nonduality

Fully being itSelf,

this One Self cannot

compromise, ever.

What lucky fortune

that our eternal nature

is simply

unable to

deviate

from its Wholeness

and

pristine Freshness

for even

a “split second”,

resting infinitely

beyond time and space,

silently knowing

all that appears

in 3d

only ever as itself,

not as it appears to

the five senses

when even an inch

of separation

seems to prevail.

Thanks for

wise discernment

when

feelings and thoughts

suggest

otherwise,

thanks for

sweet surrender,

watching

appearances

play-like dissolve

as soap bubbles,

one by one,

only brilliant

light sparkling

and shining,

illuminating

itself with grace and beauty.

Thanks for the many

lovely helpers

along the

pathless path,

animate or

seemingly

inanimate.

Never an idol,

replacing

what already is.

Instead, affirming

life’s boundless

joy–

amethyst and ametrine,

the flower of life

and this lovingly

made Native American

dreamcatcher.

Nag Champa incense

from a dear friend,

Reiki from another

cherished one.

Admiring my

beloved friend’s

gorgeous

“Emptinesscafe” blog.

Lovely messages

and calls, meetings

of the heart,

Life gently

attuning all

within resonance,

it feels.

Endless, bountiful

gratitude,

bowing

to

what is.

My whole allegiance

belongs to this

one infinite heart

I AM

purely seeing

from,

as, and towards.

The alpha

being

the omega

all melts

into this

exquisite

eternal,

undimensional

love

that allows

no escape,

remains untouched

and

unceasingly

pulls us back

through grace

to itself,

from whence

it never left…

should pure seeing

don a veil

to play forgetting

itSelf.

In the last chapter of Dr. Shankar's profound book, Kaivalya Gita Vol. 1, titled LIFE, he gives a full commentary on: "Man thinks he can control life." I found it so valuable, that it inspired the following BLOG on my website which I wish to share with my brothers and sisters here on the Never Not Here Forum. -Michael

YOU are NOT the doer

March 24, 2011

"The moment you understand that you are not in control,
then you become steady." -Dr. Vijai Shankar

YOU are NOT the doer. You are not in control. Life is--and always has been--for everyone. It's true. You are what sees/watches what happens AS it happens. And the proper attitude for your viewing pleasure and enjoyment of Life (since you have been given the very best seat in the house!), is one of love, faith and awe, and not worry, concern or fear! :)

Not convinced? Okay, let's say that you ARE the doer. And you wish to make something happen. Okay, so you wish to pick up a pen and you do so, now what? See, while you are deciding what the next thing is that you should do, the show is still going on! The movie is still playing! Life is still moving, still unfolding. If life were to pause while everyone on the planet tried to make up their mind as to what should happen next, Life could never work!

As Dr. Vijai Shankar reminds us:

Nick Gancitano

Question: For more than 6 years now I have been 'doing' Self-inquiry to figure out: Who is the doer? When there is no I-thought, actions seem to happen on their own. No doer, like a sentence that has just been written down. Or as you state on your website, seeing/hearing/smelling is happening without an I doing it or thinking about the action. Only when there is a pre-thought such as 'I am now going to lift my right hand in the air', 'I' can see that that thought just happened out of nowhere. Not that the arm is moving or happening on its own accord. That is why the I is still in place, because it feels like I am the doer. So I am the doer and I am not the doer at the same time. This cannot be right and at the same time it feels like something is missing. Any suggestions to make the seeing clear? [Click 'Read More' for Nick's response]

Gina Lake

When we are identified with the ego, we feel lacking, life feels lacking, and others feel lacking. The state of ego-identification is a state of never having enough, of discontentment, judgment, fear, doubt, and other negative emotions. When we are identified with the ego, the world revolves around "me," "my problems," and "my life." This state is a one of contraction and suffering.

