, merely type of an extreme quantity of tempo in your head so that you just’re trying to differ that, in any other case you’re merely constantly combating with the system to like get it correct. Obtained to get it correct.

And that’s the similar issue, I’m knocking and knocking and knocking, and then you definately definately perceive you’re knocking from the inside. There was nothing to get correct there on account of it’s the eye that’s already there, that’s already regular, that’s already clear, that’s already wakeful, that’s already completely free and joyous. There’s nothing to differ about it. And abruptly, you’ll have the ability to merely loosen up, it’s okay. The eye is already awake. After which, you tighten up and neglect that after extra, nonetheless merely loosen up and acknowledge as soon as extra, after which loosen up and acknowledge as soon as extra. Whenever you acknowledge that even barely bit, and then you definately definately get type of assured, oh yeah, I’m recognizing it.

You probably can’t ever neglect what that’s on account of it’s merely–it’s such an unusual issue. Have you ever ever ever study in A Stranger in a Uncommon Land they discuss how Michael Valentine Smith pushes people 90 ranges to each half. It merely disappears them on this type of magic method inside the information, acknowledged as a type of geometry. Like there’s a spot 90 ranges from each half and that’s type of what it appears to be like like the eye permeates each half nonetheless in a single different humorous method it’s 90 ranges from each half that we’ve been taught to pay attention to, like emotion, and naturally, emotion is awfully vital, helpful beautiful, useful, deep, rich, usually disturbing, upsetting, life-wrecking, usually essential issue and most therapeutic issue.

And so, there’s no sense whereby I’m saying that’s not vital or not there. However as well as it’s completely completely different than we predict it’s on account of it’s a reflection or arising in consciousness. Must you didn’t notice it was there, that’s completely completely different. Equivalent issue with concepts and for many people each our concepts or our emotions are going to be type of central to gluing our sense of self collectively, typically every. Nevertheless a number of of us are further like type of psychological assemble people, a number of of us are further, you already know, deep emoters, nonetheless all people’s acquired every of those occurring. Nevertheless inside the case of concepts, it’s very simple to easily glom onto these and seize onto them and by no means–I don’t merely suggest phrases, it’s not merely phrases, like we tend to think about concepts as similar to the sentences in our heads, nonetheless it’s moreover merely the final constructions, the concepts, the frames that we’re setting points in, and the standpoint. I don’t suggest seen

viewpoint, I suggest type of our sense of the place we’re compared with them. All that’s coming beneath the phrase thought or let’s imagine thought assemble, or concepts and all within the similar method as a result of the emotions, that’s there. We’ll assemble an airplane using that and it’ll fly and also you already know the stuff is useful nonetheless it’s moreover completely completely different than what we predict it’s. It’s reflecting, it’s an arising in consciousness, like a ripple in an ocean and it’s not separate from the ocean. It’s not one factor to grab onto. 

Equivalent to emotions, you’ll have the ability to’t grasp your hat on it, you’ll have the ability to’t rest on it, you’ll have the ability to’t attempt to be that. And that’s all we do is attempt to be these points. And after we attempt to be these points,  we uncover repeatedly, you’ll be able to’t actually do that and that’s irritating. So we try and repeatedly battle to make these ultimately regular, ultimately a spot to rest, ultimately one factor to be. They normally not at all might be that. And there wasn’t a millisecond in your full life the place you’ve been that. That’s like believing you’re the avatar in your on-line recreation. It’s there, you’ll have the ability to see it, nonetheless that’s not one factor you could possibly be. Nevertheless what’s noticing that? How do you even notice it’s there?

As soon as extra, the eye is central. It’s the way you already know there’s a thought assemble there the least bit, or what the thought assemble is. And so, the game proper right here is to to not do it correct, or to not be the fitting thought assemble, or to not have the fitting emotion, or to ultimately stabilize these, or ultimately make these all come into focus glorious, nonetheless pretty to easily stop grabbing on to any of that prolonged adequate to easily uncover the issue that’s on a regular basis there.