The state of lack that is ego-identification is not only an uncomfortable state, but an unattractive one. When people are deeply identified with the ego, you can see the tension in their faces and bodies. You can hear the suffering in their voice and in what they talk about. Energetically, you can feel the negativity that accompanies this state. When you are around someone who is expressing and living out the ego's negativity, you feel either drained, bored, repulsed, or bad, since their energy is often contagious. Their negative inner state gets reflected outwardly and is felt energetically, and it doesn't attract support or opportunities from others. Naturally, those in such a state want to manifest or attract love, support, opportunities, and other things, but the state of lack and negativity that such people are experiencing actually repels these things. Neediness is not attractive.

Cory Bright

Hi ALL,

I will get to those direct blow "you" away audios and really looking for a bunch of video sharings to arise as well. However for now, I think this new audio sharing has it's place to alleviate the mind a little when it finds contradictory nondual sharings that all make sense somehow! lol

This audio just skirts that a little, (not heavily specifically targeted) but I think can be of enormous clarity if your mind gets to wrapped up in the subtle or outright differences that arise as different nondual like sharings.... enjoy this explanative (also potentially mind blowing) perspective!

In order to listen.... please do go to my homepage at

www.theopenway.org

and specifically under my picture is.... the new audio entitled...

"NEW! - What are we? Phenomena? Stories? or Neither? - A Clarification on how we share - audio"

Unable to embed it here for now..

Love & Blessings
Cory Bright
www.theopenway.org

Gina Lake

Have you noticed how much your mind thinks about how your life is going? It's always checking to see how things line up with the way it wants your life to look. The funny thing is that life hardly ever measures up with how the story is supposed to go because it's a setup—even when life is good, something isn't good enough. Life doesn't line up with your stories, not because life is bad or you are doing something wrong, but because life will never line up with the stories/desires the ego has, not completely anyway. The egoic mind has desires that are destined to not be fulfilled. Meanwhile, life is fulfilling in all sorts of other ways.

Where would you be without this story about what you want and when you will get it? Does this story make your life go better? Does this story make you happier? How can a story, which comes from the egoic mind, which isn't wise, make your life go better or make you happier? The ego knows nothing about true happiness. Listening to it, only takes us out of real life, which is unfolding beautifully according to a plan we are part of. Life is happening, and it's happening as it needs to. We operate within life as it is unfolding, we act upon it, but we don't control it, nor do we know what is best for us or those around us.

Florian Schlosser

There is a presence within you that has never suffered. It lives in joy that has no cause. It is who you most deeply are. Florian and Julia offer to journey with you to know this truth for yourself.

The meetings are an invitation to BE and EMBODY what we have understood and accomplished with our minds. In living as an embodiment of consciousness nothing is excluded; everything is genuinely welcomed and embraced. Living as the space of awareness becomes our embodied reality in daily life, rooted in what we love the most: BEING FREE.

Thursday + Friday
7.30-9.30pm

Saturday 11am-2pm

LADIES MEETING with Julia
Friday 4-6pm

Contact
Ralf +44-0780-4445131
info@stillpointlondon.com

“Single Question“ is a new series of interviews with Dr. Vijai S Shankar interviewed by Marcus Stegmaier which is produced by the Academy of Absolute Understanding (AAU). The series is about "Understanding Non-duality". 

Single Question Vol 1: "Dr. Shankar, what is a clear understanding of Non-duality, and what does only appear as a clear understanding but it isn't?" 

www.acadun.com

Cory Bright

Hi All,

Well, decided to add one more audio to my homepage.... and share a little more here... each one there seems to have a little different tone and quality.... playing around with these crude audios! lol

Great to speak and share as awareness itself... sometimes with more of the flavor of "Cory" and other times comes out way beyond the sense that Cory is doing it! Well... anyway... gotta love how it all arises.

Find the newest audio "Perspective"... on my homepage at

www.theopenway.org (unable to upload here for now)

So looking forward to sharing more audios and my first videos soon!! Hey, it just happens... what can I say!! lol

Thankyou for honoring yet another post here!

Love
Cory
www.theopenway.org