The noticing itself. The noticing itself. And that’s what I suggest, it’s type of 90 ranges to each half on account of we’ve not at all been educated to do that. It’s truly actually pretty easy nonetheless on account of we’ve not at all been educated to do it, it feels similar to the weirdest issue on the earth. And the standard technique, the standard type of like–for individuals who get into type of the traditions and the scriptures and stuff what they’ll say is that it’s–I’ll neglect the overall guidelines–nonetheless that it’s like very easy you merely can’t take into account you’re doing it correct. And it’s so obvious you’ll be able to’t take into account that that’s what individuals try to get you to see, and it’s so good you’ll have the ability to’t take into account that that’s truly it. There’s one other, I can’t take into account what it’s correct now, nonetheless it’s like truly that simple, and really that obvious, and really that good. Whenever you type of get the grasp of what we’re trying to get you to notice, which is the noticing. 

In a bunch of my programs, we’ve been going through this beautiful translation of a poem a Sixteenth-century Tibetan poet and grasp, Jigmé Lingpa. The information is translated by Ken McCleod, it’s referred to as A Trackless Path. Nevertheless in there, he says one factor truly fascinating, which is: in its place of glomming onto the arising, be what’s conscious of the arising, be what notices it. And he has a extraordinarily fascinating metaphor for that, he says that’s like being an oak peg inside the laborious ground. It’s a extremely odd metaphor when you think about it. All these traditions discuss home and openness and ease and there’s nothing to carry onto nonetheless he’s saying that sense of coming from consciousness itself, openness, not a thought assemble, not any type of assemble, nonetheless merely consciousness, even consciousness, not as a assemble not as an element, that has this property of being like an oak peg inside the laborious ground.

And regardless that it too is empty, it does have this fascinating sense of being super regular and actually unruffled, regardless that quite a few points are altering. It has this sense it’s on a regular basis been there, it’s not at all been completely completely different. And so forth now we’re not deifying that or refining that into the one eternal issue, it’s nonetheless empty as I’m saying nonetheless nonetheless it has this property of–compared with

the constructs–of being like an oak peg inside the laborious ground. It’s very fascinating after we be taught to meditate by, let’s say, specializing within the breath, which is a stunning issue to do, I suggest please do that, it’s a superb meditation. We’re type of borrowing the soundness of the breath to stabilize our ideas, correct? Or let’s say, you’re meditating on having a look at a cushion in entrance of you, we’re type of borrowing the soundness of that seen presentation to nonetheless our ideas. Nevertheless finally, as you do that type of meditation more and more extra and further you perceive the issue itself isn’t regular the least bit, it was merely comparatively regular.

Nevertheless the additional you uncover it the additional–counting on the best way you’re doing the meditation–you might see it flip proper right into a type of like buzzy super vibratory static or just immediately see its emptiness, which is like solely a mirrored image. And so the issue that you just’re using to stabilize the ideas, finally, you see is completely unstable and what’s actually regular is what’s like Ideas with a capital M. The eye itself is tremendously regular and the objects of consciousness are normally not. And so, we are going to allow what’s already there nothing specific, merely the reality that you just’re awake, correct, now to be its private stability.

It’s very fascinating, it’s very extremely efficient, it’s type of liberating, or I could say radically liberating.

Significantly the additional you uncover that that’s on a regular basis accessible, on a regular basis accessible and that’s when you’re like, oh I’ve been knocking and knocking to get inside to the great place nonetheless I’m knocking from inside, the great place I fully acquired it like I’m already there. It’s already there, I didn’t should make it, I didn’t have to like crawl my method there. It’s already there. So good, that’s my raving for this evening. Any questions or suggestions and even experiences from you all?

Questioner 1: What’s the function of this not transferring inside the meditation?

Michael:  Entire relaxation. 

Questioner 1: What regarding the ache that’s construct up?

Michael: Yeah, so if ache is construct up then major be at liberty subsequent time to sit down down inside the wiggle room and by no means experience that ache, that’s good. Nevertheless as you get more and more extra used to sitting like this, you’ll uncover that the ache doesn’t come up on account of your physique merely will get used to sitting nonetheless, or if it does, that turns into one different object to notice the emptiness of and allows you to be part of further deeply with the eye that’s noticing. It’s actually truly, truly helpful to sit down down nonetheless nonetheless you don’t want to do it sooner than you’re ready on account of then it’s type of merely agony, which is why we kindly current the alternative home. Finally though, you’ll uncover that after you loosen up adequate your physique merely–that’s what I was saying we don’t maintain nonetheless rigidly, we’re not holding ourselves nonetheless proper right here, you’re stress-free to the aim the place you’ll have the ability to’t switch on account of for individuals who had been to aim to switch you’d should tense once more up. And Must you get used to doing that and in addition you sit reminiscent of you’re sitting in a way that you just simply’re used to sitting, your physique will uncover this spot the place it could effectively sit, the place it merely feels good the complete time.

So it merely takes barely getting used to, nonetheless while you’re used to it, it’s like there’s type of a BING! You merely want to merely be so relaxed and open that you just simply merely, type of, can’t switch. So it’s truly finally very, superb. 

As soon as I used to be first finding out to sit down down this fashion it was like jail and oh I merely gotta make it through it, and that could be useful. Really, quite a few traditions work with that nonetheless it’s okay to not push it extra than you’ll have the ability to push it correct now. Nevertheless finally, you’ll uncover–it could take months or years or irrespective of–nonetheless finally, you merely sit there and it merely feels good to easily truly loosen up. On account of frequently you’re ready to maneuver–that’s the humorous issue–readiness to maneuver is like 15-20 p.c strain inside the muscle mass. That’s what readiness is. And so for individuals who let go of that, truly let go of it, you compromise proper right into a type of stillness that could be very, very good after which your ideas will start to loosen up. So the physique and ideas are one issue, correct? So that tremendous relaxation kind stillness inside the bodily physique begins to induce relaxed open stillness inside the ideas, whereas if we’re retaining the physique truly tense and that’s like we’re trying to keep up the ideas tense. Usually we try and get thought-free by retaining the ideas tense. That doesn’t help. It fully doesn’t work. Otherwise you already know, if we’re merely constantly fidgeting and scratching and altering our hair and zipping and unzipping our clothes, or irrespective of, our ideas merely will do the similar issue. So finally, we merely be taught that truly, you already know, that’s even the important thing of jhana. The important thing of jhana isn’t ultimately extreme focus, it’s actually finding out loosen up, truly loosen up. On account of after we truly loosen up the physique, the ideas truly relaxes, and in its place of being some type of tight administration that’s the true precise focus, the ideas is solely fully nonetheless. And it comes from opening, releasing, letting go, liberating strain, correct? So that’s why we’re sitting nonetheless, okay? 

Yeah nonetheless, you already know, one issue I’ll say is often it feels alongside along with your legs like within the occasion that they fall asleep they’re gonna–you’re gonna be accomplished meditating and your correct leg from the knee down will merely snap off or one factor and that’s not gonna happen. They solely get barely numb usually on account of the nerve is solely barely pressed only a bit bit and as long as you get up gradual they’ll be completely very good. Good question though, thanks. What else?

Questioner 2: Is there some extent previous which we are going to’t go? Is there some extent that’s actually invisible after we try and focus the eye? In several phrases, I was shocked how quite a bit I could actually really feel that happening nonetheless mentally I’m pondering I wish to have the flexibility to determine the issue up and take a look at it which suggests you’re separate from it.

Michael: Yeah, and so that’s coming from thought, correct? That’s coming from the thought: there’s me over proper right here having a look at consciousness over there and so naturally reminiscent of you’re saying, you get that feeling of–I’ve acquired to have the flexibility to determine it up and take a look at it or preserve it or think about it. Nevertheless you’ll have the ability to let go of every little little bit of that and since consciousness is aware it doesn’t require any focus. You don’t have to try it with tight consideration in any method, it’s already aware of itself. It’s not an element that you just simply’re inserting into focus, it’s already there. In some other case, you’d be ineffective or unconscious or one factor. Is there an experience happening correct now? 

Questioner 2: There’s a consciousness…

Michael: No, reply the question. Is there an experience happening?

Questioner 2: Yeah

Michael: That’s it. You merely did it, you don’t should tighten it the least bit to try it in some specific method. That’s what I suggest. It’s very easy you’ll be able to’t take into account it. It’s merely that nakedness of the reality that there’s experience. So one thing you’re doing to aim to get an angle on it or flip spherical to try, all of that’s merely nonsense. And I did it for years, so I fully relate to why you’re doing it nonetheless it’ll be pretty literal, throw it out, merely come once more to it’s already aware of itself. It’s that simple.

Okay. does that make sense to you? Can you do it correct now? Yeah? No? 

Questioner 2: Positive.

Michael: Okay, correct. It’s correct there, no focus wanted. So isn’t it fascinating, we type of make what I’d identify like a cartesian theater in our head, like okay there’s a me over proper right here and I gotta put it up that issue over there. All of that’s merely together with stuff in that doesn’t ought to be there.

So merely every time you uncover your self doing that, merely drop it, it’s solely a waste of time. 

Okay, superior, good question. Different folks?

Questioner 3: You talked about one factor barely bit earlier that the place you had been type of talking about thought and motion and my question is how do you’re feeling as if thought and motion aren’t completely completely different from each other and the best way the function of them is completely completely different?

Michael: It’s a complicated question on account of it’s like on many various layers, correct? And so inside the context of this dialogue, I’ll merely reply briefly although there’s further to it. I’d say in in all probability essentially the most type of childlike frequent method we uncover that concepts are each sounds or pictures, correct? They’re going to be converse converse converse or pictures and even after they’re deep concepts they’re going to have that type of building, whereas emotions are going to be a physique sensation primarily, we’d have ideas regarding the emotion nonetheless that comes once more to concepts. The emotions themselves actually really feel like a type of movement inside the physique. So to put it in type of an experiential nonetheless maybe childlike method; concepts are going to be sounds and pictures, and emotions are going to be feelings in your physique, okay? So what’s fascinating is as we go deeper and deeper with these all of them start seeming like a type of movement and finally they type of come collectively into one issue, correct, and it’s merely stuff transferring. After which finally you acknowledge it’s merely consciousness transferring, it’s not even an element, it’s like an empty phantom in consciousness. 

And however as soon as extra, after we are saying empty it looks like I suggest nothing nonetheless I don’t suggest nothing, there’s an experience there. Nevertheless as we go deeper and deeper into what we’d identify the ideas sense, correct, it seems to easily be more and more extra movement, irrespective of which suggests. After which the movement–like I was saying, like ripples on the ocean of consciousness–are merely manufactured from further consciousness. You perceive that the concepts and feelings and physique sensations and even the world spherical you, it’s not manufactured from one thing nonetheless consciousness. Although it’s not manufactured from it nonetheless it’s not completely completely different than it did anyway so nonetheless to get into the function and all that, that’s an entire completely different…

I’ll say I don’t know. Does that reply your question the least bit?

Questioner 3: Yeah.

Michael: Okay. Good. Positive? 

Questioner 4: So that you just’re talking about consciousness as part of the self and to me…

Michael: I not at all talked about that.

Questioner 4: Okay, are you talking about consciousness? Nevertheless what regarding the will? Is the necessity assumed beneath consciousness or is it a separate issue? Or is it…

Michael: In case you say the necessity what do you suggest?

Questioner 4: I don’t merely have the sense that I’m aware, I even have the sense that I can do points. I can do irrespective of I would like.

Michael: The place does that come from? How have you ever learnt what you want?

Questioner 4: I choose it.

Michael: How have you ever learnt what to determine on? Like in order that you choose to, I don’t know, go to the bathroom?

Questioner 4: It’s a mixture between determining and deciding on, type of.

Michael: All I’d say is look truly intently on the idea of will and inform me the place it comes from and for individuals who decided it. Merely in your particular person experience look truly intently. On account of I can sit proper right here and say I imagine it’s this or that nonetheless I don’t know the truth of the universe, I merely invite you to see if that issue of like successfully… 

Questioner 4: I merely do it on account of I want to.

Michael: Okay, successfully look into the wanting truly how do you even know you want that? The place does that come from? It’s an fascinating issue to look deeply at. 

Questioner 4: The wanting isn’t the required issue, I didn’t will one thing even one factor I don’t want to I can watch nothing and I’ve 5 selections in entrance of me I merely will this one.

Michael: Okay, uncover that second of eager then. The place does that come from? Look truly intently. When does it–is there a second sooner than the eager? What’s there sooner than the eager? And what’s modified as quickly as, correct in that second, when that sense of eager it appears? And the place did it come from? Try it out. I guarantee that is likely to be fascinating.

Questioner 4: Okay

Michael: It’s further vital than my ideas about this or that. Merely look into your particular person experience.

Okay, superior. Time wise I should go proper right here. I actually wish to preserve talking and really take pleasure in being privileged to hold round with you guys and take heed to your questions and stuff. 

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